Show UTAH'S GOVERNOR IS 1 lEADING FIGURE OF lEST OH WEST ov lor ov William Spry is one of the interesting in in- w sUng Westerners discussed in the tent issue of ot the Sunset Magazine f the e Sunset article Governor Spry is referred d to as able Governor and is commended for his firmness in dealing with the turmoil turon tur tin moil on which h accompanied accompanied- the execution of Joseph Hillstrom for the murder of J G Morrison Some seven seve years ago Bill Spry former United States marshal slipped l Lob to the governors governor's chair in Utah without without without with with- out causing more than tiny ripples on the sea of interest But the sobriquet ill had no more than been re olace-d olace by hv the title Governor when the Hie ripples began to gro grow and before l long ng I they had reached wave like dimen dimen- Always Active I Of or course it wasn't possible to please everybody but Governor Spry directed the state government so well 1 th that t when his year four term expired I he was handed another term of the same length Furthermore he lie Interested interested interested inter inter- I ested himself in anything that was of I general interest to the Western Vestern coun coun- I try He studied conditions and took an in active part in all gatherings sectional sectional sec see I or national when the West Vest was up for discussion He Ic was not a flowery flow flow- I I ery cry speaker but his talks were practical and conservative and based on onI I I firsthand knowledge Soon he was I recognized among tho the governors and andI men of the nation as a man of foresight foresight fore fore- I sight and ability Probably he has done more than any other one man manto manto I to correct many false impressions about Utah that have existed for years in the Eastern part of the country Son of Tailor William Spry w was s not born with a aI silver sliver spoon in his mouth The story I of his life me sounds like the biography Of f tW of the lic lie Ho England the England the 11 son of a af tail tailor in and when 11 years of age camo came with his parents to America and Utah William ob ob- ob tamed employment as a chore boy and in his odd hours attended the common schools Later he served as I clerk in a department store but the tile lure of the soil was too great so lie he emigrated to southern Utah and became became be be- came a farmer fanner And he was a good farmer too as any old timer in the southern part of the state will testify For eleven years he lie followed the simple staple aim sta pie life with an occasional dip into rural politics In 1905 he was was was' appoint ed president of the state land board and the following year was made Imade I United States marshal for Utah a position he resigned to become gov Circumstances made him bun an interesting inter inter- esting eating figure recently when his life me was threatened because he declined to interfere with the action of the courts in the case of Joseph Hillstrom Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Spry d dislikes notoriety although his firm stand in the case immortalIzed immortalized immortalized immortal immortal- him in Utah He is de decidedly human and democratic In spirit and the 1 people eo I of Ut ji iki that they made a a good governor Q without out spoiling spoiling spoil I ing a good Vr |