Show Death Takes Utah Pioneer M Morgan Richards 82 prominent church and civic worker of Parowan and Salt Lake died at the L. L DS hospital Monday morning following a brief illness During his residence in Parowan Mr Richards held nearly every every civic chic office of that community and was also county treasurer treasurer county selectman select select- selectman man and county superintendent of schools Prior to his entry into civic affairs he was a school teacher and merchant In 1896 1890 Mr Richards became state auditor the first person to hold that post in Utah He served in this capacity capacity ca ca- ca until 1901 during which time he resided in Salt Lake In 1903 and I 1904 he was sent to the legislature I I from Salt Lake county During his early years in Utah Mr Richards experienced all the hardships hardships hard hard- ships which confronted the early pio plo He engaged in warfare and j skirmishes against raiding tribes of Navajo Indians and narrowly escaped death from their bullets ur I |