The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-08
The Daily Record.

The Daily Record.
AT the close of the first volume of the
evening organ the editor INDUCED in a little
congratulatory article which has provoked a
good deal of jest about town. 4 few of the
statements made deserve a passing notice.
For instance
Without fear of consequence the Daily
Record was published. Nor nave its put-
fishers had reason to regret the step. Results
have fully justified their most sangu1ne an
tlcipations.
The particular and chief object in starting
the Daily was to break down the RIVER
PRESS. How we'll their 'most sanguine an.
ticipations' in this regard have been accom-
plished is best shown by our increased sub
scription list Git having doubled since the
Daily started) and constantly growing adver-
Using and Job patronage. When the Daily
commenced the RIVER PRESS had ten col
umns taken by it's advertising patrons, now it
car show eighteen columns of 'live" ads,
while we do as much job work as any
Office in the Territory, more than the major
ity of them and twice as much as the Record.
Verify, the Daily has ''fully justified their
most ~sanguine a%nticipations! Again:
Its circulation among our citizens is gen.
eral, and its advertising patronage generous
and steadily on the increase.
Under the circumstance we would have
omitted any reference to the ''advertising
patronage" The dead ads. to be found in
every column would brighten US. Let US
take a glance at the very paper in which it is
stated that the advertising patronage is ''gen-
erous and steadily on the increase" Here is
the Benton Line boat ad. for the summer of
1881 tit will take considerable cheek to ask
a renewal and pay next summer for an adj
vertisement which has been printed daily for
six months for nothing), and without speci-
flying there are at least a dozen weekly ads.
thrown in to fill up with. A "Lost" notice
for Jas. McDevitt has been running since
July Is, although ordered out months ago
(the mule has been hauling ore in Barker for
the last two months, and Mr.. McDevitt has
the receipt in his pocket for payment in full
for the advertisement when ordered out). A
Reward notice for j. FL. Green has ap-
peared in every issue for six months; four
insertions were paid for. "a House for
Rent has been running since July 1 "Stol-
en- Horses Received" since Aug. 10; "Want-
ed to Buy Cattle since June 81; "Nicely
Furnished Rooms to Rent since the Daily
was started "Horses Stolen" since Septem-
Der Is; "Horses Found since November Q
IA Blacksmith Wanted" since November IL
These are but a few specimen bricks. They
what an urgent demand there is upon
the Daily columns, and point out clearly in
what manner the advertising patronage has
been steadily increasing"
FIN this connection we beg to say that we
do not wish to insinuate that the $780, 600
street car ad. is not a paying one.
Occasionally we hear complaints OF lack of
news in its columns but these are IN the
main good-natured.
Yes, it takes a large share of g%ood-nature
to pay fifty cents a week for the amount of
Jews the daily Record gives. In the issue
before us there is less than half a column Of
legitimate local news, and it is far above the
1t is not surprising that you hear
complaints.
We promise that this present volume of
he Daily will be an improvement on the one
Just closed. and that the next will be an i'm
on its predecessor, until at last its
reading pages shall contain interesting mat
Ter enough to satisfy even the most exacting.
This is encouraging. But inasmuch as
Volume No. 1 deteriorated in value from the
irst number to the last, instead OF improv-
ng. the question is, at that rate, how many
1ears will it take to bring the sheet up to q
decent standard? The prospect is by no
means as encouraging as would at first ap-
)ear from the liberal promise.
Our only object in referring to this SUR
ect is to wake up the billiards OF the Record
o that when the RIVER Press begins the
publication of q d lily next summer there
will be something like respectable Compel
ion. The field is large enough for two live
,apers, and wa hope with the advent OF
pring the Record corpse will give forth
igns of returning animation.