Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-23
1.-THE Local PaDer.o

Under the above heading the
Detroit Free Press publishes the
following truthful and sensible
article in regard to the local papers.
Readers, how many of you give
your local journals the aid, support
and encouragement they merit
Were you deprived of your local
papers, you would undoubtedly be
brought to a sence a of the duty
you owe to them:
"Enterprising men have followed
the AK and the hammer of the pio-
neerin the west so closely and rap
idly that there is scarcely a village
worthy of the name which does not
possess its own local paper and, as
is proverbial trait of human ma
ture, the great benefits which are
conferred upon locality by this
almost indispensable attendant, are
in measure lost sight of, or taken
as matter Of course. And yet
when, as many have done in the
West, village which has sprung
up in an incredibly short time is
without paper, no person seeming
willing to make the venture, how
quickly steps are taken by the en-
crgetic, enterpriseing men of the
place to secure the establishment
of an institution which will chron-
icle the occurrences of the neigh
borhoOd and disseminate informa-
ton of value. Then the necessity Z
Of a newspaper is apparent but, I
we are sorry to say, in many cases .
he publisher is given only half !,
hearted support to make his VEN v
ure success. This is not as it t
should be. People should stand by $
he local paper-should see that it !
S given encouragement-should if
how an appreciation of its efforts
o advance the interests of the Sec b,
ion in which it is established, not I'll
y word alone, for while this will h Ut
ladden the heart, it will not feed IN
nd clothe or repair the waste, en-
'hich use occasions. Let man an
no has in his composition an me
lnce of public spirit, or even of mi tT
reflect for one moment abb
what his local paper does for do
IN. 1t gives him news of the Of
'ings and the comings in his local a. a.,
y-news which cannot be as fully tbe
as satisfactorily communicated not
any other way, for the local
eet has space to devote columns. Dy
most. where paper at distance n NM
n afford only lines. 1t is the tioI
st medium of information on all Tn
pics of local interest-on the Gee
ances Of the villege, town or In, n1o
unty-on projects of local i'm nit
short, in everything Gle
iich is most intimately related to lev
3 immediate and local welfare
the town and county the local civ civ
per stands pre-eminent. 1t is has
means of attracting immigra- 9th
n, of building up a town, of or
lping to secure manufacturing n 1,,,
Adjustments, of fostering a local wi,
Idle, Of making its readers inform by
on oil questions OF local nature )
Il it does all these in addition to VII
work as news-gatherer and do,
ws-chronicler. Surely this work thi
mands some return, and the best the
the only-return is to Juild a,p. bui
lbscribe for the local paper; sus- WI.
in it; do not permit it to drag pai
ing feeble existence--its mana ORD
r struggling hard to obtain a s
elihood and having his heart al sur
)st taken out of his work by the s mo
lure of encouragement-but help or
IN and it along; give them tro
'ength to improve and to labor lee
rnestly. Thus much for the AM am
cal paper after that it is time for cor cor
ose who are able--and there are INC
W who are MOTTO take q State ina
per, with which the local paper. ms
i'll make their knowledge Of local S ,yh
ate and national affairs complete am
id satisfactory" bu