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Show TRIBUTE PI TO ill! LINCOLN "I never could understand why New Year's is universally observed as a holiday hol-iday and a period of res"t, and Abraham Lincoln's birthday only incidentally observed. ob-served. There is no occasion for observing ob-serving New Years but there is every ev-ery reason in the world for doing annual an-nual homage to 'Father Abraham' even Dixieland now agrees that ho was providential." Thnt was the statement of W. H. Chevers, student, logician, patriot and one of the best known railroad men in the west, this morning. Mr. Chevers is general agent for the Union Pacific with headquarters here. "Allpeoples, all historians are fully agreed that Abraham Lincoln was the greatest man on earth, with tho single exception of tho Nazerene," ho continued. contin-ued. "He was the only man, declares tho historian, who vvns pvpr nlothnH with absolute authority and did not abuse it in a single, solitary detail or particular. Ho was as near perfect in thought and human poiso and intellectual intel-lectual grandeur as we can conceive of any mortal being when their mental and moral faculties are perfectly adjusted ad-justed and harmonized. Even the coldblooded cold-blooded analysis of time tho acid tost of history has failed to discloso one instance upon which Lincoln's conduct dr official acts might have been improved, im-proved, and his fearless fairness has become a maxim." Ogden only partially observed Lincoln's Lin-coln's birthday. Tho banks, up-town railroad offices and city hall closed. The postoffico, tho various factories and industrial plants, forestry service, stores, bnrbershops remained open and proceeded under wartime pressure. |