Show JP ENT PROMOTES UTAH LAWYER LAWvER f 4 I I z 1 m 4 e a S 1 I I J REUBEN REUBE CLARK CLAnK JR OF OP UTAH Bright Young Lawyer Who Has Been Advanced to Responsible Post Fost in State I Department A A FTER serving only three years 1 LA in the state department J i iReuben Reuben Clerk Jr hAS bus been Meat promoted to t be solicitor e of C that de tie department 1 i That is Sn ono one of the mot most re responsible r positions in the diplomatic service e lIe He will start rt upon Isle hilt new duties today to q The TIle appointment of or Rube Clark to the position Uon of ot solicitor marks marka the therise therise rise rIM of 0 a young lawyer In a manner as meteoric as a It ft lit remarkable Six years yean ago he 11 left Salt Lake to study abaci law in Columbia university New NewYork NewYork NewYOrk York with limitless ambi ambition ambition tion Mr 11 Clark had studied law taw in Salt BaIt Lake while bUe attending to other duties He completed the course coone in throe three tb years graduating at atthe atthe attao the tao head of a large claw clam c and making kine one of or the beet best records record In the Ut history of or the school Three years ago the Ute state atte depart department ment wanted a R man as second assist assistant assistant et ant solicitor His HJ especial duties were to lo look after alter diplomatic relations reJa o oer Letters LUers er were sent by former Secreta Secretary ry 7 of or State Root to the presidents presidents dents due of 0 Yale Tale Harvard and Columbia asking thorn them to name some me young you man to fill an the tM position It was wu upon the recommendation of the president of oC Columbia that Mr Clark was taken fresh Cr front from rom the university and ADd nd placed in the important post po t In the state te de 4 department Ills His II ability was wall at t once ODe recognised Mrs Clark a daughter of or the late lateC C R H Savage is Ia I now in Salt Lake on ona ona a short visit and lad ha J received r the fol tol following tollow following lowing low telegram from her husband President signed commission to today tody today day dy Will be solicitor after aUer July Tuly 1 A few days before Mrs Clark left Washington for tor Salt Lake Lak her hn hue hus band was W told by Secretary of State Slate Philander C Knox that something dna good would be given him as an soon as 8 Congress adjourned And within a afew afew afew few days dayl after r the lawmakers lawmaker of ot the nation finished their work the th ap appointment appOintment was WaB made and confirmed by the President J T Reuben Clark jr was born at st years ago 0 and spent pent his hi boyhood in Tooele Too county count His father and mother are still living JIving J T Reuben n Clark to Is poet post postmaster master ma tr at The young man came caine to Salt Lake and entered the University of Utah from which he b was wu graduated at the head of oC his dabs class While going through the uni university universIty he worked with Professor James Tam K B curator of or the Deseret museum mum and nel it was through the tireless work of the young nunc man that many of or the excellent relics relic were gathered for the Ut museum Later Mr Kr Clark Clerk was In charge c e of 0 the Branch Normal at Cedar City was wu superintendent of or the Heber City High school reboot when It K wee was first started and was wu an instructor in the Salt San Lake D college with Joseph Joeeph Nelson several years ago Mr Clark went from the business college conese position po I lion tion to Columbia university He len left Salt Lake In 1 1502 1101 OS and was wa graduated grad from ruin the taw law W course coune at the heed head of or his doss c In 1 1501 1101 0 Immediately l tithing taking the position as assistant nt solicitor in inthe Inthe the department deportment of or state tate I Mr Clark is well en known in Salt Lake and n Tooele county and nd is la de tie declared declIed clIed by 11 Professor Prof r Talmage to pos poe posses ses sees the brightest t mind that ever left Utah With him rests the prepare preparation preparation tion of ot Important Im matters matt in I the de department 4 of state cato when arise arlee with foreign to countries |