The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-07

uoHe So dCCufdlely tudt He Ieteifeu a letter of congratulation from the managing editor in which he was given the privilege of telegraphing important news. One night an event broke that caused Scott to use the wires. His telegram was prepared so well that the next day he re- ceived a letter from the telegraph editor commenting him highly.
 It was about this time that the late Colonel William R Holloway started the Indianapolis Times in op- position to the Indianapolis Journal On this paper Mir. Bone obtained his first work as a reporter. He made good. After a while he went to the Sentinel. One Sunday night he was assigned to cover" a meeting at which a prominent divine was to preach. He was late in arriving al the church and in consequence did not get the text from which the ser mon was preached He took the ser mon holding his paper on a hymn book in the rear of the auditorium At the close of the service he pressed forward to meet the minister in order to obtain the missing text He was good looking boy, with a bright face and an expansive smile. As he approached the pulpit he was met by the minister with the query; Well, my young man, are you a son of Christ?" To which Scott re piled:
 No; l am only a reporter for the Indianapolis Sentinel He was not long in obtaining the information he was after.
 Mir. Bone went to Washington through the influence of Frank Hat ton of Burlington, la, who was ap- pointed pOstmastergeneral by Presi- dent Arthur. Hatton at that time was the owner of the Burlington Hawkeye, the newspaper that Robert graphs, Funny Column" and his lee lures. In Washington, Scott's first work was on the Washington Post, of which he became managing edi tor, where he remained until the pa per was purchased for political pur quit him. For time he was then with the Chicago Tribune, but re- turned to Washington, where he was instrumental in founding the Wash ington Herald, of which he was the editor.
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 ., Through happy utilization he went to Seattle, where he was man. aging editor of the Post st-Intelligencer It was while he was in the North west that he made trips to Alaska, familiarizing himself with the physi- cal and trade conditions of that pos session. He was made president of the Seattle-Alaska Chamber of Com merce as we'll as president of the Seattle Press Association.
 In 1916 he was one of the dele gates-at-large from the state of Washington to the Republican na tional convention, and he was chair. man of the delegation. In all things pertaining to the growth of the far Northwest, MT. Bone was a leader.
 Returning to New York during the last national campaign, he was the chairman of the publicity of the Re- publican national committee. While in Washington he was a member of the famous Gridiron Club and served as president of that organization. During the Mckinley administration it was said of him that he stood as Hanna, the two men being diametric- ally opposed in makeup and disposi tion.
 The only surprise down this way is that Scott Bone was not made am bassador to England. Had he been. there would be no criticism of any public utterance. The "boys" here say that he never went off half cooked" in his life. Two of his sons served in the American army in France. One thing that endears him to his "old home town" is the fact that he never has forgotten it's peo. pie. He loves the scenes of his child hood. and on several occasions has gone along Flat Rock, where he caught his, first sunfish and learned to swim. On his last trip the old time friends wished him to remain over in order that they could give him a public reception. All Shelby county is gratified because of his success.