The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

Juneau. Later on he left the trans portation business and took up in- surancc. and it is probably as an insurance man that Mr. Sowcrby is best known
 Ike SOwerby in his business may be described as a practical idealist, if such contradiction in terms can be said to mean anything. In of moments, in talking with Ike, you will discover that he has a de- finite mission in life, a mission al- most religious in its character and quite apart from any necessity he is under of making a living for him self and family. He is as certainly committed to saving souls as any minister of the gospel and when he insures a mans life he knows he is also insurinE the ultimate happi- ness and well-being of his victims family. It is true that he makes his own bread thereby but he knows al so that he is doing a noble, benef- cent work in a world that is none too kindly to widows and orphans. This is a very real feeling with Ike and you have only to talk with him Ia little to be well assured of its depth and genuineuess. It is not, unfortunately, in every line of work that a man can thus combine bus mess with philanthropy and be so sure and happy in the knowledge that he is doing so, As l said be- fore, Ike is something of an ideal ist. On the practical side, Ike Sow erby is an authority in his speciality and not inrrcQucntly is consulted by the insurance people below when a particularly perpleXing problem pre- sents itself Also you will find your self insured if you talk 10 him too long about insurance.
 A good business man is an asset Co any legislature. Talk is cheap and plentiful but thc man who has the facts and the experience besides is invaluable in any lawmakng body Personally I have never thought of Ike Sowerby as being either a Democrat or a Republican. have always regarded him as a plain business man, but a very pro- yrcssivc business man for all his plainness, with the dictionary and encyclopedia habit well developed. Give Ike a fact and he will dig up the rest of the facts that go with it.
 I doubt whether Ike Sowcrby is any better known as an insurance man than he is as an all-round sportsman. He is an out-of-doors man and his particular weakness is fish. There never was a fish yet that failed to respond to Ike's ad- yances The fellows with him may be skunked but always at the end of the day Ike will show up with a yoodly string and that deprecatory smile of his. Ike has also sound
 hcories on solo and knows when to frog.
 While Mir. Sowcrby is no politi. elan, he has more than the pOliti- clans outlook. He has the wide outlook of a well-read and observing man; and then he has a peculiar gift of common sense. The com ing legislature will find number Of grave problems waiting for so. ! lution. There will be large sums of money to be spent and it will be well Co have all the ability and ex- perienco possible on the job. Ike ! Sowcrby is a really valuable man and should have everyone's sup port. One thing is certain, he will not vote with a majority because it is a majority They will have to show him. Also, if they show him, he will vote with a majority. But, whichever way he votes, whether with thea majority or the minority, there will be a reason for his vote, and it will be a good one as we'll as an honest one Again I say that the Democratic Committee has done no- ble work When a man like Ike SOwerby is named, he is elected.