Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-04-17
COL. c. F. MULLER.

in he immediate vicinity Of Philadel
phia. In 1870 he was united in mar
riage to Lucie Branca Randall o
Brockport, New York. Two daugh
ters were born to this union-Lucil
Muller Morgan who is living at pres
ent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, and Maut
Muller Clements, wife of DIR. Mel
bourn Clements, U. S. N, Chief Med
ical officer on the S. S. Wilhelmina.
In 1900 he was married to Margaret
Whitaker of Philadelphia. Of this
marriage there was born one son
Charles. F. Muller Jr., who is now at
terding Moran school at Rolling Bay
Washington.
For twelve years, from 1897 to 1905
Colonel Muller lived in France, as the
executor of the estate of his uncle,
DR.. Thomas Evans, the renowned Ann
erican dentist of Paris.
After a year and a half of travel in
the United States following resldend
abroad, he came to Payette in 1911 IN
the interest of an irrigation projec;
on Oregon Slope and then became IN
terested in Payette, erecting the cold
storage plant, one of the largest and
best of its kind in the entire North
west.
Colonel Muller was member Of the
Ohio Commandery of the Military Or
der of Loyal Legion. He was depart
nent commander of the G. A. r. of
Tennessee and had never severed his
connection with his Post at Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn.
Mrs. Muller and Junior left with
the body Monday morning for Phil
adelphia where interment will take
place in Woodlands Cemetery.
Colonel Mullers life was purpose
full four score years, rich in world
wide experience and full of service, of
struggle and achievement. There was
no pause in his virile activities until
the end suddenly came.
The rich life of Colonel Muller coy
cred an equally rich period of his
country's history. The scene of his
youthful activity was the old historic
city of Philadelphia, and while he was
a boy many of the political giants OF
our history were still alive and Phil
adelphia was the center of political
activity: His boyhood and young man.
hood were passed amid the storms of a
great argument, made necessary by
the silence of our Constitution as to
the nature of the Union. To our
minds, cleared of the hot temper of
time, that age seems an unhappy time;
but it was good age in which to be
born, for men were in earnest about
deep, vital things. It was, indeed, an
age of passion, but of passion based
on principle and enthusiasm and deep
loyalties-and it made men, for men
then counted their ideals as of more
value than their lives and they kept
faith with their ideals. Indeed, it
was a good age in which to be born.
Colonel Muller was but boy of IL
when the great drama, fate-driven
and fate-determined, passed from ar
gument into grim war, and he himself,
at that early age of II caught in the
grip of that same fate, played the
part of a man and a soldier. No
wonder he was man of high purpose
and ideals. He had reached young
manhood when the storm had passed
and despair had smitten SO many
souls, but he was young man OF
heart and courage and he set himself
to make. good in life.
The most vivid characteristic of the
man during the late world war and
since was his intense and complete
Amerieanism,
His home was of the ideal American
type where loving and thoughtful
consideration and equality of interest
are the fundamentals Of family life.
He was more than husband and fa--
ther in his ,home-he was friend and
,ompanion, appreciating with rare
understanding the problems of wife
and. children. Knowing the value Of
good woman's influence, he made his
wife hIs confidant and true belpmate.
As Il friend, he was loyal and, true,
and while he admitted but few to the
inner sanctuary of his friendship, he
was admired and respected by all.
He was a public spirited citizen, in
teressed tc the end in the welfare Of
his fellow beings, One of his closest
friends said Of him, 'sHe was y man
of the finest fibre have met"
Frank and upright in character,
kind and considerate, but positive and