Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-11
THE COURIER is PROUD OF THEM.

THE COURIER is PROUD OF THEM.
The Courier is proud of the numer-
Gus successful young men who have
gone, or who will in the future go,
K out from this Office to secure and
establish places for themselves in the
great business world and become
truly men of affairs. The Courier be-
lieves in developing young men along
the line of their special capabilities.
It insists that its employees shall pos
sess two. things-character and the
ability to furnish the best service that
can be secured for the salaries which
a newspaper like the Courier can af
ford to pay. Beyond these qualities,
no question of personal friendship or
family relationship enters into the
matter. 1t is a question entirely of
service and the willingness and ability
to edo things" When the Courier's
young men and women demonstrate
their abilities to do still greater things
than there is opportunity for them to
accomplish in this field, then the
Courier heartily assists them in Sc
curing the best opportunity for adj
yancement that can be obtained.
C. d. Reimers, who is making such
a splendid success of the Davenport
Times, which newspaper he purchas-
ed year and a half ago, and who is
himself a graduate from the man
aging editors desk of the Courier
Office, cites the following examples
Of success" which have local per-
sonal interest to Courier readers:
Examples of Success.
The Ottumwa Courier is making
changes in its staff. Mark Sheppard,
young man who has been in the
newspaper business only compare
+ lively brief period, has jumped py
leaps and bounds from reporter s
desk to the managing editors chair,
and Lewis Hathaway resigns the city
desk of the Fond du Lac (Wis.) Re
porter to take the city editorship OF
the Courier. e. P. Adler, the present
business manager of the Courier, three
years ago was setting type in the
Couriers composing room. His grad
uation into the important post he now
holds was not without hard work in
the intermediate stages of reporter,
city editor and managing editor. From
the Courier Office was also graduated
a young man by the name of Harry
Lesan, who today stands pre-emi-
nent in metropolitan cities as an adj
vertising man. Recently he launched
into business for himself in st. Louis,
and it is safe to say that he hasn't
forgotten the hard knocks he got in
Ottumwa in the elementary process or
promotion in the Courier Office. The
Courier seems to. afford unlimited ex-
amples for the young man of today
who is willing to work hard for sue
cess. There are examples of it on
every hand If the growing up young
man will but take notice of them and
profit by the examples of others
Many a young man fails because Of
the lack of determination to succeed.
He wonders at the slow progress he
is making. He deplores a fate that
I won't boost him of sudden to the
top wave.
When George M. Pullman, who did
so much for human comfort, was a
young man. he was successful, but not
as successful as he meant to be. He
knew that money saved was power
Instead of smoking and bemoaning
his lot, he stopped smoking entirely
and decided to improve his lot. He
said once to this writer that his cigars
! In those days cost him only FIVE cents
each, but he decided that since he
could do without them, and since his
plans demanded more money, it was
his duty to give up what could be Civ
IN up. He did his duty and went plod-
ding along contentedly, but working
hard. He succeeded pretty well as is
. known.
If We will all do our best at every
moment there need be no fear of the
future.