The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-29
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~NE OF the chieiest industrie,
Nv Of the state fair was the slssio
enterprise known as workinI
the reporters. Rube who played clowr
to entertain the thousands in the trant
stand at three dollars a day anC
board was very much put out becausS
his antics received no notice in the
Evening Daily. Every evening he
bought paper TO see what the report.
ere would have 20 say about Rube.
Then he spoke 10 the editor about it.
The editcr told Rube to attend to his
business as we'll as as he could and ali
would be WE'LL And % he did. He was
tSenty-two story clown bat he was
not happy because he had no notice in the
columns Of the fair write ups where the
chickens and the ducks, the drain tile
and the big squash were mentioned. He
was a smart clown and did his work
we'll in making the crowds forget their
hard seats and the muddy tracks, but
he was greener than Uucle Dave Guthrie.
Because when Uncle Dave wants q
write.up Of his farm or his pigs or his
mules he steps up to the desk in the
business Office Of the newspaper and or
ders what he wants aud pays for it.
The old Polk County farmer knows that
il he wants a man TO do work for him,
10 write, TO set type, or use good English,
TO read proof, to run the rick OF max.
ing a ridiculous appearance in print,
and have several thousand people call
him fool, il ought at least be paid for
by the hour. But Rube didn't seem
TO know II. He thought reporters up
here were greener than he got three
dollars r day for appearing to be on The
track. There were good things at the
fair that deserved write-ups and did
not get them. They we're not paid to
be there. They we're working for the
good Of the fair or for the glory OF their
county, or for the reputation Of
the commonwealth, and their
labors went unnoticed. But this
was not their fault or what they
deserved. The Salem newspapers would
have had TO put on double force Of
writers for the fair week to do justice to
all the exhibitors. There was the
Lady who bearded the African /
lions in their den forty times day for
the small snm Of ten cents. She was
not noticed. II she had kindly allowed |
any one OF those animals 10 make a m sal
of her she conld have had columns in |
all the papers IN the United States.
But she would not do It even when il
was suggested 10 her. People who
at not getting their names in
The papers are not always willing 10 do
what would give them fame. There
we're the county exhibits. II would
have taken column or two 10 do Justice
- the collection ircm any one Of the
six counties. Such write up ls a good
lays work. To do 1t justice takes a
knowledge Of agriculture, horticulture,
literature aud the vanieties OF human
nature seldom possessed by an ordinary
zen dollar week reporter. Bat no
one thinks OF paying him for his days
work, or for the type setting, or proof
reading, or the printing Of the paper. or
he space in the paFSr! No one. Certain
y on one connected with county ex.
libit. The proprietors aud the news
paper publishers are expected 20 do all
his for air, thin air. The reporter felt
'orry for some Of these people. There
was good Mr.. Jackson aud his wife and
Mr., Heidel OF Washington county, who
worked hard iOr a month aud we're out
II pocket fifty dollars, aud not word
'bont them in the papers, Il lie not the
way TO treat public spirited and self
'acrihoing people, OF course, il they
iad taken the 500 prize they would
nave been ahead of the game and would
not have needed TO 20 home aud pocket
heir loss. And la their ailluence they
night have given some Aewspaper man
big Bryan dollar and told him TO go
How himself at their expense. Aud
hey would have ordered ten dollar
write mp in each OF the Hillsboro papers
{ they were in the habit of doing such
hing4.
On top OF all the extra work piled up