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Show country paper the news' of local events, barn raisings, .fires,- deaths, accidents, accounts of woiiderfully large animals, very fine i fruit or crops, and mention of public meetings, meet-ings, revivals, etc. If you will do this, your example will encourage others to do the same, and you will soon get the bef.iefits of your own good works. 6. Do not expect too much of the editor when Yt: is compelled ' to be his own ccvrnpoisitor, proofreader, devil, de-vil, etc. 7. Do not "expect the editor' to make a special mention of your busi- ness every ftw weeks for nothing. 8. If you wish to sustain your local lo-cal paper properly, to live in peace and die happy, remember what we have told you in this article. Rifle, Colo., Telegram. HELP IMPROVE THE LOCAL PAPER t 1. Lay aside your fears that the : editor will get rich faster than his ' neighbors. We have never heard of a man making much more than a decent living by the publication of a country newspaper, if he had ever i so good a business. 2. Do not tell the editor to send you the paper without paying, and when you get to owing two or three dollars tell your friends that the paper wil burst up one of these days. The way, under such a state of the case, to keep a paper from "bursting "burst-ing up" is for each subscriber to keep the editor's books free from the charges against them. This thing of applying the credit system to the newspaper business may be likened to a farmer selling out his crop, a bushel to a man. The sum each would owe would seem of little account, ac-count, but the aggregate might make or break the farmer. 3. If you have a father, mother, sister, or a friend at a distance, and are able to do so, subscribe, pay for and send them the paper. 4. If you and your partner both take the paper, don't stop yours because be-cause your partner takes it and you can read his. Why no't, on the same principle, remain single and kiss your partners , wife when he is., not .wanting .want-ing to do so, or' use your- partner's toothbrush when he is through using it? 5. Because you know what happens hap-pens right around you, it does not follow that all the country knowg the same thing. Therefore, send to your |