Sun River sun. [volume] (Sun River, Mont.) 1884-1885, 1885-01-15
OUR NEWSPAPER MEN,
The Crime Of Being Youns Man not
Without its Pailiation.

1t is not necessary to acquaint the
majority of our readers with the fact
that Montana has an remarkably fine
array Of neatly printed and successful
newspapers. The amount Of money in
vested in this business presents u no.
table feature in the list Of invested
capital OF our territory. In what fol
lows we have attempted no biography
or Aattering notice, but have given in
as few words MS possible tho Journal
istic accomplishments of each, rs fur
us we know, and endeavored to prove
that the newspaper business in the
the territory is in the hands Of young
men, who are constantly alive to the
wants Of their patrons and energetic
ally building up n lasting business.
Although, it is farthcrcst from our
thoughts to reflect discrcdit upon tho
older members OF the profession, in
behalf Of many who have been sneer-
cd at ''as young and inexperienced,
we point to tho papers with which
they are connected and ask those who
sneer to do us well.
Beg cr'sy ut Bozcman, Matt W..
Anderson, business manager of the
Avant Courier comes under the head
of young men. Matt is married, has
a costly aud comfortable home and
other property. All Of this he has ac.
complishcd by hard work on the
Cou ier. As u business man Matt has
few sureriors, and the success of the
Courier is Il pertinent testimonial in
his behalf.
The Livingston Enterprise, owned
and operated by Wright & Hendry, is
another proof of the powers Of yonng
men. Mr.. Hendry is about twenty
eight years old, was formerly connect
ed with the Minneapolis press and
since coming to Montana has gained
IN enviablc reputation as an editorial
writer Mr.. Wright is TN active bus
mess man und practical printer, and
runs the business portion Of the FIRMS
affairs IN manner calculated t.
make money for the owners.
Al Billings we find another firm Of
young men. Mcfarland & Devinc oi
Herald. With Mr.. Mcfarland We
are una1uaintcd, but OF 'A!cck" Dew
inc We can say that he has an excellent
busincs : training. At present Doc
Hersoy, q college graduate, who alsc
bears tho soft impeachment of being
II young man, is in charge of the cd
itorial department. Doc" is a Mont
anian in every sense of tho word
knows how to write and will add mucl
to the value Of tho Herald,
Knight Of the Miles City Journa
took hold Of that paper when it wa.
kicking its last kick;' he brought to i
experience in Washington journalism
ard business management Of Blacl
Hill paper He made the Journal pa.
big from the start and has sustained
it through quiet times and witnessed
the demise of two adycrsarics, sur
planting his outfit with the latest, i'm
proved machinery and finally printin.
on yellow paper. Knight is from
Maryland and one Of our younges
journalist that is married.
At Glendive, Mr.. Maybee, not ye
thirty, started the Times with but
fcw dollars, at time when the tow
was but few weeks old. He ha
made his paper pay, helped build u
the town and stands a living demon
stration Of whut young, energet:
man can do.
At Maiden, Fell & Vroomen, tw
young practical printers started tw
years ago, the Mineral Argus. TIL
town was young, and no doubt thei
struggle has been hard one. Olde
men would lave given up the tigh
but with the development OF tn
Maiden mines their success depends
Fell is thorough rustler and exactl
suited for the selfimposed task. a
an instance OF his nerve we repeat til
following In speaking OF one OF tn
citizens, Charlie refcrrcd to him Il
"Staryation George" in his paper, th
only name by which this personag
was known. Mr.. "Starvation" resent
ed this familiarity and made boas
that he would throw the young edito
out the window. Accordingly he wen
to the Office for that purpose an
stated his intention, Charlie turne
in his chair aud brought Oh a lcye
with his assailant's head Il cooked II
yolver, compelling the yearning blood
thirsty desperate to beat a hasty re
treat.
Guy X. Piatt. formerly of the Hel
ena luaepoudent is also very youn'
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