Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-08-04

erget1c and reSOurCeful advocate. I'VE
aim to do our share and little more"
says j. E. Hunter, the manager of his
Akeley store. Whatever subscription
list comes around in Akeley the lum-
and A. /. Cole & Co. to come next
and not very far behind" Mr. Cole
has made a hobby Of good roads and
it is in no small part due to his in
fluence that Akeley has done a lot of
road building by subscription with
what aid the county was willing to
furnish. A local company in one case
proposed to give one-half if the com:
munity would make up the other half
Cole put himself down at once for one
half the sum remaining-as much as
the rest together. In such matters he
gives his time as we'll as his money
If there is any meeting on public at
fairs when he is at home he is sure
to be there to help push along what
ever project is under consideration.
With equal liberality he contributes
to the support of churches in the little
town. The church affiliations or the
Cole family are Methodist Or Congre~
gational, as the local means of grace
may furnish, but in giving to the
churches he is equally liberal to all
denominations.
Personal characteristics.
Mr.. Coles tastes and habits are
simple. Outside of the business he is
a domestic man, and home is where
he spends his evenings as far as his
business will let him. His tastes and
indulgences are so simple that the
anecdotes which usually cluster
around a man in public life are in his
case hard to find.
GA L. Cole is all for business is
the epitome furnished by one friend
after another His life is business.
His amusement is hard work. His
diversion is chasing from one place of
business to another. He comes in at
evening from an outside town where
business calls him, goes direct to his
store and puts in busy hour or TWO
with his manager; thence straight to
his family, and out again next morning
as soon as the train leaves.
Only in the last year Or two, as his
circumstances became easier, he has
learned to give little time to play
and get diversion otherwise than in
his business pursuits. At Walker he
has his summer cottage on a bank
overlooking Cass lake and he is actu-
ally learning the last two years to
loaf There also he has a gasoline
launch, the only plaything he was ever
known to keep. Having his summer
cottage and launch he gets a good deal
of fun out of them. He exercises his
natural sociability, and has people
coming and going all summer, and his
launch is as busy as hotel bus.
The Cole Family.
Mr.. Cole is married and has one
child, daughter. His wife is at
once his companion and partner
silent partner-in the firm of A. l..
Cole & Co. She came with him from
st. Lawrence county, New York, TWEEN
ty-five years ago and shared with him,
with woman's fortitude and courage,
the life of what was then the remote
West. Sensible, practical, domestic,
he owes not little of his success in
business to her campanionship. Mrs.
Cole besides has grace and quiet
dignity which would carry her
through any situation. "When he is
governor said a friend of theirs,
they will both be just the same as
they always have been. It doesn't
make a particle of difference where
you put them. They are the kind who
treat every one with kindness and
courtesy"
Miss Fay Cole-a bright, vivacious
girl, who finished her course at Ham
line two years ago and has studied
art since then, completes the house
hold. A number of exquisitely painted
pieces that are her work are among
the most cherished adornments of the
house.
A Typical Westerner.
For the rest, Mr.. Cole is a genial
and courteous gentleman, at once
easily approached and companiOnable,
dignifed and self-poised, He is the
kind of man who lays down course
for himself and follows it consistently.
He provokes no antagonisms. AS gov
ernor he will be<the real head of the
state administration and will conduct
it in business-like and systematic fash
ion, giving all of his energies to the
service of the state and to carrying
out the policies to which the Repub-
lican party is pledged
Mr. Cole is, indeed, in most respects
typical of those pushing, energetic and
resourceful Americans, who, coming
West to grow up with the country,
with small capital, besides brain and
Drawn, have carved a commonwealth
out of the wilderness and made Min :
nesota what it is today.
Winnebago City Press-News: The
Republican party of Minnesota is we'll
suited with Hon. A. L. Cole, it's nom
inee for governor also the entire tick