Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-11-05
Roadside Talk.

20 following conversation takes plac
~ BAGLEY-How are you Blair +!
BLAIR-Pretty well, how al
E. youl
l. BAGLEY-Bully, never weighe
l. so much in my life. What's tn
:, news
- BLAIR-Have been away from
4 home, and haven't had chance t.
read the Tribune for two days.
5 BAGLEY-You still read the De
troit Tribune then do you
BLAIR-Oh, / can't get along
without it. 1t is the only paper in
this State you can depend on il
you want to keep up with the
news.
BAGLEY-Well, that's so; al
though its always treading on my
toes, and when those corns are
rubbed, it goes against "the grain"
dye see! So / get mad and stop it
about once in four weeks, but i
generally have to order it again
about the third day. Their ar
rangements are so perfect for get
ting all the news, that if | don't
take it, | generally hear of some
thing in it that compels me to buy
one on the street, so | might as well
have it left regularly. But / wish
they would not be so confoundedly
independent politically.
BLAIR-Why that is just what
suits me. If the Tribune endorses
a thing You are pretty certain to
find it o. X, excepting of course
its position on the Chorpenning
Claim, and thing or two of that
kind in which it disagrees with me;
but if it belives thing to be wrong
there is not money enough in De-
troit TO buy its support.
BAGLEY-A paper must be very
strongly established before it can
assume that position. / never
knew but one paper that could,
simply on its merits, make as good
a show in that respect, and that
was a paper Of "Mayhower." And
when paper reaches such point,
she needs no one tobaccer
BLAIR-That is just it. No
other Detroit papcr-I speak now
of the Tribune and not of the
adopt a course be-
cause none is backed by such a
as the Tribune enjoys.
BAGLEY-By the way, have you
seen their new press They are
now printing on a press that cost
them about t,ce,lty MOusaad dollars
and which prints from seven to ten
thousand sheets per hour. / tell
Won il i a beauty. 1t is the only
press Of the kind in the State, and
will print almost as fast as all the
other newspaper presses in De-
trOit put together. And the
to their engine keeps it
along so nicely, too. If there is
] adore, it is a Governor.
BLAIR-(Who was a notorious wag
and joker)-Ha T! Ha /! That's
first rate. That was indeed fine
cut. but joking is joking, and
that's snuff said on that subject;
but their circulation must indeed
be large to warrant the purchase
Of such machine, but large a. it is !
see they are planning to increase it
the present fall and winter. They
viii on January 1st enlarge the
weekly Tribune by the addition of
eight columns, making it one Of
the largest papers in the west.
They are also takeing steps to
make it more readable and attract
i've than ever, and all this must add
immensely to the circulation of the
paper. Well it deserves success,
for it is wonderful the amount Of
work that has been put on the old
Tribune in the last few years. All
it has earned has gone right back
into the business, its proprietors
aiming to make it the model paper
Of the West, and looking to the
future for their remuneration.
Blair-Yes, they must be getting
great deal Of capital locked Mp
in this concern. ! notice that they
have just offered tco hO,l1ndd oIl0ls
in cash premiums to the most erter-
prising and successful gettcrs nD Of
clubs. They throw the field open
to the widest competition and give
till April 1st for agents to w0yis Do.
A business 80 managed nust crow.
Well on the whole ! hope It nseg
have good success. ! aeTee with
you that it deserves IL, and eepfainly
no Michigan family can afEpd "a
be without the TyiJual. I <gal
see that there IL clnt, started 81.
our place az soon az ! ges Aonps.
BLAIR-SO sliaIl r Vow map
depend that I feel ~ nsrxf a an
interest in the SUCCESS Il she I,S.
buae as you DO. GODG day. Ks~