The Alaska citizen., 1917-09-03

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 Q. Now. when it came to purchas. ing from Gordon, did you make the arrangements for the purchase of the armory?
 i A. No. ne never made me price
 Q And when Wood bought it. you l didn't know what the price was, I believe ? ] tObjection)
 A. The first time I did know a l price-thc first time il was brought i to Mr. Coleman and Woods 10 con sider il, he made written offer to i Mir Wood for six thousand dollars and Mir Coleman said he didn't think 1 it was worth that. They had il sur veyed. and Mir Coleman thought he 1 could get thirty.1ive hundred for 1t ! by tearing il down. l told them il ] didn't make any difference whether ! it was too much to pay or not, l couldn't get the money for it, and i finally when the deal was made ! believe MT wood said il was five 1 thousand dollars.
 Q. And the money paid over was paid over by Mr Wood?
 \. know il was paid over to Wood; there were mortgages satis- fled and some liens against it to satisfy; didn't know what became of the money or how much he got. ! Q. Did Mir Wood or any member of the Loyal League pay you any commission out of it at allo A Not in any way, shape or man, ncr.
 e. Mir Gordon pay you anything?
 A IL was never suggested between
 Q. Did he agree to pay your paper, or anything like that? A. Nothing like that
 c. Now as a matter of fact, has he advertised or patronized you since the purchase of the armory any more than usual
 A. Less than last year during the same months.
 e. Al my suggestion you looked that up?
 A. Yes, Sir. Q. What did you find in compari, son as 10 the patronage you got from Gordon?
 A. discovered that in 1916 when there was no thought of the pur- chase Of the building, during the month of May in which the purchase was made Mr. Gordon had $l06 50 advertising, during the month of May, 1917, $57.50; June 1916, $95 adyertls- ing; same month 1917 only S59 worth and in 1916 there were three papers in town, whereas this year there is only two. The month of July 1916 was only $2O while the month of July 1917 was $55--
 Q. Untcrrupting) That's the only month in which he advertised more this year than last year?
 A. What? (question repeated) Yes. Cross Examination (by MT. Marquam)
 Q. MT Thompson, l understood you to say you have been the editor of the News-Miner somehow long?--- eight years?
 A Yes, have been away--lets sec--three times in the eight years
 Q. You have been a newspaper man and editor for many years, long time. have you not?
 A. Yes.
 Q. How long have you been en- gagged in the newspaper business. that is as publisher or editor so that you had control of the paper?
 A. o, well, my first paper was a kids paper in seventy-nine The first paper that ever edited and controlled was in 1883 or four
 Q. Where was that. MT. Thomp- son?
 A. Corsicana, Texas.
 O. And have you been in the news. paper business continually since that time?
 A. Yes. printer and publisher.
 O. Whereabouts briefly speaking have you been running newspaper you run d newspaper in Port Townsend or somewhere on he Sound?
 A. had q paper at---no. the next paper as l remember it that edited and controlled was in Tacoma, Sunday paper. the Tacoma Sunday Spectator.
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