The Lake Charles echo., 1894-03-23
BREEZY JOURN AIISDI.
the FIRST DAILY PAPER EsTAsl isss.
60 IN LEADvlLLE,

b noara, work Hay FOR Editor and
Manager ghe Iob oniee sgAs xssisabla
alaa.anAa- prlsas ~ 0hjset.
IN 1878 I,eadyilla had no newspaper
worthy the name, and people we've
gathering there by the thousands, At
i that time was the foremanot the Dem
yer Tribune, and III looking tho situa-
4 tion over / became, IN common with
scores Of others, possessed of desire 20
4 I'LL one Of the long felt wants uf the new
community, After talking II over with
d couple of fellow priuters and figuring
up the cost we agreed on locai habit
tation and name,
4 There was no such thing as house to
be had in Leadyille at that time l
couldn't even find room. Finally se-
cured a tot from squatter out on HaI-
rison avenue IT was way Oh III the sage
brush, and / selected II because IL was
cheap. After great deal os difficulty
and using what influence could with
the aawmills | got together lumber
enough to build aone room house 70 ac-
commodate the paper, II was almost
impossible to get carpenters Or people
who would 40 any kind Of labor, Ev-
erybody was in pursuit of caFbonates.
However, after something of q strug
, Gle the house was put UP, and was no
titled of the shipment ot the ONCE ap-
purtenancea from the st Louis type
foundry, Being practical printer and
aware Of our somewhat straitened hnan-
cial condition, the purchasing partner
had bought Just enough of tho various
kinds of material to get out 4 sinah
daily, which We called The Evening
4 Chronicle
one partner was made business mail-
|. ager, a second took the mechanical de-
. partment, while was selected to do the
editing. was managing editor, city
= editor, telegraph editor, SET UP little
!, type, made up forms and attended to q
a few other trifIea. All Of Us worked to-
gether almost increasingly day aud
y night.
/. Hundreds Of firms were being ostab-
lished in Leadville with not a limo Of
printed matter in any shape not let
q terhead or even card, We had less
y than S25 in our treasury when we print
cd our first issue and knew we must de-
y pend on our Job office for areyenue, We
u got it.
IL was not How much does 1t costS''
In LeadyilIo at that time, but How
u soon can have it?'' We knew how to
give ii, and we learned how ID charge.
n Everybody else was doing the same
"a thing, each in his own line of business.
W Our stock Of job papers was limited,
- and correspondingly short counts We're
given to customers. The editor ana
y business manager assisted with the Job
2 work at night, ran presses, sawed wood
!, and kept up fires As a sample "a
- charges will tell You Of one order we
g. filled.
- We had no particular hours % labor,
- but were generally on our feet from ~
&c to 20 hours out Of the "a. After day p
work OF this kind we We're just shutting
down ono night when q gentleman came
II in and said he wanted 90 carda printed
pr Immediately, Ha was running some sort
~ Of a game al Tom Kemp'a theater, and
he this game required cards with figures,
Z one figure to card, He said ho didn't
AZ care what they cost so he had them by y
nd o'clock. II was then about 7, and we
IN accommodated him. He was waiting
lon when the messenger who was armed
~ with tho bill, arrived,
es. Have you got thom?' be said, How
eg much are theyf"
.o The messenger was afraid the man
re would fall down If lie pronounced tho
tVo amount, SO ho handed over the bill. The
Ing sporting man pulled from his pockets 9
i,o wad of Ereenbacks and handed over two
ny tens and five $25 for s5 cards. Az
v the messenger started to go away the
ing man said. Hold on. Now, look here,
a. I'm gambler that's the way make
ias my living but isn't this bill Just lit
al tie highT'
's You needed to know something about
running a newspaper in those days
ld There was no lack Of material, but u
was not all easy sailing in mixed
crowd aggregating some 40, 900 peoplf
from all parts Of the world and ai
ale, classes OF society. There was not wha
l9e flce could be called q large proportion 2
late eVaugelists in the crowd either.
nnhtn One day we were notified that VI
NH would have to move. In fact force 0
assIls men presented themselves and declares
Iaai their Willingness and intention To assis
an us in the speedy transfer Of our good
fof and chattels to green fields and pasture
llRHa new, They didn't have furniture vans
@ esrs but they had some very ugly looking
nh guns sticking out % their pockets. w
It'll didn't SEQ IL that way, 90 Davis slippe'
| af out and got two or three rites and q
obal many more reyolyers and came back.
itla We closed the doors and announces
\, our Intention Of remaining where "
were. This kind Of thing was Fepeate
;F7s several times, but finally quiet was II
stored, our title resting IN our hgaarm;
/ had paid Sl00 for that lot, and II wa
W. now worth $40 600; hence the contel
tion,
pse believe have wtitten more mnFdel
i IL and shoptinga IN d given length of tia
l @e 9s than any other newspaper man IN n
oase country One day we had four, VIII
we spread ont over four editions ot
" paper, the issue which consolidated
/ Ls,, to fonr haVing i scare head IN t1pe i
Z inch long He'll let Aoosa.
Willie IeadVilla II that fipae wl
pra.iv rough with plenty n HheettA
y a aal killing, there has nRYef aeeil 4 llsul
l'asf generous. gaii haaysafk hoiisst ani taitl
Pay fnl class # people dian these mines
eaS They gathered spnRa ana snpYos Esa
ieigs Rfnndly, coming 81 opg taseile ~ Qtts
sb aa Qnr hfsla AgepaEtg WAs aFssskes
lsaa When ws sntaFea upon olsF second yea
e5s ,49 wG haa heals of Nienaai 4 rsnHiAtlQ
allg which can almost ho ealle9 0eriaisie
pss ana inbAey snQnsl q HnE III Q@ eae
qr terms Mstk tut gess af sha waFla &e
III Flelsse NasslngsQn.