Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-11-30
Published Every Thursday Morning
IN the Interest Of COulee City and
the NeixhbOring Vicinity.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT
FROM YOUR NEWSPAPER

An editorial in the columns of the
Wilbur Register of last week, credit
ed to a Minnesota paper, was read by
US with a feeling that its message IS
what we would have liked to have
expressed ourselves. AT least we can
republish the article, extending it
cur hearty endorsement. The editor
ial follows:
What do you expect from your
newspaper? Well you expect moro
from your newspaper than you DO
from any other person or institution
to which you pay the sum of $500
year.
You expect your newspaper to
give YOU all the news for So weeks.
That's why you pay $500 for it,
but
You expect your newspaper to ex-
pose graft in public affairs, to fore
stall it by publishing itemi2ed acr
counts of all public moneys spent.
You expect your newspaper to maine
tain a high standard of morality, sup
porting things that are right and con-
demning things that are wrong.
You expect your newspaper to
maintain high standard of enter
prise, devoting column after columns
to propaganda, supporting the band
the football team, community cele-
brations, Boy Scouts, high school,
school programs, home talent plays,
civic and patriotic groups, and doz-
ems of such causes and events.
You expect your paper to boost for
good roads and protect your commun
ity's claim to it's share of road i'm
provements.
You expect your newspaper to
build up confidence in your home fl
nancial institutions and protect home
investors from making unwise in
vestments Of surplus funds, warning
against fake statesmen and other fl
nancial pirates.
You expect your newspaper to COM
bat the peddler nuisance.
You expect your newspaper to es
tablish friendly contact with the rur-
al readers so as to induce them to
make your town their town.
You expect your newspaper to give
notice of all public meetings, public
observances, conventions etc.
GU expect your newspaper to urge
support of poor relief benefits, library
driv es, Red Cross drives, Christmas
seal sales, Legion and Auxiliary driv-
es, poppy sales, forget-me-not sales;
have-a-neart drives etc.
You expect your newspaper to pub
lish church notices, church programs,
club news, farm information, AAA
propaganda, Grange news, demonstra-
ton unit news, market news, wealth
er news, and cover all doings of the
many semi-public organizations.
You expect your newspaper to sup
ort every meritous organization eff
fo- y @ oo'
led fol whatever scheme
atcl up for your own bene-
expect all this for $500
be done for that. The
a. d ubsc.iber, pay for
,ais paper covers less than one-fourth
-oat of Publishing the paper. The
ar rec ourtAs must he paid by
alye Users.
iAce the advertisers pay large
mare of the eXpense of publishing
your paper, don't you think you owe
IN I've duty to patronize them when
- tucy offer you equal or better
i ues than non-advertisers.
And you, Mr.. Advertiser, don't you
think that in view or the many SER
vices which the newspaper performs,
ioI which the newspaper derives no
compensation, but which mean more
business and more profits for you,
the newspaper deserves your adver'
Using and printing business? Make
Jour community newspaper your ads
vertising and printing medium and
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