Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05
Omahans Attain Success
By Making and Keeping
New Year Resolutions
Prominent Business Men Tell How Success Crowned
Their Efforts to Reach Goal Named in Resolu
tons Made Early in Life and the Effect
They Noticed in Later Years

with promotions of sporting event.
and amusements.
The first money he earned was in
raising chickens/ When he was /,
years Of age. he boosted OF the fines
lot of silver-spangled-hamburs
chickens in America. He sold til,
eggs for S. dozen. Not only h,
himself, but his relatives and man,
friends aver that the business was
success in itself
Do Duty Well and Quick.
DR.. Harold Clifford, wealthy real
estate owner and pract:cing eye-spe-
cialist. owes hilfnancal success &c
hard work and safe investment. He
keeps abiding faith in one Of his
early New Year resolutions: that ]
will do my duty we'll, and as quickly
as possible"
When w. NJ. letters was Il year.
of age he was a messenger boy for
the Union Pacific railroad company.
meanwhile attending school. Two
years later he was holding down a
position of telegraphcr. Then it was
during the most trying years OF his
life, he made resolutions to foster
respect for and loyalty to his ST.
periors. When he was p years old,
he was made chief telegrapher of the
North Platte division, a position
generally held by senior employees.
Save Little.
Gurdon w. Wattles earned enough
money teaching school i'll Iowa to
make early investments in land. He
became interested in large business
enterprises in Omaha and today he
holds official positions with business
and banking firms. II owe my sue
cess in life to the lessons of frugali-
ty and economy which | learned in
the school OF necessity when boy"
he said. "a
Must Apply Yourself.
you must put genuine. just APP
plication to your work in order to
gain success financially or socially"
Mr.. letters advises the American
boy. Il like to see fellow who is
red-blooded, who has nerve when it
comes to matter of princ:p and
who has the initiative and confidence
in himself to do things" he said.
Shoveled Coal.
The record of N. H. LOOMS
toward his goal of financial success
is a series OF responsible tasks, study
and hard work, inspired by New
Year resolutions. Like the genuine
American boy, he was proud of his
first earned dollar. He shoveled coal
for the Standard" then as an invest
ment of good will and brotherly love,
he gave it to his brother.
Thirty-four years ago he entered
the law Offices Of the Union Pacific
railroad in Salina, Kan. He was a
clerk and stenographer under the
late J. ?. Usher. nationally known
lawyer and secretary of the interior
in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet Dur
ing his employment in the law Of
fees. he studied for the profession.
His first investment that netted
much, was in COW and pig. Both
got along very we'll" he said.
Smiles and Optimism.
| o. T. Eastman, manager OF the
Federal Reserve bank, owes his sue
cess to smiles and optimism, II will
smile and be optimistic all the time;
it earns money and friends he re-
solved "One sure bet for a sue.
cess in life from now on he said,
us investment in war savings
stamps. At the present time that
advice has more followers than the
| golden rule"