The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-03-26
HELP THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER
To Boost The Country-it is Read BY
Thousands Every Week

Barnum the great show man used to
say if he had the newspapers on his
side success was assured. He said no
single handed talker on earth could
beat him boosting but he had to give
in to the newspapers. While he
could talk to few hundred the news
papers talked every week to untold
thousands. The Burlington Journal
recently printed the following sensible
advice concerning the value of the
local newspaper as booster for its
town and country:
I'VE have the booster man, the
booster woman, the professional boos-
ter, and all kinds of booster societies
and organizations, all of whom are
ready to bleed and die for the advance
ment of their home and country, who
will spend hours Of time and an un-
limited amount of wind in telling
about the great advantages of the most
prosperous town OF the county. This
is all good so far as it goes, and is
feature to be admired in the subject
of the case. But my dear boosters,
how many of you fully realize that the
only real and genuine boosting that is
done, that reaches out and touches the
spot that brings response, is the
newspaper of your city. Men may
talk, rave, tear their hair out by the
roots, and back up their arguments
with all the brass bands in the uni
verse in praise of their homes, and
yet it reaches out no farther than the
sound of their voice.
Your newspaper goes out all over
the United States, and many OF them
to the four quarters of the earth, and
yet the country newspaper receives less
thanks, more kicks, and gets less re-
Enumeration for its services, than does
any other business in the known world.
That this is true is perhaps due to the
fact that few people stop to consider the
expense of publishing live country
newspaper. They forget that paper
and material cost money, that three
or four compositors for six days in the
week require some cash. They per-
haps do not know that an editor who
has the interests of his town at heart,
works continually perhaps including
Sunday, and many times until mid
night, rustling up an editorial or news
story, shaping them into language that
will bring strangers to their town and
business to their merchants. The ed
itors sole object in view is to boost the
town, and work day and night for the
interests of his patrons. Some people
believe that a newspaper is free
dumping ground for all the ills troubles
and sorrows of the world, where an ed
itor will write up for the, free cussings
or free blessings just as the case de-
mands. That every thing should be
considered news, such as to mention
John Does new goods just received
etc. People sometimes wonder why
the editor don't tell about the entire
new stock of goods they have just re-
ceived, of course it would be news.
No gentlemen, it takes time and
money to work up big subscription
list and to publish paper that is
booster for the town. Get in the har-
ness and boost the right way by boost
ing your newspapers, call and look
over our subscription list, we are not
ashamed of it, perhaps if you knew
how many people you could talk to
through the Journal you would talk