The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14
where apparent as one goes through

where apparent as one goes through
the columns.
The various changes, upheavals,
assimilations and triumphs and de-
misses that have marked the course
of the daily press in the city are all
entered in these old store houses of
history and some of these details, as
one scans the columns, appear not SO
ancient as the cobwebs which encircle
the bindings. Few of the editors of
the early days are still in the city,
but the reader of today may we'll
be grateful for the struggles fought
by these men in the times when the
city's prosperity was not hopeful and
when the skies were lowering and
the leaders faltering by the roadside.
The history of Grand Forks is an
interesting story to look back upon.
The broad prairies, the surrounding
Indians, the advent of the railroads,
the steamboat days, the trials and the
tribulations-all are stamped indelli-
bly, upon the minds of the settlers.
Evening Times.
Though one of the newer business
institutions of the city, The Evening
Times is doing its share towards the
general prosperity of the city. Its
plant is equipped with the most I'M
proved machinery and the material
is all of the latest designs and styles.
1t has employed the most highly
skilled workmen in all its depart
ments that are to be found, and their
ability is recognized by every one who
has in any manner given their work
any consideration. While the fact that
the plant is located in temporary
quarters, has hindered the installa-
ton OF much additional machinery
and the enlargement of the facilities
for accommodating the rapidly in
creasing business of the institution,
the concern is carrying thirty-eight
people on its pay roll at the present
time, and every one of them is profit
ably employed. A large number of
these persons were brought to the
city from other points because of the
location of the printing plant in this
cit, and there is weekly distributed
among these employees pay roll of
nearly $500. This money goes into
circulation largely here and con-
tributes to the prosperity of the entire
city.
AS newspaper The Evening Times
seeks to gather and disseminate the
legitimate news of the community,
and while it refuses to allow its COL
umns to be prostituted for sensational
purposes, 1t seeks to give to every
class of legitimate readers the news
which they like, served in condensed
form and in a readable manner. 1t
seeks rather to give reliable rather
than rumors and unfounded reports.
1t Is for this reason that it has be-
come standard of new reliability.
and this standard it will preserve at
all hazards. Its circulation has been
built up largely without the aid of
artificial names. 1t has conducted no
elaborate contests in which the desire
to become reader of the paper has
been lost in the desire to assist some
particular friend in winning a prize.
1t has preferred to have it's circula-
ton founded on the desire of the
reader to utilize the columns of the
paper for the gathering of news and
the formation of opinions, realizing
that when once circulation is estab.
lished on this basis it will be hun
bred fold more valuable both to itself
and to the advertising clientele than
would one built upon extraneous con-
siderations. The policy of the paper
Is to have it read for its merits alone.
The circulation has increased he
yond the most optimistic hopes of the
proprietors and is now taxing the
plant to its utmost. Some of the ma.
chinery which was purchased with a
view of being sufficient to meet the
requirements Of the paper for three
years has been found inadequate for
the purpose at less than the end of
the first year. The volume of busi-
ness being done at the present time
is larger than was planned for at the
end OF two years, so that the enlarge
~ Wv PAaAIy IuC uouL OF
more men and the consequent distri-
button of more money among the
business men of the city, is one of the
Imperative demands in the near
future.
While the paper has persistently
maintained that such work as can be
done in the several counties should
be given to the local printing estab-
lishment, and has refused to interfere
in the same even when it could have
secured the work, it is proud of the
fact that thousands of dollars worth
of work has been brought to this city
and the cost of manufacturing the
same has been given to the business
men of Grand Forks rather than to
those of opposition cities. 1t has fur
Their insisted that the price of print
ing should be reasonable and that liv-
ing prices and good work are sufl-
ctent for any concern engaged in this
line of work.
The newspaper struggles onward.
CHRISTMAS At The HOSPITAL