A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . rs. Dowwas the daughter of Enoch and Mary Lowell,a prominent New England family of strong in-telligence and ability. Herbert G. Dow receivedan excellent common-school education which hasenabled him to cope successfully with the pro-blems which have come into his life. He re-mained in his native state until twenty years ofage, when he decided to come west and fromJuly, 1880. until September, 1886, was a residentof Springfield, Mo. In that c
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . rs. Dowwas the daughter of Enoch and Mary Lowell,a prominent New England family of strong in-telligence and ability. Herbert G. Dow receivedan excellent common-school education which hasenabled him to cope successfully with the pro-blems which have come into his life. He re-mained in his native state until twenty years ofage, when he decided to come west and fromJuly, 1880. until September, 1886, was a residentof Springfield, Mo. In that city he was em-ployed as a bookkeeper, secretary and later astraveling salesman for a farming implement andagricultural machinery house for a time andthen for one year conducted a hardware storeindependently. In September, 1886, he disposedof his business interests in Springfield, Mo., andcame to California, locating in San Diego, wherefor ten years he engaged in the real-estate busi-ness and ranching, which brought him satis-factory financial returns. At the expiration ofthat time he located in Los Angeles, where hehas ever since remained a HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 871 It was while conducting the Catalina hotel onSouth Broadway that he became cashier for thecounty tax collector, a position which he filledefficiently for four years. A Republican in Iiis political convictions anda man of strong principles, j\Ir. Dow had gradu-ally assumed a place of importance in the affairsof his party, and folliiwing his service as cashierhe w^s nominated by acclamation and electedcounty auditor in 1902, recei\-ing the handsomemajority of eighteen thousand votes, Icailing histicket. In January, 1903, he took up the workof his position, which extends over the periodof four years; expiring in January, 1907, andat the county convention in 1906 received thenomination for the ensuing term. The confi-dence vested in the ability and integrity of have not suftered during hi
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