Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-01-05
THE TRIBUNE.

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The Weekly TliYuxs is now two and
enc h.lt yesrs old. 1t has made It's Or.
pear.nte 1870 times, never skipping 40
issue, though sometimes reduced 10 s'zs ".
and lev times on brown pspsr. Its
fotn was reduced on the heels of the
pa,.,c, and Tor several months It wss
printed on jot dress, but - times i'm
proved the paper was enlarged uos'l y
reached size much larger tnsn the I'M
ti.l numbsr and much mors3scrsd!t'a q bts,, Y =,
The present form aud Sis will bs coA-
tinu.d, probably, ior many yesrs =
come. :o...s. ls -. II HI \ !.
Tho Tri.Weekly TslSux1 has been
published Two months. While i does
not pay exp.'Ays,, ,,,t will bs .cs"t'nusd t'l ''.
certa niy uur.ng the remainder q lns l'
winter, and II B.sma ck people wall
stand by 1t, will bcs ssl,pod1'csd Mi y pei .
m.uent INSTITUTION iy the spring. The
Tri Weekly certainly speaks well Tor
Bismarck, and It deserves much better
support than it, recelves. We hays
tried ~; think tnxt It received FL the
support Que could reasonably expect tor
it, but there arc \ score vi bus,ne>s
men who do not take it. Que house
asp,res ~ leading position, aud claims
10 do wholesale business, but they
take one copy Of The Weekly, 81 w, sno
pay Eve dollars a year Tor advertising.
Another house, which also asp'res to
jobbing trade, takes two copies Ut the
Weekly and not line Uf advertising.
Another gentletnau, who does good
trade, takes the Weekly six months 1t
q time, but no advertising.
Now, the TRIBUNE ~ dong more to
build up Bismarck, TO attract xttentio"
to it, t" advertise 1t and advance the
interests o( its business men, tnan the
railroad, the steamboat lines, or a~y
other interest, aud we submit that it
deserves much better patronage than
it ever has received. = 'sS.
1t should bs borne in mind that there
is no county patronage to speak OF; snd
even what little the . is Of that has
been sent abroad, while, xs it seems, ~
ports required by law to be publ shed,
have either been purposely w'.hheld ior
hsve beer neglected.
The city patronage is no where near
what It ought to b., ~ the Council pro
sssdings have never bsen published III
eially. There is much that might Le
done to heIp the Ts's0us along BY Bis
narok people, and by .hose interested
in Bismarck, but 50 far it.has recsivcd
. much moro Of undeserved curses than
it has Of deserved favors. =. Fy.y .rs.r d
Its bills, even, are among the last 10
BE- paid. aud to-day We have on our
books over one thousand dollars, repie ..
sentinE many an hour Of toll, Or cash
sxpeaded for raw material.
At Forts Stevenson Berthold and
Buford. localities whore the Tsl
Buks ID, almost wholly dsDsndsd upon
for news. and whore for three winters
now they have received from two to x
weeks later news through the TRiBuxs
thar any other source, the Tri Weekly
has less than half dozen subscribers,
and the Weekly not one.tenth Of the
number that it deserves.
Whils grumbling may not do any
good, it relieves one immensely.
Finally, We don't want to make any
money out 6f the TRlsuNs-ws would
not know what to do with il If ws
should get any ahead. We don't even
care o make : Lying, for editors don't
at any thing and don't get any time to
s,esp; bat We are ambitious 70 pay eur
salce expenses. and pay the bills ~ they
are presented.