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LA GRANDE i EVENING! OBSER VER
Thursday;" January, "1 1929.
TGafembe Jtemg bserfor
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An Independent Nensuapef
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HARVET F. MATTHEWS .
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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.. Jan. 51
AP One hundred neiKhltors of
ten-year-old Kdith .May Klerdorf
wr recruited to join the already
orr at fed pome, of See men In
earth for the ntlmmr rirl today, j
v lamim meeting oi neat Terre j
Usui eHllrtiK In ntghl a reward I
or 1 5.rn .. -...... , , u. , 1
' avium vi mi' i
girl dead or alive. The Tcrro I
bauw Tribune baa oUtrvd a n-
nl of S8 for rapture of her
tiiiHWM-d kidnaper.
Heller ! prrlrnt her.- thet the
l-ienlorf girl, ranging since Sunday
morning w hoee bloodalalneO ne
paper anlehel was round near I'ax
ton. Ind.. wax the victim ot a kidnaper.
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