Show X tx X S X X X l X X X X the editor comments X X X X X X X K X X X X A BRIEF WORD it has been requested of me thai that I 1 as editor wast must submit an article under this heading each this is not an un request under normal circumstances in the average newspaper office this is neither complaint nor excuse on my part merely explanation to those who may stoop to read my miserable writings an ali editor in a country shop when he is not the owner and publisher puL publisher lisher is at best he butt and goat of every compaine com paint against the paper and its p policy bicy both from the public and the publisher in other words he is damned if he does and damned if he donl this paper is proving no exception i cn to the rule your editor is being condemned for giving you a ten page paper containing many of the features and articles which have been ile requested quested by our readers the demand from the he bos boss is for a smaller paper that is tp reduce the amount of reading matter we ave are are conw giving you on pages paci 1 4 4 5 8 9 and 10 the other four pages would remain the same this would mean the leaving out of much of the present news material I 1 believe that it is my duty to serve my readers first so I 1 am condemned A man whose methods are condemned cannot do his basc regardless gard less of what work he is doing his mind i not clear for his work when it is eternally thero there fore my work that is my writing Is not UP to proper level As has been espres expressed sed to me by many of you i leaders eai sirs I 1 know that you you are not sat isfried with the paper and its contents content as yet even though I 1 have have made a number of changes that have improved its contents and not get ting what hat you desire in the way of a paper you also condemn me I 1 am in in a hot and tight spot and I 1 need the moral support of all the readers in I 1 if I 1 am to continue to le b your editor ad carry on this paper without letting it deteriorate back to the it was in when I 1 took it over a few months agoa or 01 even wol aft b w I 1 have placed my cards on ahe table before you so to speak I 1 will nat run any newspaper anywhere jiny where unless I 1 can to the best of my ability satisfy my readers if this poper paper mut return to it former status it will be under another editor what is pleasure in so far as I 1 ani concerned the whole matter rests with you dear reader do you want vant the present or a better paper or do you want the paper of six months vo do you want walt me to continue as your editor or do yu want a change express yourselves your selve in this matter let either mrs ogden or I 1 know how you feel in this matter drop us a line today an editor is a of his readers but he must have their support I 1 need yours I 1 am here to serve you if you de sire that I 1 remain your editor henri C flesher |