Show Edgar F. F Harmston for 3 35 5 Years Basin Resident Dead at Roosevelt Ed F F- Harmston d died d at his Ills I his tome i m in Roosevelt last las Tuesday t l afternoon the entire basin basill f lost lest a great man mae 1 ll It t is doubtful if an man coni con con- i a wider ar variety ety of or value to country than he did Morally this educationallY h political political- t t h Iy his bis was as far r reaching ching L He Ile belonged to no church church nor norf or f ll no b. b eligible lodge yet h he he was f- f In every eyer way war He lIe lI lived ed a clean ean uprights up- up up- up honorable life He neither honorable f r right rights Y use us used ed d tobacco booze booze nor nor profanity I l He lie taught b by example as w well ll as precept He ever admonished d his hia f f. f children to observe the golden rule rife He lie told them however that the man cr w woman who made no mistakes I didn't amount t to to much r We of the Uintah basin who vho knew him seldom came in contact with witha a more finis finished ed scholar When a af alevy f levy my young joung max he lie applied himself r earnestly and assiduously He Hel l searched cU diligently Into deep books I for valuable knowledge to be found found k there And Aud he quickly grasped it it itt t and 2nd long held it He did not parade his learning nor display his feeling When asked for Information on any subject he ho was ready and glad to impart impart impart im- im I part it it Greek Latin and English L he mastered His mind often otten went visiting back to old Athens and v Rome One of the most wonderful things he learned was self control contro If If li he was extremely fortunate he I did not exu exult t and if it he lie was in the slough tough of or despond over some wrong done to him he still held high his r I head I Mr Harm- Harm Thirty-five Thirty years ears ago ton don and his wife WiCe went to Whiterocks White White- rods rocks to take charge of the Indian l school he as superintendent and andl l f she rhe as matron At that time there were not many w whites ites in Jl this part art of ot the state About 1871 they went f fernal to Vernal ernal and there they lived until about bout the opening of the U Indian Indian In In- dian dim reservation in August St 1905 During those years he lie was w was s Identified with the tIle of the Ashley valley When but a aboy I jl boy bop 07 and while studying Greek Latin and English he decided to Perfect himself in surveying and en- en en n- n I ginee in What h he lie then thon 1 learned earned along that line 1 peculiarly 1 fit too c i him and ancl- ancl equipped him haul for work needed while pie Queering pioneering ring i in this vast unmarked i country tr Y He Ile contracted i with the Ue e g government Quern anent to- to todo to d do Cl SIj SI- SI an and today the the- records j will show what he ho did Ho He lie laid laid but oui townships c east st of of Vernal Vornal The c arduous ar ar- ar- ar tasks took him to him to Split mountain moun moun- tain taro gorge gorgo of Green river where u up and down those rugged bights hights he lie worked t In In In Vernal Vernol he lie engaged iI in various kinds linds of bl business siness In partnership part part- with Will VIll Britt Dritt he was Inthe inthe In Inthe the implement and drug busness Henry Honry Woodruff went with him in hardware and then John II H H. H Reaner Renner joined him in the drug business Later they bought bough out the tIle Ver Vernal drug store Harmston was a registered registered registered regis regis- pharmacist lie He never during all the thc years of his life all allowed wea his licenses to expire It was while lie was In the hardware and implement implement implement ment business s that he was postmaster stel s- s ter tel of Vernal In III 1900 he lie took u tL position with the St. St Louis Gilsonite cO company company any as as chief engineer position he held for five years Just prior to the opening of the reservation reservation res res- Harms Harmston ton Ward Yard Pack and amI J. J Garnet Holmes went into real real- estate They located many home home- It was about that time tim that the first steps were were ro taken to organize organize organize or or- the Dr gulch Irrigation company a operative co-operative concern its hist history ry Is well known Harmston was its chief engineer for many years The Tho system was constructed under his able supervision The original Roosevelt townsite I consisted of 40 acres of land in the Harmston homestead He I that and put it on the market A AI sma small small He lived to see I Roosevelt Rooseve t grow rov into a prosperous city of 1500 people I Always this man worked for Cor the advancement of or education Before I i the consolidation of school districts I he was a member of the board of oC trustees When When- consolidation came along he was a member of ot tho the board I of education and was the first clerk On L Local cal Page I ERGER SAYS CUT OF OFF CUT WILL DEPRIVE BASIN ASI OF OI ROAD nOAD From Page One If permission to build this cutoff cutoff cut cut- off of is given no railroad will wilt be built through the tho Uintah basin but if it il- itis ills it itis is ls denied my associates are prepared to build the railroad through the basin from Craig to lu III time for the of the tun tun- nel Knowing your Interest and Influence ence in tl the e basin I would vo ld appreciate you your active assistance In calling calIng attention at- at at attention 1 of your our citizens to to the urgency ur ur- ren gency genet and I im importance o of f u unified d tic ac- ac tion on |