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Show Eastern Utah Mourns Death of A. D. Dickson To say that the people thoughout the whole of Eastern Utah are shocked and saddened in the very unexpected death list Monday night of Attorney A. D. Dickson of Castledale, would express tar too mildly the feeling of loss that the people feel in the passing of this soldier, attorney and most excellent citizen. Particularly sad about th: death of the deceased was the on hours between be-tween the time of the accident and the discevery of the body cold and lifeless. "Dick," as he was known everywhere, every-where, had been to Price on businefs, in his car and, returning, passed through Black Hawk knd on to Mohrland where he had business with Supt. M. L. Gar-vey. Gar-vey. His engine had not been working just right all afternoon, and upon leaving leav-ing Mohrland at about 8:15 his brother-in-law, Arthur Jeffs, accompanied him a short distance below the camp. He lost the road near the night camp of Victor Barney of Clawson, who helped him get his car back on the road and by the firelight he was able to adjust the sparking arrangement so that he got away again. He was now without lights as his headlights were not working work-ing and he had lost his lantern. It is presumed that he ge: as far as the cut-out road at the Five Mile wash between Huntington and Castledale and there severely bent his radius rod in taking some of the bad chuck holes as the rod was in bad shape when the car was found with nothing to have put it out of shape between the wash and the scene of the accident. It is evident that he tried to come on home with his rod bent in his haste to reach his wife ; , and babes, and that the car became completely unmanageable as his tracks from the wash on show signs of very difficult steering. From the position of the car, it no doubt finally got off the crown of the road and a quick effort to right the wheels wa3 all that was necessary to turn the car and catch the lone occupant beneath it where he was found the next morning with only the upper part of his head protruding from the car, the side of the car resting rest-ing on the back of his head just above his neck in which position he, no doubt, gradually smothered to death. He had apparently made an '-ffort to dig away the sand with his hands in an effort to breathe as his nails were torn and his hands covered with dust. His watch had stopped at 10:05 and it j is thought that this must have been about the time of the accident, yet, witn all the outfits that passed between that time and morning, not one discovered dis-covered the body, either because they didn't notice the wrecked cur or thought it was another instance of wrecked car but lucky escape on the part of occupants. occup-ants. Even Lars Christensen and his bridge hands took little notice of the ear on their way to their work at the wash until Fred Andersen, who, it is understood, felt uneasy. closely examined examin-ed the car, and, maki g the gruesome discovery, hailed his fellow-workmen. A Christensen boy wasjmmediately sent into town, and a half-dozen cars left as soon as possible for the scene. Dr. Graham, county physician, and Sheriff Thompson were among the first to reach the body and they immediately decided that an inquest was unnecessary and the body was brought to the Jeff home where it remained until the funeral funer-al in the ward house yesterday. ; The funeral services were held beginning begin-ning at 2:30 o'clock upjn the arrival of the ujrtege from the Jeff home, and were presided over by Bishop S. H. Larsen, The choir rendered the hymn, "I Need Thee Every Hour," prayer was offered by Bishop Alonzo Brinkerhoff of the Emery ward and A. B. Willey and the choir sang the hymn, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives.'' Prin. G F. Hickman of the Emery Stake Academy bore powerful tribute to the deceased soldier, citizen and fond husband and father, assuring the mourning mourn-ing relatives and friends that were each of the departed's friends to throw a single flower upon the grave "Dick"-would "Dick"-would rest beneath a wilderness of flowers. Prof J.G.McQuarrie, speaking, told of the useful life of the deceased and dwelt on the passin of love and sympathy which -sweeps every barrier of social, religious or political nature a-side a-side in .death and permits of wholehearted whole-hearted sympathy and sorrow. Elder 0. J. Andersen speaking Jast, also paid tribute to the true Christian life of the departed and urged that, though he may have finished his day's work, his life is not yet completed. Mr. Dickson being a