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Show THE DUTIES of a country editor are numerous and varied. People who sometimes complain that their Utile home weekly does not contain as much news as the more pretentious pretenti-ous dailies published in the cities overlook the fact that dozens, and in many cases scores of men contribute con-tribute to the production of the larger papers, while all the work on i weekly is sometimes clone by a single individual. Just how numerous numer-ous and varied are the tasks of the iatter is disclosed by a paragraph in the latest issue of the Glennwood (Mo.) Journal. In explaining that he had changed the size and form of his paper so as to save time in makeup, make-up, printing and handling, the editor edi-tor of the Journal says: "For one person to gather the news, set the type, make up the forms, print the paper, dstribute the type, do the job work, collect the bills, pay the debts, listen to kickers, sweep the oflic.e, kick the cat, carry in coal, build the fires, and do a thousand and one things in the course of a week is no little matter, hence we have changed the paper to a size that we can issue to better advantage." advan-tage." In the face of this explanation anyone objecting to the change should be bored for the simples and ihen taken out and shot at sunrise. |