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

little ones W no nave nOAuluS a. St1NNf
and who appear periodically in the
various small towns of west The
answer is simple. They serve the
purpose for which they were brought
into the electorate and then when
they have to stand on their own
ground without surreptitious assist
ance the people find them out, and
they move to the nearest town in
which they think they can play the
game for a little while, and then
they move again, and SO on, ad intin-
item.
by their fruits We shall know
them"
"A Plain Statement of Facts"
Well, we'll Just let us, for few
moments, consider these so-callod
facts. Later on l will let my readers
into the unnecessary and uninten-
tional cause for so much bad temper,
bad manners, bad English, and pos
tive panic of fright on the part of
the writer of the mess in question.
When l.. X. Harlan says l was in
Echo, he is quite correct, and when
he says | was enquiring as to the
reason that the Echo plant was not
p, in operation, he is also correct.
But l Should have thought that
the very statements which he now
puts forward as his excuse would
have been reason enough for not
thinking that l was going to organ
ize plant in Stanfeld.
If | had any intention of starting
in Stanheld, it is in Stanfeld, and not
in Echo, | should have made my en-
uuiries. Let us then be charitable
and suppose in this one instance l..
X. Harlan was only illogical, that is
to say, for few moments; later on
| will show that it was something not
quite so mild as. want Of reasoning
power on the part of the writer
l.. X. Harlan says in his article
that l accused HIM of being in the
employ of syndicate. How shock
| ing it is that man in charge of
nearly newspaper should be so very
inaccurate. 1t is this inaccuracy, of
which spoke before, and to which
l so much object. Surely the poor
public who are paying the outrageous
sum Of $3.50 per annum for the pa
per are entitled to accuracy, if moth
ing else, in fact l think that those
people who take the paper home to
light the fire with are entitled to
truth in case they may be tempted
to scan the front page whilst other
wise engaged.
l did not state that l.. X. Harlan
was in the employ of a syndicate. |
referred to the writer of the article
to which I objected, as an employee
of a syndicate. The readers of the
article will remember that this is
so. The article might have been
written by f. G. Harlan or the type
setter or by the office boy Why l
never dreamt for moment that the
MANAGING EDITOR of a paper
would be so careless as to have
written the matter in question.
| However, l.. X. now stands self
acused and really after having read
the last issue, l am inclined to go to
the Office boy and offer my humblest
apologies for having suspected him.
What is a syndicate? Webster
says a syndicate is number of peo-
pie joined together for promoting
or financing or carrying on any en-
terprise. In the same issue of the
paper appears a sworn statement OF
the proprietorship of the paper, and
it clearly gives more than one name
on the list of owners. Therefore,
} according to Webster, the paper un-
questionably belongs to a syndicate.
The assertion that it does not is an
error of Judgment On the part Of l..
X. Harlan, who, apparently, did not
: know the meaning of the word. And
for the statement that the paper be-
longs TO a syndicate, l., X. Harlan
calls me "a liar" "the biggest liar
) that ever hit these parts of the coun-
try" Such a nice expression for the
{ children Of the readers to see in
4 print. Such a nice way to speak OF
any mar in print! Such dignified
: article to come from The pen of THE
5 MANAGING EDITOR of journal
l don't think.
To the careful reader there ie
t fear, Fear with capital letter, IL
e L. ks fervid assurance that | an
d a liar and that the paper does moi
belong to a syndicate. Of what was
d L. X. SO frightened? Why should
S the paper not belong to syndicate!
7 It is perfectly legal way to do bust
d ness. Why, then, show such abhor
t renee of the thought? AS the ad
y yertiser says "There's Reason" anC
my dear reader, very good one
n With the reason we shall deal latel
II On.
e l.. x. further accuses me of put
y ting before the public an article deal
It ing with his "respectability and in
d tegrity." If l.. K, or any of hi
y supporters, can find any such articl
" bearing my signature or can discove
e than any article was offered to th
press by me, shall be greatly sur
e prised. How can person write al
It article on what does not exist
ie This then is the second point upol
1t which we have proved L. K. to hay