The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-08-23
Has Liberal Education.

HAS Liberal Education.
DR.. Morris is a Van Buren, county
product, born in this county and hav-
ing spent the greater part of his life
here. Among his possessions is an
education of the greatest liberality.
After attending the Decatur high
school, he received a course at the
Florida State military college at
Lake City, then entered the Univer-
sity of Michigan and finally finished
his course in medicine and surgery at
Rush Medical college, Chicago.
Then he became a resident inferno
of | ee's lying-in-hospital, Chicago,
and a post graduate of the Polytechnic
hospital, New York, and the Post
Gradua te hospital, New York. 1t
was then that his quest for knowledge
carried him to the old world where
he became a post graduate Of the
University of Edinburg, Scotland, and
of st. Bartholomew in London, and
also carried on clinic work ut the
University of Paris.
Returning to America he practiced
for year at Denver, Colorado, at
tanning a marked degree of success
as a surgeon, but experiencing a
growing aversion to the work. IT
was during his practice at Denver
! that he attained the distinction of
being the first man in America to
discover and report alchoholic poison
] ing resulting in blindness, although
! it later developed that the same dis
covery had been reported by a Ger
man physician seven days earlier. II
was about this time, too, that he
sought to solve the biggest problem
facing the western farmers by evolv-
ing the sodium arsenatum sacharatun1
preparation for the destruction OF
cinch-bugs and grass hoppers, which
proved successful and has not only
saved millions Of dollars for the far
mers of Kansas but has become a
standard preparation in the west.
Leaves Medicine For The Farm
Seeking diversion from his pro.
fessional work, DR.. Morris acquired
an irrigating ranch of 140 acres in
Colorado, which he still retains, anC
also became president of the LaBelle
Coal company of Denver, one of the
largest coal producers in Colorado.
1t was about nineteen years age
that he returned to Van Buren, coun-
ty to devote his time to his f/n
ing interests, and forsook the practice
of medicine and surgery altogether
1t is now only when roads are impass
able and other physicians are MOI
available that DR.. Morris responds
always generously and scientifically
to the call of distress among hi!
neighbors at Keller. Last winter
when impossible snow banks blocked
the roads for the physicians Of neigh
boring towns but failed to interrupt
the visits of the stork, "Doc" Morri!
as he is Familiarity known among hi
neighbors, proved the Good Samar
itan of the hour in a number o.
Keller homes.
! This is the type of marlborough
~ american anu patriotic, ledTHeu
logical big-hearted, generous anc
popular among his acquaintance
who is seeking the republican nomin
alton for state senator from the ALE
gan-Van Buren, district, and who il
waging his campaign for the nomin
alton in a clean sort of way, withou
villifcation of his opponents, bu
! rather in his own characteristic man
ner, based upon his qualification
) and the service he may be able L
render his senatorial district and hi
state.
! That he is eminently qualified, edu
cationally and tempermantally, for
Legislative position is conceded by al
J who know him. Naturally, thos
who know him best, appreciate hi
ability most, and it is among then
! that he commands his most enthusi
astic support.