Show 11 FO FOr GOVERNOR OF IF UTAH IS 15 DEAD ART ARTHUR UR LLOYD THOMAS TERRI TERRU t. t GOVERNOR ANSWERS tALL CALL ALL AFTER BUSY LIFE c M 1 Wa Was Postmaster of Salt Sal Lake Lika For ForI r I Sixteen Years Year During DurinO His Hie 4 Governorship Signed First School Law tn n Utah r f i Salt sait Lake Arthur Arthur Lloyd Thomas Thoma governor of the Territory of Utah from 1889 to 1893 died at his home hom here early in hi the morning of September Septem Septem- ber fifteenth The former lormer governor I. I known to have been In In ill health for fora a considerable tim time e but hl his de death tb was unexpected inasmuch a. a many of his hi friends had seen him on the street streeta a da day or two before his death Governor Thomas Thomal as he was wa generally generally gen gen- known wn was wa b born rn in Chicago August 22 1851 1861 He lie moved with his Ma parents parent to Pittsburg Pa when a acl cl he wa was was- educated in the public pubU schools lie He became became- a tele telegraph telegraph graph operator at the age of 17 17 and nd att atten attended ded ed night school A At A 19 years of age he g he was appointed as ai a a page in the White House Soon SIon after he heI I became a cC commItte im tt In 1877 1811 he be was aa made chief clerk of the house In 1879 1819 he be was wal appointed secretary of the territory of of Utah and in 1880 supervisor of census for his hi state in connection with his hit He Ue held the position until 1888 1886 when he was ap appointed a member of the Utah Commission by President Grover Cleveland He continued this work until 1889 when he I wa was was- ap appointed apP pointed of Utah by PresIdent President Pres Pres- l ident Benjamin Harrison This position tion he held until 1893 In 1896 he was ws appointed postmaster of Salt Lake This position he beheld held for sixteen six six- teen years years- until the the election of President Wilson Governor Thomas was a personal friend of President McKinley having been his committee commit tee clerk while in the national capt capi tal In 1816 he was appointed as al a member of the mint commission by President Wilson He lie was reappointed reappoint reappoint- ed to this position in 1 1923 23 by President Prell dent CoolIdge lie He held a a commission under every president from President IL Po B. B Hayes to Pr President Coolidge the only exception being president Harding While governor of Ut Utah h the free 4 L. L school cho l bill bUI was passed with bb his influence i ence enee by the legislature and signed by hl him In 1890 90 he e called the fl lint first t na national irrigation congress to meet in Salt Lake In 1891 he called caned and nd was waa eha chairman an of th first international congress held in hi Los Angeles lie He was Wall one ne of ot t tie organizers ti orga izer and president prell- prell dent of the Cambrian association in 1892 He lie was also a charter member memo mem ber of the Alta club In 1890 in with P P. II H. Lannan Fred J. J Keisel Kelsel Howard Sebree Se Se- bree and nd Governor White of Montana he formed the Idaho Irrigation and Colonization company which built bunt J the first fint irrigation canal from the Boise Bols river toward the Snake river This project devel developed ped a large section of Idaho |