Show Anniversary Edition - Page "i Best 50-ce- nt Question: Is the Chronicle Progress worth 50 cents an issue? Answer: You better believe it! There are a lot of you out there who can remember the Press” Those were the days when a Utah ranchhand was and “keep” happy to earn a Alas and alack times have been l et’s consider this little operation here on 40 North 300 West in downtown Delta It has the normal expenses of any business It needs a building on property that is taxed It has monthly light bills and water bills and healing bills and cooling bills This newspaper has 21 full and employees and darned if they don’t expect a paycheck every week (It’s even hiring a and you know he temporary consultant wants his money every week) It’s not too difficult to think of a 515(H) weekly payroll around here before anyone begins to talk profit And then there are the “perks" of hospitalization and insurance for permanent employees The simple gathering of news is an expense no publisher can afford to overlook There is vehicle expense and let us not forget telephone bills Of course there is always and forever the printer’s bill He is of a universal breed not necessarily leaning toward credit new splint (that’s what we use) is currently selling to the wholesaler for something like of 5555 a metric ton We average a that every week And then there was that week of June 19 Prowhen we put out the whopper gress Edition You could have purchased 6377 stamps with the money it cost to print that one "Don't underestimate your paper I don't care how small it is and how little news you think it might have in it at that particular issue Lord kiss it for the news that it does bring you" — Will Rogers deal in town And speaking of stamps Have you and idea of the cost of mailing and page paper to 3(XX) subscribers? If you guess 5225 you’re in the ballpark But enough of our alligator tears We all know we wouldn’t be in the business if we didn't like it (Make that rcadl()VE it) Our price to you is geared to the cost of production That's a basic rule of economics Still that’s no reason for you to justify spending 50 cents an issue — and even cheaper by half if you subscribe by the year (1 ittle there) Think what you’re getting lor no more than the cost of a can of soda a We tell you about your community through words and pictures We tell you both the "glad" and the "sad" of it We remind local events We tell you you of who won prizes at the cattle show who got married who had a baby who reached a milestone of 100 years of living who has what to sell and who’s in the market to buy something you might want to be rid of Hey we could go on here ad infinitum And even after the enjoyment of reading your' paper it has a multitude of other uses (although we don't necessarily want to hear about them) They’re good for training puppies wrapping trash packing dishes and stemware if you’re contemplating a move individual articles makes great scrapebook fillers rolled lightly they burn better than logs and produce more heal and more ad infinitum A weekly respected newspaper is more than a good buy at 50 cents It's a steal! t NEWSROOM 5 |