Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-06
"WINDY. PETE" IS BAD.

".WINDY. PETE is BAD.
1t is certainly no credit to President
Woodrow Wilson, now in power, to
permit the Weyerhauser timber trust
to s'steal" GOO, 900, 600 feet in the Clear
water reserve. II would seem that the
Orofino Tribune, being great demo-
cratic journal, might, now that it has
discovered the nefarious plot, put
Woodrow next and thereby protect the
''dear people" from Windy Pete and
Mr.. Weyerhauser. Really, we thought
we had kept this proposed steal Sc
cret, hut "Slim Jim" no doubt piped il
off, letting the cat out Of the bag. Being
caught with the goods in our possession
we might as we'll own up and quit.
Which proves that Jim Blake never sold
945 typewriters to Clearwater county
for 500 per, and that Frank Zelenka
has not violated the law by selling lum-
Der to himself for Clearwater county
taxpayers. Perhaps it will prove that
Blair Hoar, after taking county office,
and after the people were paying for
his time, did not draw $225 for extra
work in violation Of law, and did not,
while the people were paying for his
time, travel about over the county and
spend his time, paid for by the people,
selling and installing heating plants in
school houses. This Tribune story
about circuit and Weyerhauser will also
prove that $86. is fair price for 86
lines Of commissioners proceedings,
and that there is no graft in skinning
the taxpayers for the benefit of the
Blake gang paper. That is why the
Blake gang organ discovered the 'foul
plot to steal all this timber. It was to
vindicate all the gang, sort Of white
wash for Messrs. Zelenka, Hoar, Grow,
Torgerson and the Blakes, and will
prove that ia per acre for Weyerhauser
holdings is a fair and honest assess
ment, provided the raw and rotten
work is pulled off by Blake gang
board Of equalization.
All that is necessary to prove that
the Blake gang and all their graft is
pure and honest and right is to convict
''Windy Pete" Of having at some time
swiped watermelon, or robbed hen
roost. That would make saints out of
the worst gang that has ever cursed a
county in the state Of Idaho; it would
prove that incompetent, crooked,
scheming, law-breaking gangsters,
booze fighters and political rough
necks are honorable, competent, worthy
men, serving the people in manner
deserving unstinted praise.
Yessiree, the Tribune believes it can
fool the people all the time, and can
once more carry Clearwater county for
the Blake gang by posing as the friend
Of the "dear people," and tieing tim
Der can to "Windy Pete's coattail." It
requires no proof. just calling 'sWindy
Pete" timber tool makes it so, just
the same as calling a'sheep's tail leg
makes five-lrgged mutton. The peo-
pie swallowed this gag once and the
gang landed in office, and the sincerity
Of their howl is shown in the $14 as
sessment given the Weyerhauser hold
ings in Clearwater county. That ought
to convince the farmer that the Blake
gang can be depended on to protect the
dear people" from grasping timber
corporations. Look at this $l4 assess
ment and shudder at what might have
happened had the Blake gang been de-
feated.
II you, Mr.. Taxpayer, are not now
convinced that the salvation OF the
country depends on keeping the gang
in power, you are certainly hard
headed, unreasonable citizen, and
ought to leave the county. Can't you
see that the Clearwater Republican is a
timber paper? Isn't it to the interest
Of the Weyerhauser timber people to
have the Republican expose their rot
ten assessment under Blake gang rule?
Sure the Republican and "Windy Pete
belong to Mr.. Weyerhauser. Anybody
can see that.