| Show OLD SALT LAKERS RS ft L L I I V I r JJ i lr X j I r rJ ri 1 r J w i I t ij X 11 1 t y t I 1 I I l 11 1 I iA l i ir rt 6 I t I X o J I r 1 t i r I i f 1 1 J 1 i l 1 T i f I J J rr Ii I T I V Va a A f 10 to I J r r I t t i 0 f S r K t d 6 noI nol no noa nj a l J i git of at r to I ii f IB to tos 8 s C bui but r 1 r a 1 ve veD 1 V M D 0 T d A Ato J I r o roi to I I FRANCIS ARMSTRONG 1 JI lh u It hardly seems possible that It Is more mare than two years since the tho nett act It f career of at Frank Prank Armstrong was cut out short by b the grim destroyer It was t i years however on the tho of ot Juno June last since alnee he passed linseed away Mr Armstrong oJ J 1 lIc r busy career er as nS one ono of at tho the leading forces In the community In business and J 3 J t N h NY politics Is still BO so well remembered that It hardly needs recalling At the tho i I i v y Nv time of ot his death he lie was chairman of or the board of or county commissioners of t Y tan ion ionea this county president of ot tho the Utah Commercial and Savings bank president of ot t l yes ea Iel the tho Western Loan Trust of ot the Utah company compan Power company of ot the tha Blackfoot Stock company compan vice Ice president of at the tho company compan i 1 mo anti and a n director and one of or the chief owners of ot the tho Snit Bait Lake City Railroad com corn company company Jarr pany parry He died diet one of or the wealthiest men of ot the tho community J n s Mr Armstrong wa was born Lorn at Northumberland England Oct am m 3rd 1839 his parents being William Armstrong and Mary Kirk In III 1857 1851 his hla j ahl fathers family came to Canada and settled near Hamilton At the age ape of ot 19 10 ca en a ayoung young Francis made his way to Richmond Mo lo where whore he remained nt at work f l wet wei wets In n a sawmill till the spring of or 1861 1161 when he started for far Utah During hIs hla s i o o u d residence nt at Richmond he formed a n familiar acquaintance with David Whit J rk mar mer one ono of or the witnesses of uC the Dook Book of or Mormon On his Utah Mr be bev Armstrong began to haul wood from Mill Creek canyon later lat r he worked In fn v f t Mos ale Jos President Youngs flour mill In 1862 1662 he started In the Ole lumber business for tor ut Jt Mayor Little This was the tile beginning of or his fortune and several years ears at af afterwards t 8 00 ho he bought his employer out and In the course of or time made a large larga i il ilI I K 8 amount of or money In tho the lumber and business lie He died June Ut |
