The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-04
WHO PRAISES THE NEWS?


A Drawing ass, a baying dog, and a
boasting bombastic newspaper are tle
supreme nusances of a community
The newspaper, because it embodles
rho undesirable characteristics OF the
other two il the greatest nuisance Oh
the three. 1t is the king of the NOISY
trio. The ass brays for no othef rea-
son than that nature has endoWeu
him with a set of discordant vocal
chords and an insatiate desire to eXer-
else them to the discomfit OF all ears
within reach of his nerve
wrecking raspings. The dog repeats
his nocturnal barkings at the moon
each night out of pure cussedness
stimulated by daylight maps on the
door mat. The newspaper attempts
to cover up its shortcomings and IN
nprfections and insults the intelligence
of it's readers with fashy displays of
its own egotism in the choicest col
umns of it's news section. In each
case the career of the offender is
measured by the patience of the COM
munity in which nuisances habitate
The Statesman lays no claim to per-
lection or infallibility. We make mis-
takes and We know it, the man who
mistakes not is the man who attempts
not. But we do hot, like the fool, at
tempt to laugh at our own jokes Or
like the bigOted egotist, seek to dis
play our own ignorance under the
guise of Wisdom. We do claim, how
ever. and our columns from day to
dav prove it, that The Statesman
prints more good live local news every
day. covers the news sources of the
city more thoroughly, and presents
to the reading public the local hap
penings each day more fully and more
comprehensively than any other pub
LEGATION in the city. We have not or
shall not see fit to mar our news col
umns with verbose and fiambuoyant
TRADES in an attempt to delude our
readers into believing that we do thus
and so, We prefer to print the news in
and leave the public to judge as to our
success or failure.
JlN- of aYsiS
the following record of local news
since the first of the month. June 1,
The Statesman, exclusive of society
and personal mention, printed 81 inches
of local news and % separate stories.
On that day the other evening paper
offered its realtors IS inches and 20
stories: June ,, Statesman, Isl inches
and SO stories; Bulletin, 70 inches. and
% stories. June 3. Statesman, $50
inches and 80 stories Bulletin. 113
inches and 80 stories. Carrying the
comparison further even the casual
reader will soon become convinced
that THIS Statesman handles its stories
in a more efficient manner as to de-
tails and facts. and presents them in
more readable form than does our COM
petitor down the street. Again by way
of example. June 2 the Statesman
carried in front page position the
news that one of the convict road
a no fp7 in, lIa
Walla and with three quarters of a
column gave every phase of the story.
The Bulletin had buried in one of it's
inside pages IS lines on the story
which was evidently an eleventh hour
coup to save the day after The States
man was on the streets. On the same
day The Statesman announced the
poisoning of the Emigh family and the
Bulletin not a word. Yesterday The
Statesman carried one column on the
escape of two paroIed convicts and
the Bulletin again saved itself from
losing out entirely with IL lines
Again, yesterday The Statesman
printed a detailed story of the build
ing of $4,000 Odd Fellows building in
the city and the Bulletin will probably
follow up with a few delayed lines to-
day.
Who prints the news? We ask the
question and leave you to answer it