The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-12-14

in throwing him into the bay. Ant
that paper never even alluded to the
instance
u If Mr.. Farrell were to learn thl
one of his employees was not rrueil
i his marital relations or had grated
no matter how high his station or how
1 long his service that man would be
dismissed withot word of comment
or the satisfaction of the slightest ex-
PLANTATION. And if there were meet
ing of the greatest railroad men in
the country, Mr.. Farrell would lead
and dominate And if one of these
same gentlemen wished to see him
they would wait his convenience in
the ante room. And yet this is the
man who arose from the lowest to
the highest position of railroader-
an avocation employing the brain
lest men of this country today And
he did it by the sheer force of lis
will. He used none of the wiles of
the diplomat, no hot air, no iollies.
He took the straight answering
course and stuck to it.
When J. J. Hill started work on
Lis big steamers he got Farrell to
agree to see them launched and do
ing business When Farrell had load
ed the second one and started it
for the orient he forthwith sent inl
his resignation This steamer had
not been gone foar hours from
port when it broke down and had
tc return. And then followed series
of accidents and finally the utter
destruction of one of these boats,
which those who believe in luck de-
clare would not have happened had
Farrell remained in Hills employ.
But he did not and why may never
,e known, but it is altogether prob
lble thai. Two such strong minds
.ould not come together without
striking fire. Farrell went to Eu-
'ope for long vacation, only to re-
urn very shortly to become the
of Harriman's interests on
Puget Sound, and when Farrell dies
, great deal will be said in his IA
1or. He will take his place rs one
Of the master minds of this pacif-
C Northwest, builder, worker
who staid on the job.
And among the laudable things said
lbout him will have to do with his
pure milk dairy. For it was he who
the pure milk era in Sc
lttle.
For years Seattle's milk supply had
been as filthy as it was possible for
It to be. Unclean cows, stables and
dirty receptacles and every
conceivable form of filth predominate
Mr.. Farrell established a pure milk
larry at once lowering the bacterol-
,gical test to 400, when Seattles Or
finance allowed 5000. He has main
aimed this dairy for long time and
expended an immense sum in modern
sanitary buildings and equipment. He
has lost great deal of money inl
his most laudable desire to Set the
standard for pure milk. And that
standard is now unapproachable ac-
,ording, to statistics. In the mean
while Mr.. Farrell has doubtless saw
I'd the lives of many babies and inl
his has done greater work than
he who establishes or endows cdu-
,ational institutions. Try to con-
,eive the length and breadth of such
, benefaction. 1t will lead you intol
, frame of mind that will make youl
oOk with a kindly eye upon the
,ustere, cold, autocratic man, whose
,ustere, cold, autocratic man, who Sell
lom smiles and whose powerful per-
'onality dominates men as if they
we're mere infants.
AS direct result of the recent dis
'ster at Chehalis, in which the lives
Of seven girls were lost in n f;ro