The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-20
Editor Told Truth
Just Once

a West Texas editor got tired OF
being called a liar" because Of IN oc-
casional typographical error or slight
disarrangement OF the facts in pub
fishing a commonplace news item. In
his wrath he announced in bold face
black type as follows:
"A lot of people in this town fail
out with the editor and brand him as
a liar when the ordinary human mis-
takes OF life show up in n newspaper.
You have a little charity and fellow
feeling for every man in town hut your
editor. You claim that You want the
facts and damned Ii I don't give them
to you. Read the next issue of this
sheet and you'll see some facts with
the bark off. III admit that l have
been liar. an editorial liar, ever since
have been editing this sheet. hut I
have never printed a lie in these COL
nmns except to save somebody's feel
ings from being hurt. I'm not afraid
of any of you. and III be dad -blam
If I don't print the plain truth from
now on. or until YOU get out Of the
habit Of calling me a liar every time
make some little unavoidable typo
graphical error. Watch my smoke
Here are some paragraphs culled
from the next Issue: John Coyle, our
groceryman, who voted with the RE-
pnbiicans in 1896 and consumes more
mail order whiskey than any other
member of the Baptist church in this
country, is doing n poor business His
store Is dirty and dusty. II Is q Won
der he has any business at ALL"
The Rev. Sly preached last Sunday
night In the Christian church. His
sermon was punk and uninteresting
except some stuff he quoted from Bob
| lngersoll for which he failed to give
Bob any credit. He also recited few
passages from one Of william Ebert
Mnnsey's sermons and had the gall to
palm 1t off as his own"
Dave Charter died at his home two
! miles north OF this place last Thurs
day night. Dock Holaerness who is
an old friend of the family. attended
him n few minutes before he expired.
He gave it out that Dave died OF heart
| failure. That is lie. Dave died from
drinking too much OF a very poor grade
of mail order ticker. This paper prints
tho truth"
w" MISS COtOle
Mcador last trades day. at the county
seat. 1t amt generally known, but the
| marriage was brought about mainly by
a Remington shotgun manipulated by
! the brides father. Tom concluding that
marrying was the healthiest thing he
could do until other arrangements
could be made
Roger Lloyd. cashier of the state
bank ut Willow Grove. died wednes.
day morning and was buried Friday
| by the Odd Fellows in Pleasant Mound
cemetery. He had been taking this
paper seven years and so far hadn't
paid a cent. we thinking that ne, being
banker, would pay some time. We
will sell the account for two bits
worth Of fresh green's
Married Miss Susie Scruggs and
Horace Guffin last Saturday ut the
Methodist parsonage. the Rev. James
c. Williams officiating. The bride is a
very ordinary town girl who flirts
with all the travelling men she meets
and never helped her mother three
days all put together in her whole life.
She Is anything but a beauty, resem-
/, bling gravel pit in the face and
wniks like a duck The BRIDEGROOM il
, natural born loafer ana bum He
never did 4 lick % work until his step.