Show U h S first F 1 s G governor V P paid a id final inal tribute church cure i and ad state pait pit tribute tu tuesday day aft afternoon ro to heber jeb M wells 11 ll U tall alist governor g arii i at Impre impressive mp I 1 ci sive v run funeral c 1 services service in th the eighteenth L D S ward aid c chapel h a el salt lake lahe sir air wells diet died saturday speakers who eulogized the leaders career of service to his state and church were governor henry H blood president heb cr J grant of the L D S church and don B colton former congressman from utah mr wells was elected governor or of utah in 1895 assuming the responsibilities as head of the state government when 36 years year of age the change from territorial to state government incident nt to his inauguration january 6 1896 brought a multitude of duties which he discharged with brilliancy and fairness at the close of his first five years as governor gov einor he was reelected for a second term of four years one of the features of his first administration was his fight for conservation of natural resources and birin tion he was largely instrumental in establishment li lish ment of a national forest in sevier and wayne counties he held many prominent church civic and business positions after retiring as governor he was 78 years of age |