Show FORMER U Ua A AI C c. c PRESIDENT DIES Dr Joseph M. M Tanner to toBe toBe toBe Be Buried Thursday in ill Salt Sal Lake Funeral services for Dr Joseph Marlon Marion Tanner former president of the Utah Agricultural college and widely known church educator will willbe willbe willbe be held tomorrow afternoon commencing commencing com corn at ot 2 o'clock In the Forest ForestDale ForestDale ForestDale Dale ward meeting house In Salt Lake Dr Tanner died August 19 In Leth- Leth Lethbridge Lethbridge bridge Alberta BORN nORN IN rAYSON PAYSON Dr Joseph Marlon Marion Tanner was born March 26 20 1859 In let Payson Utah the son of Myron Tanner a member of the famous Mormon Monnon Battalion of the Mexican war and later served for many years as bishop at Provo Prove Utah He lie was one oree of or the first students to attend the Brigham Young uni- uni at Provo and later taught a number of jears ears cars In the Institution For three years he was was president of the Brigham Young college at Logan Utah which position he resigned to study law He was afterward president president president dent of ot the Utah Agricultural col eel lege Ieee TAUGHT JARDINE E While occupying this position he had for students among many man others William M M. Jardine now secretary of agriculture In the theU the U U. S. S government go and Dr John A. A an Apostle In the Mormon church and world re renowned re- re renowned as an authority on irrigation and dry farming who recently In the employ of the Alberta government go prescribed the methods adopted ado ted by bythe bythe bythe the government which Is putting the Lethbridge Northern on a a. safe and sound financial basis Dr Tanner was a graduate of IV Tr- Tr yard vard university and borrowed money to send Isis his student Widtsoe to the same place where he later graduated with honors Dr Tanner and Francis M. M Lyman Jr were the first Mormon mission mission- missionaries missionarIes missionaries aries to be sent to Turkey and ond they afterwards visited the Holy Land and circumscribed clr the globe WROTE FOr FOK TRESS PRESS He also spent several years ears In Tur Tur- Turkey key hay Ic Germany and other European countries as special correspondent for forthe forthe forthe the the New York Sun and while there familiarized himself with European conditions which furnished him texts for many Interesting lectures during the World war ar While acting as ape ape- special specIal cial correspondent he came in ln per per- personal personal personal contact with many European notables such as Bismarck Queen Victoria and others He acted for a number of years yer-rs as superintendent of the church schools throughout the church and assistant to the general superintendent of Sun Sun- Sunday Sunday Sunday day schools In this capacity he traveled extensively through the stakes of church from Mexico to Can Can- Canada ada CHURCH CHUnCH AUTHOR As an author he wrote several texts used by the church auxiliaries In his younger days he had no peer in the west as an orator educator and writer but the past seven years ears he has been In a aery very ery bad state stat of health due to two attacks of partial paralysis which affected his wonderful Intel intel- Intellect intellect intellect lect to the extent that he was unable to read and his memory failed him His Ills remains will be shipped to Salt Lake City to be Interred there where he has many friends and relatives He was the father of a large and respect respect- respected ed family One of his sons Is a ape ape- special special cial secretary to Senator Smoot in Washington |