The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-01-19
IRON RIVER
From Iron River Pioneer
PEAVEY SAYS HE'S vINDICATFn

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PEAVEY SAYS HE'S INDICATED,
SUPERVISORY Mayor Editor Peavey
finally came around in the last issue
of his paper to discuss the road
matter after beating around the
bush for month. He attacked The
Pioneer editor without the slightest
cause, and accused us with being a
party to an alleged deal involving
Bayfield, county trunk highways, and
that we did this to advance our own
selfish interests. There was not a
word of truth in that charge. It
was as brazen a fabrication as we
have ever seen. In the same article
Editor Peavey extolled his own vir-
tues. He runs heavy to that stuff.
In fact there are few issues of the
News in which Peavey does not try
his dingdest to boost Peavey's stock
politically, and to belittle and villify
those whom he suspects stands in the
way of his political advancement.
Peavey thoroughly believes in adj
vertising-at least in advertising
Peavey. If there is any becoming
modesty about that chap, no one has
ever discovered it.
In the News article referred to,
Mr.. Peavey, with characteristic mo-
desty CD asserted that, in marked
contrast with such undesirable citi-
zens as this editor, we infer from his
remarks, he peavey was never in
fiuenced in his attitude upon county
road matters by personal interests
or considerations, and he challenged
us to show wherein he is or ever was
influenced by such considerations.
The Pioneer accepted the challenge
and in the course of our discussion
of the entire road proposition, we
challenged the sincerely of Mr.. Peavey
in his eleventh hour espousal of the
Lake Shore highway, and pointed out
that he favored the Wannebo route in
stead and that he owned or had a
financial interest in extensive land
tracts which the highway, if located
on the Wanneba route, would favor
ably effect. Mr.. Peavey, in the face
of his well known privately express
ed opinions on the subject, could hard
ly deny the truth of our statement
that he was plugging" to secure the
establishment of the Wannebo road
as a federal-state highway, hut he
now completely vindicates" himself
from our charge by asserting that he
does not own a foot of land on the
barrens-- that he "lost IT ALL be-
fore the war and WHAT WE HAD
LEFT at the cose of hostilities in
1918 some of the good patriotic
friends of Messrs. Savage, Bell and
Chapple succeeded in taking away
from us by mortgage foreclosure"
"Once again Messrs. Savage and Bell
! were wrong" Peavey triumphantly
: asserts, and he asks if we will pub
: lish correction, and admonishes his
readers to wait and see.
We may be little dull and do not
understand the meaning of words.
We cannot understand how it would
be possible for Peavey to lose ALL
of his lands before the war and to
lose what he had left after the war. If
he had some left after the war our
quandary is to figure out how he
could have lost all of it before the
war. And if he had lost some of it
after the war on a mortgage fore
closure, when did his rights pass
in that property? Surely not be-
fore this road matter was up last
in the spring Of 1920. An action
on foreclosure could not be commerc-
ed against Mr.. Peavey until he was
out of military service for six months
and it requires about fourteen months
to wind up a foreclosure proceeding.
Tell US about that Mr.. Peavey, ard
tell us whether or not, while still
owning land out there on the barrens,