The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-03-25
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, lsS;

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KILLING BEARS.
Worthington is soon TO have q Sec
ond newspaper. The opinions express
ed about the matter by our exchanges
are various, some thinking the town
needs it and others not. All the Trib-
une has to say is that if the proprietor
OF the new paper is as egOtistical as
the Advance man, Lord help the peO-
pie. There is nothing done at Wor.
thington that the Advance doesn t cry
out I'VE killed the bear''-did it all
when probably the opinion Of the Ad-
vance was never thought of. 1t be-
comes mOnotOnOus i'll the course of
time.-Sibley Tribune.
The editor of the Tribune refers to
one Of two men, either Mr.. A. p. Mil
lsr, the editor and proprietor of the
ADVANCE, who has been spending the
winter in New York, or the writer of
this article, who has been temporarily
In charge OF this paper during his ab.
sence. II the Tribune refers to the
the latter, the writer will say that the
Tribune editor is very poor tailor, or
else lie measured the wrong man. At
any rate the editor pro tenn does not
propose to put on such AL ill.fitting
garment. If Mr.. Miller was in charge
Of this paper the Tribune man would
probably be answered in way he
would despise. AS Mr.. NJ. has written
scarcely anything on the subject for
nearly six mouths now, it cannot be
getting very 'monotonous." AS he is
absent, however, the writer will take
this opportunity to say few words
which are entirely unsolicited on his
part, and which lie will not see until
they are in print.
1t is we'll known to all old settlers
and to his brother quill drivers who
have been in the field us long as he
has, but may not te known to new.
comers like the Tribune editor, that
ever since Mr.. Miller settled in Wor-
thington, some time in 1872. lie has
labored faithfully and earnestly,
through good aud i'll report, to build
up the town and surrounding country
This work commenced before he was
connected with the ADVANCE, and has
continued ever since, both through the
columns Of this paper and in all othe,
lossible ways. If there is any one
man more than another who is enti-
tied to credit for such measure of sue
cess as has been achieved, that man is
Mr.. a. L. Miller, carping critics and
sneerers like the Tribune editor to the
contrary notwithstanding. Whatever
he has accomplished has been the re-
suit of hard and unremittinS toll
sometimes meeting with discourage
ments that would overwhelm weaker
men, but only tending to make him
buckle to his task all the harder. The
people here have seen hard times, with
the gr.sshoppcr scourge and attendant
evils, but are now forging ahead, ant
hope paints pleasing pictures Of better
times just ahead. Through it all Mr.
Miller has stood faithfully 1T his pos
doing all lie could to cheer up the fain,
hearted with the hope of a brighter
morrow.
Will the editor of the Tribune claim
that it shows a lack of taste for ;
newspaper to modestly claim credit
for what it has done to benefit a com
munity? This is the height OF MIR. Mil
ler's offending, if offense it can b'
called. To all other insinuations il
the above clipping the ADVANCE
pleads not guilty. Some persons wh'
do not like Mr.. Miller may take excep
tions to giving him credit for what HI
has done, but the Tribune editor ha
no call to object. Whenever any bears
have been bagged Mr.. Miller has had ;
hand in it. Will the Tribune ma,
claim that a newspaper has no riQh
to have hand in all enterprises of
public or semi-public nature? If h
does, he has missed his calling. If h
does not make that claim there is n,
point in his article in the phrase, ''dit
it all when probably the opinion of tn,
ADVANCE was never thought of.
Enterprises of public nature are no
apt to be successful without newspa
per backing, and whoever tries t,
make them 80 without the aid ant
"opinion" of newspaper thereby be
tray their utter un6tness to take charg
of such work.