, 1924-07-24
EIGHTY YEARS YOUNG

JILL AI1AACo 1OO4No
This is Senator Francis E. Warren's birthday. Hinsdale,
in western Massachusetts,, was his native town. His ancestors
struggling with adverse conditions and savage foes in making
u living and in laying the foundation for a great republic.
General Warren, of Bunker Hill fame was Of the same stock.
Ills boyhood was much the same as that of any other red
blooded American boy, but his environment was such as to
a farmer and the work of the boy was general farm work,
from early dawn till after the first star appeared. He MIXED
cows, stopped the hogs, and curried the horses. While he had
is much schooling as the average boy of his time, and per
maps more, the most enlightened and best school attended was
the intensive work, the attendance at school and the training
in thrift, fitted him as nothing else could for the work that was
before him. This life made of him a strong man in war and
in peace. He learned that obstacles were merely something to
be overcome.
arms in it's defense and on the field of battle earned the Con
gressional Medal of Honor. This Military experience, taking
him as it did far from home and friends, broadened his vision
and gave him confidence in his ability to cope with every diff
ficulty, every emergency; 1t was natural that he should turn
his face to the West and that he was soon found engaged In
railroad work, an industry much needed IN the development
of the nation. From this he turned to commercial pursuits
and the live stock industry in Wyomlng-56 years ago this
month. "a,
to public affairs. He was called to many responsible positions
and never shirked a duty. AS City Councilman, Mayor, Ter
ritorial Treasurer, Legislator, President of the Senate, Gov
ernor, and United States Senator he has met every response
bilty and fulfilled every trust.
solid foundations for our splendid public buildings were begun
He saw in Wyoming the making of a great and progressive
commonwealth and has never hesitated for a moment to give
it all the energy and power at his command. In those early
days he had confidence in the development OF agriculture
through irrigation and took a leading part in the planning and
colonization of the Wheatland project. Through his influence
in the Senate the first appropriation for reclamation work was
made-the reconnaissance and report made by Captain Hiram
M. Chittenden resulting. Then followed the Reclamation Act,
and now we have in these later days, through his influence, Dr.
Elwood Mead at the head of this important branch of the
Government Service.
Through all this constant and efficient public service Sen
ator Warren has found time to look after a private business
of vast Importance. HI keeps in close touch with almost every
detail and right now there is little that escapes hisvigilant at
tention. In the building up of his home town he stands without
a peer. In the forwarding of any public improvement he has
ever been ready to match dollars with the biggest men in city
or state.
AT 80 he is strong and vigorous, giving the same daily at
tention to details that has characterized his entire business
and public career. A recent examination by an eminent army
surgeon disclosed a physical condition that could not be match
ed by thousands of men a score of years younger-sounda as
a dollar and every organ properly functioning. In the Sen
ate he is constantly urging greater effort, more expedition in
the handling of work. Recently, with earnestness and vigor, he
asked for night sessions in order that the appropriation bills
might be hurried along and passed before the time for adj
journment.
What a wonderful life! In achievements the great West
does not furnish a like example.
On this, his natal day, his legion OF friends extent to HIM
their best wishes and confidently anticipate that his life will
be spared for at least two more useful decades:
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