Show THREATS AND CRITICISM I despite our efforts to express n no opinion in the water and light con troverse tro versy in monticello we ai are now to reply to charges of favoritism and to answer threats made as to boycott of the paper by ar ertain certain more or less powerful san juan county interests in the first place the record has only published the opinion of one faction or the other and made it plain to any intelligent person perso n that we were quoting one sidnor side or the other each side has had bad the privilege of airing their views andaas anav has done so i in only one instant instance have we printed anything which we oceel might not have been truth and we printed it in entire good faith as aa coming from a source which should have been accurately informed we tr tried aed to find out the truth and printed our findings if either eithur side has anytime to say saya N which will bear the light r I 1 our forum column has been temporarily opened for acceptance arce of comment containing more than words which was our former limit recently members of the record staff have received threats of boycott from certain officials of the water company the president of the company told the editor that he be would make it hot for the pap paper r if we watch out I 1 another member of the water company I 1 called on the pu publisher blishel of the I 1 record and made veiled ort 3 Bs as to P her mrs ogden called on the ahe president of the company to see why he did not comply with the law and publish the school financial report mr hansen suggested it may b e published outside the count county Y and also indicated that members of the company he represents would cancel their subscriptions if we d any more about the water and light situation which they lid did not like we have patiently waited for fulfillment f fill ment of mr hansens word that he would have copy for the financial report ready at one time or another I 1 lother fo for r a number of weeks it has 1 not materialized and now he be threatens boycott by withholding wit holding holdin it from publication thru our press in spite of this policy on the part of the te irrigation company we still invite them tind and their friends to present their side of the situation in alir column we have faith that the tha truth will prevail else we ve would be 0 cowed by the threats made of course we understand that the water contro versey alone is not re for an attempts attempt to injure the record 1 i fa I 1 I 1 |