Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-17
FATHER OF ALL
ORPHAN BABES
LAYS down life

4A& u ~ nv gBAN AAA& 10
Douglas lost one of her most useful
and highly respected citizens yester-
day when death claimed Jose F.
Estrada, who died at the family home,
338 Ninth street, at 7.30 o'clock
Friday morning. He was proprietor
of the Hotel ProgreSso, but was
known as the foster father Of more
than GO orphaned children.
Estrada was Sc years Of age at the
time Of death and friends and rela
! tives estimated yesterday that curing
the past 20 or 25 years Mr.. end Mrs.
Estrada have adopted ana cared for
more than 60 orphaned children. At
the present time there are 16 chill
dren in the home. They are all
considered to be the children Of
deceased and his wife although they
are all actually orphans
Men and women throughout the
district who have been prominently
identified with relief work and in
the assistance Of destitute children
paid high tribute yesterday 10 Uhis
man who worked quietly and steadily
with one aim, that aim, sthe striving
after better things for the orphans
of the district The Estrada home
has been filled at all times for the
past 20 years with boys and girls.
all given the best Of care, the best
of training and every home influence.
No situation ever dauted deceased
when the welfare of some baby was
concerned. An instance is on record
that during an epidemic of influenza
q few years ago family of seven
children were left without parental
care. The children, being small, vert
lat the suggestion that they be
separated and the EstradaS rather
than witness the tears of the babies
took five of them into their home
without comment, although at the
etine there were already more than
a dozen children in the household.
Estrada was not q man Of means.
1t rather seems that he was man
bwho, having little, gave it in good
work and found it returned to him
multiplied, as there seemed never
j to be q time when there was not
room and means for the harboring
of one more desolated infant. These
children have grown up through the
years, have married and mace homes
of their own and more have been
adopted to take their places
] Among the tributes and comments
en- this useful life has been heard
/ mention that these children were
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! in the Western Auto Supply company
after a period of recuperation which
followed an auto accident.
Expected Here
i Wallace Salmon is expected here
today from the coast TO visit his
brother and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Salmon.
/ Visiting Relatives
Mr. and Mrs j. B. Kimble, of
, Clayton, N. M, are in this city for
a few days while they are visiting
1 Floyd Kinble, of Apache j. B.
Kinble came here to purchase a
| large order Of calves.
Jack Hid Here Sunday
| Jack Hid will arrive here Sunday
/ to visit his mother, Mrs. John Hid,
| for few hours before leaving for
New Orleans to enter Tulane uni
versity. He has been in Los Angeles
for week visiting friends.
| Return From Coast
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mcdonald
have returned to their nome here
after passing two months on the
coast where they went for Mrs. Nc.
Donald's health. They make THEN
home at Cottonwood.
/ Son Born
Dr. and Mrs. Fieland Meadows, OF
Pueblo, Mexico, have sent word tc
! relatives here that son was born
to them recently. DR.. Meadows
formerly lived here and in 81 Paso. He
now has charge of the Latin-Amer-
! lean hospital at Pueblo.