The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-31
The PlONEERANo THE NEW YEAR.

the hope that the New Year will
indeed be happy one to all it's read
ers but it avails itself of the oppor-
tunity to say few words of extra
ordinary interest.
Perhaps a brief recital of the pro-
gress of the Pioneer during the past
twelve months would also be oppor-
tune. In the first place the year
now hurled into eternity has char
acterized an epoch of unparalleled
prosperity for the Pioneer and has
made possible the publishing of a
better paper and the laying of plans
for a still more modern and metro
politan daily and weekly
From cramped quarters, the Pho
neer, during the past year, has
moved into commodious home
where advanced equipment places it's
printing plant in the front rank of
those in northern Minnesota. The
wisdom of installing it's battery of
job and newspaper presses is daily
emphasized by the whirl of wheels
grinding out work for satisfied GUS
toners.
Probably the most notable triumph
in the way of equipment was the
recent installation of the Morgan
thaler Linotype machine, which is
to mean so much for the future of
the Pioneer. At a near date the
public will be invited to come to
the home of the Pioneer. and see
what manner of machine it is that
can readily do the work of five or
more fast compositors.
In the editorial end of the paper
we are told that some progress has
been made, but still more is: prom
Used. 1t is the aim of the Pioneer
to print the news when it is news.
It does not favor the slip-shod,
sloppy style of journalism which is
so apt to mark the unattractive and
from every stand point undesirable
weekly publications which always
struggle along in city of this size,
eking out a precarious existaneec
der the stumblig management of an
unframed, unreliable and unauthen-
tic editor whose frequent hardness
at the anvil brands him black
smith, rather than newspaper man.
We believe, that generally speak
ing, the newspapers of the smaller
towns are on, a higher plane than
formerly and it is the desire of the
Pioneer to keep abreast of the times
and give its readers the best pos
sible paper, not only that our sub
scription list may grow, but because
a real newspaper is the greatest adj
vertisement a town can have and in
Bemidji, where the Pioneer is the
only real newspaper published; the
duty evolving upon us is one of
great responsibility.
And it is for just these reasons
that this paper has been printing
the news without bowling to the. die
tates of any man, or set of men. Its
opinions are voiced in the editorial
columns and no attempt is made to
prostitute it's news columns with ed
torial expressions. If we have been
taught anything in the building of a
newspaper, it is that when the public
buys a newspaper it is entitled to
read a fair and impartial account of
the happenings of the day.
During the long and sensational
controversy over. the liquor ques-
ton the Pioneer has expended money
and energy in unfolding the events
Of the cid" drama and this is but an
instance of what this paper strives
for in the way of printing the news.
= ! At the present moment the Pho
neer has it's special representative
in St. Paul, ready to flash the latest
news of the lawmakers, or any other
event of interest, to the Pioneer.
Throughout the coming session Of
the legislature, as is made known in
another announcements, the Pioneer
will maintain public bureau at
the states capitol for the sole bene-:
fit of persons in this part of the state.
The Pioneer urges free and liberal
use of this service. Any information,
on any subject, to be obtained at the
state capitol, will be promptly given.
without soharge.