Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Revenues
Advertising	$ 21,337,000	$ 23,183,000
Circulation	6,767,000	7,071,000
Information systems and services	2,981,000	3,337,000
Advertising service fees and other	3,428,000	3,989,000
	34,513,000	37,580,000
Costs and expenses
Salaries and employee benefits	13,473,000	16,003,000
Outside services	3,168,000	3,075,000
Newsprint and printing expenses	1,382,000	1,479,000
Postage and delivery expenses	1,437,000	1,471,000
Depreciation and amortization	535,000	613,000
Other general and administrative expenses	3,716,000	3,498,000
	23,711,000	26,139,000
Income from operations	10,802,000	11,441,000
Other income and expenses
Dividends and interest income	1,233,000	867,000
Gains on sales of investments	1,000
Interest expense	(36,000)	(36,000)
Income before taxes	12,000,000	12,272,000
Provision for income taxes	(4,160,000)	(4,600,000)
Net income	$ 7,840,000	$ 7,672,000
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic and diluted (in Shares)	1,380,746	1,380,746
Basic and diluted net income per share (in Dollars per share)	$ 5.68	$ 5.56