Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-09
ELABORATE FLORAL
CONTRIBUTION FOR HOWE

Ten years ago youh6 NM" -
ly twelve months over voting age
landed in Abilene, Kan, In search
for a good up to date country news
uaner He walked into the little
paper Uttered office of the Dickin-
son County News then owned by
strother & Son. and made known
his wants.
"sure. I'll SELL" was old man
Strother's first answer to the young
mans question.
The bargain was completed.
"And say, young man, as long as
intend leaving this town, would
like to sell this building" strother
suggested after the deal for the pa
per was closed.
The 22-year-old editorial aspirant
bought the building.
pardon me-" limited Strother
again, tif you haven't any special
place to live wish you would come
ont and look over my house"
The youthful journalist bought
the house.
"My wife and are going to
move to California" remarked
strother after counting over his cash
for the house. 1--WE don't want to
take all this furniture with us. Do
vou suppose you could use it,"
The furr Re changed hands.
Spy Georl forgot something"
strother added, COME out here in
r.he barn and look over that Jersey
= COW"
The COW acquired new master
then and there.
The young man who made this IN
vasion into the quiet county seat OF
Dickinson county is no other than
J. w. Howe, recently elected to a
chair in the Kansas senate. Joe"
as he is known in his part OF the
state, knew what he wanted when
his father embarked him from the
family Threshold near Gypsum City
with wad of greenbacks and IN
~ hours after he stepped off the
Union Pacific train in Abilene ne
was full Pledged citizen and tag
payer, owning newspaper, q news
paper building, house, furniture
and COW.
And that isn't all-Joe Howe
excuse the expression, Senator Howe
II you please, came to Abilene a
Democrat stranger in the groups
that stood around the court house
I, square. H leaves Abilene this month
.--still Democrat but with the sat
isfaction Of winning the senatorial
election against a normal Republic
can majority OF TOO.
Howe is OF the Kansas brand, vim
tage Of 1881. He was born out near
Gypsum City in Saline county. After
obtaining degree Of Bachelor of
Arts in Salina Normal he taught
school two years and then made his
etill-talked-of-visit to Abilene.
Probably 1t was because of the
degree Re took in the normal school,
or possibly it was because he was
a newspaper man and feared the cry
Of the wolf at the family door
anyway, Howe still is bachelor.
Thirty-two years old, good looking,
clean cut and Kansas bred-he un-
doubtedly will attract the attention
of the galleries in the senate this
winter.
However Howe isn't hunting for
gallery plaudits. He has Joined
other good Democrats in Kansas in
ire campaign not for but against
laws in this etate. Howe is positive
that the statute books are several
inches too thick and he has sherp-
ened his jackknife with the intention
o. whiting them down. Being Of
typographical nature he knows that
the best way to reduce the size OF
q hook IL to slice the ''copy" ITO
the waste basket with Wild cat laws"
4 Howe's cry.
Senator Howe IL q great friend OF
GOvernor-elect Hodges. He managed
his campaign for nomination. He was
, member Of the state central CONF
mittee for four years. He was the
author OF hundreds OF letters sent
ont to the Democratic papers during
the campaign-letters pushing the
cause Of the party in this state. He
has done large part Of the press
work for Hodges, has handled All Of
IT. announcements and has been a