Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-09-04
LOCAL N r WIS.


Came people, tncy aIC az" '"ouS''' o
u,hled onto the very erroneous ldea that
airc a littleecnuntry newspaper, and IN
Fsl,ton to this putting in few hours at
w. .c,se" every day for pas,imc, making
~ forms, playing at the press, etc, is just I
nont ,be hardest work man ever drop
u into But they wrong The great
,n.ioritv of persons who never had any
eyl.rence in the business think it's just
noe as falling down when you're too
a.rO, to stand up, and so il is. Easy is no
nome for it. Throwing ten ortwclve thou
sand type into the case, one at time ana
niekng them up one at a time, IS Just
n;acc of funny business, when you get us
al IL. Making up forms and running
os fine nap rs is merely Il change. And as
far editing paper, why that's too easy to
talk about. How many editors there are
,hrouchou the country who scrlbbie just
s. far the fun of the thing. They are never
MALI paid SO they must 10 it for the fun it
# Ais afllow with. The average editor
a relishes it more than he does dish of
huckleberries and cream, with sugar
a thrown in How much better and happier
n would the world be if ev rybody could be
a melow-toned. thoughtful, meditaiive,
nj sadeyed, "pauperiferous," pencil pusher
& far an ilk.mil. For the benefit of those
nj who mt know anything about the bust
ness we'll rive point or two. A quarter
BIZ section OF the paper is filled with clippings.
81 This quarter is edited by the scissors.
Ex This newspaper implement does its work
# without any instructions whatever. All
M you have to do is to point your fl lger at
oem, give wink or nod Of the head, what
III ever they have been accustomed to-any-
~ thing to make 'em know that you want em
it, proceed to business. The scissors, the
q editors best friend, or friends singular ur
plural, as you like rear up on their hind
III legs and proceed to wade through the ex-
changes, selecting and biting out wads OF
nj copy, and continue to do so ill ordered to
stop. The original part of the editorial
= work-eXcusc us, play, we mean--ls the
81 most enjoyable part of the business. Put
I'M newspaper scribbler on half rations and
||# he will thrive and grow fa'. We've beer
H# using strong vinegar and anti-fat the pas
MI three years, and still the adiposc matter
S keeps on forming and piling up, and ou1
# hidehas stretched like so much India rub
Sd Der That's why we're so thin-skinned
# In writing for a newspaper, if there's NJ
|# news to write up, all you have to do is t'
s# close your eyes. imagination will spread
M her pininns and soar off into d"eamand-
E# the realms of the unreal-and when sh
M scars back heavily laden, you take thes
| imaginative wads, grown on Greamland'
sod, cut 'em up to fill Il given space, or
too small they'll always stand unlimie
E stretching. Any real item of news ths
E@ might be monkeying around doesn't hay
H# to be hunted down and written up, as som
@ suppose Editors pencils are manufa'
Me- lured expressly for the business, and the
M draw news-items just like a lightning 70
8 draws lightning. When the pencil is fiji
ed with news all you have to do is to pat
3 The point on sheet of blank paper, and
ESg moves of itself, and when the news all rur
ls out the pencil stops and waits for anothC
charge. In the mean time the editor ca
step out and take drink or cigar. We
a"@nk" and generally take cigar.
AS an evidence of the steady growth
| Oamas Prairie in population, it is state
on good authority, says the News Mine
|.8 'hat over one hundred actual settlers a
Eg located on Soldier creek, who intend
[E# pass the winter there. Last winter the fl
EH* lowing are the only parties who remain
LE We're: j. s. Peck. the oldest settler Their
E MeNsrs Walden, Sampson, Waite, Mile
E heIlogg, Bennett, Clark, and Geo. II. A
E po't; all being heads Of families exec
E clark and Bennett.
E NOBLE u Stevenson's irrigating ditch,
E Lower Payette valley, is nearing comp