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Show PRATT STEPS DOWN FROM WJWDENSHIP; ! Relinquishes Duties After Continuous Prison Service of Thirteen Years. Closing a term of a little more than thirteen years of continuous service a warden of the state prison, Warden Arthur Ar-thur Pratt will step oat and turn over his duties to Warden. George A. Storrs this morning. At 5 o'olwk last night Chief Deputy Warden Andrew re and Deputy Henry Hen-ry Tuggart completed their duties and left the service of the state. Mr. Ure , turned his duties over to Absalom G-. j Dyer, veteran guard at the prison, who became chief deputy warden. i Warden Pratt, who resigned from the position of warden recently, will take a position with the Oregon Short Dine Railroad company, with which road he waa connected when he was appointed warden of the prison thirteen years ago. Mr. Ure announced last night that he had not laid his plana for the future, and Mr. Taggart said the same. Pratt was appointed warden by the state board of corrections when Heber M. Wells was first elected governor of the state, and he had been in the continuous con-tinuous service as head of the prison. He waa formerly warden in territorial days in 1888 and 1S89. Air. Pratt also served as a deputy United States marshal for several years In territorial days. He also at one time was chief of police of Salt Lake City. Chief Deputy Ure had been connected with the prison for eighteen years. He was a guard for five years," then was secretary of the board of pardons for three years. Twelve years ago he was named chief deputy warden, and had held that position continuously since. Mr. Taggart had been connected with the prison for about twelve years or more. Mr. Storrs, who becomes warden and taies charge this morning, was formerly former-ly in charge of the Spring Canyon Coal company's properties at Storrs, Utah county, and was formerly sheriff of Utah county. Mr. Dyer, who becomes deputy warden, war-den, has been a peace officer in Utah for more than thirty years. H. S. Shurtliff, acting superintendent of the prison farm, resigned yesterday. He will be succeeded by Wilford Giles. |