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Show PIONEER OP IDAHO WILL MOVE TO UTAH Agrlppa Cooper, one of the pioneers of Bannock county, a man who freighted through Portneuf canyon to the Montana mining camps in the early '70s, long before be-fore the town of Pocatcllo vv.'is dreamed of. Is In the Gato City today, says tho Pocatello (Idaho) Tribune, straightening out some business affairs, preparatory to-moving to-moving to Provo, Uiah, where he has purchased a fine fruit orchard. SInco 18S7 Mr. Cooper has conducted a farm near McCammon, and is rated as ono of the solid and substantial residents of tho county. That he has decided to desert the Gem State and go to Utah Is regretted regret-ted by a wide circle of close friends. Agrlppa Cooper Ih a true son of the Great West. He was born in Beaver county, Utah, In September, 1855, and at the ago of 15 began freighting from Utah to Montana, the old freight road passing through Portneuf canyon, years before Pocatello was born. For eight years he drovo a light outfit over the Montana freight road, and then took a grading contract on the Utah Northern, later doing the same sort of work for the Union Pacific In Wyoming. Mr. Cooper was married in 1S78 to Ida Raymond, daughter of Alonzo Raymond, a veteran of tho Mexican war. who came ' to Utah as a member of the Mormon battalion. bat-talion. Mr. and .Mrs. Cooper have five children, the eldest daughter being teacher teach-er of domestic science in tho Utah Agricultural Agri-cultural college at Logan. She was a graduato of tho Utah State university; later served as teacher In Fielding academy acad-emy at Paris, Bear Lako county, and after post-graduato work in Now York, was offered tho chair of domestic science at tho Agricultural college at Logan. Mr. Cooper was deputy sheriff of Oneida Onei-da county when that county Included all tho eastern part of tho State. |