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Show li ARTHUR PRATT. ii j' Death has claimed another of Utah's rjiost highly respected and much-loved cjtizens. -Arthur Pratt, born in Salt Lake sixty-six years ago, is no more. The news will cause profound sorrow throughout tho state, and there will be grief in many, other parts of tho country. coun-try. Mr. Tratt had filled different of-Eices of-Eices during. his career. Ho performed his work acceptably and honestly, and A'hen tho end came thero was no blot apon his record. Tho Republican party )f Utah was organized in his office K-hcn bo was territorial auditor in the jkrly nineties, and he hold fast to his political principles all through his life, tlo loved to fish and made many trips .nto tho mountains with the late M. 11. SValker and select parties of friends, jiost of whom have been called into the Sreat Beyond. Ho was an ardent lover )f manly sport, and his was a familiar figure in the baseball grandstand, lu I ihort, ho was a man among men at all limes aDd seasons. Kvrryone who earned to know him br 'a:ne his friend 'or life, for lie was of a i r:jlit and theerf'ul disposition and ;:!:iys suiiL'ht '0 briqg as much gn'jd:ind h;-; ;iiK's to Khcrs as possible. Now th:;t lie i.- mine j hose who knew him will cUcririi his I nemory untii thy, too, are summoned -lence. The people of the entire state i vill Eympathiw with the bereaved wife :ind children over the departure of the loving husband and father, and The Tribune desires to pay tribute to the sterling qualities of a good citizen. God comfort those who have been left behind. be-hind. 1 |