Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-20

! bo was rtlsrd ur, al,horgh for yean
after the efItcla Of the diitase caustd
him much suffering, and II Is not
certain that the cause Of tue recent
slckuoss did not have Its Inception ia
the earlier illnoss.
Brother Cannon had extraordinary
qualifications for business manage
ment, AMI conducted with sue
GEES many enterprises undertaken
under adverse circumstances. IL ie
uu,abIe In his career that all the
enterprises with which ho was c5u-
ntcttd were for tho Advancement O.
Utah and her people, and OF those
associated with them. Ia 1889, when
twenty-thTco yoirs Of age, he nisumCd
business control OF tho Juvenile La
siruc, ana associate publications. Je'
velopiug what was small printing
Ufiics iuto one OF the foremost publish.
ing houses Of the West During his
control there, which lasted until bic
death, large number Of publications
has been Issued under bis direction;
, aud while ho laid no claims to great
literary geniue, between his other
duties, onorous OF Themselves, he
found time to write vast number Of
articles for publication, aud which
have been read with interest by many
thousands. The amount OF his LABOR h.
this llue canno, TO computed.
In October, 1892, 10 connection viii
his brother, John q. Cannon, lao loos
hold Of the DEsEREr NEWS, iorming
the publishing company which no"
conducts this establishmsni, aud a.
tumiug tho busiaots management
thereof which no conducted until a
short tine ago, whom otbcr duties
called him away. I'tno year 1892 hv
also became the editor and publisher Of
The Con,riJut3f, continuing In that
relation up to date.
OF his other business ventures, there
arc so many that there 10 room here
for but passing mention there.
Of Ho was the moving spirit
In tho Salt Lake and Pacific aud the
Utah anu Caliiornla railways, that
great enterprise which was 10 connect
Salt Like CITY with southern Califor.
mia and to build a llne into the Deep
Creek country, and which Is eiill I'M
der way. A few months ego ho was
elected director, vice president anu
assistant manager Of tho Bulllon-Beok
mining company. lilo was u director anj
one Of the organizers Of the State Bank
Of Utah; director Of the Utah Loan
anu Trust company,Ogdor; director In
Il. q, NJ. l.; vicg.prtsiieu. Of George
q. Cannon & Sons compauy; director
In the Cooperative Furniture CON.
papy; fist vice president OF the Cham.
ter OF Commerce; the owner OF pros.
porous book ami stationery business In
Ogden; ho hal also been an active
promoter 10 canal and irrigation com.
pany enterprise.
In the vast amount Of labor which
he performed, anu In which lie never
Seemed to tire, II mly DO said that dur.
Ing the past twen,y years he has nc.
com llshed much more than many
truly active, energetic men have been
able 10 do In double that period VI
time.
On Sunday morning, when the
spirit o; Brother Cannon took It's
flight from the mortal body, It was
without any apparent pain, aud there
cams the peace OF u calm slumber.
The brave and gentle soul which had
inhabited the beautiful tabernacle,
preserved In purity and sanetlfied by
conformity TO Gospel laws, passed
from the tired catkei, leaving the
later TO 10 given over 10 the
keeping Of Mother Earth until
the morning Of tho first resur.
reetlon, then 10 come forth ut the
sound OF the trump OF God, to be- re-.
united with the spirit In the eternal
triumph over death wrought out by
Christ jesus, whose disciple had I'm.
ished his work In this life. His weeping
family and intimate friends were
gathered around, realizing that the