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Show FUNERAL OF 1 WILLIAM PURDIE m m One of tho largest funeral services B ever held In tho Second ward chapel, H were those on Thursday when icl M atlves and friends met to pay their H last "respects to William Purdlo uho H came to his death on Sunday morn- H lng last when two heavily loaded H ateel cars came dashing down the H track and ran Into his approaching H engine, lulling him Instantly. Mr. H . Purdle was In tho employ of the Bf Oregon Short Line Hallroad as pas- HP sengor engineer, and was one bf the H, best and most trusted engineers in V tho service of this company. H A number of railroad ofllclals were H In attendanco at tho services and six H railroad engineers acted us pall bear- H' era. Among others In attendanco H were Joseph Jones, chief detective; H v Wm. Knowlcs, assistant; Qeorgo H Ross, assistant superintendent Utah H division; William England and Peter H' Sorenson, assistant superintendents H of the Montana division. Molvln J. H Ballard, president of tho Korthwcst- H ern States mission -was in attendance H and was tho principal speaker. He Bald man kind things, about the deceased. At the time Mr, Ballard heard of tho death of Mr. Purdlo he wns In Vancouver nnd mado tho trip to Logan especially to bo in attendance atten-dance nt tho funeral. They had been closely associated during President Ballard's missionary work bb Mr. Purdlo had been president of tho Lima Li-ma branch of tho mission. Tho other oth-er speakers were: Bishop Wm. Evans Ev-ans of the Third ward; Bishop Henry Ballard of Benson, and N. W. Kimball. Kim-ball. Professor W. O. Robinson sang a solo. |
