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Show fe8, Anthony W. Ivins, Dixie Pioneer of 1861, fasses Away Sunday y Heart Attack at 4:30 A. M. Sunday; Former Dixie Farmer Livestock Man; Active in Church and Civic Affairs; Filled Several Missions; Friend of Indians i I 1 V ' .x I : , J .... N 1 ; r s ;.v r . : 4Hs, "' ' ' J A i P V I v I 1 I J A . n: 'r-ilw Aothong W. Ivins, -uj years a leader here in and for over fifty years - il'he prominent Church and ; leaders of the State "ai. died at his home in Salt ; City, last Sunday at 4:30 ) -.of a heart attack. JS'A came as an unexpected - to relatives and friends. . -: one week before he had Crated his eighty-second , " and at that time ap-to ap-to be in good health. "nt iTins had first suffered i'-sl heart attack early Sat-morning. Sat-morning. His physicians aembers of the family :Ci that he was recovering O'ght when they retired. Ivins, didn't realize (the sues of his illness and con-freely con-freely with relatives and Permission to get up. Dr. ; his physician,, reports that i't seem to feel any pain .; ! 9rst attack. ;';' 'vins had been active in rk all week and had fens for a fishing trip. He ; lays a great lover of the Jrs and friends here in ll rcall how he loved all and hunting, particularly Anting of lions. Only two ,;,! he had bagged a deer ' 4,5 o his hunting excur- 1 Remarkable man and a . - wonderwul accomplish- the verdict of all who '. a's man and his work. He in Toms River, N. J. in stt of Israel Ivins and .Lowrie ivins. They moved : at 'n 1'853 and to Southern ,' 10 1861 with the large t Pioneers that were call-. call-. settle here in Dixie. He -i, ,itns to Arizona, New ' Nwajo and Pueblo In-went In-went to Mexico City, j Yn a.s Counselor (0i8 he was chosen to act ,( lor in presidency heTe ;:V rge. ln 1895 he again ;.8ew Mexico City to take .!tryot the church in that ' -abe-r fHe ' was ordained a ' ve , the council and : , Jostles in 1907 and in v , vtnovei from Mexico to c where he made !n 1921 he became 1 or in the first vhe church and in 1925 became first counselor in the first presidency. president Ivins always took a great interest in the young people. peo-ple. Part of this early work for the church was in the M. I. A. work with the local young people. Only last Tuesday evening even-ing he had talked to the M men of the Yale Ward. He told them of many of his experiences and told it in such an interesting interest-ing manner that they would hardly let him go. His had been a full lite with experiences of every conceivable kind. A pioneer, pion-eer, frontiersman, devoted mis-oVim. mis-oVim. n the Indians and first Indian agent to the Ghivwits, peace officer and held, various offices both City and County here in Dixie, state o.fices, where he helped to build the legislative structure of the state. Remembered by Indians Although it had been many years since "Tony" Ivins, as he is affectionately known by all of his friends both white and red, was an agent to the Indians, he is still remembered for his fair dealing and "talking straight" and the honesty and effort he put forth to always give the Indians In-dians a fair deal. Years after he had left this work he would receive appeals for advice and help from his red brothers. Maggie Charles, wife of Foster Charles hand-beaded a beautiful buckskin vest which she Presented Present-ed to President Ivins. On the back of the vest was embroidered embroider-ed a chieftain's head m full ceremonial cer-emonial regalia, and above it the words that have become tra ditional with the Indians, Tony ivins. he no oheat Shevwibs. Frank Mustach, one of the leaders of the Shivwit Indians expressed the feelings of the tribe last Sunday when he heard ot -Tonys" death, when he said, "He was a good man. All in dians thought a lot of him. He was a . man that a Iway talked straight, always stuck word. AU Indians that knew him grieve for h.m. All fed bad at his passing He used to give Indians food and gifts at Christmas time." Host of Friends Never too big to be interested in his friends or the every day (Continued on page five) A. W. IVINS (Continued from first page) events in the lives or other people, peo-ple, President Ivins had a host of 'friends In every, walk of life. When word of his death was flashed to the world, words of praise and smpathy came pouring pour-ing in to members of his family. Many here in St. George that knew him and had worked and dealt with him recalled his work here in Dixie and told of his many accomplishments. His first civil service was that of special policeman in the St. George precinct. He later saw service in the Indian wars which prevailed in southern Utah, at one time was constable of the St. George precinct, was city attorney at-torney and mayor. He also served serv-ed as a deputy sheriff of Washington Wash-ington county, prosecuting attorney, attor-ney, and for six years was assessor asses-sor and collector. He was a representative to the territorial legislature in 189 4 and was a member Of the constitutional constitu-tional convention in 1895. He was the man to secure the first government appropriation for the Shivwit Indians, and personally supervised the task of moving them from the Shivwith mountains moun-tains (where they had become a menace to the white settlers) and established them on their present reservation on the 'Santa Clara river. He was the first government agent to these Indians, In-dians, in which capacity he served serv-ed for two years; he resigned this position in order to accept the nomination to the state legislature. legis-lature. Successful fa Farming ' Before going to Mexico he engaged en-gaged successfully in the farming and stock business, both privately and as manager of Mojave Land and Cattle company, and the Kai-bab Kai-bab Cattle company, both of which were incorporated companies, com-panies, and owned the largest herds and Tanches in what is now known as the Arizona Strip, which lies north of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and south of the Utah line. Since his Teturn from Mexico, Mr. Ivins had been occupied with church duties, and had been identified with various colonization coloniza-tion and irrigation schemes and other enterprises of a secular nature. It would be well to mention here that he took a leading part in the Enterprise Reservoir and Canal company, which concern has built a splendid splen-did reservoir at the head of Shoal creek in Washington county. coun-ty. His talent and energies carried car-ried him into many fields of endeavor, en-deavor, in all of which he met with outstanding success. He was a pioneer in the truest and noblest sense he dedicated himself him-self to the tremendous task of converting a wilderness into a commonwealth, where the people (Continued on last page) |