Consolidated Statesments of Income (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Revenues
Advertising	$ 19,221,000	$ 21,337,000
Circulation	6,530,000	6,767,000
Advertising service fees and other	3,205,000	3,428,000
Information systems and services	2,918,000	2,981,000
	31,874,000	34,513,000
Costs and expenses
Salaries and employee benefits	13,592,000	13,473,000
Outside services	2,956,000	3,168,000
Postage and delivery expenses	1,375,000	1,437,000
Newsprint and printing expenses	1,321,000	1,382,000
Depreciation and amortization	503,000	535,000
Other general and administrative expenses	3,445,000	3,716,000
	23,192,000	23,711,000
Income from operations	8,682,000	10,802,000
Other income and expenses
Dividends and interest income	1,967,000	1,233,000
Interest expense reversal (expense)	100,000	(36,000)
Gains on sales of capital assets	7,000	1,000
Other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments	(2,855,000)
Income before taxes	7,901,000	12,000,000
Provision for income taxes	(2,360,000)	(4,160,000)
Net income	5,541,000	7,840,000
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)	$ 4.01	$ 5.68
Comprehensive income (loss)
Net income	5,541,000	7,840,000
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments (net of taxes)	15,085,000	(3,627,000)
Reclassification adjustment of other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in net income (net of taxes)	1,720,000
Comprehensive income	$ 22,346,000	$ 4,213,000