Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-11
NEWSPAPERS ARE PUBLIC MIRRORS.

HE local newspapers story citys cOmmuny growth
n better any thing pick newspaper and
good line of advertising be certain that the city
right you well displayed with catchy headlines and
the bler plate in evidence you safely your money
place begins economic times dull trade stagna
on his advertising bills He does this lust because it is the first thing
that strikes pay keep clerks
and all incidental expenses doing
or little his advertising expense simply because that
is about the only place that he off the outgO
city prosperous then it pretty safe that the
rounding country right for the prosperity of the city depends
Of the surrounding territory,
We have without visiting negbborng cities keep pretty
simply watching their In the few
years there among all along
bright cfd and full of well told and
nicely presented As refee of Aoa greatness
Eugene daily the Guard be credit city
double paper emphasizes what have said for it is
in one of the best little on he coast
country few years represented by few wkes
and not very energetic lively weekes either The de-
veood support them Now the there tell story of
phenomenal growth has splendid and the Record at
Mahdd is new breezy up 70 ne minute IN news ana makeup ana Oy
appearance tells surroundings This is exceptionally true
of the Bay for the natural wealth of that section
utterly neglected years looming of
the richest and important districts in the state
Roseburg through splendid tells the prosperity
Grants Pass and Medford with their metropolitan papers and wide
waene glance these will convince that
great River valley wonderfully and productive
almost smell the orchard bloom get the hungerng OdOr Of
apple and pear ~ \
with the modern of klamath Falls Any Medod
man will tell you the story building
red history records left the of Eden he ea
which of course place direction the original for
that matter the present Edn the Rogue River valley few
years ago Falls sort gathering place for cowboys sheep
mon and handpaned lend variance onie life
in some places big bright daily paper, North
western you told that klamath Falls city The getup
of paper advertising columns tell that and this without
reading a thing about city first built by Cain surely
moveon making for lost time.
Up in the part Of the state is the The Hood River
Glacier tells you wide awake community behind
it, At papers tell story Of thrift and easy Street,
Pendeonn anything about the Roundup city this
week for perhaps you but Pdon would
expect getting glimpse Of the East oeonn of the
oldest papers and one of the best anywhere
Won nuggets of Baker the Democrat and Herald
which advertising and richness of Bakers mines forests and
eor show in their news their stories else
eoud not rank they the best little papers in the state
epner Condor in the list and down through tho
,or tho state and etatae
np but and them will see the wekes change dali
M and these grow prosper the communities in which they
published develop,
Tho newspaper is the for in which you
giou Of the city where published well the surrounding
49, Judging r great state and know better
~ more e way just pride in knowing that all her people
ava nrosnerous from Catsop Maheur and from Coos waowa