Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-06-21
OWE RIIILD"

With this issue of The ~PlentywoOd Herald,
new publishers are at the helm of the paper.
The change in ownership and management is
of more than ordinary significance, in that it
records the passing of a pioneer from the news
paper field of this community who has been
editor and sole owner of the Herald continuous
ly since the time the paper was founded twenty
years ago. In whatever line of endeavor Mr..
and Mrs. Nelson may engage in the future, the
new management bespeaks for them only the
best of good wishes, and that their future ac-
tivities may be surrounded with pleasant rela-
tionships such as they have enjoyed in Plenty
wood during their long residence here.
Inasmuch as there has been no change in the
paper since it was established, there will UNI
doubtedly be considerable speculation as to the
editorial and business policies of the new pub
fishers. The writer has always admired the
motto of the Kiwanis club, which has grown
to be one of the greatest organizations for SER
vice in the country-"WE BUILD That is
a splendid slogan for any man, any business,
any community, and there is no class of bust
ness to which it might be applied more effec-
lively than to a newspaper. In that short mes
sage there is found a definite statement which
cannot be misunderstood; it is direct, positive,
and complete; it is CONSTRUCTIVE! 1--WE
Build"-That is going to be the dominating
policy of The Plentywood Herald just so long
dS II pltSCnL puOilSH0l ldS any llllS y say
about it. We are going to interest ourselves
and the paper in those things which will make
Plentywood and Sheridan county better places
in which to live. The paper will not be strictly
a farmers paper-nor will it be the business
mems paper; but rather will it be a mouthpiece
for all the people, always endeavoring to advo-
cate those things which we know may contrib
ute something to the growth and development
of the city and country alike.
In politics The Herald will be Independent
Republican; Republican inasmuch as we be-
lieve in the principles in our national govern
ment around which the Republican party is
constructed, and Independent to the extent
that we would never sacrifice principle for party
supremacy. In county politics, we expect to
have little to say. We are of the opinion that
for county offices men or women, as a rule,
should be engaged the same as any business
secures its employes-because of their particu-
lar fitness for office, rather than on account of
some so-called party utilization. To vote for
a man to keep the records of the county mere
ly because he is a Republican, a Democrat, or
a Farm-Laborite, without any regard to his
real fitness for the office is just as ridiculous
as it would be for The Herald to engage a man
to run a linotype machine because he lived on
the west side of Main street-no matter wheth-
er he ever ran a linotype or not.
Our columns will be open at all time for use
by our subscribers or those interested in the
community's welfare-we shall be no respec-
tor of persons. All that will be required in
contributions which are made will be that the
person sign his name, although it may or may
not be used in the paper, as he desires.
While we have purchased the Plentywood
Herald primarily as a business investment, we
sincerely hope that it may never be said of
this paper while we are at its helm that it is
without a soul. We realize full well that what
ever success we may have will be dependent on
the success of those about us, and it is our sin
cere desire that this paper may have its part
in contributing to the success, the happiness,
and the prosperity of all
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