The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-12-09
While the Merchants National E,rl
of Helena Gets Away with the
Baggage for 81 900.
Another Republican Paper Stands i,
and Enjoys the Slaughter of
Prince Russell's Paper.
Some Inside Pointers on the Co>t,
Sport of Owning and Conduct.
ing Il Newspaper.

The sale of the Daily Journal Dian,
took place at the advertised hour, II
o'clock a. m. Thursday. OF the premises
lOl Broadway, says the Helena Herald !
Deputy Sheriff Hoss opened with tho J
usual legal formulas and proceeded in |
form with a detailed reading Of ts |
scheduled list OF belongings of the Dah
journal company to be disposed Of unde, I
execution in satisfaction of judgment /
decreed in favor of the Merchants Va.
tional bank in the sum of $4,000.
The spectators present crowded TO
some extent the rather contracted spsce |
Of the counting Notable persons
attending and interested in the proceed
ings were the judgment creditor, HON.
ii. Hershtield, his attorney, Mr. ClayLerp
Lew Wallace. Jr.. Esq, representing Rus.
sell Il. Harrison, president, and Geo. I.
Boos. general manager and treasurer Of
the Journal company.
Deputy i1oss. conforming to the wish
of Manager Boos, offered all the effects
Ill dIbIul ttlullI VI tIlt ldtt DOlTnHI
for sale in bulk. Bids being called for
Attorney Clayberg. for l.. fl. liershtield,
bid $4,000. Lew Wallace. Jr., for Rus
sell b. Harrison. bid $4,000. The third
and last bid. $4,000. was that of Mr.
Clayberg. for the Merchants Nationsl
bank.
"Twenty-one thousand I'm bid:twenty.
one thousand once. twenty-one THOUSAND
twice. twenty-one thousand three times
and sold" said Deputy Hoss.
And thus passed the Daily journal
plant from the ownership Of Messr,
Harrison and Boss into the hands Of
their judgment creditor, Mr.. Hershtield
whose claim called for the payment Of
S2J,j01.B.
In brief our report records the sequel
to IA tlird newspaper venture l. Of
nearly a Jozen that in the past twenty
years have been started in Helena am
shared "a similar fate. The journal ha
largely the advantage of any predcces
sol. II was inauguratcd under The
auspices al a national administratlOn |
proclaimed Itself the soni |
official organ Of the GOVERNED |
exploited every federal o&
cial it could reach. levied trilu,. |
upon party committees. raided bankprs |
and business and professional people,
borrowed from widows, and spared not
the orphan even. On this true. # not
creditable, showing, it will bear rrIcal
ing here that the journal was never
IA business proposition. Its mar.
ayers have piled up locally an
indebtedness for the twin comparie,
Of the Big -Four" journals closely ap |
| preaching 100000. and the foreign TO-
d~ebtedness. ii it could he traced t. IL
countless dupes who have subscribe 70
the stock or otherwise responded to IN |
satiable importantly, would prOlabl
disclose an amount equally large e.
quilted in these publishing cnterDriscS
What next is to follow the future aloU' !
can disclose, The field of state journals
is fully occupied indeed. largely Over
supplied. 1t is within bounds to ID |
that n half million of dollars will ui
cover the losses sustained by the da..
press ur Montana within the pat
four years. And yet it il not dlt"
cult to conceive. with the uu}.rr
Gus examples Of the past u'
vast expenditures IN one way and anDtu
or inyeigled from magnatcs Of the state
and from administrative and poli.i'a.
sources extending to the limits OF tU-
country. that other and similar uno'r
takings will again be tried, FOR the crrI
ulous are many and the foolish in un
dcrimatcd number still inhabit the Ian.
VIII the dead come to life again "I..
has the cash lots Of cash and TO spare
whercwith to revive and run the dcccasr
organ: Mr.. liershiield is too conscrya
tive. too discreet IA tinancier. to dcslr'.
to shoulder such IA burden himself
He has the plant, not of his oNl
choice, but by compulsion Ut a.
debt. and the printing outfit is any
body's property who will give hln
back his misplaced money. \ corpora
ton. combination. syndicate of capita
Of nabObs who are looking for the ease
ment Of an aching surplus these are
the sources, these the parties. to resus
citate the journal corpse and give toIt
another term Of existence. Otherwisc
its decease will not be disturbed tur
dccencies will bc observed and the dead
remain dead.