Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-05-03
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Scientists through ahsiruse calcu.
lations have advanced the theory
that The earth "a shrinking and have
even estimated IN inches the prad-
ual l~essenins IN superficial diinen'
sions.
Rrgardless whether their conclu.
sions arr Justified Il - certain that
for an practical purposes the world
has grown immeasureahly smaller
in the last few decades and the
principal agent In bringing distant
places close 10 each other has been
and Il the short line scen In The
columns Of The Columbus Daily
fourier. "By Associated Press"
These words are the embodiment
in print Of one ~ the ereateai or.
carnations of to-day. a mutual CO
operative enterprise known a. The
Associated Press. iis membership
more than eleven hundred strong
covering the entire United States,
and ~ correspondents and affilt
aied agencies spread over the habi.
table globe.
"fty Associated Press" has come
lo hc rcRarded A. The hallmark Of
truth. the sign manual Of verify.
The dispatch beneath u may bear
a Paris or a London date; insy tead
from Picking or bombay, from New
York or Hooppole. Ind hut with
those words above Il IL truth Is
certain.
The ordinary methods Of trans
mission. the telegraph and the tele'
phone-ordinary hut none the less
wonderful-in most cases have
have brought the news 10 the col
umns Of The Columbus Daily Cou.
rier. Minutes have sufficed % carry
the intelligence where once days
and even months would have been
required and ~ we neighbor wNh
the other side Of the globe.
In bringing the news 10 The Co
lumbus Daily Courier no means Of
transportation = overlook by The
Associated Press, though the prin.
cipal method employed Is the icle.
graph wire. With the exception Of
The telegraph companies which
have no other husinessl there Il not
an organization IN the world which
has complete control Of a. many
miles OF telegraph lines rs r nm.
der lease to the Associated Press
It's wire mileage exceeds 5000. and
the capacity for Transmission Of
dispatches Is augmented hy The
code system used. whereby one
short word lakes the place of al
most q whole sentence. The tele
phone too has n ereat and growing
share in The distribution Of news hS
the Associated Press. Continuous
talking circuits In operation for
stated prrinds have replaced ihs
telegraph in many instances. ana
thousands Of words daily are trans
mltted NJ a single reading 10 three
siy or even m0re papers on a Single
telephone line.
Wireless biography Is employee
where needed and when ihrongl
the breaking down Of the moderf
methods speedier means are not a.
hand more humble agents are em
ployed. The dos sled IN The north
and canoes IN ne islands Of The Pa
cific arr not despised.
Men have waded waist deep u
water and mud for miles 10 carr
an Associated Press dispatch ielllnl
of storm disasters. Others win
equal devotion 10 the service have
stuck 10 The telegraph key ~hil'
flames ragged around them Ihi
dangers OF the front line trench an'
the discomforis of march and bin
ouac have been shared by Aasoel
aied Press men. No mine Is ln
deep and no height tho perilous 4
be- sought Ia the service ~ the Asso
riaied Press. rs men are nameless
Their work appears only under thl
moieri caption. ny the Associates
Press. But those words meal
definite certainty and anywhere nnl
everywhere ~ stand the acid les
Of truth.