Show I I COL I. I A. A BENTON I PIONEER RAILROAD L MAN IS DEAD HERE cc 7 7 fr f c Wf- Wf r 4 y 4 I II II I r I v h I i- i 1 I Ij I II I I j Succumbing to an Illness of or less than a n i wr weeks week's r k n Irvin I A. A Benton general passco passenger e r a agent ent of tho the Denver Rio Hlo Gr Grande ul 11 for many years cars and well-known well man of oC affairs died early ye yesterday morning morning- morningan an n the the L D. D S. S hospital hospital Ho Tie hec became ill iii 1 last Tuesday lesda and on 01 Wednesday It wa was f und n necessary ces nry to remove him t t to the tie hospital for tor an operation On account of his advanced aJ age however howe er he b being over O 70 years of ot ago he lie was waR unable to rai rally and passed away at 2 10 Sunday SundY morning UP lIe le Is survived b by his wife wire Mrs Sadie Sadie Sadie Sa Sa- Sa- Sa die Benton Denton 8 s Bransford apartments m nt two brothers Thomas H. H Renton Benton or ot Los Log Angeles and Edward Benton of ot Frei Fremont Fre- Fre i I mont Neb Nob and by two sisters Mrs Irs Jessie Marsh larsh of or Birmingham ham Ala and Mrs Irs Louis Dor Dorsey ey of or New ew York Cl City Colonel Benton began his career as asa asa asa a railroad man us ns agent ng-ent of or the Union Pacific at Fremont Neb leb his former home and birthplace Ller Later he was transferred to the union depot at Ogden Ogden Og- Og I den where he acted as agent for a afew aes few es w years ears His us ls I-ls appointment as joint a agent ent of tho the Union Pacific and Denser Deny Denver Den Den- I y ser ver r Rio Hlo Grande at Salt Lake City followed He lie le resigned from flom the railway rail rail- rai- rai way service serice to become United States i marshal marshal After tilling filling one term as i m marshal he became po postmaster resign resigning ing after a short time to return to the i Denver Rio Grande as ns general passenger passenger passenger pas pas- a agent ent This position he occupied occupied occupied pied until August August 1915 when he lie re retired retired re- re tired tred from active service Colonel Bentons Benton's life Ufe is intimately connected with wih the growth of Utah I and the intermountain country His Hh I et extensive n ie knowledge of railroad affairs contributed to a great grent extent to the steady expansion of the lines ho rep rep- resented In politics he was always a stanch Republican of the old school and was accounted a powerful figure I In the carl early days lays of ot Utah's statehood Though always a party man he was never Intolerant of oC the views of oC tho the opposition His IllS death comes as a shock to his many friends especially among among tho the older railroad men Funeral arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments will wi be announced on the arrival of or his brothers tonight |