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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. 
