Show PC a oar in r TTO mr thomas donton denton pitt pill died at his residence south tenth east st 1 in ill this city december 20 leaving i a wife and fi five ve children to mourn ills his loss this is a plain newspaper statement of toni tom pitts departure on deaths through train that never returns from the great unknown many times I 1 have bade toni tom goodbye ai at the 0 S L and union pacific depots when he started for omalia omaha chicago or new york and as I 1 shook ills his big warm hand I 1 would wish him a safe journey and a quick return but on this his last journey toms hand was avas cold and his heartthrobs heart throbs for humanity had bad become silent eer I 1 had learned 0 of his sudden departure to that country so dreaded and so mysterious ter te on my first visit to utah january 7 i I 1 met tom tor for the first time it was at his home in corinne utah I 1 rode with him for three days over the bear river valley which was then a wilderness of sage brush but toms big warm honest heart and ills his sincere and glowing picture of the future of that great valley so inspired me that I 1 became one of the three general ti aveling agents for that valley and nearly every month for three or tour four years alter after when I 1 arrived in corinne with prospective prospect he land buyers tom met us there and conducted us through the valley dy by his tree free easy casy and honest expression tom inspired the confidence of all who came to boar bear river valley in every instance where strangers and friends alike reposed confidence in tom pitt it was never broken or lost tom pitt would rather lose out of his own pocket than to strain the confidence ot of a stranger or friend in a file fie dollar deal many a sunshine friend knowing toms great heart libart and his generosity took advantage of it and actually helped to c eat it up toms tom s great fortune it if he had been an astute and crafty man in business affairs he would have been a millionaire at his death at one ona time tom and jim pitt owned a two thirds interest in nearly one half of all the irrigated lands under the bear river canal besides all the odd sections of dry and grazing lands included in the land grants to the southern pacific railroad for miles north and west of bear river valley much aluch of the irrigated lands in that wonderful valley are worth per acre today I 1 11 ode lode with w ith tom many days over the dear bear river valley I 1 accompanied him I 1 to chicago on several occasions while preparing a beautiful catalogue for bear river valley we were vere together in chicago for fifteen days at another time tom met me at the grand hotel in cedar rapids la ia and after arranging our business affairs for the future campaign I 1 accompanied tont tom to tile the northwestern north western depot and just before lie he took the train for home lie f placed in myliann my hand liand a fifty dollar bill and said here is a little extra expense I 1 money for you to use personally above your regular expense money lie faither said dont live too cheap it may give lou indigestion I 1 was A as with tom so much I 1 thoroughly knew him and I 1 knew that there was not one drop of mean or bad blood coursing through his massive body in the fall of 1898 1 I arrived in salt lake city with aith my illy wife and daughter I 1 was then working for jas jay smith co of chicago who were tonis toms general lands agents for the bear alv er alley lands smith co were behind on my expense money and they told me they had sent it to salt lale lake city ily aly wife daughter and myself had just juat between us its that saturday afternoon ft lien alien we arrived in this city my wife and daughter went out and found a loom toy for which they paid two collais tor for a week in advance we ave then went to the postoffice post office for my mail there was none there saturday afternoon in a strange city with wilh wife and daughter and only doity five cents to live on oil oer sunday I 1 knew mr air and mrs john 11 1 meakin but they ere out of the city we took the forty five cents went into the little crescent restaurant josf jus west of the dooly block and there blew ourselves to till three ce fifteen cent meals when we tte left the restaurant we could not have bought one apple at the rate of 0 two cents per bushel and saturday night it at that sly illy wife and daughter went to their loom while I 1 bt rolled up ill the sti street beet to meditate As I 1 turned mound the carner corner of the dooly block on west temple street I 1 saw near the corner of third south about pounds of good natured humanity coming toward ma me it was tom pitt I 1 told him my iny story lie said D n jas jay smith co it if that is themay the way they use their traveling agents I 1 mill ill fire them and give you their job at that lie put his big hand into ills his pocket rud and drew forth a twenty and a five dollar gold piece which lie he handed to tile me and said that will keep you till 11 monday londay and then I 1 will put you on a sure footing which lie he lid did to err is human we all make mistakes and our road through life is more or less checkered the only tiling thing that does not make a mistake in its own estimation is the salt lake tribune but that is not human toni tom pitts greatest mistakes in lif life C were his business partners and ills his last political associates when toni tom sold his lands lie ho went into the wholesale commission business in it salt lake one of his partners had to leave the city to keep out of 0 jail toni tom then went into the wholesale grain and commission business with G C cleaveland and cleaveland was as so crooked you could not measure him with a flexible rule without cracking it the cleaveland commission company went under tinder and the burden fell on tom tonis toms greatest mistake of all was when allen lie he forsook borsook the political party and under exorbitant promises he be joined the kearns american gang lie he was appointed chief of police of salt lake city a position in which tom was qualified in every way but lie he was aas too conscientious for the kearns amerl ameri cans tom honestly believed in the segregating under tinder contaoi con control troi but not in legalizing izing the scarlet women aomen tom was bold enough to advocate that policy and lie was right A notorious woman front from ogden and a few leaders of the kearns american party took a cue from toms report to the city council and built tile the west side stockade the scarlet women of this city were leady beady and willing to forsake its business haunts and move alp ilp to the stockade but on learning that they had to pay one dollar per day each for rent and one dollar each for police protection they rebelled toni tom pitt was ordered to compel all such women to go into the stockade to be e bled fa 2 per day each tom absolutely refused he said lie he had herded sheep and cattle but hat h would neer be a trafficker in white slaves if lie he starved hence he was removed as chief of police this last stroke seemed to be too much for tom lie ile appeared to be clear down and out ile he was sick in bed several days but tom had friends I 1 one day in his office I 1 saw tom take a one foot ruler and lay it on a piece of paper and as he drew a line along its straight edge putting a small circle at the end lie he sad to tile me here Is chlea chicago go four inches down the rule lie he put another circle and said 1 omaha and at the further end lie he mai marked ked ogden just a little below that lie made another circle salt lake then lie he said these are the chicago northwestern and tile the union pacific railroads lail roads A straight line is the shortest distance between two points hele in chicago is alic A cairns tile the general passenger agent or of the C na N AV and here in omalia is A air ir W V II if bunay assistant general pas agent for the union pacific railroad raili rail oad load and here in salt lake is joe manderfield Man dorfield three of the best men in the and so it proved to toni tom pitt details are not necessary aside from toms sickness the last few months of ills his life were peaceful ones during all the years of tonis toms ty lie he extensively advertised and boosted the C N W and the U P railroads and railroad men like mr ali cair lies mr murray and joe never forget a favor toni tom pitt leaves a wife vho aho is as bighearted big hearted and whole ns as lie he was she would give hoi her last slice blice of broad bread to a friend it if she I 1 thought that friend was hungry buna gi in our national paper curi currency ency aie two silken threads running every bill to guarantee its genuineness in toni tom pi pitts its hook book of life starting page 1 where lie was born jn montana in 1864 copage to illige IS 15 in salt lake city in 1309 1909 are many any smooth and am right bright pages and a few crumpled ton loin and blotted ones but running each and eiery page flom page I 1 to the finish are arc two I 1 very prominent pro belken threads anti and those thic lids were and kindness N V S PEET ICET |