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Show PIOIEEil OF UTAH PASSES ffi Salt Ivike, Aup. IS. John McDon-old. McDon-old. sr., a resident of Salt Ivike City since 1819, and one of the best known men in the state died at 10:15 o'clock this morning at his summer home in Ihe southeastern part of thf city, from old ape and general debility. debil-ity. At the time or his death Mr. McDonald was In his eighty-first year, having been born April 11, l$3u. He ii"d surrounded by his family and tiiends, having lived to a ripe old age and iu the full consciousness of a life veil spent in promoting tho welfure cf his family and friends, his city and state, his Church and of humanity human-ity in peneral. In all his years John McDonald was an actlv? pplrlt and did much In the way of assisting In the material I regress of the city and state of his choke, lie was a cabinet maker by tiade, and in the early days he man-uiurturcd man-uiurturcd cofllns and household furniture fur-niture for many prominent residents of the state. On the advice of Presi-o.-nt Bripham Young, ho entered Into the manufacturing business and manufactured man-ufactured candy, crackers and arctic water, his goods llndin? a ready market. mar-ket. He became an extensive property prop-erty owner in this city and was Identified Iden-tified for many yours with Ihe busi-i:eps busi-i:eps progress of the city. Ills son, James O. McDonald, took up tho business busi-ness and Is now the heud of perhaps the largest randy, cocoa and chocolate choco-late manufactories of the west. |