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Show I WILLIAM DODDS I DROWNED. Mads Foolhardy Attempt to Cross Reservoir. H Pell From Horse and Sank Immedl- H ately Was Forest Ranger jfl on Duty. fl (Speolal oorroapoodonoo) Hj Parowan, Mny 10. m "My call," BRld Mrs. Wm. Dodde, fl aa, Sunday ovooiug about 4 o'olook. fl when about to leave tbo borne, tbo 9 .phone, wblob had only been In ber fl homo for a abort time, and sho was not yet familiar with the rings, gave fl ooutral ring. Ratraolng ber stops 9 abo aald: "He oatd he would call me M at 11, and now It la late " Full of 9 anticipation and anxiety ah liatuned 9 and hor ber caught tbo words (wbicb, though not sent to her, couournod B.- her more than any other living por eon,): "Will Dodda ia drowuod." Putting down the roooivor eho took 9 her littlo onea and went ovor to Mrs. 9 S. A. Lowder'a and told hor wbat 9 ahe had beard, Mrs. Lowder trying 9 to comfort hor, told hor eho must 9 have been mistaken. She culled 9 central and the answer came baok : 9 "Vos, Will Oodda la drowned.' The poor mother and children wore 9 gtriokon with griof. Tbo two chli- 9 dren oried themselves to sleep, but 9 them was no auob refngo for tbo 9 mother. All night f he talked or her 9 husband, and it waa only by tbe por- 9 auaalnn of ber friends that she waa 9 . kept from going tn Panguitoh that 9 night Early next morning tbo sher- 9 lif diovo tbo grieving family towarda 9 Panguitoh. They were met on tbe 9 vray hy her father and mother, who 9 had driven out to moot them. 9 Tbo particulars of tbe aad event jfl are a9 follows: Saturday morning 9 Mr. Dodds and aomo others of Poro- 9 wan left for tbe forest Reaervo at 9 Blue spring, below wblob the govern- 9 ment baa formod a reaervolr, wblob 9 ia used as a 09b batohory. Tbe rea 9 ervoir is about a mile and n halt wide 9 and about six feet deep noar tbe con- 9 ter. It was here tbo boys got to dar Jfl ing. Joo Benson having gone on tbo m othor eido of tbe water, Dodds took H the saddle otf his bnrae and jumping jH on, startod Into tbe wrter. When m noar tbo canter Dodds fell from his jB horse and no more waa seen of bim. m Tbo borso, however, came out safely H on tbo other sido. 'jfl All nigbt flrefl were kept alight on jm the bunk, drags were made and men H worked faithfully, but thoir efforts H were unrewarded until 9 o'clock B Monday morning wbeu thoy found jB biB body. M It 1h uot known how Dodds came j to fall from his horse. lie has been jH in tbe forest serrioo for moro than m two yoars and was well liked by all H tbo laagers, and was considered tbe H best rider on the reservo Ho and jB his family bad lived a short time in M Parowan, and wore liked by all. H Prom all rumors the event adds an- other to that iuunmerablo column, B which ia tbe result of fool-bardlness; H another heart-broken wife, another B fatherless borne, moro orphan ohild- H 'H The funornl forvtoa ware hald at ,B PanguUcb this aftarsosu. |