Show To Retire c RUBE SIMPSON SIMP SnIT U SOX SON 76 70 years old last of the Iho volunteer firemen of Salt Lake City in active service who vho Las has asked l the state industrial commission to be ba retired on all half pay under the Utah firemen's s pension ion statute i i 4 4 c. c I x 4 r c. c r 4 S T the Salt Lake fire tire department department depart depart- J JOINING eJ ment in the old volunteer days das when th the apparatus was hauled to fires b by manpower seeing It change to a full tull paid s system stem with horse-drawn horse wagons and steam fire firo engines and ard then thon still sUlt being In service 1 for years cars in the new up-to-date up motorized motorized motorized mo mo- apparatus In which the fire lire en engine on- on gine gino Is operated with the omnipresent gas as Is 11 tho the history of ot Reuben J. J Simpson the last of tho the time old-time firemen fire firo- men of or the city who asked for retirement retirement retire retire- ment merit yesterday esterday Although ha having haIng Ing served many years over o those necessary for tor a pension Uncle Rube as he is affectionately el known to practically all S Salt lt Lakers has persistently insisted that he was still able to do a 1 mans man's work at a fire firo and has proven It when len the the occasion d demanded em an 1 ed Uncle Rube has steadfastly re refused refused re- re fused to bo be retired up to the present time Lime but members of ot his family finally finaly final tinnI- ly y have convinced him that his ad advanced advanced ad- ad ago of ot 76 years warrants his retirement from active o work in fn the department de do- and he has finally decided to heed their request He s 's s tho the first fireman n in the state to take advantage of ot the Utah statute which permits the pensioning of ot a a fireman by the state industrial com corn mission Ills His application was presented present ed cd to the board yesterday and it IA h be believed believed be- be there will bo ho of ot no question al allowIng allowing al- al lowing him tho the pay half-pay pension on his Ms a month salary Some years ears ago when hen there was talk of ot tho the firemen going on strike e. e the firemen's association unanimously voted that in case the they should walk walkout walkout walkout out he would be he specially exempted from len leaving his position |