Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-08

been working hard for the success OF
the republican party. He has lived IN
Wapello county since he was five years
of age and for the past fifteen years
he has been connected with the whole
sale hardware house Of George HaW
& Co.
Mr.. Dana is man who has proven
that he is reliable by giving satisfac-
ton for so many years i'll responsible
position in the employ of a large mer-
camille firm, and his work has been OF
such nature that he is we'll fitted for
the duties of the treasurers office.
Joseph Parks.
Joseph Parks. man known all over
the county as practical educator, is
the republican nominee for superin-
tendent of schools. Mr.. Parks is forty
years of age, and has spent those forty
years as a resident of Wapelo county,
where he was born and raised. He has
been connected with the work OF edu-
cating the young for about half his
life, and is peculiarly adapted to the
work
Mr.. Parks has held the office of
the best of satisfaction in that ca
pacity Since his term OF office eXpir-
ed he has kept thoroughly in touch
With the schools of the county; almost
as much so. in fact as il he had been
county superintendent, so that he is
well fitted to begin again upon the
work now without letting any labor be
lost.
Mr.. Parks did not seek the nomina
ton fer county superintendent but he
will do everything in his power, ii
elected to improve the schools of Wa
pello county
A. j. Gardner.
A. j. Gardner, nominee for mem
Der Of the board OF supervisors, is
reputable and prosperous farmer and
stock raiser living near Eddyville. Mr..
Gardner was born in Canada fifty-one
years ago, and came to the
| United States with his par
ents when he was quite young.
For the past twenty-six or twenty
seven years he has resided in the vi
entity Of Eddyville, where he has hun
| dreds OF friends, regardless Of political
complexion. Mr. Gardner has never
held a public office, but his long resi-
I dence in the country and his expert
| ence has given him a good supply Of
/ knowledge concerning the wants of the
people OF the county, such as are look
ed after by the board Of supervisors.
David Throne.
| David Throne. the nominee for COR
oner. is well known Ottumwan and
q tried and true republican. Mr..
Throne was born in Ohio fifty-six years
ago and has lived in Wapello county
twenty years. He was formerly en-
gagged in the dry goods business in this
city.
Since January /, Mr.. Throne
has been coroner. being appointed
| by the board of supervisors to succeed
the late DR.. c. G. Powell. who resign
| ed at that time. His work in this Of
| fee has been of such nature that no
enc could find fault with it, and there
/ is every reason to believe that this
kind of work will be kept UP after Mr..
Thrones election.
Aside from Captain Harper, Mr..
Throne is the only veteran of the civil
war upon the republican ticket this
year. He Joined an Ohio regiment
during the rebellion and served
| through the struggle, taking his part
in the fighting.
| C. r. Allen.
G. R. Allen, the nominee for the of
fee of county surveyor, was born in
Peoria county, Illinois, in 1850, and
| lived there until ne was fourteen years,
when his parents moved from their
country home to Peoria, where they
still reside. After leaving school, MI
Allen went into partnership with his
father. who is a civil engineer, and
they covered such business as pre-
scented itself in the vicinity OF Peoria
surveying for the various coal mines
near Peoria.
4 Mr.. Allen, senior, was Peoria's city
engineer for seventeen years, seven Of
which his son was his first assistant
so that when the latter was yet quite
young he had put in about twenty
miles of sewers and had achieved {
Reputation in that line.
Leaving Peoria, Mr.. Allen put in sew
eral months under a hydraulic engi
neer at Louisville. Ky, and later work
ed on railroad surveys under Major
Wrightman of Illinois.
Nh Allen is an experienced surveyor
, and engineer and knows much regard
ing the physical aspect of Wapellt
, county. He is at present county sur
, veyor, and throughout his term of OF
fee he has given the people good ser
vice and no complaints have beer
, made regarding his work. He has helt
: the office of city engineer and at diff
| ferent times has published maps o
the city and county.
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