Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-25

| the creek and only few steps from
where water was dipped up with
sourd the initials "R $ l." were cut
on a large beech tree. Just above these
initials Is the name Annie"
His name Is also found cut in plain
letters on another tree near the old
/ schoolhouse
THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE.
There is something pathetic about
! this Old and now long since deserted
schoolhouse in the wilderness. Its
days of usefulness are over but il has
served It's time we'll and will long be
remembered perhaps I'M the history Of
thls country as being the cradle of
education Of man who in deed and
Ia truth Is an Inspiration TO every
American youth. because In this old
ana humble house he learned the first
step that has since carried him to
the pinnacle OF fame and usefulness
one mile from the old schoolhouse
that stands in Big Greek bottom is the
house whore Bob LOvett spent IA
years OF his youth. II is a large four
roomed house with "a long gallery IN
'front.', two large and old-fashioned
dirt chimneys, and a hall between
long J. extends from the main building
| toward the rear This l. has q gal
lery also, and on the far end Of the
| gallery and near the kitchen Is a well.
| cool and deep From this well Bob"
used 20 draw water to water the stock,
and also 10 help his mother do the
| FAMILY washing. In the yard and on
| tho premises are holly. walnut, china
! berry Wild peach, magnolia and myr-
| Tie trees. Years ago this place was
| almost surrounded by "a large farm
and had the name of being the most
beautiful place in the country.
FAMILY GRAVEYARD.
A short distance from the old home
| place is the family cemetery, or grave
yard as it is called. II was laid out
I'm 1857 by the elder Lovett, and nobody
except L0yett dead are buried there.
To show his affection for those who are
dead. as well as the old home place
and its associations, Bob" a year. or
so ago, purchased an iron fence. tomb
stones for every member OF the family,
and sent a man with the same all the
way from New York To place the fence
and tombstOnes Ia proper position.
When the prospective head OF the Har-
riman system dies he will be brought
back 10 the family graveyard in the
pine woods and consigned 10 his last
resting place. II is understood among
the various members Of the family that
this Is HIS wish, and that il win be
| carried out there rs no doubt
Hair mile from the old family home
and just above the old Rocky Ford
crossing on Big Greek Is the old swim
| ming hole where as a boy Bob" Low
cit spent many a happy hour. This
swimming hole has changed little in an
the years that have passed since Bob"
was "a boy. and 10 Is today one OF the
/ best swimming holes In an that SEQ
| ton OF country. II is 20 feet wide. so
feet long and from four 90 seven feet
deep and well hllcd with splendid trout.
The old beech log that projected from
"a bank. and from the end Of which tine
boys used 90 dive into the cool depths
of the water. i5 sim there. and large
beech trees line either bank on these
trees many names OF people long since
forgotten were carved and are still
90 ho seen.
when Bob was quite young his
mother died. In fact be- was Just
eight years old 40 the time ~ his
mothers death. hut he still remembers
with ardent love and affection that
mother whom Dc used 10 know bacl,
iu the years that are gone in the wilds
of San J8cint0 county
Al The ago of "a something happened
that changed "Bob's" entire career and
no doubt placed him in the high posi-
lion which ho now occupies.
HIS FIRST RAILROAD JOB.
Tn the early part Of 1874 the construo-
ton crew of the Houston East a West
Railway reached the neighborhood In
which young Lovett lived The only
town Boo all that section ~ country was
Cold Springs. the county seat then.
as H. ,s today The new railroad missed
thiH town ny passing ~ miles 10 the
east ana midway between the county
seat ana the new railroad the Lovett
family lived
one day after crops had been laid
.liob. obtained tine permission OF hls
father 10 Ro on somewhere and hire
uut In order to make a little money,
There HaH only one place where he
could hope to ger employment. and
that was with the construction crew OF
tho railroad ro Bob took hls way
tn whore the Grow was az work and,
approaching che - man. or contractor,
asked for I'd Job AS joke Bob was
given job. ana 10 was digging up
stumps out uf the rifht of way. The
Job was given to the boy more as "a
nke tnau anything else, because, as
the contractor AR Head. afterward
said. boz feit satisfied the boy would
drop the work ln e. short time and re-
turn home Boz disgust
But imagine bis surprise when hour
aftCr hour ana day after day. the boy
from the Jungle kept at his work. nor
dld he uuit till hiH task was done. aud
there were mo- more stumps "a that
place tO dlg up Young lsovett then
moved up "A mile or so, ana hired b. an
other contractor, captain Mitchell by
name. tn drive "a scraper and help la
making q deep cut for the railroad IN
big Greek bottom Here he worked