Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-25


mile north Of the little town Of Shep-
| herd, on the Houston East a. West rail-
| way. Mr. Grasse. tho contractor. then
opened small store at the new town
| OF shepherd. and young 1lovett was
placed In charge az clerk. After stay
Ing In the store several months and
studying hard az night he gave up his
position and went TO Houston In order
| 10 have better school advantages. He
boarded with tho family Of Mr.. Head.
the man who gave him his first work.
and attended school for time
leaving school he came back TO
shepherd and went % work IN the stofN
of Eugene Smith A. clerk at salary or
&i5 per month. He worked there for
year and. In addition 70 selling goods
had charge Of the books In the mean
time new station had been built at
shepherd and the company was look
ing around FOR an agent TO look after
the railroad business at that place.
Through the influence Of his brother-in-
law, Charles Udel young Dovett was
asked TO accept the place. he would
not DO so TIN he had discussed the mat
ter thoroughly with his employer. Mr..
smith. This as we'll az numerous other
Instances In Lovett's career. show I'm
strong cOlors the absolute honesty and
Integrity OF the man when once he
engaged to work for man he remained
with him Till his time was out; Il made
no difference what other offers he might
nave or how much better they were
than the position he then occupied.
WORKED FOR HIS EDUCATION.
Young L,ovett worked with the rail
road people during the day and at
night spent several hours on the books
OF Mr.. smith He worked In this way
tu ne had accumulated $500. lie then
left Shepherd and went back 70 Hous-
ton where he again entered school,
working FOR the Houston, East and
West Texas in the freight department
before and after school hours in order
10 make money enough to pay eX-
penses.
At the close OF school he entered the
law office of Charles Stewart, who was
~ that time representative in Congress
from the Houston district He studied
law during the day AID went to night
school after the days work was over
Leaving the office OF Charles Stew
art, young Dovett returned 70 Cold
Springs, the capital OF his home county,
and was examined for license to prac-
Use law before Edwin Hobby, who was
At that time district Judge OF the san
Jacinto district The report OF the com
mittee that conducted the examination
shows that the applicant stood an OK
cellent examination. and was accord
ingly granted license to practise law
in the courts Of the state
He at once formed a partnership with
j. V. Lea. who was afterward district
attorney OF the district. and who now
lives in Houston.
IL was while practising in Cold
Springs that Lovett was given his first
case In court The man who gave him
this case was Charles Cravey, who still
~ h..
Cravey, and In addition the PLAINTIFF
and Cravey had a fight. and 80 Cravey
gave both cases TO young Lovett and
won out in both when they came TO
trial In the justice court at shepherd
In talking to the writer about the mat
ter Cravey joklngly remarked that he
gave Lovett $40 in the FIRST case. but
would not pay him anything in the
second case.
HIS FIRST RAILROAD CASE.
When the Houston, East and West
Texas railway went into the hands of
a receiver. LoYett was employed to
look after the interests Of the road at
Nacogdochss, and accordingly moved TO
that place
At that time young Bovett was not a
very promising looking limb Of the law,
but he was honest and hardly ever
lost case before jury OF intelligent
and honest men. Here, as elsewhere,
he was a close student and could al
ways be found in his office when not
looking after the railroad business out
side Of the office.
Lovett stayed in Nacogdoches about
one year and then returned 10 Houston,
where he was made general counsel for
the Houston, Bast and West Texas
railway
A short time afterward Iovett was
o1Asfaa 10 hs a .
the Houston and Texas Central and
the Houston. East and West Texas
railways and placed I'm full control.
Here the magnanimOus spirit Of the
man agadn came 10 the surface IL
was Udel who gave him his first rail
road job a. agent and so ne appointed
Tdel treasurer OF the new organiza-
ton. IL will be- well In this connection
30 call 10 mind the fact that Uoel was
once very obscure man himself and
lived in ObscuT1ty among the hills Ave
miles west Of shepherd. In san Jacinto
county.
II might be thought by some that
having reached a pinnacle Bob Lovett
would forget and cease 30 even think
about his relatives in san Jacinto
county out among tho hills and dolls,
where he was born and whore he spent
most OF his youthful years. But such
Is NOT the case. There Is in the make
mp Of the man a vein OF sentiment that
rs deep and strong.
As long az his stepmOther was de-
pendent upon her own resources and
lived on the old home place Bob as
sisted her In a financial way and she
still lives 10 bless his name He Is now
educating a son and daughter OF "A
brother in the best schools OF the state
one of them IL attending "a celebrated
school at Bolton and the other Is TAX.
Ing course at Peacock's military
academy az San Antonio.-NeW York
Herald