The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-11-08
DEATH CLAIMS
OLD PIONEER. R.

p. ]. Mcintyre, one Of the wdesb
known men III Northe. Mo ,ttlj a,
died Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
He was taken ii about two W ks
ago while at work on the sun Fl eE
Irrigation project, On which he lad
a contract. He was taken to the Co.
lumbus hospital i'll Great + a is a 4
his family notified. His two dan h
ters, Miss Laura and Mrs. Peter Des-
1tosie1, accompanied by DR.. d. s. \ c.
kenzie, left Saturday nj: ,ht 10 b ing
him home, arriving here last we X
Monday, and for a couple of days lie
seemed to improve until Weinez day
when he had q sinking spell and from
that time on he gradually grew weak
er until death came
At his bedside were the immediate
members Of the fan i.y. Mrs. Neil
McDonough of Deadwood, S. D., MIR.
Mcn1tyre's only sister, on occount OF
delayed trains, did not reach here
until too late to see him alive.
He is survived by h S wife, two
daughters, Laura and Mrs. Pc er Leg
Roster, his son-in-law, Peter DesPos-
Ter, three grand-chi dren, one ster,
Mrs. Neil McDonouyh, Of Dea1w cd,
5. D. and neice, Miss Jennie B ally,
who has always made her home here.
The funeral service vas ned Tues
day morning from St. .ude Thadeus
church, where High Mass was said.
There were many beautiful floral Of
ferings
In the death Of ?. j. MCINTYRE,
there goes from life's staee a n an
who has done as much as any nan
living toward shaping the des my on
the city Of Havre. For years in the
early forming of Havre he held many
positions Of public trust ard Of re-
sponslbility and all with honor to
himself and to the satisfaction OF
hose who put him there. He was j.
Identified with many important lines
of business enterprise and was ono
OF the representative citizens OF tn
city. His prestige being due TO his
ability and answering integri OF
character.
Mr.. Mcintyre was native OF Arm
PRIOR Ontario, Canada, where he was
born,' May %, 1854: the son of PHI
lip and Ellen (Cavanauehj Nc n 4yrs,
both Of whom were native of the Do
minion Of Canada where they passed
their entire lives, the death Of each
occurring in 1876, when Mr.. MCINTYRE
was child Of years of age, Mr..
Mcintyre was reared in his Ia iva
town, completing a course Of su'y
In the local high school where he
was graduated at the age of fifte,n
years.
Upon entering school he entered q
drug store In Arnprior and there
served an apprenticeship Of thres
years duration and then remained two
years as assistant, thus compIeteing
the practical course of pharmacy a~d
gaining title to registration as a. fun
Qualified pharmachist.
In 1888 Mr.. Mcintyre removed to
o. Faui' Minnesota, where he secur-
ed position as book kee,er for
Langdon, Shepherd & Co., railroad CON
tractors and remained with the firm
for 2 years.
From 1885 to 1890, he was indivtd-
ually engaged In contracting In con-
nect1on with the construction OF tha
Great Northern railroad in Dato N
and Montana and after the compilation
OF his contracts In 1891 he took un
MS permanent residence at pavre
among the rany official rositions
neld by Mr.. Mcintyre are: Justice 20
the peace from 1891 to 1905: Notary
public, 1894; United stotes comniss-
Toner, 1896 School trustee from 1890
to 1888, being one of the first trus-
tees OF School District No. IS. n
1886 he was elected councilman Z ON
which he resigned to take I'D con-
tract work, In which he was actiyelv
engaged when taken with hia fatas
Illness.
at Arnprior, Canada, In November
1873, Mr.. Mcintyre was united In
marriage to Miss Margaret Martin. Of.
Pembroke, Canada and to this union
have been born four children. Albert,
Emma. Lauretta and Lila,