Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-02-27
ANNOUNCEMENT

Having sold the Examiner plant,
business and good will to Mr.. H. M.
Nelson, who takes charge next Mon
day morning. with this issue we bid
farewell to the readers of the Elk
aminer. 1t is with considerable de-
gree of sadness that we take this
step but health conditions have fore
ed us to seek a lower altitude, and
about the middle of next month we
will remove to our new home near
Boise.
During the fifteen years and a
half that we have been connected with
the paper we have labored to the
best of our ability for the upbuild-
ing of Montpelier. That our efforts
have not been in vain, is evidenced
by the fact that every policy advo-
Gated by the paper, having for its OBJ
3ect the betterment of the city, has
been put into effect by the people.
While advocating advancement by
the city we have endeavored to keep
pace with the times by installing
new and improved machinery in the
Examiner office from time to time.
In saying farewell we would be
lacking in gratefullness If we did not
thank the business men of Montpelier
and the people of Bear Lake coun-
tey generally for the liberal patron
age they have accorded the paper.
We feel that we have made some
warm friends here-friends who will
retain place in our memory as long
as we live.
We also realize that we have made
some enemies. Had we not done
so. we would feel as though we had
made a dismal failure as publishers
OF a country newspaper. However,
we have never Intentionally intended
to wrong any person. and il there
are any who are holding a grudge
against US. we beg to assure them
that we do not reciprocate this feel
ing.
While Montpelier's growth and i'm
provement during the past Is years
has been slow but of substantial
character we believe that its growth
during the next 10 years will be a
great deal more rapid. The devel-
opment of the phosphate industry,
which is about to start on a large
scale. will mean more to the city
than most of its citizens realize at
this time. It means that within a
year or two Montpelier will have a
monthly pay roll not eQualed by any
town of its size in the United States.
There 10 much that the citizens
can do to help the advancement of
Montpelier, II they will but work in
harmony, and we trust that the
Boosters club which Is Just entering
upon its second year. will redouble
It's efforts to keep Montpelier and
Bear Lake county on the map.
Mr.. Nelson comes to Montpelier as
q stranger. but not a stranger to the
needs and conditions of the west in
general and this section in particular.
He has spent most of his life in Utah
and Idaho and Is acquainted with
the great possibilities that are in
store for the best section of the best
country on earth. He has had a,
number of years experience in the
newspaper business. and we feel safe
In saying that the Examiner readers
will soon note improvements in the
paper. Mr.. Nelson and family come
here to make their home and we be-
speak for them cordial welcome
by the good people OF Montpelier.
We ask the friends of the Examiner
to give Mr.. Nelson even more liber-
al support than has been given the
paper in the past
Again extending our thanks to the
Examiner patrons and wishing one
and all a full measure Of this worlds
blessings. we bid them all farewell.
C. e. WRIGHT.