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 the news editors do is to see that a careful watch is maintained by their reporters at all places where news is thus recorded so that they may select whatever part of it is of interest to their readers.

News Sources. The places where news is recorded, not primarily for the newspapers but really to their great advantage, and the kinds of news to be found at each place are indicated by the following list of news sources:—

Police Headquarters   —crimes, arrests, accidents, suicides, fires, disappearances, sudden deaths, and news of the police department organization.

Fire Headquarters     —fires, fire losses, and news of the fire department organization.

Coroner's Office      —fatal accidents, sudden deaths, suicides, and murders.

Health Department     —deaths, contagious diseases, sanitary reports, and condition of city water.

Recorder or Register  —sales and transfers of property and of Deeds                mortgages.

City Clerk            —marriage licenses.

County Jail           —crimes, arrests, and executions.

Mayor's Office        —appointments and removals, municipal policies.

Criminal Courts       —arraignments, hearings, and trials.

Civil Courts          —complaints, answers, trials, verdicts, and decisions in civil suits.

Probate Office        —estates, wills.

Referee in Bankruptcy —assignments, failures, appointment of                         receivers, meetings of creditors, settlements of bankrupts.

Building Inspector    —permits for new buildings and alterations, condemnations of unsafe buildings, regulation of fire escapes, and fire prevention devices.

Public Utilities     —hearings and decisions of rates and Commission             regulations.

Board of Public      —municipal improvements. Works