Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-19
Was Taken Fatally I'll With
Heart Trouble on Way to
Washington Early in the
Week. Death Expected.
CAREER WAS ACTIVE
AND SUCCESSFUL
Senator Was Owner of Irrigation
System and Large Farming Inter-
ests at Mountain Home. Review
Of His Life Activities.

United States Senator James H.
Brady died at his home, in Wash
ington, at $50 o'clock Sunday night
He was stricken with an acute attack
Thursday, and while he had no or
ganic trouble of the heart it is
thought that his stomach ailment
of long standing aggravated heart
pressure, and having been in i'll
health for considerable period,
though an indefatigable worker, his
tent that is refused to sustain him in
the vital hour.
Late Saturday night it was
thought that very material signs of
improvement were noticed, in that
his business manager, Walter c.
Gregory received wire shortly be-
fore midnight in which number of
matters of personal business and
operations were referred to with the
Senator's characteristic activity, and
at the end of the message was a no.
tation that the senator showed
signs of improvement. So that it is
apparent that he was working out
his big projects and had full conf
dence in his recovery up to practi
cally his last few hours.
He returned to Washington about
ten days ago, after having spent
a very busy vacation in his home
city of Pocatello, where he had
projected enterprises of moment,
which meant greater things for the
city in the future. All the caution
and friendly interest of his old
time co-workers and associates that
he reduce his speed and activity and
take affairs little easier for the
protection of his health for the ac-
tive session of congress ahead were
of little avail, and he laughingly re-
piled that while he was doing a good
days work he felt that he was in
good condition, and desired to push
operations as much as possible in the
time available, and then he would
have everything cleaned up" which
was his favorite method of doing
things at all times. His work while
in Pocatello was largely in the re-
modelling and reconstruction of the
Bannock hotel, which he purchased
while here, and he had other projects
in mind which ultimately would have
meant much for the city as we'll as
to many individuals with whom he
was associated in business.
He was active every moment of
the day going over the old structure
of the Bannock, which had been torn
out to make way for the improve
ments, and worked incessantly until
late hours of the night on this and
many other projects he had in mind
Senator Brady was a thorough
citizen at all times, great frind, a
close business associate, a staunch
Republican and party worker, a keen
individual, a loyal American and
resident of his home state and city,
and tireless cosmic force on any
and every occasion.
To attempt to go into his opera
tions of the extent of his benefac-
tions at this time would be task
that would carry the essential of
elimination rather than elaboration
Few business enterprises through
out the state did not know the i'm
press of his genius for business or
ganization and finance. Canal or
ganization, electric power building
townsite affairs, banking, ranching
building of every description, con-
stituted few of the broad elements
cised keen interest in politics of the
moment, in personal Acquaintance e
and in generally keeping in touch
with local conditions.
Following long and active career
on the political side of his life dur
ing which he had commenced as an
active Republican worker in the
Gate City, and in the days when his
sphere of opulence had narrow
bounds, he became chairman, later
state chairman, then governor dur
ing which campaign he defeated the
present governor-and then United