Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-11-13

ence ol 'neir local newspapers than they are willing to acknowledge or to pay for Day after day, and season after saasor the local journal with an unapprecisted faithfulness, sends broadcast to the world the history of the growth, prog ress, prosperity and possibilities of tbe locality, contributing its time and labor B an expense it can i'll afford, moved solely by the hope of adding something to the general prosperity by indusine capital and immigration to come and abide m that particular community. They plant the first seed of interest in the minds of their eastern readers. and eventually. through its good offices a correspondence ensaes with some prom inent person whose name appears in its columns, and the result is frequeutly the acquisition of enterprising citizens and an influx of wealth that adds large ly to our general welfare, but the labors Of the newspaper and Its prime instru- mentality in bringing this appreciated consummstion about, are entirely over looked. The insineerity of those rather egotisticsl, but wlthsl very good aver age citizens, who profess an indiffer- erence to newspaper influence, and pal ronize 1t more as flavor" which is nc tually returned to them an hundred fold). or as semi-alms, "Iust to keep the thing going" IS shown when they have some personal or public vengeance to wreak and approach the newspaper man with the sup plicsti1g g-Interrogatory, "why don't you go after So and So. the rascalr' and then exhibit malicious desire for the newspaper to snnihilate bis personal enemy or business rival, AS A JOURNAL IsTIC DUTY! He will tell the editor what he would do if he was running" the newspaper, and if be is requested to write out his grievance and his attack upon John Doe or the community at large and sign his name to if, he will say as s prIvste citizen he does not care to provoke any sntaGonisms, but that the newspaper IS a public sort of an unexplained censor in everything but its own revenue, and against every body but himself That is about the average picture of the man who don't regard the newspaper of much RdvRn- tsge to the country, but if the news paper should indiscretely repeat his above mirrOred request in print and give his name In connection herewith, he will pay a fstterIng compliment to its influence by coming around with a shotgun to blow out the braIns of the idiot who thus dared to LET ALL THE WORLD KNOW what he imparted in strict confidence.
 But this IS a Aggression, Rnd wss not intended as the theme or object of the present article. We were attempting to show, in a feeble way, the many good offices of the newspaper that pass by without heed, comment or appreciation by the public who are the sole beDefi- cisrles of its labors. Upon this subject the Phenix Gazette very truthfully says: ''Wnh the close of Apache raids there IS manifest on the part of eastern emigrants a desire to know more about Arizona, before they make final move. Could this class Of people be reached a large number would, no doubt, be in duced to locate within our borders. The best and surest way to accomplish this, Rs. also the cheapest and most equita ble, would be for each resident Of the territory to subscribe for extra copies of their local papers 6n have them mailed from the office direct to those they wish to reach. Such action would enable these journals to pu. forth extra efforts to write up their particular localities thus giving correct data upon which in tending emigrants can decide whether there IS anl thing suiting theIr taste and purse, and worth coming for. Would the people of thIs county do thls they would ind the expense like "breBd cast upon the waters, returning after many days" 1t is.too much to ask the local journals to do this work unaided by liberal subscriptions. They are already much heavier taxed for the public good than any other institutions m the land ana IDc rceult or L0clt lhDOIS lc llc tll- hGncemept of every mans holding. be # large or be 1t small. lake Los Angeles for example: Her unparalleled growth is attributed entirely to the work of her journals. Iu this those journals were iiberslly supported by the business men and land owners of the county. The Gazette has contemplated for several months the getting out large illustrat- ed extra with the resources of the coun- ty fully written up, but figuring thelcost IL has been found too much for its purse. With a liberal support from the business men AndirBnchmen of the county this might be done, much to the benefit Of all concerned. There is room in this valley for 8 population of fifty thousand people, and then not be more crowded than m many of the best spots Tn Cali fornia. That portion of the Gils valley within this county will support twenty five thousand more when all the canals under construction are completed. thus making seventy-fve thousand people, all of whom would contribute meAsurHbly to the prosperity of PhenIx. Is such an end worth working for: If so, are you ready and willing to aid Tn consum- mating it?"