Show PIONEER EN ENGINEER GINtER DIES SUDDENLY pit HERE WEDNESDAY HAUN av dina it IV veil veit ainali NG WAH V ARILi NGING TO SPEND OP OF COAST ATI J r the city was shocked wednesday naming when word went out of it the eurdeen death of albert halen former united states land commis aloner at vernal and for the past twenty years a resident of 0 moffat 21 miles west of ot this city mr mx halen came to vernal last november to be near medical aid nid in the hopes of at recovering from an attack of ast asthma bram he re got alone along eo so well that he be returned to his home in moffat for a few days but was forced to come back a second time for relief he was wils getting uong along fairly well ell the second time was making arrangements to toi go to Call california fornin and was to begin the trip the day he died he had retired to his room at the commercial hotel apparently ceding feeling ai as well as usual and nothing more waft was heard from him until about 8 the following follow big morning when he was found dead on the floor of big his room he had away without a struggle or c even disturb ing ill the other occupants of the house al word was immediately tent sent to a brother who resides in boston I 1 maea blass and to V U H donaldson donald aon of I 1 moffat who was a close friend of I 1 the deceased his body will be heidl L until word Is received from his brother the deceased vaa as born in holland of dutch parentage when but bu t a youth he joined the dutch navy and during this service tell fell from a a and injured his shoulder carrying this injury throughout his entire life he vas discharged from the navy on account of or this disability and 1 he lie then entered engineering schools at holland olland Il germans germany and inland graduating from froin tre tle last named place after gr graduating a d batin fr ni school he went to Calif california orila at this time he was as about 30 yeara of age leaving california he lie went to mexico tax 0 then to ashington where he be corked 1 as on an engineer on the N northwestern pacific from there he returned to california and then then went to wyoming Ny to locate oil claims for senator dark clark oc of that state from wyoming mr halen went tu to salt bait lake city and worked in the state engineers office during which time he made a surrey of the great Str strawberry aberry project in the year 1903 he came to vintah basin aae ln and located the tov townsite nalta te of moffat 13 he o was engineer for the moffat ditch company county ou surveyor e of the peace engineer tor for the blue bench ben ch project and served four years as register of the U S land office at vernal he is survived by a brother in boston mass and aind a sister living in brussels belgium he left the land off office tee april 30 1925 and went to td his home at mot fat to relax and tak take life easy MAY he b has always been well liked by his community and has a hoskot friends in all portions of the basin he 1 waa VU a bachelor he was past 74 ears of age aad and in apparent good until the last bev fe months herlth bea jtb up on tue tuesday aday he m baade ade arrangements cements harry seaton to take him horne how and from there he was going g to salt lale city and to california ito ania tor for his health |