The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-10-25
A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT

VI ouI HelsnDOr, the TOnasket
Times, throwing spasm. and that
the editor of that paper did not hurst
blood vessel is due only to the in
terposition of merciful providence
Fhat sheet blossoms out in flarine
mead lines and wastes columns of
space to prove an accepted fact. rec
ognized, appreciated and applauded by
the whole county, and hence it is Il
fine brand of brain storm wasted on
the desert air. Nothing is to compare
with the doughty crusade of the Times
against an imaginary enemy, unless
1t might be Don Quixotes assault
upon windmills.
All this wastage OF words on the
part OF the Times and feverisb ef
fort to prove something for which
no proof was necessary, grew out of
a. small item that appeared in the
Gazette. based upon figures as pub
lished in the Wenatchee World.
Tonasket. with the usual push and
enterprise that has characterized
every movement that its wide awake
citizens have ever taken hold of. Sc
cured the full subscription of its
quota OF Fourth Liberty Loan bonds
in a single day. This was not a new
experience for Tonasket. That town
promptly subscribed its quota of the
first. second and third Liberty Loan
issue, and no one doubted but that
kind of people would repeat when a
repetition BECAME necessary. Those
people did repeat. and the creditable
fact was secured from several sources
and promptly noted by the Gazette
Then the Wenatchee World from d
report handed in from Mr.. Guy
Browne, district manager of the COM
paign. published a statement to the
effect that Tonasket had reported the
collection OF some $4,000 Certainly
the Times has not the mendacity to
deny that such statement appeared
in that newspaper The World did
not say that Tonasket had failed, or
would fail, coming across, but printed
the cold figures without comment
The Gazette rather hastily took 1t for
granted that Mr.. Browne, who has It
in for nobody and is always willing to
give everybody the best of it, was re-
porting from first hand knowledge,
and follow-up item appeared in this
paper quoting the district managers
figures. There was nothing in the item
that any one but supersensitive per-
son could take exceptions to. and no.
comments were made that reflected
upon Tonasket nor the loyalty and
generosity of its people. But the
Times saw in the squib an invidious
which was wholly foreign
to the intention of this paper, put up
an awful "holler," that could be heard
from Dan to Beersheba, accompanied
by various and sundry innuendos di-
rected against ye editor.
II there was any one to be ham
strung for this error Of statement 1t
should have been Mr.. Browne, or if
a newspaper was to be roasted the
fires of hate should have been lighted
under the seat of the World reporter.
But as the mistake turned out. and
which could have been explained In
a few lines, much to the conservation
Of white paper, and which was ex-
planned to the Gazette in few words,
there was no justification for this
in a teapot.
Now, the statement made by the
Times that the item appeared IN the
Gazette as "a salye to soothe our dis
is gratuitous fubdup'
Knowing the conditions as they eX-
listed here the Gazette at no time had
any expectations that the Orovilie diS-
trict could possibly reach the quota
that 1t was expected to raise, ana no
one in this community was more
pleasantly disappointed than the ga
zette publisher when the district dld
go over, and it went over without any
one being compelled to pledge the
balance, although there were loyai
and willing men in this community
ready to step into the breach II d
breach existed, fact which Will prop
ably give the Times editor palpitatioh
of the heart, as he evidently hoPeu'
from the tone OF his article. that oro-
willie would fail to make good.
II is hardly necessary for the eu,,
tor of the Gazette to defend hiil'se'i
from the yelled insinuatlon that ne
was influenced writing the item ia"i,
was found with through nelghporhoou
jealousy. During the twenty years lie
has published paper in this county
there has not been single instance
where he has cast any reflection OH
ne,vbboring community instigateu ny
the green-eyed monster On the con
trarv he has always endeavored 10
treat neighboring towns, ana the peo
MIA of those towns, with the u'i'io''
courtesy, and if proof is heces9ai!
roference to the files of the Looms
prosnector or the Oroville Gazet'e'
during his management, would eie',
aouhts This damned fool
neighborhood and community envy an'
;ooiousv IS one Of the most lneNcus-
ohI. ohsurdities that troubles the
n,nds NJ those who indulge III tha'
weakness. and gets people iio"'le' of or
rh aro &c nothing in it. That line 0,
,ittleness never contributed to"a,
Tho building up of town. anu ou
hore in the west 1t has been po'on'
hord,con IN numerous instances re-
tard,ng progress where pios
would s~ have been possible had men
hoon more considerate toward eacn
other The fact is that the screeu cree
that appeared in the Ionasset t,is 70,
and which has called fortn .h's son,d
snonse occupying space that aora c9ars
he devoted to better purpose poauI DO 'aI;ce
very We closely upon envy and ma,,uy, a,'rd
va !. a niece of cheap heroics' apsu,u ,.a