Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-18
The Louisville Courier Journal and
Maine.

The Louisville Courier-Journal in it.
issue of January 10. declares that:
Thu new State of Oklahoma has been
foul!y slandercd by newspaper in Au-
| gus.a (Mc) the name of which is
| withheld from these peaceful columns
| because there is no disposition upon the
part of the Courier Journal to provoke
bitter controversy.
This item doubtless has reference to
| an editorial paragraph in the Kenne-
bee Journal of December 2S, which read
as follows:
Tic Louisville Courier journal de-
clare, that in crude Oklahoma Il man
lost Il race for Speaker of the House
by wearing q tall linen collar 1t does
nj take much to constitute a man a
dude in that primitive community.
1t strikes us as q somewhat lurid ex-
hibitlpn OF nerve for the Louisville
Courer-Journal. which referred to Ok
lahoHla as Crude" and asserted that
man lost ii race for the spcakership of
its House Of Representatives by being
50 short sighted as to indulge in the
ultra fashion of tall linen collar. to
Charge the journal with 'slandering''
the youngest state in the Union We
confess that in writing the item in
question We did not indulge in any
original investigation of our own. but
relied solely upon the statement Of the
Courier-Journal which we have hither-
to found to be reliable. Apparently.
however. that paper was misinfOrmed
ard has discovered that Oklahoma is
rot as crude" as it supposed it was.
1t now makes the interesting discov-
cry:
That Oklahoma City is a munich
pality that has paved thirty-seven
linear mile3-or square miles. OF prairie
with asphalt, in a dozen and nan
years. city that boasts metropolitan
hotels. country clubs. vaudeville thea
tcrs, beer gardens. facial massage ton
serial parlors, manicure retreats, Iur-
kish baths. literary societies, Diiilaru
saloons and all other luXuries That de-
cadence can suggest or the ldle rlcr
take pleasure in, and that the cili|ehS
of the State of Oklahoma are IN as
high a state of cultivation as their far
famed farms that produce four or five
crops of alfalfa each year. Very prob.
ably a delegation of frock-coated high
halted Okiahomans might consent tc
visit Augusta, next time they arr
| spending Il few days in New York. if /;
reliable Indian guide should be furnish
| ed ut the expense of the Augusta news
paper"
| 1t is our opinion that several guides
Indian or otherwise. would be neces
sary TO pilot such a delegation amid the
| interesting and historic scenes of thu
capital of Maine. if they should reac}
our city in that state of mental for
getfulness and spiritual eXaltation tina
evidently characterized the author o
the foregoing item. which seems to b.
ole of those two o'clock A. NJ. produc
tons that are wont to enfold all sort
and conditions of men in the mellow
niushy atmosphere of tender com
passion. We regret exceedingly tina
t Maine should have incurred the dis
l pleasure of the able editor of tn
: Courier-Journal. who. in recent dis
l course before the Kentucky Agricul
: tura. Society. paid his respects to GU
E gcod State in language. both vigorou
and picturesque. The doughty Colone
has no use for any community that i