Show Veteran Florist Is H Honored On Eig Eighty eighth eig Birthday i Ole Larson Honored Guest iI I at Dinner Given in Logan Home LOGAN Ole LOGAN Ole Larson veteran flor florist for and nursery man of Logan was wa it the guest of honor at a dinner given and md daughter Mr by his hi son law and Mrs Warren at their home borne in Logan Sunday Suda in i honor of his hi eighty eighth birthday anniversary Mr Larson is i well wel known kown as a a florist forit and has ha conducted his hi own floral oral establishment es' es es Cs- in Logan since 1910 1010 Mr Larson Larsn was wa born in Sweden March 8 B 1846 When he was wa 13 he hewa was wa apprenticed to a landscape gardener gardener gar gar- dener for tor seven years Leav Leaving g Sweden Sweden Swe Swe- den for New Zealand in 1874 he spent 11 1 years years' there before coming to the United States State At this th time tie the English En En- gUsh glish government w was settling New Zealand and paid part of t the trans trans- In New Zealand I was wa engaged as chief chie gardener for tor Robert Robrt Rhodes Rhode brother to Cecil Ci Rhodes the great diamond diamond dia dia- dia mond man Mr Larson said Bobby Rhodes Rhode as a he was wa called caled was wa one of the wealthiest men in New Zealand at that time His home was wa surrounded I by 50 acres acre of garden and he hired many caretakers I went with him once on a ii three day trip and he made I through real estate bargains before we returned Arrived In Logan Mr Larson arrived in i Logan from New Zealand in i 1885 Together with I I. I D. D Haines Haie he started the Logan nursery In 1889 they sold the nursery nurs nurs- ery cry to John Joh E. E Carlisle Carlile In 1898 he was wa called caled on a mission for the L. L L D. D S. S church in Sweden Before he returned he made a trip around the world In February 1906 Mr Larson was wa appointed superintendent of oC the Cen Cen- S S r rOle Ole Larson Utah experiment farm between Lehi and American Fork Fork When this thi W was discontinued in 1909 1009 due to a awater awater water shortage Mr Larson returned t to Lo Logan a where he was wa engaged as superintendent of the county poor por farm farm The following year he left this and went into the te floral foral business for himself himsel His Hi first wife wie Johanna Nielson Larson Lar Lar- son died in 1914 and in 1915 1015 he married mar mar- ned ried red Marry S. S Harris Harri who died December De Dc- De cember 2 1933 He has ha five daughters living Mrs Mrs Hulda L. L Brown Woods Woo Cross Cro Mrs Emery Davenport Hood Hod River Ore Mrs R. R B. B Wonton Worlton Lehi Lehl Mrs Joseph Benson Benon and Mrs Warren both bothof bothof of ot Logan also 37 grandchildren and 33 great His Hi youngest great grandchild a daughter o of Mr and Mrs Leo of Rock Springs Wyo Wo was wa born bor last lat Thursday Thursay on Mr Larsons Larson's eighty-eighth eighty birthday |