The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-11

In the meantime. Mr. Faust had seen
ever Point Lookout. eight miles away.
the dust of approaching hOrselnen. He
knew il he could only pariey away a
nah hour. help might arrive. His sur
mise proved correct When il seemed
teat nothing could save the keeper and
slis wife from death. Chief Re Awnum.
leader of friendly tribe, rode UP with
lis braves. His Intervention saved
Mr.. and Mrs. Faust's lives.
Horace Greeley His Guest.
one of MIR. Faust's most pleasant re-
membranes of the pony express sta
ION was the night which Horace Gree
ley then on his trip across the CONT
nent. spent with him. The host took a
rovel method of insuring himself an
evening of conversation instead OF one
&C silence while Greeley buried himself
in books. knowing that reading was
the favorite diversion, If not the only
che. of his famous guest, Mr.. Faust
took care to see that every tallow dip
was hidden, thus guaranteeing light
less night Greeley was forced TO talk.
END. Mr. Faust often said. made de-
lightful companion that night on the
edge Of the wilderness.
Mr.. Greeley himself must have found
the evening one to be remembered. for
he refers TO Mr. Faust and the hours
spent with him on the frontier i'm his
book of travels
Giving up the station in the early
sixties. Mr.. Faust established livery
stable, the first in the state, OH Second
South street between what are now
the Wilson and Kenyon hotels. The
livery business was later left for whole
sale Strengthening. This was conducted
en- an extensive scale in north Salt
Lake
In the meantime Mr.. Faust had ac-
Quired several valuable pieces of prop
erty in Salt Lake, among these the site
of his former stable and the ola race
track. Most Of his holdings We're swept
away in the panic of 1873. but every
cent owed was paid in full
Later he traded the ranch site Of
Faust station to Portland or Port"
Rockwell one of Brigham Young s
aVenging angels for eighty head of
rorses. In this connection, Mr.. Faust's
love Of fine stock must be mentioned
IT was ne who brought the first thor
Cughbred cattle into the state, the fine
FLOODED short horns, Herefords and the
lig draught horses, Not only in 1886.
but in the early nineties, Mr.. Faust was
active in importing and sending all
over the state the best bloOded draught
Eorses to be obtained. Whole car
loads at a time were shipped.
Spent Years at Deep Greek.
Mr.. Faust at this time was residing
in Salt Lake. Five or six years ago he
removed to Deep Greek. TOoele county.
where his last years were spent in min
ing His last home was chosen near
the spot where he had once found water
after forty eight hours of seemingly
interminable suffering from desert
thirst.
Mr.. Faust's name will always be as
ISOLATED with the Deseret Agricultural
e Manufacturing society. to the organ
iZation of which he was the first con-
tributor He was interested in its an
Iual fairs since the first given in 1857.
With the progress of the Union Pa
C!fie and Oregon Short Line in Utah
Mr. Faust was also concerned. In the
latter fifties he took a sub-cOntract
Under President Young to build a
stretch of the Union Pacific and later
a sub-contract TO build the Oregon
Short line from Granger to Pocatello.
It was as a specially appointed dele
gate from the D. A. & NJ. society that
Mr.. Faust went to FL Paso last month.
MIR. Faust is survived by two sons
and two daughters. II. ]. Faust. jr..
of Salt Lake, James A Faust, Elsie
A. Faust of San Francisco and Mrs.
George Taysum of Salt Lake. Funeral
arrangements have not yet been com
Eleted