The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-08-31
Hearst Is Dead

Hearst Is Dead.
SatEvePost Carries On
Honored old very special spot the
celestial heavens these days
from the path truth and righteousness has
the publication he sired almost 225 years
Ben Franklin would knowingly have permitted four
false misleading statements appear any headline that
he might have written Nor would he have stopped to
the Hearan journalistic tactics employed by Edmund
Chrstopherson in writing his article he Big Water Gyp in
Montana post Aug. 25). Such verbose piece of distor
ton Franklin would have placed where rghuly belonged
in his circular file. That would have been the end of it.
Not the years later with past
articles critical of the west and western reclamation the Post
1851 prefer to msead millions of Americans into OBJ
appropriations for developing utlz-
ing the vests most precious resource-its water.
Let's take that misleading "bank" headline
the title "The Big Water Gyp in Montana Quote:
"THESE MONTANANS, OFFERED WHAT SEEMED
TO BE SPLENDID GIFT-WATER FOR 900 DRY
ACRES-TOOK A SECOND LOOK AND FOUND THE
RECLAMATION BOYS WANTED TO TURN THEM INTO
REAU INTO COURT, MADE 1T GET OUT THEIR
AREA AND STAY OUT" End Quote.
Misleading assertion No. "These Montanans offered
what seemed They weren't offered anything Residents
of the Lower a century after Recla
nation and irrigation system early
1898 William Cowan, father Of project
who died just last January began probing the of
ing irrigation his First formal steps toward setting
project came in 1904 at the nsgaton of people of Lower
Marias
Misleading assertion No. q g. the Reclamation boys
wanted to turn them into ;" Bunk. The several
large operators who did not wish to come under the
because of Reclamation limitation
fully protected by state laws which many
words och. 891201-4 Rev. Codes 1910 landowner
to the time irrigation district being
c court be excluded from the district he show
that inclusion will damage him financially etc. etc. OIL
such landowner did desire he
would have to abide by the 45year old reclamation
limitation Experienced irrigation district attorneys
that Reclamation has meticuous Montana
state laws safeguarding landowner rights at all times
Falsehood No l: e.. Whereupon they hauled the Bureau
into Court " Tain't brother faint To the point
Reclamation not party to the action The
fuss that Chsopherson journalistic ecstacy
SO cent Pigment of his imagination The truth
statement by Harry Burns, Havre attorney pro-
test to the Post over the article Said Burns:
Furthermore, this proceeding was not bitter
fight but held principally for the laying
lions to enable the establish this district
lines decided considered by both proponents
the DIRECTORS to be emneny fair At did
nation bureau attorneys take any part
ceeding :"
Falsehood No. 2: O. Made get stay
cent of the land of the Lower Maria establishing
irrigation system for upwards dry
There other false misleading statements
the article but these four should suffice emphasize
of the article trenchany put by District Judge c. B.
WELL president of the arias Improvement Association Quote
II have read the Saturday. Evening Post for years
seldom that find them making three mistakes
"Ther first mistake being 'gyped into buying such
article.
"Ther second mistake in publishing it after they had
been 'gyped' into buying it.
"Their third mistake in listing in their of con-
tents the front of the 1t should have listed
under the first heading of Short stories along with the