Price, Clint L.

PRICE

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 6/29/2021 at 23:46:50

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.890

CLINT L. PRICE
Clint L. Price, who has made his influence strongly felt in journalistic and political circles of the state, was born in Vermilion County, Illinois, in 1859. His father, Abraham Price, a native of Madison County, Ohio, where his birth occurred in 1836, was of English extraction. In the fall of 1859 he came to Iowa, locating in what is now Lincoln Township, on a tract of land a mile and a half southeast of Indianola. There he remained until the spring of 1865, when he became connected with mercantile interests, subsequently giving his atten­tion to the insurance business. He was a Democrat in his political views, and passed away December 22, 1900, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Hulda Cheshire, was born near Midway, Madison County, Ohio, in 1837. She is of English ancestry and of Revolution­ary stock. She is likewise a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and makes her home in Indianola. Her three children are as follows: Vint K., who is with the Cheshire Clothing Company of Indianola; Clint L., of this review; and Emma, the wife of Morgan M. Reeves, a fruit-grower of Weiser, Idaho.
Clint L. Price attended the schools of Indianola and when little more than fourteen years of age entered the Tribune office, familiarizing himself with the printer's trade. When a lad of fifteen he told his fellow workers that he would one day own the Tribune, and by dint of untiring perseverance and indefatigable labor he it length fulfilled his prophecy. After working on the Tribune for seven years, during which period he had risen to the position of foreman, he entered the Advocate office as foreman and subsequently was engaged in a similar capacity on the Fairfield Tribune. After the consolida­tion he worked for a time on the Advocate-Tribune under Frank B. Taylor. In March, 1884, he undertook the publication of the Milo Motor, instilling new life into the journal and successfully managing its interests until January 1889, when he went to Arkansas. He continued in the newspaper business at that place until June, 1902, when he returned to Iowa and established the Louisa County Democrat at Wapello, which he published until January 2. 1902. He then exchanged the plant for the Advocate-Tribune, which he has since successfully published, its power and influence ever growing under his able direction and editorship.
On the 10th of November, 1879, Mr. Price was united in marriage to Miss Nannie A. King, whose birth occurred in Decatur County, Iowa. Her father, John A. King, was killed in the battle of Altoona. Mrs. Price passed away in 1887, leaving three children to mourn her loss: John A., who is deceased; E. Roxy, the wife of Harry E. Ramay, who is connected with the Polk County Abstract Company at Des Moines; and Clint, Jr., who has also passed away. On the 13th of May, 1889, Mr. Price was again married, his second union being with Miss Ida M. St. John, who was born in Boone, Iowa, her parents being O. and Mary St. John. Her father is a shoemaker by trade, and came to Warren County in the '90s [1890s]. Unto our subject and his second wife have been born four children, namely: E. Gladys; Helen O.; Hugh, who died in infancy; and Hulda Dorothy.
In his political views Mr. Price is a stalwart Democrat and has taken an active interest in the work of the party. He served as town clerk of Milo, and for three years acted as mayor of Wapello, while at both places he served as postmaster. In 1907 he was elected from Warren County to the lower branch of the state legislature, and is now chairman of the Warren County Democratic central committee. He has been a member from the seventh district of the Democratic state central committee and also secretary of the seventh district congressional committee. He is likewise chairman of the Democratic state committee. His party fealty is not grounded on partisan prejudice, and he enjoys the respect and confidence of all his associates, irrespective of party. Of the great issues which divide the two parties, with their roots extending down to the very bedrock of the foundation of the republic, he has the true statesman's grasp. Well grounded in the political maxims of the schools, he has also studied the lessons of actual life, arriving at his conclusions as a result of what may be called his post-graduate studies in the school of affairs. Such men, whether in office or out, are the natural leaders of whichever party they may be identified with, especially in that movement toward higher politics which is common to both parties, and which constitutes the most hopeful political sign of the period. Fraternally Mr. Price is connected with the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Modern Woodmen of America, Mutual Benevolent Association and the Yeomen. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episco­pal Church, in the work of which she is actively and helpfully interested.