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Show HOMER SEIP PASSES AWAY Former Forest Service Official Of-ficial Succumbs at Home in California J; Employes of ihe Ogden district of- ficos of the forest service were " shocked this morning to hear of the ' death of Homer A. Seta, at Rtver- bank, Cal., on Saturday last. Mr. Selp was formerly f Iscal. atfent 'I of tho forest service am i resided in Jj Rden fox l-l rears. He in siirvivcfl by ) I- vrlrv.v.- and i " i hlldren, i in SV.j 4 years of age. and Beth, 2 years of age. j Mi. Soip SQtered the forest service as a rlerk Jamnn 2'.'. 1908, and on J)ecember SO, 1901. was promoted to p', the deparment or accounts, where he served until October 2. 191S, when lid' he WBS again promoted to the position, c .,r district riscaJ scent On October :.; .'f 1120, he was again promoted, being if', given full Charge of the office of accounts and made fiscal agent of the district. District Korester Rutlege. in speak-1 ing of the work of Mr. Seip. said this forenoon. "He was an excellent man in every respect, of sterling character, Interested In Ihe furtherance of all things that made for the good of Ogden and his departure on October 2 to California, where he was fop .1 t go because of his health, was a dl- ,i tlnct loss to the service. While in I Ocdcn he made many friends that T, will be shocked to hear of his death." I Mr. &eip was prominent In church ' circles In Ogden, being1 superintendent 1 i of the Sunday school of the First i; Methodist church for olght years and S1 chairman of the official board up Jj until the time of his departure, v -i He was deeply interested in all i Chautauqua work and for B number of years was onp of the guarantors in Ogden of the Chautauqua. Funeral arrangements have not as yet been made. H' 1 Shortly after his arrival In Call- J) . fornla when his health had improved J he purchase,! a five-acre fig and chicken ranch at Riverbank. 1 I II.' was educated at the public schools of Kansas City, Mo., the 1 Kansas Stato Normal college at Em poria, Kan., tho Central Business college, at Sedalia, Mo., and studied ) advanced accounting at Ihe University , f of Utah. Ho taught school for four . ' years before entering the government I service He was a clerk In the navy ' department for six years before enter ing the forest service, making his I service with the government contlnu- ( It: ' ous for 20 years |