The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-14
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ber OF Commerce Of Chickasha He
writes stuff for his home papers boost
ing individuals. He sends the same
stuff up 10 Oklahoma CITY papers
pure advertising and when they re-
fnse to print Il, he says Oklahoma City
papers have II In for Chiclxasha.
However, that is too foolish 10 men
ton. But. sff. Aiiard is paid a salary
to boost He can boost when he wants,
and he can be the granniest old knock
Ter N the state when he wants to- Ok
lahoma city Times.
The above is really too flippant to
dc erve answer and, in fact. would not
ha, attention was there particle OF
truth in the reference to kind OF arti-
cles sent to the Oklahoma City papers
for publication.
| The same articles were sent 10 Guth-
rie, Enid and Shawnee papers and were
given conspicuous place in their col
umns.
The writer does not write stuff for
his home papers boosting individuals"
hence never wrote such articles for
Oklahoma City papers.
He does, however. write news arti-
cles for the home papers and did on
one occasion write news articles for
the Times and on two occasions for
the Oklahoman. which in each case
found their way to the waste basket.
The public has been made acquainted
with the news patches written for the
Oklahoman, they being legitimate
news. but at the same time reflecting
credit upon Chickasha, one of them
being write-up of the electric power
dam. One of the articles sent the
Times was in reference to the cleo
tric water power dam and others were
news items entirely free from personal
mention. as we recollect them.
The fact is, neither the Times or the
oklahoman win publish anything in
the way OF news item that can in
any wsy be considered a booster for
Chickasha.
This would not be so noticeable were
Il not that each Of them publish for
other cities articles that can be con-
strued to be in keeping even with their
mention of Oklahoma City features
Nine parts puffery.
II is fact that for nine months |
building of the electric water power |
dam those papers gave space to men
tion what was being done but once.
vet repeated mentions were sent them. |
It is a fact that their local news |
gatherers here wrote up the electric /
water power dam several times with |
out such mentions finding way into
the news columns, and at last. only |
after the attention Of our citizens was
called to the repeated sights. the Okla
homan illustrated and published an in
teresting article on the electric water |
power plant.
1t is fact that the city celebrated
the turning ON Of the electric power |
to propel the wheels of industry and |
light up the streets with the largest |
demonstration ever known in Chick |
asha. and vet
so important an occurrence was not |
recorded in-the news columns Of the |
Times or Oklahoman.
And this is only one OF the |
many yaekages OF the kind that have |
been landed Chsckasha by Oklahoma /
city newspapers.
There are facts, Mr. Benedict. and I
what You state along the line Of al
tempts to get articles boosting indi- /
Siduals~ in 10 the columns Of the Okla I
hoina city newspapers are mere hof
air xar3riags and you know it
Seldom is il that a news item thai
might do Chickasha any good creeps
into your columns.
We repeat:
These are facts. and facts are
stubborn Fhings.
Assertions, simple assertions. fade |
into insigni4icance when confronted /
with facts.