The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1910-06-16
JOURNALIST DROWNED.
Gordon Fisher Loses His Life in
White River.

Gordon Fisher. of Helena, Mo-,
1 student of the School of Journalism a
the State University at I Columbia, wa
drowned in White river at the Tabl
Rock ford above Hollister last Thurs
I9day morning.
Hon. Walter Williams, one of tn
loldest and best known newspaper mel
in the state, is the dean of the Schoo
Eof Journalism. Last week Dean Viii
Iliams attended meeting of the Mis-
sour Press Association at Cape Girard
eau. 1t was planned that during hi,
absence party of the students should
make tour of Southwest Missorr
under the direction of the State Bureau
Iof immigration. This tour was for the
double purpose of giving the students
practice in writing up points of interest
and collecting material for the use oil
the Bureau in boosting Missc uri. The
points to have been visited included
Springfield, Hollister, Mountain Grove,
West Plains, Fru;tville and Williams
vile. In the party with Fisher were
G. G. Ross, F. L. Martin and DR.. w.
2. Cutler, Of Columbia; Harry E. Rid
ings. Meadville; Vaughan Bryant, Kan
sas City; J. B. Powell, Columbia; J. F.
Williams, Joplin; R. F. Leggett, Car
thage; ]. E. Chasnoff, Sedalia; G. v.
Kenton, Lees Summit.
The party reached Hcllister We'd
nesday morning and spent the rest of
the day viewing points of interest
about the town. Thursday morning
the party was to have taken a float
down the river from the Table Rock
ford TO the Maine Club where they
were to have been the guests of Hon.
J. T. Woodruff, of Springfield, at din
ner, after which they were to have
taken the train for Springfield.
With the party at Table Rock were
VIM. H. Johnson. his son Will and w.
L. Driver, physical director of the
Central high school at Kansas City,
Who has been at Hollister for some
ime. One of the boats had proceeded
lown the stream and some Of the
'arty, among them Fisher, decided
hey would take swim. The second
,oat started containing Vaughan Bryant
md R. F. Leggett with Fisher swim
ming and wading behind. When they
cached the deep swift water the boat
,as some distance ahead. Finding he
,as in danger he cried to those in the
oat to come back after him but the
oys were unable to stem the swift
uHent. At the same time Fisher
.arted for the boat and swan more
han far enough to have reached the
hore had he gone in that direction.
Tearing Fishers cries the third boat
obtaining Mr.. Johnson, Mr.. Martin
nd DR.. Cutler rushed to aid him but
efore they could reach him he sank.
Owing to the river being high and
lie water being muddy the body could
OF be found for two days. A reward ;
S2s was offered for the recovery of :
lie body and scores of men searched
ith gigs and drags. Dynamite was +
so used. Saturday morning the body
as found floating by Jasper Cron, of ;
alena, who was floating to Branson,
,out two miles below where the
owning occurred. He notified Pink n
ornett who secured the body and p
wed it to Hollister where it was taken Il
,m the water and packed in ice. Un- G
,rtaker Will Lohmeyer. of Springfield.
ached HoIlister late Saturday, evening L
d embalmed the body preparatory al
r shipment. I
Immediately after the drowning tel &c
rams were sent to Dean Williams at
lpe Girardeau and to the young mans =
rents. His father, L. D. Fisher, an ~
cle, James Slade, and Dean Williams p'
ached d Hollister on Saturday mornings b'
i'm. They with F. L. Martin and dj
airy Ridings accompanied the body =,
the family home at Helena, leaving
ollister Sunday afternoon.
Fisher was % years old and In his tn
nior year at the University. He was Ell
e of the editors OF the University
ssourian, paper published bv stud 80
IS of the University. He was con- ,
cred very bright young man with ci
brilliant career before him and was CO