Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-26
L FAITH OF CAPT. DAVIS

I - I herman DAVIS one OF the men
who Quilt modern Nevada. died this
NOR ng OF pneumonia after an illness
OF o Y a few days. He returned from
Min last week and immediately took
to hi bed. News OF his sudden passing
cam As severe shock to his friends.
only me or two OF whom knew how
serio his illness was.
\ ! mettalurgist and mining en-
I gineo he Was known throughout Ne
yada md in Arizona and New Mex
leo. le came to this state in 1898 and
settlel at Dayton where he bought the
Nevada reduction works, which he
conducted Tor years. But he also
took hand in the production of min
erals from the ground and was an ac-
tive worker in Virginia City and other
parts OF the state He was in the midst
Of things at Tonopah and Goidheld
vas one OF the earliest to engage in
he development of Rochester and re-
Gently has held interests at Packard
and also at Nina.
The captain had attained to the high
est rank in the Masonic fraternity, to
which he gave his utmost thought and
time to the work of which he was
student. He was made Mason soon
4 tier he had passed his twenty-first
birthday, receiving his degree of Mas
ter Mason in Rio Vista lodge, Solano
county, California. on June IA, 1886.
coming to Nevada he affiliated with
Valley lodge at Dayton, of which he
subsequently became master. On
coming to Reno he joined Reno lodge.
He was made Royal Arch Mason in
| Virginia chapter in 1908 and received
into the Knights Templar order in
De Witt Clinton Commandery of Reno
the same year. In 1908, too, he took
the thirty-second degree in the Scot
fish rite. and he was also member OF
Adah chapter. Order of the Eastern
Star. Advancing through all the
places and stations of the Grand
Lodge, i & A. NJ, he became grand
master of the order in Nevada in 1912
and won wide reputation both in
this state and in other jurisdictions
by the energy with which he execut-
ed the duties OF his Office. The
American Freemason publication es-
pecially commended his work. He was
also member of Reno Lodge OF
Elks. ;,
Funeral arrangements will not be
announced unit 1.-THE arrival of the cap
tains brother from Sacramento, this
evening. but is was said this morning
that the service will probably be con
ducted by the Masonic grand lodge.
Herman Davis was born in Isleton
a town on the Sacramento river, just
below Sacramento California, on Jan
uary. D. 1865 His father was Hugh
Davis. native of Michigan who
crossed the plains in 1874 and was
one of the earliest OF the American
pioneers and his mother was aa native
| OF Tennessee. His father fought in the
Civil War with the Michigan volun-
teers and was twice wounded in battle
He died at, the age of a., leaving a
widow to care for the young family
of five children. Herman Davis left
school when he was eight years OF age
and never had days schooling there
after, but he was an earnest reader
and student and his self--taught edu
cation made him one of the best in
formed men in Nevada as well as a
speaker and a writer of force and
great ability.
He learned the machinist's trade in
the Rfsdon Iron works at San Fran
cisco and then became a marine en-
gincer and pilot--which is the origin
of his title OF captain, as he won a
captains certificate as we'll as one OF
chief engineer. In 1882 he was i'll
Arizona and served with L.awtons
volunteers in the four months pur
suit OF Geronimo.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
! Thelma Davis; six children, Mrs
+. A. Elliot of Packard; Mrs. Carl
Horn, Mrs. Frank Kornmeyer, Mrs.
Clifford Wiley, Stanley Davis and
Herman Davis, jr, and brother.
Charles K Davis, of Isleton, Calf,