The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-07-12

C President-Col. Sam Gordon, Mile
r. r. City.
e, First Vice President-Dave Mark
IL Helena.
70 Second Vice President John B. Ree(
a. Butte.
d Third Vice President George +
. Wright, Livingston.
i. Secretary and Treasurer = 4. Il
" Yerkes. Bozeman.
: Corresponding Secretary = Corneliu
# Hedges, Helena.
/. Executive Committee Mantle
e W. j. Penrose and James Quinn, o
e Butte
e Auditing Committee w. Alder
+ son, Bozeman; j. r. Faulds, Stevens
vile; Joe Widmyer, Glendive.
A recess was taken for half an hour
Upon reconvening the History Of the
|, Association" from the pen of Col. John
= B. Reed. was read by Judge j. d. Mathe
son. 1t was highly interesting and WE
give it below entire:
A single word might suffice to present
; the history OF the Montana newspapers
during the year ending today. Tha. .tWorc
is Progress. The press Of no other state
t in the union has shown such wonderful
2 advancement. In size, equipment ano
ability the newspapers of Montana are
monuments to the private enterprise
, and public intelligence. Rejecting
the prosperity of the state, they are
themselves in the van of progress and
J encourage every agency OF civilization
to keep up with the procession and to
advance the interests OF capital and
labor, of industry and education. Of re
ligion, of science and of all useful pur-
suits. The press is the spur, as we'll as
the guiding star, to individual and pub
lie enterprise, and this is particularly
true in the state of Montana. And while
the newspapers have improved, the cir
cumstances of the men who conduct and
edit them have also improved. They
have larger bank accounts, wear better
clothes smoke better cigars, and more
of them are married and happy than was
the case last year. They don't care
whether the other millionaires speak to
them as they pass by or not. Ii the
railroads will not give them passes they
defy corporate insolence and-walk.
They buy meals tickets, two at time
in order to got the benefit Of wholesale
rates. They do not wear their linen
busters and straw hats as far into tho
fall as they used to do, and many OF
them are able to take their winter cloth
ing out of soak as early as September
| When they enter the Office of a corpora
ton king to collect 81 bill which has
been standing for three years, ever since
he was pauper himself, they no longer
take off their hats and shoes and socks,
but they enter as though they owned
| the establishment and demand their
pay and get it-every once in while.
| These be glorious days for the Montana
editor and publisher. The dawn of
financial independence has, after
quarter of Il century of toll and hard
ship, burst upon them. Major Alder
son, who used to ink his presses with
boot backing and black his boots with
sheep dip, and print the Avaunt Courier
on straw paper and deliver it himself,
when his subscribers were away from
home, has now journal which is
credit to the town which he honors by
living in it. During the past year he has
changed the makeup of the Courier and
discontinued the publication of Matt's
poems and otherwise greatly improved
every department of. that excellent
journal.
The personnel of the Chronicle has
not changed, Mr.. Ye1les continuing to
edit the paper, write up the local and
personally conduct every department
with the utmost success for himself and
the delight of growing constituency.
The Register, in the cause of temper
ance and reform, is doing a christian
duty in Gallatin county and is creating
such sentiment among the people that
the prohibition party has taken firm
root, about twenty feet under the
ground, and is spreading rapidly. Mr.
George Anderson, the publisher, is get
ting out a clean and handsome sheet.
Bozeman should be as proud of its three
newspapers as the newspapers are of
Bozeman.
In Livingston the ENTERPRISE still
has It's home in one of the best equipped |
offices in Montana, as it's appearance in
dicates. Mr.. Wright continues sole
owner, while Mr.. J. S. Stuff ably attends
to it's editorial work.
The Post, though scarcely more than
year old, is fourishing. 1t is under
the control of Mr.. J. D. Whelpley, who
also has editorial charge of the Live
Stock Journal at Helena.
There has been no change in the Bill |
lings Gazette, Miles City Journal or
Glendive Independent, which are re-
spectively in charge of e. II. Becker,
Rev. Sam Gordon and Mr.. Wild
myer. They are doing much to
keep Eastern Montana at the front, |
and reflect the sentiments and interests
of their intelligent constituencies.
"The Bomb" is a recent journalistic
venture at Miles City. 1t is a temper
ance journal and explodes once week
to the great irritation of Eastern Mon
tana men who occasionally drink little
sage tea or elderberry wine. And there
are very few Eastern Montana men who
don't.
In Northern Montana few changes are
to be reported. Col. Searles and his
friend, Todd, continue to
edit the River Press with great
dignity and deserved success 1t
pays regular dividends and has a
splendid field all to itself. Col.
Searles is one of the veterans of the
Montana press, and all his brethren will
unite with the historian in wishing him
long life and happiness. The sole ambi-
tion of Col. Searles is to publish the
news and spread the doctrines of
democracy, whatever they may be. He
is devoted to his profession, and though
he lives in stock country and has a
branding iron in his office, it may be said
to his credit that he does not own a sin
gle steer.
In Great Falls some changes have
taken place. The Tribune has enlarged
to a seven-column paper, and is now a
paper having associated press
news and other metropolitan features
The Leader, also morning paper, has
increased to quarto, six columns to the
page, and also has the associated press
franchise. The Tribune and Leader are
among the strong papers of the state,
and are, mechanically, we'll equipped.
Mr.. Collins still edits the former and the
after is written by Q. S. Warden, who
succeeds COL Mcknight.
In Missoula, the Gazette has changed
hands being now owned by corporation
If which Lambert Mollinelli is business
manager. 1t is an eight-page daily and
democratic. The Missoulian