Show OLD LANDMARK OP OF UTAH MINING PASSES TO THE GREAT BEYOND announcement of the death on tte ae 1 at h instant of wes ley A rhodes one of the most widely known mining minine and aad brokerage characters in utah during the pa past st twenty y yeter yea rs s will come as a distinct shock to hi s army of friendson friends friend sin idahl fhe local mining world following a brief illness he succumbed d at his cozy comfortable home at centerville Cent erville on the ofa adafe stated and was buried in mount olivet this city on sunday last A devoted wife as well as three sisters sister and anda a brother residing in illinois survive him keen of intellect a sharp trader and withal a most corn com and jolly good fellow 1 I mr rhodes will be bet ter recalled by all of the old timers out of whose memo memory ry he may have passed during the past ten years as dristy Dui sty rhodes plow how he ever acquired that cognomen was never made quite clear but every mining min i ng man big and little and every mining broker of his time will tell you that it did not apply to his intellect or to his ability to drive a good bargain when it came to trading in stocks or negotiating a deal for mining property through all his years of activity no one ever charged him with doing a dishonest thing but if he was commis signed by a patron to go out and buy a claim or a block of stock from someone he would as like as not reply well ill do the best I 1 can then he wo would uld go to the prospective v vender ender and probably say 41 youve got a block of irish rose stock I 1 think I 1 can sell it for you it worth a cent a share but I 1 think I 1 can get that much maybe more for it maybe hed tie tic it up at ac a share then hed report back to his buyer customer that he could deliver the stock atac at ac and he was told to go ahead that was how Dusty made ins and that was the principle on which he worked to the money advantage of himself as well as both buyer and seller he was a real wizard as a tr trader ader and withal he made lasting friends of all with whom he did id business he retired well about eight ago peace to his ashes ashen todo to do years 1 |