El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-26

manager X ~ .ATIllOELL l4llA1AltfA fAAA
orchestra TO dispense music during the
= time the diners were gathering and at
intervals during the luncheon H. l.
EanSurdan also entertained with songs
During the progress OF the luncheon.
rewsboys rushed into me dining room
with lustv shouts OF Extra Herald"
and distributed a four-paEe edition, is
Nsued IN honor of the Rotarians. The
| front page was made M IN exact imi-
tation Of the regular daily issue of
The Herald. and was filled with infor-
ma fon about the Rotary club and short
items about the Eotarlans as IndlNld-
uals II also contained . list of all
Rotary members and the Rotary wheel.
in red
Each guest present was presented
with q metal slug from one OF The
4 fIerald-s big linotype machines. con-
I S1inin., his name and business
At the conclusion Of the meeting, a
book of cartoons by Briggs, one Of
4 The Herald's famous cartoonisls, was
4 given away also two special cour-
tesy- tickets 10 the Sells-Floto circus
performance next Monday
w T. HiNson received the cartoons.
and Art Wood got the circus tickets
Il Ray McClintock donated p pass 10
he Barnes show. which went TO Don
sathbun and family
F. G. Perry was declared the goat"
or the next meeting
The HeruldS EuitnF-
n G A. Martin. The Heralds Rotary
member. presided over the luncheon
and introduced Mr. Slater by SaYlns
| that he knew of no man better guam
afied TO talk upon the duty OF new
paper to the public. since MI Slater
had been in newspaper work lor more
han % years. 70 OF them at the heau
Nf The Herald in II Faso, and nav M
tSfue from a newspaper family MS
ndfather having been printer ana
fltor on the old National Intelligence
Washington y g. ncarly ~
Ears ago. and his father having been
neu-Spa per editor in the national
pff-fl back in tire 1os ana SOS hr
stel- himself received his newspaper
ainiu- Mr. Martin told the audience
~ n Public Opinion now consolidated y lln
literary DiZeSl. and harinS been cilel
p5i+or- Of Public Opinion when he gave
N his New York work TO come 10 II
APasa. He Informed the Eotarians that
Mr. SIarer-s original inclination was
towards mining or railroad enSlneer-
ing but that he got INTO ne"spapeI
work by accident and had tolleWed lhe
fs-75I,- ira 1itfor over since Mr. slater
Evas born IN Virginia educated IN
ashinCton and began his business lie
7-New York.
Papers DutH-
MI Slater. in speaking 20 his SUD
ject. said. --,i-;-
~ Rotary II is to relieve members I
and guests Of all obligation TO De /
modest and give them chance TO tax
= bout themselves and their OWL Woth ,
L without being banished from polile ~
- am going TO take advantage
this wide open policy today an9
IN YOU some of the things ana
shou-hfs that go into the mdkl-ls u .
daily newspaper Every neNSPapcL
man Is tartfally insane, ana II seem
10 oyerstt-p the mark, Just put II down
10 the natural progress OF the disease
I'm the first place, mighty few Fl /
Pseoans realize what prize pachaSS
they have got in the Fl Paso Herald
II Is a great new spapers IN spite q 10
million shortcomings. The men Nno
make The Herald arc It's seNeIeSl
-Afics- YOU wouldn't think so. though I
5sNvou heard some OF your 1elloH cltl I
zens talk about the sheet Inc ne az
has risen into the big paper cas- i
Is no longer a provincial local paper, I
T,4rr q raner with 4 name, place anu
7-e-rrrs zion Incidentally the year I
came onto The Herald We USED tonS
- PAPER in the whole year. nov W
are using paper At the rate OF ~ toi.S
Der wear say 20 cars OF four lIalIloaua-
II takes this much TO make room 10
what Mr. Martin and other Rotary I
members have to say day by Gay
How The Herald Compares
some FL Pasoans have the haDlt OF
sort of deprecIating whatever Is lOgal'
not taking the trouble TO compare Win
things elsewhere ! shall give you Il
think about comparing The Herald
'Anresent circulation with that Of some
papers you have heard about $500.
There are only IS cities IN ~ States
having newspa pers with CIRCULATION
greater than the Fl Paso Herdl1 :.
Since e PasO ranks l2lst IN populaIoh
according TO the 1916 census estl!nale;
~ is evident that we have developed !
our field far beyond the average III
IL states there IS no paper IN Inc Her-
AIDS class And there are 20 cilies OF
sTnonuiatfon OF over 80. 00e each. having
10 newsuaner IN The Heralds clrcula-
zion class. The Herald's circulation
is in the class with that or many wei
known and important papers IN cltlea
OF $50 600 20 100000 population \ rev
examples will help drive TINS truth
home o..
three times as large as that OF the
Montgomery Journal, Mobile item
Little Rock Democrat Hartford Post
Augusta tGa-) Chronicle Augusta
PA s, Burlington Hawkeye., spring
ff-ld (Mass.} Republican, Chariestoh
Is g News & Courier, C9 is!. 3oIe
News. Galveston News SAT- Lake
Herald Republican, and Burlington I
In Big city Class.
AZ Is nearly double the circulation |
ofSGhe san Diego sun New Haven I
Register, Albany Argus Albany Jour
nal and Tacoma Tribune
cit is half as large again as that OF
the Portland tOregD News. Providence |
Or l. Tribune Columbia g c. state, /
Age-Herald. Mobile Regis
ter. Mont EOIleLE Adv 81 AAiotls AfF-AAfHt J
Express. and Hartford Courant
1T is nearly equal to that Of the
Birmingham Ledger, Sacramento Bee
Denver News. Washington Herald,
w shingtOn Post. Louisville Courier
Journal New Orleans States Boston
Transcript. Grand Rapids Herald. Du-
luth Herald. Rochester Herald Dayton I
News, Dallas Times Herald, Houston
Post. Richmond News-Leader- spokane
Chronicle. Spokane Spokesman-RevieW'
and Milwaukee News
The Herald's circulation IS one
fourth larger than that OF the New
York Evening Post, and is equal to or
greater than that Of the Little ROCK
Gazette. san Diego on-Trlbune.
Denver Times Topeka Journal Wor-
oyster Telegram, Grand Rapids News
1Sluth News-Tribune, Manchester N
81 Union, Dayton Herald, Dayton
Journal Providence (It. j. Journal,
Times. san Antonio Ex-
press. San Antonio Light. Richmond
Journal, and Richmond Times Dispatch
-The II raid has a circulation in
Arizona and New Mexico which in each
state is about equal to the circulation
of the leading paper in the state
In Texas. Tie Herald has d larger
circulation than any other paper eX-
-ept the Dallas News and Times-Her- |
AID. the Fort Worth Record and Star