The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Tribune: at is indeed a pleasure for
me to unite with others in congratulate
ing you upon this day of your pleasure
in rounding out three score and four
years of an active and useful life. The
talent bestowed have by you been null
tiplied many times ten in benefiting
and inspiring a generation with higher
Ideals and to accomplish more for
ITSELF
w. ]. Black, passenger traffic man
ager of the A, T. & S. F. railway of
Chicago: 81 feel that I am voicing the
sentiments of your many friends in eX-
pressing the hope that you will disre-
gard ordinary age limitations and con-
tinue your labors in the field you have
so intelligently and acceptab bly, filed
for the past twenty years. At the risk
of being accused of ffattery, I feel it in
cumbent to say that until 1 moved
from Kansas L did not realize the
prominent position you occupy in the
nation and the extent of your influence
on agricultural questions
Judge S. S. Ashbaugh of the De-
partment of Justice at Washington:
The old and now priceless manuscripts
of Horace and Virgil containing pre-
cepts for the farm and rural life, are
not from the standpoint of production
worth one volume of the agricultural
reports of the state of Kansas. You
may not have made a great fortune
for yourself in dollars and cents but
you, more than anyone else, have laid
the foundation of a great agricultural
commonwealth wherein ten thousand
fortunes have been made May your
years yet to come be many. and every
citizen of Kansas knows they will be
fruitful.
Secretary of State C. E. Denton:
In recent years Kansas has forged
to the front amazingly. and I be-
neve that much of our glorious states
present enviable reputation through
out the world is due to your untiring
and intelligent effort"
sherman Elliott, member state board
VI cohtrol: Il wish to congratulate
you for having passed the sixty-fourth
milestone of life's journey and leaving
pehlnd you such splendid record. No
one VINO mas known you and watched
your splendid career can help but feel
inspired to more earnest work nobler
efforts and higher aims in life. You
are one OF the few men who has not
lived for self alone, but throughout
your long useful life your great heart
and soul have breathed out to your fell
low men and especially to Kansas
statesmen may come and go and their
pictures hang on the walls of the Of
noes Whlch they occupy, to bear mem
DRY or their departed greatness but
your picture is indelibly impressed on
the hearts and minds of the peoDIe of
Kansas, and when in the course of
IKE journey you have passed the final
limestone and been gathered to the
eternal nome of the faithful and true,
the name of Coburn will go down in
the annals of the history of Kansas
ana VIII never be covered bv the duSt
of ages, but will grow brighter with
each succeeding year.
Following is 4 list of those who sen+
letters: Chas. F. Mills, Geo. r. Allen
M. r. Amrine, Thomas j. Anderson.
A. A. Baldwin, William Fl. Rarnes
Iarleton H. Bean, Chalk Beeson. Mich
Glas M: Bell, Otis L. Benton, Henry
PIock' w. b Blackburn, D. w. Blaine
Bolmar, 7. A. Borman David Bowie,
h c: Bowman, w. w. Bowman. JOS.
l. Bristow. Ira D. Brougher.
R ~ Brown, Thomas B. Brown,
Arthur Capper. Gilman earle, John c.
carpenter, W. H. Carruth, John B.
case, H. 7. Chase, J. K. Codding. Nor
man j. Colman, Hugh p. Coultis, E. B.
Cowgirl, Tom Cordry, E. H. Crosby
;; ): Crumbine, s. c. drummer Chas
X. {. Davis, John S. Dawson. Robt.
Q. Deming, William w Denison. j. n.
Dolley. ]. H. Downing, Philip East
man. Ernest A. EkIund, Charles S.
Elliott, Stephen S. Estey, E. T. Fair
child, R. H. Faxon, J. L. Finley. w. J.
Fitzgerald, 7. F. Carver. Will r.
Goodwin. VIM. Green, A. C. Halliwell,
Clad Hamilton. Charles NJ. Hargar.
Chas. Harris, Ed. P. Harris, Geo, B.
Harrison, Henry Hatch, Francis L.
Hayes, w. NJ. Hays, J. U. Higinbot-
ham, H. r. Hilton, H. H. Kinds, w. A.
Henry, Homer Hoch, Edmund s. Hoch,
e. w. Hoch. M. c. Holman. Henry r.
Honey, Roy Hoover, Herbert S. Hous-
ton. D. M. Howard, Samuel T. Howe,
s. ]. Hunter. Geo. Huycke. F. s Jack
son, w. L. A. Johnson, J. Logan Jones,
]. E. Junkin, William r. Kercher, l..
L. Kiene, James L. King, VIM. E. F.
Kirk, Joseph L. Landrey, ]. B. Lari-
mer, David d. Leahy, Chas. E. Leon
ard, Franklin A. Lewis, Chester l.
Long. ]. T. Lovewell, P. A. Lovewell,
E. H. Madison, Isaac F. Marcosson.
Geo. w Martin, John Marshall, Henry
F. Mason. Mic Mayrath Arthur J.
McCabe, D. o. McCray, John Mac
Donald, Frank P. MacLennan. w. J.
MCGEE, Frank E Mcfarland, VIM. A