Show FISHER FISMER HARRIS I V Very ry IJ sorrowful is the task of saying sating a parting lr Fisher Harris His Ilis death is a personal be- be ie eI and and a public loss I In his bis office as secre- secre secretary tary of the thc Commercial club dub he had been a forceful lind and nd directing agency s since J CC the birth of the cl club h and nd id by his genius his discretion his personal magnetism mag nag and sense sense of justice had 1 ld kept the club a har hal bod boc a all l working king t together all enthusiastic and pd d absolutely free from anything which might lie at the root of discord He bad fathered ned and fu fur fui- hered every good work of the club he be drew to it convention after convention every e public cause ha had hadan an J impetus there ther j every great industry of the state nade it a center ept r Through him the state and the kal rare c scenery nery of the west have been more advertised d tha than from any n riy other other- source he was a chief fac factor n in J the dla drawing ng of the thc forces together which settled d dh h b troubles of thc of-thc the Y M. M C. C A. A h ht he toiled incessantly incessant incessant- ly y to make the encampment of the Army here iii lIE August a triumphal success he was the moving force olce of the new Commercial club building and al always ill ill- I- I ways ays and e cr everywhere he lie had been heen a main roain reliance ith with tongue and and pen and person n when hen anything vas kvas was needed which the club might further I But all that was but one side of Fisher Harris When the hand of affliction was laid upon him im and lo le hi his voice no one ever er heard a lament from flom hini n He was just as cheerful just as earnest ns s ever vel and he smiled in mens men's faces when his heart was as breaking for he hc had dreamed that some time i. i f sh should receive c recognition for w what at ho knew he hc could euld accomplish in a 3 higher sphere and his voice was v one of his chief assets for he hc had that gift so exceedingly rare among men able to address a ad ad- dress a company compan on m an any theme and never for in an ini i instant stant hesitate hesi ate f for r a word And his his' words r degenerated into commonplace j he was always brilliant and incisive incisi For months past he had b been ell traveling trl down thelast thelast the thc f last incline T We Ve e all could see sec it for a long time w we hop hoped d against hope but lUt he was was' not deceived H lie said four fout months ago that he lie would see no move moe Thanksgiving days ds's nor hear again a carol karol and so calmly cheerfully r uncomplainingly and ril with a courage that never faltered he faced the in inevitable But it is pitiable Te J-Te Ic had so much to live iYe for so many looked up to him so many l ved him im and life was so much to him May Ia the pea c ct t that at has come conic to him be he dreamless ss ana aria sweet ani may J the Great Comforter draw the solace of lis Jis love loe around those whose lives were verc incorporated with his t i |