The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-19
WIS 4 NEN EDITOR
How a City Chap Wanted a
Country Paper Run
ON THE SCHEDULE PLAN
And Took an Early Train Back
to Metropolis.
ON THE SCHEDULE PLAN


down the main street Of the town Of
Wnlardvine. Jimmy had formerly been
night police reporter on a big metro
politan daily. ana In this capacity came
IN contact with the Hon. Thomas II. WI
lard Of Wulardvime when that gentleman
has been bunkoed by a sharper on his
last visit to the city. Willard had taken
q fancy TO Jimmy and induced him to
give up his Job in the city and come out
70 wIlardviIe and take the editorship
OF the WHlardvnle Eagle and Banner.
Purity good paper" said 2Ir. willard
s'Oldest one IN the whole county. Old
est two, that is. Eagle started by ole
Nan Hathaway IN rs and the Banner
started no by a Teller named Jake Sharp
in 81 Both OF en- brought together in
81 by John Cotton. I own en- now. Had
a mortgage on the thing and when that
new paper started they made things hum
So that the Eagle and Banner would have
busted up, so I Just jumped IN an fore
closed the mortgage and took hold. Want
q good. lively fellow that knows all about
runnin' q paper IN way they 60 in tn
city WIN you conner"
James had arrived Il was 10 O'Clock
one rainy Monday morning. when he sat
1n the Office OF the Eagle and Banner and
made his plans for running the sheet.
The town had a population Of 5000 people
and why Wnlardville wanted a paper
every day he couldn't for the life Of him
see But, Of course. that was no con
who was a lawyer in Wiliardsville, was
10 write al the heavy editorials and
guide the political destinies Of the Eagle
and Banner and Jimmy, with the title
or editor, was to attend 10 the rest Of the
editorial and news part Of the paper,
while the elder Willard was to take
charge Of the business management.
jimmy had thought for the last two
weeks of how be would turn things up
side down in WIlardviIle.
I'll show the yaps," said Jimmy.
He had never been an editor before.
but he had an idea that night police re-
porting Tor four years was a pretty good
preparatory for almost anything, and he
was certain that he knew news" when
he saw It, and that If anything got away
from him 10 wouldn't be of use to any
body else afterwards. He had decided
10 scoop the other Wfuardvine paper, the
Commercial. at least once a day and
twice on Saturday. He sat in the dingy
little office CT the Eagle and Banner and
looked around. a tan, thin young man
with an apologize expression was labor
.9usiy writing In the corner
-Beg pardon" said Jimmy, ARE you
connected with the paper?"
i am the city editor" said the person
with dignity y am Mr.. Thomas"
"Giad 10 see you, Mr.. Thomas said
Jimmy. What's news today?"
30, nothin' doing particularly. Kinder
Of a quiet day"
Where is your starr asked Jimmy.
'Hes Gown at the depot now 10 see
the 1e.15 come in. Hen be around with
e lot Of items about noon
"NVell." said the new editor, 1--WE shan
have TO arrange our schedule and we
might as wen do it now as any time"
James had often seen the city editor OF
lis paper back ia the city Tuning over a
schedule. and he knew that one Of the
first things that a real editor had TO 90
v3s 90 Tx up "a schedule. So he worked
f5r some time on sheet of paper and
finally turned out the following: