Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-15
CITIZEN
Laid TO REST IN
BISDEE CEMETERY
George Roberts, Thirty-six
Years a Resident of District,
Honored BY Hundreds Who
Attend Funeral.

1 4 mans man, material worthy of the
very best traditions of the big hearted.
rmpulsiye. generous, honest through
and through type of the old days, the
man trying days of the pioneering peri
cd in ArizOna's isolated metal dis
tricts. was laid to rest yesterday after
noon in Bisbee cemetery.
George Roberts, was the name. Few
old timers in the Southwest but have
heard it; not a few but have distinct
occasion to remember it with gratitude
Tor many is the one in other days.
klndher days, to whom the hand OF
george Roberts went out in aid in one
way of anOther-and without the left
hand knowing that which the right did.
Hundreds yesterday afternoon as
sembled at the Palace Undertaking
chapel to pay their last respects and
10 join in sorrow of that kind which is
borne with the passing of a good
friend. George Roberts was such with
all whom he knew who travelled
straight, and he had been the good
friend OF many a man whose footsteps
many he helped back TO the right road
None, indeed, might be more worthy
of the gathering of throngs at his bier
and the piling high of flowers, than
this man, and so it was that the
thrOng yesterday filled the chapel and
overflOwed far into the street, while
the flowers were banked high
George Roberts had been a resident
of Bisbee for more than SO years. He
came here from a farm in the middle
west to go to work in the restaurant
of his sister-in-law. The Can-Can was
the restaurant, and in its door. as she
looked out on Main street to see what
was going on, the proprietress met
her death soon after the arrival of the
young man, the tragedy of her death
being a part of that enacted in-the
famed bandit raid upon the camp Sub
sequently Mr.. Roberts settled the af-
fairs OF the restaurant and engaged in
business for himself.
Later. when the Spanish American
war came, he was among the first in
the ranks of the Rough Riders with
Buckley O'Neilrs gallant crowd After
the war he came back to Bisbee and
reengaged in business. He made anon
ey easily and he disbursed it just as
readily among those whom he felt
needed il more than he did He was
never rich, except in friends, although
at various times he was comfortably
situated in worldly goods AT the time
of his death his possessions were rep
resented chiefly in a ranch in the Sui
Dhur Springs valley, upon which he
had spent good deal of money in de-
.veloDment and improvements
He had pursued mining to some ex-
tent. but mostly through advances to
miners and prOspectors who needed
assistance to go on with their plans
and labOrs. In the course of his con-
tact with the industry he gathered N
the earlier days a remarkable collec-
ton of specimens of copper ore. said
to have been one of the most compre-
hensive and finest in the country. Up
on his retirement from business sever
al years ago. he disposed of the great
er part of the exhibit to l. w Wallace,
in whose possession it now is. =
His life had its deep griefs and tri-
ais. but he fought the game bravely
and within himself His troubles were
never the burden of others. For his
fellow beings he always had a CHEEKY
smile and warm hand. and in his
passing to the cemetery yesterday
with escort of the Elks and the Frater-
nal Order of Eagles, and host of sor-
rowing friends, the world became
poorer.