La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 31, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPage Four LA GRANDE i EVENING! OBSER VER Thursday;" January, "1 1929. TGafembe Jtemg bserfor (InoonMMatad) An Independent Nensuapef PRANK & APPLEBY , Editor and PuklUkar HARVET F. MATTHEWS . , Buslneaa Manaaar Published erenlnge, except Sunday, at 1411 Adam Anaw La Grande, Oreron. Th Observer-Star published rry Friday. Enteral at the Poatoffic at La Grande. Oregon, aj Beoan4 Claaa Mall Matter under act of March 1. 1171. OFFICIAL PAPER OF UNION COUNTT AND TBI CITT OF LA QRANDBj MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ' , I'h Associated Preaa la exclusively entitled) to ua for publle. uoo ot all newa dlapatchaa oredlted to It or not otherwla credited I puollabed herein. All lighu of republication of special dla outchea In thla paper, and alao the local newa barela aleo are eserved. i.,ll .'Mly. Hv r .illy illy .ilv SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ry Carrier pei month In advance alx month In advance Inale copy .. Tlo 14.11 By Mall per month In advanoe . per alx month In advance . per year In advance Wkly Obeervor-Blar. per year Ie II. to tl.M 1.0 1't ACVERTIBINO RATES '. reisi. per oolunin Inob is meal, per column Inch ... fu fontraot pncea on application. ;: ic University Spats In Whl. li Cur Uond Friend, K. K. Brodk. Oreirmi C'lly Moniliu? KnK-rprlae, Tel In tur tiuud Xetfflibor, Harold lluniMlreel, of IImi WalkHn Nun, a Thing; or T About Mm J'mw ('iirert'iu- Harold had a bad day lust week. The preaa broke down, or the lino type balked with a maximum or thoae annoying occurrence known In the composing room uh wiuirts. The young man wa plainly out of aorta and ho hud to lukc It out on somebody. Everything cam of the Caacadea was operating smoothly, but there were wiuulla to the went ward. Peering through hie high powered binocular unit niiulhtlng Into the periscope, the editor fin ally discovered the old cuiiiiiih w-hero ho had reclined ut the knee of hi professor und leiirneil the meaning' of n spilt infinitive. Those were, Indeed, dreary iliiys, .with eight o'clock clusse nd J hurd-btillt'd Instructor. There und ! then ho must huve formed u reeo- lutlun looking to ultimate revenge. The spell has been coming on and burst Into bloom ahead . of the spring flowers which adorn the beautiful Wallowa valley, wherein he dwells. Scanning the pages of the metropolitan newspapers for entertainment und instruction he chuckle over the antic of the owner or ripurk I'lug. Ha! An idea for a headline: "The Harney Oooglea Aren't All In the Comics." Now let take a dig ut our alum muter and the Journalistic bow wows: ( 1 i , . Apparently believing that 'the cost of the straws to tickle ithe cockle or the editorial hearts Is worth the strain on the taxpayers, the I'nlverelty of Oregon is orenar. ing to hold It annual charily ball ror the stute's Journalistic cele brities. The above-mentioned Jiul lelujuh Is the so-called press con ference, held minimi ly at the unl- verHlly miller the niiwplees of the school or Journalism, with, of course, the tuxpuyers footing the . bill, or a large part of it, ror the entertainment. While ostensible the Idea or purpose of the press conference Is to uplift Journulism, the subtle slave Is a narcotic. If you will permit us to use a mixed metephor, soothing the editor and putting them under obligation to j their host so they may be real rriendly when the university needs, more tax money. Well, there are j a few plain, ordinary newspaper- j men not Journalist who still weur soft collars and roll up their shirt sleeves und get a smudge or Ink on their nose in the spite of the profinxlonal hypnotism exerted to make 'em think they belong to , the class of monocles, tuxedoes und i spats. If the editorial rrutcrnity can't pay It ow n way it hua no ' business sponging orr the tnipuyers ! in tne guise or a university press conference, and then returning- to ten uie people at home that "taxes ' ure getllng higher all the time and we must do something about it." In our day, anil Hint was quite a whilo ago when llurold wusi creeping about the floor, schools of Journalism were unknown. The authorities concluded to wait until I tills precocious lad hud emergen i from high school before they In- j auguruted the movement for more j and better editor. Across the Col- ! umbia they discovered - a new wrinkle ut the Unlvorslty of Wash-' Ington und they proceeded to adopt . it, so the press conference hus be- I couto a recognised institution, where. If a man keeps his eyes and curs open, he might take 'home something worth while. .Most edi tors huve been there, and some go every year. We recall that Harold's near neighbor, one George Cheney, hua been honored with the presi dency of the conrerence, now held by another publisher In' the coun ty adjoining Wallowa, i The FLORSHEIM SHOE " FOR THE MAN WHO CARES -'Most Styles $10.00 ,: . '' N. K. West & Co., Inc. "The Man's Store" tbo reel or our own. . As to the provido their own fodder