Show the old settler written in salt lake city my dear san Jua ners one of the first essentials to the life and progress of a town coun 1 ty state or country is some unifying I 1 agency some central 1 by which its people contact each other and reach that unity of understanding and common sympathy n necessary ec essary to their concerted action and policy as a unit otherwise they are not a unit but are divided kosir losing ig what would be their united strength strenge 1 f even if they are not at war with each other radio is a powerful medium in in this line and it may some ti time 1 me be the supreme s avenue but at the present though it has made phenomenal progress it hes not su merceded per ceded the newspaper in t the e 1 nation nor in the state much less in the county there is great need right n now ow i in n san juan for a unifying agency there are important matters of progress which the people can make by learning to act together things which they will never accomplish com otherwise in this connection it should be considered very carefully whether it is progressive gres sive or suicidal to disc discourage the countes coun tys only paper after it has shown its virility to carry on through unusual conditions of adversity if the record is not accomplishing shing what a paper there should accomplish it is no doubt because it has not been recognized and supported for that purpose it stands there ready to take a much needed part and it would be a tragedy after all the effort it has made to survive to let it die as something not needed but the record has objects of 1 I 1 its own that it is trying to put over someone objects who and who should be ashamed or apologize that he has a purpose in existence the offer of the record to san juan is the kind of offer that should be expected from any business concern the offer to reciprocate every man claims his right to his individuality to labors and objectives jec tives of his own the salesman cant deliver goods for nothing nor at cost and we recognize his right to an individual interest in his dealings how many valuable papers and magazines known to be owned and run for some purpose or party are still giving very profitable service to the public now is there any likelihood that our county will install and run a per of its own suppose it did 1 would such a paper serve the cause better than the record would serve with the right bight kind of support even if it were publicly owned it would have to have an individuality and that would mean individual editorship which could not please everybody now let us be just as selfishly for our own interest as we have ever been only let us have wise method to our selfishness as I 1 Shak speres character who said in following him I 1 follow but myself instead of being overly fearful that the record after all its hard fight for exis existence tente will continued on page 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 the old settler i continued from page 1 profit unduly by our support let us think of our own selves and consider how much we will profit by availing ourselves of what th the record can do f for or us as a cc county un let us send it our news make it acquainted with our problems I 1 and our viewpoints till it is a true reflex of feelings and conditions in the county and everybody will want to read it to advertise in it to see that its own section is duly represented in it along with other sections if the record our paper let us requisition its services we need it we need it for what it can do and will do with our support let us have it on the job for the essential uniting medium it can become in unifying public sentiment and crystallizing the best and most worthwhile purposes pos es of the county yours for the good of the most in interesting te resting county in the west ALBERT R LYMAN |