1904 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPEK. 



195 



H. C. (MOREHOUSE DEAD. 



While the forms for the August Bee- 

 Keeper were on the press, the follow- 

 ing- announcement was received: 



Boulder, Colorado, July 26, 1904. 

 Editor American Bee-Keeper: 



I am pained to have to report to you 

 the death of our mutual friend. Harry 

 Clinton Morehouse, editor of the 

 "Rocky Mountain Bee Journal" former- 

 ly of this city. Deatli occured Sunday 

 morning at 3:30 after an eight day's 

 illness; cause, appendicitis. He was a 

 very prominent man in this city, espe- 

 cially in his business among bee-keep- 

 ers. He leaves a young wife and son 

 fifteen months old. together with a wid- 

 owed mother. I am reporting this by 

 request of the wife, being a long time 

 friend of the family. 



Respectfullj'. 



Leo Vincent. 



HARRY CLINTON MOREHOUSE. 



Thus we have to chronicle the demise 

 of one of the most promising and dis- 

 tinguished of the younger members of 

 tlie apiarian craft. Mr. Morehouse 

 Avas 35 years of age and was until re- 

 cently the editor and publisher of the 

 Rocky Mountain Bee Journal, one of 

 the most ably edited journals of 

 America. The fi*aternity has sustain- 

 ed a great loss through his death, 

 which comes as a severe shock to his 

 host of friends and admirers from 

 ocean to ocean. 



The American Bee-Keeper extends 

 assurances of its condolence with the 

 liereaved family. 



Through the courtesy of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Review we present herewith 

 a portrait of our dejiarted brother. 



BEES, OUR THEME. 



The fact, long established and un- 

 questioned, that the bee keeping fra- 

 ternity is composed A^ery largely of 

 broad-minded, deeji-thinking, liberal 

 and courteous genilomen, is, we are 

 sure, well founded. It is not so very re- 

 cently, however, that we made the dis- 

 covery that there are some who are 

 just the least bit peculiar. Though 

 the ratio is, undoubetedly, low, the 

 writer is not so sure that we haven't a 

 slight sprinkling of cranks whose hob- 

 bies run counter and ci'iss-cro,ss, in 

 divers ways. Puobably there is no 

 other point at which these freak no- 

 tions and pet hobbies collide so 

 frequently as in the sanctum of the 

 editor of a bee journal. 



Evei-y enthusiafit, or nearly so. 

 craves publicity for the theories and 

 notions which he ,so tenaciously 

 adheres to. May be they are sacred 

 truths; that's not for us to determine, 

 unless the subject relates directly to 

 bees or bee culture. This journal cuts 

 out "kindred topics." "home de- 

 liartments," and all other side-shows. 

 ^Ye are running a bee journal, solely 

 and exclusively; and yet certain cor- 

 respondents think unkindly of us be- 

 cause political convictions which 

 weigh heavily upon their minds are 

 not found available. Another who 

 takes a deep interest in religious work 

 persists in infusing his personal beliefs 

 and deductions into_ his contributions 

 to a bee paper, and calls us narrow- 

 minded because our mission is not 

 tlie promulgation or I'eligious doctrine. 

 Then, there's the fellow who can't 

 write a paragraph without straining 

 himself to deliver a thrust at those who 

 have espoused Christianity, and min- 

 gles his bee talk with sneers and belit- 

 tling insinuations; and then he is mad 

 clear through because it does not ap- 

 pear in print in The Bee-Keeper. He 

 then feels it his duty to enlighten the 

 editor, at great length, upon the subject 

 of journalistic ethics, and particularly 

 to define the limit of the editorial 

 prerogative. In fact, to fully explain 

 why it is that The Bee-Keeper is not 

 more important and more widely cir- 

 culated. The "reason" is, of course, 

 because we don't know how to run a 

 paper and haven't sense enough to ab- 

 sorb the excellent ad-\ice of our emi- 

 nently competent correspondent. 



Now, we had no intention of taking so 

 much space to speak of this matter; 



