Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-19
bishop Whitney Delivers EulOgy
On Men Who Struck First
Blows In Desert
At FUNERAL OF DR., H. J.FAUST.
snake Of Principles Underlying the
Western Movement to Utah in Which
Deceased Was Identified,

surrounded ny olu hlVA"' ~ '""''
vltb the sun Of many summers spent
On mining with him at Deep Creek, and
NJ older friends whltened with the
snovs of many winters, riders with him
on the pony express and over the plo-
,ear TRAIL still by youthful men and
,,o,,an who were one with him In creed,
ns last service Of respect was said
saturday afternoon IN the Fourteenth
ward chapel over the remains Of Dr.
II J. Faust Mr. Faust, it viii be re-
msmbered, died at Los Angeles on his
nav from the Irrigation Congress at El
pSso Tex. TO the ranch Of a friend IN
eoltbern California, where he lhlehuel
10 pass the winter .
The services were simple In character,
and the words spoken were IN the ma,
lure Of an eloquent tribute to the klhu
nj NE led by the strikers OF the hIsI
blows In the mOuntain country or
which Mr.. Faust was one Of the most
Blshop George H. Taylor presided.
After prayer by Milton A. Muaser
and a selection by a quartet, D. II.
Grant Of Woods Cross spoke briefly OF
the characteristics Of Mr. Faust that
made him loved by all with whom he
came In contact WIN a spirit ac-
oualnted with prlyati0 " had learned
10 help others IN sun and TO car
~ a spirit OF peace ana sunshine into
The lives Of all with whom he came In
contact,
lie was followed by Seymour y
Young, who spoke as an old friend, VINO
could not let the day pass without add
ing his word OF appreciation for the
man whom he had known as long as
ne could remember the things Of life
Ills creed said the speaker, was TO
share.hls last crust with his friend, and
10 20 ahead into any proposition With
ont fear or hesitation On the earth he
was a bearer Of messages, and In the
future world. concluded Mr. Youns
such tender hearted men would be need
ed 10 carry the messages Of love ana
good will, for he was one whose heart
was touched with the love OF God,
The principal speech Of the services
was spoken by O. i. Whitney Bishop
OF the Eighteenth ecclesiastical ward,
and a writer on subjects with which the
he Of Mr.. Faust had been intimately
connected
He said IN opening that he was there
to fulnu a promise made many years
before to DOC" Faust, that he would
preach at his funeral once. he eX-
blamed, ne had met Dr. Faust on East
Temple street, shortly after a funeral
Of another Of the old pioneers, and DR..
Faust had made the request that he
now had the privilege of complying
with CHANGING at the men and women
from so many kinds Of life. who com
posed the audience. Mr. Whitney said
that their faces brought up before him
visions Of the past, Of the days and
their Journeys which he had Travelled
over and over IN his writing, IN order
to do justice to the labor OF such men
as Dr., Faust.
"a am not one Of the pioneer class
he said. but only one Of the boys
born I'm these valleys Of the mountains,
But l have lived among the men and
women who struck the first blows In
the deseret, and ! come from a stock
that was numbered with them"
The first time / ever saw Doc.
Faust" ne continued, "was at the ruins
Of his livery stable on Second South
street, near where the Wilson hotel
now stands, The place had just burned
down, and l was among the crowd at
tracted there by the fire. Early IN
the morning Il was that he came and
stood there among the ashes Of his
fortune, There was a look Of care and
pain on his face, Tor those were days
Of priyaton and poverty when for
tunes were not to be had FOR the ask
Ing But he bore the loss with forth
tude and went out and made another
fortune, He belonged TO the class who
never give up but who continue 10
try try again, and who make hard
ship and adversely the stepping stones
to better things"
In sketching Or, Fausts life Mr.
Whitney spoke briefly Of the great
principles underlying the westward
movement 10 Utah OF the people with
whom DR., Faust cast his lot. This
Whole region west of the Rockies, he
explained, was then known as the
Great American deseret. denounced
by Daniel Webster In a speech before
The senate as a land Of cactus deserts,
wild beasts and prairie dogs. Oregon
then included Idaho Washington and
parts Of the Dacotas. while Califor-
ma embraced the rest of the west.
When Brigham Young came here to
ms cleft In the mountains he, was met
by Col Brldger who begged him not
10 stop here, who told him there was
nothing here but waste, and that ne
would give $1,000 for the first ear Of
corn that would ripen, and was also
ihet by convert named Brannon from
san Francisco, who begged his TO pass
on to the sunny cline west Of the
sierra mountains. Bun to Brigham
loung this waste area appealed be-
cause no one coveted IL, no one wanted
and here he decided to build the
clty Of God, Then when the gold rush
came Utah became the half way house
me nation, and with the western
rush came Faust, az first urod by gold.
nut later lured away from II by
stronger call 10 Join the pioneers OF
we sagebrush battle for Utah. He
was an honest man, but not n pous
man He lived at a time when such
Heh were needed | remember once
nearing him tell Of wanting an auger
70 dlg well, and not being able to
voaln one. Then he remembered that
Une was located az Humbo't wells, and
nllnout any hesitation mounted horse
ana rode out there TO borrow II. THAI
was the kind Of work that made the
vest II took three months then 10
plss from the Missouri river 10 Utah.
ana u took such men as II. ]. Faust
70 make the trlp. They were mani
.eslly men raised UP by God for that
purpose"
ne concluding prayer was spoken
y non, John T. Calne. At the grave
me dedlcatory prayer was offered by