The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-06-06
YEAR HAS GONE !!
With this Issue The Idaho Re
corder Completes Twenty
One Years Of Life.

pletes the first year under the pres |
ent management, as we'll as Il years |
OF existauce. To say that We are
quite we'll pleased with what the past
year has had In store for Us expresses
1t mildly. We have seen the sub
scrip,ion list increase In numbers.
and In the aggregation OF space the
advertising has very materially In.
creased. 1t Is true few small ad-
vertisers have said TO us Dy refusing
to advertise that they are opposed tn
a man expressing his honest ccovic.
tions so long as they do not coincide
with theirs. Their efforts To circum.
scribe our actions has not hurt US,
but has injured their business TO the
extent that there are many people In
Lemhi county who do not realize
that there are such firms In business
| In Salmon.
During the past year but a very
few have discontinued their subscrip-
tions. In fact the unsolicited new
subscribers will overbalance what we
lost ten fold. We are satisfied In our
own mind that the influence OF The
Recorder has been largely for good.
We have sought TO make IL so; and
| IL we have failed In any particular II
was not intentional. We have no
doubt made mistakes. we would not
be human had we not, but so far us
our intercourse with our business as.
sociates has been concerned we have
tried TO apply the Golden Rule.
We have had our difficulties, but In
the main our associations have been
most pleasant. We have made some
very close friends, whose friendship
we appreciate We have made some
bitter enemies, whose enmity we dc
not regret, only In general way
In our experience Of nearly fifty years
we have found that man sometimes
owes nearly as much TO his enemies
as he does to his friends. We do no'
believe that we can be accused OF be
Ing subservient tool OF any interest
, out do believe that when our acts ar
Judged without prejudice we will b'
credited with standing for the righ
I as we saw IL.
IL has been the policy OF the write
for some years 10 conduct his busi
ness upon business principles-to pa
} our debts as they become due and re
, auire others, with whom we hav
; business associations TO do the same
r In this respect we have-no cause 10
/ complaint. We have sought To In
, press upon the people of Lemhi coun
tty that we are not an object o
i. charity, and entered this Held for on
= share of the business because W
: thought we could give value received
While we are on this subject tber
b is one matter we wish to impress w
. on the minds of the people. 1t is
v trite saying THAT short settlement
= make long friends" We have neye
n made IT a practice to dun subscriber
v through the columns OF the paper
v nor do we wish any one TO so TAX
Y what we are about TO say. In du
!. time we will send statements
], those who owe US on subscription
e but wish To merely notify them In
II general way that the year for wbic
j. they have paid In advance or ft
e which they may owe Is now up.
}, To those who have taken the pap'
for the past year we hope and tru'
they feel that they have had yaIu
received. In our weak way we ha'
tried to make the paper 'reada bl'
T. We have tried TO give the news as "
'e found IT without fear or favor. "
IL have been requested 10 keep certai
V things out OF the paper, but II 1t wi
a matter OF news we have Ignore
Y these requests. In conclusion OF Tn
- rather lengthy article we desire
70 thank the business men OF SalmS
VI for their loyal support. We belle
ID they have received value In retu
for every dollar that has been pa
u for advertising. We have tried
10 make our business arrangements
- mutual benefit.
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