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Show Sunday, March 26, 2006 HERALD _ DAILY Eosae Continued from B2 Logse’s good judgement, honor, y, and happosition made him an extremely popular man with a host of friends in Utah and throughout the West. These qualities also made him natural born politi- structure with a common facade. Loose called the new structure the “Academy Block.” The Salt Lake Tribune referred to it as “the most of the city's manyfine blocks.” It remains one of Provo's most and 100 South. Loose left the After the Academy Block house where he complained dignified buildings today lodgeat 6 p.m., apparently in good health Edwin returned home, and later that night, he started walk- ing to the house of his daughter, Emma,wife of Preston G. Peterson. He met Emma on the way, and the two returned to Loose's Unlike Jesse Knight, who ter Street that was owned by became an ardent Democrat, Loose choose to carry the bannerof the Republican Party. ture. Irving and Provo Drug of having breathing problems. Ed sat downin his rocker, and Emma wentto the kitchen to get him a drink of water. When she returned, her father was dead. building, and the Mountain Bell David Westwood and Arnold room upstairs. amined Loose and concluded he had died from a stroke. He left an estate valued at about cian. Loose’s motto became,“A was completed that fall, R.R. Ir- winner never quits, and a quitter vine moved his dry goods store outof another building on Cen- never wins.” Loose and into the new struc- occupied the lower levelof the In 1900, Loose served as one Telephone Co. moved into a of Utah’s'delegates to the Republican National Conventionin Philadelphia. He helped .oose erected yet another business building in 1903. This nominate William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, and he later carried Utah's three electoral votes for these candidates structure was located on the north side of Center Street near 100 West. It sat between what to Washington,D.C. was then the Startup Candy In 1902, the people of Utah's Company'sretail store and Poulton & Co. Sparks Drug- Seventh District elected Loose to serveas their state senator. He remained in that office two D. Robert Canter terms. Edwin, or “Ed”as his friends called him, received an appointment as Provo’s post- Edwin Loose built several business buildings in downtowri Provo. He erected the AcademyBlock in two segments. The north third of the building was completedin 1900, and it housed the Provo Drug Co. masterin 1916 andfulfilled the duties of that position until 1922. Asa politician, Ed hobnobbed with some very important men. In 1909 forinstance, he show- cased some of Utah County's natural wonders whenhe hosted Governor Spry and United States Internal Revenue Collec- tor E.H. Callister to trout din- ner at L.L. Donnan's UpperFalls Resort in Provo Canyon. Looseusedhis considerable political cloutto fight for the construction of the Utah State Capitol Building on Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City. A decade later, Loose pushed for the completion of Utah County's historic county courthouse. Loose succeeded in varied businessinterestsin addition west corner of Center Street two-story business block during Power & Light Company. of University Avenue between also acted as a director of Utah Showing his prowess as a versatile businessman, Loose bought many downtown busi- ness buildings and a considerable numberof Provoresidences. At one time,he also owned the Provo Lake Resort which sat on plot ofland southof the mouth of Provo River on Utah Lake. Asa landlord with considerable holdings, Ed became one ofthe city’s heaviest tax payers. Notto be outdoneby Jesse Knight, who built the impressive, brick, three-story Knight Block on the northeast corner ofthe intersection of Center to doing well in mining and politics. For years, he served as vicepresident of the Provo Commercial and Savings Bank which waslocated on the north- Loose erected his first new and University Avenue. Ed 1899 and 1900 on the westside Center Street and 100 North. It stood between what was then Farrer Brothers dry goods store and the First National Bank, which was situated further north. building. Masons laid a brick front trimmed with sandstone, Blumenthal & Co.installed the tion counter and soda fountain “thefinest in the West.” On opening dayin July 1900, tin cornice and carpentersfin- ished the interior with solid oak woodwork, As the building neared completion, Loose and fellow Provonian,J.R. Twelves,estab- Darton's orchestra furnished ~ the music. The manyvisitors received free “soda water.” Twoyears laterin 1902, Loosepurchasedthe lot between the drugstore and the madeonelarger, two-story Fun is where the Farm is! 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Buttle testified about Loose’s attributes as a family man: “I have never seen a man moreconsiderate ofhis familythan he was.” religion. George H. Brimhall, a speaker at Loose's funeral, said concerning the colonel's religious tenets,or lack of them: Fay Mary, Robert Edwin, War- During her laterlife, Mrs. Loose frequently spent several months a-yearin California for herhealth. Her death in the fall of 1928 profoundly saddened Edwin, who soonfollowed her to the grave. On the morning of January he neverascribed to a formal “Asfaras religion is concerned, he denied nothing, neither did heconfessbelief.” According to Brimhall, Loose oncetold him,“I hesitate to go where | cannotsee and I'm one of those who can't believe without material evidence. I will live with myfriends in the now so that I may be with them if there the Elks Lodge, which was located on the corner of 100 West building. He connectedit to the Provo Drugstore building and camepresident of the company, www.taxexperts.com in respect for his passing. Someof the dignitaries who store occupied the lowerlevel the Provo Drug Co. with a capital stock of $6,000. Loose be- Free Tax Settlement Analysis: On the day of Loose's funeral in the Provo Tabernacle, banks and some businesses closed 28, 1929, Loosevisited the Provo isa hereafter.” Loose seems to Commercial & Savings Bank haveachieved his goal. and transacted somebusiness. Street.and University Avenue, and University Avenue. $500,000. Farrer Brothersstore and started construction on another ~The Wall Street Journal 4k Harris & Company Daily Enquirer proudly, if some+ whatoptimistically, called the drugstore’s mahoganyprescrip- Workmenputupa quality ness buildings on Center Street, ColonelLoosebuilt several busi- IRS PROBLEMS? 800-377-9720 Smoot Drugstore, took over as the managerof the newbusiness. 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