Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-23
Nebraska
w. E. Lowe of
Saline County
For Governor
1rrom a $40 correspondent.l

inspected the office Of the governor and
criticised the frescoing and said when
elected he would have that changed
Have you ever held officer" was asked
Mr.. Lowe.
Yes, SIR, / have" was the reply. 81
was road overseer in my district for six
years"
Did you use the King road drag?" he
was asked.
II used main strength and awkwardness
drag" was the reply ''and made such
good roads that was elected for six years
IN district that is democratic"
How long have you lived In Saline
county7"
Il moved TO near Weston the year the
b. '&nM extended its line on to Tobins. l
forgot just the year, but guess 1t was
about twenty-five years ago. Anw say L
arm 20 years old and was born on February
H. the day Abraham Lincoln was born. IL
you will locke zip the zodiac you Will find
that the sings were the same in the year
no was born as they were when was
born" fyy
Are you for or against county option7"
a bystander inquired.
well no one down our way that have
talked to is in favor of county option. l
am a republican l believe the party is
race on any platform the party adopts"
Mr.. Lowe has been considered maing the
race for governor for some time and he re-
Gently wrote to Miss Winlfred Kaup,
stenographer to Judge Rose, whose home is
at Western, "aFking her What OF the
political situation" The new candidate Is
well known In Western. He Is married and
drives gray team to town.
Mr. Lowe met a fellow countryman Sen
ator Bartos, in tho office of the governor,
but he would not promise to appoint the
senator on his staff Of colonels II eletced.
II know Senator Bartos and he is good
friend Of NINE having been my lawyer on
several occasions, but II we both were in
Lincoln there would sure be some fights
and they would come often He is too
much OF a democrat for me-"
A1rs. whedon Dies in New York
In his, race with death C. o, Whedon
4 was defeated. MIR. Whedon is now on the
road tn New York in answer TO a message
that Mrs. Whedon who had been i'll there
for some months was sinking. During the
morning there came a message that she
had died. Mr.. Whedon left Lincoln las
night.
Mrs. whedon has been in New Yorh
since last December under medical treat
ment and during that time Mr.. Whedon ha.
been spending practically half of his time
with her. He returned to Lincoln only
last week, after having spent a week with
his wife.
Mrs. Whedon besides her husband, leaves
five gqrown children. She was a pioneer
settler of Lincoln with her husband anC
was known and loved by large circle o.
friends here. Funeral arrangements have
not been made but 1t is supposed thai
the body will be brought Aere@tor- burial
In the Rock Island rate cases the com
pany today is cross examining the wit
pesses for the state, l.. l., Wettling and
u. @. Powell This is the case in which
the railroads are seeking to knock out thu
railroad legislation enacted by the legis
lature OF 1907.
Fish Too Tough for Lincolnites.,
Dan Guilus, deputy game warden, is afte
a man who is selling fish to the unsuspect
ing public here which though alleged t
have been caught in private lake near tn
city are not Housewives have compliance
to Gulls that the fish in certain cases hav
been so tough they could not be eaten
Giulus got busy and discovered that tn
fish are being shipped in herer from Illinoi
at the rate of barrel a week. He ha
the name Of the party doing the peddlin
and he will turn his evidence over to tn
pure food department If there is any NOR
deception practiced by the fish monger.
did He Beat Pullman MANI
Joe Boehler told a Pullman conducto
where to get off last night and went
bed in a berth en- route from oxford
Lincoln, feeling that he had done the worl
service. He walked up at Ashland th
morning. having gone through Lincol
without being called, wondering what
the USE" Boehler is a deputy game warde
and had done some business for his d,
partment at oxford or had been TO or
of his farms, and started home. He WEI
into the Pullman at Oxford.
Two dollars for berth to Lincoln" sal
the Pullman conductor.
mot much. young fellow" replied Boel
Ter, who has travelled some since becomin
a state officer. The fare is $3.50"
Come on down; ray the S." was II
reply OF the magnate
Here's your 81, said Boehler, ''and don
blame me when the railway commissic
Jumps onto your company"
with that the conductor concluded l
had been discussing the fare to Omaha,
Boehler got the berth for tho $3.50. I
went to bed smiling. lie walked up smilin
lie poked his head out of his berth al
demanded to know how long It would
DetOre nc reached the holy city.
I'VE passed there long ago." said Il
porter. This is Ashland"
Boehler came back on the first trai
Anyhow 1 didn't let that Pullman co
duetor hold me up, even II they did negIe
to wake mo at Lincoln"
Reminder of the Past.
Deputy state Auditor Shahan today l
celved from S. c. Bassett a picture OF
first ballot box used In Buffalo coun
so far as anyone has recalled. The ball
box is an ordinary tin can and II pro
ably had been carried across the count
behind an OK team srom ST. Joseph. T
inscription on the can reads: Ballot b
used at a general election at Gibbon, Ne
September 10. 1871 10 adopt or reject
state constitution" The vote stood @
for the constitution and twenty-fl
against. The names OF the voters w,
printed on the backs OF the ballots, viii
We're slips OF paper about one inch by 4
Inches. Mr.. Bassett had been on a M
for the ballot box for some time and
shahan recalled where Il had been stol
\ In the court house at Kearney.
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