Show KIND WORDS occasionally when the task of get ting out a readable paper each week in the face ox 01 a dearth of news and patronage is well nigh impossible of accomplishment accomplishments and when one is feeling down in the mouth in gen eral cral occasionally an editor is tendered an unsolicited compliment thai that banishes all symptoms of 0 discouragement and makes him feel that after all this is a pretty decent old world such an encouragement came to the times independent this week in the form of a letter from arthur L craig one of the most brilliant and successful newspaper paper publishers in colorado mr air craig formerly pub limbed the paeonian Pao nian and made that paper a model in general news mess and typography some six months ago he sold the paper and moved to greeley Gr celey a larger town where he acquired a half interest in the weld county news and assumed the position tion of manager his advent into the publishing business at greeley was quickly felt and now the weld county news is one of the leading weeklies of colorado and few papers are more widely quoted or generally respected in his letter to the editor ot of the I 1 times independent mr craig says in part the postoffice post office at paonia laonia has been forwarding each week my copy of ur good paper which was addressed to me personally I 1 have 0 no o doubt the present owners of the 1 pa a anian would be glad to receive recene it but time has been lacking for me to suggest to them the advisability of writ ing you I 1 should enjoy receiving it here also if you feel there is any value alue to accrue to you from an ex change this far distant 1 I have frequently marellen marvelled marvel marel led at your maintenance of so high a standard in the face of the discouraging conditions I 1 know you have bad had there for the past few heirs needless to say I 1 hope the time is rapidly approaching pro aching when you can return to the old time basis of liberal patronage and prosperity certainly your pape pa pei far outshines any other I 1 know similarly situated and I 1 hope the good people of your tern territory tory are not oblivious of the fact it was a matter of great regret that none of my frequent visits to grand junction during the year prior to my moving here were timed to t Beit asbele heki coincide with any of your trip trips as found I 1 observed in the dailies notice notices rf of A tw tore our occasional taps we had plan bud and c ned on several occasions to dnn gers over and see you and your valley te but 1 ame each time something unexpectedly bt t d oft th interfered interfere dL if you should wander f 1 re this far afield I 1 hope you will be tm sum m ea 8 to call at the news to 18 ca |