The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
YESTERDAYS CHAMPIONS
land T0DAY'S
''From the Round Table to the Square Deal"

8entle-but 1t 10 none the less wrong
1t must be met by modern methods
and defeated.
How Can Ysu Tell When Ysu
Have champlon7
You would not think much of 0arsth
had he been on the side Of the hold
up artists one time and against them
another. You can tell he was right
because his blows all fell against the
wrong-doers and on behalf Of the
helpless and innocent.
Did you ever measure your own
Courier-News on that sort Of q yard
stick7
It began to fight for the people Of
demand for redress Of the wrongs In
city government and for the COM
mission form. You know that the
Courier-Ne was practically boy
cotted then because 1t stood against
vice and the liquor traffic. But the
commission form at last won and 20
foil the Morning Star.
It stood for reform in state gov
eminent and fought the railro9A dom.
ination that allowed st. Paul to name
the state officials at the state con.
the people to maze their own officials
in their own way-through the prt-
maries. You know who the newspapers
were that stood for railroad domino
ton, and that the Courier-Nsws SUI
fered because 1t would not yield. The
people finally won what they needed
another wrong was redressed-and
so fell the Noon-day Sun.
It took UP the battle for the farmers
and the laboring men-the fiercsst bat
tie Of them all. It stood for the Nom
partisan program and. despite the loss
Of patronage in its homo city, 1t saw
those principles win In seven straight
elections. You know who opposed that
advance and the names Of the news
papers who stood with the enemies
Of progress. So fell the Evening Star.
Now 1t faces for you the challenge
Of Night and Death-a hideous mon
ster who threatens to destroy all that
has been gained in the years Of strug-
suaded that Night and Death are but
friehtful mummery. whtch, when
assaiIed stoutly and with courage will
soon succumb and out Of which will
come for you and for it, new life
and happier one. ..
Tho Moekins "Lynsttes" Have
Not Vet Vanished -
There are those who, along the road
Of the past fourteen years, have like
Lynette, made mock of and derided
the newspaper that fought their bat
ties. They have rewarded with gibes
and jeers the efforts of this newspaper
to attain better things for them. The
Lynettes did not end when chivalry
vanished. There are such thought
lessly ungrateful folk, who sneer at the
dust of battle and the marks Of con-
flict upon the cloak Of the cham
pion who fought their fight.
you may have forgotten that the news
paper that fights your fight is en-
titled to some recognition from you.
1t expects your support. 1t can only
gain other support by proving traitor
to you. DO you feel complaisant over
the thought that it could wax pros
porous tomorrow, were it willing to
abandon you and your cause?
1t has sacrificed much in the last
fourteen years. 1t has not looked for
wealth or gain. It has only looked
for what was right and just for the
common people. Is it unreasonable
to ask you to sacrifice a little for It?
Is it unfair to expect that half Of
the League members In the state will
subscribe for tiff only as 4 token Of
their recognition? It should have $1,000
subscribers by April and 10000 by fall
Then it would 30 armed, eap-a-pie.
to continue the struggle for the re-
dress Of wrong, for the rescue Of the
rights Of the common people. for Its
duty a. defender Of your faith. When
that time comeH-aS come 1t will-it
will triumph az Gareth did over Night
and Death and all evil.