The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-11
YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR
IN THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER
The Country Editor is Entitled to Far More Credit Than He
Usually Gets Though he Falls Short Of Duty Fearing That
His Daily Allowance Will be Materially Lessened

The Franklin County Herald of last
Saturday has this to say relative to its
future course as journal published in
the interests of humanity. 1t takes a
common ground for its stand, just as
The Dawn did seventeen years ago. and
has been doing ever since, and while
we sometimes think the good people OF
Ellensburg and Kittitas county do not
appreciate the service we are trying to
render the cause of Justice to all" and
better conditions for Ellensburg and
kittitas county in general, morally,
socially, intellectually and financially.
Strange as it may seem, the very per-
sons we would naturally expect to as
sst us financially and otherwise are
the first ones, as rule to withdraw
their support while those whom we
have waged the fight against in an
honorable and square way; have stuck
to US and paid their annual dues that
go to fiji the dinner pail and feed the
press and liquidate bills, like men,
knowing full we'll too, that they need
not expect any quarters from us. We
have lost from an unexpected source
our real friend, or at least ought to be,
and gained from sources that we did
not anticipate. If the peOple-all OF
the people-for whom We are labOring
daily and paying out our good hard
coin would rally to our support, we
would soon be in shape to do things
with much greater power and force and
the same element would enjoy and
possess the ideals that are as yet only
anticipated.
Here is what the Herald has to say
and it has our hearty endorsement:
Even the casual observer will note a
change in the Herald this issue. The
Herald will no longer carry saloon adj
vertising matter in lis columns. In
taking this stand we have acted only
in accordance with the dictates of our
own conscience. We have asked the
ad vice of no one and have been inl1u-
enced by no one. IT has not been done
as grandstand play or in an effort to
gain notoriety and it is not the purpose
of the paper by SO doing to antagOnize
any person or combination of persons.
The saloon element or the anti-salOon
element have nothing to fear from the
Herald so long as they do not trans
gress the law of the land. "a Square
Deal To APP is our motto.
We have taken this stand that we
may be in position to say that we be-
lieve to be right: to express our honest
opinion on any and every question OF
public interest that may arise. We
believe this TO be the only way a news
paper should be edited and ia accor-
dance with this policy the Herald will
henceforth say what it believes to be
It's duty to say regardless of the conse.
quences.
1t depends on you, citizens OF Pasco
and Franklin county, whether we live
or dse We will do our part. Will
you do yours?
We quote the following from one OF
our exchange. 1t expresses TO large
degree the newspaper fraternity's view
of some questions. We wish to draw
the attention of the "better element"
of Pasco and Franklin county to several
of the paragraphs contained therein:
"There is no one in this world but
who feels the Eeed at some time or
other, of little encouragement in his
work. The newspaper man is no ex
ception to the rule. Yet there are
certain kinds of people that think that
YOU should always look forward to
something after death for your encour-
agement, especially if you belong to the
fraternity of editors.
The Rev. John M. Dean OF Seattle,
proved that he belongs to the class OF
persons who want the editors to look
forward to some future time for their
reward, in recent sermon. There
was practically nothing too mean for
him to say about the Times, yet admit
Ted that the Times published all church
notices and parsons photographs, etc,