The oasis., 1899-06-03
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at Solomonvillc on Monday. c. w..
 pugh, of the Stockman, Feeder and
 Farmer, and C. w. Pttock, Of a Los
 Angeles morning paper, were the 0n-
 Y ones present. [ was impossible
 Tor the boys from the dallies to at-
 1eno owing to the distance and length
 Of time necessary to be absent from
 5utg. While no doubt all would like
 to have been present this demon
 aorates the necessity of holding such
 meetings In one Of the large cities of the territorY.-Pnoeniz Enterprise.
 To our mind the absence Of the
 members of the association demon sgrates even more than Ohab. There is undoubtedly lack Of interest on bhe part of the members. They either do not appreciate the benefits of such an organization, when properly man. aged. or else the press of Arizona has lot yet reached that point where they are able to maintain the association ID other states and territories the meeting or the Press Association is an event looked forward to with pleasure by members 0l the craft
 Ways and means are degised which yeDd to be of immediate benefit to the publisher and editor. Rate cards for foreign ads are adopted and shop questions are discussed pro anc con so the mutual benefit of all present.
 To say that it is necessary 70 hold the meeting of the Press Association in ooe particular place every year is a0nsensical We never heard of any ench necessity ia adjoIping states When the editors of Arizona make ap their minds thgG they are going o0 supp0rv the association and help make it power Of good Co The craft then it will be q success aud nOs cs- Gore. -Grabam BulletiD
 The Press Association meeting atl 3olomonyille failed to materialiaze. There is feeling among majority of the publishers that the association las lost its usefulness and until ufGt is eradcated the association will rot De Of any benefit 10 the publishers.
 We overheard q remark made yas- serdag by { cattleman, in speaking Of associations and organizations. that the reason it Was so difficult te form or maintaia a successful organization in Arizona was because there is al- ! @ays mistrust on the part of those l who are 0f ought to be members | We wondered then whether this same i iine of reason applies to the members ! og the press of Arizona, aud if so, Nho the fellcsg is they mistrusg- 9t0cknan
 TIE OASIS has passed mention 9f ! Jle failure Of the Press Association 1 meeting in order to first see the com menus of the rest of the press Of the ! 5efritory And to the mind Of this editor she only journal which has hit anywhere aeaf che actual truth n its | efforts to fathom the causes of Ohe lack of interest in the association has been the Stockma0. One paper as- [ serts the association has lost ts use Tuinese on account of politics, another 9a account of the distance necessary 70 travel to attend meetings, and several other causes have been alleged
 The fact is the association has never rad any usefulness whatever, and has never dcne thing to advance the material welfare of the jourpalistic profession in Arizona. It's meetings nave been always poorly attended never more than 6wenty per cent 9l the papers in the territory rep ssented at any one meeting.
 The cause of this indifference is not 1nly mistrust Of one another. es aintee by the Stockman; but personal T will. Individually the members Of lhe Journalistic profession in Arizona re g lot os rank suckers who are 3laged agains each other 6y gange Of lcheming politicians, who use the lswspaper mer to pull political cf est lafs out of 6he fire aud to punish sch other Bach and every lit6le