Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-09
DAVID o. M'KAY.


had purchased a ranch. moving I'm 1898
To fooele. whore ne has since resided.
In his Church positions he has always
been faithful and dllgent At the asa
OF 10 he was ordained an Elder by his
father the ceremony occurring in he
Endowment House, June g. 1876. He
was then assigned to duty as a ward
Teacher, and remained IN this capacity y,
until his marriage In 1852 TO Alice A.
Robinson Of Pennington. He then be-
came clerk OF the Elders quorum. ana
also served in the capacity OF stake
| home missionary, president OF the Y. NJ.
NJ. L. A.. and q number OF other posi-
tlons. In 1854 he was ordained a SeV.
enty, Scym b. Young officiating at
the ordination. Upon moving to Tooele
in 1855 he took up his Church labo"s
there, and has held many important po-
sitlons among them being that OF Sun.
day school teacher, ward Teacher and
home missionary.
IN 1890 he was ordained a High
Priest aud was set apart as second
counselor to Stake President Hugh s
Gowans. IN July 1898, he was or
dained a patriar3h and has since been
made first counselor TO the stake presl-
dent.
The activities of Mr. Richards In
civic life have been equally extensive.
Ia lSSh he graduated from the Uni
Versity Of Utah, then called the Unit
Versity Of Des'ret IN IA course IA Eng
lish language and literature. and later
commenced the course IN mathematics.
leaving It in 1881 to take q position
with the Utah Central railroad. now
the o. ;, j.. road. which position he
held until 1882 when he pft Athe SER
vice OF the road. At Tooele he has
served on the board OF trustees OF the
Tooele Irrigation company as secre-
tary and charm m of the Tooele school
trustees, and vas representative from
Tooele in the State Legislature of
1899 1900
ORSON FERGUSON WHITNEY.
The work Of Bishop Orson Ferguson
Whitney Ia Titan is too well known to
need extensive comment. His History
OF Utah Is generally rated as an in
valuable contribution TO the literature
OF the west, as Il was compiled when
the original data was still fresh I'm the
minds Of those whose acts Were being
recorded. and gives a complete RECORD
Of pioneer and later eras IN the west.
As a histrical writer and a poet n
whose work the underlying tone Is phil
osophical, he has long been known
interested themselves In its literature.
Bishop Whitney has served as head
OF the Eighteenth ward for many years
and he will be missed here by great
many who have come to love his per
sonality and have been attracted by II
into learning the deeper spirit OF their
religion. He was the son of Horace
Kimball Whitney. Utah pioneer.
whose father, Newell Kimball Whitney.
was the first presiding Bishop OF the
Church. His mother, Helen Mar Whit
ney, was the Oldest daughter of Hebe,
G. Klmball. one OF the original Twelve
Apostles He was named for his uncle.
Orson N. Whitney another pioneer, and
for James Ferguson, a close friend OF
his father.
In the University his course I'm life
had been shaping itself, and he be-
came the founder Of the Wasatch Lit
erary club. which fiourished under his
guidance as president. He was also
connected with the Zeta Gamma and
Delta Phi debating societies, and show
ed strong liking for music. In 1872
he made his debut OF the stage. which
he came very near adopting as a life
profession, and from which he was
diverted only by his strong love for
the principles Of his religion, and the
while preparing himself for a theat-
rical career,
In October. 1876, the call for 81 mis-
sion was received. and Elder Whitney
labored I'm Pennsylvania. where he OBJ
tanned his first definite and lasting i'm
presslons OF the truth OF the work I'm
which he Was engaged. He served I'm
the city council from the Fourth pre-
cinct IN 1850, and went on a mission
10 Europe In 1881, during which lime
he wrote much for the Millennial star.
and returning I'm 1888. became a re-
porter on the Deseret News, for which
he had worked before leaving.
In 1855 he first became known as n
writer OF history, completing IN that
year a Life of Heber c. Klmball"
which was published by the Kimhar
family. In ls99-90 he published hla
"Postical Writings" which had an tn
mediate and marked success, and which
was compilation OF writings since
1873, when his first verses were written.
In 1890 he began his most important
and best known work. The History OF
Utah In four volumes, all of which
have now been published. He was COM
missioncd 10 undertake this work ~
President Woodruff. and II was publish
cd volume by volume, until about a
year ago. when the last volume sp-