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Show UTAH WILL PROBABLY HAVE OLDEST ELECTOR IN PERSON ORANGE SEELY Orange Seely ot C.istle lale. a pioneer pio-neer of UI7, wo a visitor at the state capltol yeslerdu). He was the guest of III nephew, William J. Seely, deputy dep-uty state auditor, uy 1'rldny's Salt Ijvke Tribune. Mr. Seely arrived In Salt Uike Vnl-ley Vnl-ley In September, 1X47. He was nominated nom-inated at the Ogdeti convention as it republican presidential eleitor. The fact that lie wim u pioneer of the curllcet vintage will not he Mr. Seel)' only claim to dlstlni tlon, should he become a tnemlcr of the clet tonil college to Vole for the next president or (he Pulled State. He villi loiiblle be the biggest man of the college, If not, ludied, the biggest mini ever lo have occupied such u poidlloii In the stale of Utah. He weigh two hundred anil seventy pound. Past 73 )eur of age, Mr. Seely Is Imle and ha an Interest In life, the uirgenes of which imrlake of his natural generous dimension. He said )ctcrday that though lie Is feeling feel-ing very well, he Is a little off In weight, having been up to three hundred hun-dred pound. "Will you go to Washington Willi Ihe report of the presidential electors If oti get u chain e?" Mr. Seely vviu asked. "Ye. Indeed. If there should be opportunity." op-portunity." he answered. "How would you like lo make the trip on horsebaik?' someone asked. "Well now-," Mild the man from Kmery county as he heaved his hulk up from the chair to a towering six feet nf stature. "I don't know that I would shirk that either, I lould do It If need be, and I wouldn't need nil) one to show me the trail either. If u good many year since I traveled buck pud forth by ox trnm between hern and the Missouri river, hut I made It enough time so that I may surely know the way." While Mr. Seely vvn sitting In the office of the state auditor a lean, lank man entered thn pline and eagerly shook him by the hand. The old gentleman remembered him when hi name vvn mentioned. Indeed he remembered re-membered him very well. He regaled those present with u elory nbout the lean one. "You see," explained Mr. Seely, "this young fellow wit ticketed to sleep with me once upon n time. He was a little bit of u shaver then. We were camped out unit wn were short or bidding, having to provide beds for women folk. Well, the kid vvn to turn In with me, hut he bulked. Said he was afraid that I would roll upon him In the night and mash him. "I gties hi Judgment was good at thai," concluded the genial giant after the laughter had subsided, "hut I can't see that It would have made much difference In liU appearance ir he had been masheil." And, Indeed, the younger man looked look-ed pathetically thin as compared to the tiuiMslve breadth and depth or chest that confronted him In the person per-son or his old though once drcuded friend. Mr. Keely, ufler whom the town of Oriingcvllle vvn mimed, has been Identified with the fortune or Kmery futility sluie Castle Valley wa colon-Ued colon-Ued more than thirty-five year ago by pioneer from Sanpete inunty. He has been actively Interested In the sheep and cattle Industry und ha lieen in live politically rir three generation. gen-eration. He Is still In the ring, hat, hoot and all. |