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Show J.C0IJDR0II OF CULLED HOE DEAD Old Timer in West and of a Type How Fast x Vanishing. John t'ondron, proprietor of the (Julian (Jul-ian hotel, one of the remaining old timers tim-ers who cast a slew of romance about the golden days of the pioneer west, died at the (.'ullck hotel, where ke made hie home, at 1:0$ o'clock thia afternoon of chronic liver trouble, with which he had been affected for many weeks. At his bedside at (he time of hyt death were Mrs. t'ondron, nis daiigh lea. Miss La 'is a Coadrott; Mta L'oa-dron" L'oa-dron" mother. Mm, Hank Lufkin, and P.-A. Donnelly, a aephew. Death had been expected tor some time, thus lee sening to a eertaia extent the shock to the relatives. John t'oDdroa waa kaown through out the entire west aa one of the squares! squar-es! sporta that ever turned a card. He had been clonelv identified with .the west from his boyhood and grew up among tha ecenee that are now becom-iag becom-iag only ahaduwy memories in the miada or the vaniahing pioneers. ..." John t'ondron waa bora in Iowa sixty-two. years ago, the sixth day of this month. Ilia father waa a farmer. At the age of 17 years John Condron heard the call of the west and left hia home, f:oing to California. He engaged in the ive -atosk buaineaa at (liiroy. Cal., a little settlement about lfty milee south of Nan Kranciaeo. . He remained there until he waa 86 or 27 years old, when ke went oa a long prospecting tmir through Arizona and Nevada. He went to llailey, Ida., in 1881, where he remained nnttl 1891, when he went to Hpokane, Waab. Mr. Cdndron bought a big aaloon and cafe in Hpokane in 1891 and remained in that eity. conducting the buainees until 1907, when ke sold out and came to Bait Lake City. Buying an interest in the Cullen hotel in 1907, Mr. Coadroa aad hia family made their home in this city, living quietly at the hotel. Aeeoeiated with Mr. Condron in the hotel waa the lata Ben Hey wood, former United Statee marshal for thia district, another an-other pioneer of the west who lived ia the stirring scenes that marked the biasing of the trail for the new civilisation. civ-ilisation. . -. Mr.. Condroa ia aurvived by hl widow and one daughter, Mine Lavina Condron, who live in this eityr a 'titer, 'ti-ter, Mrs. Margaret Donnelly, waa livea at Hailey, Ma.; another aister, Mrs. Peter Donnelly, Hying at clan Joae, Cal.; ' another aister, lira. Thomas Doaohne, living at rlanta Ynez, Cel., and a brother, William Condroa, living at Hawthorne, Nev. , Mr. Condroa wai sheriff at Bodie, Cal.t during the wild and titmulfii. oua days about 1875, and fillod hi office with eredit and valor. He was a life member of the Spokane Spo-kane lodge of Elka and of the Royal. Arch. 'The flag on tha Klks' club ia thia city is at half mast thia afternoon after-noon in respect to his memory. Mr. Condron, poeeeesing the characteristics charac-teristics of broad view and big charity, char-ity, waa always tolerant of the opinions opin-ions of othera, and had won hundreds of frienda bv aia breadth of character charac-ter aad kindly traits-of disposition. He waa charitable, but ia such a quiet and nnpretentioua way that no oae auHpeeted the extent of hia bounty. The bodv ia - at the andertaking chapel of CDonneil Co., where it will be prepared for burial. Tha arrangements ar-rangements for the funeral have not been made. |