La Junta tribune., 1905-12-06

their virtues to inscribe upon the
tablets of our love and memory.
These brothers were both char
ter members of this lodge Brother
Andrew c. White died March 10.
1895. at the age of thirty years, al
San Bernardino. Calf, where he
had gone in the hope that the tenn
pered climate of the coast might
afford him relief from a malady
which had insidiously fastened itself
upon him years before He was a
native of Carthage. No. He came
10 Colorado several years ago. living
a short time at Walsenburg. but
later on he took up his residence at
Rocky Ford His devoted wife and
little child were with him at the last
and il is a source of consolation and
extreme qualification To the memo
ries Of this lodge that his brother
Elks in San Bernardino ministered
To him until the last and did for him
all that human hands and heads
could do. >The predominating char
acteristic of Andrew Whites char
acter was a sunny disposition and a
never-failing fund of good nature
under every condition.
Gerald Dougherty was born
April l3. lS5S. at Paxton, Mass.
and died September {. 1895, az La
Junta, at the age of a years He
was united in marriage October 10,
lsS3. at Underhill, Vermont. TO Miss
Elizabeth Sharley He first came to
La Junta in lSs0. and was in the
employ Of the bridge and building
department Of the Santa Fe railway
company. On October %. lSS3,
he brought his young bride to la
Junta. there taking up his residence
and there living until his death
His devoted wife and three children,
namely. Lawrence n, Thomas c..
and Martin W, survive him. 1t
would he useless for me 70 dwell at
length before this audience upon
the life and character of Jerry
Daggherty. He was a man of few
words and slow 10 make acquain-
tances. but when once he became a
friend to a man he reached out and
drew that friend TO him as with
hooks Of steel. His predominating
characteristics We're two. namely.
an answering and scrupulous hon
esty and an almost fanatic loyalty
To- his friends. He was a man whose
word in this community was as good
as his bond. and whose word was to
himself considered better and more
sacred than any legal formality
could make il. He had his faults,
and - have all good men, but those
faults were never allowed to inter
ferc with his duties as business
man. a good citizen and a loving
husband and father, and We know
that when. on that September morn
ing. as the dawn broke into day. he
50 Unexpectedly took his fight, il \
was for him but the dawuing of a
brighter day One Of the pioneers
Of the city. he identified himself
with every proposition that looked
to the advancement Of the material
welfare Of the community. and
many Of the enterprises in which he
engaged are monuments to his in
tegrity and business ability and a
credit 10 the city.
When the greatest teacher Of
morality the word has ever known
said in his sermon on the mount.
Judge not that ye be not judged.
when he again advised the accuSers
of the woman taken in adultery that
the man among them who was with
out sin should cast the first stone.
he was teaching morality for such
men as the world had then and has
to-day. IL was his way of saving
Their faults we will forget. their
virtues inscribe upon the tablets of
love and memory. And 50 of these
members who have died. we will
Judge them not lest We be Judged.
and those among us who are without
sin will cast the first stone Their
faults we viii write upon the sands.
their virtues we viii inscribe upon
the tablets Of love and memory.
The programme for the afternoon
in full Is as follows
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