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Show GEO. E BLAIR LAID TO REST. Remains Brought to Logan, Lo-gan, Impressive service Many Warm Words Are Spoken By Friends. 1 fcj- T'ie icraalns of George E. Hlalr, j Jvho died in Salt Lake City lastThurs- day afternoon, were brought to Logan Saturday evening and conveyed to the home of Ids brother, J. M. Hlalr, where friends and relatives had the opportunity of viewing the deceased. , On Sunday at noon funeral services were held at the Tabernacle. A largo number of friends and relatives were present, and the expressions of love and affection weic many, while the testimony in regard to the deceased's high purpose In life, his Integrity for the faith, and his largeness of heart could not have been more earnest. Hlshop Thomas X. Smith presided over the service, which was opened with an anthem by the choir under the direction of I'rof. Alexander Lewis. Thomas Morgan offered prayer after which R. W. Sloan, one of the deceased's most intimate friends and associates in a business way told of George as he knew him a great big hearted, generous souled man of rctlnement and cultuic with thoughts, ideas and beliefs above that with which he was generally credited. Mr. Sloan felt that he knew the deceased de-ceased Intimately and was speaking 9 from a firsthand knowledge, lie had no word but pialse for his departed jj JD friend, and said that the world had 5 lost a man who had done much and 9 would have done more to make It bet" ter. ' John T. Calne, Jr., dwelt upon the &' deceased's belief In the gospel of the W ' Latter Day Saints and spoke woids of 1 consolation to the bereft wife and children. He counseled the children to follow in the footsteps of their fattier. Melvln J. Mallard sang "I Know That My Redeemer Lives." John K. Carlisle spoke of the deceased's de-ceased's ancestors, of their sterling qualities and how those qualities were manifested in the son George. He referred re-ferred to the father, Scth M. Hlalr, as one of the sturdy pioneers. In re- Ifercnco to the deceased lie told of the boy's early life, how he had acquired a fair education and no little polish through Ills own energy and disposition disposi-tion to" read and observe things around him. He told of George's boyhood boy-hood days in the Hammond book store, and how It was the disposition of the ' boy to shun bad company and devote himself to the Improvement of his mind. Mr. Carlisle spoke warmly of the deceased. Hlshop Thomas X. Smith closed the service by extending the sincere thanks of the family to those In the city and elsowhcro who had extended kindness, and thcic are many. The remains weic laid to rest in the wnxi Logan ccmctery,many friends being at 3 ' iJyVtiTe graveside. 1 A Sketch. i This following sketch of George E. 1 Klalr's llfo is written by a friend. H The deceased was in the 41st year of his age and was born In Weber county 1 of this state, ttic son of MaJ. Scth M. 1 Hlalr, one of the early and best known I of Utah lawycjs. What little school- log he received was obtained before he S was 15 years old. At that ago he went into tlio employ of ex-Secretary B of .State James T. Hammond, his m future brother-in-law, In Logan, where ho was engaged In the conduct R of a book store. Here as a youth ho applied himself assiduously to study ' nnd continued to do so until he be- came a well educated and polished I gentleman with very liberal Ideas and M a large conception of many of the problems of the day. A little later when Mr. ITammond was elected I county clork of Cache, George became B a deputy, and a very cfflclcnt one, a S position ho also held under W. W. M Maughan, Mr. Hammond's successor in olllce. That may be regarded as Ml Mf. Hlalr'scntranco Into politics. Stjui 'ITwii It ""I" 'n Logan ho met and mar-5j mar-5j Vrlcil Miss Nellie Thatcher, daughter fp of Georgu '.V. and Luna V. Thatcher. im grandaughter of Hrlgham Young. As H (Continued on Last I'ago ) i Geo. E. Biair at Rest, Conttnned from 1st page. jjffi" ' ' a icsult of that union there arc live p children, who with their widowed jK . mother, inouin the death of a fond r . nd Indulgent father. As already 'mm-' stated an aged mother Is also left be- y-?f hind as arc likewise. a brother, Jed M. MtJft Ulalr of Logan, and two sisters, tho Ksra .--- , . , , iHBv Jffij4MfcllW'lsHBBtav. HI1' r' bbB tjffi KLH Kr BiflM V) OKO. R. 1ILAIR. jjAw, wives of James T. Hammond of this IBS c'y an(' Edward Hansen of Cache IH& county. r Fifteen j cais ago Mr. Illalr came to 1 Salt Lake vvhcic he engaged variously I In politics, mining, real estate and t Insurance. He was one of the clerks 1 of tlie Utalu'ommisslon of territorial Mr days, and In 18! J the manager of the ' Salt Lake Herald, under the owner-ff owner-ff ship of It. 0. Chambers. Later ho was l deputy county clerk under 1). 0. Dun-WL Dun-WL bar. In politics he was nlvvajs u 'jM' stralght-out-from thc-shoulder Demo-m" Demo-m" ciat. Occaslunall) he gave attention B to diamatic work and was the manag- $ crof the "Corl.inton" company on Its H eastern venture He also had other K experiences along tills line and was W known us a man of ersatlllty, occasionsturning occa-sionsturning his attention to lltcr- atuic. Ho was a good puhllc speaker 2 and had many fi lends who were f staunch and ti uc to him. |
