Show death of slade hancock hancoch tho the death ot of slade hancock tho the line patrolman pati olman of the telluride power co will bo be lamented by all tho the communities where lie he was known and will contribute towards making jilin known where people did not know him before not on only v known but admirer for it Is not putting it too strongly to say lie he died a hero in common parlance when we wa speak of a liero hero wo we think of the war fil her who laid down his life upon the altar of 0 his country of the soldier who died hi fit battle amid the yf of war wo we seldom associate with tho vord that hat kind of 0 heroism which gets its incentive from the still small 1 that directs man toward good f and keeps him from bail bad hancocks Hancock 8 untimely loath death came in consequence of a trip up tip the mountains to find and repair a break in s the olec electric transmission line Vl banit made ohp going hard and ilan iian cock aw wid hta his companion would not dot iia havo e encountered iny any blame had they iod and reported that a blinding inov hampered their yet they did not return f they had other in their 4 minds thoughts genuinely lie heroic role they thought of the inconvenience and perhaps hartger da brer to which might be exposed the thousands of users usera of electricity not being able to got get that current which in our days Is fil al most as indispensable as other necos gitles in the the dally daily pursuit ot of life they ild did not think of 0 their own comfort they thought only of those thousands to whom their service Is de toted 1040 ted they must have known and they knew that they might have to pay dearly for their devotion to duty duff but that t did doltl not turn them fora for a single i moment from doing what they corf conr soldered the right acht thing to bring relief to the users of electricity so they yent went on and paid one with hla his health other with his life tho the soldier fighting for hla his country and meeting his enemy in open battle la Is under tinder a certain compulsion which leaves but little to choice hut bui there was no compulsion tit in the case cage of the two young men who battled against tho the enemy ot at an enraged nature TI W py could have returned to a place T of of safety and could have loft left in discomfort those served by the line thoy thay staked two lives against the s discomfort of many the stakes were hagli and they lost ono one lost his they won wait they won tho the reward earn coming from tha knowledge of a duty well done abne pud ond they won the admiration 1 t ot of all who know the particulars of iy ay their hazardous undertaking this ts Is true heroism tho the old greeks the original hero worshiper attributed tho the existence of aft their belr to at least tit in part dl cirio origin this la Is a poetic thought and like all true poetry a wonderful thought there is something divine ya an in the iu act adherence to duty arid and y this Is divine spark was glowing strong f ay in the heart henrt and mind of the man dead r erol sni did not die out with the 15 1 cl a age it contin continues tes and ilan han C 04 1 i js a proof or this continuation I 1 lie le died abed that tant others may 11 live vo in corn com yami I 1 and happiness lie he fully desera I 1 oui aad nitration admiration and he has it |