The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28
ANNOUNCEMENT
THE TINES has been sold.

prise, because the transaction was
closed only few hours before this
paper went onto the press. The
deal has been pending for some time
and today the papers were drawn
and signed. and there is a change Of
management that will take effect
Immediately after this issue of the
paper leaves the Office of publication.
The reason for the sale was that
to its owners THE TIMES bad GER
tain monetary value. the same as
any other piece OF property. Weeks
ago we named our price for the pro-
perty, and it has finally passed in
to new hands at the very figure
originally quoted.
For over ten years the writer has
been manager and ediotr of The
TIMES, and we have weathered all
sorts of squalls ana blows, and after
an endless amount Of work, some
times contending against great
difficulties, finally succeeded in max
ing THE TIMES the leading news
paper of Bayfield, county. It had
been a source of some pride that
the paper has been generally quoted
in the greatest of the state papers
atrd by friends who are running
papers like ours throughout the
state.
There is something of regret in
retiring from the management of a
newspaper around which there has
gathared a great deal of sentiment,
but iu stepping down and out there
is also a good deal of satisfaction in
feeling that the paper has always
been clean and decent, and above all
things honest with the public. We
have fought good many battles
here in Washburn. and as we retire
from the field of journalism, it is
with a feeling, that if the same cir
cumstance should again arise, that
brought on numerous tiffs, that
THE TINES would follow the same
course as it has in the past, provided
it remained with US. And as we close
our connection with the paper it is
some satisfaction to feel that we owe
no man an apology for any inten-
tional wrong ever done him. And
We close that onnection voluntarily
and freely from our own accord,
long years after the cherished hope
OF some of our enemies to crush the
paper, had died smouldering in their
bospms.
The TIMES is a successful news
paper, and il we had any desire to
remain in the newspaper business
we would not part with it. Ii
passes from our hands into the
hands of men who have been our,
friends, and whom we welcome as
our successors, and We ask our old
friends and our patrons to give
them their patronage the same as
you have under the old management,
which closes today. The new pro-
prietors will be the Times Printing
Company, and Mr.. Nels M. Oscar.
whom everyone in Washburn knows
as square and honorable young
man and one possessed of the very
best of ability will be the new editor
and manager of the paper, and under
his administration it will no doubt
continue to succeed.
Washburn is our home, and we are
going to stay right here and devote
our attention to affairs we have
been considering for long time.
The editor drops the quill yoluntar-
lily, and no son Of d gun can crow or
say that they had any hand in our
retirement from the newspaper bust
ness. And there is some satisfac-
tion in that, too!
Ali accounts remain the property
of the Jones Printing Company, and
all bills due will be paid by the com
pany.
So friends and patrons, good bye
as our readers of The TIMES, but
come in and see US in our quarters
in the post Office, where the editor
of this paper expects to have his
headquarters for long time to
come, and where we will always be
glad to see you.
Without hardly a break we have
written copy for the printer for
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