Show EX D 8 I 1 GILLIES AWAY GREEN utah jan 2 D S gillies a former county corn m ss oner died at his ho i e in green river on sunday last his death was so sudden that it came as a great s ir prise and shock to the community re suiting from a paralytic stroke mr gillies had lived in green river for everal years having come from circle ville utah he was born in tip england on may 3 1849 and was of scotch descent he came to this country when but a boy with h s who are among the oldest p onders of utah he married miss susie knell in the year 1877 during his life he held many prominent posit ons both in poll tics and in the mormon church A wife and thirteen children survive him A mass mating of citizens was held at the opera house at green river on tuesday n to 1 sten to tae report of the directors of the mutual irrigation company it has been impossible to make a sale of bonds for replacing the dam so seriously injured by the high water last spring and the directors of the company are now dire ting their energies to the purchase and installation of a steam g plant to serve water users d irig the coming season after the pres dennial election is over it is not thought that there will be any difficulty in placing bonds at much h gh er prices than at present several thousand dollars were subscribed at the meeting for the purchase pur chise of the con tern plated m plant |