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Show JONES FUNERAL HELD SATURDAY Well Knovni Peace Officer. Di: . While on Trip to Coast Silas S. Jones, 51 years of age and a resident of Bingham Can-: yon for the past 31 years died al- tDost instantly from I'he effects of a Cerebral hemorrhage sustained while visiting in, California on December 21 The body was shipped to Stilt I alto City where funeral services v ore held last Saturday. Rev. Elmer I. Goshen conducted the Services. All business was suspended sus-pended and stores of Bingham closed .their doors from noon un til 2;!X) p. in. during )he time of the funeral, 6ut of respect for thV dead, officer. " A large number or friends attended the funeral arid burial which took place at ,Mur-rey ,Mur-rey City Cemetery. ' ' Aiv escort of , motorcycle, officers offi-cers pf the sheriff's force ' accompanied ac-companied the body to the grave. Pallbearers were all co-workers cf deceased, they were: Clifford Pnttcn, I!. L. Sihetiler, ' Ralph Hansen, J. L. Bwing, J. R. Mc-Iiityre, Mc-Iiityre, W. 11. Ilcndrickson. . "Smiling Si" Jones, as he was f;!!!iilliftrly known, was born at Bulltrvillc, May 4th 1878, where ho resided with his parents, Silas nnd Mary Jones until he came to Bingham Canyon in 1398 to engage en-gage in mining. ' .' Mri' Jones came into "prominence-here when he joined the of !'icers in -the manhunt for the des perate murderer, Lopez. -His cool flaring atracted the attention of ihe' Mayor and Town Board and he was appointed Chief of Police to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Chief of Police, Billie re nt, who was killed while pur-I'iuing pur-I'iuing Lopez. He has served as a ! peace officer either s deputy sheriff or city policeman , ever since. He was Deputy Sheriff un-der un-der Sheriff Clifford 'Patten 'at the time of his' death. "31" Jones, .was a typical Wts ern officer, possessing, that quiet, calm, deliberate demeanor and coolness so characteristic of the earlyday officer of the west. With few words he proceeded to administer the affairs of his office of-fice and whether his task was serving petty, summons in a civil yuit or capturing the most' , desperate des-perate criminal, his composed de-liierniur de-liierniur reinuiued the same. Mr. Jones is survived by his mother Mrs. Mary Jones of But-lerviile, But-lerviile, five brothers, William. Prank and Allen of Bingham ; Ed-ward Ed-ward and Joseph of Butlerville; also five sisters, Mrs. Mary Stak-er Stak-er of Butlerville, Mrs. Bcrdie Ellison El-lison or Salt Lake City, Mrs. Alice Al-ice Barrett, of Murtah, Idaho, Mrs. Ida Bolman and Mrs. Sarah Covert of Bingham Canyon. |