The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-10-12
IEVADA PRESS ASSOCIATION.

The newspaper men of Nevada he'd
IN adjourned meeting at Sam Davis
Holsteln ranch near Carson Sunday, 90
fix a schedule of advertising rates and
discuss other matters. In the absence
of E. d. Kelly, the President, who was
obliged to attend the funeral of Dir.
Hazlett at Dayton, S. 2. Davis wa
called to the chair. The secretary pre-
scented a report OF what had been done
since the meeting on the 18th of Sep
TENDER, and made a few suggestions
which were acted upon, after which the
Association got down to business, and
unanimously agreed to charge the rate
allowed by law for all legal advertising,
regardless of person. 1t wal also agreed
that all advertising OF IA political nature
should be charged for at the ate y,
$3.50 per square for the first week and
81 per square for each subsequent week,
payable in advance. Each editor pres
ent related his experience in doing po-
litical work, and If the general public
lie could have heard them relate their
respective stories, the needs OF a press
organization and such an action would
be more apparent. Political parties
and candidates for office are apt to
think that IL costs nothing to set type
and that the paper has to he "flled up
anyway, and have an idea that a paper
is in duty bound to hammer away and
hammer hard for two or three months
before an election in the interest OF
their respective parties and candidates
for the love OF being a Republican, Dem
ocrat, Populist or Silver Party OF Neva.
da paper. The Association wisely ON
cluded that after this the Press Associa-
ton would stand as one man AMI de-
mand fair treatment at the hands OF po-
litical parties and candidates.
1t wal also agreed that all cards Of
thanks, in memoriam resolutions and
similar matter, should be charged for at
the papers standard rate, and where
there are two or more papers in a town
and they cannot agree on that standard
rate, that the question shall be left to
Board Of Arbitration and u rate fixed,
and until that time the minimum price
for such matter shall be ten cents a
line per day.
An action was taken also in regard to
travelling showmen and other travelling
companies or individuals going into a
town and having job work and adver-
Using done AMI skipping out without
paying their bill. Any such companies
or individuals hereafter visiting any
town in this State and leaving without
paying their printing bill, the bill shall
be forwarded to some newspaper in the
next town visited the papers Of that
town will refuse to do business with
them unless the back bill is paid. In
other words they will be pressed along
the line and denounced as frau Is. +
On motion s. p. Davis, ii. A. Lem
mon and Miss Annie H. Martin were
appointed to compile the ne wspaper
laws Of Nevada and send the compila-
ton to the Secretary, who in turn will
send a copy to every newspaper in this
State.
A Board of Arbitration was appointed
to whom all-disputes and libel cases if
any there be, should be left, an | in case
any paper of the Association is sued for
libel it shall be the duty of the Board
to look into the matter and if they find
the newspapers in the right the Associ-
alton will defend the suit. The follow
ing named are the committee: Allen
G. Bragg, S. P. Davis, j. +. McKinnon,
Ii. A. Lennon and f. w. Fairbanks.