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Show WE. VliUS. fint r-'KU&ser of j the A.'.'ioeiato 1 Vxra ::i Kali, Lake, ho i'i r-' V". rdav. ! r l mm hs man dig Opened First Office of Associated As-sociated Press in Salt Lake. Y. V.. Vigus, 09 years uf ac, eLerali Associated PruSa inanaior, uewipaper man, uud lalor ehiet; clerk of lliu lower liutise uf the leyisiaLurc and deputy county auditor, died yL-.stori.Uiy afternoon after-noon id his homo in tlic trtuwurt ypart-mciiLn. ypart-mciiLn. TIjo avus taken suddenly ill throe months ajfo. Mr. " i'us came to Salt Lake in ISiM. opening t ho f iraL uf'f ice of the Associated I'ros here. Although he was employed by tho Associated Press in opening offices iu "various parts of t-ho co un t ry , lac -was ask e d t o b ec o m c !Salt l-ako correspondent. Tliis position Ite held for eight vcars. lie was the I'irst, city editor of the fSalt Lake Telegram. Tele-gram. .Later he Avas chief clerk uf 1 ho btuho legislature, afterwards becoming deputy eouiily auditor. This office he held for four years. ttiuoe coining to fSalt Lake Mr. Vipus had taken an aetiAC j.iart in Kepubltcau party activit ies. lie was born in Columbia, Ivy. "When, a young man he avus employed as a telegraph operator. Jfc Avas promoted to superintendent of the telegraph department de-partment of one of tho Missouri railroad rail-road h, and soou advanced to superintendent superin-tendent of the Western Union office of the Chicago board of trade. Pater lie became a member of the Chicago board. Mis next position -was Aviththc Associated Press at Chicago, where he a as k.mii ployed f or overa 1 years before coming to Ulah. His experience on the Chicago board of trade fitt ed him to become secretary of tho bait Lake stock exchange, a position a hieh he held Tor some time. He was the first secretary of the exchange. Mr. Yigus is survived by his widow, 1 Mrs. Myra J, Yigus and a son, C. Ros- i coe Yigus. Both live in the Stewart j apart meats. I |