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Show I THE O' CITIZEN 9 V adl s? Ho ft yesterday UTAHS CITIZENRY final to all that respects was mortal of former Governor Wil- -' liam Spry, who died early Sunday morning in .Washington, where for the past eight years he Has served as commissioner of the general land office. Impressive services, whole hearted sympathy, the condolence of thousands attested to the esteem in which this man was held by histfel-loUtahns. His calling, following a second stroke, suffered a few days before his death, brought to an end the sort of career which makes people proud of a man. His rise began in obscurity and ended in a position in which he was respected by officialdom as well as the fellow citizens with' whom he never lost his brotherhood. Former Governor Spry was born in Windsor, Berkshire county, England, January 11, 1864, the son of rhillip and Sarah Spry. In 1875 the family came to Utah where he was w , given a common school education. At the age of 13 he went to work as a stable boy for the late T. F. Jennings, mayor of Salt Lake, in whose South Temple stables were housed many of the finest horses in the state. After, he worked in a blacksmith shop. When he was 21 years of age, he was called on a mission for the L. D. S. Church and labored in the Southern States mission. The year before he was released from the mission, he married Mary Alice Wrath-al- l. IN 1891 he returned to Utah, "and connected with the Z. C. There he remained for only two years, at the end of which period he engaged in farming and stockraising on a large scale. He remained actively in this business until 1904, when he disposed of a large part of his interests. It was during this period that he , received his political start, serving as city councilman, Tooele city collector, member of the legislature, and other posts. He was appointed as United States marshal shortly after he abandoned his farming interests, and in 1908 was elected governor oh the Republican ticket, serving capably through two terms until January M. I. ''1 . 1, 1917. . Upon conclusion of his second term, Governor Spry furthered the interests of the Western Governors conference, serving in the capacity of secretary until 1920 when President Warren G. Harding called him yto the land office, a post which he held through three administrations. . A portrait made shortly after Governor Spry took office for the first time. widow, ins sprys Governor daughters, Mrs. L. S. Woot-to- n, and Mrs. Roland Rich Woolley, and his son, Lieutenant James W. Spry of the army air corps, are the immediate surving relatives. The entire public career of Gov- ernor Spry was passed without a blemish, and political friends and foes alike-werimpressed with the e absolute fairness with which he The celebrated questions. Hillstrom case which brought national notoriety to the state, and viewed . which prompted a reply to the president when he asked reprieve that have plenty of fresh air in Utah, was an outstanding test of the courage of the state's chief executive. Upon Governor Spry fell the burden of carrying out the cancellation of thousands of oil leases under the oil conservation policy of President Hoover, and it was under the strain of this heavy work that the final collapse of the Utahn was we , |