Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1890-06-06
- WHLIAMsPoRT N. D., FRIfpAY JUNE s 1890

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less counties Of the STAT lnq ns has
every reason to be satisfied With 2 prss
'snt condition. At tha endlbf II ext tx
years we will have & "a rSlro, facl1t-
ties and each good harteiasecl "a IN he
county will be worth ftem q. 500 to
32, 600.
E Very few Of our settlers In 's4 thought
The REcoRD would live and certainly
the outlook was not flattering. But the
subscription list grew rapidly, and its
Bismarck advertising patronage has been
a feature from the. start. Final proofs
and county work have also helped, al
though the income from the latter has
been much less than in most other coun-
ties of equal population and assessed pal-
uation in the state. In fact, net all the
publications that custom If not law re:
quires to keepsthe people posted as to the
county's financial condition have been
made. Last year, IN Logan. the money
paid the one official paper was double that
received tg the two official papers in EN-
mons. And yet Our vote of last fall was
more than i've times as great as that Of
our sister couaty. Therefore, when
contemplating the countJ's indebtedness,
the publishers Of this county are not
likely to be stuag by censcience--eveni il
possessing the same. This digression ID
made not because we believe thai a county
with heavy debt should be moes extrsy.
agant in dealing with its newspapers than
in any other direction. but to scEsieht the
impression among q few citizens that
whatever funds the road supervisors over.
leok the county publishers divide betwsen
themselves.
During all the years that the RsooRD
has been here it has espoAsed every meas
ure which it believed to b right aad prac.
tical and for the interests Of tile people.
II has had less regard for busybsdies with
q 'calr' to regulate the morals of their
neiEhbors instead Of their own than for
those who live an honest. upright vlr-
tuous life wlthsut loudly calling attention
to the fact. It has less respect for tie
SAINT who swindles In horse trade than
for the sinner who takes an occasional
glass 6f strong drink although it &C.
knowledxes that he would be as we'll or
better off without it. It il not moro Ina.
pressed BY the morality OF man
who allows his stock to destroy his neigh.
bor's growing crop than with that Of the
man who buys alettery ticketsr prefers
lottery charter to tile cold handed rob.
berry Of elevator sharks. It believes that the
man or woman Who ID temperate in dan
eng 'fs as sure Of harp and crown ss the
man who condemns the dance as. i'm.
moral, while he shaves pennies, squeezes
nickels in two, and is so generally and
,notoriously mean that his shadow bushes
and hangs It's head when cempe1led to be
seen with him on the street. This. has
been the RECORDS Confession Of Faith
in the past, and it sees no necessity for
revision.
Since it was founded the RECORD has
had some bitter political fights, and that
it has been continuously on the winning
side has been due not to leading but to 70.
fecting public opinion and advocating
measures Of .pract,cabiity and common
sense in aceupty whose citizens are noted
for liberality and intelligence. Bit it has
come out of its political battles without
malice, and nothing has been leftsundone
BY this paper to prevent elashlng poli,i-
cal interests between worthy citizens de.
veloping into permanent personal antag-
onisms. And thereis o,e5ker county In
the state where local differences have left
less personal scars.
During the six years publisher Of
this paper, believing hN the business
man who did nothing tdshelp develop the
country was not entitled to support, has
invested every cent he made, and 81, 100
from the sale of outside property, in per.
,manent improvements IN this county;
and, with q convection of absolute GER
tainty that all of us who stick will unit.
mately be amply repaid, the same course
will be pursued IN future. (.
Although the paper has been .e,lnde.
pendent in all things, neutral in none,''
and has fought its battles openly, above-
board, and without mincing words, vet
no sutspeken country newspaper IN the
state has made lsss enemies among the;
people Of its county. II has bees. fre-li
;qucntly critlcised-and justly, tos-but
no one has ever accused sit OF being !
traitor TO what it considered the best in
iterests Of the county. And those who.
are disposed to harshly criticise should
stop and CONSIDER the facts. Suppose any.
one Of the critics was compelled at . statsd:
time each week, year after year, to mount
q adry-Eoods box IN public place and ex.
press an honest opinion regarding current
events. Don't you believe you would
make some enemlesa But, practically,
that is just what the country editor mast
do. And we are unable to deny that
he is frequently obliged to talk when