The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1920-12-17

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CUTTING. OFF THEIR NOSES"
!"What creature is more absurd
than the man who gets peeved at his
own face because of some feature
that displeases him, then going to a
mirror; pulls out his razor and cuts
off his nose? This practice is denom-
mated cutting off your nose to spite
your face
Ridiculous as it may seem, never
theless this is exactly what business
men in number Of North Dakota
towns did at the recent election when
twenty farm-owned newspapers for
official county publications.
For instance:
In Pembina county the business
element threw its support to the Pho
neer Express in the town of Pembina,
defeating the farmer-owned Cavalier
Chronicle at Cavalier, the county seat.
AS town Pembina has been retro
crossing for several years, while
Cavalier is steadily growing in popu.
lation. Rather than aid the farmers,
short-sighted business men of Penn
bina county turned the county Job
work over to a newspaper printed in
a town scarcely beyond village in
size.-Ward County Press"
The above article was taken from
the Ward County Press, a Nonpartis-
an publication published at Minot.
and reproduced in the Cavalier Chro-
nicle last week. 1t is so full of mis-
representation that it is scarcely
worth commenting on were it not for
the fact that it is sent broadcast and
read by people who are not familiar
with facts.
We do not blame the editor of the
Press for he is only following out the
program laid out by Mr.. Townley,
and that is to do everything possible
to besmirch those who will not bow
down to the dictates of the bosses.
We will however, direct our atten-
ton to the hired man on the Chronicle
who knows perfectly we'll the insinua-
tons are falsehood.
To begin with, we will take up the
reflection On Pembina. We question
if there is city in the Red River
Valley of the size of Pembina that
can show more progress the last few
years than Pembina can. AS for
population, according to the recent
census published, we have increased
in proportion at about the same rate
OF the other towns in the valley and
we are second in population in the
county, and the difference is less than
nifty. We have just completed a
100000 school house. We have an
electric plant that Eliminates two
other towns besides the farming dis
trlcts between. Just now we. are adj
vocating waterworks which will be
voted on in the near future; We
have, according to the state fire mar
shals report, the most equipped Are
protection and fire hall of any town
in the state with twice our popula-
ton. Everything mentioned has
been erected within the last few wears
50 much for the "retrogression" of
Pembina. -
Let US take q view of the article
from Cavalier standpoint. The
city Of Cavalier is composed Of men
VINO have invested their money to nm
Dtnld the town and community like
the other towns in the county have
done. They are people who have
laid the foundation for progress and
comfort as far as their means would
allow them and they have been doing
We'll. Does the Chronicle, an aalien',
corporation, and the Townley pro-
gam give them credit for It We
say 1lo. Emphatically no. Thew
sent their emissaries to the ,,,e,. ma.
chants and others Threatening ',1;r d;rs
ruin by boycottine i they dared r o i
oppose the Townley propram. a +
the people did not vote tie Townlev m -
ticket they would 4 trada el..u;,, rs 8.
and drive them out ofs business. ,1s., ],
Ihe articles claims that It was 9, ths "a
towns tow 7 that defeated the Chronicle
Tor beil the official pape., which RI
misleading What al5o,ut tl,eS ~
vote the Pioneer Express receiver M
q Cavalier tow,nship. 81 farnnersi I
Whist atout the 1sss vot vgi 1870 - feesiv,d
51or tAs odleiaf paper Is Gardar town
ship ~ GAinst Sc fsr tbs GhlonicIeY !
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