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Show HELENA, MONT. The funeral of John Aden, the pioneer pio-neer who died Monday, took place Tuesday, services being held at the cathedral of the Sacred Heart, conducted con-ducted by Rev. Father Follet. and attended at-tended by. a number of friends of the dead man. who had known, him for many years, ,t Among these .were. several sev-eral members 'of the society 'of Montana Pioneers. '-... . .- . , ' ':' . In his funeral scrnion Father Follet said: 4;We are asr-mbled here today to convey to mother earth the earthly remains re-mains of John -Allen, an old pioneer-of Montana. "A pioneer of Montana! That name alone inspires up with esteem for the deceased and with deep regret for his t departure. lf we .admire our soldiers sol-diers who display heroic fortitude and bravery for the glory of'our national play; if we praise their noble actions on the battlefield of honor, how much louder should we sing the praise ol those who in time of peace, through their arduous work, through toil and hardships and privations, have been the fortunate forerunners, the pioneers of civilization in this far western country. coun-try. "The word pioneer means foot soldiers, sol-diers, firmed with pick, ax and spade, which liiey used so well to remove th? many obstacles that were obstructing ithe path of feverish enterprise. Their : efforts were crowned with glorious suc- cess. To their untiring efforts the earth opened iu bosom and yielded her j treasure?. With them came the dawn -of civilization, for they were, the nun who brought us settlers, miners, financiers, finan-ciers, farmers, business men. railroaders; railroad-ers; they were the ones who changed the arid plains into fertile soil, and wlni brought order out of chaos. Such a man was John Allen. "Oh, the noble yet simple character of a true pioneer: It simply means whole heartedness and charity. A pioneer pio-neer when he saw a brother in need ; never hesitated to divide his last loaf of bread with hfs suffering companion. Had he but on.' dollar he cheerfully divided di-vided that last dollar with the needy, r.nd his purse was always open for all charitable purposes. That is the reason rea-son perhaps why he wanted to die with the sisters, those well known heroines of charity. He loved them, admired their haraeler and Iheir ways, and no wonder that his generous, upright heart of gold, gold more precious and pure than that hidden in the earth, easily and readily coin bided: "I whl di. in the religion which those good Sisters pro-l' pro-l' ss and practice." The interment was at the Catholic cemetery. The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: General Charles D. Curtis, James Gourley, Lse Hughes end Allen M. Easterly. |