Show WHO IN ROOSEVELT EZRA BURTON quiet closemouthed close mouthed ezra bur iton ton have a great deal to say when I 1 dropped in on him yesterday morning and plead with him to give me a few facts about himself well lie be said in ills his courteous couite ous straight forward manner 1 I dont get gel around a lot and im not particularly interested te in public affairs so a J dont believe im the man you want but I 1 knew just as everybody else knows that although ez much seen and even less heard hla his wisdom and ethical judgment is much sought after and highly valued I 1 wanted to hear what tie lie had to say just as all the people who know him are arc anxious to hear his few brief remarks mr air burton comes canies from an early ifa family nilly of uintah basin pioneer cattle people who settled on the ranges below the dinosaur quarry and above jensen in uin tali tal county here he was born in 1886 this family of buttons britons owned large ranches and herds of cattle and ez spent his youth with his father riding the ranges and rounding up cattle a vigorous healthy stimulating life he attended the public schools in vernal and later became enrolled in all halls military academy in salt lake city ile he studied there for five years completing a very thorough business course under the strict disciplinary measures of 0 a military institution after completing his schooling he returned to the ranch and there with his father went into the eattle cattle busl business ness but ez ei had bad spent five long years learning the ins and outs or of buying selling mer and managing ile hei wanted to use his knowledge to better advantage than riding the ranges and rounding up cattle soon after his marriage in 1910 to maud sprouse daughter of 0 another old pioneer family of ashley valley he came to roosevelt lie ile left his fathers father s ranch and started out penniless to malt make a business for himself ile he jobbed bobbed around tor for about a year and then was employed by the consolidated wagon machine company where he worked for two years from there lie he j went to Ash tons that was in in june of 1918 and he has been I 1 I 1 there since watching managing and helping the store grow fion a small room out of which were sold a few pots and paris pans and dr dry continued on last page chos who in roosevelt continued from page one goods products to the great film that is today ez Is ia an interesting figure lie ile never pushes himself very iauch and tie be never opens hi his mouth unless he has something to say perhaps that is why what ho he does docs say isay Is valued and respected his polite manner and courteous way have won him many friends and customers who like to talk to ez ei when they go into the store lz ez has served on the city council two terms and has been a director of the commercial club on and off for many years he has a always ways been an enthusiastic sponsor 3 of all fish and game club activities to look at burtons bartons Bur tons home one ona would woul think that es hobby was flowers but no he tells me the beautiful beautiful ful gardens around our house are all the work ri ot I 1 mrs airs burton I 1 have no nothing thing to do with them my great love lb la fishing and I 1 claim the title or the best fisherman in the basin theres nothing ez loves bettor better than a weekend week end in his cabin in the with plenty of fish to catch in the streams and plenty of 0 fah to cat mr air burton has been in roosevelt a long time and has bas been in business here for many years and he speaks authoritatively when he says this Is ia the center of the finest section of the state and it wont be many years before ev here and outside will realize it moon lake will supply the water to irrigate some of the best soil in the state and if the bustness business ness men of roosevelt and the nearby towns will get together and put over serrill storage reservoirs and good roads this country will develop over night might |