The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-07-26

n Did he do it? Not one thing. exec
: TO appear Oh dress parade, nal
=, speeches OH special occasions, intr
duce President Taft whom he lau,
ed, and maintain his dignity B,
y when it came to taking off his coat an
going out and doing something fc
: the people George Fields neither di
!, anything himself nor saw to it thu
e anyone else did. And yet he was pres
e dent of the Moscow chamber of CON
t merce. When the harvest was almos
: over, and the time for getting goo
apples was gone, the business men Q
: Moscow pleaded with circuit, the ma
who is the enemy of the people O
Latah county; this dishonest, cor
rupt tool of the Potlatch Lumber com
pany,. and circuit. took up the worl
that Fields had the opportunity to do
and made good. At no stage of the
game did George Fields, then presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce. aid
Mr. circuit in this work. What George
Fields actually did was to do all that
he could, in an underhanded way, to
hinder the work that Orcutt was try
| ing to do, not for circuit, but for the
people of Latah county. And as a
| fitting climax to his undetermined,
dirty knocking, George Fields, presi-
dent Of the Moscow chamber of com
merce, after all that Circuit had done;
after circuit had worked night and
day for the people of Latah county
and after, and because of the work Of
circuit, Latah county got the sweep
stakes, and while circuit was in Spo-
kane with that carload of apples, and
putting up his personal money to
once more win something for Latah
county, George Fields, the Spokesman
Review candidate, stood on the streets
of Moscow and told George Creighton
and J. w. Lieuallen that P. L. Orcutt,
secretary of the Moscow chamber of
commerce, was an embezzIer; that
circuit was short in his chamber of
commerce accounts $500 or $780, Not
satisfied with this George Fields, this
booster, president of the Moscow
chamber of commerce, repeatedly told
the Moscow business men that Or
cult had run the chamber of COM
merce in debt about the amount that
he said circuit had stolen. And Mr.
Fields knew at the time that he was
lying; that he was giving voice to
nature that would, judging from his
attitude, have preferred to see Latah
county come home in defeat rather
than to have Mr.. circuit win. And |
Fields never turned his hand to help |
win. He did try to make it impossi- |
BILE for circuit to win. And now he |
wants the people to defeat circuit, be-
cause he is an enemy of the people,
and unworthy the confidence of the
people, and to support Fields because
he is their dear and trusted friend
Mr. Fields has never had the nan
hood to apologize for this dirty mis-
but he did afterwards
move the report of P. l.. circuit be ac-
certed, and by this act admitted that
Orcutt had never taken one cent that
lid not belong to him.
Mr. Fields, still president of the
chamber of commerce, again opposed
he effort to take the carload of ap- {
lies to Spokane, and the evening be- {
ore the carload was to leave Mos {
COW, after resorting to trickery and !
,etting circuit to permit him, Fields, ,
O get possession of the subscription {
list that was to provide the sos to q
'ay for the packing in Moscow, re-
used to let circuit have it, and COM :
elled circuit to go out, on the streets
f Moscow and beg for the money that
ad to be paid to White & Crum be-
ore the carload of apples could be re-
eased That is the boosting that
ieorge Fields did, and that is the
upPOlI lAdC Wv SUI IL JILL JnO NUS
ow chamber of commerce all the
lille George Fields was president
he bushes men Of Moscow, when
ley learned the truth, refused to have
nything more to do with the organ
,ation with Fields at the head and
Gorge Fields resigned, discredited
Whatever Mr.. circuit had done for
atah county was done freely and in
spirit of unselfishness. He has
one his best to be worthy and use
i citizen, and accomplished things
the face OF opposition that should
ever have been. The people will have
/ opportunity next Tuesday to show
wv much they appreciate his efforts. =
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