River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-01-24

/ nine-column sheet which made our
arms so tired when we were reading
it. BY the change the Journal be-
comes very nearly perfect paper.
From the Hudson star.Times.
The old reliable River Falls Journal
has gone from a nine-column folio
TO a six-column quarto. aud has
been much modernized in other ways.
It's always welcome guest in what
ever form Editor Morse sees fit to
serve it up. Here is TO its continued
success under the new lease OF life.
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From the Ell worth Record
Well, well, did you ever9 Our es.
teemed neighbor the River Falls
Journal celebrated the new year by
discarding the old folio form, made
familiar to its readers by forty years
Of efficient service, and coming out
the more modern and now well-nigh
universally used six-column quarto
form or course the change is
proper and desirable one, neverthe-
less we cannot witness the passing OF
the old without some regret. The
paper has been so neat typographical
ly, aud 50 exasperatingly well edited,
that at first thought it seems wisest
TO let we'll enough alone. 1t is, to say
the least, sacrifice of individuality
The esteemed journal has seemed
60 US like nice old gentleman with
a long, we'll kept beard, and we hard
ly recognize our neighbor with the
whiskers off. However, upon closer
inspection, we find the same kindly
advice, the same firm grip on peril
nent topics, the same genial twinkle
10 the eye, and we realize that the
gentleman Is still In his prime with
years Of yigor aud usefulness ahead of
him and that he looks younger and
better for the change,
The Journal is of that conserva-
tive, staid type of newspapers which
occupy happy medium between, Il
am 1t. ask Me-" fellows whom an in
scrutable Providence sometimes per
mits TO conduct newspapers, and the
old, fossilized back nun Der, spinelesS
chroniclers OF comes" and goes
which continue TO exist by virtue of a
side graft and the lack OF sufficient
energy TO fall to pieces.
The Journal is less aggressive,
possibly less ambitious than papers
OF the Sun and Record type, and the
editor, no doubt has corresponding
Iy easier time. There is no doubt
that the Sun editor has convenient
place behind his big press where he
can escape his irrate subscribers, and
as for the Record man he long ago
built cyclone cellar in the hill and
when he sees a patron ascending the
massive steps leading to his sanctum,
If he does not like the "cut OF his jlbh
he can retire TO his cellar and there
continue his internal work uns cathed
by the vituperation Of his belligerent
friend.
To change the figure, If we may
liken the Journal and the Herald
to ancient Carthage, fair to look up
on, rich mistress Of the seas, and
fame behind her, then the Sun and
Record may be called Rome young,
am bitiuous, the world before her, a
rival worthy of considera tion. We
do not intend to infer that some day
Rome will fall upon Carthage and by
a supreme effort sweep her from the
face of the earth" We guess no such
catastrophe is pending. We simply
content ourselves with remarking
that us youngsters seem to manifest
ability to take care of ourselves ia the
presence OF older, longer established
and weather. competitors.