Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-06-10

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this cold type but feebly shadows
our sentiments.
Whether or not their judgment in
the employment of an editor was
good, time will disclose. Except
that the paper shall be and at all
times remain non-partlsan in poll
tics, and be an exponent of all that
is good and worthy in the city and
county, or individual citizens of
either the editor has a free hand
in outlining our intentions
and present policy as to the course
of the paper for the future we will
state, first that we have no precon-
ceived idea that we are called to
this position to reform either the
world, the nation, the state, county
or city, Neither do we understand
that we are employed to demonstrate
how newspaper should be conduct
ed, as may concern the newspaper
business in general. But we do
understand that the intention of the
owner is, that the News shall be a
| live, wide awake advocate of this
county and city, that all which is
good in either is TO be commended,
all that is worthy of attention shall
be mentioned and credit given to the
deserving person, persons or firm.
! We became an admirer of Meade
county in January of 1886. We be-
lieved than that this was the best
place for home, the finest farming
land, and climate as nearly ideal
as can be found this side of paradise.
Possessed of that conviction, we
wrote our first articlefor publication,
commendatory of the advantages
possessed by Meade, about the mid
die of January of the above year.
From time to time we have written
for different papers and publications
the things which we believed were
exceptional lattraetiens to be found
only in Meade.
Descriptions of the natural re-
sources, and the development of the
country under intelligently directed
efforts of her citizens we have at
different times given to the world at
large through the public press of the
country. These efforts to benefit
our fellowmen and to bring forward
this county in industrial develop
ment and intellectual betterment we
expect now to make our sole busi-
ness.
1t has always been our opinion
and one on which we have acted in
the past that what benefits city or
county is source of good to every
person in that county or city, On
the contrary, whatever is source of
loss or degradation to any citizen is
Indirectly a curse to each individual.
| For that reason our efforts shall be
! for the good of all, with discrImi-
nation against none.
That the paper is to be non-par-
tisan is not to say that it will neither
have, nor express an opinion on the
conduct of any department of the
government from the national to the
city or township in this, county. On
the contrary it will state them as
forcibly, briefly, and plainly as our
command of the English language
will permit. However, principles,
not party shall be our theme. Duty
of citizen to his town, county, state
and country, not TO his political
party, we believe to be paramount.
With good will to all and prejudice
against none we shall endeavor to
present to you the news. of each
week, and to exempify to the world
that Meade is on the map and on
the map to grow-grow intellectual
| ly, socially and materially.
We shall so far as in US lies, bring
all men to realize as we do, that
Meade is great, that she will be
greater, and finally the greatest
county in the nation.