Arizona republican., 1903-07-10
oHIo's NEXT GOVERNOR
His Early Start Against Poverty and
 Bad Luck.

Col. Myron T. Herrick. the republi- can candidate for governor of Ohio, re- gently said in the course of a lecture:
 "whatever of success may have come to some of us in later life is due to the fact that the start was right"
 To the way he started in life Col. Herrick attributes the success that has attended his efforts. He was once poor and unknown; he is today wealthy and the most conspicuous man in his state. He was born in a log cabin on farm cultivated by his father. who, only in the late years of his life attained a competence.
 When Col. Herrick was 13 years old his father sold his farm in Huntington and bought a farm two miles east Of Wellington, upon which was a swamp. which was subsequently made a pro- ducer of onions and celery. It was about this time that ambition to get on in the world took hold of young Myron T. Herrfck. He became an attendant at the Wellington high school and during the vacation. when he was IA years old, he started out on a venture of his own. He became agent for a glassware concern, which fur nished him a team of horses and wagon full of glasses. pitchers, etc. With this outfit he drove through the country disposing of his wares. He was quite successful.
 During another vacation he sold large dinner bells to the farmers all through Wellington Huntington. Brighton, Penfeld and the adjacent townships. Many of these bells are still in use among the farmers. to
 whom they were sold by MT. Herrick.
 It was not long after this that Mir. Herrick began teaching school and was located at Brighton Center. At the
 same time he endeavored to keep up his studies in the Wellington high school. and the double duty was terrific strain He overworked and
 was compelled to give up teaching and high school. For a short time he attended Oberlin college.
 All at once he conceived the idea
 of speculating a bit and thereby was
 compelled to go through a severe or
 deal, one which would have discour- aged a less determined youth, but one
 which revealed his native indepen- denCe of action. He was about 20
 years old at this time.
 MT. Herrick decided to try a hand
 at cider. So he bought up what seem ed to be a large amount of it. and chartered a car. expecting to ship it to St. Louis and realize on his invest ment. So he rakad and scraped and got together all the cider he was able.
 To cut down expenses and to assure ! himself that the cider would safely
 reach it's destination he went into the car with 1t and rode all the way to St. Louis. This was thirty years ago. so you can imagine something of the discomfort through which he had to ! pass before he reached his destination. When finally he did get his cider to
 market he had anything but a pleasant
 surprise awaiting him. He found that he had bought his cider at spring quo | tations. and, as it was autumn and | apples very plentiful. he had lost ev- ! erything. He succeeded in disposing of his cider. and when he had shaken himself together he found that he had ! $S in his pocket. There he was, nearly
 a thousand miles from his home, with but sS in his pocket, a sum that was soon exhausted.
 The great bridge across the Mississ- l ippi at St. Louis was being built at that time. and. as a last resort, he pre- | Nctiltu OIf lne engineer IO dllON IlItl dn | opportunity to look at the work that he ! might write it up. He wrote up the | construction of the bridge and took his ! story to the St. Louis Globe Democrat. | MT. McCullagh was then editor. He ! looked the story over. and said that it | was a hackneyed subject. MT. Her rick assured him that he was a news 1 paper man. and that he did not have l to take the article unless he wished ] 1t was immaterial to him. as there
 were plenty of others who would be | glad to get il. The ruse won, for Mir. McCallagh told him to come around
 the next morning. then paid him $5 ! for his article. MT. Herrick once more had square meal and was happy. 1 When Mir Herrick was in St. Louis as a delegate to the national republi-
 can convention a few years ago he | looked up the Globe Democrat office
 and found MT. McCallagh. Upon re- | ferring to the incident above MT. Mo | Cullagh told MT. Herrick that he knew l two things as he stood before him on