Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
]. D. DAILY PASSES BEYOND.
Formerly Respected Resident of Ada
County Coming to White Bird Recently

After lingering illness which has
lasted since January, and following as
an after affect OF an attack of la
grippe, }. ID. paly, respected resident
of White Bird, Idaho, passed into the
great beyond on the 10Th day of May,
1916. Up to the time of the attack of
grippe, Mr.. DAILY, had always been
man of robust health and was never
seriously i'll prior to the last sickness
The ravages of the disease that affect
ed so many this last winter, settled in
the lower teeth of the patient. This re-
suited in a poisoning of the system and
anaema, and although the heart action
was good, Mr.. DAILY gradually grew
weaker from day to day until rest from
suffering came in death.
The remains were brought up from
White Bird Tuesday, being accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. f. DAILY,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Mahurin, Mrs. Alice
Taylor, Mrs. Anna Brookhart, and Miss
Alberta DAILY. From Grangeville the !
remains were taken by rail Wednesday |
morning to Meridian, Idaho, the old |
home of the deceased where interment |
will be made. The funeral will be held
on June 3rd Mrs. Alice Taylor of
Meridian and Mrs. Anna Brookhart of
Walla Wala who were at the bedside
at the time of death, accompanied the
remains to Meridian to be in attendance
at the funeral. The other relatives
living in White Bird, son M. +. DAILY,
and two daughters, Mrs. Dan Mahurin
and Miss Alberta DAILY, being unable to
be present at the funeral.
Ten children were born to the union
of j. d. DAILY and Rebecca DAILY, the
wife dying in 1901. OF these children,
NJ +. DAILY, Mrs. Dan Mahurin and Miss
Alberta Daily make thir home at White
Bird. Three daughters, Mrs. Alice
J Taylor, Mrs. Media Adams and Mrs.
Lola DAILY live at Meridian. Two sons,
Fred and Gilbert Daily live at Meridian.
; One daughter, Mrs. Anna Brookhart
! lives at Walla Walla and another
daughter, Mrs. Anna Cess, at Long
Beach, California. Deceased leaves
three brothers older than him and a
!. half brother. These three brothers live
= in Ada county and the half brother in
!. st. John, Wash.
j. ID. DAILY was a man, who has led
: an unusually active life of industry
> and usefulness, and this and his promi.
nence in political activities while a
. . resident Of Ada county, Idaho, coupled
. with an honesty and integrity in ser
vice gained him scores or frlenuS. lie
!, was born in northern Missouri January
y 10, 1850, where he farmed after reach
. ing maturity until the year 1887, re
:, moving at that time from Missouri tt
Y Boise, Idaho. He farmed for while
. . in Ada county and in the fall of 1891
I was elected assessor and tax collector
J In 1899 he was elected sheriff of Ada
= county. After he left the sheriff Z
~ office he was superintendent on thu
T Thunder Mountain wagon road, ant
. after the completion of the work OF
J this road he went to North Bend, Coo
y Bay, Oregon, serving as a policeman II
" the city during the year 1908. The lat
y ter part of his life, up to three year
!, ago, he spent in travelling in California
20 and Oregon, coming in 1913 to Whit
u Bird where he lived up to the time o
~ his death. In the short time that h
~ lived in White Bird he has gained
IL score OF friends who were drawn to hir
by his splenulu integrity and honesty
l le and who admired him for his man
~ splendid traits. The man who }. ID. Dal
IN called friend was fortunate.