The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
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he was out west, and when he
landed in Washvurn was but
q young man.
He organized a corporation
known as the H. HI. Peavey &
Co., Inc. TO sell lands, and what
has become of that?
He next organized the G. E
Gunhus & Co., Inc. and after
breaking with Gunhus, what
became of that?
He organized thel Peavey
Realty Co., and what has be
come of that?
He next organized the Pea
vey Publishing company, but
owns only one share of stock
the balance of the stock stands
in the name of his wife, except
twenty shares which did remain
in the name of r. A. Herring.
On Jan. 18th, 1921 for $1.00
and OTHER VALUABLE
CONSIDERATIONS he decided
all of the remainder of. his pro-
perty to Ella S. Peavey, his
wife.
The reason for these trans
fcrs are obvious. The social
ed ''barrage of lawsuits" which
Peavey claims to have been
started against him by persons
interested in his ruin, were
commenced by creditors who
loaned good HARD CASH.
He is extremely careful not to
&c into detail on this so-called
''barfage OF lawsuits" TO tell
the truth would not suit his
purpose.
He would have his readers
believe that he is being prose-
cuted when the truth is he is
trying to side-step things that
others say should be settled.
WHY is it that he finds others
hard to get along with? Are
the other fellows all to blame
Is everybody a scoundrel and
Peavey right? ASK YOUR
SELF THIS QUESTION?
Why did he break with the
men with whom he has been as
ISOLATED? Peavey knows the
number before he landed in
Washburn. The rest of us know
of those since he landed here.
They are Ward, Gunhus; Mac
Pherson, Mertz, Hull, Harvey,
Herring, Kosberg, Mrs. Marion,
Havorsen, Torbol. You know
how loyal they were. Were
they ALL in the wrong?
During his previous term as
mayor he put over a deal where
by he leased a city building for
TEN YEARS at such rental
that the city has lost money by
it each year. That deal was
jammed through the council by
PEAVEY. Some of the mem
bers were so incensed that they
brought suit and attempted to-
enjoin the taking possession by
the tenant. That is not so
long ago that people have for
gotten. The history of that APP
pears on Page 25 of the Record
of proceedings of the Council
when Peavey was Mayor. Now
he has the brass" to tell the
present council of the awful deal
put over on the council at that
time, and how the lease was
afterwards changed so that the
lessons escaped furnishing the
jaintor service for the building. |
Follow this deal along if you
please.
Go to page lis of the records
meeting of Sept. 18th, 1913,
where it says 'the mayor pea
vey) stated that he had reach
ed an agreement whereby the
amount to be paid by the bank
was to be raised to $3.50 per
month, the city to furnish the
janitor service, and this was
passed by the council"
After harping on this lease
for many meetings, when he
thought the council might get
'hep" to the real deal, he made
an explanation which closed the
matter, yet he let the council
remain with the impression that
someone else had put this over.
WHO JUGGLED THE RE-
CORDS in the City Clerks
Office?
The mayor does not specify
neither does he say who juggled
them, nor how they were jugg-
led. Honesty and decency re-
quires that the News be explicit.
However the facts would not
suit his purpose. There must
be something MYSTERIOUS
something up the sleeve-just
what no one knows-even the 4
mayor could not tell himself.
If you read Alderman Mel
sons communication in the /,
Times of two weeks ago you
must have learned that theI