The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-07

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under any and all conditions" He
said, You get on the off wheeler, hold
to the names where you won't fall of,
and watch them walk up the hill with
this load" That was fine. When we
reached the top of the hill, and were
gliding along on the level ground, I
said, "How would you have those
leaders step up little, SO far dis
tant from you?" His reply was, II
can just touch them with the whip
and they will then "pep" up promptly.
| requested that he touch ones ear; he
did. There was a leaf hanging over
the road in front. "See if you can
touch that with your whip" He did.
splitting the leaf. There is hornets
nest twenty feet in front, there is a
bold hornet on guard, "Pick him off
with your whip" His reply was, "My
boy, mules ear is mules ear, a
leaf is leaf, but hornets nest is an
organization" Gentlemen, regardless
Of how harmonious an organization
may be, changes must of necessity
occur sooner or later. Change is the
universal law of nature, and / desire
here to record the hope that when this
HluSb VI flt-
cessity change, that their successors
will come from your splendid organ
ization, and from Southeast Missouri.
! make this suggestion because I have
recently observed that when success
sors. in other fields have been selected
from Southeast Missouri they have
been in no wise disappointed. Did
you, gentlemen of the medical profess
sion ever stop to consider that the
leading alienists and neurologists
west of the Mississippi, the best known
Psychiatrist in st. Louis city, is a
Southeast Missouri home e-grown pro-
duction, reared in the foothills of
Washington county? 1t is not my
purpose to be personal in this matter
at this time, but when l consider that
such is the fact, to me tits blissful
condition to say the least of it. When
Judge Dyer resigned on account of ad-
vancing age his position as Federal
Judge, and successor must be ap-
pointed, those in authority went to the
extreme corner of Southeast Missou-
ri, to that rich alluvial soil district of
Pemiscot county, and selected an able
Jurist, Chas. B. Farris, who will oc-
cupy that position Gf he desires) the
of his natural life. Some
years ago, when the Missouri Pacific
Railroad Go. needed an attorney-in-
fact, with all the word implies, they
did not go East for such character,
but they went to Southern Missouri
home and selected our next-door neigh
bor. I refer to the late lamented and
brilliant Martin L. Clafdy. When Mr..
Clardy had passed to his long home,
and his successor must be elected, they
again went to the foot hills Of the
Ozarks in Jefferson county and se@
lected a young man who had presided
with dignity and ability over a judi
cial circuit, and today Judge Jas. F.
Green is at the head of the legal de-
partment of that great railway sys-
,em.
When DR.. Warren B. Outten, Chief
Surgeon of the Missouri Pacific Hos
oital system passed to that country
rom whose bourne no traveller returns,
and his successor must be selected,
he Goulds did not bring their private
physician from the East for this i'm
oortant and lucrative position, but
hey again went to the foot hills of
he Ozarks on the banks of the Mis-
jissippi, at Cape Girardeau, and Sc
ected a young man who possessed the
hree qualifications essential to con-
iuct and manage that great railroad
hospital, namely, professional ability,
executive ability, and financial abili-
y, and DR.. Paul F. Vasseling of Cape
iirardeau possessed these qualifica-
ions to an eminent degree.
Gentlemen, when think of the able
men this section has produced, when
think of the splendid characters in
lour Association, men who have given
heir best thought, their best endeav-
RS, their time, their talents, and some
wen their lives, for the relief, up
,uilding and benefit of mankind; I
ay when think of that type Of man,
often, often, sigh for the touch of
! vanished hand and the sound of a
'oice that is still.