Show Mathias C. C Udy Of Farmington J To Be Honored f I fr r To celebrate the seventh eighty-seventh birthday anniversary of Mathias Cowley Udy of Farmington on Wednesday a dinner for the imme- imme immediate immediate diate members of the lie family will willbe willbe be c given at the home of a son son J. J R. R Udy of Farmington on Wednesday Wed Wed- Wednesday evening A former trustee of North Farm Farmington Farmington ington school district No 7 for 19 years cars years Mr Udy has been prominent ent nt in the Farmington city council serving there for six years He was vas instrumental in securing a cul- cul culinary mary inary nary water system for the city and was for the Haight's laight's Creek Irrigation company for or 18 1 years He served as water superintendent for Farmington city for many years For 21 sum- sum summers fliers mers he was employed at Lagoon Mr Udy has had a great part in inthe inthe inthe the development of farm lands in inthe inthe the lie Farmington area and aided in inthe inthe the he development of Antelope Island in n Great Salt Lake He and Will ViII Walker Valker now deceased cd ed took the first boatload of buffalo buffalo buffalo falo to the island many years ears ago They started from a ranch at the south end of the lake with 17 head and drove them to fo the lake hake shore at Farmington where they were and driven onto the boat Mr Ir Udy reported when the ani ant animals animals mals were w re loaded nearly half halE of them jumped overboard ov and dis dis- disappeared disappeared dis- dis appeared temporarily They came in later for food but they the were not notable notable notable able tp drive them into the corral for a week They were also taken over to the island |