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. B i PR T News Suppression and Endowed Papers Henry Watterson in the Made by the Editor of Th papers memon muckracker.” The mag Louisville Courier Journal Approves and Reinforces the Answer | “ =" * 40 e’ ok B St e Bee to Prof. Ross’ Article Denouncing the Modern Newspaper vas engendere The press is an institution, and af srished tutions are, legitimately, objects of when they fail to meet with the appr St persons of critieal bent. Moreover 8 primarily. or at least see adlaiming as its peroga: cums the quick the dead. sither or both if the profanity. It 1por bent upon the press emiably. and to debate charges amicably sincers should ar the person who eapped by tnsti. he has not followed his own eoorter has aired ator ertain newspapers. A edi e put down as “a plece of logie wh 4. th rewspapers alt s ® ne . b » pass because | ness and vapidit press st the press, and is as p 1 deny he San Francise beén grilling him anmercifu; The Professor's Motive. It is a ru Tom publishing a newspaper Rrily, o erit &ht and earnest investigator, a force. asxerate its fa e was after 1 ts an ng an admirable nt of his i man the America e o 10 disparagem s motives, an amus stration ¢ that apon t n p « e who knows nothing abeut jour [ knows infinitely t a newspaper sted his life t e in ¢ to say that th efo! bar gu aw to astig: newspapers t ] sut agreement pla lism believes that me » pro more about how to cond with the prisoner at aving emainders” we roadside Mr. R mbrgeres gentlem ad ng Basis of Indictments. than any one as ndividual whe : to mintmize the good and % y . ' Such an tet news ar Berar 1p rews during the pan I the ¢ ¢ b 2 o argw reeds no a seems to have ® tself. ment we * disabling ignorance of th, subject he.tackles, or & disqualifying preju dice agminst the institution he When Prof. Edward Ros hed Atiantte Monthiy khe American newspapers, Journa!l ventured to point Sccuracies as to facts and d and established the assa If Prof. Ross' animadve ipon the probi and usef motive after wit swer The ( cassus Prot rime or which kedness of a news supp: Mr. R harge. the tube.” £ he e, and urnal doe precipitated s an e S not recall the the e pass over water's doetor be- | will feariessiy p as that Francisco | which the pr that the Phil-| e | adelphia papers suppressed. and which will ews A him attack riness belll that tween Prof. R papers—in point of fact we of the sh news the my publ article neounte fon as to wh - fessor regrets e blew first.” an muckrak ver read th ACREAGE TRACTS FOR THE INVESTOR OR FOR THE e SMALL FARMER HIS Is our specialty. From T One to One Thousand acres. This business is small to get our best attention And no sum, however large, is too large to tax our capacity to TO PLACE AND PLACE WITH PROFIT TO THE INVESTOR. We would like to have you write to us for our booklets, literature and other informa tion We are sure that you want to know about IDARO. It is the last West and the rap- idly growing section of the United States. Here you can make big profits on small in- vestments. Land can be bought on credit. Wrife Right Now, Write Today GRAY @ GRAY INVESTMENTS. POCATELLO, - . IDAHO eip & 4 world and the eonduct Vietor Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee, discussing Prof. Ross’ article at some length, begins by quoting him as follows £ newd ce is a crime duals and tected mpor aw um “We waste altogether t n { Papers and his fulminations agminst t i the daily news E : 9t the rest of the United States evoting haif an R NS each day. Cut judge from ang You will find that n favor of po harges ing this. try reducing the time wign, and you will find you are Datter. Then cut' that down to f! & day and pretty soon out out reading the newspapers altoget and you will' get along just as well daily newspaper cannot give you a true SOouRt S€ eurradt events. You ean get all | poep o (on LU 0 ST - you need to know in the weekly perfodicals , wl and the monthly magazines, and If you = 5ps _ most Teud two or three of these you will have all . z PN the informatign sbout what is going on fow't. 1¢ sbout you that i8 worth having. Time - spent in reading the newspaper is worse e than thrown away. Don't waste your time on newspapers.” This is what Mr. Rosewater heard one day when entering, unobserved. a class- room in the University of Nebraska. Upon being chaffed by Mr. Rosewater for his excoriation of the newspapers, the lecturer waid he did not exactly mean what he enid, but that the lecturs was originally ‘written under great provocation. when cer- tain newspapers In San Francisco bad eritisised him “From his article Mr. Rosewater, m ubtless to make a ded the bot Aetend ou are not losing Down Hill || That's the Way Dollars imvested in you will be a 1 doing those wh done and doing The | those who The done. Concerning News Value. Roos ngness of rimes ch ater insists one journal suppresses One compiaint of Prof. hat im- portant news is suppressed, but he ecit as proof of his assertion the suppression of nauseating scandal by the Philadelphia newspapers, and asserts that the influence of an advertiser was the cause of this fallure to print the news. While the news- papers are occasionally forced to print such “news.” it is unclean, and ought never to be published. The subject is unfit for discussion outside of the lecture room office of a specialist upon nervous and mental disorders. If the Philadeiphia papers were subservient to their adver- tisérs they were wrong in principle, but it Atlantic.” says|is strange that an educator considers the Ross shows thatlresult