The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-10-09
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Official Paper Of the City and County

Official Papsrof the City and County
Brothers Tinan and Halliday, OF the
South Dakota Press association, have
been engaged in a warm serial race de-
scriptive Of the scenes on the recent
trip to the Pacific coast and back, and
Halliday finished first because his
competitor dwelt too long on the Sc.
ductive sights In Salt Lake City
Ralph WheelOck.
Which is 0 Or less of a josh
depending somewhat upon how you
take lt-but which we poor devils or
the country press have to swallow
with good grace-for we get it in
cases of this kind more often from
members of our own tribe Than it is
hurled at us by big guns like R. w. w.
from out OF the 'teenth story OF a big
city newspaper Office. But, Lord bless
you, s.yours fraternally'' doesn't mind
it a little bit, It's gone to the ex-
tent-this ioshing about the econ
tinued stories'' Of editorial trips
that some of the bows actually opolo-
gize-for %'.afiicting'' their readers, as
they put it. When the GRAPHIC
reaches, a point that it has to opolo-
gize for matter appearing in its
columns it will save both it's readers
and the opology by not printing it.
In all seriousness, there isn't any
stuff that goes into the columns OF
the GRAPHIC that pleases as many
readers as the very kind of matter
now running on the first page. We
know this Observation-Disclosures it
would not appear. And in that there
are plenty OF other editors in the state
who can sdo" trip to distant states
and into interesting scenes even
better, 1t goes without saying that
what is true of the readers of the
GRAPHIC is true of the readers Of
their respective newspapers.
We can fill two columns or more Of
space with the typewriter or shears
on other subjects with half the work,
and we would certainly do it il we
thought the readers of this news.
paper would be better pleased.
1t is necessary to get out copy with
in four days for eight o: ten columns
ofmatter for the GRAPHIC every week.
The man doesn't live who could IN a
town of this size get up one-third OF
that amount Of Stuff in strictly local
news matter. 1t becomes then
question-and a perplexing one
what to hang on the copy hook for
the remaining six or or seven columns
Strictly editorial matter on political
economy is relished by few readers OF
the average country weekly unless the
man who writes them has more than
ordinary ability. Most readers gel
more Of this kind of stuff in Other
newspapers than they can digest
The younger generation never read a
bit OF it. II it were possible to do so,
every inch OF space for reading matter
in the GRAPHIC would be pure local.
II there is one thing truer thar
another, it is: that a. subscriber OF 4
country weekly and an exchange
editor would never agree on what was
the most interesting part of the paper
The publisher is wise who bends t.
the man who pays for it.
The amusing part Of it is-to gel
back to the subject-the editors who
are prone to josh their fellows when
the latter start out on a story Of ar
editorial wandering read every wore
Of it-not only in one exchange, but
In a dozen OF them-all about alike
1t takes their time-which is valuable
and after they have read the sam.
thing in a dozen papers-which the!
didn't have to do-they ge'
weary-naturally--and then begin t.
holler s'let up"
A little reflection will show that j
these men-who get a bushel Of read
ing matter every day-will take th,
time to wade through what Ralph
| Wheelock calls a warm serial race
it must be doublY interesting to those
people scattered all over these broad
prairies to whom a word picture o
scenes visited by tourists from al
over the world is almost lifting then
out OF a wearjsome everyday rut.
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