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Show PROMINENT FORMER DIXIKITE DIES AT SALT LAKE cvry. Willaim H. Mclntyre, veteran of the Mexican war, freighter, Utah cattleman, cat-tleman, rancher, mining man and financier, died at his home, 259 Seventh avenue at 10 a. m., Fri(jay after an illness of about eight months. In the passing of Mr. Inlntyre the state loses a picturesque character a man who had a varied and colorful' career. Although Mr. Mclntyre had been in ailing health for many months, he did not take to his bed until Wednesday from which time he began to fail rapidly. Members of his family were at the bedside when the end came peacefully Friday morning. Mr. Mclntyre was born in Grimes county near Houston, Texas, March 19, 1848. He came to Utah in the fall of 1863 with his mother and three brothers, Robert, Sam and William Wil-liam Mclntrye and a half sister, Mrs. James Donahue. The first Salt Lake home of the Mclntyre family was on the site where the Union depot now stands. Freighted to Coast The family moved to St. George where Robert, was killed by Indians at Pipe Springs when he was 22 years of age. At eighteen William Mclntyre began freighting from St George to what is now Long Beach, Calif., following this occupation one summer. When he was 21 his mother, brother Sam and he returned to Texas where they closed out large land holdings and with the proceeds purchased cattle which they drove overland to Utah. He also trailed cattle to Utah from Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Mclntyre fought in the Mexican Mexi-can war under General Sani Houston. He continued to buy cattle and formed form-ed a partnership with his brother Sam in the cattle businss. In 1873 or '74 the Mclntyres traded trad-ed cattle to George Crismon for certain cer-tain footage in the Mammoth mine and later secured control of the property prop-erty from which time real development develop-ment work was done. William sold his mining interests to Sam in 1901. Mc. Mclntyre, visualizing vis-ualizing the opportunities in ranch and city property, purchased 65,000 acres in Alberta, Canada, and placed his son William H. Mclntyre, Jr., in charge. Held Salt Lake Property Mr. Mclntyre was a large holder of business property in this city, including in-cluding the Mclntyre building on Main street, the Pantages theatre property, the Tracy Loan & Trust company property and other business sites. It was about 25 years ago when he began to invest in Salt Lake real estate. He owned stock in various banks of the state; was a director of Z. C. M. I., the Consolidated Wagon & Machine company; was a stockholder stockhold-er in the Deseret National bank, the Utah-Idaho Sugar company and many other business enterprises. In 1918 he incorporated his holdings into the William H. Mclntyre company. com-pany. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Phoebe Ogden Chase Mclntyre and the following children: William H. Mclntyre, Jr.. Mrs. Fred C. Dern, Mrs. Russell K. Woodruff and Mrs. Kenneth Yeates, all of Salt Lake; Mrs. Arthur C. Hertzler of Hollywood, Holly-wood, Cal., a brother Samuel H. Mclntyre Mc-lntyre and a half sister, Mrs. James Donahue. He was a member of the Alta club. No arrangements for the funeral have as yet been made. Deseret News. |