Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-06-08
THE GOLDEN ERA WRITE UP"

A lCh NCOhS Sl1OO DuA |. Of 4dAAAO OA Hill, was in this city looking for ''write ups" He claimed to represent the Golden Era, a sort of fourth class pub
 lication issued at San Diego, California. He succeeded in catching quite a num-
 Der of our people some of whom never
 advertised in their home papers-but
 the City Council and County Supervi-
 sors were proof against his wiles. From
 Tucson he went to Tombstone and was more fortunate as he .roped in both Council and county, if the Epitaph be authority an the subject. It says in connection therewith:
 A copy of the Golden Era magazine for May, 1889, published at San Diego, California, is before us. The agent of
 this publication, J. R. Hill, visited Tomb stone a few weeks ago and succeeded in obtaining S75 from the board of super visors. $50 from the City council and several hundred dollars from our mer- chants, the consideration being a few copies of the magazine supposed to con- tain an elaborate, lustrated history of Tombstone and Cochise county. The writer has done well-better than we could have possibly hoped for, as in all probability another proposition of this kind will never again be listened to by our citizens. The idea of taking the amount of money paid for that article in the above mentioned publication and giving it where there can be absolutely
 no return is being pretty thoroughly un- derstood by our business men, and the
 reaction will prevent any subsequent CT TOTS of this variety. People like to at
 least suppose that county and city funds are paid where there is some chance of return. but the article in question seems to fall far below the requirements. Co- chise county is mentioned in a general
 way, as though the writer had gleaned
 his knowledge from some one who had
 been in the Territory but a short time
 and was not yet a resident of our coun- ty. No definite information Is given
 concerning our county, the towns, in
 habitants, pursuits, past or present, or of the present state of our mines. Two much space is devoted to two men, and people do not care to pay for "remlnlS- censes' in an article of this character. Benson, Fairbank, St. Davids, Fort Hua- chuca and other places of interest are not mentioned, and Tombstone is very
 vaguely spoken of and in an extremely general way We hope the article will
 be a lesson to the residents of this coun- ty. and especially recommend its peru sal to our board of supervisors and the
 City council.
 It does not surprise us to learn that few private individuals who yearn to see their names in print, should patron ize such out-of-way institutions, but it is surprising to know that business houses and business men should be caught by such chaff. If the publica- tion in question had like rating to that of Hampers, Scribners, or any one of a dozen others that might be mentioned, then a return on the outlay could be eX- pected, but to sg zee topay one dollar copy for snide publication that is not known to exist outside of the town in which it is issued, is equivalent to throw ing just so much money away. Above all things and at all times, we say to business men, if you have money to spend for advertising, give it to your own home papers. They need it and will give good return for the money.