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Show John T PopeHonored Pope , . Honored on 81st 81stBirthday 81stBirthday Birthday Sunday SundayThe The 8lst 81st 1st birthday anniversaryof ahnlverslU'Yof ahnlversiiIyof ahnlverslU'Y ahnlverslUY ahnlversiiIy ' of John T Po Pop ! > " " was WIl.5 WIl5 wee . observed Sun- Sun Sunday Sun Sun- Sunday Sunday - day In hl hia his honor Mrs J EmeryJohnson Emery EmeryJohnson EmeryJohnson Johnson entprtalned entE'rtAlnl'd entErtAlnld entertalned ' ' at a btrtn- btrtn birth- birth btrtnday birthday tolrtn-day tolrtn day - ' day dinner a at t h her home A pret prettily pretLily prettlly tily Lily set et table t bl - was I'lyed Ilyed Isyed l ' < yed for ror 15 15guests 15guests ISguests guests w th n 1\ 1 a \ beautifully beautlfullv 1beautlfullv beautlfully decorat decorat- decorated decorated decorated - ed cake M as the center cE'nt.er cEnt.er ' . piece Foltowing Fol Fol10wing Pol'owing Polowing 10wing towing ' a dellcto dellclo dehclo 15 lS is : ainner Qlnner olnner served tofifteen to tofifteen tofifteen fifteen guests guest " the remainder malnder ot of tt-e tt e the theafternoon theafternoon - I .ftemoon ftemoon afternoon . aas \ as spent visiting and nd ina in ina ina a social sodal a \ ayPioneer ayPioneer ay ayPioneer Pioneer and civic cvlc ! leader ll'ader llader ' of Ash Ashley Ashley 'ley ley ' Ash'ley ley valley Mr Pope Pop ( ' hel helped d blaz blaztrails blaztraits blaztrails trails traits tamp stamp out cnttle cattll cattle ' n rt stiers stIer stlers . 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' o 0 ir If it b b"a ba bna " a tif tlf of 1 I valley vallfv valley a better place plaee to Uvc live He WR was wasborn wo"born woborn " born Mar 2nd ItflO 1860 1880 on a front"r fronttPr fronttPrhomestead front \"r "r r \ l"rhomestead lrhomestead " homestead at Purmtngton Farmington Da Dav'f Davf D ,1 1 , v1county ' * . county son of o ( Robert and SarahLeDuc Sarah SarahLeDuc SarahLeDuc LeDuc Pope When Whet1 Whet ] ,111 111 Alt , iX } ' years 'I'ars Iars ' 0 o 0age oage oare age hia his parents parent.o parento . ; moved to t tb Smith Smithrteld smithfield Smithfield rteld field and allho altho igh ugh very vouiig VOUlIg young ' ' ' he lie heat11l liestill Mestill at11l still recoUecta recolleets recollects ome some of the IndllU1 Indlan IndllU1hdtiJIties Indlanhdstllltles Indianhostilities hdtiJIties hdstllltles ! When nine years ofage of ofage ofage age his hia folks were directed b by ) b bBrirham byBrigham Brirham Brigham Young to go ( TO to the Bear BearLake BearLake BearLake Lake valley where they settled Inwhat In Inwhat Inwhat what Is now known as GB Garder Gardercity GurdrpCity rei reiPI PI " Oity city Here he cpent "pent pent spent " most of hL hlc hlcearly hlearly hLearly < -early early - early lifeIn lifeIn life lifeIn In 1MO 1880 he morrled m'lrrled mlrrled married ' Charlott Charlotte CharlotteAnn CharlotteAnn . Ann Stock To this union nlnt ntne ntnechildren ninechildren ' children were bom born six of whom whomare whomare whomare are living John W Charle Charlp Charles < " T TFranklin TFranklin TFranklin Franklin A Mrs Mr J Emery Johnson John Johnson Johnton son Mrs iPhll Phil Watklns Watkins all of Vernal Ver- Ver Vernal Ver Vernal - nal and Mrs Bruce Smith of Heher He Heber Heher grandchiIdren ber her City C1ty also seventeen seventet'n seventetn ' grandchildren grand grandchildren