Show nn Alex Alx To once Noted Western Figure Dead I ONCE PRIVATE I IN JOHNSTONS JOHNSTON'S I FAMOUS ARMY Pioneer Mining and Stock StockMan StockMan StockMan I Man Had Ead Life of I Interest I AUTHOR OF OP BOOK I II nuns Away Aged ged 10 When Father Punishes I 1 HimI Him I I II I Alex 84 14 years of age pIoneer miner and livestock man and on one O of the tr best known charac- charac tees tel'S of ot the early western days died esterday morning at his home 2122 Adams avenue after an illness Inness of many weeks Death came from general debility I I l U I services Ices will ivill be held afternoon at 2 o'clock the Masonic Maso l temple The Th Rev IJ lJ W Y H lop will conduct the sect sect- lice lice sen-lice IcE The Thc body may be bo viewed lt at atthe atthe the family Camily home from Tuesday noon until Wednesday noon Inter Inter- Intermont Interment ment mont will h be In th the city cemetery un bin r BOOK I I The death of Mr 11 marks tho oC a man who Baa as Iden trIed In many historical activities of ot the tho west and the settling of I man of oC the tho western states Dur- Dur DurIng ln lug Ing hi his many years of oC pioneering ho accumulated a a wealth of or In- In information In Information formation and hia his unusual memory aided In his writing a book which Is Isso so n to be published by bv Mr Mrs His IDs manuscript was 9 ss corn com completed before his Ills d ath and In in- in intensely In Intensely tensely interesting In as much as It abounds In western historical In- In Information information in information formation and is replete with cita- cita cita citations lIOns of many experiences of the tho early days ot of dangers dancers and suffer suffer- sufferIngs sufferings ings lags Mrs Mra who Is said sold to be betho bethe bethe the tho second white whito child born boTn ill hI Utah has the tho manuscript and Is preparing it for publication It promises to bo ho one of the best western books e eer er BORN nORY I IV PR IR NCE I Mr IIII was wu born In France and cime to America m t his parents in l settling near Buffalo N Y When hen hen 10 years of ago he ran away after acter a whipping from his father and began becan a 0 career which brought and thrill Ith each ench sine pa-sine day clay His 1 t to 0 brothers were killed In inthe inthe the tho Civil war After Acter years of roughing it in bias blu- bluIng ine blaz-ine ins Ing trails and freighting In the middle west Mr In 1855 I aided In building the first fIrt overland stage lino IIno from the Mississippi rh riser er erto I to California erI I JOINS JOLlS lie II then joined Johnstons Johnston's army I and entered Utah in iii May 1858 and I took part in the activities which followed He recalls recall the blockIng or of I Ucho Deho canon canion cam on by the th Mormons to prevent the tho invasion In some somo of ot the toI I battlements which still till remain He remained in Utah following Ills his discharge dl chare and herded cattle In Bingham can canon on and near Salt Lake In his hia history ho tells of the boom days das da in Salt Lake Coli following owing He lie married Katherine Natherine Beach Cullen Cohen In CorInne Corinn December 10 1810 She was born horn in Salt Lako the tho second white whito child in the tho state Mr air later engaged en aged in the cattle mining and sheep business and acquired hugo hu-e tracts ot of land near Corinne LY L Y RS 1 MASON MASO roe For the last 22 ears ars he has ha spent most of his time durIng the sum sum- summers summers summers mers In Star alley where he had acquired water ater rights from Crom tho Gra s rh er and was forming mine a alaree large Irritation project His work was not cO at the time timo f Of bl Chis hIs death He was a 11 member of the MasonIc lodge for 54 ears ear and held many offices at times time He H Is survived sur by his hi widow dow and andone ono one sister Julia Lo Leo Hull of liar Hal Har I |