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Show UEA DEATH TH ClAIMS W N . E F . I PRICE AT FTO FRUITA FTOWilliam FRUITAWilliam FRUIT A William Wilham E Price , 67 , well knownprospector kno\\n kno n known knonprospector knownprospector \ prospector , who had resided at Moabfor Moab Moabfor Moabfor for the past 30 years , . died at the theFrUlta theFrmta theFnuta FrUlta Frmta hospital hospltal Tuesday evening , tol- tol fol- fol tollowmg following fol following - - lowing lowmg a . lingering hngering Illness 11lness Mr Prlce Price Pricehad Prlcehad Pricehad had been a patient at the Moab hos hospital hos- hos hosPltal hospital - - pital Pltal for two months , . and last weekwent week weekwent weekwent went to Fruita Fruits He grew steadily steadilyweaker steadilyweaker steadilyweaker weaker at that place and life passed passedaway passedaway passedaway away at 6 10 p m Tuesday . The body will be brought to Moab Moabthis Moabthis Moabthis this afternoon , and funeral serviceswill serviceswill servIces servIceswill will be held Friday at 2 p m fromthe from fromthe fromthe the L D S chapelMr chapelMr chapel chapelMr Mr . Price came to the La Sal mountain moun moun- mountain mountain - tain district from Colorado about 30 30years 30years 30years years ago He became Interested in inthe inthe tnthe the mineral possibilities possibi11ties at Miner'sbasin Minersbasin Miner's Miners Miner'sbasm Miner'sbasin ' ' basm basin , and was for years associatedwith associated associatedwith associatedwith with George Georze W . Hepbum Hepburn , veteran veteran-prospector veteran prospector . - . prospector , in the ownership of no a nogroup agroup agroup group of claims clalIDS there Mr . Hepburn Hepburndied Hepbum.died Hepbumdied . . died several severnl years ago Mr . Price formany for formany formany many veais years ealS spent each summer at thebasin the thebasin thebasin basin , , returning l"cturning lcturning " to Moib M01.b M01b Mo . ib for thewinter thawinter the thewinter winter months He has been in fail- fail fall- fall failing falling fall falling - ing health for several years . . Mr . Price Pnce has a sister s1ster residing reslCl1ng at atPueblo afrPueblo ; Pueblo , . Colo No information informatlon Is avail available avail- avail available available - able as to other relatives . News Ne\\-s Ne s \ \ - of Ills his death deathcauses -causes causes .causes . - keen soi soirow SOl- SOl sor- sor SOlrow sorrow - - row throughout a wide circle .llf llf 11f 11ffriends .llffllends . Afi ? fllends friends lends W . Ii r r ? Price was a m'm mm min ' of ofsterling ofsterling otsterling sterling honesty , and was held in the thehighest thehighest thehiehest highest lesncct espect respect 1 throughout the county count . |