The Bowbells tribune., 1920-04-16
TR|Esss7o EARN HIS
80 PIECES OF SILVER

Geo. 3. Gee, the old plug who
publishes the Powers Lake Echo,
strong anti-farmer sheet. evidently
realizes that he has done nothing
for several months to eafn his thirty
nieces Of silver, and in his last is
sue starts peddling some more of
his dirt. Where is only one class
Of dope that this star member OF
the Brotherhood of American Boil.
diddles knows how to write, and
that is the mysterious kind, the
kind that would keep his readers
guessing as what he is driving at,
and trying to convey the impression
that he has a wealth of knowledge
that he could dispense If he only
wanted to. In his last issue he
gives his readers the startling in
formation that the contract for
county job printing let last week
was given to B. A. Stefonowicz per-
sonally, and not to Bowbells Trib-
une, and suggests that the reason
for this might be that the farmers
had an option on The Tribune which
expires before the end of the con-
tract Just what the old plug is
driving at we are not in position
to say, but for his information we
will state that B. A. Stefonowicz has
had the contract for the county job
printing during the past eight years
with the exception of one. and The
Bowbells Tribune never had any
contract for any printing Of any
kind. The Tribune is not q corpor-
alton. a co-partnersnip. nor an in
d.vidual, and has no authority to
enter into contracts with anyone.
B. A. Stefonowicz is sole owner OF
the plant. and he alone has author
ity to make contracts to be execut-
ed in The Tribune plant. This
may not be clear to the anti-farmer
editor. but it will be to most of our
readers.
Editor Gee averts another ca
tastrophe by calling the attention
of his limited number of readers to
the fact that in writing IN the Nom
partisan League convention held at
Flaxton We gave A. j. Hauge as
being endorsed as commissioner
from the third district, whereas he
was endorsed. for the second, and
gave Jake Dewing as being en-
dorsed for the SECOND district,
whereas he was endorsed for the
third. Gee tries to Ill Il k e
out that this was all unpar-
tdonable mistake on the part of The
Tribune, and insinuates that the
error was made Intentionally. Tia:
Tribune got this report from sew
eral delegates present at the con-
yention about two hours before we
went to press. Several of the del
egates were sure that the way we
published it was right while others
were sure the names should be
changed. Speed was our first con-
sideration at that time, and we did
not let the whole proceedings go un-
til the following week in order that
we get everything right like Gee
did. The Tribune was the only
newspaper in the county that pub
lished u complete report Of the con-
vention the same week as 1t took
place and no one said anything to
us about an error in the names un-
til last week, and the correction
was then made.
If you make any more startling
discoveries, Editor Gee, we would
be- glad to have you show them UP.
With your would-be mysterious
writeups and arguments last winter
you furnished the people Of BurNe
county with more amusement than
anything else that could have hap
pened. If you are planning on
giving us another farce comedy, we
wish you'd let us know so we could
announce it as big feature in The
Tribune. . You made good last
time, you showed yourself up in
your true light. and the farmers Of
the county now know what to ex-
pect from you. Personally we do
not blame YOU for wanting to earn
thirty pieces Of silver, as business
no doubt is dropping off, and In
such cases revenue must be taken
from other sources. 'sH.t ls, a-