Show Proprietor C. C B. B COOK 1 L. L A. A Hollenbeck Less than two months ago C C. C B B. B Cook editor of the Myton 1 Free Press Pres departed for a visit at the old home in North Carolina and went by tae tte way of California the Panama Panani canal and Havana Cuba where he died on April 14 1925 The memorial memorial memorial memo memo- rial services have ave been said at Myton My- My ryton iy- iy ton sand aud rut alt the old oId home hone in m Tennessee The services were in- in as they should be for ho lie was a man that has left his foot footprints footprints footprints I prints on the sands of ot time IIo was wasa a stickler for the tile tr truth and ami ho lie had I opinions and was not afraid to express ex- ex ex express x- x I press them He lie was a clear and forceful writer and occasionally crossed swords in debate with the tIle best local talent in the country and amI came off with credit as a logician a satirist and moderation of He was a success as a n business man and as a newspaper man and did much to build up the Uintah basin He was what we call an man That is his word Nord was good and he paid his d delfts debts When V n you say OL oi a aman aman man that he pays his debts you have hay I said much That man believes Inthe In Inthe Inthe the principle of live Uve and let live That has a due regard for the other fellow and his rights That is a virtue that ers o overshadows many sins if H there be tie sins The keeper of or the I gate is liable to ask Does he lie pay p his debts and if H the answer answel be beYes beYes beYes Yes the keeper is liable to say sa- Then the presumption is that lie Ale te isa isa is s sa a clean and decent fellow and will wile willI I average average high hi ill most mask other oilier oth t respects I Pass him to the realm o of tn select Proprietor There was no hypocrisy about C C. B. B Cook Cool You col c ld put your our finger I on him and know where whale he stood He Be fought his battles Yc reasonably tree free from hom malice and md wh the tight fight was over it Was has as over In Religion n he lie was liberal A creed Va was loo small for lor him himl He Be measured up to a large standard I think of an old as follows Here lies David Have J mercy rcy on on him gracious GOt God would Ho-would Io would on you if he were Gou Goa And you were David The sentiment is large but as a prayer it is deficient The worn wore mercy suggests special privileges and asks for more than what theman the theman theman man rightly deserves It Is undemocratic undemocratic undemocratic cratic and upsets the ethical I have and enlarged en e- upon it and in C. C B. B COO COOKS COOK'S S s case cale it were better to say to a Deity Wed We'd say to Him in reverent air Blessings are due for he was fair I C P. P B. B Cook lies beneath this sod I Blessings on him most gracious God Cod For hed he'd bless you OU if he were God Goel And you vou were he beneath the sod If H the sentiment l nt is all right let letus letus us its take in a larger territory And further still most gracious God Bless all mankind ind beneath the sod For they'd bless you o 1 if they were God And you vou were they ey beneath beneat the sod We o will miss him His open frank outspoken genial Denial manner appreciated appreciated d b by liis friends and a f real loss t I to the Uintah basin sin n |