Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1918 — Eulogizes The Late Dr. Traugh [ARTICLE]

Eulogizes The Late Dr. Traugh

The Benton Review has the following to say of the late Dr. M. G. Traugh, formerly of Remington: “For a number of years up until 1907 he was the leading dentist in this community, having his offices at Remington and in this city. In 1907 he sold to the Avery Brothers and the same year he left for Wyoming, where he located on a ranch near Basin and started to raise sheep. Several years ago he returned to Indiana for a few months, after which he returned to Basin, Wyoming, where he has made his home until is death. While connected with this community he was always one of the main spokes in the wheel of pro-, gress and it was always his home town first, and it was such men as Dr. Traugh that Goodland owes much for what it is today. Many times he had gone down in his jeans and helped some poor unfortunate out of straightened circumstances and gruffly brushed aside an attempt of the recipient’s effort to show their appreciation. Many of our business men of today will recall the time when a little fatherly advice from him helped them over a rough place. The doctor had his faults, but as the old saying goes, “His heart was in the right place” and this will always be remembered by his friends. ’ Last year Dr. Traugh was elected County Commissioner of Basin County and he took a good deal of interest in road constructing and was making good progress when his last illness overtook him. The funeral services were held at Basin on Wednesday and interment was made in the cemetery there.”— The Benton Review.