Graham guardian., 1907-11-29
ANOTHER ABsuRDlTY NAILED
A Journal Correspondent Shown 10
be a Grabbed and UniIulhful
CIiliG

EDITOR GUARDIAN;--We were
much surprised TO see in the last
issue of the Stafford Journal an
article from here criticising your
paper for not giving Pima more
space IN your special issue. AS
close reader Of your paper, | have
carefully examined your Souvenir
Edition and | am fully convinced
that you treated Pima and all
other towns with unusual fairness,
aud none but a chronic kicker
would find any fault with the treat
ment we received. To my certain
knowledge your agent here can
vassed the town of Pima and en-.
deavored to secure write up of
every business institution IN the
town but the Webb Merrill Com.
pany we're the only ones who chose
to take advantage of the splendid
opportunity. 1t certainly was not
the fault of your paper if the bus-
ness houses here did not wish to
~'.Ae advantage OF the splendid
chance they had to advertise their
business to the entire country.
Aside from the articles concerning
business houses you gave the
affairs of Pima as much promi-
nence and as much space AS you
sd Thatcher, Stafford or Solomon
Ale, and that is certainly all we
could expect
Furthermore, in giving the splen-
did descriptions of the resources
and possibilities of this valley, you
benefited Pima as much as any
OF the other towns, and for this we
as citizens of Pima should feel
grateful to you, and we all do OK
cept one or two Grabbed individ-
uals who would not be satisfied If
YOU gave them the world for moth
ing. Instead of criticising your
efforts, think we should praise
your Souvenir Edition highly, as
it is by far the best paper that has,
ever appeared in the valley and
one of the very best it not the best
that ever was issued in the terri
tory. | think Pima and all the
other towns should feel well salts
fed over your issuance of such a
handsome edition, as we arc all
bound to reap good results there,
from. When it is considered how
llttIe the great majority of our
citizens of the valley did to help
bear the expense of the issue, we
should feel well satisfied to know
there was one paper with enter.
prise enough TO produce such
paper. You may rest assured Mr..
Editor, that the solid aud pro.
gressive citizens Of Plma appre.
ciate your efforts, and have moth.
ing but praise to bestow upon you.
They do rot coincide with the
cynical criticisms Of the Grabbed
individual who signs himself
"Reader
1t would have been supposed
that the Journal would be the last
paper to find fault with your spec
ial edition. That paper has been
trying for months TO issue some
kind of special and has dismally
failed. 1t has filed its columns
with bombast and gaseous prom
ises concerning the great paper it
was going t. print, and has been
as great failure in that affair as
il has been in everything else it
has attempted. 1t has been weighed
and found wanting. IL was started |
to help certain individuals to es
cape paying their just taxes aud it
has fought for them on that line
ever since and against THE GUAR
DIAN. Every citizen who pays u
dollar to the Journal is helping to |
make his tax burdens heavier be-
cause that paper is fighting to
help rich men avoid payment.
And when it comes to discrimi
mating against Pima, the Journal |
has been the greatest offender of
all. For several moaihs past il |
has devoted page to Thatcher
and that town'S affairs and had /
hardly word for Pi ina IN all
that time. We fully appreciate
the fact that Thatcher is q live
town and is deserving Of help aud
praise, but so also is Pima, and
the Journats $ continued aud marked
ignoring Of the merits and progress
of Pima, when so much of its space
was devoted to Thatcher, has
aroused nothing but disgust for
that paper ia the minds of our
citizens.
Go ahead with your efforts for
the beuefil of the entire valley,
Mr. Editor, and you may rest as
sured the people Of Pima will sup
port you, as they have done in the
past Respectfully,