The news-herald., 1902-02-08
READING ROOM
What Are You 1gto
do About -.
The ews.HeraId Stands r. to Pro.
vide Reading and Gu for the
Benefit of Local Residents Outside
Investors Doing Business Here.

In view of the fact that Nogales
is now the headquarters of large
number of mining men, capitalists
seeking investments and others
who have but the hotel offices and
public houses for places of resort
while in. the city, specla1 apart
ments ought to Oe provided. All
the mining men in northern Sonora
and a great portion of those own
ing and operating mines in south
ern Arizona have established head
quarters here, and all their trade,
aside from the social Importance OF
their presence, is of value. There
fore it would be q graceful act on
the part of our citizens to furnish
them cosy "home.", Two con-
veniently located rooms would be
quite sufficient and the expense
would be light compared to the
benefit and warmth of apprecia-
ton that would be forthcoming.
The ''home" should, of course, be
open to stockmen and others visit
ing the city, and being supplied
with literature and stationery
might prove the popular resort.
The newspapers will assuredly fur
nish an abundance of newspapers
and would see to it that there is no
lack of desirable reading matter.
Let our people think of this and
act promptly.-Nogales Vidette.
Wickenburg might we'll profit
by the above suggestion. A few
hundred dollars inyestedin a build
ing containing one large room to
be used as a reading room and
for writing, with q smaller room
where some privacy could be OBJ
tanned and mining deals consum-
mated, would be the best invest
ment ever made by the merchants
and business men of Wickenburg.
Asit now is, mining men and others
coming here on business have no
place outside Of the hotel office and
saloons to attend to their affairs
or to pass away time in. Make it
comfortable for the men who come
here to do business and their i'm
pressions of the town and district
will be much more favorable. Fur
nish them some place where they
can read the latest mining journals
and metropolitan dailies, place
where they can write and attend
to any business and correspondence
they may have. Every person in
terested in the district would be
benefited, and all who have any
business dealings with men com
ing in from the eoutside world would
be accommodated.
The editor of the News-HeralC
will 60 Nogales one better. If the
merchants and mining men o
Wickcnbu1g will raise a bonus O
$500 to aid in the construction of {
building, we will furnish a site
centrally located, and will put VI
a substantial building such as il
needed. In addition to this W.
will maintain the same, and vii
personally subscribe, and keep OF
file tor the benefit of the public, al
the leading mining papers OF thu
United States, the leading New
York, San Francisco, Denver
Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson anC
other territorial papers and thu
leading popular monthly maga
zines. We will also keep the read
ing room and private room wei
supplied with stock of the bes
stationery obtainable, pens, inl
and other articles necessary or con
venient around such a place. Oul
idea is to make it a place where tht
mining men may do business anc
where the people living in Wicken
burg can go and read something
besides the News-Herald and thu
Arizona Republican, which, while
both being good papers, in our es
timation, do not entirely fill thu
want of healthy mind for healthy
reading.
If the idea is carried out, it viii
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