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Show and was mayor for two terms, from 1903 to- 1907. While mayor of Logan he initiated the movement that resulted in the formation of the present League of Utah Municipalities, and served as the first president of the league. In 1909 Principal Robinson was elected to the House of Representatives of the Utah State Legislature as one of the three representatives from Cache county and he was chosen speaker of the house by that body. He served in this capacity capa-city for two terms.-. From 1918 to 1920, Pnncipal Robinson was principal of the Park City High Sshool. While serving in that capacity he was elected mayor of Park City. From Park City he came to Jordan High School as princi-pal.which princi-pal.which position he held at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Ray Holdaway Robinson; a son, David Earl Robinson of Logan and the following fol-lowing brothers andsisters : Theodore Robinson of Salt Lake City; Lois Robinson Christen-sen, Christen-sen, of Portland, Oregon; Jennie Jen-nie Robinson Greenwood, 01 American Fork; Hazel Robinson Milner, of Salt Lake City ; anu Reeve Robinson Daly, of St. Anthony, An-thony, Idaho. Funeral services will be held Sunday, April 13th, at 12 o'clock at the Jordan High School building. Interment wilJ oe at Logan cemetery, Monday, April 14th, at 12 o'clock from the Lindquist Undertaking porlors. DEATH OF PRINCIPAL E. W. ROBINSON Edward William Robinson, principal of the Jordan High School, well known in educational educa-tional circles throughout Utah, and twice speaker of the House of Representatives of the Utah State Legislature, died at his home in Sandy Thursday, morning morn-ing at 10 o'clock. Principal Robinson was born in American Fork, Utah county, Utah, on July 10, 1867, the sor. of Edward Robinson and Sarah Harrington Robinson. He re ceived his early education at the Brigham Young Academy at Provo and later studied law at the University of Michigan, following fol-lowing which he was admitted to the Utah bar. After filling a mission for the Latter Day Saints church in Germany and Turkey from 1803 to 1806, Principal Prin-cipal Robinson accepted a position posi-tion on the faculty of the A-'tali Agricultural College, at Logan, where he taught for twelve years When he left that institution he was professor of political science. While at Logan Principal Robinson Rob-inson became interested in jh1-itics. jh1-itics. He was elected president of the Logan City Council on the Republican ticket in 1901, |