Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-06-21


Eight Tchenor al over the lot for the
sake Of ForiOrn Valley and its crying
needs; but III fight him on the issue
involved and not his family history
Il see" Babson murmured sadly,
you're an idealist, too"
Il hope I haven't lost an my ideal
Ism
7 see. Wei. Joe, hate 70 remind
Jon Of IT, but you owe this bank three
thousand dollars and the bank holds q
ehattel mortgage on your plant And
you haven't got the building you're
housed in paid for Jet hold deed
Of trust on that"
-Is that q threat, Mr.. Babson?
Suppose we call 1t q gentle hint,
Joe"
Then let's quit arguing. I'll not
wage Q mean. dirty. personal war
against Nathan Tchenor and that Ker-
shaw girl That's 6nal-and | suggest
that II and when you get surface irri-
cation into Foriorn Valley. you go out to
the main canal jump In and drown
yourself"
well that fixes your clock Brain
erd" Babson commenced to rearrange
his pens and pencils on their rack and
TO shuttle the unanswered correspond
ence on bis desk IN Just take over
the Valley Center Register and put in
a man who's loyal"
Joe BraInerd stood up. He was a
small man, but like most small men
he lacked neither courage nor conceiL
he struck, silently and savagely-furi-
Gus blows. left and right, to Babson's
sneering face; as the banker sprawled
back Of his desk the quondam pro
prietor Of Valley Center's lone paIla-
dunn Of liberty walked out Of the bank
and back to his Office, where be seized
q pad Of copy paper and wrote:
with this issue the present editor OF
the Valley Center Register sings his
swan song. Because he wouldn't take
orders from SiIas Babson and do the
latter's dirty work. the Bank Of Valley
Center, which holds a chatteI mort
gage on the Registers plant but not
on the editors soul. win kick re sole
editor and proprietor out into the
geometrieal center of Valley Center
boulevard and put In an editor who
win lick the hand that feeds him,
even II be doesn't relish the dirty diet
The editor desires to express his
gratitude to the citizens Of ForIorn
Valley who have 50 Loyalty supported
him and his policies. OF course we
have found II expedient at times to
tread on somebody's toes, but we
haven't held mean little grudges. and
when the fight was over We were al
ways willing to shake hands And we
have not always won Hence. we hope
TO be forgiven our trespasses as we
forgive those who have trespassed
against "a
The editor. eventually. may be
forced to buy himself q tin bill and
compete with the birds for a Iiveli.
hood. but never let It be said Of him
that he existed at the price Of an
others shame and humiliation. in or
der that ruthless and powerful in
terests might feed a personal crouch.
Joseph P. Brainerd,
Sole Editor and Proprietor,
PRO TEN,
VALLEY Center Register"
When Tichenor and Lorry Kershaw
came In for luncheon the next noon,
following hard mornings work In the
branding corral. Editor Brainerd's
swan song and rousing editorial
promptly came TO their attention. In
deed. there was no escaping either. for
the editorial in black BREWER type filed
the first two columns on the front
page and In the center Of the same
page. boxed and also In BREWER. the
swan song appeared
Lorry read the articles first and,
without comment, handed the paper to
Nate. When he had finished reading
II he looked up at her whimsically.
How stupid that fellow Babson Is" he
commented Hes hog-wild with pow.
er. One could cash every bet that
when there's something constructive
to be done Babson will choose the wrong
way Of doing it Hurrah for Joe
BrainerdI-
1T takes man to accept ruin rather
than orders that conflict with his sense
OF justice. wonder what sort OF dirty
work Babson wanted him to do"
Il don't know. can't even suspect,
but I'm willing to agree with Brainerd.
on suspicion. that the work was dirty"
He commenced to chuckle with a Ger.
tain joyous malevolence well. sweet.
heart, In line with my policy OF becom-
ing the big man Of this district and
| also In line with my promise to tease
the animal. believe it's up to me to
save the sole editor and proprietor pro
tenn Of the Valley Center Register"
About two O'Clock that afternoon
Nate walked in on Joe Brainerd and
solemnly proffered that suffering indI.
vidual his hand. "where can we talk
privately7" be asked.
Brainerd indicated his den. Tiche-
nor sat In at the desk, where he filled
In check to Joseph P. Brainerd and
signed It "You I'LL In the figures" he
said. land my bank will pay the check"
Brainerd stared at him. "What do
have to do for thisl'
~Just continue to fight for the best