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Pate 8The Arkansas City (Kan.) Daily 1Brothers Togethe:mMost of A LifetimeT he Howard brothers,Forrest and Harry D., were born and reared in Arkansastogethernewspaper business for a career of nearly a lifetime.yearsbegan their newspaper training by being daily Traveler papercarriers for their father, R.C. Howard, then owner, publisher and editor of the Traveler.Forrest and Harryhadponiessubscribers, time, the Travelerhad only four carriers and each boy had a route for the four different wards. Forrest carriedthe first ward and Harry the third ward, Max Coulter the second ward and MerleRobinson, the fourth ward.The carriers at that time purchased the Traveler from the owner and resold it to thesubscribersreceiving a business education Each bov did hisboy aid nis own collecting, kept his own books and worked every Saturday collecting and had little time for play. The carriers could make from $30 to $40 a month.As Forrest and Harry began to mature as young men, they were taught the printingbusinessEachcases, learned to operate the Simplex typesetting machine which was in operation beforelinotypesand operate pressesmakeup the paper and when the linotypes made their first appearances, became efficient operators and operated th£ linotypes for many years.From the back end of theprinting business, they were moved to the front end andbecame cub reportersRobertsthen city editor of the Traveler.businessnewspaperfather, R.C. Howard.periodForrest became managing editor and editorial writer and Harrybecame business manager of the Traveler. The Howard brothersstayed together with their father until 1916 when Forrestdecidedtheautomobilebusinessthan the newspaper so he and E.H. Hill established theHill-Howard Motor Co. Theirfirst location was in theone-story building at 123-125 N. Summit St., the location isnow occupied by the First Federal Savings and Loan Association.In the early 1920’s, R.C. Howard built the Howard blockat 400418 N. Summit and theHowardinto it. The present occupant the A.L. Short Motor Co.Following this, Harry purchased an interest in theDaily Traveler from his father and became a partner. In 1924, R.C. and H.D. Howard sold theDaily Traveler to Oscar S. Stauffer of Peabody, Kan. Harry joined the Stauffer staff as advertising manager and remained several months withthe Traveler. He resigned from the Traveler and joined his brother Forrest in theHill-Howard Motor Co. wherehe established the H.D. HowardMotor Co.In1929, the Howardbrothersturnedbothautomobile companies over to E.H. Hill to manage. The smel7 of printers link was in the brother’s blood so they went back to their first love, thebusiness.Theynewspaperpurchased the Arkansas City Weekly Tribune from R.M. Branine.The Tribune was establishedin 1924 by Max Coulter and Charles H. Miller and sold laterto R.M. Branine. It was locatedat that time in the east room ofthe Fifth Avenue Opera House block. The Howard brothersmoved the Tribune to theHoward building, 117-119 West Fifth Ave. It was the formerhome of the Daily Travelerwas built byHoward.whichR.C.The Traveler had moved tothe building at the comer of Washington Ave. and South A Street which was the formerThe Tribune purchased itsroll newsprint by the carloadlocation of the Arkansas City Daily News. R.C. Howard and the two sons were together again in the newspaper business. R.C. Howard was publisher,Forrest Howard,lots. The newspaper was a mostsuccessful venture and it grewfast until it became the largestTraveler as production director. In 1951, Harry resigned his position to assist his brother in the operation of Howard Brothers, Investment. Forrest,weekly in the United States of the eldest, passed away in 1967any town the size of ArkansasCity and had a circulation ofmanaging editor, Harry Howard, business manager and Jim Cornish, city editor.over 6,000 subscribers. It hadat the age of 78 and Harry is now managing the firm.R. Forrest Howard wasgrown to the nearly saturationpoint as a weekly and a dailyTheTribunewasimmediately equipped with the latest eight-page duplex press, linotypes, job presses and all other machinery capable of printing a small dailyItpaper was contemplated.R. C. Howard passed away in 1944 and in 1945, the Howard brothers sold the Tribune to theTraveler Publishing Co.Forrest and Harry then established the Howardunited in marriage to Helen Newton of Cincinnati, Ohio in June, 1911. To this union were bom four children, R. Newton of Culver City, Calif., Mrs. Harriot Romfh of Miami, Fla.,Richard F. of Denver, Colo, andWilliam R., attorney of thiswasannewspaper, eight-column fullsize newspaper and printed from 16 to 48 pages weekly, all the news was about local people in ArkansasCity.Brothers Investments, managing only their own investments and were located in the HowardBuilding at 200 South Summitcity.Harry D. Howard was united in marriage to Sara Dorothy Ralston of this city on April 16, 1916. To this union was bornSt. Forrest was in charge of the one son, Dr. Richard Ralstonfirm and Harry joined the Daily Howard of Slidell, La.Frank Den“ Arkansas famous son-City’smostThis is the wayFrank R. Denton was recentlydescribed by John Ranney.The son of an early pioneerJan. 2, 1889—Advertisment-FOR HEALTH ANDPLEASURE—Seek the New andWonderful-GEUDA MINERALSPRINGS—these springs havebutlatelysprungprominence, through the many miraculous and wonderful curesincreasing as their fame and thestory of their healing powerenlarges.If you are afflicted with thetherheumatism,atRICHARD FORREST HOWARDcome to springs at once. Have you trouble of the kidneys? If sowill find certain healthyouawaiting you at the springs. Could the ladies of Kansasbut know what these waters aredoing for hundreds of their sex,they would no longer bear the terrible weight of ills which afiict them. The GEUDAMINERALWATERSinnature’s own remedy, and it does not fail.The management is nowprepared to state emphatically that of the 8,000 who tried thewater last season not one hasfailed to be benefitted, while ahas beenpermanent cure effected with hundreds whoimagined themselves afflictedwith incurable maladies.Theexpense of living at Geuda Springs is from $3 per week to $3 per day, while small parties can rent furnished cottages for the season andboard themselves at as slight expense as if living at home.The beautiful salt lake,covering 87 acres and 12 to 20feet deep, furnishes the bestHARRY DEFEVER HOWARDboating and out-door bathing on the continent.AutSalvage IndustryBeganinEarly 1909The Auto Salvage Industry is as old as the first gasoline buggy and is, by some, considered to be the first man in doing something about ecology by recycling parts.In the early 1900’s, the primary income from salvage was derived from the scrap that could be obtained afterfrom the cars save the body man and the consumer time andAnd, if these wrecked and abandoned cars were notmoney by being available within a very short period of time and at a cost less thanmanufacturer’s price.cars were behind the fences of the salvage dealers, where would they be? Still along the roadsides or on the streets in town?Remember Whenwrecking the old cars. Today, the auto wrecking industry is a vital link toinsurance companies, body shops, garages and the man on the street. They help absorb the cost by buying the car from the insurance■company. The parts salvagedUsed Auto PartsRadiator RepairsNew ReconditionedRadiatorsroslt;banlate1fatlin Arkansas City, Frank Denton ofandlooatOMItheCulinto KaibarHobrought about by the waters, moDay by day the crowds are pasFoTVIIC
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Arkansas City Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas, US
Fri, Jul 30, 1971
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