The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-22
MONTANA NEWSPAPERS.
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4 List Of New Ventures Compiled
by the Press Association
N Historian.
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Most Of Them, He Thinks. Arc
Doing Good to the
Country.
what Some OF the Owners VIII Have to
DO to Make y Respectable
Living.


Ltving.
At tho meeting of tks Montana Pssss o.
ISOLATION held In Anaeohda On interesting
paper was read by H. r. Rolfs, Of the Grsa
Falls Leader. the retiring historian OF tn
association. After . short ihtroaustion b.
gives the following history Of . ycas
'Siass September. 1891. the date Of our Las
meeting, there has bssn tho annual daluR'
OF weekly papers started through dineEen
sections OF Montana, most Of which are Do
ins GOOD 10 the country. but at much iosI
g ths .psopsiesors. Among them - Nh
Tstou Times, Published In Chstsau. Cho-
tsau county, Monsans; Il, began publisa.
tton an April 16, 1882. II n : fix-columr
folio and dsnoeratic In, politics. and \
owned by : stock company; !. W. LitA
manager and editor. IL u devoted TO th.
Interests Of Teton county. which necessi-
tstsd ths division Of Chotsau county. A.
however, Chotssu county was about 81
lssgs a. Ave Of the New England statss
u 10 all right. =
ION April 16. 1892. the VALLEY County
News, Q i've column folio weekly, WAS e.
tablishsd at Glasgow. . thriving town or
tho Great Northern railroad IN the Mill
River valley. II ID also democratic in poll
tics. Charles E. Hall IL owner. publisher.
editor and general manager.
1.-THE Nsihart Miner, . seven oolunn folio
weekly. also dsmocsatio In politics. Wal
established Dss. 20, 1891. devoted to the In
teyssts Of the thriving mining camp Of Mel
-. MA. -.o-~sA~.kn A3o~ We{mhh aud
j. 7. Duffy 10 the editor.
''Ths Western Democrat is.an entespfis-
ing daily. established in Missoula about the
LIT Of June last. Its name indicatss Ito po-
litieal proclivitiss. and IL said to be owned
by w. A. Clark and Frank Higgins.
."Tho Fiashsad Journal ON the 31st Of De-
sember last, moved to .Kalispel. q town in
tie Flathsad country onsthe western sxten-
sion Of the Great Northern road. II be-
came consolidated with the Herald during
last spring. and il ia now advocating demo-
cratic principles among the Flstheads of
s,"Auaust 10 Harrison spauldina retired
from the proprietorship Of the Missouiian.
selling the plant, good will and franchise to
i. M~olinelli. The Gazette, which has had
1 career Of usefulness, was consolidated
with the Missoulian. and II 10 now pub
DuO - . u RepOSe '
''rhe incorporates Of the Missoula Pub
fishing company are A. Is. Cook, Thomas
@. Marshall, Gust Mossr. b. T. Nesmith
and L. Molinelli.
The Great Falls News. under the charge
Of O. W. Holmes. commenced enlighten-
ing the people of Great Falls. and filing q
long felt want In 1892. The News il q six
column qusrto. non partisan In politics,
with . leanin9 towards the peoples party.
Shortly after the arrival Of the New on tho
scene Of action, the Great Falls Industrial.
which had .bsen enjoying a Pickering exist
enco for q year past, gave up the ghost and
its ashes wers laid away
"The Montana Herald, a German news
paper. was established in April. 1892. II
breaches tho Jacksonian doctrine to the
Germans of Montana. W. Stein ia editor.
ION the frat day Of January, 1892, Jerry
being republican editor Of tho River Press.
and democratic editor of the same paper,
and retired from active editorial work to
become a mining broker in Helena, whore
he is achieving less of fame. but more of
nuggets, at the present date. His place
vas oiled BY h: ". Cooley; a pleasant gen
succeeded him. but who the present editor
is. 10 a problem unsolved.
1.-THE Dillon Examiner, democratic in
politics, was started mp BY Krsss q Barker
about q year ago. The Montana Baptist. q
monthly periodical published at Dillon,
was started in September; Rev. j. II.
Spencer, editor. .-
1.-THE River Press. Of Fort Benton, for
merly republican. lately democrats. has
experienced q change of heart and is pow
advocating . protective tariff. g. b. Me-
Laughlin 10 the able editor.
,.o ,,I 3S:e fS''G r wid sDssa. q io tb Itself a;end 3D.
Independent, and Miss Maud A. Brown.
were united In marriage at Detroit, MIMI,
on July IL. Cards announcing tho event
stated the happy couple would be at home
at Glendivs After Aug. Is. 1892
The Fergus COUNTY Democrats bscame
tied b. David Hilaer. The Madison County
Monitor was first issued April /. 1892.
owned BY A. X. Yerkes and G. u. Fell. II
js edited by b. F. Yerkss. who is also man.
sRer. II processes to be independent In
politics.
"The Marysville Mountaiae,r was
launched On the troubled waters Of Mon /
tana journalism on Feb. II, 1882. The edi- |
says IL evidently left q long felt want |
for IL had over 100 subscribers before it
the sixth month milestone. It 10
more eagerly read and more ardsntly
ID BY the people Of Helena than was
ever the Red Ledge Picket under the man
aRement Of Shelby Eli billiard. In poll
tics the Aountainecr isa sort Of Arizona
and In religion has q leaning to-
wards his Satanic majesty. As to the pro-
pristoEshtp Of fhs paper. il is a sort of go
as .you-please Haes between the publishes
and the sheriff Of Lewis and Clarke county. |
II IL an ardent champion of FREQ coinapc.
md would like TO see enough money in cir.
culaSton to aggregate 800. 900 per cspita, |
The sasly teachings Of fhe editor were 10
love mn and hate niggsrs. He has taken
= tumble to himself on the latter and the
foymet has taksn 10 tumble him. q w.
AcAurin. publisher and editor.
THE Helena Daily Journal suoumbed 10
. small indebtsdnsss of 300, GOO lac No
and has not Jet been resurreoted.
Editor Keith has undertaken to act % privy
councillor TO the governor in place OF
welding the editorial baton.
1.-The Citizens Call in Philipsburo started
up on the 1st of March last. "
Editor Lyman, of The HELENA INpxPxN.
DENT. has accepted the rsmansrative Office Of
collector Of Internal revenue. after much
persuasion by the president Of the United
States, who recognized hia true worth.
Lee Mantle, another Newspaper mnn
Who probably wrote the worst hand Of INV
Of Nc whom no took teleRraphic report in
Butte fourteen years ago. was appointed
United States senator from this state last
February. Several other Of the fraternity
ire busiIy engaged In erecting lightning
rods.
1T will thus be seer that there have bssn
since our last meeting a large num-
oer Of weekly newspapers md one or two
dailies. II 10 fair to say that probably NOT
me OF the dozen or more will make more
han n YoaDpAkahlA LIVING f~, snAo-n., 81