Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-01
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER.


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An underestlmated man IA the eoun-
try editor. Underestimate forces In
the making and moulding Of American
thought are the country newspapers.
In the big cities. the daiiies draw the
tide Of attention as the moon draws
the tides Of the sea. In the smaller
cities which are near 10 the lafEer.
some local journalism. instead Of wise
~ making Itself Intensely II not eN-
cluslvoiy local and thereby retaining
and Increasing a homo constituency
arr too often too apt 10 Try 10 immi'
tate the metropolitan dallics. with the
results that are not either lucrative OF
influential. such papers az the spfing-
feid Republican. the Troy Times me
Troy Press, one or two sheets In AZ
banv. the Observer and the Press Of
Utica and about all The deilics IN
Rochester avoid this error. 20 the salts
faction Of their conductors and 90 the
qualification of their Contemporaries
But our commentator OF the country
editor and Of the country Newspaper
WAS not meant to apply 10 these.
II was meant TO apply 70 the uftier
clnaa OF rural wecklics Thor u Que
published at Geneva In this STATE
by Mr. Parker. II il boih INJURY
ana necessity 10 IT, constituency.
~
are several such papers IN the county
OF ST Lawrence. county - which
the dominant intelligence seems 10 BE-
absolutely Incompatible with the d'mi-
naut politics. The Cataklu kcce Ter
IA a papaf In polnt. There n another
rt,ch parer In the beautiful county OF
Otsrro. published IN the picturesque
Village ~ coopcretown. hpiEppriai'il
called the Frecman'f Journa. ana Nety
faithfully and ably sditcd ny = p
Shaw. onc Of the most modest. uptlEns
cncitni and worthily loved men ID
the journalism % the Empire state
The FrecmAn's Journal. on the stl
81 August 1898. bcran rs ninety hfHt
voiunr. Iuht think how old q paper
that lai Yet during all IT, NE, " "a.
been mentor. chronicle ana hlua'n.su
wnid and household recourse IN that
charming garden spot ~ southern
central New York. ao rrplctc WIN le-
rend. romance and history, ana ~
notable TOT the vuior % ne sons. W.
beauty 81 rs daughters. the ieruhtN OF
In s0ii. the fccundity OF ~ taih, ~.
ana thr faith of itn wornhiperh Inv
lei wears of ths nv u this paper have
been those In which Ar. shaw has been
All The editors Of all parties. and the
arIatocrary Of editors. known ~ m
dcpcndent editors afc honored b. re-
sardlng him ~ their friend. They
ere eiad TO hear of his prosperity
They are delighted TO note the unim-
haired vlrluty and variety OF ny
thought. They are Inspired by NJ
earncrtncra FOR principle and ny M.
unioue capacity 10 express his moral
and political convictions IN way 10
dlrarm oppOncrita. 10 strengthen sup
portrrs and 10 dignity ana TO .loNa"
thc noble an ~ pcrfunsion ana aiH-
cuaglcn anouE men $3.50
Ue has no more idea that the FAX.
eve IL on him. and the Engic's thoukht
n conc -1ed with him at this ume
than N An OF rvnounclng his conNle-
tlons or of ncglechgw his journal,s,lo
trust and either sud position woulh DC
Incredible We hav just taltfa g
caslon N the fclicltcar arrival o. INC
papcr under his charge NJ 70 lnt"Ir-t-
M point In IT, history, TO con.
sratuiatc him upon his ability. upon NE
tnble-land u time wherein ne stanuf.
10 contemplate the past WIN phl,".S-
phy. the preacnt with rcrenlty anu inc
future with confidence.