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Show PRESTON NUTTER DIES AT SALT LAKE Preston Nutter, well known cattle cat-tle man who had run his cuttle on the Arizona strip and in Eastern East-ern Utah where' he had large holdings, hold-ings, died at his home in Salt Lake Ciy last Sunday, January 26 of a heart ailment. Mr. Nutter had an active and interesting life, having contacted many of the famous bad men of the west and having been instrumental instru-mental in building up the cattle business in this state and Arizona. He also made a considerable-amount considerable-amount of money in mining. In 1S92 he purchased large holdings of land from the late Anthony W. Ivins un the strip. Controlling water sources, this purchase also gave him control of thousands of additional acres of range land. In recent years he had utilized this country as breed-(Continned breed-(Continned on last page) , PRESTON NUTTER (Continued rrom first page) ing grounds for blooded beef cattle. cat-tle. A born pioneer and diplomat, though always of a retiring disposition, dispo-sition, Mr. Nutter next expanded his holdings into eastern Utah, where he leased grazing lands from the Indians, to whom he became be-came known as "Friend" Nutter. When the (country was thrown open to homesteading Mr. Nutter purchased thousands of acres of iand in Emery, Duchesne, Carbon and Uintah counties, land which only the most powerful of leaders could hope 'to hold in a lawless era. Following' the World war, when the price seemed to drop out of cattle, government experts came from Washington to consult with Mr. Nutter, also known popularly as "Colonel" Nutter, as to means of saving the industry. His ability to sit in his saddle for seventy-five miles a day and far outtax the physical capacity of younger . men remained with him until within a year of his death. Surviving are his widow, Kath-erine Kath-erine Fenton Nutter, whom he married in 1908 in Colorado Springs, and two daughters, Virginia Vir-ginia and Catharine Nutter, both of Salt Lake City. |