The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-12-14
CLUB RATE WITH
BULLETIN IS OFF
Silver State Will Go 1t Alone
After January lst-Rate
l5C a Week, Straight

For some time there has been in
effect a club rate which gave the daily
Silver State and the daily San Fran
cisco Bulletin to city subscribers. de-
ivered by carrier, for the sum of 25
cents week. This arrangement has
eeen declared off at the request of the
Silver State, and after Friday, jan
uary /. 1904, this paper will have no
arrangement or understanding with
The Bulletin, and will not furnish the
Bulletin to any subscriber. new or
old. On the date named the local
agency for the Bulletin will pass into
he hands of Mr.. Carl Hoyt, who will
supply papers to new and old SUBJ
,cribers with regularity and prompt
less. All present subscribers to the
Sulletin will be presented with a bill
up to the end of December on the last
.ay of this month, the amount OF
Which will be due and owing to the
,ilver State
There are several reasons for this
ombine. In the first place. it is not
.ecessary; the arrangement was made
.efore the present ownership or man
cement had anything to do with the
.aper, and when there was from one
Il the Silver State that is now beng
dblished. The people who subserib-
/ and paid for the news had to be
wen something for their money, and
Ae only way to do it was to give
lem another in club rate at a price
nat left nothing for the home paper.
4e Wlnnemucca Publishing Com
yany, by the expenditure of a great
.eal of money, and its employees, by
ard work, have brought the paper
p to a point of excellence as a home
.ewspaper that makes it acceptable
..efers to stand on its own merits
i it's own field, rather than be given
.s a premium or an inducement to
ne people to take some city paper.
Another reason-and one of the
.nain ones-for declaring the arrange
.lent off is the irregularity and un-
eliability of the Southern Pacific
..ains. The Bulletins come on No. 8,
.rst section; once in a while this
lain is on time, but more often 1t
sn't. If the train is late, then either
ne subscribers to the Silver State
set their paper late, or the carriers
,re compelled to make two trips,
lecessitating extra work and ex-
Jense. The Silver State goes to press
very day at o'clock, closing the
lorms at $780, This is done in order
that our subscribers who get their pa
per delivered by carrier may receive
1t early in the vening, at a time when
hey can read it and enjoy it.
Then, again, The Silver State, while
II is Republican in politics, accords
cheerfully and willingly to every man
he right to read and believe as he
sees fit; we do not want to force either
his or any other paper upon anyone,
and while we believe that the Bulle-
lin is the best paper published in San
francisco, and, being an evening pa
per- is the best and most acceptable
20 the majority of people in Winnie
nucca who subscribe for and read
he city papers. yet we admit that
some have a preference for Demo-
cratic paper, and If 1t were in our
power, 1t would be and is farthest
from our intentions to compel our
subscribers to take any other in order
to get the home news.
1t is a matter of pride to the pub
fishers of The Silver State that 1T IL
able to stand an its own merits. and
that the people of Humboldt county
look upon 1t as worth the money they
pay for 1t.
Another reason for the change is
that the combination made great
deal of extra work and bother in keep
ing accounts; in view of the fact that
our outside business is increasing rap
idly, having more than doubled since
midsummer, our bookkeeper has his
hands full as 1t is. A great many have
Insisted on paying monthly, although
the carrier proposition Is a weekly
one, and the majority of our sub
scribers have paid by the week. In
the future all must do so. To all sub
seribers living in town, and receiving
the paper by carrier the price of the
Silver State will be Is cents per week,
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