Show UTAHN THE to plant united states flag on mt mckiniry was formerly state coal mine inspector thomas clovd state coal mine inspector under the administration of governor heber M wells adds lustre to utah by being alio white man to reach the top of mt mckinley to which peak lie led a parta that placed the american flag on the point not by the celebrated dr cook eliat a salt lake man was first to accomplish this feat almost equal in bravery to commander peares dash to the pole will be a matter of gratification to his the associated press dispatch of lloyds accomplishment sent from seattle is as follows mail advises advices from fairbanks alaska dated april 23 state that the american flag placed on the summit of mt mckinley on april 3 by thomas lloyd and his three companions had been sighted a few davs before alio john M mc lcou a trapper alio has spent his whole life in the north and who has been trapping in the Kusko wim armed at fairbanks with furs and reported that in the lie met J E baker a fur biyer who told him that he had seen with the aid of glasses a flag floating from alie summit of mt mckinley on two separate mcleod who is thoroughly familiar with a the approaches to mount mckinley says that the ridge upon which the lloyd expedition ascended is the only possible route over winch the summit may bo attained clovd was for many years a resident of rutih and waa appointed coal mine inspector by governor hebar M wells at alie beginning of his administration in lloyd was born in wales and came to this country as a man he lived in carbon county was naturalized naturalised there and served as sheriff for several terms lie married there and had a number of children lloyd was known as a daring follow a first class miner and was highly recommended for the position of coal mine inspector an of his daring is shown by the fact that on one occasion he organized a gang of men to follow the celebrated robbers gang which operated in carbon county lie served as cool mine for about atto yeara and resigned to go to the klondike shortly after alie discovery of gold there he went into eliat country with alio big rush and located icv eral claims but icv ora in securing much from them ho organized a company to operate in alie copper river country and was nall acquainted with the coal fields in eliat section returning from the klondike after an absence of about two vc irs clovd staved in bait lake a short time and went to nome and operated in eliat vicinity for some time on leaving for alio klondike he left his wife and children liere to boys and a girl mrs clovd lived hero foi a while but lias not acon aicard from for about five cara hla ago 13 about ft years herald republican sam spry a brother of governor spry came in from salt lake city mond ly morning on business connected with some land near la vcr kin in which a number of prospect ivy are fcc |