chiIdren children and fourteen treat great grea t gr\nd gr nd grand grandchildren grndchtldren grandchildren ! \ chtldren children Mra Mrs Pope Popt ' passed away In awayfa awayIn Vernal Nov 13 1918In 1918 1918In l r ; In 1W 1884 Mr Pope moved hI hie ) ' . h'f hf hiefamily tamUy family mUy to Vernal In 1UR 1889 he waa was waselected waaelected WMelecteG elected county assessor .sses sses or . < ; and collec co11ec- co11ec co11ecI co11ector collector - I collec-tor collec tor andcollector - tor of ITlntah mntah Ulntah comity county and served servedIin servedin servedIn Iin in this thts capacity cllpaclty for two year years * In Inthe Inthe Inthe I InI the ran fall f n of ISM 1890 he was nominated nominatedI nominatedwithout nominatedwithout nominatedwithout I without his h1g knowledfe inowledge knowledge : for tar aher1ff sheriff aher1ffI aher1ffand sheriffand sheriffand and later elected eJected Vts He did not W1U1t want I wantth W1U1tthe wantthe the JObat job at t that ttaw t.fme tfme time . there wete were werer werePw wer r f"1\ f"1 f1 f"1who + "w w Pw " \ who did In this tbIs thts corner con1er 01 of 01I ofthe ofth I the statesmade * state rostI nutlerf rustlers frpni fnnn furor hrw thnJe three : ( states itatesnv i imad m-ad m ad made - dr their t11e1r last staids staidMr ftaxuL staid s Mr lot ) : )1'ope 1ope Pope ) ' Popeserved yops-fretr yops fretr * 't'Ved tVed served ! " ' - as ax shertTr sher1fr sheriff ( for far ar ten J1&I'S J1IS years ! & ' . yw . I Du Durtny During hia his twrBT te\"m te "m m terse \ " he lie 6e tartetf started to to5t tostudy tostudy 5t study udy law as B.s Bs . lawyer tkwyers * ww werer were very VfrT ! fvw few In th18 thfa thl lection section Governor OOvemor Wells ofUtah of ofutah ofUtah utah presented resented him with a hcrlff sheriff hcrlffgold s < sgold gold badr badge with his Initials andtJeriff andheriff and andieriff ieriff tJeriff heriff of Cintah Ulntah county engrav- engrav engraved engraved cn raT-ed raT ed - ed on It th ! as a tribute to t his faith- faith faithfulness falth-fulneu falth fulneu - fulneM fulness and rallantry gallantry in quell1ng quelling quell1ngthe quellingthe quelltagth the out-lawc out lawc out-laws laws - He H still ( till prije prizes * it as ashis ashis a ahis his most valuable vlLluab1e posseadon possession Mr MrPope MrPope MrPop Pope * passed pa'red pared & ' the bar bv examination examinationwithout examinationwithout examinationwithout without missinf m1ss1ng missing a question . . He waselected was waselected waselected elected county COW1ty attorney and serv- serv - ed for ten fears gears or until the doctor doctoradvised doctoradvised doctoradvised advised hhw blot h to ret get out in the openMr openMr open openMr Mr Pope Popea \a a is \ in good ood health and andthrough andthrough andthroufh through ha 1m his exper1men experlmentinK experimenting tlng hlUl has hasfound hlUlfound h&sfound hsfound & found a way to produce an ever everlasting everlasting everlactinf lasting root roof paint from the and sand andasphalt sandasphalt < ; sxndasphalt asphalt in the th * valley of which whichthere whichthere whichthere there Is 1s a vast vaat , amount mount He st1ll still st1llloves stillloves stillloves loves the out doors and spends a agood agood atood good deal of time tim * fishlni fLshlng fishing in themountain the themountain themountain mountain streams streaDUI he loves so well |