Arizona state miner., 1924-07-26
WHY DAD WATSON SiDEsTEPPED
PHOENIX WEAKLY HARD
TIMES"
Buckeye, Arizona, July Is.

Editor Dunbar's Weekly: Hundreds
of residents Of this section, part1cu'
larly democrats, are lncensed at the
attitude of the Phoenix Times, and
the Rushes, father and son. upon
whose heads rest the crime Of print
ing such sheet.
The Phoenix Times, which Is con-
solidation of several small county
papers formerly published by the
Rushes, has been blackguarding and
villifying Governor Hunt in the viiest
terms. The paper is fond of speak
ing of the crooks" at the state house,
but being aware Of the criminal libel
law this pair of fine birds has been
careful not to name any Of the crooks.
The people of Buckeye and vicinity
will long remember the two Rushes
bull Rushes they are called here
because of several ill-smelling incl
dents connected with their Journals.
tic experiences in Buckeye. While
operating the Buckeye Times the
Rush newspaper put on subscrip-
ton contest with several prizes prom
ised the winners, the first prize be-
ing a Gardner car. Mrs. A. ]. Beatty,
WIG VI OuA AOCdA D6PCAOL AAAACNOAS Oh
ter long and hard campaign, turned
in the largest number of subscriptions
and rejoiced in the belief that she had
: won the automobile. She is still wait
ing for the car. The Rush newspaper
got the money and the prize win
ners" got the laugh. The report Is
out here that Rush tried to pay for
the car with check that was not
backed up with funds in the bank and
for some peculiar reason the Gardner
people refused to enter into such a
deal
Another time a local reader of the
paper asked the junior Rush what at
titude the Times would take in the
coming election, and the response was
that he didn't know-he was waiting
to see where the most money could
be located.
And this is the gang, with record
that smells to high heaven, that is
abusing and blackguarding Governor
Hunt. don't know how you feel
about the governor, Mr.. Editor, but
the people of Buckeye look upon
Dunbar's Weekly as the one Phoenix
paper that can always be depended
upon for a square deal, and in the
interest of decency and fairness,
hope you will expose this fine pair of
newspaper editors, in order that the
people may know what kind of men
it Is that are using their Ku Klux
sheet to abuse one Of = the squarest
and straightest men who ever en-
tered the Arizona political arena.
A BUCKEYE DEMOCRAT
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And now the Phoenix press Is her
aiding the news that all Arizona farm
bureaus favor the new railroad mer-
ger.
LET THE COUNTRY WEEkLiEs
FORM AN ASSOCIATION
Now then, since the daily press of
Arizona Is thoroughly organized why
wouldn't it be a good time for the
rural or country press to do the
same2 We should all have "code
of ethics. as Brother Mills Of the
Phoenix Messenger has said. Let's
plan for Chair of Journalism in Ari-
zona. The wild and woolly" parts
of the west have been morally over
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youngest state of the Union, her news
papers are far above the average pub
lications of many of the middle and
western states. There are many
problems of the Arizona weekly press
that could be intelligently discussed,
besides the social life of those in the
business, which could be materially
benefited by formation Of such an as
sociation, and would soon become
statewide in influential Importance
Arizona State Miner.
We're with you old man! When
do we start? And we are glad that
you are now following up our idea as
expressed in our editorials in the Ari-
zona Cattleman and Farmer about two
years ago, when movement was on
foot to so amend our state laws that
it would be impossible for the country
weeklies to bid for legal publications.
The daily newspapers were behind
that movement. We have pointed
out that the country weeklies are in
the majority in this state, and that
such combined force of press opin'
ion can work wonders for the state.
One thing such an association can
do for It's readers would be solemn
promise not to use any canned edi.
torials" in the weeklies, unless the
editor has gone fishing.-Southwest.