The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-07-14

to every home.O It's prosperity is
evident. 1t is money and not unre-
ceipted bills, which make Mr.. Yerkes'
pockets bulge $50, and. there is no
doubt that any member Of the asso-
ciatiQn~who may happen to get broke
or robbed in Helena, by any Of it's
leading citizens or others, could bor-
row from that genial gentleman a
Hundred Or SO to get home on, and in
the event Of refusal, that Yerkes
would give him an order on Sam
Robertson. AS to Major Anderson, a
respected veteran Of the craft, he is
as amiable and intellectual as ever,
but the marriage of his elder daugh-
ter, it must be confessed, deprived
him of at least SO per cent Of his
popularity.
In Butte, the newspapers continue
to maintain their high moral stand
ard. They have conducted the
Grecian and Cuban wars. to q success
f9} fsgs fR} tdd Myong Sy IS g {gde tkeg
and held the goldbugstup tor'tl1e ex-
ecration of humanity; with their
customary yigor. Mr.. Guy \. Piatt
is now trying to avoid work by edit
ing labor paper, but he has been:
compelled to overlook himself on
several recent pay days, SO that he
! may be compelled to return to re-
portorial drudgery. With five small
children to support and two more
circuses coming this year, life has
leone somewhat serious problem to
Mr.. Piatt, but he is a philosopher as
we'll as poet, and really believes
that one meal a day is sufficient for q
healthy man.
Mr.. J. M. Quinn has retired from
the Miner with the accumulated
salary Of seven years Of more or less
hard work and the cordial good wish
es of many friends. After debating
for some time as to whether to start
a bank or a magazine, he decided IN
favor Of the latter as more in keep
ing with his inclinations and abili-
ties. AS Montana contains 100000
square miles, it. may be said that
there is room in this state for mag
azine with literary, political, indus
trial, scientific and Salvation Army
features, and certainly no aan in the
, commonwealth is better able to sup
ply the public demand in this partic:
ular, nor to do the state more good
with a publication Of that sort than
Mr.. Quinn. We would here suggest
that the magazine be dedicated tt
+ the services Of the silver republican
, party-but that can be discussed
! later. At any rate, Mr. Quinn
should be given a chance to reform
6 There is some talk Of consolidating tht
= Miner with the Montana Methodist
f, but the managers of the latter viii
: probably have something to say
6 about that.
. The Anaconda Standard has beer
: eulUcu laUclY Dy Senator ESe 1.ouun,
= grandson OF the editor Of the Helena
r independent; but a prospector nance
, DAILY, who is reported to have made
n raise lately, is furnishing the money
. The Standard enlargcs now abou
q three times a week, so that a maj
who undertakes to read it has n
Il time either to eat, sleep or work
. The whole outfit ought to be sur
!, pressed or floatcd eight miles do"
+ Warm Spring creek, where there
"a really an opening for that sort Of d
- organ. The best paper in Anaconda
= and the only one whose editor dos
!. not owe the press association any
- =, thing for back dues, is the Recorder
|, Perhaps the ablcst paper in til
s state is the Helena Independent, &C
>, tied by that clear-headcd and vigo1
le Gus writer: original thinker and moi
IS cd political economist. DR.. Eggle;
)e ton, who Indignantly denies that h
is related in any way to the ad il
IS tcrim editor Of the Standard. ID
T Eyglcston has sprung many innov;
.. tiods upon the Montana reading put
J. lie, and discussed public questions i
rs a novel and striking manner. ii
Ic generally signs his articles SO tha
]c Col. Sanders or Hugh McQuaid MA
+. not be accused or writing them. ID
a E9glcston knows more about tt
f. money question and has less none
Y than any other man in Montana. II
le is evidently Il person OF high intcl|c
st tllal endowment and great eurnoS
es ness OF purpose. The lndcpcndc'
t. under his management is general
T. respected by every man drawing
7, salary in the Office. The Herald, to
er is d most excellent Journal, conserv
Of tive. accurate, clean and scholarl
y, Jack Fisk can write an editorial wit
he one hand and deal deck Of care
IN with the other, both >nt the san
r.. time, while Col, Botliin deserved
No. ranks as the most graceful writer
en- the Montana press, except when
MS is running for office, when his Woi
e. shows a tendency to profanity.
ly Over in Western Montana the mo
or picturesqc journalistic figure is ii
~, poet editor, Henry O'Grady Collins:
'sc dreamer, word painter, phrase-makc
On Roncmian. He is full Of sentimct
NJ he has the imagination of a u
i'll Quincy, the poetic wit Of Char!
&c. Lamb, and the moral tendencies OF
* Baron Munchauscn. Ar unkind ll
Nv has made him the editor Of a poll
nc cal paper, instead OF a literary mag
nd zine, but the salary he gets is
on princclv rs his tendency to the go
lst renders it safeto7'ay''sinn lie lea
to u happy life, holding his creditors
Of sovereign contempt, beloved by |
on friends, and writing editorial matt
on which in the purity OF it's English
ice minds one Of the beautiful prose