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Show DH. GORDON IS ! BURIED AT LA. Mrs. Gordon Writes Apprecia tion of Messages of Con clolence From Ogden Appreciation of messages of condol-eu.es condol-eu.es reaching them from Ogden, following fol-lowing the death of Dr. J. i?. Gordon. ; former Ogden physician, who died in Los Angeles, of injuries received when 'sti ii. I. i ' .in automobile truck, is con-: con-: lalned In a letter from Mrs. Kunlce LC. Gorden and Doroth Oontoh. re-cQlved re-cQlved by .The Standard -Examiner. , The letter follows: I .os Angeles, Jan. 20, 1921. Bdltor SI indard-lbcamlncr: "Wa arc in receipt of OO plea of the Paper containing notice and editorial I relative to Dr. Gordon's tragic death, ami ce want to assure you v. e arc very i grateful for your generous and cour- i irons mention of him and his life. "Wa wish to express ijur lender ap-preclation ap-preclation of iho many messages from our ' igden friends, wlilch have come and are still coming to us. We'll reach them personally some day. "Dr. tiordon had made his call on a ! new mother and babe and was endeavoring endeav-oring to board a street car when he I was so cruelly struck. Me did not regain re-gain consciousness, but slipped aws In about three hours after the accident. acci-dent. His injuries were a basal fracture frac-ture of the skull, a broken shoulder ' and a broken leg. The auto trucks have many victims in this city. Surrounded bv nianv friends, some old. of Canada, L'lah ami elsewhere, us well as many new ones, bore. c laid him away In beautiful Forest Lawn cemetery, the Masons ha lng the closing clos-ing words at tho gravo. The funeral services were held In the chapel 'f tho John It. Paul com-p.nn. com-p.nn. where I'rsnk Mcintosh a former i gden t,..,n. had i harge, aud Rev. Herbert Her-bert Itooth Smith of the Immanucl Presbyterian church officiated. Mrs. ;,ul Mills Dlmltt, a former fialt Lake Klrl, sang for u. Friends from near and far spoke their message in flowers, flow-ers, which were seen everywhere. "We placed his bodv here as we Intended In-tended to remain and It seemed the best. "Friends e;in find us a: 1126 West Sixth street. "Yours out of sorrow, MRS EUNICE C. GORDON. I 1J R 'THY GORDON. "Los Angeles, Cal, January 20. |