Good old days - Sept. 24, 2009

8 years ago, Sept. 26, 1884

At the present time, money is very scarce in the Palouse country, and it is exceedingly difficult for our farmers to scrape three dollars together to pay a year’s subscription to the Gazette.

As there are many hundreds of dollars due us on subscription and as we must have our pay, we will receive wheat in sacks at forty cents per bushel in payment of all subscription accounts.

The Gazette has pursued a liberal credit policy toward its subscribers and never inconvenienced one of them; but matters have come to such a crisis that we must have our pay, and we hope our...