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Show ASHTON FUNERAL SERVICES mil Speakers Pay Tribute to the 1 Life and Achievements of Salt Lake Lawyer, Fifteen hundred relatives, friends and business associates attended tlvs funeral fune-ral services held yesterday afternoon in the Assembly hall for Elias Conway Asliton, who was. accidentally killed Tuesday at the Utah Apex mine in Bingham. Speakers were President Heber J. Grant of the L. D. S. church; John F. Howells, Apostle David O. McKay, Apostle Stephen L. Richards, Frederick C. Loofbourow and City Attorney William Wil-liam H. Folland. President Grant said iu part: "Conway "Con-way Ash ton 's life was a successful t f -v. iuc, auu x. din cuiiiiuciH, iium iiiy acquaintance with him, that those who knew him tost loved him most. There are many thing? in life that are inexplicable, in-explicable, and a death like this is inexplicable in-explicable to all of us." John F. Wells, the first speaker, declared de-clared that the lawyer was one of thi3 most noble persons he had ever met. "His life was an inspiration to his associates from his early boyhood to his manhood. I nevier met a grander spirit. Conway Ashton was a pureprod-uct pureprod-uct of this American soil. He fought for Americanism; he defended Americanism, Ameri-canism, and he lived Americanism." George D. Pyper, of the general board of the Deseret Sunday School union, read a resolution adopted by the board, expressing regret at the death of Mr. Ashton. Apostle McKay said that the accident acci-dent at Bingham had deprived the state not only of one of its 'best citizens, but also of one of its ablest. Stephen L. Richards, City Attorney Folland and Mr. Loofbourow paid tributes trib-utes to the integrity and ability of Mr. Ashton. i "In his profession he was a leader, as he was a leader in every walk of life, 1 ' Mr. Folland said. 1 1 He was a lawyer's lawyer, and when the members mem-bers of the bar pass upon a member and say he is worthy of their respect and regard it is ono of the highest compliments that can be given. ' ' A resolution adopted by the Utah j State Bar association, expressing sorrow sor-row at the death of Mr. Asliton, was read at the services by Mathonihah Thomas, a member of the organization. It read in part: " Through his natural endowments coupled with indefatigable industry, he has in the short span of a few years i won and firmly lie Id a distinguished I and honored position in his chosen pro- -fession, and, "His brethren at the bar having long 1 recognized his splendid ability as an advocate, his fidelity as a counselor, his nobility as a man, deplore his untimely un-timely taking off, as an irreparable loss to the bar of this state. M Pallbearers were William A. Jones, Bishop Davjd A. mith, Ralph A. B;id-ger, B;id-ger, Abram Y. Tnylor, J. Tjco Fairbanks and Carl A. P.adger. Honorary pallbearers pall-bearers were: Finmett M. Pagley, General Gen-eral Richard W. Young, Harold P. Fabian, Fa-bian, City Commissioner Herman H. Green, J. E. Galigher and W. R. Wal- ; lace. The invocation was offered by Apostle Rudger ('lawson, the benediction benedic-tion by Nathan T. Porter and the dedicatory dedi-catory prayer at the iiravo in the City cetrotery by General Richard V. Young. Musical numbers rendered ai the services were under the supervision of Edward P. Kimball and Tracy Y. Cannon, Can-non, assistant t abernacle orcanists. J |