The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-13

du'ci llSiIiS ColuillilS VI tHe OhAPHlC
for the purpose of ascersaining some
knowledge of the number of business
houses in Kimball. He finds to be-
gin with the names of but two firms
dealing in groceries. Would it be
natural for him to suppose there
were eight Others in the town en-
gagged in the same business. Yet
such is the case. 1t is a noteworthy
fact in this connection that we are in
receipt every week Of requests for
sample copies Of the GRAPHIC; and
in nine cases out OF ten the parties
sending for themy do so for the pur-
pose of consulting its advertising
columns.
The Herald says the advertising
columns of the GRAPHIC do not show
the patronage the paper deserves or
the size Of the town warrants. A
comparison of the amount of advertis-
ing done in the other towns along
this road may help to support the
Herald in this. Let us see. The
klmball papers together carry about
90 columns of home ads. The Her.
aid, with about half the business
houses to draw from-as Alexandria
has not the number Of business hous-
es that Kimball has-and with an
other paper in Alexandria also, runs
about Is columns Of home ads. The
two Plankinton papers carry about
80 columns of home ads, fifteen
than tie Ktm6aN papers. Even the
White Lake papers can show more
advertising patronage than we can,
and the Chamberlain papers excel us
in this also. If anyone can give
satisfactory reasons for these facts
we should be pleased to get them.
1t cannot be said that the business
firms whose names are not found in
the GRAPHIC are close and penurious,
for some of them are liberal to the
extreme, and are never backward in
contributing their share towards any
project that tends to benefit Kimball.
Neither can it be said that n them
have any i'll feelings against the
GEAPHlc-how could they-nor it's
editor, with whom they are, without
exception, on the most friendly terms;
and most decidedly it cannot be said
that the merchants in the other towns
mentioned, can better afford to adver-
tise than the business men of Kim
ball, a town known far and wide as
the best business town, except Mitch
ell, on this line of the G. M. & St.
Paul in Dakota. It's a difficult prob
to solve, now, isn't it?
The GRAPHIC is not an object of
charity. 1t does not pose IS such.
1t has grown up with Kimball, and
as the largest paper in Brule county;
one of the largest in Dakota; and re-
plete every week with as much home
news as the majority of papers con-
tain published in towns twice the
size of Kimball, it has every reason
to expect a reasonable patronage.
That is all it asks. AS said above,
the paper is not an object of charity,
but at the same time it is deeply
grateful to the business men Of Kim
ball whose names are ALWAYS. in its
advertising columns, and who have
%patronized it SO literally. And to
all Others, whether patrons to some
extent or not at all, it has nothing but
the kindest feelings; and hopes by a
liberal, consistent policy to merit
their esteem and good will always,
even if it cannot win from them
something more substantial. To
achieve success, every one must pa
tiently bide his opportunity; one
must wait-not in ~listless idleness-
not in useless pastime-not in dejec-
tlon-but in constant fulfilling and
accomplishing his task, that when
accession m he may be equal to it.
We live in hopes.
For the people of kimball we re-
turn thanks to the Herald for the
very nice little notice of our town;
and for the very high compliment
paid the GRAPHIC, many thanks, also.
Ii is very fiattering of course to have
the press quote SO literally from the
GRAPHIC, but, alas! what shall it prof