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calmly temperate, yet firm, attitude won the respect and admira- 

 tion of both friends and opponents. His organization and 

 inspiration finally made the warehouse an established fact. From 

 this vantage point it was easy to initiate the grading of fleeces 

 at the cooperative warehouses and the big shearing plants. When 

 the organization was firmly established, he resigned as secretary 

 and became vice president and treasurer of the association. 



For many years MR. THOMSON was a sufferer from heart 

 trouble and the strenuous years of the wool organizing sapped 

 his vitality tremendously. The night of July 13, 1916, he peace- 

 fully passed away as he slept, occasioning an almost irreparable 

 loss to the industry he had so well served. No one with the fine- 

 ness of nature and clearly conceived duties that so dominated 

 MR. THOMSON'S life, could fail to accomplish his earthly mis- 

 sion, and his business associates and personal circle of friends 

 felt keenly their deprivation of the sustaining power of his rare 

 and warm friendship. 



