The daily sentinel., 1910-06-10
FOREWoRD BY THE NEW EDITOR

Ouray Plaindealer.
This week. in accordance with the
announcement made last week the
Plaindealer makes its appearance un-
u der new management and under q
new editorship. Mr.. +. J. Hulaniski,
after long and useful service as
editor Of the Plaindealer, service
extending over some two decades
during which he has caused the Plain
dealer to maintain the reputation OF
being one of the most interesting.
most original and most influential
weekly publications in the Centennial
state, retires from the editorship and
the undersigned becomes the editor
and manager of the paper
The writer comes to Ouray more
or less stranger in this city and
county, although having quite a mum
ber of old friends here However.
he is not a stranger in the state or in
western Colorado, having been active
ly engaged in the daily newspaper
business in the state for more than
six years and having been practically
born and reared" in the newspaper
business in the south before coming
west.
The writer comes to Ouray and
Ouray county firm in the belief that
this is a good and growing section. a
section of vast resources and bright
future, a section peopled with men
and women among whom any man
! should be glad to make his home.
The necessity of making many
| promises and lengthy statements in
this, our initial edition, does not seem
apparent.
| II is the writer's intention to de
| vote all of his time to the publication
and the management of the Plain
| dealer, to keep 1t up to its present
| standard and to make improvements
where improvements can be made
and, withal, to maintain for the peo-
| pie of OuTay and Ouray county first
class, modern, enterprising, newsy
fair and honest weekly paper. We
propose to be to the forefront in ev-
cry movement that will have ten
dency to make the city and county of
Ouray grow, to develop the vast re
| sources of this territory and to have
a tendency to place the community
and adjacent territory in the first
rank of the most prosperous districts
in the western half of the Union.
Politically the Plaindealer will be
strictly and conscientiously demo
cratic, supporting the principles and
doctrines of the democratic party. In
its work in the political campaigns
in which 1t may take part the Plain
dealer proposes to be clean in its
methods. conscientious in its utter
ances, and fair and honorable in its
dealings with those 1t may oppose
and at all times will the Plaindealer
recognize the Godgiven right of ev g
man to his own opinions.
In its news columns the rlains
dealer will play no favorites, the mar
ration of legitimate. desirable news
and events will not be tinged or col
ored. We hold that duty of the week
ly paper in the smaller community is.
first and foremost, to give the hap
penings of the town and county in a
reliable, accurate, crisp and interest
ing manner and this policy the Plain
! dealer VIII carry out. Its aim will
| be to be essentially home paper"
but home paper that will be read
with interest not only at home, but
abroad. Therefore we ask and urge
the people of the city and county To-
cooperate with us in this determine
tion and TO aid the Plaindealer in
getting together and giving each week
all of the readable and desirable
news of our city and county.
The new editor and owner of the
Plaindealer will greatly appreciate all
the advertising and printing patron
age that may come to the paper and
will certainly endeavor to give value
received for every dollar invested in
the Plaindealer advertising and print
| ing.
We are certain to make some mis-
takes, for mistakes are common to
| all humanity. but we come to Ouray
with every intention of endeavoring
to merit and to earn the esteem. the
respect and the moral and material
support of the people of this com
munity. Very respectfully, Walter
Walker.