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Show ART HARRIS' SUDDEN DEATH i Thomas Foley has received a Walla Wall paper, containing the following follow-ing Secount of the death of '"Art" T. HSj-rls, a well-known r Jt mer resl-1 dent oV Ogdcn: "Arthir T Harris, proprietor of the Dacres httel, died yesterday forenoon about 11 o'clock, after an Illness of one year, caused by Ilrljrh:'s disease. Vhlle Mr.-Harris was not bedridden all of the lime during his ill health, he suffered severe attacks of the ailment ail-ment when he was brought to his ItJ and his life despaired of. Ills death was hourly expected during a very malignant attack about two ruonths ago. when he was so low as to be uucousclous for several hours. But after recovering from thp.t attack he was able to leave his room and visited visit-ed occasionally with hlo friends in the lobby of the hotel. The linal on-bet on-bet oT the disease came a week ago, nn; from that time until tls death he v;as confined to his room, though able occasionally to leave hs bed. On Saturday, his condition became worse, but while his friends and relatives , realized tnat his state waa critical, his passing away yesterday was sudden I find somewhat unexpected. I ' Mr. Harris was a native of Indiana, where he was born G2 years ago. He ivas a veteran hotel man, having followed fol-lowed the business in Minneapolis and Chicago before he came farther west to make hla borne. He was connected with the St. Nicholas hotel in Minneapolis Min-neapolis and at later periods with the Saratoga hotel and tho Morrison House in Chicago. He was proprietor propri-etor of the latter when, in 1S89, he kft the hotel business and entered the dining car service of ti;e Northern Inclflc on a run from Chicago to Portland. Port-land. Later he was excha.i?ed to the Union Pacific on a route out of Ogden to Denver. In 1901 he left the dining car service and came to Paker City, Ore., where he took charge of the Gelser Grand hotel, ono of the leading hotels In the state. After residing in Baker City for four years Mr. Harris came to Walla Walla to help promote a hotel enterprise which did not materialize. ma-terialize. When this project was given up he bought the proprietorship of the Dacres hotel. This house, which was already one of the most popular In Eastern Washington, was entirely remodeled under the new management and Mr. Harris has been highly successful suc-cessful with the business. In addition to the hotel he recently acquired a largo and profitable farm rear Walla Wi.lla. "Art Harris, as he was familiarly k.iown to his friends, was an enter-1 enter-1 vising and progressive ci'lzen. His sympathy was wide and h? was a man of charitable nature. Ho h.nl the welfare wel-fare of the city at heart, and was a ready helper In any project which he believed was for the good of the com-riunlty. com-riunlty. He manifested th'.s spirit In regard to plans at different times for a new and elaborate hotel in this city even though he knew it -vould form strong competition with his own business. busi-ness. " The Elks' lodge In Minneapolis enrolls en-rolls Mr. Han-is among Its members arid it is understood that he was a 1'fe member of that lodge. He was also high In the Masonic order. He v ac a member of the Blue Lodge in Minneapolis, a Knlgbts Templar, belli.:; be-lli.:; a membor of the Baker City com-mandery, com-mandery, ami was a noble In the Al Kader Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Portland. Port-land. "Immediate family members surviving surviv-ing Mr. Harris arc his wife and two brothers, George Harris, who is now in this city, and IJ. B. Harris, who 11a es In California.-' |