1903-04 Volume 28 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 511GRANT JONES, NORTHWESTERN, '97.A memorial tablet to Bro. Grant Jones, Illinois Alpha, '97,who died suddenly of heart failure at Battle Lake, Wyoming,June 19, 1903, is to be erected there by his associates in thedevelopment of the Grand Encampmentmining district.To Bro. Jones, more thanany other man, is given thecredit of bringing before thecountry the immense mineral resourcesof Wyoming. As a newspapercorrespondent he traveledthroughout the commonwealth .and syndicated stories of itslatent riches to leading papersin every large city. He thenjoined in the work of openingup mines and was a favorite inthe western country.GRANT JONES,In addition to his work as a Northwestern, '97.newspaper correspondent Bro. Jones was a writer of cleversketches. He was directing his efforts toward literary attainmentof a more ambitious character when his career was cutshort. He was a bright after dinner speaker and a royalentertainer at all times. Few men possessed a livelier fancyor a finer poetical bent. His presence added most to the goodfellowship at the Phi dinners at the Auditorium and UnionLeague Club in Chicago and at the fraternity gatherings inDenver, in both of which cities he had been a frequent visitorafter completing his course at Northwestern University.At college, because of his unwavering cheerfulness andhappy manner, he was a favorite not only with his fellowmembers in the Phi chapter, but all with whom he came incontact. He was the recipient of many college honors.While a student he began to write for the Chicago papers asuniversity correspondent. Later he became a staff writer onthe Chicago limes-Herald (now the Record-Herald.^ Hewas sent to the Republican convention at St. Louis by theTimes-Herald when McKinley was first nominated and wasassigned to other important missions by that paper.After an extended visit to Colorado Springs, Brother Jonesdecided to write western stories and ' syndicate" them topapers throughout the country. His stories have appearedin as many as twenty-seven of the leading newspapers simul-