River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-04-07
HEATWOLE IS DEAD
END COMES WHILE FORMER CON.
GRESHAM is TALKING TO
WIFE AND PHYSICIAN.
HE WAS 4 NATIVE OF INDIANA
Unique Figure in Minnesota Politics is
Removed.-Had Long Been Prom
mate AS a Newspaper
Man.

wole of Mortified, is dead. Death
came suddenly while he was talking
to his wife and physicians. Mr.. Heat
wole had been in bad health for a
long time. He was afflicted with dia-
betes and the most vigorous efforts Of
the physicians failed to stop the pro-
gress of the disease.
He spent a good share of the past
year in California, returning greatly
improved, but for the last few weeks
it has been known that the end was
only a question Of time.
Unique Figure in Politics.
The death of Mr.. Heatwole removes
one of the most unique figures in Min
nesota politics. He was regarded as
the dominant figure in Third district
politics, his influence being the strong
power behind Congressman Charles B.
Davis.
For many years Mr.. Heatwole had
his eye on the United States senate.
In the last campaign he was candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for governor, but withdrew from the
fight at it's conclusion, refusing to
enter the convention hall. 1t was said
that he was too ill to leave his room
at the Ryan hotel
Mr.. Heatwole first attempted to emit
er congress in 1892, but was defeat
ed, greatly reducing the majority of
his opponent. He was elected mayor
of Mortified by large majority and
in 1894 again ran for congress, being
elected by majority of 5,268.
Joel Heatwole was born at Water
ford, Ind, Aug. %, 1856. His educa-
ton was received in public and pri-
vate schools. Before the age of II he
became a teacher in the district
schools of northern Indiana and in
1876 was elected principal of the grad
ed school of Millersburg. He had al
ready Earned the printers trade and
in August, 1876, began publishing his
first newspaper, the Millersburg Enter
prise.
He moved to Middlebury, where he
began the publication of a weekly
paper called the Record. This paper
he conducted for three years, when
he sold it and removed to Goshen, Ind.
There he became part owner of the
Times and was engaged in newspaper
work until 1882. He then sold out and
in August of the same year came to
Minnesota, settling first at Glencoe,
where he purchased an interest in the
Enterprise, which he edited until the
next July.
To Mortified in 1884.
He then sold this interest and went
to Duluth and was employed on the
Lake Superior News, In November,
1883, he returned to Glencoe and re-
sumed charge of the Enterprise until
April, 1884, when he bought the North
field News and consolidated it with
the Mortified Journal. He had built
up this paper to be one of the finest
weekly newspaper properties in the
state.
Mr.. Heatwole was elected first vice.
president of the State Editorial asso-
citation in 1886 and president in 1887,
1888 and 1889. He was always Re-
publican and was secretary of the Re-
publican state central committee in
1886 to 1890. In 1888 he was unani-
mously elected a delegate at large to
the Republican national convention.
In 1890 he was elected chairman of
the state central committee and con-
Quoted the second campaign in which
Mr.. Merriam was candidate for re-
election as governor. He was made a
regent of the state university in Dec
ember, 1891.
Mr.. Heatwole was married Dec. 4.
1890, to Mrs. Gertrude 1. Archibald of
Mortified.