The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-02-23
FRANK HAMMIL
PASSED AWAY
Editor of the Spooner Advocate,
Former Locomotive Engineer
and all Around Good Fellow
Answers the Final Summons.

Frank Hammlll, edTtor or the
Spooner Advocate, passed away last
Saturday afternoon at his home in
Spooner after an illness lasting
since Monday of last week.
For some years he had been a suf-
ferer from stomach trouble and it
was an attack of this nature which
came to him last Monday which was
the cause of his death.
Frank Hammill was born in Jen-
son, Michigan, sixty-four years ago,
He was married to Miss Lain Kap-
pernick and two children were born
to them both of whom died.
Mr.. Hammill was a locomotive en-
gineer for twenty-five years and
stayed in that work until ill health
forced him to give it up. He drove
the first train that ever went into the
city of Bayfield,, over what is known
as the Bayfield, Scoot. For many
years he ran between Ashland and
Spooner and was well known to
many of our earlier citizens.
He was president of the village of
Spooner continually from the time it
was organized as village until it
was Incorporated as city with the
exception of one term. He was
mayor of the city after it was incor-
porated until the year 1918 at which
time he refused to serve any longer.
He was member of the State Leg
islature for two terms and made a
remarkable record in that body TAX
ing place of prominence from the
very moment he became member.
He was chairman of the committee
on Fish and Game and a member of
the committee on Towns and COun-
ties and did splendid work on both.
Having given u phis work as a To-
connective engineer he, during the year
1904, took over the publication OF
the Spooner Advocate and has con-
Quoted a splendid newspaper in
Spooner ever since that time, though
his training had all been along other
lines. His paper became a power fol-
good in his community and he him.
self has for ever stood for progress
and for those things which tended
to make his community a better
place in which to live.
| Mr.. Hammill never got over being
railroad man. He retained his in
terest in railroad matters of every
kind to the end of his life. He was
at the time of his death an honoreC
member of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers.
/, 1t is to the energy and forethough'
and planning and unselfish service o,
Frank Hammill more than to any
other one man that the city o.
Spooner owns it's public utility. A
city water plant and city electri'
plant were made possible through
his effort and planning.
He was always boosting personal
lily, officially and in his newspape
for Spooner. The Spooner boys, tn,
Spooner girls, the Spooner men, tn
Spooner women, when any one O
them did anything worthy of com
} mendation either individually or col
iectively. Frank Hamlnill was RICH
there passing out credit when credi
. was due. He boosted for the schools
for the churches, for the lodges, fo
the unions, for the brotherhood
for everything that was wort
boosting. He had no time for tn
liar, the quibbler, the gutter, or tn
back bitter and many of them hav
felt the last of his condemnation.
During the war he stood fou
square; forever shifting the traitor
the Stacker and the luke-warm Amer
lean, both in print, from tn
stump, in private and in public. H
travelled his district over times with
out number, fighting for the boys VIII
were fighting for us and it was EN-
inently fitting that the funeral whicl
was held at two o'clock. Monday after
noon that six stalwart Ex-Servic
men tenderly bore the casket tina
contained the mortal remains of this
their friend, to it's final resting place
The funeral services, which wer
held at Spoorer at two o'clock Mon
day were quiet and without osten
alton, as would have been his wish
but so vast was the concourse of PEG
pie from far and from near, who de
| sired to view once more the face O
the. man they had loved so much i
life, and to pay last tribute to hin
that it was necessary to open the Al
mory, the largest meeting hall i
Spooner, to accommodate them an
even this room was found to be de
cidely too small.
FIGHTING A LOSING FIGHT
| The total value of horses, mule!