The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-12-26
EDITORIAL COMMENT
"A Public Liar

A Public Liar
Did it ever occur to you Why country edi-
tors are such cheerful liars? The cross road
town to-day would boycott the man who dared
to tell the truth and nothing but the truth in q
to some, editors as class are born with con-
science, but as they rub up against the lying
public who have some selfish motive in view,
their early training at their mothers knee is
too often forgotten in the scramble for the al.
mighty dollar.
present. She asks the editor to say that there
were fifty present and four-course banquet
followed. Mr. Blow-hard orders nine dollars
worth of goods and asks you to say that ne
has nine hundred dollars worth on the road.
Let the meanest old cuss in town pass in
his checks and the preacher and editorlaud him
to the Skies No matter if he has been wife
heater. q chicken thief and drunken repro
bate, who "bucks the tiger" while his wife
ohases dirty undershirts up and down the wash
board to feed her halfstarved family, when
this mans carcass is deposited in the bone
orchard. then it is that the public expects the
editor to be a smooth liar and whitewash his
benighted soul.
Next comes the fannel-tongued scandal
monger OF the female persuasion, who has
ruined the lives Of many young girl and who
has kept the social circles of the town in hot
water for years by the use OF her deceitful lying
tongue; she becomes and angel in the columns
OF the newspapers the moment death paralyzes
her
A preacher may be an ordinary pulpit
FOUNDER and bore to the community, but
every time he talks the editor is no good II he
fails to say, 'sthe sermons are unsteady deep
and dramatically interesting
Every "dinky'' entertainment must be
grand, every schoolma am proficient and every
business man progressive, every city dad relig-
iously perfect, every newcomer valuable &C
QUESTION to society, the climate must be de-
lightful, the women the prettiest in the county,
the men the most public spirited in the state or
the paper is not worth reading and the editor
is too slow.
ii an editor fails to conform to these stan
cards OF public deception and downright lying,
he will not have friend in town, and yet the
town howls for a purer press.
Is it any wonder, under these circumstances
that the editor lives in hell on earth and dies
with noting better in sight?-Ex.
That new order which we understood will
be enforced after the first OF the year, will ne
cessitate the independents delinquent subscri-
bers to pay up at once. The law, as we under
stand it, will require the newspaper (weekly) to
pay one cent a copy each week for all news
papers that go thru the mail, upon which there
is one or more years due. This will Of course
tions, and the change will entail a lot OF hard
work besides. We will give our readers further
notice along these lines just as soon as we re-
ceive the official notice which we understand is
forth coming. The weekly papers will be put to
a very rigid test, and we want our su. scribers
to be very prompt in paying up. With the in
crease in the cost Of labor, in the advanced
price OF print paper, In the increased cost OF
type and all kinds OF printing machinery and
then with this new and unusual order on top Of
all OF these things many OF the editors will find
that they cannot continue the business without
a loss unless the subscribers are loyal and pay
up promptly. Ye Gods what are they going to
make US do neN.o
Senator Hansbrough is attempting to have a
law passed by congress making the Bad Lands a
cattle grazing country. AS it is naturally
pretty good for that purpose, has been so used
for the past twenty years, and unfit for any,
thing else it looks as if the senator was making
useless effort. He might have another law
passed declaring that water was good to drink
and make it the legal beverage of the United
States.-G. F. Press.
The Editor of the Kermit News visited Reg
lister lcGahan in Minot recently and found
that official almost covered with work. He
eays that McGahan has been showed under or
words to that effect, for long time. MsGahan
Ahds the work burdensone, according to the
News editor. Perhaps that is the explanation
he will give the President, when Teddy asks
him to explain certain things which occurred re-
Gently.
.339GeE
At the moment the guns of Admiral Evans
feet were roaring out their farewell salute at
Fortress Monroe, tie first keel plate of the
rreat battleship North Dakota. the largest
lighting ship in the world SO far designed, was
laid in the yards oil the Fore River ShipbuiIding
Company at Quincy, Mass. The North Dakota