The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-03-09

n group OF lawyers and court at
taches were sitting in the chambers
OF Judge Stillwcll H. Russell his
morning The court had just adj
journed out of respect for the memory
of Joe Robson.
"Ardmore will miss Joe Robson"
said Judge Russell. after a long. pen
sive look out of the widnow, sitting
in his revolving chair, "Ardmore
will miss him, as il would miss some
familiar landmark that the eye was
long accustomed to look at and feel a
certain security I'm the mere sense
that it was there. He was forccful.
aggressive man, possessing the gift
OF initiative and dogged perseverance
in an unusual degree. While his ac-
tivities were cast in circumscribod
field. guess there was good deal Cf
the same stuff in Joe Robson that
goes to make captain Of industry.
His energy always impressed me
there was something tonic about 1t.
! have often watched him going about
in all kinds OF wind and woather-
weighed down with, as | know. many
discouraging handicapped he kept
hammering away-hammering away
IA An tp
characteristic of the mamie was
possessed of a dominant spirit that
perhaps sometimes made him one
mics, but you cant blast granite with
honey or build street.railways with
airs from music boxes.
Yes. sir--we'll miss poor old Joe.
Every time | shall ride upon that
street railway out thoro ! will think
of him. Say what you will, Ardmore
body knows moro than | do, | guess,
from my connection with some of its
matters in the court, the many yexa-
tions and difficulties he had to over.
come. and while eventually 1t passed
from his hands. yet remember the
days OF its building, when the actual
street work was being done-the dirt
flying-the physical foundations of
the Improvement boing laid-and
there, in the midst of It, all the time,
pushing, persuading, coaxing and
compelling and often actually doing
the manual labor itself. was Joe Rob
ison. He toiled night and day, !
know. To push that work to com.
p'etion. anl no matter who may con
troll its future operations. he will al
ways Be remembered in connection
with II, as the dominant spirit in its
inception and lis building
1T Is strange world" mused Oh
the judge. and We don't know many
of the Influences that affect US, even
In the ordinary things of life. But,
let me tell you men there was some
thing happened to me In connection
with the death OF Joe Robson, which
has happened to me before. when
other men with whom | have bcen
c osely associated with, or who have
come within the range of my daily
life have passed away am not an
occuliSt, so | 90 not undertake TO ac-
count for il. Yesterday. at just about
the hour that Joe died, was lying
down on my sofa at home, and starting
suddenly up there glided into my mind
suggestion in connection with
case OF his that had for some time
undor adyisement. ! said TO myself,
II will so down TO the ofice-l have
got to write up my decision on a de-
murrer in a case of Joe Robison's-I
have reached conclusion in he mat
ter, and | will go and call the lawyers
up and get It OFF my mind" Now, |
hadn't thought Of Joe or that case
al that day In few minutes heard
OF his death and instead OF going o
the court house went To his home
and saw the familiar old figure
stretched out in death. Now, whence