Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-02-06
The NEW REpORTCR.
How lie B"r.m" .rratIy tscitsd over
the Rising Of the Moon.

How lie Bec.nr Greatly iscitsd over
th" Rising Of IN. Moon,
TIL" new reporter rushed up the two
flights Of stair, and into the editorial
rooms >ofa,tthat hr lost his breath and
his cigarct'".
Have lou got the TIRE b, la.prl,
"trrm"niou> lire oui ,a.t h,rr
No, W. hada' got 'lr Grr o.. now
reporter seemed put "Ui bccau-c q, cry
body in the oli.cr took II W. cuully
Ih" new reporter always thinks for a
week or two that b.. energy and ncw
methods # collecting news are going
to reform ia" paper. and make half the
old-timrr> r. >.gn through cha"r.n
lie clustered Indignantly II hrlicys
YOU sit there aud lrt the CITY lairn up.
There's tremendous fire "a Last
Buffalo. The sky is MI rrd
"Plcase look after IL, Mr.. Verde. ="
said the city editor. ..
The new reporter acted n II hs
thought six meu nj lcast zAof tho nrii.
nary. ploiding kindzzwouki have been
detsllst Y xetk ~ ~ lie sasi
u"1- <ssc 1c xnisphohe q
savage twist.
Hello. Central. Whrrr'- the tire,
| Don't hU0W' (>otn vote: Nou take the
cake. sure the Central telephone
Office hasn't heard "i il. aud h1lf Ea.t
Builalo'> in a hlatcJ Say. h,,,o thcrr'
| give me- fire hcadquartcr~
"lS this fire hcadquart,r-' What
box sent in the alarm on this irc2 HIP
No alarm Well. won't YOU telegraph
out to the eastern precincts and .cr'''
After moment of silence. during
which th" new reporter expressed hi.
views of the ut r tur1mpcirucy uf tho
fire department, Tie telephone bell
! tinklcd
"Wcll. hello no lire rcportcd'' turn.
in% from the instrument "Nrll.
doesn't that beat all, Some dhy when
there's room Id like To write up thi.
fire telegraph service. I'll give en-
something 10 think of -
The expression of opinions j. rr-
served for the editorial side ui the pa.
per. replied the city editor "Ilut
suppose You 20 down on the street mud
| take an observation. The evening i
early. so Nou ar" not likely 10 get lcft'
on the fire" Getting lcfi j. the bets
NOR of the reporter. Great generals.
able diplomats. good reporters. never
submit. Willingly. to being lcll' l. a
ri al.
In about two minutes Mr. Ncrdo
came tearing into the office. Tho
heavens are all ahlal".' be- painted
Amy cNc.tCmcnt2'
He hadn't noticed. lie thought there
was. But the fire must bc among tho
rriincri"~. or railroad shops. or some
thing Of that sort. away out in the sub
urhS
! What what shall | dop Shall Get
q coupe and drive out seneca street p"
! That he didn't know what to do next
was mortif,ing admission to the new
reporter; and his suggestion To- take a
carriage ride in search of iirr We.
one that made the veteran railroad rc.
porter yell.
''llirc coupe" he jccrcd. Hire q
hall and invite the people To tell you
where there's barn on fire, llir. u
special train and rrpor, the 'conilagra.
ton from a Pullman coach. WHY not
hire balloon and interview the illum
mated heavens, frcshic''
"Oh. hold up" said the c'ty editor
"lt doesn't seem an easy thing tu get
at. You might call up some of III,
train diNpatchcr>' offices at East iluf
falo."
After a somewhat uncertain wrrsilt
with the telephone. Mr.. Verde re-.
ported:
The man AT the Lackawnnna cross.
ing says the fire is further east liz
says the sky is getting rcddcr every
minute. Probably Aurora i burning
up. he says. but it isn't quite In that
direction
''See if YOU can get the office a, Ian
caster
After another long aud nervous cf
fort the new reporter said: II cant
make him out.
The railroad reporter skipped Ia III,
instrument with ~ alAcrit, that wa.
suspicious. "i"-. " b, said. II get you
perfectly. Go ahead.
Then he rosrcd. lie ~a,s. ." turning
To the new reporter. "hc saws. 'iot
blasted fool. didn't YOU ever see IL,
moon rise before HHdaip Erpr,ss