The Winslow mail., March 07, 1924, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

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THE WINSLOW MAIL
SAM W. PROCTOR, Editor
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF WINSLOW AND OF NAVAJO COUNTY
AND THE ARIZONA LIVESTOCK SANITARY BOARD
Entered as Second-class Matter at the Postoffice of
Winslow, Arizona, under Act of Congress of March 1, 1879
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Subscription, $3.00 per year; $1.75 per six months; SI.OO per three months
Friday, Marrh 7, 1924
THE LOCAL PAPER AND COMMUNITY
PROGRESS
By John F. Cunningham, President of Wisconsin
Agriculturist, Racine, Wis., in National Printer
Journalist.
There is a clear and definite line of work for
the local newspaper, whether it be a daily, semi
weekly or weekly. From no other source can the
intimate personal and business news of the small
town community be obtained.
There was a period during which the small
town newspaper seemed to be smothering under
the increasing circulation of the city dailies. The
city daily does not and cannot devote space to
matters of immediate interest to the small town
and the surrounding country. We may say there
fore, that while in the great wall of news that
confronts us from day to day, the large stones
and bricks will always be furnished by the city
dailies, through the various news services that
cover the entire world, the chinks and the cement
will ever be furnished by the local, country papers
news from nearby, the intimate heart-throbs that
come from the local business, social, civic and
home activities.
Every town owes it to itself to encourage a
good, enterprising wide awake progressive news
paper. Such publications are worth far more to
the town than the town usually realizes. By
supporting, I mean not only subscribing to the
paper and reading, it, but also helping it to get
the news, by using it as a medium of public <fts
cussion and by patronizing its advertising
columns.
In too many instances the good local paper is
taken as a matter of course—about as we con
sider the act of eating when meal time comes.
But the town which has no medium of local
news or for the expression of local opinion is a
barren spot indeed. God pity it! What commun
ity progress can be made with no vehicle of local
psblicity? What Community ideals and heart can
be promoted or maintained with no regular and
dependable organ to voice them? What com
munity Sympathy and fellowship can be devel
oped where there is no clearing house for the
heart—where there is no common parkway where
the myriad hopes and discouragements, joys and
heart-aches, successes and disasters may be
brought together and blended into that intangible
tho very real, thing or substance that we call
community spirit?
Every community feels the need for a good,
level headed newspaper. It has its work clearly
defined for it and if it fulfills its mission it
deserves the loval support of the town and the
country ‘round. Such a paper can render in
valuable service in breaking down that foolish
but age old barrier between town and country by
keeping each class supplied with the point of view
of the other.
After all. folks are about the same whether in
town or country, and the country roads are but
extensions of the city streets.
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PEOPLE ENTITLED TO KNOW
In the discussion about the Teapot Dome and
California oil leases, there is one thing that
puzzles the average citizen, and that is the failure
of everyone concerned to keep the oil—all the oil
—for the navy.
It is the understanding of the average citizen
that the oil reserves were set aside for the navy
to meet a great emergency. Oil had become the
navy’s chief fuel. It would continue to be the
navy’s chief fuel for a long period.
Along comes a report that the reserves are
being drained, and what happens? Not a single
effort is made to protect this supply of oil as oil.
The supply of oil in the earth is limited: there
is just so much of it. And when that is used up,
nature will supply no more.
The average citizen would like to know why it
is that the strongest power in the world was in
capable of protecting its resources.
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In consideration for Daugherty’s objection to
quitting under fire, he might be allowed to dis
cover some other, though not less speedy method
of retiring from the cabinet.
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The original Fall was occasioned by an apple.
There was no oil at that time.
GETTING RID OF LAME DUCKS »
“Lame ducks” will have a hard time living off
the people they have misrepresented if a bill in
trduced into the Senate by Senator C. C. Dill of
Washington passes Congress and becomes a law. I
Senator Dill’s “Anti-Lame Duck Bill,” as it is
called, provides that when a Senator or Represen
tative has been defeated for reelection he shall
not be eligible for any federal appointment for
two years. It is the people’s answer to the pract
ice liberally indulged in by the present adminis
tration of putting rejected representatives of the
people in responsible executive positions. Thus
Senator New was made Secretary of the Interior,
Senator Weeks was chosen by the late President
as Secretary of War, and Senators Kellogg and
Pointexter were both honored by ambassador
ships after the people had turned them out of
office.
Everbody who still has faith in the fundament
al principles of representative government will
back Senator Dill’s “Anti-Lame Duck” bill to
abolish the abuse of the appointive power in
awarding soft jobs to defeated misrepresent- I
atives. 1
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WATCH TODAY’S BUSINESS TODAY i
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A common fault in business organizations is j
that of giving too much attention to getting new •
business and not attention enough to holding the <
old ones. Too many organizations think that by \
gaining new customers, they are going ahead, J
when, more often, they are standing still. Simi- '
larly many an individual is so interested in trying •
to get the job of the fellow on the next ladder j
rung above him that he forgets the chap below j
who is after his scalp. If the present job, or the j
present customer, is handled well the future will ;
take care of itself, almost automatically. ;
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“Now is the time for all good men to come to I
the aid of the party.” Where is the party, any- I
way? !
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There is no doubt that C. Bascom Slemp knows :
a great many things that would be of interest ;
to the general public, but there’s doubt about ;
him giving over any of his private information \
to any investigation. He is not as easily ‘flushed’ ;
as some of the less experienced folks. ;
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MORGAN LIBRARY VALUED AT $8,500,000 GIVEN TO PUBLIC
The unique and priceless collection of books and manuscripts begun by
the elder J. Pierpont Morgan, no longer exists as one of the greatest
private libraries in the world. It was turned over last week by Mr.
Morgan to six trustees who were appointed to administer it as a public
reference library. The building adj oins the beautiful Morgan Masion
and goes with the gift, together with an endowment of $1,500,000 to
maintain it. Photo shows an end of the room showing the great height
of the shelves.
Writer to Reservation
Kenneth L. Roberts of the Saturday
Evening Post staff, his wife and
John Brown of the Phoenix Indian
school were in the city Monday night
en route to various points on the
Hopi reservation. They plan to
spend several days visiting different
villages and gathemg local color.
Coming over the Santa Fe they en-
gaged Bill Ford’s taxi to take them
on the reservation trip.
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PURVEYORS
Pure Meats and Poultry
Groceries and Vegetables
J. P. mLLIAMS, Prop.
Friday, March 7, 1924