The Daily Missoulian., 1912-05-05
Growing With Missoula and Her Neighbors,
The Missoulian Has Experienced Many
Changes, Always Endeavoring to
Keep Up With the Procession.

Tomorrow The afisoul:an wlil ccle-
brate its birthday anniversary. To-
days issue IL the last Of Volume
XxNvIIr.
Monday Is the seth birthday. the an
ntversnry of the date when the old
Missoiila and Cedar Creek Pioneer
was Changed 10 Tho Misoulian. the
name under which 1t has been pub
lished continuously ever since. Ii IL
I. years since the pioneer was started
There have been numerous other
newspaper aliear.ons la Missoula
since that time but The Missonlian
mas kept on. true to the announcement
made ny its original editor
Judge Woody. who was the frst ell :
itor of The Missoulian announced. .
The Missollian Will he devoted 10
the general ana material interests OF
N1isso,ila county and will at all times
advocate any and all measures that
may be calculated TO advance the
interests Of our county and her citi-
zens." It.
The Gazette. the Times. the Journal.
the Democrat. the Slyerite. the Item.
and the Herald-these are some OF the
other publications which have entered
the field during the almost 40 years
OF The sMlssoulian's life. There have
been others. but these are the prin.
sipal competitors of four decades,
Some ofesthem are well remembered
here; some are forgotten.
The Missoulian .is one Of the pioneers
tr -. - al
Pioneer. established In 1870, was pub-
lished continuously until Its name was
changed TO Tho Alissoulian In 1873
The old Helena Herald subsequently
merged with the Montana Record
was started in 1865. Its name. how
ever, was lost In the merger. The
lnliependent was originally published
at Deer Lodge In 1867: IT was moved
10 Last Chance gnlch and named Tho
Helena Jndependent in 1874. Th'
Avnnt Courier OF Bozemnn has beer
published under its present name sine.
as7l. This newspaper Is the oldest IN
The state without change OF name.
In Madison county the old Montan'
ia0 was started simultaneously witt
the old Pioneer In lMissoula county
That was In 1870. In 1879 The Madi'
sonians awa4 established In Madison
olnty and In the same year Thu
M.ssonliaK was founded In Misoula
county. The MdssoulIan was a eontin
uati'on OF tho, Pioneer; the Madisoninr
later, absorbed the Montanlan. Thil
makes, the situation in these two conn
ties identical.
The Aiissoula and Cedar cree|
Pioneer was established In 1870 ant
its first tissue came from the pres
sept tesyrbers is OF that year Its pro
qprietors were Joseph Magee. VIII
afterward went To San Francisco. AM
J.. II. MorFtson, we'll known for man!
;, years In Montana as printer. u
lJanlaJy, ,Ale7l,, tina name Of the nev
)newspaper, was shortened to The Mis-
soula PionSer. In, November of tina
lyear ,ths paper was sold TO w !, NC
cormick. who made further abbrevla
|tlon and called 1t The, Pioneer W. :
|lscribner was Mr. lMcs'ormMck's part
liner.
! Late In rare Mr Mccormick wa
lcaiied east and Frank H. Woody wa
lin stalled al editor At this time tn
fpt,bljcatlOn braaadened lts field and DC
csa No known AZ The Montana Pionee'
The, next year. che paper was sold e
] Mr., Mccormick. FRANK II. Woody an
4. III, Chlsholm were the purchaser
The name became The Missonlian, az
theta has been no change IN the head
I ing across the page.
IVA IN! Turk. Ater In 1871. hought fh
CkyIphoim interest and the firm 'Dd