from net poor 'taxpayer, for wnonl Harold ' profits after Income tux is paid, solw, w here the devil does be come j or they have a legal right to charge in? The editors pay their own the items to expense. Muy wo ug- We have nilnseri some of them. ( hotel bills. One but have attended several, and we huve yet to rind a monocle, a tuxe do or a pair or spats. Hugh Hume, rushion editor or the Spectator, never goes. We have observed plenty of soft collars, antl enjoy evening they arc 1 gest to our young and able friend ut waiiowa inui lie arrunge to , . ... ..r ft. rnl.nna M . ,. ! spend a few duys in Kugene next chamber of commerce, and the ,,. rub houldera with his fel next day scores o! pretty girls' lit lows and usccrtuln for himself Hendricks hull entertain them ut that mlllugo luxes are not ullotcd lunch. Otherwise, the delegates fur his buard und room. Secret of success : going. Start in any chosen direction j keep The legislature has been working half of its scheduled 40 days and most of the big problems are yet to lie thrashed out. It looks very much like the gang will have to work over time without pay. , , . '. ,'. While we're discussing the weather it's nice td think that one Herbert Hoover is enjoying the month of January in Florida. The four years ahead of him will not be entirely restricted to flowers and Bunshine. . .. . ABOUT OF NEIGHBOR, MR. HAMSTRKET I In an adjoining column today we offer an editorial front the Morning Enterprise, Oregon City, in which our good friend Ed Brodie discusses in fatherly manner the State Press Conference with our good neighbor, Harold Hamstreet, of the Wallowa Sun. Naturally we are-slightly interested be cause the publisher of The Observer happens to hi president of the Conference this year an interest that can be excused under the circumstances. Harold, it seems, was suffering from lack of' editorial matter recently, and having to fall baok on the Press Con ference for something to write about, he overlooked , the usual requirement of getting accurate information on the subject Apparently not having attended the Conference since his days as an undergraduate on-looker, Mr. Hamstrcct's impressions re a bit vague, tosny nothing of being inac curate. . Considered in the light of our prejudiced position, nd one can blame us for saying that we think Harold would undergo a slight change of heart and mind if he really did journey to Eugene for the Conference once in a while. Reasons for doing so can only be found, we admit, in case he can also find reasons for taking and reading a trade publication or two, for trying occasionally to broaden his knowledge of the country newspaper business, to discover new ideas and new methods, perhaps, for rendering his community better service as its newspaper publisher. To secure, in other words, .that knowledge of his own field of activity that can comc only from reading or hearing the experiences of others. '. ... . Strange as it may seem, Harold, and hard as it is to bear, we, who direct the destinies of the Wallowa Sun and The Evening Observer cannot 'yet be classed among those who know all there is to know about the newspaper business. You can, it is true, write nicely phrased little slaps at some "pet ; eeve" when the occasion demands. The ink smudge on your nose, we are quite sure, is a decoration indicating ability to do your bit in the composing room under pressure. No small ccomplishments, by any means. We confess, confidentially, lo fancy ourselves as fairly adept at making up twelve or sixteen pages in pretty good time when a rush is on in our own shop. But those things do not constitute all the things required in this manufacturing business called "newspaper publish ing." As you well know, Harold, the job does not always lead over a rose-strewn path. No business can le crystalixed ; it's forever in a state of motion, going forward or back. Prob lems arise, are solved ; yet new ones constantly present them selves. And the newspaper business is no exception. No trade journal, no conference or convention attended by one's fellow sufferers, no "shop talk" with neighbors or. outside experts can possibly provide a solution for all our problems. No one expects that. l!ut they can, as the most successful men in the newspaier as well as other business activities have discovered, contribute to the solution of many of them. And in addition, incidentally, they give a new In spiration, a new point of view, a new appreciation for the commonplace opportunities for service in your chtsen field.' Try it sometime, Harold. It miht "take." Come along with us down to Eugene next month. AYe are sorry to say you will have to pay your own railnvud fare and your own , hotel bill, but there s a lare possibility that the experience might be worth it. At least, two or three hundred news-1 paper men seem to find it so each year and. you might, by some chance, have something in common with them. 100 NEIGHBORS ARE SEARCHING FOR LOST GIRL TKBItK HAITK, Ind.. 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