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About Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928
Glendive, Mont. (1905-1928)
- Title:
- Yellowstone monitor. [volume] : (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928
- Place of publication:
- Glendive, Mont.
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- Publisher:
- Monitor Pub. Co.
- Dates of publication:
- 1905-1928
- Description:
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- Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 2, 1905)-v. 24, no. 31 (Sept. 27, 1928).
- Frequency:
- Weekly
- Language:
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- English
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- Subjects:
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- Glendive (Mont.)--Newspapers.
- Montana--Glendive.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01212028
- Notes:
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- Archived issues are available in digital format as part of the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
- LCCN:
- sn 86075153
- OCLC:
- 13555688
- ISSN:
- 2329-6402
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Yellowstone monitor. [volume] January 2, 1908 , Image 1
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Yellowstone Monitor
In the first issue of the Yellowstone Monitor launched in 1905 in Glendive, Montana, the publisher, E.A. Martin, proclaimed the newspaper's political independence and laid out its publishing philosophy: "We have no special mission, no enemies to punish or friends to reward. This is a business venture, pure and simple." Under the masthead appeared the motto: "Our Aim: To Publish a Newspaper." The first issue reflected the community's interest in farming and ranching. It reported on the availability of irrigated crop land and provided an entire page of cattle and horse brands, proclaiming the value of advertising brands in locating wandering stock. The Monitor also included a regular column entitled "Wibaux News," which promoted the fledging town of Wibaux as the "gate city" of the Northern Pacific Railway, noting its excellent stock range and the local literary society.
In 1909, the newspaper published an ad for the Lower Yellowstone Water Users Association, which provided irrigation water for over 65,000 acres in Dawson County--a Bureau of Reclamation project involving the expenditure of $1.8 million by the federal government. In a column entitled "Success and Prosperity" the editor declared Dawson County the "land of prosperity with no paupers and [where] everyone's well fed-where all roads lead downhill to Wibaux."
By 1912, Glendive was reaping the benefits of the homestead boom. The newspaper touted a visit from the St. Paul symphony and a train spot by William Jennings Bryan on his cross-country presidential campaign. The eight-page, six-column weekly posted ads for a Campbell System dry farming manual, "Insurance against Drouth," as well as providing regular columns titled "Farm & Garden" and the "Kitchen Cupboard."
The Yellowstone Monitor persisted until 1928, when it was replaced by the Dawson County Review and later the Glendive Ranger Review.
Provided by: Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT
