Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-28

to call 1t, and genuine through and
through. Charley had a fairly good
start in life, as his father became
successful business man, after immi.
grating to this country from Germany
This he did at an early date and his
success came as the result of his own
unaided efforts, for he began life in
America with practically nothing.
That his son, the present bank presi.
dent has made the best of his bust
ness opportunities goes without say
ing. Some twenty years ago, he went
to st. Louis as manager of small
sash, door and blind factory. Today
he is rated as millionaire, so | am
informed.
When in ST. Louis last week, know
ing of his great success as a banker
thought I would drop in on my old
friend and incidentally ask him how it
hau all happened. Those of the Cou-
rier readers who have ever visited a
large metropolitan banking house
know we'll the impression usually
made upon the visitor There is a
great deal of marble, tiled floor, ma
hogany furniture and brass railing.
Many clerks are seen busily engaged
behind the partitioned desks, out of
reach and almost out of sound of the
visitors voice. The most prominent
parsonage in the building is generally
a big special policeman patrolling the
large corridor and the instructive feel
ing is that unless you have definite
and very important business within
these sacred precincts the best thing
you can do is to get out and away
just as soon as possible less per-
chance the big policeman should turn
on you and ask what you were there
for. The bank president is ordinarily
supposed to be Gagged up in some mag
nificent, but almost inaccessible inner
sanctuary, where very few people ex-
cepting those few who have million
dollar bank accounts or are officers Of
great corporations or governors of
states, or United States senators, or
perchance the president and members
of his cabinet, are supposed to be able
to penetrate. | do not exactly figure
in this class but used to know Mr..
Huttig when he was just plain, SIM
pie Charley and determined to see
the S25,000,000 bank president if a
bold front and nicely engraved card
handed to the proper lackey could Sc
cure me the desired recognition. AS
above stated, I wanted to know how
bank had increased its deposits twelve
times over in seven years and l was
determined to ask the bank president
himself to tell me about it, Entering
the bank establishment, and while
looking about for uniformed messen-
ger to carry my card to the bank presi-
dent great was my surprise to hear
some one call out,
"Hello Fred how are you? Glad to see
you Come in and sit down"
The voice was familiar and turning
around there was the bank president
himself, sitting in little Office in the
very front window of the bank where
he could see, meet and greet every
man that entered the building, if he so
desired, during the entire open bank
ing hours. AS we sat there few min
utes, talking of the happy old days in
Muscatine, this bank president shook
hands with and personally greeted not
less than twenty men who had bust.
ness of greater or less Importance to
present to him. I did not need to ask
how it had come about that the de-
posits of the Third National bank had
increased from $2,000,000 to over $685.
100000 in seven years. There was a
clearly perceptible magnetism in the
very atmosphere of this banking house
that attracted customers to it and one
! did not need to look far to see whence
this force originated and radiated.
Mr.. Huttig has recently built for
himself magnificent new home in
one of the finest residence districts in
ST. Louis and many Of the business
men of st. Louis are asking that he
sacrifice his own personal comfort and
even some of his business interests for
the public good by standing as candi-
date for mayor of the city of ST. Louis.
| That city would indeed be fortunate
if such result could be brought
about.
| Another interesting man whom met
at the fair is Joe Mitchell Chapple. Mr..
Chapple is editor of the National mag
azine at Boston and is one Of the
brightest young men that has ever
gone out of the newspaper ranks of
the west show the people of the eff
! fete east how to do things Mr.. Chapple
named after his uncle, Joseph Mitchell,
! the prominent attorney of Ottumwa
Joe Mitchell Chapple's head is as big
as his uncle's. which is saying a great
deal and it is chuck full of that vim
and energy and go which is going to
make the National magazine one of the
greatest periodicals in the world. Mr.
|. Chapple has just returned from a trip
to Jamaica where he took ten prize
winners who were the successful ones
out of $4,000 contestants. The require.
ments of the contest were that the
participants should in an article of SO
many words present ideas and sugges,
tons as to the best manner in which
1 the National magazine could secure
a million circulation. The prize for
the ten winners was free trip by sea
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Chapple
| from Boston to Jamaica and return
Mr.. Chapple states that in addition tc
] having one of the most delightful trips
of his life, the cost of the trip was not
\ circumstance compared to the value
of the ideas and suggestions which lie
received in this unique contest One OF
/ the winners was the son of million
aire. who gave his boy thousand dol
lars as pocket money to spend while
taking this free trip. Mr. Chapple now
proposes to take five subscribers on
| a trim RI ondon and Paris and I as