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Show E.H.RYAN I PASSES ON I Collapse Comes after Long Wrestle H With After Effects of H Pneumonia HH LEGAL ABILITY UNSURPASSED H 1 Hosts of Friends Unite to Mourn H Untimely Passing of a Noted H Scholar and Gentleman H A blow has fallen on Cedar City H and Iron county in the death, May H 16th, of Edmond Henry Ryan, H County Attorney of Iron County, H City Attorney of Cedar City and H special attorney for the Salt Lake H Route, Dixie Power Company, H Bank of Southern Utah, and other H industrial and mining companies of H Southern Utah. H During the month of February, H Mr. Ryan's health began failing to some extent, and soon afterwards H he contracted a severe case of. H pneumonia, from which he only ' ! partially recovered and from the H effects of which he finally died, af- H tcr one of. the most determined and patient struggles a man ever made H for life and health. ' H Mr. Ryan was born at Morctown, H Vermont, November 3rd, 1868, the M son of Edmond and Ellen (Leahy) ;H Ryan. In 1869 his parents moved toNorthficld Falls, where he at- H tended the village school and later ' the high school at Northficld. Sep- tcmbcr 13, 1888, he entered the M Norwich University, of Norwich, M Xcrmontvfrom4whicJUic1g ... .. .nH in 1892 as a civil engineer. In the B university he was a corporal, first sergeant, and captain of Company H A., assistant editor and manager of C the Reveille, the student paper, won M first prize in the Sheldon contest in 1889, and received honorable men- f 9M tion and Faculty Gold Medal in H 1892, besides being valedictorian of AH his class. fH From 1892 to 1895, he was as- 'M sistant engineer with the Locks & H Canals Company of Lowell, Mas- "H Caonals Company of Lowell, Mas- H sachusctts. In 1893 he began the H study of law while still with the above named company, in conncc- " tion with his work as an engineer, M and was soon afterwards admitted M to the bar. From 1895 to 1896 he H was engineer for the Denver and M Gulf R. R. and the South Platte -H Power & Irrigation Company, in M Colorado, in 1896 he moved to Utah M to assume the duties of engineer foi 1 the Blue Mountain Tunnel & Min- H ing Company. In 1896, he located H at Monticcllo, San Juan County, and began the practice of law. In f 1899. he was elected County at- ij tomcy and served to 1901, when he !H removed to Cedar City, where he H has resided ever since. In 1901 he H was married to Catherine Perkins .H of Monticcllo, Utah. Mrs. Ryan fl and their five children survive him. ,H Avey was born March 9, 1902, Ed- fl mond Benjamin, born Sept. 20, H 1906 . James Vermont, born Janu- H ary 21, 1910, Dixie Delia, born Feb- ' M ruary 4, 1912, Kathcryn, born July ". ( JM 1, 1915. B In 1902 he was appointed city H attorney of Cedar City, which he H held continuously under successive appointments until 190S. He was H also elected county attorney of Iron H county in 1902, holding likewise un- til 190S, when he gave up both city H and coilnty offices to take the posi- jjH tion of district attorney of the Fifth jH Judicial District of Utah. This 'iH position he held two terms, or to '' 1916. In 1904 he was made local . H attorney for the Salt Lake Route, H a little later for the Bank of South- HM em Utah, and other local institu- H tions. In 1916 the Democratic ;H landslide retired Mr. Ryan from of- ;H (Continued on page four) , W H HQND H. RYAN PffiS AWAY. (Continued from first page) x ficc of District Attorney. During all this time he had built up a large private practice, which took most of his time and energy. In 1920 he again accepted the position of county coun-ty atttorncy of Iron County and that of city attorney for Cedar City which he held at the time of his death. Leaders of his party were insistent insis-tent that he become a candidate for District Judge or the Fifth Judicial Ju-dicial District, but he always refused, refus-ed, as he preferred to practice. Probably the biggest case, with the most far reaching effects, was that of the Utah stockmen who questioned the constitutionality of the Arizona grazing tax of 50 cents per head on cattle and 25 cents per head on sheep. It was his privilege to learn that he had won this case, not many weeks before his passing Thousands of head of stock and I thousands of dollars were involved land the preparation of the argu- 1 ment against the tax required the .highest scholarship and the widest I research.' That the brief prepared oy iir. Kyan was a masterly treat-, ment of the question is proved by the fact that the Arizona Supreme Court in making its decision follow-1 ed his argument closely, quoting much of it word for word. I Men of Mr. Ryan's scholarship and attainments arc few and far between. be-tween. Only his health, which he was forced to guard carcfull5' always, kept him from attaining the highest legal standing, positions . and fame to be had in the West. x |
