The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-02-03
THE MERRY WAR

In its last issue the ConconuIly Rec
ord grows acrimonious over this ques-
ton of county division. 1t resorts to
capital letters and persona attack. II
does not set forth single reason why
the north end has not the right to
make an effort to be set aside aS new
county. and takes advantage OF the OPP
portunity unfortunately offered to vent
its long pent up spite on private IN
dividual. 1t was hoped that person
alties. rancor. vindicatiVenesS would
be eliminated from contest where
there are no grounds for resort to
those methods to bolster up Il cause.
This proposition of division is not new.
1t is not an apple of dlscOld cast in the
public arena for the first time, suddenly
and Unexpectedly. 1t has been con-
Sidered and discussed for years. 1t
came near of realization two years ago
and everybody expected its ressurrec-
tion during the present session of the
legislature. The vast majority of the
people of the north end honestly feel
that it would he advantageous to all
concerned if division could be accom-
plshed, and they believe they have Il
perfect right to try ond accomplish
that object. They are making the eff
fort without i'll will to the balance of
the county They expected that there
would be opposition from COnconullN.
Just because this part Of the north end
stood Loyalty to that place in the county
seat removal fight, As Conconully is
in the habit of forgetting benefits con-
ferred, and other other ambitious
towns, but do not feel agrieved be-
cause such opposition has developed.
But in the case of the Record it has
not only become vociferous in its de-
nunciation of this effort to secure di-
vision, it has also made the subject an
excuse for vilifying an eX-cOunty Of
ticial. whom that paper could neither
cajole nor bulldose into bending the
pregnant hinges of the knee to its beck
and call so long as he was in office.
And this is the raH,t vi - rictiolic
outblrsU.
Some two weeks ago the GAZETTE
published the estimated cost of con-
ductng the affairs of Okanogan county
for 1910. Those figures were compiled
at the request of the citizens of Oro-
Vile by II gentleman perfectly compel,
ent to do the work. That gentleman
worked at nights assembling the data
required, and that he was Just, fairand
conservative in his estimates is demon
strated beyond even the audacity of he
Record to deny 10y the fact that his
! totals of expenses are almost $1,000 less
than the figures that Auditor Hubbard
flew into print with hand backed by
his solemn oath. 1t is true in figuring
up the colum of expenses as published
in the GAZETTE there was discrep-
ancy in the totals Of 5000. but that
was caused by a grevious error in
putting the table in type. The account
ant had placed an expense of the AS
SCISSORS office under another head. to-
wit: "Platting and recording $1,000,
cruising $4,000: records 1000 " The ia
ble was set on "A machine and the slug
misplaced. This left a difference oI
5000. which would have balanced the
totals, and so far as the compiler i,
concerned he is as innocent of any
omi>son of figures as the editor of the
Record, Mr.. Hubbard. or the man from
Nowhere.
With this omission accounted for il
was shown that the expenses of run
ming the county for 1910 were in the
neighborhood of Sl27,3o0. Mr. Hub
bard says, under oath, they will b,
something over $l29.OOO Weare will
ing to take Mr.. Hubbard's oath
merely strengthens the cause of divi
sion But MIR. Hubbard very care
fully refIains from adding to his Sl29,
600 the S2l.OoO odd that this count,
paid into the state trersury, which i
no small part of the sum that the tax
PAYERS had to make good. And in or
= der to deceive the people the Recort
very skillfully suppressed the same in
formation. Th, S2l:NOo. which wer,
added to the total expense of the coun
ty a. published in the Gazette. an,
properly SO, made the grand totals o
Sl5l 500 or Whereabouts, And all tn
oaths that Mr.. Hubbard can utter
backed by the Record. cannot chang
the figures.
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