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Show RUDGER CLAWSOX Appointed Setond Counselor to President Snow Anrwtle Rudsrer Clawson. who was named yesterday at the general gen-eral conference as the third member mem-ber of the first presidency, has been aptly described by his biog. : vspher as "a subject ofconsid-' ' erable interest irt the co mmunity j jof Kaints and elsewhere, I on account of being c onspicuously 'connected with circumstances of '.public prominence." ! He was born in Salt Lake city ;-T.,..,.h 1-1-Ci7 (mnk'mEf him 41 years of age) and is the son of ; I Bishop H. B. Clawson and Mar- ! ' garet Clawson. His early school: idivs were pi?:l under the late Dr. Karl G. Maeser in the twentieth ward school, and sub-, j sequently he went through the j University of Deseret under the j late Dr. John R Pa.'k , At age of 22, in 179, he was called upcnva mission to the sou- ; A ix. trai flnrinB-l UieiU MCt IT!?, CIHV - ---!- I this mission that the first event which contributed toward estab- j lishins: his reputation as one of 1 most "fearless and interesting fiuies ii the Mor.non church I transpired. FAle:- C! rvjo is do j- ! est associate in the i:r.jsioiiary , field was Josph Standing, who was murdered by the mob in Georgia. Geor-gia. Elder Clawson was traveling with him at the time and witness- ea tne iea.ri.ui uku, escaping thejaerisJri; fast-. . Elder Clawsun vas to? first j ' man arrested under the Edmunds Tucker law for polygamy and J 1 unlawful cohabitation. On Oct. 20. lOOi, lie "13 w"'-- sentenced to imprisonment for three' years and six mdnths and to pay a tine of 800. ; For a time Elder Clawson was ; Icorresno.iding secretary for Z j C. M. L and at one time he was j connected with Spencer Claw-1 ' son dry goods house. In 1. , which was after his experience in the penitentiary, he was j called to take the presidency or I Box Elder sta: e i nd he wa still ia resident of Brigham City when I he was- made & member of the i apostles quorum, which was Oct. ii and tlip Aa.v nnon which Lorenzo Snow assumed the reins of government in the church. Herald, Tuesday. ' ! |