Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1911 — Facts vs. Fabrications. [ARTICLE]

Facts vs. Fabrications.

Purtelle has again moved his field of labor on his proposed traction line, and his outfit of tools, etc., have been moved from Thayer to the Lawler ranch west of Fair Oaks, according to our Fair Oaks correspondent. A great many falsehoods have been told about the number of men he has had at work near Thayer and the work done. As a matter of fact he has never had but a few men at work, and none of these, so far as learned have ever been paid. The “work” done north of Thayer consists in some very flimsy trestle work just south of the Kankakee river that would not bear the weight of an ordinary automobile, and could be erected in three days with a half-dozen good men. The men who did this “work” quit because no “mon” was in evidence, and he has no one at “work” now so far as we have learned. These are the facts,, and The Democrat can see no good reason for concealing them. The public has a right to know the truth in this matter, and for one The Democrat will not try to deceive.