The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-10-06
SATURDAY. OCT. 6. 1917.

Much as we dislike having arguments
With brother editors and others. We
ere compelled to take issue with Editor
Westphal and his Farmer.
In last weeks issue he goes after w.
T. Menge and tries to lay the whole
blame on him for not getting the Fair
for L'Anse this year, when, as usual,
he 10 as far off from the truth as one
could be. but probably for political
purposes that are brewing and probably
for the reason that he Is getting the
wool pulled over his eyes so hard that
he can not see straiR hit, he is compelled
to take the views that his bread-and
butter constituents are stuffing down
bis throat. But Westphal is not the
only editor of the Farmer that has had
the bull-con handed to him 30 strong
that he believes it, and we wait for the
day when he will wake up and find his
part in the business, himself and every
thing else gone to the dogs for his lack
of looking forward to the future.
OF course it is common knowledge
that Maxey is the real power behind
the throne, and ever since the so-caled
Farmer (Which has been no more of a
farmers paper than Jim-Jam Jems)
was started it has been used to attain
his own ends in so far as possible.
Take for instance this potato ware
house that the Skanee people are being
asked to erect in L'Anse. Maxey pre-
sided at the meeting, we understand,
and if the people of Skanee are back
ward in putting forth the cash, we can
not blame them, after Maxey selling
them stock in newspaper, mill and
bank, from all of which they have
never realized cent of profit as yet.
Regarding the Fair, it is no more
Westphal's or Maxey's fault that
L'Anse did not get it than it is Menge's.
Westphal makes it appear that the
L'Anse Grange has something to do
with the letting of the Fair, and that
Mr.. Menge's being absent from the
meeting spoiled the whole thing. For
his benefit we will say that no subordi-
aate Grange has anything to do with
the Fair, the event being placed wher-
sver the members Of Seward Pomona
say it shall 60, and not every Grange
member is member Of Seward Pomo-
na.
The fact of the matter is that Bara-
ga had all the members lined up that
they needed and they could well afford
to stuff the editor of the Farmer and
say that they were willing to let
L'Anse have the Fair this year, but
when it came to voting it was differ
ent proposition, and the L'Anse mem
bers of the Pomona seen that they
were up against hopeless proposition
the minute the matter came up for
decision at the meeting. Why don't
Westphal take hammer to the bust
nessmen Of l. 'Anse for not attending
the Commercial clubs meeting which
was called by Chairman Herman j.
Seifert for the purpose of making the
necessary arrangements in an effort
to- secure the Fair? We understand
that none of them attended the meet
ing called.
It's as plain as the nose on your face
chat Westphals insistent yapping at
Menge and County Clerk Voetsch is
nothing but political move or polit-
icaI grudge to be satisfied, in fact the
rumors have it that John o. Maxey or
one of his very dear friends is going to
bob up in the political arena next spring
for the Office of supervisor. John made
ngood( p supervisor the time he did hold
the Office and if Westphal wants some
good dope for his paper it would be
pleasure to us to recommend that he
investigate some of his friends closer
to home and help them clean their own
washing.
The Farmer editor still claims to be
= booster, and if the saying that every
knock is boost, is true, then he is one
of the first order, for during his short
stay in town here he has knocked and
hammered everything from the work
Al the railroad to that of the village
fathers. township board and board of
supervisors. We would suggest that