The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-09-25
Farmers Take a Fling

A Young farmer whom you hardly think would DC
interested in dry goods said that at their house they
studied the advertising quite little and especially inc
weekly message of the Brown-Hart company 1t kept
them thinking of their needs for the immediate future
and had long held their attention and been convent
to them
A man at Usage, Iowa, who has never been in
Idaho but has written for local papers and been
urged do of it, writes that the great value IN
country correspondence is that it takes the place OF the
odtme visiting from house house get current news
and possp and that since it is easier and more economy
of time down and CLEAN the news from the printed
column while resting is the logical way for this gen.
Grafton visit He says the editor does not have the
chance to know the value of item as does the
person out in that neghborhood who reads it. 1t may
be short item that Mr.. and Mrs So and So from Peek
vile visiting Smiths and may not occur to the
editor that it matters much but to the old friends or
those persons, those who have them for term
of years and who ready to hop into the jney and
run there they read the item it is mat
ter of much value. To have left that item would
have been real loss to those folks at both homes
doesn't matter so much that Sarah Wright took dinner
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Broad
water unless there is special significance in the
fact that they friends again after arrangement
and those who know of the estrangement this the
message that tells of the reconciliation and the editor
is not supposed to leave it just because he in his
wisdom does the point 1t is the peoples papel
and if the average thoughtful correspondent
who do not understand why it was printed need not
bother about it, but go and read something else that
suits them better The editor does need think that
it is any reflection him and the dignity of his paper
he there pay the bills and that the service
rendered and to publish what the people want If he
pays the bills at his end and furnishes the service the
people out at their end will pay their bills and keep him
financed The people who find the fault with the
newspaper generally the who are farthest be-
hind in their subscriptions and are looking for excuses
to pay up ALL If the writer in any community
abuses her privilege humiates people in the neighbor-
hood by improper reports print then it becomes the
duty of the people of that community to take up the
matter personally with the erring writer and bring
the editor into at all excepting the last Frank
ness among themselves and free discussion to what
the people OF the community in their community
news column the logical and agreeable way to arrive
at and to maintain valuable medium. 1t always
and always will be pleasure the average normal
person to see his her the paper even though
it is not important item that is involved so while
human nature remains s the correspondent is miss.
ing an opportunity for service to get everybody's
name IN the paper once in while. Where the abuse
comes in is to leave all the time and to have
others mentioned unnecessarily Often thus irritating or
falling to please all of them. The writer who does tha
way not success and may be doing more harm than
good.
Not bad letter was it, from this Iowa farmer who
happens to read our old paper this season?
Well, folks, the Idaho Republican will 90 on print
ng what the writers send in and paving the writers and
he rest of the bills and if the community can oct TO-
sether and help their correspondent give them bet
er selection OF and reports that will aid their own
projects of every kind that will be CARRYING out tbe
iowa mans idea and our own