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Show L LPROF t " PROF HARRISON H MERRILL MERRILLState State Newspapers ILose Lose in inDeath inDeath Death Deathof of MerrillHarrison Merrill Harrison R H MerrlJll Merrill MerrtI1 , ' Foot Poet Lar- Lar Laj- Laj LarJet Lajlet Lar-1let Lar 1let - - Jet let of the country nfwspapers newspapers newspapeit of OX ofthe OXthe ofthe the state of Utah wh WhVse whfts se * untimely untimely1 untimely1death untimelyIdeatti I IKleath Kleath death occurred occurk Occured i < Saturday BatUfday 8atday ftt at hb lila hbhome lilahome hishome home in Provo was a stalwart stalWartfriend talwartfriend friend of ot the n newspapers newapapera wsp pcr3 In UtahAs Utah UtahAs UtahAs As a member of th the Utah stalwartI StatePress State StatePress StatePress I Press association he yaa Was as a vigor vliOl- vliOl vigor- vigorous vliOlous vigorous ' - ous worker tor for conatructlve constructi\"e constructi "e e constructive \ " pro- pro programs programs pro programs - AtllJUmmer grams undertaken by the press preas pre.se prese . Atl At Atsummer Attummer lJUmmer summer outlngx outings outlng8 his h1s Jovial person person- personIlllty personality personality - , ality Illlty wax was enjoyed by both veter veter- veterans veter- veter veterans veterans - - ans and the th cubs cubsProfessor cubsProfessor cub * ! Professor UerriII Merr1l1 Merrill was waa well-known well known wll-knownIn wll knownIn wellknownIn - In Ulntah Uintah Basin Baain harinc having v1 1ted visited visitedfrequently visitedfrequently 1tedfrequently frequently on assignment assignments * for tor the theGeneral theGeneral th thGeneral General Board of the MIA MIA , , . as aa a ataculty afaculty afaculty . taculty faculty member of ot the BYU and andat andat andat at various times Urnes during the In- In Indian IntHan In Indian - I dian tHan Bear Dance Sun Dance fnd end fndthe endthe endthe the UBICHe UBIC UBICHe He took great interest in the theUte thetlte theUte , ' I Ute tlte Indian IndIans * anc ano anti many of hispoems his hispoems poems have treated characteristicsof characteristics of Characteristicslof the red men He loved Characteristicsl the greatout great greatout greatout I out doors and his hobby was tosee to tosee tosee see the creation of a primitive area areaIn areain areaIn In the Ulnta Uinta mountains where the thebeauties thebeauties beauties of nature cduld cduJd cctuld be pre- pre preserved pre preserved - - served tor for futur future * ge gen4rations Ken ratlns ratlons * , Prof Merrill MeuUl was bom born Nov 13 1W4 1884 in Smithfleld Smithfield Utah ton son of ofOrrin ofOrrin ofOrrin Orrin J and Elizabeth White Mer Mer- Mar- Mar Merrill Marrill Merrill - rill rillHis His parents wt were > re ploneerx pioneers picmeera ofthe 01 oif . oifthe the Cub River area near Pres- Pres Peas- Peas Preston Peaston Prea-ton Prea ton - ton Ida In 1902 he entered school schoolin schoolin schoolin in Prte ; PrIelon Pi1eton $ ton andgraduated and raduated graduated . trom from tromthe fromthe fromthe the Onelda Oneida Sta Staba Staku Academy in in1S05 1905 He taught school for onevear one onevear one'rear vear 'rear rear ' on Cub River and then wentto went wentto wentto to the University of Idaho at Mos Mos- Moscow Moscow itins- itins itinscow - - cow to- to fo toone fo . - one winter winterIn winterIn winterIn In 1909 he married manied Miss Edna EdnaJohnson EdnaJohnson EdnaJohnson Johnson of Preston and in AprUof Aprilof April AprU of the same me year he left for tor a mil m1s nijs nijssion ' slon 5ion sion to Irt IrelandIn Ireland IrelandIn > land m1sI I In 1018 1916 he received his bacheJor bachelor bachelorof bacheJorof of science degree from the U B S BA SA 8A , A C v . with aith Ith a major In Eng1shProfessor EnglishProfessor English Eng1\sh Eng1 sh EnglishProfessor \ , Professor Merrill MerrllJ was a member memberof of the " board of director llrectors directors ( * of The TheDft'ret TheDeseret TheDeseret I Dft'ret Dftret Deseret ' ' ! News and formerly manaQ'lng manacing man manalng aQ'lng aQlng acing ' alng : editor of the Improvement Sniprovement ImprovementEra Improvement&a SniprovementEra &a a Era EraI EraSurviving & , | i Surviving are three children the thewidow thewidow the'widow thewidow ' I ' widow five brothers and two sis sisters 1s- 1s 1sers - ' - l 8is1l ters ers ( > r5 The children are ace Harrlson Harrison H&ITiSOII HITiSOII & 8is-1 8is 1 JMerrill J JMerrill JI JMerrill I : Ruby1Merrill Merrill New York Paul and RubyMerrill Ruby Ruby1 Ruby1I , I ' Merrill Provo brothers Dr Mad Mad- Madison Madison MadLion - ison Lion Merrill 1IJerrill Provo Preston El-'mer El 'mer mer EI- EI EImer El-i El i Elimer - ' ' I mer and Prank Frank Merrill Preston PrestonIda PrestonIda I IIda ( I Ida Ralph Merrill BIackfoot Blackfoot Blackloot and andsisters andsisters andsisters sisters Margaret Smith Preston Preston Prestonand . , , dnd and Mrs Jessie Whitehead Whltehead Frank Frank- Prank- Prank FrankUn Pranklin Franklin - lin Un Idaho I | |