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Show With The Old Timers At this New Year's season it is moss fitting that we should turn our, faces backward Tor JuBt a few. glances and recall .those faces hie h have beei sa some of w hom are still -with eg. There will be many . omitted because the editor is not familiar with all those I who have trod these hills but will do Our best this issue and hope to Oj better next time we attempt such a task. . ' . i ' - - -f ' . i j A. V. Anderson. ! ; A man who did much to build np -he greatest copper camp on earth, has now taken ud his abode with the tribes to the south and 1b dwelling "lapplly in the balmy air of Florida ,nd we understand he is growlpg corpulent cor-pulent on the Juice of fruits, while In Bingham he. was glad to get a plain highball. i T. H. Quillen. j, When you look over the list of notables nota-bles from Bingham you will see in j'slarlng headlines the name of "Tommy" Quilltn as mayor of the camp as long as he wanted it.- Recently Re-cently Mr. Quillen,V-who is one of tbe oldest settler In the camp, has been mkaing his-headquartera in Salt Lake City on account of his health. He i has extensive interests here and was one of the first merchants to engage in business in the old reliable in 1879. Postmaster C. H. Roberts. As we count the beads of our recollection recol-lection chain wo find that over seven ! teen years ano C. H. Roberts became J postmaster of Bingham and has held this responsible position most of tbe time since that date. Mr. Roberts has re?rcd his family here and has accumulated accu-mulated quite extensive holdings in the great copper camp. Mr. Roberts has served as county rommhisoner of Salt Lake cou&ty and has always taken an active part in every movh; for the betterment of conditfons In thejeamp. f , Atha Williams. Another of the early settlers In the f.amp was Atha Williams, sometimes known .aa "The Pistol Kid.". Mr. Wil-and Wil-and waded through many a political Hams was a leader In political affairs battle in the days when fighting was bitter. But Williams usually carrier the day and while be is making his headquarters in the capital , city he has many financial interests in the camp and is now acting as chief deputy sheriff to Andrew Smith. Jerome Bourgard. Anion? those who came here M a very early date and took a prominent part in the pioneer work of developing the resources of these hills and built' lng a city was Jerome BourKard. Mr. Boursard has possibly done more thnn anyone else toward conservin? the springs and helping supply IHngbam with good water than any other settler set-tler in the old camp. 11 has raided. liU family here hud Imiit up extensive exten-sive interests in the great co;ijier be't |