Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1923-04-05
AN EDITOR TELLS THE TRUTH


Sisseton Courier: 1t is the proud
boast OF most newspapers that they
fearlessly tell the truth, hit who hey
NAV. For all practical purposes.
and considered In its broadcast appli-i
cation. the statement is true. But
when it comes to the more personnel
affairs Of life no one paper In a
hundred tells the truth. II they did
they wouldn't last month. Some
lime ago a Texas paper got peeyed
because some OF his readers accused
him of being an editorial liar and it
made him so mad that one week his
PAPER came out with the following
announcement in black face type:
"a lot Of people in this town fall
out with the editor and brand him as
a liar when the ordinary human mis-
takes of life show up in a newspaper.
You have a little charity and fellow
feeling for every man in town but
YOUR editor. You claim you want the
facts. and ID II don't give EN- to
YOU. Read the next issue of this
paper and youll see some facts with
the bark off. III admit that have
been a liar ever since I have been
editing this sheet, but I have never
printed a lie in these columns except
to save somebody's feelings from be-
ing hurt. | am not afraid Of any of
you. | have bought a new long bar
rel 38 and I'll be dad blamed if I
don't print the plain truth from now
on or until you get out of the habit
/ of calling me liar every time |
make some dinky little mistake.
( Watch my smoke.
The brother got out just one
truthful issue when delegation of
prominent citizens called on the edi-
tor at his office, offering humble
apologies and implored him to 20
back to his old way of running his
paper, Here are few items picked
at random from that one issue:
! John Coyle, our groceryman, who
voted with the republicans in 1896,
and consumes more mail order whis-
| key than any other member of the
NJ. E. church in this county, com
plains that business is poor. His
store is dusty and dirty and his
prices are high. 1t is wonder he
! has any buisenss at ALL
/ David Charter died at his home
two miles north of this place last
night. Doc Holderness. who is ar
old friend Of the family, attended
4 him a few minutes before he died
He gave it out that David died o.
heart failure. That is a lie. Dave
died from drinking too much rotter
moonshine. This paper prints the
truth.
Tom Spaldin married Miss Cordi,
i Meador last trades day at the count,
seat. 1t isn't generally known, bu
the truth is the marriage wa.
brought about mainly by a Reming
ton shot gun manipulated by thu
brides father. Tom concluded tina
marrying was the healthiest thin,
he could do.
While returning from the count,
seat last week Bill Jones run hi
fliver into a fence post. He wa
1 thrown out. breaking one leg in tw
places. Bill claims that the brake
wouldn't work, but everybody VIII
knows Bill knows that he was full c
moonshine sPd couldn't see tn
fence"
"Married-Miss Susie Scruggs an
Horace Guffn, last Saturday at til
Methodist parsonage the Rev. ia
c. Williams officiating. The bride
a very Ordinary girl, who flirts wit
all the travelling men and never help
her mother with the homework. Sh
is anything but pretty and walks lik
a duck. The groom is natural Dor
loafer. His principal occupation ha
been playing pool and smoking cigar
cites. For short time he was as
] sistant chambermaid at the Cit
/ Livery. He now resides at the hom
of his wifes father and says he ha
no definite plans for the future
! Susie will have hard dow to hoe"