Show MAN OFF CLIFF TO DEATH washington dec 17 chester alee alec theyne 37 world war veteran was wag killed suddenly wed when he slipped from a ledge and fell feet in the ill hills 1 Is seven tallies north of here thayne in company with wllliam miller frank haten levi nellson neilson and len jolley had been riding the range on washington flat near nellson neilson springs about 10 miles north of washington the group had stopped to warm themselves thee alves around a lire fire and thayne was standing looking down into a jagged canyon when he slipped on the ice and tell fell to hla his death the back bach of his head was waa crushed in by a sharp rock and one leg was broken in the tall fall he was born in washington the son of alexander and julia crawford thayne and lived nearly all his life in washington lie he spent two years in idaho and two years in the world war he suffered injuries and was wap treated in the veterans hospital at denver deliver funeral services were vere held h eld sat arday under the direction ot of the ward bishopric in the waru o oscap and in torment interment was in washington cemetery surviving are his father and the following brothers and sisters thelma lurker hutchinson xan kan mrs airs florence hunt and mrs airs coulso darker barker and roland george and edwad thayne of tos los T os angeles |