The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-23
SLIGHTLY SENSATIONAL.
]. II Minneapolis Tribune Account OF
Life Here-A Sur on the Town.

TRANSFERRED in western towns. They orig
mate in the fertile brain of the festive
reporter who has to furnish copy Of
some kind to hold his Job. They are all
in the same sanguinary strain graphical
j. describing scenes Of life in mining
camps and COW towns where zone Fin
pnrcd Pete" gets the 'drop"on "ShOotrm
Quick joe, or Coyote Bin prrforatrs
the anatomy Of Monte Johcs.' etc. All
of these Yarns have the regulation ear
marks and possibly interest d few read
crs who ar" weak minded enough TO be
licyc any thing Of the kind cvcrucrurrcd.
When h~cmanaging editor of the New
York or Boston papers fill the columns
of thcir sheets with such trash they
probably think they are fulfilling the
noble mission for which newspapers
were created. The editors Of those pa
pcrs are. a. a rule. men who have
travelled only IN Europ" and know little
or nothing of the great cmpir" in the
west and deserve some charity. But
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that is supposed to be more or less fami-
liar with western life. prints anything like
til" following which appeared in a recent
issue Of the Minneapolis Evening Trlh-
unr it does not deserve to have a circu-
lHtlon of any size among sensible people.
Though the article or more properly the
screed, is signed "B. Flat" as though it
were communicated by some one not
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The Tribune is nevertheless responsible
and should be called on to prove some
Of the statements that are made. 1t is a
slur on this town and if anybody in
Great Falls is "a subscriber to the Min
! nrapolis Tribune he should order the
paper stopped at once as beng an n
Trustworthy. unreliable and sensational
journal.
For tn" benefit of the author of the
libel and for the good of the people
who published the sam it might not be
uut oi order to say that while gambling
is licensed here as well as IN other parts
Of Montana, and to Il certain extent is
under tine eye Of the law, no such thing
ever occurred. The same can hardly be
said of Minneapolis. where gambling is
supposed to be- prohibited. but in reality
goes on under the very nose Of the chief
r lo a.. go. - N,..
come pretty near being square as there
is Il heavy penalty against running crook.
ed games. How is it in Minneapolis are
all the games there on the square: ask
some of the victims who have been
iiecced 10y running against some OF the
notorious 'hracc' games Of that town.
This is what Mr.. ID. Fiat" says about
Great Falls:
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