The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24
GRAND JUNCTION BOYS
RAPID CLIMB UPWARD
Most Interesting Story of Adolph
Triedler, Wonderfully Talented,
Now a Newspaper and Mag
azine Artist of Renown.

1t will, no doubt. be a great pleas
ure to our readers to hear of the re-
markable achievements of one of our
former Grand Junction boys. This
young man is Adolph Triedler.
In the early sos his father, for
many years an invalid from a mine
accident, conducted the small Una
weep hotel on Colorado avenue. His
children were schooled in this city,
and it was hard for Mr.. Triedler to
make bare living and keep his chill
dren In school. There was consid-
cradle misfortune in the family cou-
pied with sickness, when very
small -Adolph-showed signs of
unusual artistic ability and talent.
and was quite an authority on car
toonists and artists of note. III the
school he was a bright lad: but the
family were forced to move to Cal
ifornia for the fathers health, and
his school career ended in the sixth
grade nine years ago. The father
sold out everything and they al,
moved west to San Francisco. Here
everyone in Grand Junction lost all
trace of them.
In San Francisco Adolph sought
work and was only fairly successful
The fathers health was benefited
very little, and things looked dark
er and darker. But Adolph's heart
was strong in the face of heavy odds.
and he decided to put himself
| through an art school. which Is a
very costly education He was. how
ever, totally without funds. and had
no way of securing any. He at LAST
went to the director of the John Hop
kins School of Art and showed the
school board some Of his work and
told them how he yeaned to be at
work improving himself In his chos-
EN- art. His earnest appeal for aid
and his honest, frank way impressed
his hearers and they granted him n
four months scholarship free, to give
him fair chance to prove his worth
He eagerly plunged into the studies.
and from the start worked his way
through entirely on scholarships
awarded for the superior merit of
his drawings
But few can ever realize how bit
ter was the battle he waged again t
cruel, overwhelming, merciless fate
The family, fighting against poverty
were stricken with sickness time af-
ter time. Adolph tried to earn a lit
tie money after school hours. but
found 1t very hard. He worked long
er and harder at his studies than the
other students and won the deepest
admiration and respect of all his in
structors.
Times grew worse: the father grew
weaker day by day; and it wasn't
very long until he breathed his last,
while his whole family lay sick
around him.
Aiolph kept plodding on with his
latest grief heavy on his heart. No
thing could stop his steady uphill
climb, however, no matter how dark
seemed the outlook; no matter how
cruelty misfortune stabbed at his all
ready bleeding heart; he held his
head high, breasting every wave with
sheer grit and determination. The
heavier the odds the more desper-
ately he battled, until finally he him
self fell sick. Adolph has had
slight deformity of both feet since
earliest boyhood. and 1t was always
source of much pain and trouble
to him. The heavy strain he was
under made them worse, and he was
taken to the hospital. where he lay
for weeks, suffering great pain.
Eight operations were performed on
his feet, and he was benefited only
slightly. While in the hospital one
of his brothers died.
After coming from the hospital.
he returned to school. and. by the
severest labor managed to both keep
his mother and brother from want
and finish his art course. Fortune
began to recognize him slowly, ard
finally he secured quite a nice po-
sition in an artists shop where he
did many odd jobs such as magazine
covers, illustrations for magazines
and other commercial work. He was
able to provide for the family Low
and lay little money away.
His career of misfortune was not
ended, however, for. on April IS,
1906. the terrible earthquake and
fire destroyed his Office. every pos
session he had on earth, all his text
books. notes and library, besides a
good many finished drawings on cor
tracts. His home, however. escaped
the fire, and. after seeing that his
mother and brothers were all pro-
yided for, he went east with the ref
ugees and sought Chicago. He Sc
, cured position there, and, on ac-
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