The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-22

them there. One would imagine that
if I wished to stamp upon any man
would go where l should be most
likely to find him, and that would
hardly be in the Herald office.
The statement is wholly false.
There is only one business in the
county which l haYe attacked in any
way. and on the occasion in question
| spoke with some little feeling and
considered that l was justified in
doing so. But it was not in the Her.
aid office, but in one of the most i'm
portant stores in the city and in my
apology to the owner afterwards, |
explained that l had seized the op-
portunity because l.. X. was present,
that being the sureSt way to get
hurried report to the man in ques-
ton.
Why did l know that l.. X. would
be so anxious to report? | had good
reason to know that he was himself
by no means sQueamish in regard to
the manner in which he spoke of
other leading lights of Heppner. l
we'll remember on one occasion,
when he first considered starting a
paper in Heppner, happened to be
in the office of Mr.. Knappenberg, a
we'll known lawyer of lone, and one
of l.. ks supporters In that city be-
fore he immigrated into this, when
l.. X. came in. Mr.. Knappenberg
accused him of getting support for
his paper in Heppner from the sa-
loon element. and with the intention
cf discontinuing the one they had all
supported so lavishly in lone. l.. K,
cf course denied it, and when the ell
thority was given, he called the man
in question, what do you suppose?
Why DAMNED LIAR. l we'll
remember, though l am afraid that
L. X. has forgotten the lesson, that
Mr.. Knappenberg took him to task
about calling the men with whom he
could not agree, DAMNED LIARS.
l remember he told L. K. that the ex-
preston was not nice one to use,
that the informant was by no means
liar, and he did not want the OK
preston used in his Office. He said
much more to the same effect, and
ever since | have looked upon Mr.,
Knappenberg with admiration and
respect, not that | am so conceited
as to suppose he cares rap what my
opinion of him may be. Why then
was | so sure that L. K. would re-
peat this particular TRADE. Because
the man was j. L. Wilkins and the
business in question was the Palace
Hotel. Why, you will ask has that
got anything to do with L. KS feel
ings? And again l reply, There's
a Reason and good one too.
But to continue our perusal of l..
KS article. l.. X. states that the
cause of my imaginary spleen was
the fact that certain men in ques-
ton would not subscribe for stock
in the creamery company whilst |
was myself connected with it. | defy
L. X. to give the names of five men
who have subscribed for stock since
severed my connection with the
proposition. But l, on the contrary,
have had to persuade more than one
to retain his interest in the company,
which he wished to sever on account
of my not any longer being officially
connected with it, and | have told
them ALL as | wrote in the last issue
of this paper, the proposition was
good and to stay with it. We have
therefore two more facts" which
were not facts, published in the
Statement of Facts
When is a fact not fact? When
it is produced in a factory for fac
tor.
Again he states that represented
myself as having $4,000 to $780,
900 in ready cash to invest Il L..
X. can produce three men in the
whole county, (always excepting
members of the syndicate) who will
bear out his statement, | will gladly
pay the annual subscription to the
Gazette Times for ten people not
now getting the paper, l.. X, fur
ther states that he has certain state
ments Of mine taken down in short
hand derogatory to Che business men
, Of Heppner. Clever but not logical
: Or possible. In the first place, on
=. he only occasion Oh which [ permit
: ted myself the pleasure Of stating my
opinion, which | have already oX-
claimed, | was talking to l., K. and
! Kept my eyes On him the whole time
= and | am perfectly sure that he had
: no pencil. l wish he had had one
he left some CT the best parts out.
i Secondly the bluff is iilogic2l be
: cause L. X. was in such a bad tenn
per when he left the district attos-
news Office that Il he could have
p, found something more substantial Z
have attacked me upon he woul(
j. not have had to disgrace the journal
istic profession by calling a man {
liar in his paper. And thirdly it i:
not a logical thing to say because
do not believe that l.. X. can write
shorthand fast enough to take a con
. versation. Had he been able to dc
= so, he would not have had to inter
\ rupt the inquest on Earheart's re
{ mains with the noise of typewriter