Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-04
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COSTS MONEY TO
RUN NEWSPAPERS.

newspapers in Durango has .
: been verified on more than one
: occasion. At least fifty thous-
; and dollars have been sunk.
!, counting the money due dupes,
!, and the end is not in sight.
: Without going back very far
> we can cite several Instances.
, In the firut place the old South
: west started with the Associat-
: ed Press report. The Associa-
: tion is carrying a dead account
, on its books as result Of $500.
: Then printers and good many
: others are still waiting for
: their coin, to say nothing OF
!, sunk by the stockhoI oIders. Then
; we have Force and Webb, who
: took whlrI with the Demo-
: crat. With less than years
: trial they left the city about
I. $1,000 in debt, owing press re-
; port, printers, rent and paper
. bills. A year ago the Durango
: Telegraph started out with
!, great horn trumpeting with the
: Associated Press report and
: strong backing. Last June II
= made the statement that It had
: cleared upwards of $1,000 in
? eight months, at the same time
= little later the Associated
: Press report was dropped and
= attorneys are endeavoring to
= collect for four weeks service.
Z Then petty report of 200
= words day, giving three or
= four lines to half dozen items
!, daily. was inaugurated. At last
4 even the meagre report was
= discontinued and for the past
3 ten days-since week ago
: Monday-no telesraphic re-
4 port has been pubiished-ev-
z cry item Being taken from east
!, ern papers from week to six
3 weeks old. For instance, the
: disastrous railroad wreck Of
3 last Saturday was given as
: news yesterday, purpofting to
, have happened Tuesday night.
I, The Herald has not mentioned
: this to stir up an argument, but
; simply TO demonstrate the fact
= that it takes money and hard
3 work to keep newspaper 60
Z ing. In this connection The
!, Herald has been under its pres
!, ent management the past sew
= enteen years, and not an issue
!, has appeared-when wires
: were up-that teIegrdphic re-
+ port was not published. Not a
3 day was teIesraphic service
: skipped during the panic when
3 dark days were stalking
s through the land. We never
7, had the nerve to palm off stale
!, dispatches for live news and
= tell the people they did not
i know the difference and ask
: them for support. During the
= past seventeen years we have
= never attempted to force
!, man to adyertise-never insert
I, ed an advertisement without
+ consulting him and then TAX
: ing chances of collecting same.
= We feel. however, that we are
= entitled to the support Of ev-
: cry resident of Durango and ev-
j. cry merchant. We have stood
: by them and the business in
: terests the past seventeen
!, years without deviation. This
!, paper will be here in years to
!, come when others have gone
!, the way OF the old Southwest,
Z and will be found battling for
5 the upbuiIding of Durango and
: the southwest. As before stat
: ed, it takes money to
: run a rewspaper--and hard
: work. We believe we can lay
3 claim to the latter. We believe
,' the people of Durango want
3 The Herald to retain it's tele-
3 graph service. II this is the
!, case we trust the merchants
: will show it by lending their aid
: the coming year. If it makes
: no difference in the way Of sup
: port, 1t is useless in paying out
: $500 year for telepraphic
!, news. If fake dispatches from
; week to six weeks old answer
; the purpose just as we'll, we
: must be regarded as crazy to
; make the expenditures men,
5 toned. At the same time we
; are going to continue the teIe-
; graphic service, believing II
; will meet with the appreciation
; of the public. At least, II will
: be a source of satisfaction to
!, know we are dealing honestly
!, with our patrons and readers,
!, and II given the money thrown
: away on fakes you will see
; greatly improved paper every
, day.