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Show NEWSPAPER MAN ENDS HIS WORK Thomas Daniel Wright, aged flfty-ono, flfty-ono, well known as a newspaper man in Ogdon, Salt Lake and 'the Intor-mountnln Intor-mountnln region, died at 5 o'clock yesterday morning at 2073 Quiucy avenue of dlabotoa Mr Wright had been sick for a number of monthd following a period of poor health extending ex-tending over several years. The funeial will be held at 2 p m., Tuesday Tues-day at the LlndqulBt funeral chapel. The Woodmen of tho World will have charge of the services Interment lu Ogden City cemetery Thomas D. Wright was a native of Rochester, N. Y., where his father was a prosperous farmer When fourteen years of age he came west to Waterloo, Water-loo, Iowa, where he learned the printing print-ing business of his uncle, who conducted con-ducted a newspaper in that city. Thirty years ago Mr Wright went to Deer Lodge, Mont , ascending the Missouri river by boat as far as Foit Benton, and engaging In tho news paper business. He owned and was editor of the old "River Press" of Fort Benton, Mont, for a number of years a paper closely identified with the early, days of Montana and widely circulated at the time as a "typical "wild weBt sheot " Mr. Wright wa6 afterwaid editor of the Groat Falls Tribune at Great Falls the MIssoullan at Missoula and city editor of the Butie Miner and tho Anaconda Ana-conda Standard. Going to Salt Lake, Mr Wright waB city editor of the Tribune for some time, and then went to Ryhollte, Nev , where he, engaged in mining From Rhyollte, Mr. Wright returned to Utah and was employed on the Standard for a year or more before his falling health compelled him to cease work of any kind. In 1906 Mr Wrlgut was married to Anna N Harris of Chicago, who survives sur-vives him Mrs Wright lb matron of the Sbato School for the Deaf. Mr Wright had a host of friends In this city and Salt Lake, who -will regret to learn of his paaulng away. nn |