Show RICHFIELD RICI IFIELD SELLS dr M markus owner and editor of the richfield reaper has sold his interests and will retire from active mr markus beclar ed his intention so to do to the ed aitor of the chronicle several months ago he has ben active Is reaching that time ot of life when ease and a pipe by the hearth Is more enjoyable than bother and fuss and be sides he has earned retirement the pur la Is jos L ashbury of sierra madre cal dr markus received the degree of doctor of philosophy from the hersity of vienna he began first thinking to be a t lawyer did not like it switched ched to 1 physician but a penchant tor for languages found its ex prea sion in the control of his life and he majored in languages took his ph D degree and launched out nto into the journalistic field soon corn com ing ng to the united states where he worked for a time at cincinnati at D C i he earned more nights than his full salary as city manager of a dally daily in translating abstruse scientific documents in ger man into tor for the johns hop kins he ile came west located in the ba sin and then in richfield while editor of the richfield reaper he won a certificate for having conduct ed the best and most helpful paper to the interests of his community that tear ear this a ae framed and hung prominently in his office as a con stant admonition never to deviate from the high principal inculcated by the sentiments sentiment therein expressed his ills paper had more weight than possibly any other country newspaper new saper in the state of utah te the deeply admires a dr markus and hopes he gets that rest which this opportunity will make possible for him and that he may always know the place which he won in the minds of bis his brethren in his chosen field this is penned |