Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-29

AGED "a, DIES
ON TRAIN TODAY
Famous Naturalist Was Re
turning East From Cali
fornia When Stricken. =

New York, March 2s.-John Bur
roughs, famous naturalist, died at 2
O'Clock this morning on a New York
Central train at Kingsville, Ohio.
Word of Mr.. Burroughs death was
received here by. New York Central
officials. He was returning east after
spending the winter in Pasadena, Cal,
where he was reported to have been
slightly i'll with afflictions incident to
age. He was in his S4th year.
Estes Park. Colo. March 2e.-Enos
a. Mills, in his home at Longs Peak
Inn, when informed by the Associat-
ed Press of the death of Mr.. Bur
roughs, said America and the world
had lost one of its greatest naturalists
r. my personal loss in the death Of
q dear friend is overshadowed by the
loss to humanity" said Mr.. Mills.
himself one of the most widely
known naturalists in America.
Utica, n. Y. March 2s.-John Bur
roughs. naturalist died on a. New
York Central train near Kingsville.
Ohio, on his way home from Califor-
mia at 2 o'clock this morning. He
had been very i'll for six weeks with
an abscess on the chest and with
heart and kidney complications.
He was SO eager to get home that
the journey was taken with the hope
that it might help improve his CON
dition. His physician. DR.. Clara Bar
rus, his granddaughter. Ursula, Bur
roughs, and the Misses Eleanor and
Harriet Burroughs, accompanied him
on the journey.
Detroit. Mich, March 2s.-Henry
Ford, personal friend and camp mate
of John Burroughs, made the follow
ing statement today upon learning Of
the naturaljst's death:
THE news Of John Burroughs pass
ing is a. great shock to me. The last
time l saw him he was apparently in
good health. I heard from him during
his illness in California. but he took it
lightly. making out that he had gone
to bed merely for rest cure Next
Sunday would have been his Saith
birthday.
II have known John Burroughs
about L. years. We were brought to-
gether by our common interests in
birds and growing things. There was
something about him and yet with it
all there was a thoroughness Of in
vestigation and a hardihood of endur-
ancc that gave him rank as a natural
man. believe if you had offered John
Burrough million dollars in one
han5, the sight of a new bird in an
of the newsbird. The very last time he
was at my farm he saw a winter bird
from the north that he had never seen
before and the discovery filled him
with animated interest for days.
Well. he used to wonder what It
was like beyond and l suppose he will
begin philosophizing again as soon as
he gets his bearings There will be
birds where John Burroughs.is-birds
and great trees"
West Orange, n. j.. March 2e.-
Thomas A. Edison. member of a
small party of intimate friends who
had accompanied John Burroughs on
his annual camping trips in the last
| four years. expressed deep sorrow to-
| day. upon learning of the naturalist,s
death. agsa is
ITO me, he always appeared to be
one of the highest types yet evolved IN
the advance of men to higher STAGE
said the inventor. rs
Other members Of the camping par
ty. were Henry Ford and Hudson Max
i'm. On their camping trips, wood
! chopping contests were always mat
ter Of keen competition and in this
sport Mr.. Burroughs, Notwithstanding
shis age. always acquitted himself
| Creditably. N ssskf 4