Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

Agent at Greer, IN Clearwater county,
and knows all about it. We were
iran out" but how in the world did
brother West find out about it?
But-and there is ''but" in the
case. The story is fine one, ''but"
the trouble is that it happens to be
only story, and nothing Of the kind
ever happened, as is well known to
Mr.. West. but" if Mr.. West is
getting any fun out of these fairy
stories he has our permission to keep
right on. Next week he will prob
ably discover that we were iran out
Of" Moscow, or Troy, Idaho, or Col
fax, Wash, or Paiouse, Wash, which
are about all the places we have ever
lived in our A years of residence on
earth.
While we were living in Troy we
were accused of robbing a sick man.
But the facts in the case were that
we had, by signing note, saved the
alleged victim from going to the PEN
itentiary for embezzling funds from
the Vollmer, Clearwater company.
Here there was another nice campaign
story that sounded fine, and was ped
died over the county, but it WASH t
true, and Troy business men, demo-
Gratis and republicans knew it, and
said so. We mention this because T.
B. West may overlook it, and we don t
want him to do it. We are very
bad man, and dangerous, and ought to
be shown up, and now Mr.. West has
started in we are going to assist him
all we can.
So far the case stands thus: We
have abused our own father, as every
body in Orofno will testify. That is
the first awful thing we have been
guilty of, according to Mr.. West,
OF course nobody in Orofino knew it
till they read it in the Weippe Her.
aid, but that don't make any differ
ence. Mr.. West lives in Weippe and
ought to know.
This week we were 'tarred and
feathered and ran out of Mullen.
That is another very bad thing. We
should have been murdered. The
Weippe Herald ought to roast the
dynamiters for neglecting their duty
to society. And, oh, think of it {! We
have been BOOKING. Isn't this awful,
and we belong to church, and pretend
to be prohibitionist, and "agin
Bookkeeping. Here we thought we
had kept this profound secret, and
now it is out. Our wife will find it
out and there will be trouble. There
is nothing left for us to do but con-
TESS, get on another of our periodi-
calls, and assault the conductor of
the N. 2. passenger when We pull in
to Kendricl. Then we'll get pair
of young flusies and go camping up
the North Fork about Dent. After
that we'll move to Weippe, start d
newspaper, be republican delegate to
republican state convention in May,
and in thirty days become candidate
for county attorney on Jim Blake S
/ handpched democratic ticket, tell
/ people how we attended church for 19
years, vert to prayer meeting regu-
larly, and wind up by lieing like
He'll, just as 7. B. West is doing
about County Attorney Smith. That
ought to convince anybody that we
are good lawyer, decent, honest cit
liens, and worthy of public confidence.
Don't spend any of you time, 7.
B., lamenting over us. Whenever
you have shot your wad quit. That
is what we are going to do. AS you
say, P. l.. circuit is not candidate
for any office, and the people are not
very much interested in what he may
be. You are candidate for an i'm
portant office and its material to the
people what kind of man you have
been. 1t is important whether or
not you have any education; it is per-
tinent whether or not you are the can
didate Of the old bootlegging gang
and are trying to sneak into office
with the avoided purpose of winking
at bootleggers just as Holsclaw did;
it is important to the people whether
or not they elect county attorney
who will fight as earnestly as County
Attorney Smith has fought for the en-
forcement of law, and do it as eff
ciently and as economically. It is
important whether or not this county
has county attorney who would be-
tray the people and permit Nease to