member of Orient lodge, F. &A.M., of Green River in which he held the Master Mason degree, de-gree, a delegation of Masons from Green River together with other local members mem-bers of th at lodge, took charge of the services, performing a short ritual in the house ;md continuing when the procession reached lh cemetery. Lodge Master T. S. Turner conducted the Masonic rite3. The funeral was perhaps the largest ever held in E:nery county, the house being crowded and many standing in the hall way. Representative men and women from all over Emery and Carbon Car-bon counties were in attendance at the funeral and the coffin was literally covered cov-ered with magnificent floral offerings. A brother, J. H. Dickson, of Inde-pendendence, Inde-pendendence, Oregon, was the only blood relative of the deceased abie to be present, his mother bei.ig very ill and others were unable to comt on account ac-count of the recent deaths of an aunt and uncle. Amom; other relatives of Mrs. Dickson who were present, however, how-ever, were Mr. and Mrs. D. Leavitt of Idaho Falls, Mr. and Mrs. A. Aldrich of NesleVi, Utah; and Mr. and Mrs. Riley Pace, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rasmussen, i Mr. and Mrs. Wdshiarton Averatt, and Mr. and Mrs. Asa Coates, all of Mt. Pleasant. . fAlfr d Dustin Dickson was born Autr. 21.1864, at Oak ville.Iowa, where he grew I to manhood. Coming to Utah some 18 I years ago, he taugh. in the government j Indian schr)! at W.iite R cks after which he returned to Iswa arid took a degree in thi law depirtment of the University of Iowa. R-turning to Utah he taught school at Ftrrin, Orungeville and Castledale, while working at such legal busineas as the county artrded. The Spanish-American war coming on "Dick" entered : is application for enlistment en-listment in a Utah troop of the famous jTorrey's Rough Riders. Being out of i range of the telegraph service when his summons to join his troap came, h? ar rived in Salt Lake too late to join nis chosen mat-.s but starced after them ! and was enabled to join a Wyomir.g J troop and laler joined his Utah friends lvjjen a vacancy occurred in the ranks, i His company was quartered at Jackson- ville ready to make the expected dash ; for Cuba, but the war ended before he saw active service. However, he made j a record only equalled by one other of his comrad s during that trying period j of waiting and, upon returning home, ' was mustered out as a corporal though 1 entertaining as a private. The late Bob Forrester and other well known citizens of Utah were among his com- rades in arms. j Returning to his chosen Castle Valley hi me, he found his law business assum-' assum-' ing such proportions that he could devote de-vote his whole time to this and kyidred matters. On Aug. 15, 1904, he married Emma Jeff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Jeff, prominent Castledale old timers, and in 1906 was elected county attorney of Emery county, which office he filled for three consecutive terms a fuvor which Emery county seldom confers con-fers upon public officers. Since 1912 he had devoted his whole time to his private practice and had built up a business, that might well be envied by anyone. With "Dick" in the local field there has been little business for other aspirants for lawyering. He also was interested in many local buii- ; ness concerns, holding a directorship in the Castledale Co-op and the Emery County Seed Co., and having large holdings hold-ings in other ent.rprises the develop-! develop-! ment of which means much to the King-' King-' dom of Emery. At the time ct his 1 death he was president of the Castle-I Castle-I dale Com.nercial club, attorney for i Castledale town, and clerk of the local school board. "Dick" was one of our very best i men and Emery county's I03S in his un-I un-I timely d'eath will be severely felt in ! every walk of life. He was ever loyal to the Kingdom of Emery, giving the best that was in him for her advance-' advance-' ment to her natural place among the foremost counties of the state. He was a conscientious, peaceful citizen ever ' thoughtful for those of different political politi-cal or religious faiths; and withal an ideal husband and father, i The deceased leaves among other bereaved ones, a wife and three child-: child-: ren: Emma(the baby), Ina and Ona.the latter being the oldest (9 years old); ' an aged mother, Mary Dickson, living at Oakville, Iowa; four brothers J. H. and Everett, living in Oregon; Roy, living in Missouri; and another, a conductor con-ductor on the Burlington route railroad; rail-road; and two sisters living in Oakville, Iowa. |