The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-04-30

Editor, The Silver State: Let's get
back to the good old days before the
last election, when we could get all
the stimulant we wanted if We had
the price, and no questions were
asked by officious and inquisitive
peace officers. Oh, boy. those were
the days. Then there were no fac
tons here, politicians ran the town
to please themselves and got away
with it, and outsiders being very in
nocent came here to do their business
and everyone prospered. Now these
outsiders are shocked to learn
through your mud-slinging sheet that
things have been pretty bad here, are
still bad, but not as bad as they were.
Still, they think they had better stay
away from this wicked town. The re-
suit is business goes elsewhere, pos
sibly to Elko, where both newspapers
are fighting the same conditions you
ire, or to Lovelock, which must be
better than Winnemucca. Maybe some
VI it goes to that wicked town OF
Sacramento, down In California
where the leading paper has been
fighting the politicians and corpora
.:.uc t;,,o out 80 wind upd bao told
he world what wicked city it is
Still 1t seems to prosper and would
prosper more but for lack of hous-
ing facilities.
OF course, we know that at the last
election the people turned out these
tried and experienced officers and put
in constable and sheriff that they
iidn't know much about. But the
voters didn't realize what they were
ioing. were mislead and all that
Well, we didn't take much of chance
1t that, and are willing to pay the
penalty.
Mr.. Editor, every effort is being
made to blacken the character O.
Yourself and most If not all the pres
INT members of our city council
Stories are told that they dare no
publish, but are surreptitiously TOLD
in the hope of influencing a few votes
OF course, that Is not mud singing
That is nice, clean politics as she II
played.
Your article in the second column
last issue. was most enlightening ant
states the situation clearly. But moth
ing the city council has done Is right
4 we would believe campaign work
ers," Improving the streets Is reck
lessly spending the peoples money
What if Mayor Brandon is serving al
city attorney without pay He Is .
CRATER and must be making I goo,
thing out OF it or why should ne he Sc
anxious to hold his ofiice--if We would
believe these workers. They don't sa,
II in Just so many words, but cleverl,
leave the inference. While they arr
talking they are careful no witnesses
might be around. Also we notice tina
each one of them has some persona
motive in spending hours in this talk
ing, and in the case of women WI
generally find their husbands mixed
up in the money end somewhere.
We all know that Brandon at frs
| refused to enter the race and that hi
| final decision to do so was prompted
by almost universal demand. | do no
notice he has made any particula
effort to be continued in office.
And did you carefully check owe
the list of Business Men" that signe'
| that statement in last Wednesday
| Star? At first glance II looks Xix
every business man in town signed II
but check it up and you will find Their
were more that didn't. Some tina
| did were mislead as to its meaning
which Is not surprising. | have rea
it several times and ii IL too mucl
for me. At first glance | thought
a slam at Councilman Akin and TIL
Silver State, but Of course that can
be, as those gentlemen never slim
mud.
This would be nice clean cam
paign, Mr.. Editor, II you would jus
keep still. but we know you won't, 8
60 to 1t, even If business tsome bust
nes3) does suffer Yours truly.
ONE WHO THINKS.