| Show GROUND OUT THE circulation editors editor nest neat method of finding out how many papers papera his hl rival printed there Is always a circulation controversy on between the ephemeral epher diew town newspapers ot of the west carl crow in 1 the van norden magazine in the heat ot of one ot of these controversies the editor of the bercon H con bame cam out one week in a first page announcement that the phoenix in a neighbor ing inai town had printed for the tha previous loua 9 weeks edition exactly 3 papers ot or which 37 were spoiled making mailing the total circulation not more than DOS the statement was ignored A few months later the two editors were at a 4 convention of newspaper roon men and in the natural course of events found themselves at the same bar now dill bill said the edlor editor of the phoenix its all over with and I 1 dont intend to print anything more about it but I 1 would like to know how you learned what my lathun was I 1 know for sure myself until you printed the story then I 1 looked it up and found that you were right that was wan easy replied editor bill 1 I knew you printed on wednesday so I 1 rode over to your town on that day and sat at out in a bunch of mesquite a hundred yards back of i your every time your old press printed a paper it gave a grunt front that you could hear bear a quarter of a mile and I 1 counted the grunts there thare were of at them and you nt nto ped tho the press 37 times to clean a spoiled pa per off the rollers |
