The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-13
GOODWIN PASSES BOTH YEAR
Congratulations Showered Upon
Veteran Editor, Formerly a
Resident of Eureka

IuuRe ". ". oOOu WAug OCAONNA
of the West, editor. author, jurist and
man Of affairs, was so years old yester-
day, says the Salt Lake Tribune OF
April 4. Happy fluctuations poured in
upon the distinguished man from many
cities and localities where his genial
name and forceful personality have
been known since the West was in its
infancy.
The same sentiment Of friendly re-
gard reached Judge Goodwin in scores
of messages from his numerous friends
and associates here and elsewhere. His
mail was heaped high and his telephone
line was congested with them yesterday.
His so years have brought to Judge
Goodwin a degree Of success that has
no blemish upon it, if universal regard.
high esteem and a name that is written
in the history of the broad West from
the Rockies to the sea for sterling worth
and achievement can be accepted as
such.
Hears Call of the West
Though il was the Pacific Coast that
claimed him when the magic call OF
"westward ho'' first brought him as a
boy from the East, Utah has had the
good fortune to hold Judge Goodwi i as
it's own brilliant citizen for the last 30
years and to reap the benefits of his
~tireless efforts towards the betterment
of the State.
Judge Goodwin was born and reared
near Rochester in western New York.
He was brought up on his fathers farm
and received his scholastic training in
the schools of Rochester. He comes Of
a family that runs In an unbroken line
to the earliest days of American history.
His paternal grandfather fought in the
wal for independence under the direct
command of George Washington, and
his own father served through the var
of 1912.
Early in life, Judge Goodwin heard
the call of the West. He took boat for
San Francisco by way of the Isthmus OF
Panama and arrived on the Pacific
Coast after a perilous trip, in which he
came near to dying OF the Panama fever.
He sailed through the Golden Gate
when San Francisco was only a sea-
coast settlement. He settled in Marys.
vile, California, and embarked in the
lumber business. After five years, dur
ing which he had built up one of the
biggest lumber mills in that region, he
suffered an utter loss of fortune through
fire. With characteristic buoyancy, he
abandoned the enterprise and entered
upon other lines of endesvor.
For several years he taught school in
Marysville and studied law under his
brother, who was one of the foremost
jurists in California at that time. In
1850 Judge Goodwin moved to Plumas
County and began the practice of law,
Shortly after taking to the law ne
moved to Nevada and was admitted &c
practice before all the courts Of that
State, which was then rising to the
zenith of it's early glory.
Brilliant Coterie of Men
It was at this time that he began his
association with that brilliant coterie Of
men, with which his name now is linked
inseparably in the early history Of the
Sagebrush State. Among the grouI
were such as Mark Twain, Dan De
guile. Joseph T. Goodman and a score
of others, whose interesting lives Judge
Goodwin has so entertainingly por.
trayed for his Salt Lake readers in re,
cent years.
After a legal career that stamped him
a jurist of great ability. Judge Goodwin
probably under the influence of his dis
tinguished associates and through ths
awakening of natural genias for the
pen, entered upon his newspaper career,
in which he is ever now engaged. AS &
journalist he rose to the height Of hi
fame. The power of his pen was IN
excelled among a. the brilliant writers
who built up the newspapers of the
West and established a new. distinctive
class of literature. His books. sewers
in number, have wide circulation &c
this day.
In 1880 Judge Goodwin came to Sal
Lake City and became chief editor Of
The Salt Lake Tribune, a position h'
held for twenty-one years. Since 100;
he has been editor of Goodwin's Weekly
and for six years he has written the edi
torials for the Evening Telegram.
In all his 80 years OF residence in Utah
Judge Goodwin has turned the whole
force of his wonderful abilities upon the
advancement of the State to the frs
rank. His pen has sung ~incessantly and
his voice has never been stilled in ths
pursuit Of that aim.