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Show - - - - - W I . , J . J . PARKER , HIGHWAY FIIGAY HIGHWAYCHAIRMAN FIIGAYCAIRMAM CHAIRMAN CAIRMAM , IS DEAD DEADWilliam William Jacob Parker , ' 73 , chairman chairmanof of the Utah state road commissIOn commissionprominent , promment prominent Democrat and for years one oneof oneof oneof of Utah's Utahs ' leading canners , died Fll- Fll Faa- Faa Fllday Faaday Pii-day Pii day - day " ' at "at 'at his 1118 home at Ogden Mr Parker Parkeras Parkervas \\as as \ asell as \ well \\ell ell \ ell known at , Moab having havmg ex extensive extensive extensive tensive interests 1nterests here A heart ailmrnt ailment ailmentcas ailmentwas \ . cas as the cause of deathHe deathHe death deathHe Hea He vas \ v.a va \\a a \ . < ; bcrn bern born " ind "lnd lnd rnd raised in III DavIS DavIScounty Daviscounty Daviscounty county Engaging Engagmg ] in m fl the canning busi bUS1- bUS1 bust- bust bUS1ecs bustes busier - er ecs es : at in 1n early parly age , h he ? ro rose to 9 I : ; p051 post p051tlon posttion position tlon tion ( ) of f ' prominence 'Prominence in that mdustr'y mdustry industry mdustr'yHe industryHe industryHe ' He also took an ' active 'actIve interest in poll polltlCS polltics polltics tlCS tics , serving servmg as cOIDlt county counts commissioner commissionerin In both beth Davis and Weber Webrr counties counhes and andas andas andas as state senator from Weber county In InMay InMay InMay May , 1935 he was appointed by Gover GovernOl Governot Covernoi nOl not H H Blood BlOC'd BlOCd ' . to t.o head the tate state stateroad < ; stateroad tateroad road commission- commission comwisslOll comn'ission comnission commissionMr ' . - . - Mr 1-rr 1 rr Parker " was "as as as a prominent prommcnt stock stockholdel stockholdea stockholdei holdel holdea in m the Moab Mab : Ct Coopeiative opelatlve Coopetative > com com- corn- corn company cornpany company - pany , and Illd also owned the t'I-Je t'I tI Je ' - river ranch ranchm ranchin ranchin m in lower Moab valleyHe valleyHe valley valleyHe He is survived by his widow and SIX SIXsons sixSons sixsons sons and daughters daughtersMr Mr Parker had scores of ! friends rlends in insouthe1stern insouthetstern insoutheastern southe1stern southetstern Utah Ut.ah . , who are deeply deeplygrIeved deeplygrieved deeplygrieved grIeved to leam learn of his de1hI deih de1h de'th deth ' I |
