Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-01-12
Official Paper Of Ramsey County.
ONE YEAR OLD.

The World is year old. Like many
youngsters The World is eal.el:o'.i for
its age for it has come to have such a
firm footing and reputation IN this
community that one unaequ.mted car
scarcely believe ii possibl- TO accom-
pl1sh as much as The World has &C.
.on.plshed during the period OF its
existence.
aha, the firm rock upon which this
Institution was erected has brought
IL. paper into the from: rai.s of papers
NJ the state is a source IF satisfaction
ants- pride. but strict conference, 70 !hc
fundamental principle prescribed in
its: first issue has brought Ice 4'Norll
to the height it has reached in year IS
time. 4 -
81 no time during its carce, has The
.E.rld lost sight of the fac:e tuat its
main object was to build Up ard aot
tear down; progress instead, of retro
erosion. Every opportun;t.I that has
presented itself to put Ramsey: county.
the Lake Region and Devils, Lake in
the front rank, has been accepted and
in this we have succeeded as far as
publicity and boosting goes.aes,
The World has stood fo- the rights
of the people in everything! that has
come up during the past year and the
Saaf that %na Y,a101o tr,;o&
ious naturally lends a certain amount
of pride to this establishment ~
No venture, and especially no news
paper venturey has eevr existed where
mistakes were not made. Tho World
has made mistakes, but we have profit
ed by them, and during the coming
year, we are pleased to state, the same
mistakes will not occur again: no mat
ter what new ones may be made.
For the most part, few manufacture.
ing enterprises in the United States
have become thoroughly established in
a years time. There are many obsta.
cles which naturally stand in the way,
but the fact that the obstacles in the
path of The World have been easy to
overcome has given us the solid ground,
the hrm rock on which to stand in the
short space of year.
It would not be amiss at this time to
look into the future, which was made
more bright Saturday by The World
being recognized as the leading paper
of Ramsey county, having been appoint
ed as official paper of the county. The
honor of such appointment in itself
should make US rejoice, for that honor
does not come without recognition OF
being worthy.
That the trust should he placed in
this paper will, during the period that
it is official, we believe, be a source Of
pride to those responsible The county
commissioners will. we believe, never
regret their action, in fact it will be
the aim Of The World to carry on the
business of the county i'll manner that
will justify the commissioners in their
action, who in turn vii: be justified
by the people, the taxpayers: of the
county.
The year 1912 should be banner
one. The World family has united tu
give the people Of tbs Lake Region a
bigger and better paper. To this end
we will strive and before the World
has passed another milestone, we be.
lieve that the then 5000 readers Of this
paper will be willing to say well
done.' &,as.
By your patronage, dear reader, you
have helped us celebrate our first birth.
day. The first year of baby industry
is usually considered its hardest, hut
We thank all that. the road has been
easy to travel, and if every obstacle
can be surmounted in as easy man.
ner, The World and it's readers can
have no cause to fear about the success
which this newspaper enterprise is
bound to attain. etsa