Show H H. H T. T Cap okey Y Popular Green River Resident Dies Green River Harry T. T Cap a resident of Green River since 1904 passed awa away at the Veterans hospital in Grand Junction Junction Junc June tion lion at 1230 pm p.m. Monday Oct 14 it was learned this week He suffered a stroke August 18 at his home and was taken to the Grand Junction VA hospital at that time Harry Barry T. T was born bora at Iowa October in 1869 He lie never married and has no living relatives was Inthe in inthe inthe the cavalry on the border during the war between the United States and Mexico In Jn 1892 then reenlisted for the Spanish American Am Any war in 1898 He was discharged dis discharged I charged from the tho army anny while int in inthe inthe t the e Phillipines At that time the themen themen I men were discharged from the army anny while overseas and their passage paid back to the US U.S. according to information he gave friends here He Ie had contracted malaria while in the tM Pacific and becomIng becoming becom becom- becomIng ing sick with it while working for the Santa Fe railroad as all a fireman f finally nally found Sound himself out of a Job Jn Sn Ogden in 1904 The employment e office sent ent him to Salt Lake where Cap Gap read of pf t tan an opening for a on the railroad at Green River Biver lie He was at Green River until some time in the livIng living living liv liv- ing with his mother Mrs South who died some time in the Captain with the assistance assistance as as- sistan e of eastern interests interest built the CU curt Cliff Dweller in 1903 1905 a deluxe two decker der pleasure boat run by steam power On its maid maide voya voyage e from Green River River RIver Ri Ri- ver to Moab by water wat the boat ran out GUt of coal and bad had to be bet t wed towed wed bark back to Green River R Re Re- built in Moab the boat proved proved impractical and was shipped by rail raU to Salt Lake City where it was used for years to transport passengers from the shore to the I islands in the Great Salt Lake Known as Captain because because be be- because cause of his interest in boating the old fellows fellow's erect ered carriage and rugged character challenged all who knew him as he be swung along his weekly walks to town for the Congressional Record and groceries almost until the time of his last sickness Cap owned a small orchard and a home below below below be be- low the railroad track in Elgin and for years the whistle of hrs his steam pumping plant was blown at noon and evening for all aU the valley residents to hear I Burial will wUl take place in a Grand JL Junction Veterans' Veterans cemetery cemetery cemetery tery today it was I learned from Green River |