| Show MANY PAY Y TRIBUTE TO rANY MEMORY OF EDITOR EDIOR Of or all aU te the men I know kow I I- Ican can c think thin of or nono none to whom tho thought of rOC from active participation in the dally daily daly affairs affairs af af- af fairs of was more distasteful than ta to t Colonel said G Gov William Spry when told of the the death det of oC the v veteran soldier Holdier and Journalist I can Cn think of ot nono none who having lived lve to a ripe rip old age enjoyed the tha desire of at his bis hert heart In this participation In full fuller teHo or measure than Colonel Colonel Colo Cob nel nob Nelson Ho was WM a a man of ot pronounced likes and dislikes of at loyalty to hl his hlA friends and strength against his enemies Ho lie to will wi be bo deeply mourned bv by b thousands throughout the tho west I waa wa his neighbor for several years yearn ana and had many opportunities to ob- ob nor re tender devotion to his lila wife and tamn family faintly Ills his Hil passing parsing removes CI from the tho f Held jd of or a activity t one of at the best bet informed men lon in 11 thA west on statistical sta sta- financial and ad political date data date relating re- re laUn lating to the entire entre country and particularly relating rela Uns to the western states His Hl long record of oc methodical precision prec- prec preci Inn sion and exactness in th tho performance of lila Ills duty was waa closed unbroken Just as ho havo 1 0 wished It closed The Tue sympathy m a. a tl thy of the west goes out to the tho family for fortha forthe the tha loss losa of tho tIm hu husband ban and father The Th west has lost a n strong character whose place was waa large Mayor Deeply Grieved Greve I I am shocked and deeply grieved ed to learn Icar of or the tho death eath of or Colonel Nelson Nelson said ad Mayor l Samuel C. C Park when Informed of ot the passing of ot the veteran ot mn Journalist He had been ben m my friend for many years yean and has hati gl given glen en me ine generously of the benefit of or his hiM wide and wisdom om whenever I have ha sought It IL It I shall miss him deeply and ami I know that the community will wi feel kind kindly and lament the loss lOB of or such a ama ama ma man n. n Death has removed d one ona of Utah's noblest men said aad former Senator Thomas Kearns men one of the owners of at the Tribune Tribune- He Ho had been a leading citizen for tor Jany many years cars and at andas was as a forte of or great value alue In Inthe Inthe inthe the ress and development of or the com corn He was a splendid man mn for whom J 1 have havo always had tho highest re re no- gard garil gaTI He was the soul sul of ot honor and probity and It was In his nature to give ee every eeman man his hla duo due due Justice and fairness were his most characteristic qualities Through a lon long career on the Tribune lie he devoted his talents to upholding what wha ho earnestly believed e bele to bo ho righteous causes No Xo one could doubt his sincerity and for tor that r reason ason all al men mon who really realy kno knew ll him as he was s respected him even when the they did not agree aCO with him No man of ot his high worth can cn puss pass S away without leaving a sens senes of great get lose loss In the community which ho lie sered served so faithfully so uprightly so o ably abb and so O fearlessly h many runny years Ye Judge Baskins Baskin's Tribute Judo Judge Robert N. N was WI mayor maor maor of or Salt Bait SaI Lake Lako when Clonel Colonel Nelson was 8 a member of the board bar of education He Ho had been one ono of Clonel Colonel Nelsons Nelson's most Intimate friends for Cor many years e and ad often ofen discussed with him matters of political and general interest In an a appreciation of the work done b by Colonel Nelson Judge Baskin said saidi I II I first became acquainted with Colonel Net Nelson on in 1876 At that Urns time he was ap appointed appointed ap ap- pointed United UnIte States State marshal to succeed General Maxwell Maxel After ter the colonels colonel's clonel's ap appointment ap- ap to t this office I became by reason reao of my connection with public af affairs at- at fairs fair very intimate with him and ad this I af-I Intimate acquaintance had continued ever aver since I became es especially lal well wel acquainted acquaint acquaint- ed cd with wih him at the tha time the Mountain Meadows massacre was in the courts our Colonel In his Nelson hi capacity as os United States State marshal marhal executed John I D. D Lee Le at Mountain Meadows Colonel Nelson was WU WUa a very vor prominent and aM Influential member of th the LI Liberal ml party which WAS in existence In tho the early days boreIn hereIn horeIn here bore In 1891 ho bo was elected a 8 member of the tha school board bar of ot Salt Bait Lake City In 1892 I was 8 mayor of ot Salt Lake Ct City and ex- ex officio chairman of the the board board of education I secured tho passage of ot a law In the le legislature leg leg- secure of relieving the mayor of his duty as ex chairman of ot the board of at education and ae permitting the board boad to name its own ow pre president Colonel Nelson Nelsons was s elected elete president of ot the board bar and continued such as long lon as M he ho was a a mem mom ber During rn Colonel Nelsons Nelson's Nelon's administration tion ton thirteen of at our out modern chool school buildIngs buildings build build- ings were constructed Colonel Nelson did Ing more to raise rlee our school schol system to Its Us present high standard of or efficiency than tha any other member who ever served ered on the board boad Only a I few days ago aO I suggested to him that his Ills extensive work must be proving pro very ver wearying The colonel re replied TC re- plied piled pIe that tat he ha did not find It so 80 and said Eald sid that h b felt tolt In perfect 11 health alth He wa was Wa a most r remarkable man Ho He was an honest man |
