Show state senator thomas W odonnell in writing of senator thos W odonnell representing the two uintah basin counties the salt lake tribune in its 0 of f chos who in he utah legislature has the following to say senator odonnell has been soldier and newspaper editor he is now a lawyer and his friends insist that he Is among the best in the state though he never yet has been persuaded to come to salt lake which is by way of being the legal center of utah for various reasons senator odonnell was born near longmont Long mont colorado also on a farm he received his secondary education at the denver high schools and elds holds an A B degree from regis college following graduation he served tor for five years in the office of I 1 N stevens district attorney tto aney at nenver denver and WAS admitted to the bar in his native state in 1896 at the outbreak of the spanish american wr he volunteered and served as a private he was in the second volunteer U S cavalry an organization which won recognition under the name it if lorrens lor reys rough riders and several utah men of prominence as it happened served with the same organization forming I 1 troop john Q cannon of this state was lieutenant colonel of 0 the regiment senator odonnell came to vernal in 1900 and has since resided there during the world war he was a member of the uintah county council of defense and chairman of the legal advisory board he has been at all times active in his profession and is a member of the utah and the ilia american america bar association he iwas was county attorney for two terms and city attorney for eight or nine years he has an un u usually large private law libraty library he has also been active in various business enterprises he is counsel tor for the barber asphalt company and its subsidiary the uintah railway company and tor for various banks bank he is director and vice president presiding dint of the uintah telephone company the vernal milling and light company the ashley cooperative mercantile institution and the ashley coop co op company he Is a member of provo lodge benevolent and protective order of elks |