Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-30
He Has Purchased Controlling
Interest of Crookston
Daily News
W. P. HUGHES TO SUCCEED HIM
W. B. Wildman Will Succeed Hughes
A. News Editor-Hushes and p. w.
Norris, Jr., Buy Dotson's Interest
Dotson's Move Inspired Solely by
Better Business Opportunity.

An important business change In the
Times-Republican organization will
take place on January / next, when
Mr.. J. P. Dotson. the present business
manager, will retire from the force and
move to Crookston, Mimi, where he
has purchased controlling interest
in the Crookston Daily Times, pros
porous newspaper and job printing
plant. He will be succeeded in the
T.-R. business and advertising depart
ment by Mr.. w. P. Hughes. who has
served on the T.-R. as news editor for
the past eleven years, Mr.. Hughes and
myself purchasing the Dotson stock in
the corporation.
Since the spring Of 1899 Mr.. Dotson
has been the business and advertising
manager Of the T.-R., and to his UNI
firing efforts very largely is due the
yresent magnitude Of the T.-R. as a
business institution. For five years
prior to that he was half owner, editor
and manager Of the Weekly Reflector,
of this city, and that paper has never
prospered before or since as it did un-
der his mranagemenr.S Four years of
his career in Marshalltown was spent
as city editor of the T.-R. He has
built up very large acquaintance OF
business and social friends. who will
regret to see him and his popular wife
leave the city.
He has purchased the majority inter-
est in the Crookston Times of w. p.
Mckenzie, who retires from the man
agement and leaves Mr.. Dotson in sole
charge, as well as control of~the prop
erty. Crookston, a town of about 5000
people, has been growing rapidly OF
late, and Mr.. Dotson has great hopes
OF success in the venture he is maxi
ing, his retirement from the T.-R. be-
what he considers better business
opportunity in Crookston.
Mr.. W. r. Hughes, who will succeed
Dotson, began with the T.-R. in its ac-
counting department fourteen years
ago. Eleven years ago Mr.. S. C.. Nc
Farland discovered the capacity that
was in him, and promoted him to the
news DESK where he has edited the
telegraph and Iowa news pages of this
paper ever since and has made the
T.-tR. notable thruout the state for the
excellence of its news service. For the
past few years as my outside inter-
ests have grown. the responsibility OF
managing editor has been shared by
Mr.. Hughes very largely.
Besides being good newspaper
man, Mr.. Hughes has demonstrated
good business capacity. BY frugality
and good Judgment he has acquired
three residence properties in this city,
besides land in the northwest and for
the past few years has been stock
holder In the T.-R. He adds a portion
Of Dotson's holdings to his own and
takes his share Of responsibility with
his new position.
Mr.. Hughes will be succeeded as
news editor by Mr.. w. B. Wildman,
who might he considered the veteran
T.-R. man. Wildman, once foreman
Of the T.-R. composing room, at nine
teen years OF age, was advanced to city
editor and virtually to the managing ed
itorship during Mr.. McFafland's alb
sence in England. He has done his
stunt at times in every editorial de-
partment, and will take up Mr.. Hughes
work with entire Familiarity Readers
Of the T.-R. news pages will never
know that editors have been changed
The above mentioned departments
are all that will be disturbed.
d. w. NORRIS, JR.,
Editor