PIONEER FIDDLER DIES Hopkins C Who Played Vio Violin Un lin at nt Hundreds of Ward Dances Is Xo No More Hopkins C Ponder for years year known na as tho the pioneer fiddler of Utah died at the home or of B E In 2 West Yest South Temple street yesterday afternoon of general debility He will willbe willbe willbe be burled buried from tho Seventeenth ward meeting house Tuesday afternoon The Interment Intermont will wilt be In the City com cem cemetery The death of ot Mr Ponder Pender will bring to the minds of or most of ot the tho old in inhabitants inhabitants habitants of or Salt Satt Lake the ward dances and the little old man with his fiddle sitting on the tho stand fiddling calling and keeping k time to the music with the heel of ot his shoe Ho He was born in Knoxville Tonn in October 1824 1924 At the ago age of or 16 15 he Joined the Mormon church and in 1860 1850 with his hili wife wire and one ono child he ho came to Salt Lake From the time of his arrival until he became too feeble to use uso his fiddle bow he was the chief fiddler at atall atan atall all an of ot the tho ward dances Besides a large circle of ot friends he leaves two daughters Mrs 1118 C P Groot of Idaho Falls and Mrs Emma Do Dolaney Dolaney Ian laney cy of San Francisco and two sons Philip Ponder Pender of or Stockton Cat Cal and Sell Pendor of Salmon City Ida