Show SECRETARY EX-SECRETARY or STATE DIES J BURIED IN S L Harden Bennion Served As Uintah Senator Agri Off Official Harden Bem Bennion on 74 secretary of stat under Governor Simon Bamberger a former fonner commissioner of agriculture sand and state senator from Uintah county died Monday morning in a Salt Lake City hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital after a long illness s. s Mr Bennion was Dora Dorn October r 7 1862 in l a son ot John and Esther Ann Birch Ben Ben- nion He celebrated his seventy- seventy fourth birthday Wednesday and ana ent entered red the hospital Friday As commissioner of agriculture h he was active in the promotion of oX legislation requiring bonding and licensing of all commission men operating Jn in Utah licensing ot truckers and all persons slaughtering slaughter ing livestock for salo sale A prominent rancher and merchant merchant merchant mer mer- I chant of eastern Utah he served as state senator for Uintah county county county coun coun- ty for eight years He was manager manager manager man man- ager of ot th the Ashley Coop In Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal for fora A a number of or years In 1909 he was appointed by Governor Spry to the state board of equalization He resigned this po position to b become come chairman ot of the board of commissioners rs on revenue re and tand taxation Mr Bennion served as secretary of state from 1916 to 1920 H He was wasa a D Democrat His s services to the state also included years a. a ad as commissioner of Services ces were h held eld Wednesday W Church Heads Speak in the Twenty second L. L D S S. ward chapel in Salt SaIL Lake Luke City Otty Hebr Heber r- r J. J Grant pr president of the theL theL L L. D. D S. S church J. J Reuben Reub n Clark Jr finst ir t counselor in the first presidency of the L. L D. D S. S church Nephi L. L Morris Monis and John D. D Math Matheson Son delivered sp speeches honoring honoring hon hon- oring the former secretary of state Samuel O. O Bennion of or th the the- first council of the L. L D. D S. S church dedicated the grave in the city cemetery Surviving are ars' three daughters Miss Miss' Aurelia Bennion Miss Florence Florence Florence Flor Flor- ence Bennion and Miss Bernice Bornice Bennion all of or Salt Lake City I five brothers Dr Milton Bannion dan of the university school of education Israel B Vernal Vernl Owen Mt H pros pros- id Ident nt of the tile Duchesne stake ot 01 the L. L D. D S. S church David B Bennion Bennion Ben Ben- n- n nion Granger two sisters ister Mr M. M John Chase N Nephi phi an and illig i MI Mrs John H. H Cannon fj salt gait lt Lak Make Q t 1 Qt Utah TtE h. h HU Hb wife died two years ago |