Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-25

store. ami Of course took ina big lot.
He shipped large consignment east,
aud anticipated getting n good price.
But " hen the pelts got thcfe they were
down IN the market. lie could not
realize anything from them, no lac left
them on the commission ngenpa hands.
That broke up William business Mt
the bank corner.
ale then went to California to make
raise. With WIN. ;. GolIr, no en-
gagged In hauling supplies TO the mines
IN the Golden State. Ab5ut three
years after Williams failure, he got
word that the particular varieties OF
pclls that he had In what mad been
considered a valueless stock had gone
up IN the market, and the iuri were all
the rage. HE commission agent sold
them for big price, anu informed
Williams that he had nome thousands
OF dollars TO his credit ut Tho bank.
civilians did no moro In California
than TO get ready and eail for Now
York. Down toward the Ithmug, thu
vessel on which he embarked was
wrecked. lie was INSTRUMENTAL IN
saving the lives " number Of pas
sengers, and whom he gotto New York
and the news was published, lac was the
lion OF the hour. lie had money aud
fame. IL was not long before he was
In the partnership referred tO.N
Mr.. IL oper, one OF the tlrm with
Mr.. Williams, afterwards became
utah's delegate IN COngtuss anu Il
still well known In that connection, as
well rs with the fran Of Hooper
& Eldtejge anu many Of Umh's
leading financial institutions. MIR.
Robbins died many years ago. Some
Of his defendants live In Cache Valley.
Mr. Homer II now a wealthy planta.
ton owner on the Hawaiian Islands,
and resijes at Honolulu. lie 10 one OF
the subscribers 10 the NEwa.
Joseph Bull. SEN, OF this city, who
had an extensive acquaintance with
men on tho Pacific Coast In early days,
said today OF Mr., Horuoi; "i knew
him well. He was partner with
Homer, Williams n Hooper, In 1854,
though he never was 10 Utah. He
had beautiful homestead In Califor.
MIA, midway along the coast between
San Jose AMI the bay OF San francisco.
"Mr. Homer went TO san Francisco
from New York, in 1886, In the ship
brooklyn, and soon made good start.
man ON the coast. III got ah old
Spanish grant, ana ownr4 all along
the coast from San Joso 10 the bay vi
san Francisco, about 1ty miles. In
those times IN California John NJ.
Horner's name was better THAI bnnk.
Men would prefer depositing money
with him TO putting II In n bank. His
signature was good for any amount he
chose 10 draw.
"But lie was too accommodating for
his own Vood. When the financial
panic OF 1862 came on the coast, he en-.
dOrsed paper for others, believing that
they would pull through. but they
did not, and NO lost his property. He
struggled on, and was confident that
he would redeem all, but no did not.
These endorsements, with his own
speculatiOnE, were too much for him.
When Thomas 3. William. started la
business here, Mr.. Homer invested
some money in the store as u sort OF
nest-egg, but he afterwards sold out.
He always used 10 ba saying that no
was coming to Utah, but ho never got
here.
"Mr. Homer was an inventor, too.
He Invented one Of the best washing
machines | ever saw, | have had one
at my house for Is years"
Many other memories are called forth
by reference to those days anu times,
when II took more months to cross from
"the frontier" or where Omaha now
IL, than II does days at present. The
Telegraph, railway and numberless
other features, then unknown IN the
Rocky Mountaius,a are now In such com.
mon use that we could not well get
along without them. With the influx Of
population has come the transiorma-
ton OF this once desert place into
fruitful garden, and a new generation
has sprung up, TO whom the tolls and
hardships OF the pioneer settlers are
but an echo OF the past. Yet, tits
music's sound TO the broad an sympa.
thetic hearts that beat within The
boaoms OF Utah's sons and daughters.