Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-14
SO, 90 in Subscriptions Pledged
By Enthusiastic Meeting Monday

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Thus, when i was approached By members Of your association with
g view 70 converting The Saturday News into 9 daily, 9 Q understand
If you were after Me retan merchant / could not 90 with you We
seed him for the upbuildina Il our towns and the convenience II the country
roundabout
af you were seeking & handicap the manufacturer, i could not follow
you. With YOU, he IS ne Of the namtsys Of or land.
ct you were reaching u y throttle the banker could y walk Win
you, for he, too, under our system If commerce, is IN essential element
in the development Of the community.
without your support i shrink from the responsfDihy Of the1task which
in our pathway.
4 cannot Justify myself in asking myself and my associates 40. put
money into this enterprise unless ! am assured Of your enthusiastic Mshs g.
you come forward with SUFFICIENT paid in advance subscriptions to constitute
the werking capital x guarantee you that my ASSOCIATES and myself will
do the rest.
with your backing, we shall. have a daily newspaper in Watertown
that will be able to defy IN political autoeraey that anybody dare under
that | shall be assisted by experienced men who will combine their energies
with mine in giving you a paper that will. be q credit alike to you and the
management; alike to the town in which it is published and the country
SQUARE. DEAL FOR SQUARE DEAL.
Il need not tell you that the dense silence which hangs over the political
press OF the state at this moment is indicative O a desire to nn you to
sleep Remembering how these organs began to assail YOU 9 few months
comprehend that this absence of noise is but the calm preceding the renewal
until the primary is safely out Of the way, yu are To- be treated with
the utmost Difference, Notwithstanding the initial outbreak, but the moment
it is too late for you % rally your forces to provide adequate means d pub
lcty in behalf of the principles which you uphold, you will be characterized
as the enemies Il the country If you refuse to lend your influence in fur
therance of the schemes of men who are Anticipated politicians rather than
broadninded statesmenS
with your full n complete cooperation, have n Q apprehension
WATERFOWL for the greater part 81 the past twenty-five years. ! know its
tualy to give away our newspaper outside the city and then undertake e
compel those living inside the city e supply the deficit incident to the
outside loss. because they know and you know and q know that those living
outside are as abundanty able to pay what a thing is worth IS those living
inside, II e IS worth ANYTHING at AZ. they will do their fun share II helping
home as well as away from home. IN other words, they will return square
deal for square deal
PROPOSES LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
II have already applied fr The leaseds~ire service of II il the great
est newsaatherina associations il the world for 4 morning newspaper. Ny
written application is N file al It's Headquarters and will be acted uponain
thu ear future. expect 4 favorable reply. that would live YOU the
without exception. Hot over the wire, direct into the news room Of the
Wahrtown Daily News, would come fifteen thousand words from all parts
of the world between dark and dawn Of each night. Only three newspapers
in the state have anything like such service--two in Sioux Falls, and onesin
Aberdeen.
II am we'll aware that a secretan concerted eHor, mainly or political
reasons, has been engineered 70 cheat Us Ut Of this morning news service
i have faith 70 believe that ~ can't be done. #, however, my confidence 4
misplaced, let me say that have already secured an option z the services
Of another great newsaatheTns association which supplies teiegraphic serv
ice for evening newspapers. Hence, you shall not be beaten y ct az
adequate and comprehensive telegraphic new service for such a daily a
We have in contemplation.
! WILL GET MONEYS WORTH.
AAnd let me say to you that M viii give you you moneys worth; further
more, II win give the people Of the city in which II Is published thei
moneys WORTH too, without political eamouHage and without business.
buccaneerins
we have n political axes to grind. Mems personal ambitions do not
move US. Nobody connected with the making of our newspaper asnres +
out to assume political dictatorship or to control political appointments
II you want to support such = newspaper, this N your opportunity
That kind OF a paper not only wants yodr support, but If must have it II
order to maintain itself and its standing. With you behind rs a daily
readers, II will e Onward from day g DAY with te banner oft ING squas
deal nailed 70 its mast, SO q speak, and will stand for tn square deal y
"Genuemen. Il rests with YOU / again assure YOU that If YOU viii d
your part in what you have set IN motion, i win do mine
FINE MEETING Ar HENRY.
/ meeting At Henry Tuesday afternoon. IN Fraternity Hall, was as
held along the lines Of the Goss hall meeting in Watertonn. There ver
Upwards of one hundred farmers present. although practically every one Q
them had 70 drive an BY team owing to the bad condition on the roads
M. Putnam delivered the principal address. having beer introduced BY M
Herman Eyenson, Of Watertovn, acting chairman Of the COMMITTEES haHn
the newspaper project in charge.
Nj. Putnam reached the same conclusions as in his Watertown speech
but through dnerent channels and from different angles