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Show USAC USA C Retires RetiresDirector RetiresDirector Director ofExtension of ofExtension Extension ServicELOGANThe Service ServiceLOOAN LOGAN-The LOGAN The LOOAN - The Utah State Slate AgT Agri Agricultural AericulturtU cultural collere college board boanJ of trusteesSaturday trustees trusteesqaturday trusteei'Saturday trusteeiSaturday ' qaturday Saturday ' voted "oted oted " to retire W1l1lam William W1l1lamPeterson WilliamPeterson WlUlan-Peterson WlUlan Peterson - ' Peterson CO 69 89 viperous vtgerolI5 vlgeroua and color color- colorful colorful colorful - - ' ful director d1rector of the Utah Agricul- Agricul Agriculture Agricultore An-lcul-ture An lcul ture - - - - ture tore extension service serv1ce since 1924 1924C 1824-C 1824 C . - C 0 G Adney of Corinne board boardchairman boardchairman boardchairman chairman revealed MondayDirector MondayDirector Monday MondayOlrector Olrector Director Peterson will be made madedlrt'Ctor madedirector madedirector ' dlrt'Ctor dlrtCtor director ' emeritus of the exten.s1em extens1em extension exten.s1emoerv1ce extensionservice extentlonservice . ' oerv1ce service ; upon his reUrment reUnnent rettrment July July1 1 the thf " board voted and will w1l1 be begranted begranted begranted ' granted the opportunity to ro fin finIsh finssh finLsh . in his hisoffice hiaoffice hisoffice Ish ssh any an an\ an anuncompleted ) \ uncompleted work office He will be considered an anextension anextension anextension extension ervice St"rv1ce Strv1ce service " consultant after afterhl afterhis afterlus hl his < ; retlrment reUnnent retirment No successor was wast wasI wasr I r amed amt'd amtd ' but the new director b Is bI'xpt"Cted Isexpected laexpected I'xpt"Cted IxptCted expected ' " to lie 1) 1 he ) ( ' ' selected St'lectRd StlectRd al at . the ilie June Junernf't"Unlt Junemeeting Junemeeting rnf't"Unlt rnftUnlt meeting ' " of the boardWhUe boardWhite board boardWhile While WhUe White no action acUon was taken re rejtardlng regasding reKardlni jtardlng gas-ding gas ding - a successor informed informedSDUnes Informedsources Informedsources SDUn-es SDUn es sources : - said that the two leadtng leading leadtngcandidates leadingcandidates leadingcandidates candidates for the position poslUon are W WW WW WW W Owens . , , assistant ass1atant extension dl- dl di- di director dlrt'clor di director - rector rt'clor rtclor ' since &Ince Ince & 1939 and an n extension extensionservice extensionservice extensionserrice service employee slnee since sine * 1918 1916 ! ! andSeth and andBeth andBoth Beth Seth T Bhaw Shaw of or Salt Lake CIty CityUtah CityUtah ' Utah director d1rector at or of AgrteuItura1 Agricultural AgrteuItura1Trade AgriculturalTrade AcrteulturalTrade Trade Relations Re1aUcms RelaUcos , , . 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( < Continued COI1t1nued CanUnued on ran Par Page Three ) I I I ' I , ; ServiceI USA U S A C Extension xtenslon Service ServiceDirector ServiceDirector Duector Director Retires at 69Continued 69I 69 69Continued IOne ( ( < Continued from Page One ) One of the be-st be st b.Jit bJit best ( , . - known men In Inwestern inwestern Inwestern western agrlcul agriculture ture Director Pe Peterson Petenon Peterson terson tenon was bom born May 24 1874 of ofpioneer ofpioneer ofpioneer pioneer pa.ren paren . parents t.s ts . on a farm in inBloomington InBIoomlngton Bloomington Idaho where he ac acuired acuired aculred uired a t thorough borough horough foundationknowledge foundation foundationknowledge foundationknowledge knowledge of farm life One of the theearlv theearly theearly earlv early students of the USA U S A C he hestudied hestudied hestudied studied hortlcultuie hortlcuitute geology and andphysics andphysics andphysics physics and WII wa-s wa s was ! - ' graduated In in1899 in1899Three 1899 1899Three Three years } ears of his south youth ) au th were werespent werespent werespent spent on rand ranct rand cs e'l el cc ' In Idaho andMontana and andMontana andMontana Montana During part of t.hls thls this t.hlstime thistime . thistime time he earned earnpd his hls living by break I I - Ing wild wUd horses for riding He also- also alsospent also alsospent alspent spent two ) ' years 'ea.rs ea.rs ears . working worldng In a log- log logging logging log logging - ging camp and sawmillIn sawmill sawmDl sawmillIn ' I In 1896 he was engaged as a aschool eschool school teacher m in a ' "Wyoming Wyoming 'Wyoming " coal coalminnlng coalminning coa : minning minnlng camp WhIle v < fhlle there he hetaught hetaught h htaught < taught night school courses for forfire forfire foifire fire bosses boMeS tastes In the mines and spent spentpis spenih.ls spenihls pis mIs . spare time working In the themines themines th thmines < mines minesAfter After his graduation from theU th the theU < U S B A 0 C he was appointed an aninstructor aninstructor arInstructor instructor In hort1cl horticulture ture and andmathematics andmathematics ancmathematics andI mathematics at the college He HeI Heengaged Heengaged HiI geo-linirg geo linirg engaged In graduate work . In geo- geo geology geology - - - logy in Jn to , 1801 1901 3 at Chicago Chlcfl l Uni- Uni Uni hi- hi - - - - - versity verslty versify tb thereturned then the- the { - returned . to USA U B S A it 0 " 0as < ; "Ias as assistant aaaistRnt as.s1.s ass1.s ass1s . t professor profe or = of USA"I geolosy geology geolosyand geologyand geolc "I I and physics phfBlc until Wltll 1908 During DurinS the thenext thenext tnext next two tvto years he worked as asmining amining a aI amining I ' mining engineer eng1neer in Utah and andWyoming andWyoming anWyoming Wyoming , , . returning turnlng to the tt [ U f B e S A Ao ; 0 o as a geology profeasorji professor , .11 11 . * 1910He 1910 1910I 1910He 10KHe I He served as head of the th < i geolon geolondepartment feeologdepartment eology eologydepartment department In addition to his his bfs 0th othwork . work otholwork until unW a few years agoIn agoIn ago agoIn othol In 1921 he was named directoof director directorI directorof of the Utah ' Agricultural experi.1 experi1 experi.1ment expert- expert expertment expertment . - ' ment station staUon serving as Its nead head neaduntil headuntil hewuntil until 1927 He has served contin- contin continuously continuously continuously - uously as extension director o4nce 'since since ; ' aino 1924 I ' - - - - - - - - - _ . - - - - . , From Prom 1914 until untll 1917 . , he WBJS was amember amember 6 a 6member member of the Utah statecommis4lon state road roadconunlaslon conunlaslon cCJllJUrl1Won commis4lon He served as at state state'road te road 'road cdrnlsslon cdm1ss1on cdmisahxr He servedstate served.as servedas served.asstate served OS . OSstate state geologist from 1017 191'1 1911 1917 ' to t112\.1 t112.1 t112 .1 1 t112.1In teal \ . , . ' ' In 1930 he was appointed appotnte4 to tha thacommittee tti committee on conservation eonaervatton and e.nt ent aM aMadministration e.ntadministration . ( administration of the public d do-i do i doimain do- do domain - main by President Preaident Hoover , and anc1 In In1926 1926 Secretary Ickes lakes of ot the de dCN dCNpertinent detpartment " . , partment pertinent of Interior named him h1m . a , ,1 1 ,1metnber amember ' member metnber of a committee to ash att an i ialyze lalyze alyze 813755 and recomend future f11ture fdture pmcedyeure proced- proced pmcedye procedure procedrure . - . | ure on the Irrigation Srrigation and land ' . land , development under ' the 'the O1la- O1la O1laU OUa-YH-1 OUa YH 1 Glla-YU- Glla YU - ' , U - ' ma Irrigation project . In Ar1zona . Arizariary |