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Show PIONEER CITIZEN OF RICHFIELD CALLED Michael Jensen Passes Away at the Ripe Age of 81 Years. Special to The Tribune P.n'HriEBP. Nov. 15. Richfield lost mother representative of pioneer days . irlv Monday morning In the death of Michael Jensen, whoso death occurred un-expcctedly un-expcctedly after only a few hours' Illness. Ill-ness. Aft.r making some Sunday calls on neighbors nnd doing bis chores at home, he was Seised With severe pains Slid bloating of the stomach, Medical sMil was of no avail Mr Jensen passing away ut 2 o'clock the following tnotn-1ns, tnotn-1ns, Nearly Forty Years Here. Mr. Jensen nras SI years of age on June ' to He had been a resldi nt of Utah since I8G8, coming from Denmark, his native Country, with his famll) They settled iirst al Parowan In Iron county, and moved to Richfield In tho spring of is:.; ii. ha- resided here continuously si in- wife died throe, .-. nrs ago, shortly after celebrating their golden wedding. Five sons are left. J. M, Jensen, J. P. Jensen, Rasmus Jensen, Andrew Jensen an.i Martin Tensen all prominent clti-ens clti-ens of this place, the last named being one of the present hoard of County Com-mlsslonars Com-mlsslonars Death cf Young Man. Amlrevv N Lawson, Jr.. son of Mr and Mrs A. N Lawson of Klmberly. died at Monroe Saturday evening after an Illness of two days Death Is believed to be due to a probabb Internal Injury received at Klmlw-rly a few weeks ago while lifting lift-ing on some heavy machinery. He complained com-plained .t tin- time of a strain but no 111-. 111-. rr. cts were f it until ha was suddenly taken III r.t Monro. , when he was visiting visit-ing He was born at Richfield and was 17 years of age. Fuel Supply Short. The shortage of the fuel supply and In-ablllty In-ablllty to get coal to supply the local demand de-mand continues to be an annoying condition con-dition here. The electric plant Is barely able to keep running by reducing Its Miviio to a midnight run The planing mills are out and are enabled only to operate at Intervals as wood can In- obtained. ob-tained. The electric power plant of the Annie Laurie mill and mine at Sevier was (impelled to xi, hi down Saturda because be-cause of Its coal supply becoming exhausted ex-hausted Town Saved Front Darkness. T'.y getting In some wood and running Its auxiliary plant at Fish Creek, the company's property and tho town of Klmberly la saved from absolute darkness. dark-ness. The public schoolhouse here has had to fall back on a w I supply, but enough of thla can nol be obtained to furnish fur-nish the heat required. Wood haulers aro beginning to bring In wood, but the de-tnand de-tnand so great thai onlj enough can bo obtained for immediate necessities. The company which furnlshfs coal he-re says ii . .in promlai no relief before Decembct 1, on account of shortage of cars to handle han-dle the produi t of the mines an effort has been made to get a supply from the 1'nion l'acltii mines and Horn the San-pile San-pile alley road's initio- near Mantl but i h Denver & Rio Grande company will not allow It |