| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION And as the editor turns and walks away Satan mutters Heaven is his home and besides ifI should let him in here he would have been dunning his delinquent subscribers and thus creating discord in my kingdom Other newsmen brought Satankingdom into their writing as well Holdaway of the turn-of-the-century Vernal Express penned this tart observation An editor who died of starvation was being escorted to Heaven by an angel who had been sent for that purpose Maylook at the other places beforeascend to eternal happiness asks the editor Easy so they went below and skirmished around taking in the sights The angel lost track of the editor and went around Hades to look him up He found him bybig furnace fanning himself and gazing with rapture uponlot of people in the fire There wassign on the furnace which read Delinquent Subscribers You can go on said the editor m not coming This is heaven enough for me Decades later editor Ernest Rasmuson of the Provo Daily Herald wrote in Desk Chat his personal column good editor is one who has never mademistake who never has offended anyone who is always right who can ride two horses at the same time he is straddlingfence with both ears to the ground who always says the right thing at the right time who always picks the right horse as well as the right politician who never has to apologize who has no enemies and who has worlds of prestige with all classes creeds and races There has never beengood editor Readbit of humor quoted from some unknown source by the Morgan County News on September 13 1934 The paper received this letter Please sendfew copies of the paper containing the obituary of my aunt Also publish the enclosed clipping of the marriage of my niece who lives in Lewiston AndI wish you would mention in your local column if it doesncost anything thathave two bull calves for sale As my subscription is out please stop the paper as times are too hard to waste money on newspapers Interestingly Morgan County News publisher more thanhalf-century later wrote of hometown newspapers as The 408 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
