Show THOMAS BRIGGS CALLED BY DEATH pioneer tomato raiser of west i on large scale died at his home in 1 tuesday I 1 thomas brigg the veteran tomato grower on a large scale of the west passed away at his home in bountiful tuesday he had been becoming more and more feeble for a long time until after the early seventies none of the gardeners thought of raising fofe moe than a few squared square rods of tip toes and such a thing as t mato ato factories were I 1 not dream id d of out here but soon after aate rl 1 1 he union pacific ra railway fl was c completed it brought people win wh 1 were accustomed to eating tomatoes thereby creating in anre r re of a demand for foi them than before e so one spring mr briggs Brigg put r out three quarters of an a atre re some years later fac factories factorize torie were built for canning tomatoes es and since that time the a acreage aage has increased until now over er 1000 acres are grown in this thi county alone deceased vas as a native of df england and was inis nearly 85 years old he is Aur survived by a widow and the foIl cAving children eph raim briggs briggss mrs john downs james and thomas briggs i funeral services will be held jn in the bounth ul first ward tabernacle er sunday at p m centerville Cent erville chats i |