The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-05-06
Il TO ASHES.
4 Tribute 70 the Late "Doe" Day

Last evening Mrs. Day returned
from Austin where all that was NOR
tai of her late husband was given
back Il the dust. She was accompani
ed home by Mr.. w. p. Anderson who
for years was one Of the closest
friends of the deceased. Mr.. Anderson
is in the city today.
DR.. Day was during his life d
the great figures of the southwest,
being one of the pioneers of the cat
tie trail to the northwest. The trib-
ute given below Is a most deserved
one:
when J. NJ. Day was laid to rest
in our cemetery on Thursday after.
noon, Austin saw the last of one of
the stoutest friends she has ever
known, reckoning even from her very
foundation down to the present day.
We so quickly forget those from
whom we inherit the advantages and
opportunities of our present comfort
able and promising civic life that
i. is necessary to pause now and then
when one of the builders of the city
passes away, and reckon up our debt
to him.
HE died in his recent home, Ros-
well, New Mexico, on April %, but it
was fitting that he should be laid to
rest here in Austin. which was for
such a number of years the scene OF
his useful activities. and is the heir
in so many ways of his generous and
progressive spirit. From far back in
the seventies, when the name of the
firm of Driskill. Day & Ford stood
for all that was solid, upright and
influential in the business life of Aus
tin, until he removed to another state
eight years ago, Doc" Day, as he
was Familiarity and affectionately
known t every citizen, was one of
the leading figures, m of the most
A1~T 4~l hDno~nl in Tho Rfn IF
the struggling city. 1t is not
ry to itemize the list of his achieve
ments for the general good. Go back
over the files of The Statesman for
the last thirty years, and wherever
you find mention of a movement for
the advancement of Austin, write the
name of DOC" Day among those near
est the top of the list of those who
gave most freely not only of money,
but of encouragement and well direc-
ted personal effort. He was most
truly one of the wheel horses who
fairly dragged the city forward in
the days when mossbacks were most
plentiful and pulled with all their
might the other way.
"Mr. Day was born in Missouri and
came to Texas with his parents in
1848, at the age of II. He grew up
in Hays county, in the wholesome at
mosphere of farm life. In 1868 he
married Miss Virginia Young of San
Marcos. She died in a few short years
leaving two little daughters behind
her. In 1876 he married Miss Louise
NJ. Edgar at Waco, who still survives
him. He served in the Confederate
army in the late Ex-Governor Ross
company, and won from his captain
the praise of the bravest of the brave.
He was severely wounded several
times, and through life he carried a.
a memento of the engagement at
Blair's Landing that sorely crippled
hand which was such a mark of hon
or to him in the eyes of his fellow
| citizens, O only because it was a
proof of his courage in his country's
defense, but also because, In spite OF
it, through the force of a dauntless
and capable spirit. he made that in
jured member powerful enough to an
swer every need of life. Many there
are to bear testimony today that il
was often a tower of strength in
their defense against the trials Of
hard world. Beginning with nothing
at the close of the war, he not only
quickly won a fortune for himself in