The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-29

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The He)eaa Herol6 seema . have ~
Ken upeo jtDeH tho thankl@ toGk q
tsashing Butte nswsPapoe psupsl1lseeaS
h0w - oooduet ehslP OWn busln0s.
1o0s tiasagoosr Eastsidee etsmpeeary
o6eged sp1De gsstuitoas advice 70 TIE
NuR. ssd other Butte journals Con-
essning he psopeie@y Of puhliGhing
sueh large papers. We did not at The
time notjoe IT. rsmsrks - 10 thought
. time WoFe On and the NINER co..
tinued to hold it, own that Wedding
je0rnal would b ceovlnced this paper
NJ justi0ed In It'd enterprise aud that
W ~ould hear NO moro about Butte's
ovessised newspapess. In this conclu-
sion Il seems We were mistaken. In its
issue Of the 9th inst, the Herald, in
noticing the fhct that our evening %.
Temporary here had closed the Arst year
Of I'D publication and was entering upon
it, second, again took occasion to read
the NINeR - well - the Inter Noass-
tain . lecture upon Newspaper enter
prise, Of which the following b .
portion:
The Latcr Aow,stoia, like the Miner,
bee largely 0veesi1ed the camp In which
Il = published, and - . consequence its
expenditures during the pest twelve
mo1the have largely exceeded IT. reve-
nuee. The dimensions of both pepen
might be reduced at least one-half and
still considerably lead the camp and
country at their back. The future Of
Butte and the district of6ummit Valley
= bright enough, but the present war
the rival sheets have imposed upon each
other thus far. Adopt the conditions
and success will follow.
Al far - the Inter Aowataja 10 con-
cerned the structures Of the Herald man
may apply. We do not profess to know
anything about its affairs, and 1t b none
Of our business to know them. We
speak for the MINER only. OF its bust
ness and future prospects We do profess
to know more than the Herald does. II
the sapient scribe VINO penned the above
lines had taken the trouble to count the
number Of columns of live ads. which
daily appear in the MINER he would
have seen that lift was reduced ut least
one-half, }" say to the size Of the Herald, II
would hardly contain the advertisements
There would not he an inch Of space fol
kilograms, editorials, locals and miscel-
laneous matter. Hence the MINER to
keep abreast Of the expanding interests
Of this camp and to give its readers q
fair equivalent fortheir generous patron.
age has ut times enlarged until to-day II
publishes the largest and cheapest daily
in the Territory. We have no apology
to make to the Herald for our enter.
prise. The DAILY MINER is nearly
twice as large as the Herald and is given
to its subscribers ut $12.OO per year
while the Herald charges slS.W per
year. The MINER gives eighteen col.
umns OF kilograms, editorials, locals and
miscellany while the Herald gives about
half that amount. The MINER gives 4
SExI-WEEKLY containing in the aggre-
gate nincty-six columns Of live,
fresh reading matter each week
for $3.50 q year, while the Hc,aItl
gives but ~ columns per week, inc! I'D
ing stale telegrane for the same price.
We are not doing this for fun. We gre
doing it becaMsc 1t l,tsy*. The NINE.
- . live newspaper and is published in
live camp, and a. long a. it is sus-
tanned - it now is by live public ii
will continue to Ike the largest and the
leading newspaper in Montana. This is
not said in a boastful spirit. We are
not in the habit Of footing our owl,
horn," nor do We consider 1t necessary
to indulge In the practice. The size OF
the daily and Semi-Weekly MINER
speaks for its prosperity and attests that
the enterprise and pluck ofits publishers
are appreciated by the public at large.
We have no desire to institute invldious
comparisons between the size of the
MINER and it, Territorial cotemporarics,
hut ~ the Herald sees fit to indulge
periodically in sharp editorials about
the size of Butte newspapers We have
felt compelled to give it something to
chew upon. We might make u very
close diagnosis Of the IKr0id'x case and
point to the place where the shoe
pinches, but it is not necessary. We
will only add that the MINER will con-
time IT, deliver at Helena four columns
Of press reports about the same time the
Herald makes its appearance there with
two columns Of even date with the
MINERS, and that when the MINER re-
ceives no better support than the Ikru.d
dOes it will cut its columns down to
t1~r>ax, - tho u.1~vi.ns - uD..<H<