Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-20

IASSiJ0 OuSy llAS SAS1NSA tInAC VI
the time. Under bushy eye
brows we see a pair of dark
piercing eyes. This is all guess
work, however. We judge
only by what we have seen.
Most editors enjoy a pipe. Al
editors snould have dark pierc.
ing eyes and heavy eyebrows
The dark hair, or hair of any
kind, is quite frequently miss.
ling. If we haven't que sec
right Mr.. Purnell kindly en-.
tighten us.
When we see spoiled baby
with a new toy we think of A.
H. Sniff. Things never seen
to satisfy Sniff. Before he be.
came a candidate for represen.
tative he was pessimistic
Much so. Nothing or no one
suited the fastidious tastes OF
Sniff of the Missouri Valle,
News, but now that he is in the
lime light and has poll lea
aspirations he is much tanner
Sniff missed it when he tool
up the pen. Not that he ISM,
a good writer. He is. He's
the best in the county, but he's
bigger than the town he livee
in or the paper he works on
We may know but little abou
metropolitan journalism but W.
will venture the assertion tha'
Mr.. Sniff could as ably handl,
the editorial side of a city news.
paper as any editor in Iowa
Shifts brain is big and its con
structed of the right stuff
He knows things and can tel
them so anyone can understand
His long and arduous labors
his peculiar personality so ia,
as friend-making goes, has
made him somewhat morbil
and sore, but we admire the
man for what he knows.
H. & H. of the Times are
good combination. Bob Harris
rides around the country will
Bryan and other big democrats.
Then he writes interesting let
ters home. Hoyle stays in tht
Valley and rustles news for the
evening paper and tells about
the doings of every man.
woman, child and dog in thu
Valley. Harris is old in the
business. He's a winner in
newspaper office. He knows
some politics and he wears
watch chain about GO yards
long. That's Bob's chief indul.
gence. He isn't stylish like
Childs. He lacks the profes
;ional air of Enbody. H.
ioesn;t resemble a clergyman
like Stewart. He, like Ford
lsed to eat printers ink fol
breakfast and has always writ.
EN- copy. He's a democrat
when it pays to be and when i,
loesn't pay he's a democrat
Just the same.
Hoyle is new, fresh and re
:eptive. He didn't know any
hing about the business a year
lgo, but does row. Hoyle goes
in for high collars and striped
pants. He likes to dress up
While Harris smokes a cob pipe.
Hoyle smokes 10 centers. Har
ris wears the 60 yard chain ano
Hoyle wears a silk fob with /;
cute little charm. They pull
we'll together.
We've seen pictures of Hor-
ice Greedy and we have seer
D. w. Butts of the Little Sioux
Independent. There's a SINH
larity. Butts has always loveG
it and after $50" has beer
called and D. w. Butts has
gone to the home above, a home
chat he has richly earned, he
will ask st. Peter to let him
have a few cases Of type and 6
printing press. Butts wouldn't
be happy even in heaven with
out a printing press. After St.
Peter has looked him over, con-
suited the records and found
that Butts has for over sc
years labored for the good OF
his friends, and the good of the
beautiful little town where he
has nearly always lived, Peter
will give him what he wants
and the "old man" will be glad.
We like Butts. We admire
Butts. We have confidence in
Butts. He's good.
H. w. Kerr Of the Hustler, is
an "odd genius" He stuffs
birds, snakes and things. He's
more good for that than for a
newspaper but he's a good fel-