| Show former resident dies annew mexico word was received here the early part of this week that S R cup venter a native ind and former resident of garfield county lind had died at hot springs now new mexico ae aico from n heart ailment funeral services will be held today thursday nt lat whore where lie ho will bo be burled I 1 sir I 1 r venter was born at orton march 0 1877 the son of sarah bi iiona and james venter veater and spent ills his early life on the venter veater much north of panguitch Pan gultch when 17 years of ago ho he left tho the valley going to old mexico finding groat great advantages advantage in that section lie ho came back about it a year and a half later and prepared to move to to mexico plexico and make his homo home there and returned tho the same year lie ile acted as leader to the amerlean american colonists colonis settling mexico and experienced many hardships evad ing the Blex mexican tenn desperados desperadoes despe rados and and outlaws when tho the americans americana were forced to evacuate that country leaving mexico ho he moved to el paso texas where he served as junior police officer official police officer chief of police and mounted police when ho he left the pollee police force ho he operated cotton farms find ran ranches ches for a time almo then went into the contracting and building business one of his contracts being the construction of the lees leas ferry bridge over the colorado river which was a million dollar project ills his sur survivors besides the widow are three sons glen vearl and karl veater all of el DI paso texas one brother james jamea M vernal and two sisters bisters mrs susie goff panguitch Pan gultch and mrs lva dalton Cir circleville cleville services were conducted in ni el paso monday tit at a in following which the remains were brought rought li to Cir circleville cleville for final interment terni ter ment ent |
