| Show J is Alvaro Grover Pioneer Builder Bunder of Davis Dav Canal Dies Justin Alvaro Grover formerly of the Basin nasin this county now clinton and adjacent vicinity a pioneer builder of the Davis Weber Weber counties canal was killed some time Wednesday by one of his team of horses bories when he at- at attempted at attempted tempted to unhook the animal from froma a sleigh at after r it broke through the snow crust on a bluff between Inkham and McCammon in I Idaho He lIe had left his home home in Marsh Valley at 10 a m in Wednesday to get cedar trees and at 3 p m in when he failed to return his wife Mrs Jane Grover became anxious and asked Freeman Bullock a I Ine ne to look for him Circumstances indicated that the tragedy occurred when Mr Grov Grov- Grover Grov- Grov Grover Grover er arrived at the scene A general theory is that when was unhitch unhitch- unhitching unhitching I ing the team he lost his footing I and in falling might mig have frighten frightened ed the animal which also went v I down Marks in the snow indicated the animal for hours had attempt attempt- attempted I ed to regain its footing and that Mr Grover who was pinned ben ben- beneath suffocated eath cath its shoulders had been ben I Mr Bullock who was unable to neighbors remove the body called to neigh neigh- neigh neigh-I bors who in a short time were I successful in extricating it I Mr Grover was born in River River- Riverdale Riverdale River dale I dale Utah October 22 1864 but had lived in Blackfoot most of his I life until he moved mo to Marsh Val Val- Valley Val Val- Valley ley Icy in 1920 Besides his bis widow he is survived survived ed by three sons Archie A Grover Springfield Dean Grover Sterl- Sterl Sterling Sterling ling ing and Barton Grover Salt Lake two daughters Mrs L M 4 Rich McCammon and M Mr Mrs Clark dark Green I Pocatello three brothers W D Dand and Ernest A Grover Blackfoot I and Joseph T Grover Seattle one sister Mrs Nellie Parrish Woods Cross Funeral services are arc pending the arrival of relatives Arthur W V Hall HaU county coroner stated Thu Thursday after an nn investigation investigation investigation beheld gation g tha no inquest would be held Reminiscences of the construct construct- ing constructing of the Davis Davig Weber coun coun- coun- coun ties tics counties canal and the of the extreme north end count county and Cozy zy Dale in Web Weber r county are arf associated with th the n name name me of the deceased and his fathers father's fam fam ily as ye e editor s spent nt the Christ Christ- Christmas Christmas Christmas I mas holidays to together ther with Henry Parrish and his- his sister now Mrs Nellie Pelton of West Bountiful at the Grover home and with other relatives of the Parrish family in South Weber many years ears a ago o Where Clinton now stands and the Cozy 4 Cozy Dale country was then aU all sagebrush The father and some of the boys bos me mentioned in this article who were old enough to work worked on the canal northeast of what is now Clinton with teams ana scrapers From l om the amount of dirt they had to move and the slow progress they made although they worked early and late in the coldest winter weather with scanty supplies as they received ed cd no money for their work as they took it out in stock in the canal which stock afterwards instead of helping them broke a good many who owned the same as so much before more money had to be spent be- be be fore the canal became the success it now is Some of the families this canal broke afterwards moved to Idaho We do not know that this was the fate of the Grover family but an any way it was 20 or 30 years later before the canal was a suc- suc cess |
