Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-10-15
n. r. DENTON. Editor !.
Thursday, October Is, 1908.
TIE LUMBER CASE.

Solomon, the wise man OF the
World, has again taken a fall out oil
the Reporter and Farmer and last
week offers us half a column OF
gratuitous advice upon how to con-
duct a newspaper so as never to get
into any trouble or lose any business
or subscriptions. About month
ago the Waubay Clipper, to advance
the chances Of Frank Anderson,
(Webster editor of the Clipper
printed column article to the effect
that the lumber company had asked
for a continuance in the lumber
trust case and then extolled on the
viciousness Of the lumber dealers in
general and those Of Webster in
particular The next week old
Solomon came out with local to. the
effect that the lumber company had
asked for a continuance. Solomon
could do this for If any Of his adver-
tisers asked him for his authority
for the statement he could say he
got it from the Waubay Clipper and
be thought it must be so or the
Clipper would not print it. Solomon
and the Clipper both had knowledge
of the court order. They had been
up in Editor Anderson's Office and
they had seen the order issued by
Judge Mccoy. Can it be possible
that Anderson did not take them
into his confidence and tell them
how the order was obtainedP Can it
be possible that Editor Anderson
did not tell them that the order was
issued September 10Th and had been
in his Office ever since that date and
that the attorneys for the lumber
company nor the lumber company
had any knowledge Of it and that he
(Anderson) was holding it up so that
the World and the Clipper could
get scoop on il and the Reporter
and Farmer could be put in the nine
hole and greatly embarrassed by
denying the existence Of such an
order and also denying that the
lumber company or its attorneys
had ever asked for a continuance
OF course Editor Anderson did not
see fit to have the order filed until
after the Reporter and Farmer had
got into q controversy with the
attorney general. On the face of all
the records the Reporter and Far
mer had the best hand but Anderson
knows very few people pay much
attention to the time OF filing such
papers as court order and all the
World and the Clipper had to do
was to point 10 the court order and
say that shows the unreliability OF
the Reporter and Farmer. Why
did Anderson keep that order in his
Office until Friday after we had
denied its existence for three con-
secutive weekss Why did Sears a.
Potter, defendants attorneys, appear
In Webster on September 21st--the
time set for the trial Of the case py
the court-if they had asked and
been granted continuance? Why
do the attorneys tor the lumber
company now make affidavit that the
continuance was not asked for by
them, that il was obtained by fraud
and without their knowledge and
demand hearing that the order
shall be set asides The matter
looks very clear "a US. AS long as
Anderson had the order for seven.
teen days before any other person
knew Of its existence, as Sears a
Potter deny all knowledge Of ii, a.
the attorney general denies ever
asking for il, there can only be one
conclusion reached and that Is that
Anderson asked for the continuance,
that the continuance was granted
and the court, as usual ID such mat
ters, told Anderson 10 draw up the
order and be would sign il, that
Andersen thought 10 strengthen his
position with the voters of Day
| county and embarass the lum.
per company BY substituting the
word defendant" for PLAINTIFF ii
the order, and that The Judge signed
Ehe order without closely reading
40 same; Or Il may b. that tie
atser WAS misreplssented ii tke