El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-27
DR.. DOUGLAS, WHO HAS GONE, Did
MORE THAN ANYONE FOR SOUTHWEST

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man who had more to do than any other with
the development Of large part Of the southwest He de-
veloped mines built railroads. established reduction plants
caused towns TO grow furnished employment TO thousands
and made it possible many other thousands to
living prosper establish homes and businesses and raise
families
Dr. Douglas was IN many respects remarkable nan
acsdemicau Of wide ataiuments, Intellectual whom
one might expect TO live in restricted and rared atmOs-
Dhere he was at the same time a very human He
lived close the ground, sometimes under 1t, and liked
his fellow men no matter what their station in life In his
earlier years he prospector for time, living among
the hills and the DESERT fraternng, when at all with
other prospect0r miners and small Of the west
Re never lost his interest IN working men, whether they
worked with pick and shovel machine drills locomotives
OF in offices with their brains and pens And he never,
after years OF living in New York with only occasional
visits to the southwest lost his interest N this part OF
the country.
west its people When Tucson wanted the Fl Paso and
Southwestern extended there from Fairbanks, there were
arguments against 1t as well as for it. To some officials
of the Phelps Dodge corporation the objections seemed to
outweigh advantages Some Of these officials favored
not extending all Others wanted to 90 up the San
Pedro valley Il been generally understood that
decision Of Dr. Douglas which caused the road TO be
built TO Tucson and his chief reason that liked
Tucson believed IN its future and wanted to see the town
get what 1t wanted He further than that In
operation with his son, Walter Douglas, he provided Tue
with Of the handsomest passenger depots in the
southwest had elaborate parking system laid out around
1t By Walter Douglass landscape gardener Camille Fran
cesci Of Santa Barbara and then presented the city with
a splendid z. H. c. A. building
His benefactions TO Bisbee and Douglas not less
substantial Both towns point to many evidences Of
Dr. Douglass regard And every miner IN the Copper
Queens employ has reason TO thank the head or the cor
poTson for the wage system bonus payments and pen
sion system II is not much to his credit that he fur
uished employment TO thousands Of men-he and his
associates-for that matter for mutual profit the
corporations and the mems but when he went out Of his
way give his employees especially good treatment, that
to his credit
Few men have had more diversified career than cid
Dr. Douglas good many facts with regard to his life
are unknown to most southwesterners He born IN
Quebec Canada In 1888 aud educated at Queens UNI
verty Kingston, Canada and McGin university HIS de-
gree Of doctor Of laws from McG1 gave him his title Of
doctor he also held title professor, for he for
time professor Of chemistry at Norm college, Quebec In
1875 after coming to the United States he devoted himself
charge Of copper plant at PhoenixviIe, Pa. In the
eighties he prospecting in Arizona when he and
others happened upon the copper deposits in Tomb
canyon which discovery resulted IN the development
Of the Copper Queen NINE the founding Of Bisbee the
Enlistment Of the shelter at Douglas and the growth there
Of the town which bears Dr. Douglass name and the con
struction Of the FL Psso and Southwestern railroad
also sponsored the PhepsDodge development Nacozar
Sonora the construction Of the NacoZa railroad, the de-
vs0pment Of the great copper property at Tyrone New
Mexico and Of less important mining enterprises.
On the academic side, he did much original work in the
hydrometaurgy Of coppers He was twice president OF
the American Institute Of Mining Engineers, member Of
the American Philosophical society American Geographical
society, Of the Society Of Arts Of London and Of the Iron
and Steel Institute.
He was the author Of canadian Independence" "Im-
peal Federation and Annexation "Old France IN the
New World" New England and New France Contrasts
and Parallels IN Colonial History and numerous technical
articles.
For these Intellectual achievements the southwest re-
spects Dr. Douglass memory highly. But he viii be
embered best for time he drove buro down through
Tombstone canyon to the place where Bisbee now stands
It's good thing the crown prince received his decora-
tons before his offensive was stopped
Revolutions nearly always start on an empty stomach
That IS Why the world looks hopefully toward Austria
Hungary