Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-04-11

created by q new city charter. Mr.
Ellis was elected 10 fill that position
Ten years later he was again elected
Mayor. He was o, of the oldes
trustees of LaCreole Academy, and Il
was largely through his efforts that
Lafayette Seminary was consolidated
with the academy under the name OF
Dallas College and LaCreole Academy
He was substantial friend of tic new
institution, and up to within few
months of his death had been assist
ing in the plans for securing new
buildings and Increasing the scope and
usefulness of the school.
He was faithful member of the
Presbyterian Church and served for
many years as treasurer of the board
of trustees and superintendent of the
Sunday school. Fraternaily, Mr.. Ellis
was a member of Jennings Lodge,
No. 8, A. F. & A. NJ, of which he was
Worshipful Master for two terms.
In 1871, Mr.. Ellis married Miss Ella
D'Lashmutt, daughter of Edward
and Lydia D'Lashmutt, also natives of
Ohio. Mr.. D'Lashmutt died in 1888.
His widow still resides in this city.
Besides his wife and aged mother,
Mr. Ellis is survived by three brothers
and three sisters. They are: w. R..
Ellis, of Clackamas County; H. J..
Ellis, of Dallas, and ]. c. Ellis, of
Sheridan; Mrs. N. l.. Butler, of Port
land; Mrs. w. H. Kuykendall, of
Charleston, Wash, and Mrs. c. A..
Johns, of Baker CITY,
Death Ends Useful Career.
Here, then, is the record of busy
and useful life. 1t is a record briefly
told, for Mr.. Ellis was man of large
affairs and had played prominent
part in the business and social life of
Dallas for nearly forty years. At the
time of his retirement from active
business four years ago, the Observer
said of him:
In all the long years he has lived
among us, Dallas has had no more
loyal friend, no more progressive or
public-spirited citizen than M. M. Ellis.
There is not transportation line or
institution operating in
this city but he had hand in its
building None knows better than the
writer of these lines of the personal
sacrifices of time and the liberal gifts
of money made by Mr.. Ellis in secur-
ing the industries which have made
Dallas the busy, prosperous town it is
today. He has been an effective work
er for the upbuilding of his home
town, and although he often had to
carry more than his share of the bur-
den, he carried it willingly and cheer
fully"
And so 1t was during the remainder
of his life-ever enterprising, ever
loyal to his community, ever hopeful
Of seeing Dallas become one of the inn
portant commercial and Industrial
centers of Western oregon. Even
after the most painful malady ii isl
given mankind to suffer had sapped
his vitality and robbed him of his
strength, this indomitable spirit of
enterprise and of interest in the well
fare of his home city remained with
him, and visitors to his bedside found
lim keenly interested in all move
nents and affairs looking to the up
building of Dallas. This fine loyalty
Ind spirit of sacrifice for the pub
ic good should serve as an incentive
% those he left behind to ever keep in
mind the Importance of advancing
he welfare of the town he loved-the
own he was proud to call his home.
M. M. Ellis was a good citizen in all
he term implies. Dallas will be lone
ome without him.