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Show DEATH CLAIMS JAMES LEARY J. C. taarr, one ef ths most prominent prom-inent stockmen In th Intermoua-taln Intermoua-taln country and long a resident of Bait Lake, died Saturday in Cata-llna Cata-llna Island, off the eoaet of southern south-ern California, where he had (one for hi health. "J lm Lesry. as hs was popularly popular-ly known, was ons of the , best known stockmen in ths country. He wss a self-made man. H wa born In Massachusetts. When IS years f as h ran swsy from horns to msk his fortuns and became a newsboy on th. streets of New York. ooi there ka went to Missouri, Mis-souri, and at IT yar wss a pony .sprees rider n toe Mexican pony express routs. Later hs joined the tkoreey Catrl. company and recaane heal foremaivar thai. nacrn and wa In charg of Ha holdings In New Mexico. Later he went Into th etock puelnes on bis own account and became a rattle baron, making a fortune, which was swept away when a financial craah cam . la Denver, where h wa largely Interested. In-terested. He was with ths Ksty rsllrosd for a whlls snd afterwards with th Kansas City stockyards, and from there went with the Union Pacific.. Then he built up th. local etockyards and orsanlsed a Una of smaller yards along ths Oregon Short Line railroad. Me was prominent In the business snd political world of Bait Lake and was a candidate for mayor of Bait Lake, running against ths 1st Kara Thompson. Re was a former exalted exalt-ed ruler of Salt Lake lodge of Kike snd afterwards district . deputy grand exalted ruler. For the paet several years he had been In poor health and had lived In southern California. He Is survived sur-vived by his wife, a dsughter, .Mrs. (Jlbsoei Berry of Round Mountain, Nev.; two alstersMre. Doppman of Lawrence, Mass., and Mrs. Helen Clark' of Taunton, Mass.. and two brothers, one In Hartford Conn., ths other W. H. Leery of Bait Lake. Ths Interment will take place In southern California, probably In ' Los Angeles. |