Show R A WWI Y A if angoni john jensen Ric received elved fatal injuries in runaway died in provo city on friday A john jensen wu waa so ao seriously sly injured in a runaway rt at dragon on tuesday february 2 that he died last friday morning in the general hospital in provo where he wai removed for treatment according to information received from provo the remains remaina were buried in the prof 0 cemetery on satur day ay mr jensen who has haa been conducting general store at the name near ragon since ho he left jensen more ryian an a year ago was waa delivering mer c candise addise to his customers alie team which 1 is said to have been hooke up wrong 1 rong took fright and ran away pulling on the lines linea shoved tho the wagon in some way ay onto the horses and rather than slack clack the speed it was waa qun ened and mr jensen was waa burled to the ground with such violence that his hig beg eg gro was broken arid and he ha was otherwise injured jur especially about aboia tho the head ahe immediate nr cause of death i oz fia a cat d t of b blood 10 upon the brain AS soon soon after the accident as aa poss possible j ble he was on v e ed di to the hospital at gioi 0 but it was too late he died a little whilo while after ra reaching e there athe he news of the tragic death of john jensen brought much vernal and thrashley tho ashley valley where he was so BO well known and so highly esteemed ile he was one of the few nien men of w horn hom people are aire continually praising before death stalks upon the scene all who knew him had good words for him IJO he was an honest man inan and such A 1 man is said to be the noblest work af W god he was a worker in thu the church aud and his work counted for much in the church he held many offices ur ol trust and he be never failed in his hia duty ile he did nut wear his religion hy eved it ile he believed in doing things jensen was not only a good man but he was endowed with more than ordinary intelligence he bubbled over with wit and humor ile he was ae O rna d in body but what he lacked in physical perfection he made up in goodness virtue kindness patience faith hope charity and love he was a man wiio who kenw the world because he had teen been it literally ond figuratively speaking fur for fifteen years he wis was a sailor on the deep aea and as such he had some wonderful and exciting experiences one of which is ia well worth telling liere here along with others he was shipwrecked on the cannibal islands in the south seas jen sens partner was a fine looking man and had all the qualities that win the thea love of women the daughter of the chief I 1 ruler of the islands fell in love with this handsome partner of jensen ind and they were married the husband of the chiefs daughter was in immediate favor with all the bi high gh muck a mucks and bassoon was soon m made ado secretary of state or something liko that jensen of course came in for a little good treatment instead of being so served rv e 4 q u up p w a a hot roast he was waa ma made 1 private priva e secretary to tho the hubb husband alid of the ug agy Y daughter of the chief of tho the candib cannibal I 1 islands hia duties were simple an and easy if not pleasant about the most he had to do was to follow the roy royal I 1 couple around and with a p palm lea keep the flies off of thy tho daughter or of en the chief the two men put up a flag of distress and pretty soon a passing vessel rescued them lars jensen for whom tho the town of jensen on the green river was named was a brother of the deceased ile he himself was a pioneer in the valley A number of years ago about eighteen john visited his hia brother and liked the country so BO well that he dec decided idd to remain for a number of years he was manager of the royal now cnown as the burdette ranch near blue mountain then he wa afi the mercantile business with georgy george bill js at jansen A year or so BO ago he went to dragon and engaged in the mercantile business bu biness at jensen and also at dragon he be acted as the correspondent for the vernal E lapress deceased was about 45 years of age and was a native of denmark ile he was unmarried |