Show E. E 1 H. H 1 BURGESS ANSWERS GAll CALL Well Known Basin Attorney And Leader Drops Dead In Home at Cedar City on Christmas Da Day r- r Nearly every citizen In the UIntah Uintah Uin UIn- tah Basin will be shocked to learn that Ernest H. H Burgess well known attorney and leader of Roosevelt for nearly twenty years died suddenly at his home in Cedar Cedar Cedar Ce Ce- dar City Christmas day o 0 fa heart attack About two years ago he move moved to Cedar City near which town he was born and in the town where he received much of his education and where he had many friends He had been a resident of Roosevelt since a short time after the opening of the reservation reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion teaching school at first and gradually devoting his time entirely entirely entirely en en- to his profession as ney In his time very much of the basins basin's life and development will show somewhere in it the activity activity activity ity of E. E H. H Burgess He was a aleader aleader aleader leader in church work holding many positions including that of bishop of the Roosevelt first ward for five years Mr Burgess served served served ed as president of the Dry Gulch Irrigation company the largest owned farmer irrigation company in the state and filled many other pos positions ons of responsibility such as county attorney several terms city attorney at Roosevelt etc Mr Burgess was a graduate of the state university where he met the woman he married Donna Miles equally well-known well in public public public pub pub- lic work He leaves his wife and seven sons and daughters to mourn his loss E. E H. H Burgess was a clean man well poised with a temperament that he controlled with that famous famous famous fam fam- ous German faculty of balance Although he could physically handle two or three ordinary men menat menat menat at the same time yet seldom did he lose control of himself Much of his life was given to his adopted adopt adopt- ed town Roosevelt and the basin The Roosevelt Realty company owning much of the city property there was handled by him more or less during his entire residence in Roosevelt It is shocking to those who knew him well to learn that he died in the prime of life only 47 years old His friends would suppose suppose suppose sup sup- pose he was safe for a ripe old age This paper and especially Its editor editor editor ed ed- ed- ed joins the host of friends who will miss this man this associate companion and leader Cedar City loses its secretary of the chamber of commerce and Iron county its attorney and they will mourn too |