The Globe-republican., 1903-11-26

4 The second attempt Of the Dodge City
Daily News to exist will be failure II
| the tactics adopted are followed. 1t Is
an admitted principle that one person
can not build up bis business by running
down the business Of others. The first
issue shouts in megaphone type that the
news In the weekly papers is old and
stale, from which 1t would be- inferred
that The day Of the weekly's usefulness is
over. This is a misstep for the little
daily. 1t will not hurt weekly paper
but 1t might cause attention to be called
to tile defects Of the daily. The dailies
published In towns -four times the size Of
of Dodge City have serious defects and
the dai.ies here will have. 1t can't be
avoided. Even the dalies In the large
towns are continual problem. Follow
Ing the announcement that the news In a
weekly is stale the "dally" referred to
gives an account of the accident to Char
les Oyerdorf. 1t happened just one week
before and was published four days
earlier in The weekly than IN the daily.
On another page Is personal about a
young lady visiting her brother, n promi.
nent business man here The young lady
has been here two or three months as the
back files of the weeklles will show. The
second issue Of the daily mentions an
event which 1t frankly states happened
almost a week before, These things are
of no discredt to the paper, and are
really not worthy Of mention only as an
illustration that Boosting and Dragging
will not serve for merit. If the little
daily runs good paper, and the GLOBE.
REPUBLICAN wOud.be pleased to see it
do so, the people will find it out, II it's
news is fresh, or II 1t is stale, the readers
will know 1t. And further it will not
look well to this same papers weekly
subscribers to shout that they are being
fed on stale news. And when the little
daily folds Its hands across Its emaciated
little breast and funks-and all expert
ence Of the past will show that 1t has
funk coming at no distant date-and it's
proprietor falls back upon weekly pub
lication for support, he will have to wink
the other eye and tell bis advertisers that
from every standpoint a weekly in this
field Is better business proposition to
the advertiser and subscriber than
daily with feeble support. The GLOBE
REPUBLICAN has been here through the
towns history. SpasmodiC daily ven
lures have come and gone. None 10 the
past haye had a sufficient circulation to
warrant buying advertising space In them.
II such an enterprise can be established
in a legitimate way the GLOBE -REPUB.
LICAN will welcome 1t and tho town will
welcome 1t. But II 1t Is started with the
attempt to cripple some legitimate busi-
ness already established 1t will only help
to kill for the future the prospect Of hav-
Ing daily paper In Dodge City, and 1t
will not live long enough to get beyond
the services Of the white hearse and the
"Our Little One'' style Of monument
A persistent rumor has been about
town for several days that an elOpement
occurred recently In LaJunta, In which
Dodge City people would naturally take
an interest on account Of the parties be.
Ing formerly Of Dodge young people.
Nothing definite could be learned re-
garding the matter 80 II Is probably a
false rumor.
Marriage license were issued by Judge
Preston the past week to the following
couples: Geo. W. Pease and Minnie A.
Carter Of Oklahoma; John McVIcker Of
Bucklin and Ida West Of Englewood;
Fred B, Shaw and Carrie Crawford OF
Dodge City. The three couples were
married by Judge Preston,
Mr.. Fred Fl. Prather and Miss Eliza
beth Motz, two well known teachers OF
Ford county were united In marriage at
the BRIDES home at 0fferle last Sunday
Elder Platz officiating, The congratula-
tions Of a large circle Of friends will be
extended to the happy pair.
The Grand Army ball at the rink last
might was one Of the biggest social events
Of the season. twas well attended and
The music was furnished by Beeson's
orchestra.
Union Thanksgiving services were held
by the churches Of dodge City today. at
at the Christian church, with sermon by
Rev J. Q. Anderson,