Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1911 — “IRONQUILL” IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

“IRONQUILL” IS DEAD

Eugene F. Ware, Ex-Commissioner of Pensions, Dies in Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs, Colo., July 3. Eugene F. Ware, ex-commissioner of pensions, w ho was known by his poetic writings under the pen name of “Ironquill.” died here. He was ill only five minutes Somebody once asked “Ironquill” why he chose the columns of the Topeka newspapers for his poems and why he didn’t find some means of writing for a larger audience. “What’s the good of it?" he said. “If the stuff has any vitality a little obscurity won’t kill it; and if it hasn’t publicity won’t keep it alive.”