The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-13
DIRECT RESULT OF 0PER-
ALTON FOR ANEURISbd
Secured Leave Of Absence from Com
missioners to Visit Old Home Early
in Summer In Search Of Health

m1SSlOuoIS TO vlblC Olu k1Omo Early
in Summer In Search Of Health
Word has been received by Deputv
Sheriff G. w. Muller, of the death OF
County Surveyor o. M. Barnes, which
occurred at Cincinnati. Ohio, on Sep
tember 81.
1t will. be remembered that Mr..
Barnes secured long leave of absence
early summer, and visited his old home
in Ohio, in the hope that he might re-
gain his health
The immediate cause of death was
from the effects of an operation per
formed by DIR. Ricketts,, of the above
named city, for aneurism. The death
of Mr.. Barnes will come as a great
shock to his many friends in Humboldt
county, where he was greatly respected.
The following obituary notice is taken
from the Hillsboro, Ohio, Gazette, of
October 2:
Morton, son of O. M. and Eliza
beth Barnes, was born March 27, 1866.
i" Here began life of unusual promise.
The remarkable mentality of the ia
ther and gentle sweetness of noble
minded mother combined to endow him
with rare personality.
"As child he was different. to
degree, from other children, looking
upon life with seriousness that was
unusual in one so young.
CAS- the years went by the traits
that drew him from his fellows grew
even more marked--vulgar or coarse
words never fell from his lips and he
was never ashamed TO express the deep
love he felt for his widowed mother.
He was ever direct and unpretending,
accepting life as a gift too sacred to be
lived lightly; but this natural serious
mindedness was relieved by whole
some touch of humor in which his
friends took the greatest delight.
"It was the writer's privilege to
know the deceased from early child
hood and the memory of his rare humor
and flashes of keen wit are among the
most highly cherished recolleetions of
youth. In manner he was ever cour-
teous, simple and modest.
''In tastes he found the greatest
pleasure in a devout love of the beau
tiful in nature. In his heart he loved
his fellow men, and denied to none who
were poor or suffering or wretched the
true sympathy Of generous nature.
This was notably true of the aged. to
whom he was especially considerate.
He left Ohio for Nevada on the 10th
of September, 1897. there to make
place for himself among the world g +,
earnest workers. and there laid solid
and enduring foundation in the esteem
and confidence of the people.
"a few months ago it became evil
dent to his physician and friends that !
the high altitude of the climate was
telling upon his naturally delicate con
stitution.
'This fact he strove to conceal from I
his beloved mother and sisters, that +
they might not worry about him. How 1
ever, he was finally forced to yield ID
disease and was brought back to his I
old home with the hope that the best 1
medical aid and all that loving hands /
could do might restore his health. But
it was not to be, and on the afternoon
of the 2lst instant he quietly passed
away.
He was not a sectarian in religion,
holding no creed but believed that the
broadest, trucst and most sublime Of
all faith was that which teaches us 10
give our best endeavors toward aiding
and elevating our fellow-men. His
was the religion of humanity.
He believed that the man who helped
his fellow-men was doing Gods ses--
vice. A life thus lived cannot be said
to have an untimely end, come when
it may.
"This thought should comfort us,
yet we know how the hearts Of those
TO whom he was nearest and dearest,
cry out in bitter anguish for "the
touch of vanished hand and the
sound of voice that is still.'