Show Hon B H Roberta Hon 11 II Roberts the Demi cnitif nominee for member of Congress was born In I Lancashire I Engand in March 18VT I He emigrated to America Amer-ica when 7 catS of ige and fettled with his parents at Bountiful Davis County Utah Here his boyhood days were spent lIe assisted In farming farm-ing and Hardening fur a time and thereafter worked In I mining camps atOphir and Jacob City in I Tooele county When 17 years of age lie was = j 4t f IJ 1 l Iot z V 1 I LIki ui d apprenticed to a blacksmith to learn the trade Later he entered tho University Uni-versity and graduated at the head of Ills class delivering the valedictory Later he visited nearly every state in the Union and Europe Ho is at present a member of the board of trustees of the Agricultural College having been appointed by Governor West |