Show FORMER MYTON MAN DEAD IN SALT LAKE LAKEs s II u G G. G c Succumbs After General Break Brenk Down Which Followed Sleeping Sickness Sickness Was Was Pioneer Pioneer Pio Pio- neer Business Man Inn ManA InnA A announced announced the death of H. H G. G Clarke In Salt Lake on Tuesday afternoon It was not al altogether altogether altogether al- al together unexpected as Mr Clarke has been rapidly falling failing since he was stricken in the Cullen hotel several months ago with what seemed to be sleeping sickness For more than 60 50 hours he slept Twice since that time he was stricken In the spring sprin of 1894 Just after the Worlds World's fair In Chicago Clarke came to the Indian reservation His IUs uncle Col Randlett was agent and he was given a job as clerk at Ouray J Prior to that time he ho had been in the I 1 U. U S. S army cavalry cavall lIe He saw much service fighting Indians In various various various va va- va- va rious parts of the west He was at atthe atthe atthe the the famous battle of Wounded Knee After Arter he quit his job as clerk at Ouray Oura his career here bere was checkered About the time of or the opening of the reservation he was chief of the Indian In- In dlan dian police at He was the first white business man in MYton Myton My- My ton tan then called Duchesne Bridge j He conducted an Indian trading k h store and was at t one time associated with W W. S. S He Henderson derson now of Ver Ver- nal Henderson who hailed from QUincy Ill was a tubercular Clarke induced him to come out Continued on Page Four I I I I i I II n. G. G CL LIKE DEAD From Page One here declaring that this salubrious climate would destroy the tho tubercular germ It did Clarke sold out his business to Haydon Calvert and for a number of years was In the reale tate business At one time he was justice of tho the peace For a year or so he was engaged en engaged engaged en- en in the horse business with George II IL Mulvey and they shipped out hundreds of Indian ponies For about two years ears In the early days das he ho was in the hotel business in Price In 1909 he acquired a ranch on but soon disposed of It Itan an and came camo back to Myton Iton Around 1915 he was in the and hotel hot business on E B street In 1916 G GI Ghe he ho was town marshal One night he corral cd a pony belonging to a ai harness maker by the name o of Wil Wil- The harness maker got drunk and decided ho he would cut down the corral Clarke attempted to arrest the drunken man who threatened the officer with the axe Clarke killed the man He was ac acquitted acquitted acquitted ac- ac quitted on the grounds of self sel de de- de tense Two years ears ago the family moved to Salt Lal Lake e. e They went to Price and conducted the Tavern Tavern hotel but the work was not satisfactory and they moved back to Salt Lake In 1894 1394 Hartford G. G Clarke and Miss Pearl Calvert a daughter of ot otI Haydon Hadon Calvert were married There are two children Calvert Is 24 and Hanna is 17 Deceased was 62 52 years old and was born horn In South Sonth Carolina He is survived by the tho wife wire and children and by two sisters one In New Now York and one In In Boston Doston The remains will be burled buried In Salt Lake r o 0 |