Seward daily gateway., 1923-12-28
DEATH R. J. DAVIS
 TOLD BY CHRONICLE
(Ketchikan Chronicle)

 o'clock Sunday morning, December 16, in Ketchikan. With his last breath there passed from this earth a man of sterling character man beloved bv all who knew him, and man who for twenty-five years had been con- nected with Alaskan activities.
 MT. Davis, who was superintendent of construction for the New Englanu Fish Company, returned with H. C. Nunan. manager of the Ketchikan branch of the company on the Adm- ral Watson week ago from trip 10 the westward, the voyage being taken with view toward the possibility or establishing a new branch of the com panv in the southwestern part of the country.
 Mr. Davis was in apparent good health up to the very end of the trip No matter if the ship was on its beaml ends. Mir. Davis was up and around. X trip to Alaska was nothing new tOI him, he having made over fifty such voyages during his lifetime.
 MT. Davis first came to Alaska about the year 1898 when he was engaged m the customs brokerage business in Wrangell. He later entered the en- ploy of the Pacific Cold Storage Com pany of Tacoma in the capacity Of out side superintendent The company was then engaged in supplying foods and especially meat stuffs to the interior of Alaska. He remained a trusted empioye o1 that company until il dis solved in 1918.
 shortly after the dissolution of the Pacific Cold Storage Co.,, Mir. Davis entered the employ of the New Eng land Fish Company. He was civil engineer by profession and as such superintended many construction acuv lties ot the company until his death le was ill charge of the rebuilding or the pipe line at Georges inlet and the enlargement ol the ice storage at Ketchikan two years ago and the in- stallation of the third ammonia com- pressor in the engine room here. Last spring he came north to superintend | the construction of the new cannery built by his company here and the work was done wholly from his plans i nf h1c ntb h. CT stations he left ketchikan shortly before the cannery was completed, his son, Arthur A. Davis, also a evil engineer, coming here to complete the work. Just before leaving tor Alaska l MT. Davis, Sr., was planning work to be done at Butedale, B. C., brauch of the company.
 On his arrival in Ketchikan from the north MT. Davis complained Ot a severe cold, but confidently expected to be well in few days. His sickness took rapid tuln for the worse on Friday, however intestinal troubles and pneumonia setting in. and he pass ed away early Sunday morning at the home o Mir. Nunan.
 MT. Davis, although he travelled al most continuously, was q highly hon ored member of number of frater nal organizations. He was life mem. Der ant Fast Master of the Tacoma lodge No 22, 4 & A. M, member of the Royal .Ai ch Mason;, Tacoma; a member of Tacoma Council No. | Royal an1 Sc:t ct Master Masons, Ia. coma; member of the Ivaulloe Com mandery No. i, Knights TcLiplar, Ia. coma; 32nd degree Scottish Rite Ma sons, being member of Tacoma Con sistory No. 3, Tacoma, Ancien- and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Ma sorry; member Afifi Temple, A. A. o N. M. S., of Tacoma; life member o1 Fern Chapter No. 2, o. 2. S., of Ia coma; life member Tacoma Lodge No 174 B. P. o. E.; and member of the Vancouver B. C., Canada Board O. Trade.
 MT. Davis was born July IS, 1861 He is survived by his wife and hi: married son. both living in Vancou yer. B. C. MT. Davis home addres. was at 5l4 Holly Lodge, Vancouver The body was taken south to his olt home at Tacoma on the Princess May where funeral services were held MT and Mrs. Nunan accompanied tht body.