The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-05
s A GREAT EDITOR PASSES

Ed Howe a cracking good newspaper editor, IS dead. The Sage of Potato Hill who for the greater part of 84 years spread his homey philosophy about the world in type has laid down the tools of his trade and gone on to whatever reward is his. His potent paragraphs will live on just as will Ed Howe's name in newspapers hall of fame.
 While primarily newspaper man one of the best MT Howe long editor of the Atchison, Kansas Globe also gained considerable fame author. His The Story of Country Town" of the best sellers for years and he had other works to his credit.
 "The Story of Country Town" written at night after MT. Howe had finished his days work as an editor When it finished he sent it to several publishers. All returned it Finally, he published it himself in the Globes office. William Dean Howels probably the formidable critic in America at the time reviewed it calling it one of the ten best Ameri- novels; Mark Twain praised it. and the publish CTS who had turned down the manuscript clamored to bring out an edition The book went through half a hundred editions and for more than 50 years the writer received royalty checks from it's sale
 Other works by Ed Howe include "A Moonlight Boy The Mystery of the Town" "A Mans Story" "An Ante -Mortem Statement Daily Notes of a Trip Around the World The Confessions of John Whit lock" Paris and the Exposition" Country Town Sayings "A Trip to the West Indies Travel Let ters from New Zealand Australia and Africa" and "Preachings of Poor Pagan
 MT. Howe could never realize the breadth ot his fame and achievement. He continually surprised when newspaper reporters sought to interview him and honestly believed the public not interested in what he had to say, He beitted his accomplish ments and maintained he had done nothing but try to live respectable life.
 Upon retiring from active newspaper work with successful newspaper and several books to his credit he thought he going to stay retired. But he couldn't. And thus Ed Howes Monthly was born To him the world was such an amazing spectacle that he simply couldn't refrain from writing his comments on it and giving them out intervals. He said quite frankly and delightfully."- that if reader happened to disagree with him he preferred the reader would not write him a contentious letter the subject it wouldn't change his opinion.
 So he went quite happily taking an annual motor trip Florida and writing quaint and keen ob servations about the world and the people he met giving the politicians and college professors and re- formers paddywacks poking ridcule at many popu- lar idols and particularly defending what he regarded as the down-trodden class-the successful business man
 He wrote such piquant paragraphs as these:
 Achieving reasonable success is the most pleasant thing in life There regrets in everything, but they are most and keen in idlng. in disa- patton failure man who fails is always apologizng and an apology hurts"
 "A coming man should arrive occasionally. know men said to be promising who have been or the verge of bankruptcy for years
 .All men are liars; certain about other as I am about myself."
 ~The fiercestS reformer in the country town store keeper who says people shoulJ trade at home
 William Allen White wrote of MT. Howe in 1925
 "A gentle kindly. groaehy old gentleman is Ee