Image 16 of The Butte inter mountain (Butte, Mont.), March 22, 1902, (Evening)
1 00000 OCoflOOOOOOO 000000 o009O0of0C4 0Q1 000 8 000 d I 1Vooooooýoooooeoooooooooo4C OQUWWU99sOOOOO 0 W ITH the twentyfirst anniver sary of the Butte Inter Moun tain no subject comes up more pleasantly than the relations of this paper to the press of the state of Montana Since the Inter Mountain was launched kind words have been said of Its efforts to fill the field it served with the news and a debt of gratitude is owed to every newspaper in the state When the Inter Mountain was estab lished newspapers in Montana were not as numerous as they are today and the editors might be easily counted on the fingers of one hand The ield has ex panded since that time and this paper has counted each new recruit and old veteran as its friend Two years ago upon the anniversary of this newspaper the theme that naturally suggested itself for a fullpage illustrated story for the Saturday Inter Mountain was the editors of the various seetlans of the state of Montana They are the salt of the earth the pillars of society and the mainstay of the public spirit which is urging the state on its upward way George