The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

in the most trivial matters of private and it tries to its
utmost sometimes and editors patience refuse to become
party and private scheme personal quarrel
and yet retain the patronage of the person to whom the refusal
given To this partly attributable the fact that
through its continual round of chroniclng their day
doings many of the families which the local paper is
never ceasng visitor after gradually become to
regard as particular member of the household with the
capacity themselves feel all the and
which arise in their path
Are the efforts of the press appreciated? question which
be answered both negatively and afirmativey
number fully and heartily appreciate its value and influence
and equally number do else they disguise their
feelings and sentiments most admirably.
Buwer Lytton certainly appreciated channel of the
press when he we have press which only the
safety valve of the passions of party but the
book of the experime of every hourthe homey
able ledger of losses and gains There large who
not appreciate the peculiar province of the local paper
almost exclusively of local interest they would
not be forever comparing with the big daies growing
because is large the Lake Tribune The prov
nce of the big daily give the of the whole
world of the home paper itself affairs to
work for local and to stand up for county,
and its citizens when they maligned
1t has been well and truly said that can Judge of a
town by scanning its local If the paper is poor
makeup in patronage enough proof
that the people there mbued with the spirit apprec
alon or they would paronze it in substantial
have failed yet find live there was dead
paper but have often seen live paper in dead town. 1t
might be argued that for the people of
pursues methods that not deserving support
not the If they appreciated the value and influence
good journal in good town. and willing support
decent they would put up with poor press as
they could easily get good Journal and publish
IT, who would properly represent the place They may, per-
haps admit that successful newspaper very important
factor in the growth and of community
fosters progressive ideas and worthy enterprises the
conditions of its existence public good vet they
do not reflect whether they giving near
the patronage they able give making anything like an
equal return for the direct and indirect rcey
ing The newspaper of to-day is doing any other
single agency to bring mankind together enghen
ment If not through what has the great of the
people of the West informed themselves well financial
questions of the day? Wherever the newspaper reaches the
humblest classes thoroughly the subject
solely through newspaper education 1t is the only medium
within their reach.
How few too appreciate the wonderful power press
Yields in guaranteeing the people honest administration
public ahairs-natona, state county and city. With the
vgant of the upon them, the administrators Of
municipal affairs dare not and while by
all public officials to be considered rascas yet many get
the credit for being honest when is solely due their
the press the great watch dog that public
efficiency and the election of scalawags office