Show COLORFUL CAREER ENDS FOR CATTLE CATTLEMAN CATTLEMAN MAN OF OLD WEST VEST WESTA VESTA A link between the Ule old west when and cattle rustlers areas now CO covered cred with farmhouses s and fertile fields and the present l highly specialized I Iera era was Wag s severed vered Sunday with the death of Pr Preston ton Nutter one of the most widely known cattlemen of the thc western states slates Funeral Cervices I s for Colonel Colon I gutter utter as he was familiarly known were held Wednesday byMount by byMount byMount Mount Moriah lodge lodgia No 2 F F. A. A M M. in the Salt SaIL Lake City Masonic Masonic Masonic Mas Mas- onic Temple J J. J M. M McFarlane president of th the Utah Cattle and Horse growers growers' growers growers' growers growers' grow grow- ers' ers association tion and intimate friend friend friend fri fri- end of Mr Nutter spoke briefly Entombment took place in the Salt Lake Memorial mausoleum Tall erect and wiry of frame Mr Nutter apparently possessed inexhaustible energy until his re recent recent recent re- re cent illness He lIe died Sunday of ofa ofa ofa a heart ailment in the Ule Bransford Branford apartments Salt Lake City where h he is had maintained ro a residence for more than han 25 years A son of Christopher Nutter land owner and br breeder of fine hors horses and Catherine Pugh Nutter Nutter Nutter Nut Nut- ter he was born at Clarksburg W. W Virginia the fifth of a family of six cl children Left an orphan I at the age ag of 8 years he lived for fora a short time with an uncle then decided to go westward and play playa a lone hand Working on various ranches in Idaho and Utah at the age of 18 Mr Nutter decided to never again work vork for wages and became a prospector first in Nevada and then hen in Colorado He was suc sue successful c in locating a number of rich ore which he disposed disposed disposed dis dis- posed of at considerable profit He le purchased large tracts of landin land landin landin in in Arizona and later expanded hi his holding to Utah buying thousands thousands thousands ands of acres in Emery Duchesne Carbon and Uintah counties land wl which ch only the most powerful of leaderS leader'S could hope hop to hold in a lawless era The Butch Cassidy gang operating operating operating op op- all alI the Ule way from Oregon and Washington down through Idaho and Utah to Arizona New Mexico and Texas had its stronghold stronghold strong strong- strong strong- hold lold in Browns Brown's park country north of Vernal Verna Often they would rob Union Pacific trains and flee southward into the Uintah Basin through the tha center of Mr Nutter's property known as Brocks Brock's ranch near Ft Duchesne The famous Robbers' Robbers Roost and Hole in the Wall Vall hideouts also o were nearby threatening always the s security of ot Mr Nutter's holdings holding His uncanny uncanny uncanny ny ability to get gett along with all aU neighbors together with vigilant and capable cowhands he hired sav saved d his prestige His beautiful ranch in NineMile Nine Nin NineMile Mile MiJe which was razed by fire last January was known as a sanctuary sanctuary sanctuary uary for weary travelers traveler travelIng travelIng travelIng travel- travel Ing the Price Price Price-Myton Myton road when heavy snows closed the Indian canyon road into the Basin The flock of peacocks maintained on this ranch was famous throughout through through- ou out t th the country Mr Nutter L Is survived d by his W-s widow Katherine Fenton Nutter whom he married in 1908 in Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado Springs and two daughters Virginia a and Catherine Nutter both of Salt Lake City |