Amador ledger., 1901-06-28
OUR $4,000 OFFER TO SUP
SCRIBERS.
A Chance for a Fortune.

a OuduCc IUI d fortune.
We call attention to an advertise
ment in another column, Offering for
every subscription of so. so paid on ac-
count of subscription to the Ledger,
one certificate emitting the holder to
participate in the guessing contest for
prizes aggregating $4,000, offered by
the Press Publishing Association of
Detroit, to those making the nearest
estimates of the total votes for governor
cast in the states of Ohio, Massa-
chusetts and Iowa at the elections in
November next. Looking over our
subscription list, we find many names
thereon, who are in arrears from one
to five or more years. Nothing is more
depressing to newspaper man than to
carry a list stuffed with non-paying
subscribers. We are determined to
get out of this rut, even if heroic
measures are necessary to that end.
We propose to send the Ledger only to
those who are paying for it, or expect
to pay for it, either in cash or services
of some kind. The policy of sending
the paper to any one and every one
willing TO take it from the postoffice, is
hereby distinctly repudiated and
abandoned. All persons who have
been receiving the Ledger on this basis,
and who are looking for continuance
OF such relations, will favor us by send
ing their names to this Office, and they
will be promptly stricken from our list.
We have no Use for the chronic dead
head. We would just as soon purge
our books of this class by the whole
sale, as by homeopathic degrees. These
remarks are not intended to apply to
those who In good faith have taken the
paper, but have fallen in arrears and
are not at present able to liquidate
their Indebtedness, but are willing to
do so as soon as they are able.
Now in order to get our subscription
list on paid-up basis, we have entered
into an arrangement which enables our
subscri bers to participate in the grand
prize offers of the Press Publishing
Association, fully explained in the ad-
vertlsement. Besides this we are will
ing to make any reasonable compromise
to effect a settlement of their subscrip-
ton accounts. For instance, those
owing four years or over, we will cut
their bills so per cent, and give certifi-
Gates in the prize contest on the cash
sums paid in settlement, that is, one
certificate for every 81. so paid. New
subscribers can pay one or more years,
and get certificate for each years. SUBJ
scriptiop. These rates are net. We
can allow no deduction whatever for
agents commissions. Neither can we
permit subscribers to take advantage
of this prize contest and our clubbing
rates with other journals on the same
payment.
A subscriber in sending $3.50, will
give his name, town and state, and his
estimate of the aggregate vote in the
three states for governor at the forth
coming election. Any slip or paper
will do, but we would prefer that the
subscription blank accompanying the
advertisement of this great offer con-
tanned in each copy of the Ledger be
cut out, and used for this purpose.
Only one estimate must accompany
each yearly subscription. If two years
subscription is paid, two estimates
should be made, and so on. Upon
receipt of the subscription, at this
office, we will fill out certificate issued
by the Press Publishing Association,
corresponding to the estimate given,
and forward the same to the SUBJ
scriber, which he retains until the con-
test is decided. On stub we keep a
duplicate of the name, address, and
estimate, which we forward to the
association. Upon publication of the
list of winning estimates the subscriber
can readily ascertain whether his guess
is included therein, and if so he will be
promptly notified to that effect