The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
SUDDEN DEATH Is BLAMED ON HEMORRHACF

Edwin j.. NolllSy 4OI I'VE years
ror-mor of Montana and for a quar-
81 ~ d century enc of the states
s-rs7ost builders, died Friday morn
;gg # his home. 1904 Fourth avenue
ror+r. Great Falls, after an illness
e ! fau hours Thursday night at
N o'clock he complained of a numb
ness IN his left hand a short time lat
8 felt the same discomfort in his
s#e DR.. GoWan Ferguson, the fami-
+ musician. was summoned and soon
-f.ar his arrival Mr.. Norris Iapsed
irr coma that continued without
Interruption unit. his death. Death
ia. attributed to- cerebral hemorr-
1ag-
llr. Norris was at his law Office
Tmuay, apparently i'm normal health
.rl m his usual good spirits. Thru
-. the day he conducted his busi-
ness and met fiends about the CITY,
.tnding q lheater with Mrs. Norris
h the evening. Shortly after re-
tuning home he arose from the couch
en.Ia be had been reading and told
rs Norris about the lack of feeling
Is his hand This was the first in
rna.I0n of the illness that terminal
a u his death several hours later.
Dr. Ferguson was Immediately
summoned by Mrs. Norris when her
husbands attack took on a sugges-
ton of seriousness, and George z.
Hud, 1r. Norris law partner, also
vas sent for
In Law Practice at Great Falls
Dir. Norris had practiced law in
Great Falls since 1913, on which year
be retired from the Office of govern
O.. Upon establishing an office there I
be first was associated with George
E Hurd, the firm name then being /
Norris & Hurd. Later, Judge w. B. I
Rl0ades of Havre Joined the firm and /
7nce then the company's name has
.een Norris, Hurd & Rhoades.
When he first became governor. in
1905, he advanced from the office cf
lieutenant governor to the position
Of chief executive upon the resigna-
Ton Of Governor Warren X. TCole.
he was elected governor the same
year, his term continuing until Janu-
aT /, 1913. when he retired to en-
Ter the practice of law. Mr.. Norris
public career began when he was a
resident Of Dillon, Beaverhead county +
p 1896. In that year his county
elected hlm to the state senate, which |
once he held until 1900 In 1905, he
vas elected lieutenant governor, con
[ lnlng IN that Office until Governor
loole resigned in 1908.
Vital in New Sphere
AS governor of the state from 1908 !
9 1913, Mr.. Norris was at the head
Aontana's affairs during the period
A winch the new regime found an
anchorage and then became the ac-
-p,ed order. 1t was during these
ears that the transition from an era )
{ VIDE open spaces" to an agricul-
l-al stale was completed in Montana
Aa Governor Norris had a vital part
Z establishing the state in its new
one OF Governor Norris great ser 9
a,5es e5s 70 the state was performed in !
'-l, when with a group of other
ls1eih governors, he toured the ma =
~ on an expedition that had fer its
lpoSe .he attracting of attention to
ppoi,unlues offered in the west. In Q
-. group Governor Norris was an
.-'essi,'a.nolng figure and the benefits Q
.eo-'ihg from his efforts are a last .
+ y, monument to his career. n
.. lll' Norns' vision early encom- &
->leo t1e state as it would be once
4. Z P.Sailles where peopled. Here he Y
1. 4. .ae coming of new life, the ac- a
. -si.l9h Of new blood and the found n
s 9 new energies; greater oppor-
s s' IS giant forces for the increas- :
+ = wealth and means eff adding :
...t .4-aanNnd's contentment His >
=: ~: matched by his boundless en- =
b-- ~ ne gave announcement =
5s5 ne could and offered his con- =
ss--.e s-'e aolilty to the greatest work :
7ros-. ro.. Iinl-that Of consistent devel- :
s 81. Norris served as chairman of $
Ei.L 5L-'4ous state senate committee =
l,,.l -. o1nng the sixth session con- .
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