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Show COL C.E. LOOSE DIES SUDDENLY AT PROVO HOME r Suddenly and unexpectedly life was snuffed from Col. C. E. Loose Monday evening shortly before 10 o'clock while sitting in a rocking chair in his home, 383 East Second North street, conversing with hia daughter, Mrs. Preston G. Peterson. A fe'w minutes earlier Mrs. Peter son had met her father on the street when she was on her way to visit him. Col.- Loose was intending in-tending to go to the Peterson home, but returned to his own home with hia daughter. As they stepped onto the porch, ,Col. Loose complained that he could hardly breathe. Coming into the house he sat down in a rocking chair, while Mrs. PeteYson hurried into the kitchen for a glass of water. When she returned to the room her father had died. Visited Elks Hornet Dr. David We'stwood and Dr. Arnold Ar-nold E. Robison were called immediately. imme-diately. , Their examination disclosed dis-closed that death was due' to a stroke. During the day, Col. Loose had been about the city as was his usual ; custom. He had spent a Irttle' time at the Provo Commercial and Savings Sav-ings bank discussing business affairs, af-fairs, and had visited the Elks home during the afternoon, where he left about 6 o'clock for hia home. At that time he was apparently appar-ently in good health, according to members of the lodge with whom he" had been conversing. ' Although Col. Loose had undergone under-gone an operation in Los Angele about two years ago, since then he had greatly improved in health and was feeling better than he had for many years. The death of Mrs Loose a few brief months ago, cast a gloom over the home and was a temporary back set to Mr. Loose. Champion bf Right A reside'nt of Provo since 1889, Col. Loose was one of the leading Mid outstanding figures in this city and state. Interesting himself Early in life in politics he had bee'n I stalwart in the Republican party tvhich honored him time and again with various offices and positions within the party. Fearless and unafraid un-afraid and a champion of right, he threw himself into the last state campaign in a manner which gained for him the recognition and applause ap-plause of leading citizens of the state. Born in Quiricy, 111., more than 75 years ago, he came to Utah with his mother when he was seven years of age, following the death of his father. He left his home at 11 years of age to live with his grand mother, Mrs. Eliza Tenney at Pay-con. Pay-con. When 14 he went p California Califor-nia and Nevada where his older brother, Warren already lived. During Dur-ing that time he visited all of thb early mining camps of NeVada and California. When Bodie was one of ' the liveliest1 camps in California, I Mr. Loose served as sheriff of Mona county, California. Developed Many Mines After he had been stricken three times witfi pneumonia in the coast state, he returned to Utah in 1885 and lived with his mother in Pay-son Pay-son until he became married in 3887 to Jane Patten, also of Pay-son. Pay-son. Two years later they moved to .Provo, where" they resided until their death. j Through his perserverance and j tenacity, Col. Loose developed sev-. j eral important mining properties ! in the Tintia district, chief among , .which were the Sioux, Utah Con, ! Grand Central, and the old Ajax, i which he rejuvenated and which is now known as Gold Chain. He also developed Iron King until the controlling con-trolling interest was purchased recently re-cently by the Tintic Standard Mining Min-ing company. He was also interested inter-ested in the Big Indian mine in San Juan county, and in the Spanish Span-ish Fork Canyon Oil company. He was vice president of the Provo Commercial and Savings bank and was a director of the Utah Power and Light company. Surviving him are two daughters and two sons, Mrs. Preston G. 1 ( Peterson, Mrs. Fay Gordon, Warren T: Dean Loose and Clarence Loose. He is aKO survived by his brother, William D. Loose of Los Angeles . and a half-brother, Grant Simons of Payson. ' Funeral services will be held in the Utah stake tabernacle" Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock under the direction di-rection of Bishop W. P. Whitehead of the Provo First ward. Complete funeral program will be announced later. |