Show above I 1 is a cut reminiscent of tile the dan ans ag one and a letter flora one of the wo to figures figure in tile picture THE in ili this picture is arthur E iboa hounie at d and james S freece Irce cc in hi the alic editorial den of the salina pi ili ess lien janic james S fa ecce im as 1101 at ds aita tit here het c is ih an appreciation loll 1011 front from mr freace ii nho ho is 1 now noll 1 prosperous berous attorney at Daven davenport the reaper is plad glad to rive give mr frences letter pace to the lie maniery y of mr 1 ioard howard idich chich tells tell liou how lie bi lightened one imin s life r az 2 Z e 4 4 L go W pu wa e v 4 R it ro t A fil N q vo ar q A i zt davenport wash alar 27 1917 editor richfield utah deat dear sir 4 ar my mrs airs ac C G hus has jua Tea clied inac telling ot otaie aie death tny good friend arthur EL lio Nvard no 0 o one will tb rl grot gret more I 1 than hall I 1 th dath of 0 tins this good man rl he be came into my life ome twenty three years y p ago and tor for many years was tale t he orne bright star of my youthful youtha ul hopes if I 1 have been in a meas ante thus fat far SUCCeSS successful fIll gueli credit ther etor elor is due to him 1 I have the 3 right ight to call hlyn him a good man for I 1 know that all his life he ji c was a friend to everyone and an all enemy to no one save himself lie ile I 1 had a heart as big as the mount mountains alms in ili which lie loved to roam and as tender and gentle as a childs I 1 remember very well the day he across tho the yard to our house in falln and me it if I 1 lid did not want tr learn to lu run a newspaper you car imagine what youthful I 1 accepted that offer and it lo 10 0 o nie me to be the gentle rap rap ral rai f opportunity at my door beside i trade lie he taught me to be first iasi ind always a man in the full sense it if that word and aw ti gave me the nance hance that every boy wants and lust luat have to succeed and when lie he aw av in ili me a defre dc ire to go forward lie he elded me faithfully and well over lie ic storm sed period of rice into that sea of the bag future there here I 1 could ight for myself tit th attle of life do you think I 1 bouic iier forget him for years nav nov we I 1 lave had to travel our se sep prate orate paths but always there has passed back and forth through the intervening time and space a continuing stream friendships thoughts of late years I 1 heard from him only occasionally and then usually through the medium of the little paper on oil which he a always perform all his labor of love for such it was to him and when A copy 01 0 this paper came else tin jn my now busy life was wais brumb ell c aside lentil I 1 had read every w I 1 of jt I 1 t ay my iy people to have bene fitted by his generous acts itaf af kindness after I 1 I 1 bud bad left libnic omu to go to high school and college mr howard novel never over looked loo ked ui in opportunity to be a friend to my dear lonely mother extending to her many favors arthur heward never a f friend and if ily wat needed what lie he had more than alian lia did higi himself self lie freely ga gave ve without vil bout hope L ote or dr thought jf if reward he was to a ariter of no mean ability well do I 1 remember how lie he populace of northern sever server coun y eagerly awaited each week weela the ar ival of the salina press as full of eal wit and hu humeras noras moras any of the of george abc in I 1 believe it was lie he bubli published blied a look book which lie he called A bunch of carrots the edition was not large bill t sold bold rapidly with many socking a opy who never obtained ore oie old timers such as john arneson and geo u burns will remember with what interest these torlea were recel received rece ivd rew few people have known ow I 1 n as s t C kc v him ile he was in fit man mail ways i 1 recluse ills ilia clo cloha e f i lend ships j were few but when once made wele made for life ile he was a real loer of the big out doors to take his rod and reel and for a lay day or two seek the speckled beauties in it a clear mountain stream was nas his one great delight and many a time has he returned with a basket so full that in ili these days of game laws and game wardens it would Lerta certainly crowd the bag limit the heart and soul of arthur E howard is well portrayed in it the little poem of sam walter foss where he says I 1 know there are brook gladdened meadows ahead anil and mountains of iNear wearisome isome height that tile the road pases on oil through the long afternoon and stretches away to the night dut but still I 1 rejoina I 1 when the travel lers aei leio oice ico and weep with th the strangers thai tha moan nor live in ili mv ho house use by bv thc th jhc u side of the load like a man mail who dwells all alone let me live in ray my house by afi the ol of the roul road where the r race a cc of nici mci co liv bv they are good they are bad they are weak they aie st wim V csc foolish go 30 tin am I 1 then why should I 1 sit in ili the scorn ers seat or hurl the cynics ban let me live in ili mv hoube by the side of the road and be a friend to titan man you will pardon the personal touches of this letter and it if it seems see ufa roer ro er I 1 should be glad to have you yon publish igli it in ili your very cc ellent cr as my little tribute to one I 1 consider aside from my own people my art rt r t real friend artaur ever evergreen reen HoN vaid may lie he reat in peace I 1 Since icly yours JANIES JAMES S |