La Junta tribune., 1914-02-07
srpT. kuRN's FAREWELL
santa Fe Employees Present Him
With Diamond Ring ~ Token
Of Esteem.

sV"uShS =. M' huTH iOT ulS new sAosu
OF labor with the Detroit, Toledo 4
lronton Railway. with headquarters
at Detroit, Mich. he was called upon
by about forty employees of the Santa
Fe Company and presented with an
exceedingly handsome diamond ring
as token OF remembrance and es-
TEEN, The committee was composed
OF division superintendents. train
masters. chief despatchers. dispatch
ers. road foremen OF engines. me-
chanical superintendents. agents.
general foremen. roadmasters. Mr..
kurn's office force and others. en-
ployed In various capacities on the
railroad. Mr.. II. A. Tice. superiu-
tendent OF the Western Division. with
headquarters at Dodge City. made the
presentation address, which is given
below:
Tn. life of a railroad man In anAlo-
gous to that Of naval and army off,
GERS. In that they do not know naxt
week or tomorrow where they may be-
l am trusting that the world may deal
kindly with you. aIL fortune smile on
YOU. and that In your new pathway
YOU will find very little of upgrade. no
obstruetions. no wrecks, and very few
delays
You ar. going to higher field OF
labor. and We do not know. nor do you.
what the future will demand of you In
a. L..
and II Is our heart-fuli belief. that you
viii fill the job and b. even bigger
than the job. You Will not. OF course
now report to a general manas.r-you
Will report to - board OF directors and
tn. Interstate Commerce Commission.
aud our prayer is that the Lord will
help you. as OF course. We cannot be
there to do It We would be glad to
offer YOU suggestions. hut ". viii not
b. ih.r. to offer any excuses
My recollection is that some Of our
excuses have not always been accept
ed. and my recollection is also that
you nave made excuses yourself. and
In tunes Of social relaxation, you have
told us OF some OF these excuses hut
at the same time you impressed upon
us the fact that We Were not supposed
to use these snme excuses To you.
II II often the case that there arS'
reasons for things that cannot be mad.
perfectly plain to the other fellow. at
the same time. one may have been con
sei~ntious In his work and cam. yer,
nearly doing the right thing W. all
make mistakes, and. Of course. W. are
all glad to acknowledge that fac n
We did not max. mistakes We would
have been In Heaven long ago and
furnished with harps and tuu-ful
voices. I brlirN. that every man here.
and thore VIII, are not here. ha,. striy.
en- to serve you faithfully. and believe
furth-rmor. that you have been biz
enough. and broad enough. and char
itabic enough to overlook many
things, and that you have wiped y-r>
much off the slate.
We have spent many pleasant hour
with you. W. viii 'f.s- up somr hours
have not been as pleasant AZ other,
and thor. were due to tn. fact that Hp
many thinss went dead wrong. ami
that possibly there were great many
bone head plays made. and that We
contributed to some Of tn. bone head
game. W" also acknowl.d.. that some
OF those unpleasant hours. and per
haps. most Of them. were du. 20 the
fact that ". couldn't help but l'.
know ledge to ourselves that "a. Wei"
responsible. or that some OF tn. men
who were under our immediat" Jurls'
dietion. and In our imm-diat. employ.
were responsible for some thing that
should not have been. and for which
We considered ourselves to b. held ius
dividaaiiy responsible, However ~"
bay. spent very many pleasant hours
together In cheerful sociabiiiiy, and
In cheerful intercourse. and these
things ~r Will never forget
Now. as you are about to leave uH.
We viii ask that you shall no, FORGET
many thinxr We undoubtedly nav"
done that added to your burdens that
you shall not forget our shoficom-
inxa. aud that you shall forget any.
thing that may drive away smile
and replace with = fro~n. This World
is poor In many thinss II II poor as
to the sympathy that IL shown, " 10
poor In the manner of expressing tpin'
pAthS. There 10 not 10 very much sun.
shine but n great deal of fog. cold and
stormy weather In n railroad mAn's
life. ~ you are xoinx to your rev
field Of labor. ws trust that III" days
viii brinx Ia you n great deal of sun.
shine. that they viii bring To fow
cheer and prosperity. and happiness.
and the sui,nsss Of sisdn~ss Of salts.
faction IN things. and that you VIII
have all the success that you sf"atiy
msrit. and even more. and Ne ~ant
you 10 know that We are wishing that
all ef these things viii come To yos.
and whom the brain ~earies because
Of the cares and the racsasive amount
Of work that 10 required. We want tos
to stop for an hevr. aud r~vsr, badh
70 the yssrs ef action. to the prnif'se
ef ksnsas. and the plains. valley. aHl
mountains of Colorado and New Meg.
leo. aud 10 know that the hoy. ysu
are leaving Mere are thinking Of you.
and their sympathiss and their bess
wishes are With yeu.
fow are = aU0d Bible student Az
you psrhAes recall that passase Of the
Scrtptsrs that ssysi Words ~ishoet