Williams news., 1912-03-30
Volune 20
REINSTATEMENT OF FACTS

At last our Flagstaff coptempo- rary, the Coconino Sun, has discov- cred the fact that there is move ment on foot to divide Coconino countyl Unusually astute from newspaper standpoint in publish. ing county news of interest, the first intimation of the fact that such movement of vital importance to the whole county is actually taking place made its appearance by the manifestation of a few Sun spots just as Editor Breen laid aside the shears and paste pot to assume Senator Breen's duties as legisla- tor at Phoenix.
 Knowing that Senator Breen was indebted to the eastern end of Co .conino county for his election Che was defeated in the western end end that he lives in Flagstaff, we presumed the Senator was opposed to county division. But when Ed itor Breen for the past six months failed to take part in the discus sion of this question, and espec ially since it has been matter of daily discussion upon the streets of Flagstaff and Williams during that time, we naturally felt warranted in the assumption that "silence fives consent" and that. therefore, Senator Breen and Editor Breeb were opposed to each other.
 However, we are still unwilling 4o admit such is not the case. Both the Editor and the Senator are ab (sent from Flagstaff and it is more than possible that the "devil" is running the paper. Especially are I've prevailed upon to believe such lis the case when we are called upon ko peruse the following incompre- hensible iargon of deliberately at tempted misrepresentation appear ing in the Sun of the 18th inst:
 "When a person sets out to
 kick, he is going to kick, right or
 wrong, reasonable or unreasona-
 ble. The tirade in the Williams
 News against Road Superinten- dent Anderso n because the 45 6
 per cent end of the county had
 not had all their roads made
 good since he went into office
 about two months ago, yet he
 has failed. according to the News,
 to fix the road from Ash Fork to
 William ms and other roads in that
 vicinity. Bill Anderson is in
 deed sad old wretch and there
 is $21, ,7O8.65 in the treasury.
 The length of the roads or the
 number to be kept up in the
 county should have nothing to do
 with the expenditure of money;
 If a man pays 5000 worth of
 tsxee he should have 5000 worth
 of roads running past his house
 or his money back. This com
 munity of interest is all bosh ac
 cording to this correspondent"
 We have. therefore, appreciated Editor Breen's passive aCquiescens in county division and, havin, noted the Editors as well as tn Senator's absence ffam Flagstaff we therefore call upon the Sun ''devil" to point out where, in tn discussion of county division, tn slightest criticism of Superinten dent William H. Anderson ha been made. Point out, please, th particular paragraph, sentence clause or word. If anything i quoted at all it will be that whic was intended to be, and is, compli mentary in the extreme. It was compliment to Superintendent An derson's common sense and com mon honesty for us to have quote his words to the voters of the west tern end of Coconino county las fall when he told them, after ha, ing come into personal contact wit the miserable condition of ou roads, that if he was elected count superintendent of roads he woul see that we got a square deal. We appreciated his remarks, fo they carried with them the know