From time to time there are inquiries from this source for the right kind of men for the work. The salaries are good, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 a year, and the work, itself, is extremely interesting.
This really is a first-class advertising man’s job. If a man understands advertising, and understands the advertising of communities, there is no reason why he should not be a capable man for this position, and such a man usually knows what is good news value, and what articles can be put in the paper, and what effect these various articles will have for the benefit of his community. It is usually a business proposition and supported by business men, exclusively; professional men and politicians having little to do with this work and the young man who can make good will soon find a position awaiting him.
I know a few men who have made excellent records in this direction and are now the recipients of $8,000 to $10,000 a year. It took them at least five to six years before they were qualified to hold a large position. One started in as a newspaper reporter, and the other started in as an editor of a paper, and finally developed into an advertising man.
PLAN No. 682. LAWYER BECAME STATE REPRESENTATIVE
He was always the champion of the issues that arose in his particular neighborhood club, and he finally decided that if he were a state representative, it would be a beneficial experience for him, as well as an avenue through which to become known in the state generally. So he went about increasing his friendship, becoming acquainted with everybody in his district, and finally announced himself as candidate for the state legislature, and he was very much surprised at the ease with which he won the election.
He was repeatedly returned to the legislature and has almost become a permanent fixture in this capacity. He has always seen to it that the newspapers give him proper mention, on any matter in which he is engaged. He makes it a point to call the attention of the reporters to it if it has any news value at all. By this studied effort and work on his part he has made himself good timber for the United States Congress. Not only that, but he has won a large friendship among the people of the various states, which has brought him a good deal of valuable practice, and has given him business opportunities.
A young lawyer makes a very serious mistake when he does not pay attention to his opportunities in this direction.
PLAN No. 683. HE BECAME POLICE JUDGE
After winning an election as justice of the peace, it is always the ambition of the justice to become police judge of the city. To win this position does not only mean the increase of one hundred or more dollars a month in salary, but also gives a good opportunity for a lawyer to build up a reputation, which may lead to a judgeship in the superior court. Of course, the mayor and city council of a city determine which justice will be the police court judge, and a friendly standing with them will aid in determining whether or not a candidate will be police judge.
Most of the people of a city and the county know more about the police judge than they do about the superior court judge. As a matter of fact, the newspapers of the community give far more publicity to the doings of the police court than do those of the superior court. Every little matter that comes up before the police court, serious or otherwise, is printed in the local daily, and all questions of any consequence that are to come up will first take place before the police court. So a lawyer, who occupies this position, and has good judgment, and takes his cases seriously, has an opportunity to make a good record for himself, and if he handles his opportunities in this position properly, he can become judge of the superior court.