Arizona citizen., 1874-10-03
FOURTH YEAR CLOSED.

This number closes the fourth year Of THE ARIZONA CITIZEN. During these four years, its progress has been steady and it's permanence established. The contin- uance and prosperity of it are as certain as any two future business propositions. Its present prosperity has been secured by the strictest observance of legitimate busi- ness principles. It has not received one penny except from subscriptions at adver- tised rates; from advertising at moderate charges; and from job-work at like rates. No man has paid or ever can pay us cent or any sum for editorials in his interest or the special interest of hls friend or friends. It has excluded all quack advertisements, and will not admit them at any price. It does rot allow agents in the large or small cities abroad to fix a price for advertise ments for insertion ill it. Rowell and Co.,, Pettengill & Go. and Bates & Locke of New York; L. P. Fisher of San Francisco, and agents of other cities, will testify to this fact. When our price-is accepted, we then reserve the right to exclude their ad- vertisements for want of proper character
 
 ment appear in our columns from any Of the great cities. This paper is almost ex- ciuslvely occupied with Arizona affairs, and has an Arizona patronage almost as exclusive. By the exclusion of cheap and objectionable advertisements from abroad and almost all other matter not directly relating to Arizona, the paper has been ahIn fn iva O ohn1t a11 Tarrifnria1 nf special interest, and at a moderate price which enabled us to strengthen up the of flee and not lose money. If the present cheerful mining prospects do not prove deceptive, before the end of another year, THE CITIZEN will be literally enlarged and yet confined in its matter to Territorial affairs. The smallness of our type ena- bies us to print more matter than is found in a like space of any journal which comes to our office. Sometimes our ad- vertisements occupy too much space for the amount of reading matter given, but the average of ten columns of carefully prepared matter, nearly all pertaining to Arizona and her interests, is weekly pub lished, and of it's value, our increasing patronage voluntarily given in all instan- ces, is the best possible proof.
 Wehave been very careful to not overrate the excellent resources of our county or Territory, and thereby lead people abroad to expect wonderful prosperity here, with out extraordinary "good luck" or the ex- ercise of much well directed industry; but have presented our mining, grazing, wool growing, stock-growing, and farming ca paeities in the very hopeful terms they fully justify.
 The power of the paper has been ire quently exemplified, and also acknowl- edged by the most intelligent and upright men in and out of Arizona.
 We truly appreciate the patronage re- ceived, and try to repay it by giving value therefor. There is no other paper in the United States of its size, upon which more care and labor are bestowed every week, es- pecially in the direct interest of it's pa irons at home and abroad.
 While the present proprietor owns THE CITIZEN, its distinctive characteristics, as outlined above, will be strictly main tained.