The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-06

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Mr.. Keith spoke at some length on
the subject he described as How
Newspaper Men Think, or Ought to
Think, or Think They Think" That a
system of thinking, of training ones
mind to take up a certain line of
thought at will, casting out all other
lines and concentrating all attention
upon the one, is essential to newspaper
work was emphasized. Said he:
You often hear it said that a news
paper man is an encyclopedia. He has
to be one. He has no time to look up
references, but his mind must be stored
with them. He must file his ideas in
his head and be ready TO take them
out for use at moments notice.
At the close Of Mr.. Keith's remarks
American airs.
Mr. Keith then expressed the regret
Of the association that Thomas M
Patterson of the Denver Rocky Noun
tain News had been detained in Butte
and was unable to attend. But" said
he, I'VE have with us men of equal abil-
ity and far wider experience in the
newspaper work. We have with us
the Nestor of journalism of the great
West; man who has welded a
mighty power for the upbuilding of this
great Rocky Mountain region, Hon. G.
c. Goodwin, editor of the Salt Lake
Tribune
AS Judge Goodwin stepped forward
clad in evening dress, his white hair
and grave, pallid features appearing in
marked contrast to the dead black of
the garments, long applause greeted
him.
Your chairman has been very kind" :"
said Judge Goodwin. When 1 heard
him describing myself I thought of the
old story that Montana men are great
in every way; even some are great
liars.
II don't believe you ever saw news
paper man who had labored day after
day for years, who had grown accus-
toned to expressing his ideas through
his fingers, who could make a good
speech. II he ever possessed the faculty
his newspaper work would work it's de-
struction. l have been called upon sim
ply to fill in. The editor of the Stand
ard assured me through the medium
of a telegraphic dispatch that very
great man was to speak tonight and he
limited me to 20 minutes as sort of
filling in only.
But l am glad to be here, to meet
my friends in Montana. / am glad to
meet my journalistic brothers and to
congratulate the Standard on it's birth
and to bear testimony, as we say among
the saints in Utah, that it has always
been blessing to your city since it was
born. Ofttimes it's columns have
shown lofty style of journalism. 7
believe you all join me in being proud
of the paper and that you all hope with
me that 1t will last as long as Ana
conda lasts, and that is forever.
1T is the habit these days to de-
nounce trusts. I believe 1t is right, too
But yet there are trusts and trusts
When a man devotes his life and brain
to the upbuilding of a newspaper in a
community he is the best citizen in
that community. He is entitled to more
grateful thoughts than any other man.
He alone knows what 1t is to labor
silently and steadily toward the public
good. As all good comes from labor he
knows that the most labor he puts in it
will bring its reward,
''Unconsciously he has an influence
in the community. The old people read
the paper; the young people read the
paper; the children read the paper and
the good or evil it contains is sealed
upon their youthful hearts. l have a
great respect for this responsibility
AS an Illustration: / was introduced
to a very noble woman not long ago.
She was no longer young. The frost
that had settled upon her hair over
night had not disappeared with the
coming of day. There were discrep-
ancies in her teeth. In fact she looked
a little like a worked-out placer claim.
AS / was introduced she gave me a
ghost of smile and said: I have been
admiring your articles ever since | was
little girl The thought then struck
me what would have happened if l had
not started that old girl off right in the
long ago?
THE chairman has said that a train
ing of thoughts is necessary to news
paper work. / want to say a few words
about this newspaper work. No man
should try it unless by nature he is an
Unsuitable reader. He wants to per-
feet himself in the general literature
of the day and in the higher classics;
he wants at least an idea of the prac-
tical workings of the world: he wants
to know the underlying principles of
every government in the world; he
wants to possess that level-headed
judgment that will not allow his paper
of six months ago to look ridiculous be-
side that of to-day.
IF any of my brothers here in this
association knows anything mean about
himself he wants to quit the business,
for the meanness will show out through
the types sooner or later and give him
away.
"The best training, in my judgment
Is IN the study OF the sciences. 1t is
to the adult mind like the study of
algebra to that of youth. You know
how a boy will go through his arith-
metic and on up into algebra. After
studying the science for a few months
he will suddenly find all the things he
did not understand in his arithmetic
made clear to him. The study of the
sciences is the best school of the imag-
ination. At times 1t is dry and plod-
ding, but every now and then there
comes a sunburst OF beautiful ideas.
These studies give to man an idea Of
the instruments that the Almighty
uses"
The speaker went on to speak of a
article written recently by
Prof. John Muir, in which the work of
the glaciers had been detailed. The
various processes from the fountain of
clouds, their precipitation in the form
of snow upon the earth. the congealing
So I'll