Show TRAGIC IJ DEATH OF V. l B H PALMER I Palmer met a horrible e d death Wath xv V W B D. D Palmer Tuesday afternoon of ot this wee week on oil the roof of the painting While Uintah Indi Indian n or of the the water tower w-ater-tower tower to the to Project he fell fell thirty feet and was bruised and crushed ground and b broken so terribly that he lie I only a few moments J. J M M. Martin who was painting the A. A J. J Charles Palmer cry residence near ueal by heard herd re he lie turned d and as e out I 41 am am am- gone his head bead to looK In the direction from where Ui th voice came h h luY saw th the thedo do loomed doomed med man slide sUde off orr th the loof throw hits his hands bands as if t trying yin to up catch hold Of some unseen S n For second h he lul seemed la tJ balance a a the he then fell to the the edge on v boun bounced ed folding JOIl Jelt ten f feet e below a circle and amI wen went high described fumbling to death lIe struck st down dOun Ant nuu his left lert on and then the lay still Vh n Martin and nd I Peterson reached lila there w wa was 4 Ole no sound no ulo movement then slowly breath came back I In Iii uck ic grasps then irregular then then not at all Tile The acc accident ent was was' perhaps du dui to the tae imperfect Im- Im lm-j lm perfect fastening 0 pf th thO rope ht the r ladder Lr 1 Palmer oil tue for hold foot VII j hilie ih on l roof No sooner had the thc ne t nev-t or ot tho spread around own than than many of his brother O df VB an and andi aid When I hastened to giva give others death eath came caine the O took i icH cH charge rge of f the body lid it'd got into nto I U In communication with 1 a 1 brother crime f Jl I a Illinois A telegram hack back d ejecting J that tue body b be shipped i to Mendota for burial Deceased was 60 years old and unmarried He came came here herO about eleven years ago with W V. W. W Hartzell Hart Hart- zell and wife and s settled on en Leland bench where tile they had a homestead In a short time tint he became dissatisfied lied fled with conditions down there and came to Myton he secured secured I ur- ur ed employment with tha Irrigation Ir Irrigation Ir- Ir Project and he lie has li been en there ever since and always on the job He loved animals and children and that alone tells tens a wonderful DurIng During Dur Dur- story He lIe was a true patriot ing lug the world war he g gave of or ms his means every time he was called callad upon He contributed liberally to for or local improvements If as he lie was familiarly known know 1 hadan had hadan an au enemy the chances are it itis IttS is tS il a amista mista mistake k a. a Six years ago he transferred l his membership from 1 Mendota Lodge No I. I O. O O. O F. F to Myton 1 No 51 61 He leaves a brother and a sister sister- in an and l a niece Mrs W V W. W Hartzell S Salt Lake t j 1 n |