Show 0 R H OFFICER hundreds of citizens of salt lake were shocked on the dinst to learn of the sudden death of R H officer of the assaying and metallurgical firm of H R H H officer co the cause of the death of mr officer is as mysterious as it was unexpected and it is not yet known whether he was the victim of inhaled fumes in his laboratory or of an attack of heart disease as he was found unconscious and in the last stages of collapse by one of the employees of the office and never rallied mr officer had been in business in salt lake for a period extending over fifteen I 1 years and he has long been looked upon as one of our most able and reliable assayers and chemists he was extensively known throughout this intermountain region and was greatly esteemed and beloved because of his many excellent qualities his strict in teg rity progressiveness and exhibitions of public spirit in the death of mr officer we all feel that we have lost a true friend I lad had he occupied the position of highest honor in the gift gif t of our people his death would not have been more generally m mourned or deplored for his friends were legion and his loss will be felt in mining and social circles far and wide so sudden was his taking off that it Ys is difficult to realize that he is with us no more inore still it will be many years before ilie memories mories of him will grow dim if ever bior years he has been a warm friend of the ed editor aitor of the mining review who feels his sudden demise as keenly as anyone can outside of his immediate family circle and this paper with many others extends words of deepest sampat sympathy hy and condolence to his bereaved family and kindred |