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* *-■FRANK SPRINGER'\f Death has claimed I.as VegaN most distinguidied citizen.Tlmds said with re-i rvatioiH. u.y within our knowledge. none other of our citizens who have achieved distinction have gained such wide acknowledgement as Ftank Springer. whose death } eslerdat has removed from the scientiiic wotM one of its most indefatigableDEsVservants.A quiet, unassuming man who carried his honors easily even though he had been acclaimed abroad among those deeply interested in research work as a world authority in palaeontological studies.But there honors were not all that the Las Vegas eiiUen hadacquired in his life time.(n his profession he was the recipient of commendation by noless high authority than our I'nited States Supreme Court and his admission to the bar of that great court was an honor that few of New Mexico’s lawyers have attained, i I is early practice in New Mexico before the court of I .and Claims in the eighties brought a tremendous success to hi.- clients, the Maxwell Cat id Grant Hoard, for it was through his thorough handling oi its claims that the pm-J chasing organization of the great tract which covered most of the j 1)a^j -northeastern .sectmn-pf-ihilt;_slatc.. filialLy._es.t;h)jjdie.fi title .bA.UltLlivl'ti est .territory in.lhe-Soutlnvest. ■. ,His home has always been Cast 1 .as'Vegas though his residence in the past few rears lias been where his scientific studies weie j j,.or more easilv pursued, II is share in this community s nndeitaking*. jh-t* has been as great in a financial way as. those of our most esteemed J l0 , citizens, lie shirked nothing and in fact did more than was his'KOUFT• j*a mli sa i]anilthetiw11)portion.It was through the effort of Frank Springer, notably, that New Mexico Normal university was established and by dim oi continuous effort was founded by the territorial legislature. His jam contribution of a collection of valuable chronoids t-» the insiilution ] wJj has given it a basis for expansion which, though neglected, could he 1 expanded to great significance and nationwide value.It was his privih*ge~tnMnund- and perpetuate the Museum for the New Mexico- Historical society which laier honored him by placing in the biiildittf^dohnted a bronze bust created by an internationally known artist.* -New Mexico.has fe^txpthgr personage to American 1 I i story.-' who can he hcld in liigfir-StStn titan Frank Springer. The lasting monument which'he UH in. \* Springer IT air at the Normal univer-sitv• could be no gYeatir’than that, which is ..accorded him in the f •'hearts of those who were privileged to know' him during' his liie inlsi■ ’ ........... ........ ........ * *'■ • liiNew Mexico,upinc-lebe3 JIitiOihi\thtonirehiInw
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Las Vegas Daily Optic
Las Vegas, New Mexico, US
Fri, Sep 23, 1927
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