Show COL GOL GEORGE F F. F 1 TIMMS k IS GALLED BY DEATH Pioneer of h Basin Succumbs at Roos Was Roosevelt Vas elt elt Was Resident of ot Uintah h Basin asin for Eighteen Years 1 Colonel George F. F Timms died In his room a Roosevelt last Monday k night almost suddenly Just a few I minutes before he complained of not feeling well and sat down to rest He knew he w was s going because he I r said goodbye to those near him and rp went to sleep Although In his usual health Col Cot I Timms must have felt for weeks that the end was near To My Myton ton friends who who visited vIsited him h he e talked of death and declared he was was waiting for ItIn It y In fact he as ready to welcome its It s 's His work here was finished he had lived a good life Ufe he had kept the G faith What more was here for him Y r He considered My Myton ton his home and his frequent expressed wish was that his body rest In Myton cemetery I s would l like ke to sleep and rest Tie lIe said In the same cemetery with my old friends Haydon Calvert and Judge Jude Frost The bod body is here now and they are waiting to hear from I Charles Timms of Washington City i the colonels colonel's only son It may be that Charles will want ant to take his 1 r- r father back to Washington and bury him by the side of Mrs Timms who t died several years ago r Eighteen years ago Col Timms came here to prospect for precious I. I metals metals' and before he got through through he be r was familiar with mountain and lI valley gorge and gulch peak and spire from the to the Uin- Uin and from Rangely to the Wa- Wa satch He finally found what he thought was a rich copper deposit near Ouray and for years he has spent thousands of dollars developing develop develop- ing It To date It has not paid but It Is believed money will yet b be made out of it For some some tI time e now z t the colonel has not been In active control Col Beusse and associates of ot Georgia and Utah are now nw In control con ton v At the last election by stockholders stockholders stockholders stock stock- i holders Col Timms was made vice vice- i president I He was an old fashioned southern I gentleman As far as w we know he heno her r had no enemies We never heard II r Continued on Last Page u COI COLONEL GEO F. F TRIMS From Page Pago One that he lie gave offense to any anyone one He little children and many a boy I and girl of Myton 1 and Roosevelt will i miss his gifts and his kindly smile About 83 years ago George F F. Timms was born In Washington D.C. D D. D.C. C. C and as stated above above stated he came here 18 years ago When hen his wife died he the had bad left only his son Charles who has long held a responsible position in the war department When the civil war broke out Colonel Timms enlisted in the Confederate rate arm army The title of colonel was not given glyen for services in the civil war but in the national guard He lIe was a Christian but to what church he ho belonged wedo we wedo wedo do not know kno While In My Myton ton he was a worshiper at the Presbyterian an church As we go to press a wire comes from Charles at Washington asking th that t his fathers father's wish to be burled in My Myton ton be bo gratified The funeral funera will be In the Presbyterian Lurch hurch tomorrow afternoon at 3 i |