The Weekly Kansas chief., 1880-05-27
I 8 80!
The Chiefs New Year!
UP WITHTHE TIMES!
To be Greatly Enlarged
and Improved!
NO FAMILY IN D0NIPHAN COUNTY CAN
KEEP HOUSE WITHOUT IT!
Liberal Inducements for Procuring
Subscribers!
ANNOUNCEMENT.

The year will be Of great events and the Chief
is determined to keep up with the tines Although
as cheap any other Country Newspaper giving tho
amount of reading have for time realized
that should have either reduce the price enlarge
the paper. Upon mature consideration have deter
mined to do the latter At seasons the great press Of
advertising. which Is beat of revenue,
aches much upon the that should be deyo
ted to reading matter and often interesting reading
ia crowded out This consideration has determined
enlarge and to retain the old price Of subscription which
is low any County Newspaper that Is worth having
can be printed for.
The enlargement will take place at the beginning Of
Volume Twenty four which will be the nth Of June
tho second issue after the nominations by the RepubH
can Natonal Convention-thus entering upon the
volume and the Presidential Cam paign together.
The enlargement will be to the extent Of ono broad
column to each page making it eightcolumn paper
and lengthsning Of each column four inches This wi
dening and enghening will make the enlargement equiv.
addition Of two long columns to each page
eight ALL and will add than onehalf to the amount
Of reading matter in the paper. The sire will be equal
ten column paper Of the patent outside width Of COL
We may also improve the dress Of the Cii<; but
this will depend wholly upon the of the encour
agement receive fro old subscrbeIs and new the
enterprise CT charging which will be expensive aside
from any improvement in Dress while type yet in
good working condition.
city weeklies the matter of which first pays for itself
Daily issue again gives a good profit in Tri Weekly
Semiweekly edition, and then goes into Weekly,
which thus be sold for but very little than
of the white paper and still leave profit Our pat
should not ask expect to enter into such
petition If the farmer could feed his three
times and fatten animal at each feeding he woud
have a similar of profit to the city Weekly. The
County Paper like the aimer feed its but
This is why cannot print paper for less than =
year. why people of the County should not expect
it for less.
Neither possibly give all tho of the world
in detail like the large city Daes. This be done
only by the Daily paper We at best make brt brief
mention of the most important events ranspirng in the
country at large. But citizen whose interests are in
the County finds in his home paper what concerns him
than all else, ami what other paper gives him,
however large and cheap Our great aim is to make the
Chief irstclass County PapeI-a pIper giving all the
and gossip of the various neshborhoods in the
County and all public and official County matters which
it is necessary for every active and intelligent citizen to
know. We make this special claim to the patronage
the people of the County and for this every
in the County should be subscriber regardless of
political views.
But while making the speciality of the Chief County
Paper shall spare effort make it readable and
interesting all Northern Kalsas-in fact TO the whole
Kansas; and shall endeavor make paper that
citizens of Donphan County particularly and Of Kansas
generally will desire send to their friends in other
States to keep them informed Of the capab
ties and progress, Of Kansas
In politics the Oher will continue uncomprzingly Re-
publican and will not pretend to be otherwise for the
purpose of obtaining patronage But aside from its poll
tics the Count that it contains is of value to
Of every party in the County. 1t is the only
paper published in the County and the only that
fulfilled all its contracts with its subscribers