| Show JUST THE PLAIN FACTS fellow citizens of san juan county I 1 bought this paper p because 1 I irid hid faith in a gradual development and inert laso in wealth and population that faith Is still st I 1 11 good ys yes Is much stronger than last march because ive seen the county mir surrounding teril bory aud become acquainted with facts ind conditions that alve it better bi rapport however in operating this paper i along alms irmert n t jil t in having a dalily fail ly good paper a atwon iron ind liff ren e and even by those who should be vitally concerned with the desire to be hank frank to speak plainly I 1 present the following pertinent facts the record has been operated nearly eighteen years with van ing degrees of success some of tile the equipment Is good and Is certain other parts that should be replaced placed le by new goods this ahl i especially applies to the linotype and it la Is till nn expensive piece of machinery p 10 make a really good paper demands further invest ment as soon as that Is reasonably possible those who leel feel ent speaking aking of property properly prop eily owners and those really Int interested ersted in this county and the san juan basin should realize in largest county some one will publish a newspaper you cannot prevent it with this stern fact several vital questions present themselves viz 1 shall it be a creditable piper paper will the other kind kin d pay 2 can you afford such a paper to be the representative of this his county in that great part of gohei governmental activities which we ve vall all A free 3 A larger list of 0 subscribers la Is imperative for two good reasons A without a really good circulation advertisers W will ill not patronize it especially those who reside outside the count county and D B san juan county has an Ite interesting restIng story to tell ell 4 many who read this are financially able to send one to ten subscriptions to people who live in other parts of the state so that this thia last frontier may receive the publicity it deserves sending them a fairly good newspaper is educating them and is advertising this county count it has been almost locked in for fifty years but the isolation Is passing away can you sou help will you 5 this is rl a very rich ilch count county potentially I 1 dont believe many of us comprehensively grasp it you ou cannot do more moie than delay progress pro giess no man may do it who wants to do so 6 A free press is a sacred matter in our oui country despite the apparent violation vlola lion of this rule the founders of the nation adopted and I 1 believe this nation is the best on earth we e all believe thit that then is san juan carity aunt worthwhile may it afford ono one good weekly tn ten per pel cent of land should do that eh eha PUBLISHER |
