The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-11-28
C. E. CONRAD IS DEAD

The clang of the bells calling wor
| shippers to Thanksgiving service
was in the air when Charles E. Con-
RAIDS spirit winged it's way from the
inanimate form and left its mould
of clay to the sorrowing relatives
and friends to grieve over
Mr.. Conrad's last and fatal illness
extended over period of but three
weeks and practically all hope of re-
covery was abandoned Sunday last,
and steps we're Immediately taken to
bring together at his bedside the abb
sent brothers and children.
Mr. Conrad calmly accepted the de-
cree and prepared for death, his last
hope being to have his children at
the bedside before his eyes were
| closed in death But this boon was
denied the sufferer, his son and daugh-
ter not arriving until the night after
his demise.
About eight years ago Mr.. Conrad
was attacked by an insiduous dis
| ease which, though finally mastered
and his life preserved, made such in
/ roads upon his originally robust con-
stitution that he has never since en-
joyed perfect health. tuberculosis
of the lungs was the specific cause
of death.
At the bedside of the dying men,
besides the devoted wife and daugh-
ter, were Mr.. J. H. Edwards, Mrs.
Stanford DR.. and Mrs. Francis j.
Adams of Great Falls, and ]. Howard
Conrad. The surviving relatives of
deceased are his mother, Mrs. James
w. Conrad of Great Falls; W. G..
Conrad, J. Howard Conrad, w. Ashby
Conrad, Mrs. c. w. Price of Los An
geles, and Mrs. Frances G. Adams of
Great Falls.
The son and daughter, Charles D.
and Miss Catherine arrived from the
east last night, having been tele-
graphed for several days ago, and w.
A. Conrad and Mrs. Price reached
here from the west. All the family
will be present at the funeral Sun
day.
The funeral will take place Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 from the family
residence, and all friends of the fam
lily are invited to attend. Interment
will be had in temporary vault con-
structed in the private burying
ground selected some time ago by
Mr.. Conrad, lofty mound overlook
ing the Saltwater river, where a fam
lily mausoleum will be erected.
The acting pail bearers will be
James Conlon, l.. Tinkel, John
O'Brien, G. H. Grubb, J. A. Ford and
j. H. Edwards.
G. E. Conrad was a son of James
w. and Maria S. (Ashby) Conrad,
and at the time of his death was 81
years of age, having been born in
Warren county, Virginia, May 20,
1850. He descended from old col
onial stock, tracing his family his
tory to an early period of his native
commonwealth, his ancestors on both
sides having been distinguished in
various spheres of life. His is a rec
ord of life well spent, of triumphs
over obstacles, of perseverance in
Inc IdCS VI OppOSluS Observation-Disclosures,
and of advancement from moderate
beginnings to af1uence and distinc-
ton, presenting to young men with
their future before them an example
worthy of emulation.
Charles E. Conrad was easily one
of the foremost business men of
Montana, and as a member of the
largest and most important CONNER
: cial firm in the northwest has
achieved a reputation almost ma
tional. The firm name is familiar in
every western state and it's remark
able achievements form an exceed
t ingly important chapter in the his
tory of this great section From clerk,
ing in a general store in New York
state, he grew weary of the close
I boundaries to an incipfent ambition
and at the age of IS started west to
: seek his fortune. He accompanied his
r elder brother, Hon. W. G. Conrad
. and they journeyed to Cincinnati
e then to st. Louis, and shipped by the
S river route to Fort Benton, distance
of 1000 miles and then the outpost
of civilization
r At Fort Benton, destined to be the
arena of their future greatness, the
brothers began clerking for 1. G
a Baker & Co. Four years later they
acquired an interest in the business