The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-24
Phone 262 Phone
THE NeWS.Mlk ER'S FLOP.

has presented proof TO show that
the editorial utterances OF the News
Miner are subject 10 the dictaGon
o. the dollar mark. that It's senu.
neu,s are whatever promises to be
the mos, profitable. II there is
anyone who doubts that assertion
any longer let him satisfy himself
IN regard TO the truth OF the follow
inc statements. which can be proved
BY referring 10 the files OF the News.
Miner and 10 the court records:
On Saturday afternoon. May !,
the News Miner published on its edi'
,orial page long doggerel verse,
entitled. The Wreck Of the Pirate
Ship" in which il was stated that
the pirates" were after the remain
ing funds OF the defunct Washing
Ton Alaska bank
On the following Monday Nay 3,
The NewsMner published long
editorial in which il was stated
II
the purpose il was ntimated. OF
arbitrarily controlling the affairs OF
the receivership of the bank in such
a way as to cheat the depositors
out OF the money due them lna5-
much as the whole fate Of the re-
ceivershp lies in the hands Of the
court, the ouly conclusion that could
be taken from that editorial was that
Judge Bunnell was the leader OF
AN alleged ring" and the whole
tone OF the editorial implied dis
honesty on his part. This can
readily be understood from the fol
lowing. appearing as par; OF the
editorial:
Fully month ago Receiver
Noyes, OF the Washington-A Alaska
s-s IT, Citizen urges he should be
today Not only Was his dismissal
framed and his successor appointed,
but the attorney who was to repre-
sent the new receiver was picked
or the know -alls of the town are
liars
Further on in the same editorial,
appeared the following:
1T is a nasty story, that gains in
nastiness with every telling and
every move in the game
Throughout the editorial the words
ring" and Its masters voice ap
pear, and even the dullest intellect
could not help but understand that
Judge Bunnell's honor and his sin
cerity OF purpose were being at
tackled In an underhand manner.
However, the dollar mark makes
its appearance on the scene, and
Az usual. the News-Miner editorials
make complete flop, and Judge
Bunnell is hailed as a truly great
man, as will be seen from the fol
lowing:
On Friday May IA. Receiver
Noyes OF the WaShington-Alaska
bank asked the various newspapers
Of Fairbanks for bids for advertising
legal notice in connection with
the banks affairs, the notice 10
appear once a week for seven weeks;
that is, to be published each week
on the same relative day.
The following morning, May Is, at
10 o'clock, these bids were presented
10 the court for the judge TO make
the award The NewsMiner's bid
for publishing the notice was s25,
the Times bid s2450 and The Citi,
zen bid $40. This was Saturday
and all three OF the papers would
have editions printed within the next
<8 hour3-the News Miner that after
noon. the Times the next morning
and The Citizen the following morn,
ing, Monday morning,
Attorney de Journel, representing
the receivership. stated that there
was an element Of time 10 be con.
sidered, but that the two days diff,
ference in the time OF publication
would not be material.
However, the court awarded the
contract to the News-Miner for a
sum that was $50 per cent greater
than the lowest bid, and more than
the amount bid by either OF the
other two newspapers. 1t was ex-
planned that this was due to de-
sire on the part Of the court to
have the publication end on the
earliest possible date. The court
did not explain then, however, why
bids had been requested when it
was previously determined to give
1t to the News-Miner
Evidently this favor bestowed upon
it by the court had wonderful ef-
feet upon the editorial sentiments
OF the NewsMiner, for the next
Monday afternoon that newspaper
came out with an editorial entitled.
Tho Judge Scores Again." and in
1t Judge Bunnell was complimented
In a way that is quite astonishing
In the light Of past criticisms ut
tered between the lines OF the edi.
torials Of the same newspaper.