The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-24

hopeful when he was there and
watched the little one who was toss
ing with pain in it's bed or crib.
In temperament and character, DR..
Scroggs was an admirable man and
he had no enemies. He was quiet and
reserved in speech and actions and
won friends by his many excellent
qualities. The news that his illness
might prove fatal, caused much sor-
row in Keokuk and frequent daily re-
quests for information were made re.
garding his condition and express
sions of hope were heard on all sides.
AS a physician; DR.. Scroggs un-
doubtedly knew what the outcome
would be of his illness and his splen-
did character was given a test when
he kept cheerful and apparently hope
full before the members of his fam
lily. This thought was a common one
among his friends, in the city, that
DR.. Scroggs, knew that he must die
and was strong enough of heart and
mind, to bear up bravely and bring
as much comfort as possible to his
family and friends by hiding his real
thoughts and smiling while in pain.
The death of DR.. Scroggs removes
one of the older physicians from
Keokuk and he will long be remem-
bered and honored by hundreds OF
his friends, whether they were pa
tients of acqnaintances. Professional
Nv he was the soul of honor, socially
he was the same admirable man and
his death is a distinct loss to Keo-
kuk.
An Appreciation.
In the Standard of August 18th, I'M
der the captain, "Keokuk Watches at
His Side,'' DR.. Barr had the following
appreciation of DR.. Scroggs:
Like cloud settling gradually over
the city there spread the report that
DR.. ]. A. Scroggs is dangerously sick
with following reports of consultations
of physicians gradually leaking de
tails, and always serious forecasts
And all Keokuk hopes for his recov-
ery and says so continually.
There are reasons for this regard
in which DR.. Scroggs is held here in
Keokuk-the Keokuk of high stand
ards and appreciation of character
and brains. DR., Scroggs has always
| been man of high standars and OF
brains, and moreover man OF senti
tment and feeling. Consequently Keo
Ikuk loves him and this article but
voices Keokuk's hope that he will be
spared to Keokuk for many more
years.
He is a man worth while tying t.
in stress and storm and any emer
gency. Analysed, that means that he
/ is rather rare type of man, Most
people bend or break in times Of
crisis and the greatest need fol-
stalwart friendship; few men not
only retain the feeling of friendship
when one needs friends, but also stiff
en- and straighten and become stee
rods that hold one up until ones fee
get solid on the bedrock again DR.
Scroggs is one of the few. There are
a number of men in this middle ives
who knew him we'll: they found them
selves hemmed In by troubles nea,
disheartening; they called In DR.
Scroggs for help; he responded In
stantly and saved them, and consider
ed 1t matter of course.
4 He not only responded, but he ac
complished their temporal salvation
That brings in another marked trai
in the man; he generally wins fight
of course some fights must be lost
but generally any fight he lost wa
one in which he had partner les
qualified to fight than himself. H,
was unafraid and never discouraged
but always agile in finding new
tangle to attack In the Notifications o
the adversary. 1t is interesting tt
watch him engaged in contest agains
other good fighters; that is always |
contest of fine brain fiber agains
whatever the opponent puts up.
1t is a pretty fight, because he al
ways fights fair. There is differ
ence between good management an,
pettifogging; DR.. Scroggs Away
uses good management, but h
never descends to that trickery whic'
passes beneath the line OF fairness
The biggest fight he ever made wa
in the last century when he was tn
chief gunner of his side in the grea
rivalry between the two medical co
leges here, fight which stirred Kec
kuk for some years, and finally ea
tended to the state of Iowa Durin
that strenuous wartime. | was pla,
ing the position opposite him in tn
old college, watching himl like hawl
Worrying over his fierce etc quartz
And il was during those years OF feh'
ing that grew to respect him and t
like him.
The man who in half dozen year
of bitter, unceasing fighting earn
and gets the respect and admiratio
J of his antagonist, is q wonderfully fin
imam in character and action Whe
these words about his fairness and II