The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-01

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Mr.. Rogers was a nan Of striking
appearance. He was also q man Il
great geniality. He was always fond
Of .. joke and knew how to crack one.
He was once asked how he managed
to succeed 90 well In the world. He
replied:
by working as hard as anybody l
ever saw or read about
In 1897 Nj. Rogers. at the behest Of
a representative Of the Danish gov
eminent, brought to the attention OF
the federal government the fact that
Denmark desired to sell to b United
States the Danish West Indies. The
outbreak of the Spanish war stopped
the negotiations at hat time. and this
brief connection of Mr.. Rogers with
the matter was made the basis of sen
sational stories which had Mr.. Rogers
owning the United States senate.
MIR, Rogers Is survived by his wife
and our chiidren-Henry h. Rogers.
Jr.: Anne, who became Mrs. W. E.
Benjamin; Clara. whose first husband.
Bradford Duff. died four OF FIVE years
e and who afterward married Ur-
ben H. Broughton of Chicago. and
Mae, who also married twice.
Mr.. Rogers New York city home
al at 8 East Seventy-eighth street.
The social organizations to which he
belonged Included the Union League
club, the Metropolitan. Lotos. Ed
gineers'. New York Yacht and e wan
aka-Cortnthian Yacht. He WAS also a
member of the American Fine Arts
and New England societies. ne Amer
lean Museum of Natural History. the
Municipal Art Society and others.
Here is the sort of talk that Rogers
gave to young men:
Don't be a peSsimiSt. Believe In
yourself and your country. We nre
entering upon an era of development
and prosperity unparalleled in the his
tory of the world. The young man
who realizes this fact is the young
man who will succeed"
MIR. Rogers was a handsome man
Tall. 1.-THE. straight as an arrow. be
lowered far above the crowd any
where His face was lean and clear
cut. the strong protruding jaw Of the
fighting man attracting attention to
him at once. But the severity of his
lower face was relieved by Il. twin
king. merry blue eye and a lofty. he
%nevoient forehead.
Il have been TIA mmered for years.
Mr.. Rogers said recently. Every n
takes a shot at Rogers at some time or
other in his life. OF course | don't
like it. The mar doesn't live who does
not covet the esteem OF his neighbors
But what car do? Nothing that !
could say would stop the torrents of
abuse. So I say nothing.
The resources of this great land
have only been scratched. The next
fifty years win see wonders In the way
Of development that even we do not
dream of. That's why | say to you
young men. don't he pessimistic- Get
into the fight and do a mans part,
There never were so many opportuni-
ties as there are today. The great
trouble with u boys Is that they
don't like work. They like to sit on q
high stool, wear d high collar and ogle
the girls. The way to get along Is to
GO to work. and by hat I mean go to
work with your hands No man ever
learned u business i'll the office.
what does the president Of a rail
road do with his SON.? Does he get him
a job in the Office? Not much. The
boy goes into the shop and learns how
to do things worth while. Then after
he has shown that his hands will sup
port his head-that is, to feed him-he
Is given a chance to show that his
head can support his hands.
And another thing-get married.
There's nothing like a good wife to
make a mar hustle. Just DOL around
you. and you'll find that nine out of
ten successful men Of affairs have mar
ried early in life"
When MarksTwain, the great Amer
lean humorist. awoke n morning
nine years ago. following the failure of
a publishing Gus In which he was
interested, he found himself S15O,000
In debt. That Henry 81. Rogers came
TO his assistance and. violating a pre-
vfously unbroken rule of his career.
acted as his trustee n benefactor In
recouping the Twain losses is one of
his shining monuments.
A story is old of Rogers which is
worth repeating.
A young man In New York who had
the same name and initials as Mr..
Rogers frequently received through
the mail letters which were intended
for the Standard Oil man. One day
he received q bill for a new flag fur
nished to Mr.. Rogers yacht. which he
mailed to him with the following note
Dear Sir-I received the inclosed bill in
tended for you. as | am non fortunate
enough to own a yacht. However. l will
pay your bill if you will tell me the best
time to buy Standard Oil.
He received the following reply:
Dear Sir-Your note at hand. 1 will be
glad TO paw my own bill. The best time
to buy Standard Oil is between 10 and &
One of the traditions at the Stand
ard Oil building was that Rogers ar
rived and departed exactly at 1920 In
the morning and $50 in the afternoon.
One morning the veteran Waterman
who stood at the Broadway entrance
to the building was seen to take out
his watch when Mr.. Rogers hurried