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A s President of the Bank of Southern Utah for more than 15 y e a r s , and being involved in c h u r c h and secular affairs, Lehi W . Jones was identified actively with e v e r y community and county effort of major significance for 75 years. He became a bank president in the 'depression' a t t h e age of 78, and was widely known a s a cattleman. businessman, and philanthropist in Southern Utah. He died November 28. 1947 in Cedar City. From: Biography of Lehi W . Jones b y York F. and Evelyn K . Jones
Excerpts from Cedar City Council Minute Book.. ,1879-1888 From S.U. S. C. Special Collections Library--W. R . Palmer B-89 August 1886.. .Election r e s u l t s : Mayor: Councilmen: Lehi W. Jones Thomas Thorley James Simkins Eugene Schoppman George P e r r y 0 . P. Fretwell
Sept. 30, 1886.. .City Council convened in the Social Hall at 8 p.m. Present: Mayor Lehi W. Jones and Councilors--E. Schoppman, George P e r r y , 0 . Fretwell, and James Simkins. The Committee on Finance reported having examined t h e Auditor and Recorder and the T r e a s u r e r ' s books and found them in good condition, b u t they found a great deal of property not available for p r e s e n t u s e . Oct. 16. 1886.. . T h e Committee on Cemetery presented plans for extending t h e p r e s e n t g r a v e y a r d . After some discussion, Councilman Thorley motioned t h a t t h e proposed new cemetery, including the present o n e , shall contain 10 a c r e s . Carried. Dec. 22, 1886.. .City Council met in the new meeting house a t 6 f p.m. A petition was presented by David Harris for t h e purpose of obtaining a license to use a billiard table. The petition was tabled. The resignation of Edwin C. Cox a s Auditor and Recorder was accepted. John P a r r y made a n offer to haul the rock for t h e cemetery for $75 for 300 perches. Council accepted t h e offer that John P a r r y haul 300 perch of rock from the q u a r r y of Joseph Perkins t o t h e cemetery for the sum of $75 in the Cedar City Stock Herd, and also pay him t h e $5 remaining in said h e r d to expend on the building of a road to said q u a r r y . Carried. Councilman Fretwell made a motion that Joseph Perkins and Bros. be paid for an additional 100 perch of rock for t h e cemetery on condition that they agree to furnish the rock. Carried.
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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