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Show MeTlANGFOED. early I ' settler in Utah and industrial I ieader.whodled here Thursday. I , gTf- 7j ! LANGFORD BURSAL SET FDR SUM Pioneer Builder's Life Marked by Long List of Achievements. . Funeral services for Jeremiah E. Langford, pioneer railroad man, inventor, inven-tor, aud organizer of Utah industries, will be held from the Tweuty-firet ward chapel tomorrow ofternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The body will lie in state at the family residence, Sib East Twenty-first Sooth street, from 9 o'clock tomorrow morning uutil the hour of the funeral. Mr. Langford came to Utah in 1S55 as a boy of seven, with ox carts, on a journ'ev which cost the lives of both his mother and father. He was brought up in the family of Lorenzo Pettit. and spent his early years freighting, farming farm-ing and logging. Among his earlier undertakings he drove ox teams into Montana, freighted freight-ed material for the building of Fort Custer, Fort Keogh and Fort Assini- borne. He was interested in mining ventures in Nevada and in Alaska, and as a boy worked on the Union Pacific gTade. His first large success was attained when he sueeeeded in evolving a secret se-cret process whereby the salt from I Great Salt Lake could be purified. I He succeeded after salt workers from England and experts from the Smith- souian Institution had failed. He was the organizer and president of the Inland In-land Crystal Salt company. Later Mr. Langford was superintendent superinten-dent during the construction of the i Saltair pavilion, and subsequently gen-era gen-era manager of the Saltair Beach i company as well as president and general gen-eral manager of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad and the Saltair line. These two positions he held for many years. Mr. Langford built Bonneville park. also. He eounted among his proudest achievements the construction of the dance floor at Saltair, which at that time was the largest in the world. Two vears ago he perfected and patented pat-ented a metal railroad tie. and since then had devoted his principal energies ener-gies to the development of that patent, lie was president and general manager of the "Metal Safety Tie company." I'riends said yesterday that on his recent re-cent return from t lie east whence he was called by the illness of his Arife, Mr. Langford brought word that his efforts ef-forts in behalf of the tie were meeting with success. Active in public affairs and interested interest-ed always in the promotion of the development de-velopment of the state and the inter-mountain inter-mountain country. Mr. Langford for many years played a loading part in the commercial and industrial progress of the community. In commenting yesterday on his death friends paid high tribute to Mr. Langford 's perseverance, his tremendous tremen-dous energy and his pride in the success suc-cess of the achievements of the city and state. They mentioned the obstacles ob-stacles which he had overcome: tbfl breadth of education which he had gained for himself. Known throughout through-out the intcrniountain country Mr. Langford 's passing brought yesterday scores of messages of condolence from many of his close friends. Surviving Mr. Langford is his wife. Sarah E. Langford, a well known singer in the earlier d:ivs and daughter of the late Sure Olson, a veteran musician. There are the following children surviving: sur-viving: Jeremiah 1'.. Langford. ,Ir., Miss Nell l.angfonl. aud Mrs. Keith 1!. Jen s.'ii of Sal; Lake, and Lester and Kalph Langford of Idaho. |