The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-21

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new Clark daily, the Montana Free
Press, which has considerable backing
in the large cities.
The Free Press
The first issue of the Montana
Free Press" appeared on the streets
OF Butte Monday evening. A large
crowd gathered long before the first
copies of the paper began to roll off
the presses. Over 100000 copies were
sent in trucks to the various cities in
the state and distributed free. They
were snapped up and eagerly read
everywhere. The second story on the
first page was an interview with
Wellington Rankin, candidate for gov
ernOr. The only other politician who
got favorable mention was Judge Geo.
BOurquin of Butte. The paper con-
tains 80 pages and live editorials
written by w. A. Clark, Jr., and Mar
tin Hutchins enliven the first and ed
itorial pages.
Bryan Woolston is to be congratu-
lated on the speed with which he as
sembled one Of the most up-to-date
newspaper plants in the west. When
from w. A. Clark to establish a new
state daily he did not even have the
prospect of an office. He soon lei
contract for the excavation of z
basement in an old building on mair
street. Three shifts of men worked
day and night with the. result that
the modern machinery, most of which
was shipped from the east by expires.
was installed and the paper was roll
ing off the press within the fort,
days. He spent S250,0OO in the un
dertaklng which is an indication o.
the extent to which w. A. Clark will
go IN his endeavOr to wrest contro
OF the state from the domination n
the A. c. M.
Company Fighting Back
Fighting back the company has q
malgamated the Standard and Mine
and issued a larger Butte Dali,
Post. The advertising rates of tb
TWO papers named were cut from o.
to 40 cents per inch.
High Powered Editorial Guns
Spout Fire
:. mere is every indication that mil
lions will be spent in this newspane
war and that there will be SOM
sharp mterchanges between the own
ers and editors. Hutchins Is a Geo
soned newspaper man who wieldS
pen which scalds his opponents RI,
ne has to contend with the editors :
Inc Helena Independent and the Grea
rams tribune and Lewistown Demo
crat-News as well as the other cor
per dallles in Livingston and Butte
The Butte Post has been revamne,
70 meet the competition and Charlie
Iowne the big vowels and dipthon,
man from the sixth floor has bee
put IN charge. Mr.. Durston, old tim
edltor has been displaced, for tn
pubic relations expert of the com
pany who learned the art of urona
ganda under the tutelage of "Poisol
Ivy" Lee. OAsO'
Ahere is merry war on and th
common people are watching IN
ton. anu "e'7ii
Ware Outward
That job must have cost S25 .OOo
said an experienced publisher as h
observed the trucks of Wheele
printed matter emerge from tn
Montana Standard building and thel
ne added with a wink, "T am sur
that the Senator saved that much on
OF his salary after building that $40,
100 mansion in Washington, d. c.
THESE are straws to show that tn
campaign is in full swing. That tn
Anaconda Company is still doing bus
mess at the old stand and in the oil
way and is paying no attention to tn
battle CRY of w. A. Clark: "Get on
OF politics and attend TO your own bus
mess" Over in Helena the Demo
cratic headquarters are installed an,
are running in high gear under tn
charge of Charley Nevens of Butte
that past master of the art of politi
cal manipulation, and the nine Butt
candidates on the democratic stat