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Show Indian, Spanish-American State Employes Turn Up Unclaimed War Medals SnJ'--MSt- If aoms of your ancestors fought Indiana In early daya of Utah'a development, there may be a medal waiting for you at the stats capltoL The atate is prepared to make certain posthumous awards. It was announced Tuesday at the office of Secretary of State Heber Ben- nlon. There also are some unclaimed medals for veterana, or their descendants, de-scendants, of the war with Spain. The medala are part of those authorized by .the stats for the only two wars thus recognised by legislators. Found by Iva Jex and Shirley Walker during a routine cleaning of the office vault, there are 44 of th medala. Authorised la 1899 Ths Spanish-American war medala, med-ala, some of silver and badly tarnished, tar-nished, were authorized by the 1899 legialature, which appropriated appropri-ated 11500 for their manufacture. They bear the words "Defender of the nation's honor In th war with Spain, 1898-1899." Bearing the aimpl Inscription, "Utah Indian war veteran. Presented Pre-sented by the stats of Utah," the claimant's name engraved on the back, the other medals were authorised au-thorised by the 1905 legislature. An appropriation of $300 waa provided pro-vided to manufacture them of bronze. Original claimants for ths Indian In-dian war medala, none of whose addresses are known at the state' office, follow: . R, Carter, Israel J. Clark, W. R. Green, Thome 3. Haa Thomas Hid-ley, Niela C. Jensen, Ellas F. Pearson. William H. Pratt Charie E. Robinson and William Wilkinson. Spanish War list Name engraved on th back of the Spanish-American war medala, med-ala, a few of srhom have been notified no-tified at their last known addresses, ad-dresses, follow: John Ahem, San Francisco; Orson Or-son All red. Beaver: Milton T. Ben-ham, Ben-ham, Ogden; - Donald Durrah. Montpelier, Idaho, and John B. Powers, formerly of Fort Egbert, Alaska. Spanish-American war veterans whose addresses are unknown are: E. B. DeMontalvo, John B. Doyle, Samuel a Elder. Axel N. Ekdahl, Frank C. Fisher, P. B. Florence, Oscar A. Fenmger, Daniel T. Gil-more, Gil-more, Eddie J. Grubber, Tony D. Goldman, Rutherford O. Goldman, Sydney C. Hays, Wlllard N. Henderson. Hen-derson. O. H. Hudson. Will H. Harris, Joseph Hanson, James Kidney, Kid-ney, John T. Kennedy, John C. Nelson, Jamea 0Day, Edmond Peter. Bertel C. Raamuaaen, Jamea Riley. Thomas SchuU. Louis Smith, John B. Stevens, Thomas N. Thorn berg and E. R. Thompson. The veterans. If any are living, or members of the veterans' families fam-ilies may claim the medala by making application and properly identifying themselves, added Mr. Benmon. s " . Trim -Te.era is rb-te mimt Heiials hi soffirtrat quantity to deewrate the cheat ef a giant found la a capita vault by lva Jex, left, aad Shirley Walker. - |