Show REPAIRING THE ROAD I American ForK Foric Juts Jw l B tween 30 10 and 40 men aad and a number of teams team left here this morning for Eort erk canyon where they will wUl start IB hf repair repairIng lag Ing the t damage dage done tione to the U road by the t high water This Tb is t the t e result of ofa ofa ofa a ma mans mall s meeting mating held rId here night fore afore last lOst It will probably I hi a wk ok or ten days daya before the road will be in ohse hl for Or travel with rith ore teams Joseph Birch one of American Forks lork oldest citizens passed away at his tome homo in the Second nd ward yesterday evening after several days of 0 Mr Birch has been in poor health for forthe forthe forthe the past two years having suffered a number of strokes He has been ly Iy getting weaker and more helpless for tor forthe forthe the past month until finally de death th came caine cameto to tel his hit relief The deceased is 15 well wen known In this part of the state and In fact all over the state and in earlier days was prominent In business bu lne life of the state having baving been associated with the late Peter P ter Stubbs of Provo for years yea in inthe Inthe inthe the mercantile and aDd contracting business In Brigham Young Youngs day ha he h was waa very closely connected with the president both bothin in a II business and religious way WilY accompanying accompanying dm on his bill trips trip to and fro throughout the state tate He was a great factor in the early settlement of ot southern Utah taking an active and prominent part in the settlement of a number of what are new mow towns town lie was waa in his year was born in InEn England En land Immigrating to America early in the early fifties Before leaving Eng Emil England En land he was waa in the commission business working on the London stock exchange e eHe He is 18 survived by a wife and aDd a large Jam family of children who are all an grown Frank Birch assistant superintendent of the Knight mines Is one oem of his sons eons Arrangements for tor the funeral have not yet been made James Newton who died very ery suddenly in Salt Lake City fity Monday Mon ay was waa formerly a resident r of this city ctt and nd has a number of relatives here Including a brother His death came camO as a shock to his hia friends friende here as he be always appeared to be imrch a large lr E healthy man reap A number of his hili relatives went to Salt kit Lake yesterday to attend his funeral G B Wing Ving who has baa been running a steam ream shovel on the Western Pacific grade In California for the past two years ears ear returned turned home Monday night nl ht He HI states stats that vork Work along the line lint of or the company Is t s getting pretty clone to the th finish and that it will all ail be ready for the rails n about six weeks He Hf hut has put in iii most moat t thi of his hi time Urn along the Feather river and states that thit the work there lisa has been ex cx extremely x heavy He ne states that by the middle of September or orthe the first of Oc 0 October O tober trains should be bt running through to San Francisco FranciscoO O U N Kelly who has been bEn attending school choo at Chicago h fl returned t home last for t It H nT m e r tio |