The Nevada County picayune., 1921-01-20
A FRIENDLY PROTEST.
Publisher Daily Picayune.

Dear Friend :-I trust you will not feel that l am presuming upon the very intimate friendship which has existed between us since the days of our boy hood, nor upon the special relation which exists between us now as pastor and parishoner, when 1 venture to of- and protest concerning the paragraph fer few words of friendly criticism which appeared in the Daily Picayune of yesterday concerning the proposed excursion to the oil fields of Fl Dorado next Sunday.
 I make no criticism of the Picayune for carrying the item of news. A news paper is supposed to give "all the news which is fit to print" but l am quite sure that the writer of the paragraph referred to did not consider the weight of his words when he wrote, Those who have never seen a real oil wei should take advantage of the opportu- nifty offered by securing seat in the Special next Sunday. These words put the Picayune in the attitude of ap- and urging the people to go. do not proving the proposed Sunday excursion think that such is really the case.
 As I am somewhat new in Prescott, | will take this occasion to say that l have no disposition to assume the role of public censor and l shall not at any time indulge in mkind or unchartable criticism of those whose conduct does not conform to my ideals. Eeyen when people are guilty of things which are unquestionahly wrong, l shall try to help them by showing them n more excellent way rather than by engag ing ill the easier thing of denouncing and condemning them.
 would not be understood in this ease as saying one unkind word about those who are responsible for getting up this proposed excursion, or those who are planning to take part in il, hut must be permitted to remind the people that if this excursion iS car ficd out it cannot mean anything less than a day pf mere sight seeing and worldly dissipation for those who go. To go ou this excursion will mean, SD I am told. to leave Prescott at seven o'clock sunday morning and reach here at eleven o'clock Sunday night. When the eNcurSiOnistS reach Fl Dorado they will he thrown into the midst of Il con gested. excited. money mad crowd of people make no reflection upon the good city of Fl Dorado where some of thc best people in the world live, and where pastorate of four years gave me the opportunity of Ofrming some If the dearest friendships o fa life time when I say these things In the very nature of things it could hardly he otherwist. If the excursion is run there will, doubtless, be many good people who will take part in it, but if they dc they will find at its close that instead of day of rest and worship they will have gone through Il day of strenuous excitement and diversion.
 cannot refrain from adding just these additional words. Our worthy governor of whom we are justly proud has just issued his first official proc l lamation It is to his honor, and the honor of our state that this is a proc lamaton calling on the people of the i entire state to observe next Sunday as Law and Order Day" l wonder what the rest of the state, and the world generally, will think of us if on that very day Prescott will happen to have l the distinction of being the first town l in the state to send Sunday excursion l to Fl Dorado. As a former citizen of l ElDorado and as one who is proud to be a citizen of Prescott, hope the ex- cursion will be postuoned to some day | in the week. Let us take time from our ordinary affairs to go and see the oil well. or else content ourselves by read ing about it, or hearing the other fel- low tell of the wonders of that Land of gold"
 With kindness and good will to all,  | am. very respectfully,
 J. A. Sage. All kinds of garden seed in bulk,