Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
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farmer does1'. wele1as sdra1ee5
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best that be f1ds IN ne expereaee .
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The Obs4rver IL aware that s11oe
II the brightest men whose names
have gYsesd The pages " uel.-kogw1
newspapefs and E5gse peneiled ~
teraoeea have bee1 t5a inspiration ~
millions II the past. have been k1oEa
a. A" "jo1rualists " That j. al the
more reasDn Why some yD112 up
start who eoues N ~ ar self
styled " journalist" j. sba0rFeE, ard
= bar Wanting his freshly mixed
and cracking diploma l1 o1r faces.
he proelains The fact that be- 1a.
been duly graduated from This ~
that "sehoDl " jo3nsIism." that
be- has reached b. a shDrt~egt. q Js-
.ition that % has taken the t1iler i1
the harless year, ~ gain. He -epr-
ibs sobnq8et q Iewspaper man.
b. has rse1 ~ far greater EeIgat.-be
i " journalist " along with Gresley.
Raymond. Bryant Crazy. Dana. Ne
fiIl and q hDst N other
Returning. however, o. the real
roi1, from whence re started. We
again raiteratc that the real jour !
lalist" II sou p.ea-e. j. 10, made 5y ,
-ote. No sch0ol ran in-t.u into BIZ ,
mind that HeeifuI something that be-
must have ~ make a sIcress Df the
profession Ile may b. able t0 urite ,
glowing essays 0n mighty questions +
II state. dressing bis sentence uitH ,
beautiful selections from The King o.
English, bat he cannot tell in plain !
md simple language the story " TO- 4
lay. lie may soar 20 heights Ilai- A.,
ainable aith bio aeil-r0I1ded -eu- !
ences and biz glowing metaphor. but
be plain, everyday newspaper man r
.l0thes bis Thoughts ia simple Jan 3
uage that the Gunner uh0 read- +" @
nay understand
Coming nov % the assertion in
'he Observer editorial that there b q
wide difference between the e1gn- a
~ and the city newspaper worker, j
re again assert that. Whle the b
journalist may fHd a place for "
imself IN the latter class. he b. not "
{ home among the country editors %
he successful county newspaper q
ian generally is printer. also. He D
lust be by the yey nature of thiHg. k
Ie must b. familiar with every D
ranch Of the business because biz %
rery-day existence b. connected in- q
.pernbly with every part ~ o. TN e.
ke his city brother, be cannot turn 7
-er the different departments Of u
s business 90 carefully trained ~ hl
.rts or specialists. and be- can only %
pend upon himself IN all emerrtn- r,
81 Therefore. Il Is idle 90 sup "a
.se for one minute that your col al
se-bred journalist" can come in- ts
the country field and succeed. lie b
mot DO this because his knouleige Il
an theoretical. his practical expe- III
nee l. nil And, BY that same To- Of
1. the writer knows, snd The Ore ey