Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-02-10 | Page 5 | Washington

1 ON HIS HIS LIFE STORY IN r PICTURES COMMEMORATING IEl 3 r e 71 fan ASHINGTON 1 rt W THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS HK BIRTH i ck r rl l I l a sl slI FJ I n- n J I rN 4 r r. r 1 I E EV V I L He narrowly y caw escaped death when jerked into anto the Allegheny AD w while white floating down dO the river mer river on a r raft t. t I I 6 f fIn r In 1753 he be was wu ul scat al to town ItU IV y u HU a ee mac t French desist dent horn wn m the to n m the Ohio 0 He enjoyed fox bunt hunting ns and rode to hounds bounds with lh the gusto of He often played billiards and cards hunted fished and andi i WIlt Her a 41 En Enl h squat e was fond of pia picnic cs cs He devoted much time tim to social Life at Mount Vernon 1 By NEA Service Out of or the maze of ot contradictory odes cries about Washington there r verges a great plantation owner owner- ird lid headed efficient punctual In in- close fisted practical and I He was one of Virginias Virginia's richest id most successful tobacco planters e e practiced ci crop rotation diversi d d his products and experimented in ceding horses and cattle He disliked slavery slaver on economic ther lher than moral grounds He carelly carelly care care- lly clothed and fed his hands and a doctor to care for tor the k House parties were frequent at al aunt Vernon Washington liked tea served on the veranda the summer he was fond of pic pie e es barbecues clam bakes he eyed cards and b billiards hunted bed hed and still danced at the age 64 Washington's first taste of military tar e came carne in 1753 when Governor Din- Din sent him with a small party warn w-arn the French to desist from irom en- en on Ohio valley lands claimed by Virginia for the British crown The French received him courteously enough but told him they intended to take possession of the Ohio nevertheless Returning homeward Washington narrowly escaped death when thrown from a raft into the ice ice filled filled Allegheny Allegheny Allegheny Alle Alle- river Tomorrow Tomorrow Ills His romance