Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-09-19
THE RlSE OF RICHARD LAFFIN.
A Story That viii Be of Interest to
Young Men Learning a Profession

About fxteen years ago, Dick Latin
was clerAng in a furniture store In a
small Massachusetts, town for So per
week. Whit was his ambition7 To be
railroadtelegrap at $50 per month.
Dick arged that an operator could
rise. AT 9 his dream. came true. When
he was nc listening to the click of his
instruments he was studying the road
and all it routes and branehes-much
to the AMUSEMENT of his fellows. But
when the company wanted a starter
for certin point, Dick got the job.
In year he company wanted an agent
and that 10Y, Dick Laffnh was pro-
moted-|mrh to the astoniShment OF
those whohad tried to discourage him
and triedto convince him that he
would notnake good. Young, Dpt al
ways studyng his business, he waA pro-
NOTED owe older mems heads. In
spector division superintendent, andStor
and finally manager of a great railway
system, on he went, Big salary, DN
the way, bl Dick was always studying.
So now heis the general manager Of
the same !ilway system on which he
started asoperator few years ago.
Great tlknt>t0-'vls there, and Dick
it's Mr. Eehard 7. Latin now--gets
$4,000 pen year for knowing how to
do them. AanN boys would have al
lowed some lroaler to discourage them
but not so with pick. Not many of us
get $4,000 per year, but isn't there
something a litth encouraging and in
structivel in the rise of Dick Latin,
who was Away studying, always i'm
proving himself
There ore scdes of young men and
women thfoughdt the country who are
DESTROYS Of leahing good profession
and thereby Improving their condition
in life. This ! an age of specialists;
every one shohd know how to do at
least one hing and do that thing we'll
Hundreds of Hung people are limited
both in mans and education, hence it
is not always fn easy matter to choose
a suitable pro ession
Telegram odators are now in de-
mand in all pIrts of the country; the
construction d hundreds of miles of
new telegraph lines, the new eight
hour telegraph law, and the general
development Of the country, is creating
a pressing denind for young men and
women to fill lcrative positions as OPP
orators. The hlaries paid range from
$50 to 800 Ir month, year in and
year out, and bnsidering the time and
expense requirq in learning, there are
but few, if aH, occupations open to
young people thay that offer such in
dueements for romotion and advance
ment., Telegrphy is easily learned,
and leads to te highest positions in
the Telegraph all railway service. In
fact, statistics prove that fully So
per cent of tbdpresent telegraph and
railway of6cialAbegan heir careers as
telegraph operatrs,
The Houston feleeraph College, at
Houston, Texas, onesef the few insti-
tutions in the Uhted STATES that is de-
voted exclusivelyto raining young men
and women for his particular line of
work. This schdl has been in costinu-
Gus session for th past nine years, sad
has thousand of Graduates employed o.,
more than thirty ines west OF the MISS
issippi.
The management of the Houston Tel
egraph college his arrangements made
by which industrious students can easily
earn their livi1t expenses while in
school; the cost Of tuition is reasonable,
and good positihs are always ready
for students Oh completion OF the
course Parents who have sons and
daughters to edulate will do well to-
correspond with tits school At very
reasonable expen$ they can spend a
few months in Holston, master splen-l
did profession that is good in all
parts of the couitryi-one that costs
nothing to carry iFound-and one that
will make them Independent throughout
life
Those who arc ! Interested should write
at once to the Houston Telegraph Col
lege for full particulars in regard to-
the course, and telegraphy as a profes-
sion.