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Show UKTIKKS WITH A I-'OItlUNE Like every other Luiineds man the manager who is often the editor of a newspaper hopes to gain sufficient suf-ficient patronage to his advertising columns as well as to hold a reader interest among his subscribers to assure as-sure a steady income whereby he may live honorable among his fellow man. He also hopes to lay aside a few dimes each week for the rainy day that most always al-ways overcomes humanity. When a man gets interested in newspaper work he generally stays with it. There is something about the smell of Printer's ink that holds him, but occasionally one breaks away, and often the success that follows such a person is attributed to the experiences he gained in the newspaper field. More often, however, the editor stays at his publication publi-cation desk and when he gets old he is unable to point to his financial success, but rather he takes great satisfaction sat-isfaction in the fact that he has rendered some service to humanity in trying to publicize the worthwhile projects for the benefit of his townsmen. It was with interest that we just recently read of a country editor retiring with a fortune. His explanation explana-tion was as follows: "I attribute my ability to retire with a $100,000 bank balance after 30 years in the newspaper field to close application to duty, pursing a policy of strict honesty, always 1 practicing vigorous rules of economy, and to the recent death of my uncle, who left me $98,500.00." |