The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
''CAL CALLAHAN
LAST CARTOON DONE
Newspaper Illustrator Who
Won Fame With His Art Dies
of Tuberculosis.
MANY NOTABLE DRAWINGS
PRODUCT OF FACILE Pen
End Comes Peacefully After ILL.,
ness Extending Over Period
of Three Years.

Herman Alderman, whose wnrS5daS
name was cal Callahan" and whosc
artistic productions have caused a mil
lion hearty laughs. is dead, cal" was
the victim of tuberculosis, tho fatal mo-
mcnt came at o'clock Christmas morn
inE in the H. j.. s. hospital Tho end
was peaceful. The nurse said that at the
last instant the patient simply turned
upon his face and The light OF life failed.
= r"markabla coincidence. and ono 10
which apparently attaches the working
OF the hand of prcdcstincd fate. is that
car Is the fourth member of tho AcEcr-
man family To die on Christmas day.
One OF these was the mother.
Mr. tckerman was only 81 years OF
age. lie was born in Oakland, Cal.
whore three sisters reside Another sis
ter. Mrs. Alvin Jcnson, lives In this city,
Three years ago the germ Of tubcrcu-
losis began its devastating march in tho
heretofore splendid human system of
Alderman. Every possible mcans at
command was enlisted IN tho battle
against the progress of the disease, but
the struggle was one against odds. and
the stricken man declined with grad
ual, but Irresistible, sureress. When II
became manifest that the end must be
death, and that quickly. Alderman WAS
taken 10 the J-atter-day Saints hospital
where his last hours were passed amid
surroundings as cheerful as kindness and
consideration could make them.
Tho funeral Will be held this Sunday
afternoon at Z o'clock from the under
taking establishment of Joseph William
Taylor. The sisters in Oakland have sent
word that they Will be unable to be pres
ent. Burial will be at the city cemetery.
Famous as illustrator,
Cal $ fame as a newspaper illustra
tor was nation wide His forte was the
drawing OF sporting cartoons, and In this
line OF work he cXcellcd. During the
time when hr was employed on tho Den
Ncr Post, Times and News. he cnlivcned
the sporting pages OF those newspapers
SO that they became standards TO be
copied gflcC and from. Cal" was gifted
with sense OF humor that was un-
ludlcrous. and with an easy facility in
bred, he transferred his ideas and CON
cc!tS TO the drawing board. Tlc was keen.
too. TO give iUll justice To the serious
ton worked out with unfailing charm
About six years ago the name 'Cai'
was inscribed on n numerous series OF
cartoons which appeared in the Anaconda
Standard. lie was employed by that
paper about TWO years, lie was in the
midst Of one Of those warm political
fights for which Montana is famous or
infamous, as the point OF view may be.
and his drawings WcrH a powerful factor
In determining the issues. Perhaps the
greater fame won by Cat was with his
outlaw who baffled the sherif's officers
and marshals In Washington by his un-
preccdented boIdncss. cunning and dar-
ing, This series was tho topic for IA
Norablc comment in nearly every paper
in the United States.
In Failing Health.
After his contract in Montana expired.
Ackerman longed again for Denver. and
thithrr he went. lie had employment
waiting him there. and he had the Sc
lection OF numerous places. II was at
this time that his health began To fail.
and he was advised that the climatic
in Salt Lake would probably
prove beneficial ON this advice Ackcr-
man came 10 this city.
For IL time he was employed on The
Then ne undertook commercial
work. and in this he continued until lie
was no longer able, even with the utmost
effort, to perform the work which had
once been merely play.
Thus ii is that an artist. endowed with
unquestioned talent and with rare abil-
ity to execute. passes from The earth.
and the world OF newspaper readers
suffers a ericvous loss. and with him
passes a whole -souled genial personal
ity.