Jan. 14 – On this day in 1918 the final edition of the Daily Yellowstone Journal in Miles City was printed.  “Lack of Advertising patronage and the high cost of production makes this step necessary,” a story on the front page said. The paper had been in publication for 38 years, and was closely identified with the early history of Montana .Editor Sam Gordon was known as a top editorial writer and had even gained a following nationally. The paper went downhill quickly when he left it a few years before its demise. The end of the paper signaled the rise of Billings as the power center of eastern Montana.