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Show Death of E.D.R.Thompson The announcement of the death of the late E. D. R. Thompson by the Salt Lake City papers a few-days few-days since came as a shock to many Milford friends. Mr. Thompson was well known here, as he was the secretary sec-retary of the Beaver Lake Metals mining company and was closely associated as-sociated in mining ventures with local lo-cal citizens who held him in high esteem es-teem and his integrity and sincerity in business matters was an asset to the enterprises in which he participated. partici-pated. Mr. Thompson was to have attended a meeting of the Beaver Lake Metals In Milford on the day following his death. At the time of the arrival of the sad news in Mil- ford, Bert Nichols had a telephone call in to try to reach him on the phone, but it was too late. Mr. Thompson had passed beyond the reach of all earthly communication. From a Salt Lake City paper we take the following obituary: Ernest D. R. Thompson, register of the United States land office in Salt Lake City during the terms of Presidents Harrison, McKinley and Roosevelt, died suddenly at his home at 1119 First avenue, yesterday, from heart trouble. While complaining complain-ing of a slight attack of indigestion for two days, Mr. Thompson did not think that there waB anything serious. seri-ous. He retired Thursday night apparently ap-parently improved. Shortly after he arose yesterday he was attacked with heart trouble and died before medical medi-cal aid could be summoned. Mr. Thompson was born at Oco-nomowoc, Oco-nomowoc, Wis., June 18, 1857. Following Fol-lowing a term at the public school at his home town he went into the newspaper business, but soon quit it and entered the practice of law, being for six years a law partner of Warren Park. For a number of years he was a member of the Republican central committee for the Second Congressional District of Wisconsin. He also held the office of prosecuting attorney for Waukeshaw, Wisconsin together with various other public offices. He came to Utah in April, 1889, and was one of the organizes of the Republican party in this state. He was one of the nominees of the Republican party for district judge on the first state ticket. He was appointed ap-pointed register of the local land office of-fice by President Harrison and held the office until after President Cleveland Cleve-land took office. Following the election elec-tion of President McKinley he was again made register of the local land office, where he continued until the second term of President Roosevelt. Roose-velt. So efficient was his management manage-ment of the local land office that the department at Washington declared that It was one of the best conducted conduct-ed land offices in the United States. Since leaving the land office Mr. Thompson has engaged in the practice prac-tice of law in this city. He is survived sur-vived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie L. Thompson, his children, Donald R. Thompson, government mineral inspector in-spector for the general land office, now doing special work at Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Frank K. Nelson, of Salt Lake; Philip Thompson, traveling passenger agent for the Missouri Pa-'ciflc, Pa-'ciflc, Mrs. Earl V. Francis, Salt Lake, and MIbb Jeanette Thompson who Is now teaching school at Pangultch, Utah. He also left a sister, Mrs. William S. Somes, who resides in Milwaukee, Mil-waukee, Wis. |