Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-24

| N'"'G I'UiN N' dUl,H NJ the very
bcpIlllnG oi the journey one man lppl
of males ut il9, Al Fort LnrmIo
Whuo they crpmci lhn Plato ihoy
were Joined BY u Wmbw uf cmguuls
| from NIwNllWh portion of % mu.l
| company numbering about nNS
| souls Who had passed. Nh, winter pI
pueblo seventeen uf those, mpu NO.
men ana children iuuInuy,d with the
| pioneers ia The valley At Laramie
| four of the Original band were sent Ia
Pueblo Ia lead the main bod. of lhu
MFslssIppions Westward Nmc vcr,
loi' IN the Black hils u manage ID
l'n} Tor the emigration that Was fol.
Towns ANA iNo returned from Gree.
l1lo' lu meet lhcir lmullloH IN that
! ,mIRralion At This point Ihop"
joined tho pluuuuu rUmp twelve muma
Oow ol the Mormon" battalion. pl,i
OF ID disabled detachment which nal
boon t"nl from saull fu Ia pueblo II
NhH Nl Green rNDg NlHu that the plus
moore met samuel Brunpu NJ whom /
nave snuknn "A Eou lNdgrr Bran.
nan ANA flows uihrln returned toward
foulh pass lo lnurl thu NW.Minpnls
ana the battalion people VINO woro FOB.
loNnb I'm lha Vuko of the pIonprp
rquoullN HH have said, II was mot
~ ull respects the original company
ihNl mldo The initial culrpo, Vet they
were oll do luvDo pioneers ana uH such
ihrn namoa are preserved I'm the arch.
ives Of the commonwealth, SIS much
may hn rUid for ihc general mmipu,
ton of that year. which. arriving Nm
the autumn holnod Ia mlh the "On
loIL' ana To- found tho piouror riy,
ilum which rudiucd the genius and
wont lorlh Tho ruuru, that hull up
Inc iillc hl Voro virtually piuucow
Inlrol, oNoE man woman and child
| mat rnmr during that rWN formative
| p"lud, is entitled to the yomg honor,
uhl, distinctions
MANY WE'RE FIRST
| While dealing with the statistics oi
| ms subject ] must lpll yuu % utlo
| WnlN Some NonW uEu J Vna oueugod
| ln preparing history or Utah, and "
| course Desired IN mako prominent men.
| non of the plonorrI I therefore m.
| l'INl,N'N %. many W possible of the
,ntvWGw of mat historic hund. ana
| lNlrnod eagerly ~ their interesting
narratives OF carly experiences Il
| want you lu mN eff me-, Wid ono ot
| men. % slNorh1loi veteran, hrdarid.
| dcn, ana NOT lung for lha world .th1t
| bluuphl he llru COW mat over
| crossed the Rocky mountains. the only
| COW I'm the pioneer cump She followed
| lhr wagons as durllu uH u dupgiyp rood
| rlrh MIX morning and night. ana mr.
| nlshcd us Win cream ana butter all
tho way I told him would lHko
Plohi pleasure I'm Chrourlmg a fnri 40
ilch aud Np refreshing And ! mlly IN
tended H. hut before accepting his
statement uH linul I decided tu CONF
rare n with tho official records, written
! W the Tine, by the dulv appointed
| historians, one NJ Thorn my own
| iulhcr Ana what do You think 7
foWd} That the pioneers, when they
started from the Missouri river had
~ wagons, g3 horses. tg mules, ~ oxen
~ cows u dogE and some ohlckcnH,
| Iho moral eff my story ia simply this To-
| the best oi mortal memories fail Dot
nm VINO thinks h. hW the 'uuly' en-
the lost of uuNhng, bear I'm
mind, If ho can, hat IN all vrob-
abillly 'thcro are olhorg'
II H W interesting fact that NJ tho
llN members competing the Brigham
| Young company ~ july lNI ~ were
llNWW at The time OF the l'tuh Pioneer
Jubilee. ana ~ these 70 attended that
Wo1t celebrations II would be oven
moro interesting 10 know .ae we doubt.
| less could know 10y n show of hands .
how many OF lho aged heroes ara with
Nv rdOS Tho survivors, ON July a.
1877 NJ tho Original settlers of SAT-
| Iukr valley plpurors ana frat emit
gmulN, lotAlod t9G souls ana NJ thego
GlS were Americans, from various staten
I'm the Union uf the remaining Jos,
40 were from canada, a. from England,
nine from Scotland, riN from thN lalo
of Man. thrcc from Mexico, two from
Norway ono from ireland, ono from
Wales ana ono from Switzerland 4
few other nptiumlllios woro probably
I'm the original lists such Woro the
men ana women who struck tho 0rst
blows IN the founding of the inter.
mountain empire
MORE MODERN MIRACLES,
Many a good, stout blow has since
been struck many H.Wouhy ana many
a. NOndrOus work, wrought IN moro
modern duyH, conducive ana coutrlbut.
I've io the Same miRhty end, I would
| not dotrUct one iolu from the credit
| due the sturdy minor WhOgp pick and
shovel hnokcd by mdomWblc pluck,
were the pluuUor agencies In tho de-.
| Volopmont of ono Of our most Hour
lshluH industries oponmg The way 10
| mltorlnl wealth utmost fabulous In
| richness and immensely I would not
| ran to mention the merchant the rail-
| rnnd man. the capitalist the munrior,
Not the farmer alone, not the stock.
| rulsoG artisan ana manufactures,
| merely have been AMONG u0hs found.
| crN The editor Che educator tho
doctor the lawyer the musician and
| men ana women of every profession,
have hero done their work, and done Il
moro than we'll
| We who live amid the results IT
| their lahors, pucknp the fruit from
the tree ~ their planting crossing
I'm sutcly and Win caro- the CUFFS they
| brdgcl, mceting neither the hard.
chips nor the porllN That they oncoun.
| tered, oven we realize but I'm part the
greatness " their tolls md sacrifices,
| Nevertheless we know best what thoy
have done Cor w. and can most fully
| appreciate the motives TINT inspired
them
THEN AND Row
| lefty-claht years oRo titan was n
| Wilderness Oscillation, spoIChpd by
the sum- ana Iodlu by the savage,
the degenerate bumWullo, whose food
consisted lu part OF Wild roots dug
from the ground reptiles that oruwlod
md hlsscd uul ratified among the hot
rocks Of the plain, ana the crlcketa
ana gwNshoppow That made noisy the
mouuum NId.H Thlg WuY hlp music
this Wd lhu auum Of eagles, the
melancholy howl ur the wolf ana the
coyote, the voice uf the torront tho
melody of the mountain bird. Now the
wilderness blossoms, ont Of weakness
hug como forth strength fruitful farms
| and pllttpruu rIllpW. tho humug of "A