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Show STATE MOURNS FOR NELSON There is scarcely a town or hamlet in the State of Utah where regret is not sincerely felt over the death at Salt Lake City last week of State Superintendent Superin-tendent of Public Instruction, A. C. Nelson. There are few, if any, residents of the state who take an interest in public affairsi and particularly educational educa-tional matters, to whom the deceased de-ceased was not personally known, to know was to love and admire him. jf For long years a suffer from Cancer, he time and a&ajn suu. mitted to the surg Knjfe in Sa$&rt J&eck the progress pro-gress of the u'Gad disease, buf finally fell a victim, though he pever gavo up the fight or flinched from the performance of his duties. Death came only a few days after his return from a trying trip over the roads to St. George, whero he attended the Washington County Teacher's Teach-er's Institute. A less courageous courage-ous man would have shrunk from the performance of so arduous ard-uous a task in his weakened condition, con-dition, but duty was ever the watchword with tho departed educator, and ho undertook the trip without flinching. To A. C. Nelson Utah owes much of its excellent educational educa-tional system." Especially are the primary and secondary schools indebted to his conception concep-tion and generalship. A native of Utah, born in San Peto county, Professor Nelson' f will go down on history's pqge as one of our most successful and enterprising citizens, his memory continuing to live! and endure among an appreciative commonwealth. |