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''Ths-e kRo~,ne sss HISTORY ef t.en.
sson~ daring the ser. and hoe sscc~s~-
ful he ~ss w whipping the reees~.
sAys tbs editor. did ~; care ~ bsd
further against HIM. and accordingly
the psper wss s.ruck o6 TO h'm for ens
hundred aollsrs. The money we are
pleased 10 state waA 60 to the FIRST
church. school. or chs<sssbss institutions
erected IN Vest Gsnnssoa. THIS IN
stssssIon wss the k.piscopsl Church-
Further evidence Of the appreciation cf
the Gannisonites for the FIRST newspaper
enterprise Of their town was gwen by
the fact the Review Office was kept
busy until dark BY people buying copies
Of this FIRST edition In lot- of i've. ten.
and even fifty. to send to their IN
teressed friends in the East
The Gunnison Revlew grew rapidly in
size. nsmber Of advertisements, sad
number of subscribers, in accordance
with the rapid growth Of the city. En-
terprise in Gaanison Was on the IN
crease: The Denver 4 Rio Grsnde ives
completed this far in August, 1ssl; and
numbers came daily to swell the popu-
lation. OccasIonslsy private car
broaght party of capitalists from
England or the East. 10 look over the
mining prospects, and usually to invest.
GennIson Wss talked of ss one Of She
serious rivals of Denver for the state
capitol Such situation warranted
daily. Accordingly. on October IL,
lssl. the history of the Daily Review
begins. II was published every day ex
cept Sunday. and delivered to city sub
scribers by the mail carriers. The
prices quoted were ten dollars year.
one dollar month, twenty-five cents q
week. for the daily. and three dollars
year for the weekly-all subscriptions
paid in advance. The paper WAS small
with fine print and very little margin,
containing only Republican news or
news which did not pertain to any
party. The Free Press-a supplement-
of the Review-consolidate with the
Review on the fifth of August. 1882,
making one paper which from that time
was called the Review-Press. BY Sep
tember 2, there were eight men running
five presses one of which Yves q steam
press.
On the first of November, 1882, the
ReviewPress changed hands. n. H.
laval became president, 2. A. Root,
secretary and treasurer; G. ". Temple,
manager; and A. B. johnson, managing
editor; but the form, aim, and principle
of the paper were unchanged. Feb. 3,
1853. A. B. johnson, took the place of
laval rs president.
The Review-Press began 10 decline at
the close of 1854. r. A. Root became
sole editor and manager on the eighth
of December. The paper decreased in
size and in quality. The daily contained
only two pages except the Saturday
edition. which wss q large paper with
fine print and very little margin. 1t
became less radically Republican, and
advertised somewhat extensively the
Globe Democrat. In April, A. B.
johnson went back on the staff as man.
aging editor, and two years later Henry
e. Olney took his place. Until Novem-
ber 22, 1856, the daily held its own; but
in that issue the following announce
ment was made; After mature deliber-
alton, and with regret. Yet convinced
that daily newspaper cannot be made