The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-12
C M YOUNG DIES FROM
 OPERATION

Charles ". Young, founder of Ju.
 neau's oldest hardware store, and one
 of the earliest pioneers to Juneau.
 having come here in the summer of
 1885, died at g o'clock this morning
 in Rochester Mipn, at the hospital
 of the Mayo brothers. where just g month aeo he was operated on. News Of Mir. Young's death was conveyed in a telegram to Judge Royal A. Gunni. son on behaif of the Masonic bodies of Juneau, from George c. Teal, who is in Seattle. 4 wire also was re. ceived by the ElSs' Lodge. from the Rochester Elks which had been sent before Mir Young passed away Itl indicated that he was in a critical condition The cause of death is not known here. Nr. Young wrote to D. W. Petit a month ago. just after he had been operated on, and said he felt fine, but did not indicate what his complaint was. He usually enjoyed good health, his last serious Illness having been in 1898. when he aged after siege of typhoid fever.
 Burial Near old Home. h
 Funeral services will likely be held In Pittsburgh, Penn, as the deceased has relatives in that State, including two married sisters He is survived ! also by Frank w. Young. his brother ( who is in California, and another bro l .her. Mrs D. W. Petttlt of Juneau is f l niece of Mr. Young. Mir. Young was 
 c. w. Young was born on farm Y near Meadyille Penn, about 62 years a igo. He came West when a young k nan, and took up railroad contract. Q ng, specializing in bridge construc- ion. He had contracts with the old Oregon Short Line railroad, superin- ( ending grade and bridge construc. ion throughout Eastern Oregon. and Tith the Northern Pacific railroad, trough Washington and Idaho.
 When he arrived in Juneau in 1885 e built a carpenter shop that sum J ler on thGpresent site of the Alaska Q upply Co., -His business grew and iy eyeral years later he sold his store p 3 the Sitsa Trading Co., Twenty-two l' ears ago he established the C. W. a oung Hardware store, and became t; lentifed with the mining industry on V, more or less large scale while his a, usiness gradually enlarged as the ,wn grew. In 1904 he incorporated 10 Is store as the c. W. Young Com sl any with Edward w. Petit and VII. tl an Geddes In 1906 he retired from a, lsiness selling his entire interest ,.
 the company to a group of business ,i' en headed by J. c. Mcbride. the nc 'esent manager and president of .e concern. w Tn 1909 Mr. Young left Juneau in M, ,mpany with his lifelong friend. pr. VI K. Simpson, now of Victoria, B. C.. Ia Id they toured the world Upon th cir return to the United States, Mir Sh oung established his residence at Se- nc tie. living at The Frye with T ]. r.. ltterson, former head of the United '0 ates cable office here Since that su mo he has travelled extensively, Of. on n to California and the East. and ur IS made several trips to Juneau He ,.;t is last here during the early sum. 7. CT of 1914 at
 Worth Quarter of Million. tn Mir Young will leave fortune su easuring in the neighborhood of a no arter of million dollars. He own eo
 considerable real estate in Juneau, M MlsS d has property in Seattle and in lf He has sold much of his as gal realty holdings, but still retains fife e control of a number of lots and do -ellings.
 He was a life member of Juneau dge Mo- APO. B. P O. Elks. and was pll S2' Mason and shriner, holding in in Nile Temple Seattle, q Mt Juneau Lodge 147, D. & d.. Or
 Flags on the Masonic and Elks' S dge buildings today and on the C.
 Young store were draped at half
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