| Show I FISHER S HARRIS IS lAID TO REST The Rev P A Simpkin Pays Eloquent Tribute to Char Character Character Character acter of Dead CITY AND STATE MOURN DELEGATIONS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF STATE ATTEND Simple in the extreme and beautiful were the services over the body of ot Fisher i Sanford Harris in the tho auditorium of ot the Masonic temple yesterday afternoon Amid soft sott sweet strains of music filling the room from an unseen source mem mom members members bers bore of ot the Argenta lodge No 3 filed med two deep on either elthe side of ot the flower covered casket and replied to the solemn Masonic ritual and then stood In bowed reverence while the Rev flew P A Simpkin Simplon delivered the last eulogy On either side of the banked files of Masons friends of Fisher Harris filled to too overflowing o the ast rast auditorium Members Mem Members Members bers of the Commercial club strong were th there thre re A delegation from the We Ve ber club of Ogden also from the Brig Brigham Brigham Brigham ham City Commercial club were present attending in a body The Th various Masonic orders were well represented and besides all these were many hundreds of perSons per persons persons sons of no lodge affiliation attending out oui of respect and love for tor the dead man manThe manThe manThe The body of Fisher Harris bj by bla bya a Scottish Rite guard reposed in state in the auditorium of tf the Masonic temple tempeE from 9 in the morning until 3 1 1 in the afternoon and was viewed by thousands Amid the chill snow flurries flur flue flurries ries of the morning hours hundreds ol of of prominent business men made their way into the temple and paid p ld last sad and anc and often tearful homage to the man loved love throughout the commonwealth Visitors from many sections of the west came ir In irto Into Irto to Salt Lake for the funeral At 2 the time set for the serve services servIces ices the auditorium and balconies were packed with people Th Thi casket raised on a dais was in plain view of the entire assemblage and a long lone wide aisle extending to the ritual room rooms of or the Masonic order was kept open About the casket clusters of rich ret ref red roses were tastily placed and on the raised platform of or the stage a gigantic urn filled with chrysanthemums towered over the head of the coffin This was wa from the Commercial club A floral piece sent by employer of the Commercial slut club was among the notable displays Obey Widows Request Simplicity marked every feature of the services This was at the request of Mrs Harris Brief beautiful and Impressive was the eulogy and the ritual The Rev Mr Simpkin Simplon paid an eloquent tribute tc to the man who was his close personal persona friend Among other things in the course of his beautiful encomium the Rev Mr Simpkin said My Brethren As we bring Into the holy of holies of this temple the dust of at a brother whose soul has gone out into the presence of ot that thai Master who only can praise and who only can blame it is with the knowledge that the pain and sorrow that center here affects a circle vastly wider than the brotherhood of ot which he was a distinguished distin distinguished distinguished and beloved member It has been many a long day since any soul has gone out from the life of at this I city that meant in its Ita going so much of ot loss as that of Fisher Sanford Harris A sunny Bunny genial nature and endowed in singular measure with attributes attributes attributes of ot greatness was his and the hour hourin hourIn in which we gather about his dust is one which a multitude sharing in the great empire of the west for which ha he gave his hia life mourn a benefactor For Far the thinking men and women of ol olour our city the thought greater than any of ot our commercial or industrial Interests greater than any thought of private gain is that of an open grave and all it speaks of ot the worth of ot this beautiful soul who touched the world so hopefully Ere Em we lay him for the long sweet sleep under the shadow of ot the mountains he loved so 50 well where the skies whose praises he delighted to sing may smile and weep above his resting place It is but fit fitting fitting ting we should speak a word of love and esteem As a man he was generous upright the soul of Integrity with a heart that beat to all the world He walked among men with nc passion for acquisition no fever for getting his one purpose seemed to ba be b like the sun and wind and flow flowers flowers flowers ers to give and help and serve As a citizen he was highly honored the gifts gUts gUtshe he possessed fitting him for wide service servIce service ice None Better Loved It is safe to say that no man in the great commonwealth was more beloved or more useful and in the wonderful de development development development of the city and state In the remarkable advance of these last years he had a greater share than any citizen of the state Without malice or rancor with char charity charIty charity ity and sweetness he has wrought a splendid work The biggest figure in the company of ot men that makes the states leading business organization his clever brain and indefatigable spirit were Vere given to every project that made for the states or the betterment of any hu human human human man life One may not touch upon the sacred life of the home except to speak of the Ideal Jove and sympathy which made it a place pla beautiful beyond the or ordinary ordinary ordinary To the dear ones whose altar is broken down who lose most moat in this ex experience experience experience we speak a word of love lovo and commend them to the love and comfort of the good Father who has received him Into rest And as a Mason who exemplified its living principles a man and citizen whose chivalrous southern heart expressed his spirit of love and help to all the world as one who walked In integrity and with honor in all the walks of life Ufe we grieve for him and yet bow beneath the will of God in quiet trust trustA trustA A few days ago as I looked into his eyes and weary and bade him remember that Gods will is always best he smiled an assent and as ho he went out Into the valley he went unafraid with his trust in the great Brother of the therace therace therace race and could sing In his going Sunset and evening star And one clear call for me And may there be no moaning of ot the bar When I put out to sea We Ve turn our eyes thankfully to the great silver sea over whose unruffled bosom his bark floats in the gladness eternal and trust that when the end is come for us we may Join him and all the In the spaces eternal And through the days till we meet again we shall never forget the sweetness and heroism of his life Ufe of beautiful service and devotion to the city and state for which he tie made lifes sacrifice and shall hope that our own end may be as sweet and peaceful as he found in the shadows that held the abiding morning for him bun himI The funeral cortege formed and left leCt the I Masonic temple shortly before 3 Numerous carriages preceded and fol lowed the hearse a dozen street streetcars streetcars streetcars cars carried the mourners to the grave at Mt ML Olivet There the last Masonic rites were carried out the Rev Charles CharlesE E Perkins giving the tha prayer and Dr E B BD ED ED D Hammond reading the ritual The solemn sol solemn solemn So Mote lIot It Be of his brother Masons marked the last of the services as aa the body was lowered to its final rest amid a drizzle of rain and snow The pallbearers r were Judge O 0 W I Powers M lit H Walker James H II Brown J W Houston H Vance Lane L 1 H Harding John S Critchlow and W W Armstrong The honorary pallbearers were members of the board Of directors of the Com Commercial Commercial Commercial mercial club as follows W J Halloran C S Burton Joy H Johnson R E Miller Mil Miller Miller ler John S Bransford Ira H Lewis H HP HP HP P Clark A W V Carlson Governor Wil William William William liam Spry J E Caine Calne Samuel New Newhouse Newhouse Newhouse house John Dern Darn George T Odell Sam Samuel Samuel Samuel uel Welts and H L 1 A Culmer together with Judge C C Goodwin and A J Davis All afternoon the Commercial club clubrooms clubrooms clubrooms rooms remained closed and silent with a flowing drapery of black silk sUk knotted about three huge chrysanthemums placed at the entrance About the desk so 50 often orten used by Fisher Harris and over the great leather chair known as Fishers chair beautiful black and white draper draperies ies les and a large cluster of at flowers were placed and left there throughout the day |
