Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-10-01
Pluck and Ability Won Out
Against Heavy Odds Which
Seemed Overwhelming.
WORKED us way THROUGH
Entered Gustavus Adolphus With but
q Few Dollars Graduated at
Head of His Class.

Eberhart, lieutenant governor,
and candidate for reelection on
the Republican ticket, is an in
SEPARATION to every young man
who is struggling against SEEM
ing overwhelming odds. It shows
that pluck and ability will always
win out.
A. 0. Eberhart> now a resident
of Mankato, was born in Sweden
June 70, 1870. He was the son
of poor parents, who, when the
boy was ten years of age, emf
grated to Minnesota, leaving him
behind for lack of funds. A year
later Adolph took the long jour-
ney alone. His first occupation
was the herding of 500 head of
cattle on the prairies of Dixon
and Cedar counties, Nebraska,
the family making their home in
a hillside "dugout." A year later
the lad hired out to clergyman
farmer at $40 a month, turning all
his earnings over to his parents.
While residing with the clergy
man he had access to free
library. This gave him oppor-
tunity to begin to satisfy his
yearning or an education. His
parents WERE unsuccessful in
farming, however, suffering sew
eral crop failures. Because Of
having to help them, Adolph was
nearly tWenty-onc years Of age
before he was able to get away to
school. With only $3.50 in
money and few articles of cloth
ing, but possessed OF natural abil-
ity and indomitable energy and
courage, he entered Gustavus
Adolphus college, St. Peter,
Mimi, in the spnng 1891. He
was examined in various sub
jects, for which he had been pre-
pared only by self-instruction,
and was admitted to the acad
envy. His record in the academy
and college is probably without
a parallel. In four years. and
three months he completed sew
en- years course Of study, and in
addition had taken every elective
and special study on the entire
curriculum - seventy-nine sub
jects in all. He graduated in the
spring of 1895, valedictorian Of
his class. During this entire Pc
Rod in college he supported him
self by outside work, and entered
numerous debating contests with
out once suffering defeat.
He studied law in the office Of
Judge Lorin Gray Of Mankato,
and three years later was admit
ted to the bar. In 1902 he was
nominated as state senator by the
Republicans of the Eleventh dis
trict, and was elected by the
largest majority of any candidate
on the ticket. Although the
Youngest member of the senate
in 1oO2-s. he succeeded in Sc
curing the passage of numerous
important acts, chief among
which was the highway commits
sion act, the anti-rebate law,
amendatory acts granting the
railroad commission control of
railway rates, determinations
and authority to examine railroad
books of record, and giving pow
er to the state commission to take
proceedings before the interstate
commerce commission. His splen-
did record won him the lieuten-
ant governorship in 1906, the po-
sition he now occupies. ~-s
Lieut.. GOV. Eberhart STANDS
high in business circles of his
home town, Mankato. He is de-
voting much of his time to devel-
oping the stone industry at Man
kato, being secretary and treas
urer of the Widell company.
He was married in 1893, the
union being blessed with four
children. He is man of strong,
upright character, an eloquent,
forcible speaker, courageous and
fearless in perfor nance Of duty.
He is acknowledged as one Of the
ablest presiding officers who has
ever ruled the Minnesota state
senate, appreciated and esteemed
by all who know him. His eff
cheney as a public officer won him
the unanimous denomination fol
lieutenant governor at the recent