The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-04
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good and taking almost no precau-
ton against any evil save thriftless-
ness and the uncertainty of life.
But why write all this? Well, for
one thing, Mr.. Bear was n of our
best friends-tne rarest of all pos
sessions in the world-and we believe
the truth should be written. We saw
the battle, and felt it, and still feel
some of it's effects. Mr.. Bear died
January 20. 1905, and vas buried
two days later. The present editor,
who came here broken down in
! health, under circumstances that he
will not discuss, and who for a year
after coming dared not even rea a
newspaper or book outside of his dali
ly work as a printer, undertook to
write something when he felt able
for the editorial page, in addition to
his regular employment as a linotype
operator. He had no hope of keeping
h a page up to h standard set by
Mr.. Bear-had little time to- circulate
among the people, and on account of
ill health was not as sOciable as ne
should. be. He perhaps goes toward
the opposite extreme from Mr.. Bear
and does not trust enough people
but he can take the "slilgs n ar
rows" as well as fling them back.
However. the editorial page of a
newspaper is comparatively unimpor-
tant, especially so far as relates to
politics alone. The parking of the
streets, planting trees and flowers,
building of sidewalks. making a
cleaner and better town, and report
ing the daily local news right here
in Roswell are more important news
| paper subjects than either Territorial,
National or International compiled
tons. Telling the outside world what
we are doing in Roswell and the Pc
cos Valley, and telling our home peo-
pie what is happening in the outside
world is the principal mission of the
Daily cor 1t is a business insti-
tuition. and upon the management OF
its business affairs and printing the
news which people are willing to pay
for depends the success of the whole
enterprise. Opinions are nothing. 1t
is event that count.
But N city the size of Roswell in
the United States has a paper that
is a member of the Associated Press,
nrintinn IN tho dow If honnnnS the
principal news of the world. 1t costs
something to maintain this service
more than the immediate returns
but the Record has faith in the fu-
ture of Roswell-that with the growth
of the town the owners of the paper
outlay.
The Daily Record goes int nearly
every home in Roswell every day tx
cept Sunday, and is read by as many
people every day as all h ministers
of Roswell combined preach to on
Sunday. If we do a little preaching
occasionally it should help all the
churches-in such a way as driving
licensed gambling out of Roswell, for
instance. There is no live subject I'M
der the sun that may not be some
times a newspaper topic. There is no
legitimate interest in the city that
does not ask and receive favors from
the newspaper-none that does not
receive favors without asking. the
newspaper tries to report the news
impartially and to accurately reflect
public sentimelt-but does not al
ways agree with the majority on
questions Of morals and expediency.
sometimes makes grievous mistakes,
and because it talks more than any
body else in the community is SUBJ
ject to more criticism, both just and
unjust, than any any other person or
institution. AS Bill Nye once aid
Il cannot call to mind today, in all
my wide journalistic acquaintance.
a solitary man who has not been pro-
nounced an ass by one or more of
my fellow-men- In many instances
these harsh criticisms are made by
those who. do not know, without sub
hitting themselves to a tremendous
mental strain, the difference between
a lower case" q and the old Calvin