The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-07
@eitehip Gimts
THURSDAY, WIK7, 30.



appears in new dress, and with various
improvements which will be visible and We
trust acceptable to the large reading public
dependent upon The TINES for its freshest
news. A Larger cylinder press and new
eneine will be ready for CHr NE ~ early -
the first of September, when the paper viii
be greatly enlarged.
The TINES is the Oldest paper in the
State, was the first Republican paper issued
in this county, and the first Daily published
in Kanstz II began with a public sesti-
ment in OPPOSITION to its political views in
the City, County, State, ard Nation, and It
has lived TO zee them all in harmony with its
Republican principles. 1t began as a
Weekly, with single editor and a few prin-
tiers. There are now twenty-,even persons
daily employed ON the paper, and its labor
and material expenses alone, during the last
wear, have amounted to 6fty-six thousand
dollar. We do not make these statements
in Boosting spirit, but because those who
have so long been the friends, readers and
patrons Of TIVE TINES will be glad to hear
Of It's prosperity. 1t has been our constant
aim to publish larger amount Of news and
reading matter than any other paper in the
State, and for this purpose We have issued
many Daily Supplements and Weekly
Supplement more than a year, giving Osn
patrons more reading matter than any other
journal IN Kansas This policy will be con-
tinued until cur new press arrives,
when the Supplements will be super
seeded by the enlargement Of all our editions.
We trust that We may also be pardon
ed for abiding to the character Of the matter
which is furnished to our readers. We hold
the mission of the Journalist to be high and
exalted, and We have endeavored to make
this paper one which could be read with
pleasure and profit in every home; which
should show vice its own feature, and not a
gilded and fascinating counterfeit; which
should aid all good causes and men, while it
exposed the short comings and had practices
Of friends as well as foes, and which should
rigidly exclude from its columns any senti-
ment which, Though it make the unskilfal
laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve. !"
We should be ashamed to say that II hal cost
lis any effort to publish such paper. In the
midst Of Ruffianism and War We had no temp
tation in the direction of indecent journalism,
and We trust that those who look merely to tenn
pcrary success may soon see the folly Of such
4 policy. A newspaper, like a man, is
known by The company It keeps, and We
are proud Of the character of our readers in
this city and in every hamlet in Kansas.
Our terms for advertising We believe are
fifty PEI cent. higher than those of any other
paper in the State, and We do not demand
any higher prices than our circulation justi-
fes. Fewer advertisements and still higher
prices will be for the advantage of both reader
and advertiser.
Our book and job department has always
been large and well appointed, and our work
has taken the first premium at two State Fairs.
We have just made large additions Of new
type and material, and have bought, in addi-
ton to our other presses, Taylor's, Chicago
make, super royal job press-the best made
press for fine work to be had in the country
Every printer knows that the great secret
which underlies the production of good print
ing, lies mainly in the quality Of the pres
work hence the necessity Of perfect presses
for the accomplishment of this most impor-
lant feature of the cart preservative of all
ants"
Our new dress is from the Franklin
Foundry of Allison, Smith & johnson, Gin \
,innati. The type in which this article
lppears is BREWER. II is smaller than the |
we We have been accustomed to use in THU |
nart of the paper giving a larger amount
If reading matter in the same space,-but it
$ clean-cut and handsome letter, and will
Ne found legible and pleasant to the eye.
We cannot conclude this chat witt: the
reader withou, expressing our thanks and
gratitude to our friends, old and new, in
very part of the commonwealth. We have
liked together many years, and through
thousands Of columns. We have endeayored
o give you a live, true and sound newsm-
'cr, and you have given us support and
which has ever increased.
let us hope that in the future, as in the
'ast, our relations may be of mutual atlvan-
age, and that the prosperity and success Of
eader and paper may be limited only BY the
rowth and grandeur of the great State We
ave helped to found.