The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
"Enoch" Headquarters
at Orderville

DIXIE, Dec Amy one who thinks
that q movement made TO re-establlsh
the Order OF E,noch will meet with popu-
lar approval among the Mormons ol
southern Utah should make II point 10
listen to some OF the stories That are
still told about the inside workings OF
the home that was established in order
Vile These stories are not told hi PuD
lie meetings. either political or rSlsi"hs'
but around the mess wagons on te Cay,
rio range or other places where a group
OF Mormons are assembled ana sloIE IL IL
ing is In order TO help pass away tl'i
time. No stories are more poPuIdr iiad @
listened TO with more gusto thdn lnVsS
concerning the Order OF Enocn, OF "H,Gt ~
the following as a ialr sample; AZ l. Wv.
roundup on one OF the Dixie cattle ranges
was am old gray-halred Mormon referred
TO as "Old Icf," who was working In tue
capacity OF cook or camp rustler. as tmeg
are generally called lie never had tnuSl S,n
to saw, and his disposition seemed to ne
somewhat suIky. For that very reason
the cowboys liked to have sport vim nun
fires One of the things they. delShteo
in ioshing him about was his stub I'm,
ger" the forefnger on his riehI h1mn hSm
having been amputated near the mldule
How'd va lose that finger. HeI?"
asked one of the cowboys one evening;
fellow about enough and wishing TO
smooth things over n little. a.
''Ya want to know how, lost that I'M
ger, do your Well, III tell va, It's some
only wish they was more OF the Dig
guns here. You know when | was
young man thought was S goine g, sII@lghh' E,noSh
Well I did fine 'eIn. and after had given
up everything l had / went to the nome
In Orderville. where one leller WaS s sapd and
have everything as good as the other,
''Wen l lived there nearly year, ana ana
during that time got nothin to eat Dut
"Soup amt such bad stuff TO live on
IL it's good and has plenty OF cnunks Oh
meat in It," interrupted one OF the listen
"That it amt" answered Old Hef, III
It's good. And TO tell Va the truth, we
had soup that wasn't so bad; IL had some
fine red pieces OF beef In, 1T, and yesetih- "a
bles too But the trouble was, only the
main suueezes got that-them that sat at
the head OF the trough. You know our
table was nothing but a trough ana we
all sat around II; but each one. was sup
posed to spooney on his own side OF tne
plate. The two main squeeIes OF course
sat at the end OF the trough where lIe
soup was poured in and got all the meat
My seat was at the other end. and notn-
ing but water came 20 me. 20 you see.
while we was on an equality ana et at
the same table. them that was IN ap :
thority cheated the others even after the
food was brought on the table,
"But you want TO know how ! lost that
r,
TO tell va, va see, ] got pretty hungry
after having had nothin' to eat but the
liquid OF the soup for almost year, lt
made me all tho more hungry when ! !
couldn't get none OF 'em. One day when
/ was so rip roaring hungry that | dion {
know. what l was doin. l sa" nice ke'- :
usual. only the water came TO my end;
but I saw some bully chunks OF 6eet
right In front of the big squeeze, They
CT. ,I,,' hot nd Looked
that / jumped 70 my feet TO get one OF
'em. The guy saw me comm ana mol
lered to me 10 sit down, l was too nun,
CRY to listen to him, and just as grabbed
hold of one OF them chunks OF beef the
guy struck at my hand with his sharp
knife and cut off my finger. And that
how I lost that finger
"To give va an idea how hungry 1 was
stuck to that chunk OF beef and ct 1t
before / knowed that my finger was gone,
never found out what became OF the
finger, but I expect one OF them blood
suckers ct 1t. They sure wanted to get
even with me for stealth that meat, and
To tell va the truth, just at that time
wanted that meat worse'en / wanted the
finger. II was the only substantial piece
OF food l got while ! was In the order.
and I was fired out for gettin' that SO
there, now va know how lost my finger.
simply exchanged II for piece Of
meat with one Of them In authority
Don't think the piece OF meat 1 got was
much bigger than my finger. but IL looked
mighty big TO me just then"
When Old Hef started TO tell his story
those sitting around the fire were ready
for good laugh. especially when ne
brought in the Order OF Enoch Their
smiles soon cooled down to grlns, and
finally froze on their countenances. When
Old Hef had finished there was complete
silence for minute; but some OF them.
thinking that laughter was in order,
forced themselves to laugh. They were
interrupted by Old Hef In the following
words:
"Ya kin laugh IL va kin see anything
funny about IL; can't I could tell worse
stories than that on them damn blood
suckers, but l guess I'll keep EN- till
some time when the bishops here