unsatisfactory from the viewpoint Ross is Yisagree as to news of editorial rooms who have | ent opinions as to what is news, and dtvergent as to “what policy the press should pursue. Many of them may Ronestly and innnocently belleve that whenever a given newspaper does not meet with their critical approval a combination | of corruption and ignorance lie behind fts | imagined failure to discharge its full duty. | Prof Ross assertion that the popularity | of magasines as vehicles of suppressed | news results from the lamentable morais | of alls from Mr. Roosewate: | valnes, s persons views Come to YOU are not satisfied with a small suc- IT NEVER ou cess! YOU are a man of ambition! YOU or in the “Prot. the press that something will turn® up. DOES. You have to turn things up. Farmers, Stockmen, Javestors, SNCL“OF_S]I 525-acre farm and townsite—$20,000 worth of improvements Land alone tpprth what we ask for the whole proposition This Strictly Modern 13-Room House is on the Farm From every standpoint this is the best proposition in the central west and will be snapped up in short order Townsite of Langdon, Atchison County, Missouri, together with 525 acres of choice bottom land, on the main line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, 60 miles from Omaha, Neb., and 60 miles from St. Joseph, Missouri Description of Farm and Improvements This is the best 525 acres in northwest Mizsouri. It is ali level and the soll is as rich as cream. The land has all been re- newed in receat years by rotating to clover and alfalfa. This land will grow 100 bushels of corn to the acre and it will grow as much timothy, clover or alfalfa to the acre as any land on earth. The land is all fenced and cross fenced, 50 acres hog tight, and the improvements consist of a big 2% story brick mansion, with 13 large rooms. In addition to the 13 rooms, there is a bath room, pantry, halls, closets, large colonial porch, cellar under the house and a complete water system in the house. This house could not be duplicated for $25.000.00. Big hay barn—hoids 150 tons. Horse barn for 16 head of horses, with hay mow and gran- aries. Hog and calf barn, 40x160 feet. Buggy and carriage house, hog sheds, chicken house, ice hbuse, cribs for several thousand bushels of corn. Two wells with windmills. Five driven wells with pumps. 250 barrel cistern. Five acres in full bearing orchard, consisting of apples, peaches, plums, cherries, etc. This orchard brings a revenue of trom $500 to $1000 per year, besides suppiving fruit for family 100 acres tame grass. (Timothy, clover and alfalfa ) Fine feed lots within 100 yards of the railroad stock yards. Living water on feed lots. Cheap rates and no shrmk. You drive your stock Trom feed lots to stock yards a few minutes before loading and they are on the market within three or four hours. It Must Be Seen to Be Appreciated. Present owner has become independent and wants to retire Townsite and What Goes With It The townsite of Langdon, Mo., is situated on the east side of the 525-acre farm. There are two store buildings, five residences and a blacksmith shop, all rented to good tenants and brings a rental of about $1,000 per year. All these go with the land. Adjoining the townsite on the east is the beautiful Nishnabotna river. The finest and most popular fish- ingyresort in the west is at Langdon, Mo. Oune of the best hotels in the state is located near the depot and on the banks of the ‘‘Nishna’’ and for several years has been a Burlington railroad eating house. A large num- ber of boats with complete fishing equipment is kept by the management. During the summer months hun- dreds of people from Omaha, St. Joseph and St. Louis spend their vacations there; where fishing, swimming and boating cannot be excelled. There has been quite a demand from the people of these cities for town lots on which to build summer cot- tages, but the present owner has refused to sell a single lot for the reason that they did not want any town there to interfere with their farming and stock feeding busi- ness. Everything Goes for $90,000 $5,000.00 will tie it up until Mareh 1st, 1911, at which time given. Balance can run 5 or 10 years at 6%. Interest will be allow For further information or for a date to look this over, call on, write or wire $40,000.00 more will be payable and possesion will be ed on the $5,000.00 payment until March 1st, 1911. Thomas @ Weems, ... Fullerton, Ne You never saw an office clerk any confidence in himself. into a big one! toil, labor, and save, until | YO' pinehing penury is your | normal state. In the Middle | ‘Western states there are OVER A HALF MILLION FAMILIES which must live on less than $400 per year. In Tdaho this !s different. There are the broad, level acres, irrigated with a constant stream of water from the finex tible Snake river; wheat ylelds as high as 75 bushels to the acre. Five acres of orchard land provide a living for an enure family and | leave them a balance in the bank at the end of the year.- J. H. Stoitz, secretary of the Commercial ciub, as a matter of record, de- | clares that the statemment was made at a public meeting of the club that A MAN WHO HAD BUT THREE ACRES ‘ >m which he reaped a living fo- his wife and family and saved $1,000.00 at the end of the year. You are one of many thousands of men who wish they could better their condition. You can do it in Idaho. You can’t make a success of toil alone. YOU | MUST COME TO IDAHO FOR THE CHANCE. Write to us. You will like Idaho. You WANT to know about Idaho. Send for the Look NOW. 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