The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-07-13
A CHANGE OF EDITORS

A few words, friends, in an in.
formal and personal vein.
After this issue the present editor
will bear a new relation to the big
family ne has gathered about him.
1t is goodbye, or farewell, but only as
editor of The Herald. eve will
metamorphose into I or &C. L." and
ramble amongst you as before. Re
greet is perhaps dominant among my
mingled emotions as the time of
change approaches.
There is no small degree Of pleas
ure and satisfaction in working and
cooperating with, serving and being
served by, such a fine, friendly, ap-
preciative family as that united by
The Herald link. But warning that
it would be foolish to disregard told
me more than a year ago I must seek
a change Of work. The endless
routine, the thousand and then some
details, the grind, eventually under
mines the nervous system and gnaws
at that mysterious thing with which
your health goat is tethered.
1t is a pretty fine old world, es-
pecially in rainy seasons, and l am
not anxious to deprive it of my val
liable presence for some time yet.
So it will be something outdoors for
me, for a while, something with more
perspiration and less worry. Con-
finement never did agree with me,
probably v will. Perhaps it is
better so. 1t has been a restraining
influence in my life which kept me
good and out of jail.
But Jail and the newspaper bust
ness do bear some relation, all jokes
aside. For instance, with both it is
easier to get in than out, although
it seems the courts are especially
merciful to publishers in part of
Montana. Unless one had the county
contract from a friendly board, or
something like that, the small town
newspaper business has not been a
fat opportunity since the war tore
things up by the roots. Few were
looking for newspaper investments.
Suspensions and consultations have
been as common as last years hats.
But with fine crops and revived
business the wide Wolf Point field
will offer exceptional opportunities
for ONE newspaper and job shop.
The consolidation of The Promoter
with The Herald has made it pos {
sible for me to consumate a deal that s
lets me loose. For a time l will loaf /
a short Notwithstanding \
that I have everlastingly been telling
about how other people were taking
but have not had myself in more s
than five years on The Herald. After {
that I am sure l can find something +
to do in a land like this.s Eventually, II
Mrs. Marshall and myself plan to /
make u permanent home on a plot f
of land-become partners of the sell.
But don't all speak at once in an
effort to sell a farm. The producers
end of the game, under right condi- i
looks to us the most independ- T
ent and satisfactory, even though no. z
remunerative in most cases. il
In the position of editor and man t
ager I will be succeeded, beginning
With next weeks issue, by Ross E. t.
who has been in charge Of n
he mechanical end Of the business p
he past eight months. Mr.. Shaver "
as had lifelong experience in the O
BUSINESS and is thoroughly familiar p
With both ends Of it. He has been n
~onnected with some Of the best W
'apers in this state for the past six n
ears and a half. He has edited e
.apers in both Minnesota and Mon h
ana and is also a we'll schooled 81
Of taste and ability. Being 81