Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-21

side of six months the Muldoon
was "A thing OF the past. And the
$4,000 investment did not end
there. as Day has cost the people
of Durango many additional taous-
ands of dollars-possibly several
hundred thousand, by bis back.
Gaping methods, all resulting
from the desire of someone to get
even and start another news
paper" 1t will be remem bered
that IA committee waited on the
business interests of Durango and
virtually forced merchants and
others to subscribe to the fund for
Importing Day. And how oft, oh.
how often. have most OF them re-
gretted the day they attached
their names to the subsidy list,
and within the last year many of
our business men have undergone
similar experience, and the
question is: Has /; paidf''
Again. 1t will be remembered
that Messrs. Webb q Force came
TO Durango with the intention of
revolutionizing the newspaper
world And the result; Inside of
year both had flown. Mr.. Force
having spent something like
$1,000 OF his own money and left
confding printers. landlords and
others to the tune of several
thousand dollars. Then Durango
has had two Dr three weekly pub.
licauons TO surer the same ends
the past few years. And does II
not seem about time that the
community be given rest from
those seeking to push themselves
to the front in newspaper circles
at the expense of business men?
The Herald might as well be
honest and state that three news
papers can not live in Durango.
II another is tn be launched 1t
simply means that three-corner-
ed fight will continue for exist
ence to end In the failure OF one
later on. And are these news
P"ff' Il Sotu 1DT
town? We say not Some may
say The Herald management
wants a monopoly. Not by long
ways. But we have the interests
of Durango at heart and would
like to have the people get what
they pay for-live newspapers. If
The Herald does not suit you.
then the management is willing
to retire-in fact, prefers retire
ment rather than engage in
scramble for existence, not that
we are afraid OF existence, for
The Herald Is in a position to
Withstand all opposition. even in
its weak days having come out
victorious In every fight and
standing on top while confding
citizens held the bag for the other
fellows. No matter whether Du-
rango mas three or half dozen
dailies The Herald will continue
on the even tenor OF its way, al
ways working for and uDholding
the best interests of Durango and
the community at large. And 1t
will never consent to be the lick
spittle for any one or mud-sling-
Ing organ. AS long as this man
agement is In charge no merchant
or business interest will be black
mailed for support and no mer-
chant or private individual will
have his character reviled. When
The Herald can not be decent
then 1t will cease to be Issued by
the present management. The
Herald management has been ad-
vocating Durango's interests for
the past twenty years, day and
night Our every interest Is here.
The management worked night
and day to pull through the long
Yeas of depression and during
all those years never missed a
publication or failed to publish
telegraphic report received by
wire, and, above all, 1t has never
misused friend and never will.
No individual has been compelled
TO go Gown in his pockets and dig
up for the privilege Of signing
notes: no merchants are holding
the bag, and when buiness cannot
be conducted along legitimate
lines then this management will
retire.
Iet us take a look at other
towns. Pueblo is a city Of 10000
people. II has only been recent
ly that two dailies have been able
to make a go of 1t and two are all
the city thinks OF supporting. Col
orado Springs IL money center
and has enterprising people, but
two daily papers are all the town
will support. Some three or four
years ago the Daily Mail, a third
publication, was started with
backing of over 100000 and this
money was soon gone and the pa
per is now out of existence. AL
buQuerque. with twice the popu-
lation OF Durango, with the entire
territory of New Mexico to draw
from. has only two daily papers,
morning and evening. and we
might mention Leadyille and doz-
ems of other towns far more able
to support three daily papers
than Durango that are not thus
burdened, and The Herald will