The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-06-09

eets the swelled heart when they
bonored by their fellows. They al
others who get the swelled head.
You can't afford to be always gel
erous. There are some people VII
think you don't know you've been II
shifted If you're meek and lowly.
MIST everyone is anxious to hea
Ex-nresident Roosevelt make some re
marks on the present politicai out
look Teddy has more friends toda
than when he was president. The pro
cess Of elimination has proven IL
worth; and, prehaps that Is why III
eliminated himself. l want to tell you
that political Moses was nevel
more needed by the republican party
than right now.
Elsewhere we print the announce
ment of Samuel e. Leitch as can
didate fer the republican nomination
for County Clerk. We don't know sam
Maybe most of our readers do. Sam
has been a deputy in the clerks CT
flee for some time and the mere tact
that we haven't heard OF him proves
he hasn't done anything very bad.
A Herald heading says 1.-THE Coun-
try Editors are Going to Hold Up
Candidates to the Tune Of $1O," or
words to that effect. The heading
was probably joke but for fear 1t
wasn't let us hasten to say 1t isn't
true.
The Tribune editor was not at the
Editorial Association meeting. but ne
knows what was done and ehartily
subscribes to It.
There is no proposal to hold up
anyone, candidate or no candidate
There are few country papers In the
hold-up business. The action taken
was simply a protective measure to
save any country publisher from the
club of possible fool killer" 1t
was to charge the nominal rate Of III
for political announcements Of candi'
dates for country offices. and higher
rates for announcements Of can
1idates for State offices.
Country editors in the past, ant
still in many localities have been pro
perly termed "easy marks" Candi
dates have brought in a cent cigar
a picture and an obituary Of him
a picture and an obituary OF him
to giving them $14 worth Of free ad
vertising. Then after election If the.
were defeated they have roasted tn
paper and If elected they have givel
the printing of their office to the ed
itor's city competitors.
But, gradually though it be. evel
country editors are getting some bus
iiness sense. The newspaper men o
Whatcom County don't propose t
use their coed space to advertis
Tom, Dick and Harry for some offic
that nobody wants them to fill. un
less they get a fair advertising rat
for doing it.
Thev don't ask anybody to pay tn
rate. If anybody wants the advertls
ing they pay it. That's all. The ed
itors are not selling their editoris
endorsement. Tom may publish hi
announcement and Dick may not an
the editor may endorse Tom or Die
lust as he thinks best. Most cand
dates know they can't buy the avel
age country papers endorsement. W
sometimes wonder II the same may b
said Of the average city paper.
Those who didn't attend the grat
uatiOn exercises should read Pro
Caves address to the graduates. Thos
who did attend will be glad to read !
1t is an eloquent appeal for the Gle
ry Of Work.
The Prof. may object to that It'll
for his essay. but 1t seems to us al
propriate for he clearly points OF
the tendancy of the age to try an
get away from work and then NOR
clearly shows how nothing wort
while can be accomplished withor
work-how each step upward in edit
cation, religion. civilization and wealt
hr,nus addad RESPONSIBILITIES,