Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27

resulting IlHnI between the two news papers of the town degenerated at,
 personalities between the rival pnn-
 wielders, and finally it was around Officer King that the battle ragged.
 The Copper Belt, which was issued
 yesterday morning, contained a eaus- tic criticism of King and made some
 unflattering references to members Of
 his family, and it was undoubtedly
 these allusions that caused the officer
 to take legal steps to have his critic
 inearcerated in a "dungeon vile. !"
 Feeling at Jerome is now said to be at a white heat, for King and his supporter, W. s. Adams of the Jerome
 Mining News, and Mrs. Nihell of the Copper Belt, all have their friends.
 Several weeks ago King announced that he had discovered that refuse and tainted meats thrown out by tho butcher shops were taken out of the barrels and served as food in the Chinese restaurants of the town, the Charley Hong establishment being mentioned in particular. This story was published in the Mining News ani Editor Adams used it as a text for urging the people of the town not to patronize the Chinese restaurants
 Mrs. Nihell of the Copper Belt in it's next issue, asserted that the st0rS was eoncocted by Adams and King and sprung for political purposes as . city election is close at hand. Tn the same paper there was published an article signed by Charley Hong, in which he declared that the cause for Editor Adams attack upon himse's was that he had refused to extend further credit to the journalist until an old account had been settled.
 MT. Adams in the next issue of tEe News promptly challenged the veracity of his Chinese aceuser and incidental ly took a whack at his journalistic competitor by accusing her of penring the published article purported to have been written and signed by the Celes- tial. That stirred Mrs. Nihell to wrath and she unlimbered her guns on both Adams and King, saying it was very peculiar that the latter had eaten at Charley HOng's for years and had just made this revolting discovery.
 In return Adams delivered an cdi- torial blast advocating that the Chi- nese be run out of Jerome, and his feminine rival Tetorted by printing several earicatures of Adams and labelling them as "Confueius IT." Last week the News undertook 10 even up matters by cartooning Mrs. Nihell in a manner that accentuated certain of her physical characteristic, and it was this that evidently pro- dueed the vetriotie verbal outburst that appeared in yesterdays issue of the Copper Belt. Apparently she deemed King responsible for the ear toon of herself that appeared in the News and the shafts of her fury were accordingly centered upon that in dividual. Among other questions she propounded was thls: "Why shonld this gallant officer visit these Chi 1 nese kitchens at night when he was on duty, helping himself to whatever he liked from their pots and pans, and standing while he ate, when things were as dirtyl" Of course this hypothetical query in itself is not ibelous, but it is mild as butter milk compared with the sizzling things she says in other parts of her perfervid editorial. As a parting punch the doughty editress exclaims: of Officer Chas. King will attend to the business for which he is paid, and devote less time to dog fights, be may save himself from fate that awaits him as ehambermaid at. l liv- cry stable"
 Just to remind Editor Adams that he has not been overlooked, she incl dentally refers to his despired sheet as "grafting newspaper" and pub ! fishes a communication in another | column from J. c. Scott, a business man of that city, who brands the editor of the News as a "parasite and Ca malicious liar" and eheerfully | notes: "This editors ability to eat and stand pat is known to nearly ev- cry restaurant of every color and . scent in Jerome, and even his ability i to sleep and stand pat is evidenced by the attachment on his newspaper outfit"
 Mrs. Nihell bought the Copper Belt less than a year ago from Frank Smith, who established it, but she was not without experience as she had previously worked for MT. Adams as writer of local news and man.