The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
PHILIPSBURG
What the Camp Most Needs at
This Time.
RACE
Then They Can Skin the Suckers and
Make More Money Than by a
Proposed Paper.

correspondence of H MINER.
PHILPsBURG, June 16, 1885.
In perusing, quite recently, the entertain.
ing columns of n of your Territorial
associates, l caught on to an item of news
that positively paralized me: The vivacioue
~chronicler hath it, from responsible sources,
that Philipsburg is to have a newspaper Of
it's own, and then, adding insult to injury,
impertinently observer that the field of the
new journal will unnecessarily limited. Ad.
uniting the truth SO far as it may relate to
the possible circulation of the new venture,
| desire, in the.interests of this locality, to
question the following proposition:
Let the newspaper racket 60, and bring
us over a quarter horse thatcan beat Ham
mond's bay mare, Mary Filley.
l have many excellent reasons for sug-
gestihg this course, but the following few will
suffice, that is to say: Nearly every man in
this section takes six Territorial papers.
VIZ, New North West, MINER; Inter Noun
tain. Herald, Independent and Review, in
addition to subscribing for the above
named literary excellence, they a
promptly for them. To ask any one of
these personst to assist in establishing some
thing local in the way of journalism would
be time uselessly spent, except in acquiring
the following valuable information:
Tha the representative newspapers of
Montana keep thoroughly posted as to the
wants and mints of this "God gifted Sec
ton.
P~HILIPsBURG's NEEDS.
That the journals aforesaid always de-
clare and publish to the world, that Phil
ipsburg is one of the great quartz camps OF
the great quartz camps of Montana.
James H. Mills, OF the North Vest forci-
bly, observes, "What the Flint Creek min
ing district needs is intelligent mining"
The BUTTE MINER, Inter Mountain and
Herald insist that brainey, practical min
ing men will find in this district a field pc
culiarly their own.
The Review never fails to congratulate us
on our mining wealth. John Mills. if he
could, would have us annexed to Anaconda,
but-he can't.
As for the Independent, read what it has
of the Granite mine.
Besides our population does not justify
such an extravaganza.
In TACT, we are few in numbers, and d-bly
proud. We are also profoundly sensitive,
and do not like to be asked for money.
Now, if one DESTROYS of testing the truth
VI III VouAu OoLlC LII ACIc dilu SOllClU
stock subscriptions, to successfully launch
the Phillipsburg Screamer, I will not only
give ten dollars, on paper, but my valuable
services as well.
OUR G FOR A HORSE
What we need badly is a good race horse,
something that can run half a mile in, say
O:49 or better. Such an animal would
PROSTATE this community, finan-
cially and morally. His owner could win
two livery stables and a stage line.
l therefore suggest a race horse in lieu OF
a newspaper. This exchange being made,
the promoter of the scheme referred to
would wander out of this locality with
enough filthy lucre to start a faro bank.
We will gladly welcome any enterprise
that comes here, self-supporting, and with
to sustain it, should it have hours
of adversely.
We al never forget how Glendale suffer-
ed in it's efforts to keep out of Freeman's
Therefore, we stand from under,
and while courteously and considerably
advancing our claims to public attention,
We desire to do so through sources already
Of unquestioned standing and
This facility being proffered-no,
we are in no hurry to read the valedictory
OF the Phillipsburg Screalner.
SLIDE VALVE.