The Democrat-herald., 1922-11-24
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Thirty Five Years
.. Springfield Herald
Wonderful Changes of Time ana
Events the Herald Has Seen
and Been through Since the
Day 1t Was Born.

There was q great boom in
ep.as ,ield snc Eacs coanty
WIEN NE Springfield Herald
p',"eu l.s eyes one sunny morI-
ing in tho fall Of A D 1887.
At that time Spring field was
remindfuI of q you ng and beau
tiful damsel just coming out in
society - the admiration of all
the people round about and ev-
erybody courting her favors and
ready to do her homage.
And Spring field was besuti-
ful-just out Of the band box -
frizsed hair. painted eye brows.
powdered cheeks and new store
clothes the queen Of the valley
and the pride Of its citizenry.
And the promoters Of the Her
aid looked forward to a city of
thousands and thousands, with
the Herald Block" q prominent
feature. and many thousands of
daiIies printed and sold on the
streets Of the great city.
And then the frost and the
great exodus-a handful Of peu-
pie remaining to run down jack
rabbits. coyotes, and other car
nivorous beasts-and the Queen
of the Valley In day had grown
old. bleared and hagRard. the
friaEes and paint and powder all
gone, q few tumble down. un-
painted. weather beaten houses
remaining to tell the story OF
the city's one-time greatness.
Also the Spring field Herald
was the only survivor Of the
thirteen newspa gers in these
parts that knew when founded
they were going to become great
in their day and generation.
And for years the great Her
aid bad to be fed on herb teas
and mint juices AMI some other
home brews to keep soul and
body together - all through
those gloomy days there not be-
ing enough income outside Of
pap and those home brews
to feed a chicken.
And semi occasionally the
Herald would change hands or
take on new editors, of which
from a dozen to . score - more
by a great many than the pres-
ent editor can nsms-ss fast IS
one editor grew Iank and lea or
to herb teas and
mint juleps he moving out and
moving in to fill the va
cancy, and so Oh and 80 on.
Andthenafter the years OF lean
and lankness the Herald saw an
other mighty change in Baca
and its county seat. the
little rickety rackety old teEn
taking on a new suit of clothes,
washing up and cleaning cp
and growing and growing, until
it has become one Of the great
e>t inland towns in the world,
and old Baca grown from a pop
ulatlon of from about 700 to
about 10000. with property val
uation Increased over /, 900 fold,
and prospects and opportunities
ahead that makes the q eat En-
pire of Bsca look good to it's cit
liens. prospecters and visitors.
There Is nothing more to tell
except that during these years
mum ber of newspapers aud out
fits were merged into the Her
AID. the last merger being three
years ago when the Herald and
were consolidated und
it became the Democrat-Herald-
And the one other event Of its
existence - that OF
just having come out Of one Of
the greatest victories of county
help in landing ev-
cry candidate on the democratic
ticket. save that of coroner.
And don't forget that until
the first OF the year 81. 10 gets the
Great County Builder. alias the
Democrat-Herald. and 6vs coun-
ty maps gratis to send to your
friends back east.
Yours for q greater Spring
fell and a greater BAca county,