APOSTLE MERRILL ANSWERS SUMMONS Pioneer Resident of Cache Valley Val Vat Valley ley Passes Away at His Home in Richmond THE END CAME LAST NIGHT Was Greatly Beloved by All Who Knew Him and His Death is Keenly Regretted t Will S III bo he FrOtH frum the tilO I L 1 Tabernacle on OI Next ct at nt Jl J 1 I 1 II 8 m III IIIi i Special Sp to the th News Feb Joeb J Vf Mini the Council of at the tio of V 1 ro tIts dW died at 10 io last pany arrived arrhe d In III 11 Salt att Luke lIke City Sept 11 1853 IS 3 WAS WA AI DROWNED U TIit lh most Important event Clent on Oil Oh the way ns with the th life of ot Hitler Elder Mer Mertill till occurred at Platte river he with one other boy Lo decided to cros cro thu tho river ilver anil got some one which had been beell left by other pioneer They plunged Into the th river but hut Elder Mer Ner wilt soon BOOM exhausted ex exhausted OH aH a the tha current wn vat strong lit lie wan WM unable to keep his ht hl head hea out nf of unter sater and ond while down clown went under tWice whereupon the tho company became a IL L Brother HeB was ent to tu Ills hIli assistance An A II ha ho started to tonk sink i n a third time ho Untied ly y on a i LillI was iran almost ex cx x The tance was IJ ar O tho man who vh hud had sought hit his rescue was WOM unable to tu Hull thu tho bar hili upon which Fliter Merrill stood The rh two to later made their theil way wn ay to tn the op 01 opposite potte thore horl It was hallow II enough to tu walk up UI tr um until they it U place fl e where the th current vell from Irom one olle OI Aide i Ide to the other Here lIere they thoy the tied a II comforter to their plunged again Into nto the ti water wat r ralI and aDd alI I were borne wifely sorely K tho ho river liver riverby by hy the favorable current Both wen thankful to III I o get Lurk bark ni iv ant and till Ih cattle which they the found foun 1 disabled weN vcr left undisturbed A II Elde kler Merrill Merrills first fir t effort on reaching the Suit butt Lake valley IlIe wan 1111 va to III work This ho got nt It 20 O per month but he ru tried considerably through lh Homo of III Jt hiM liln employers erB being heinie unreliable In hi November 1853 he wan mIll va married to Iu Sarah barah A A Atkinson t nut and Immediately went vent to 10 u IL place In canyon call on eVen miles above Un its mouth where he passed the winter In shingle V V V V I V I V I V I V t I p pL L V V V VI V V I t IV IVI IVI I I i iV iI V I I VV t V j V I I V V V V V V V k V V J JV V APOSTLE MARRINER W MERRILL I I Who Mho Vl G o up UIl Ills at Ills iII Homo In Cache Cuche County Count LIeL Night After u n Lang IDOL awl Hard Bart Haiti t I It t his hI home In 10 Richmond after acter an III res reis re s which has hall covered co a period of 01 years rears His Ills condition was wa not regarded as unduly until yes yesterday ts morning when he took a bud nud nude su buddin e din den n turn for or the worse and gradually lank unk until he pied passed peacefully away avay y While afflicted with willi a II complication of trouble the Immediate cause e of uC death VM IVas 1 general debility Eld Elder r Merrill was Va a pioneer resident reMblent te ot tt Cache valley and did much to build bull buildup up ep this section which ban lia been his tome lome for many years yeara lie He was wall ca greatly Moved blond by all who had the pleasure of III tl acquaintance and his death Is II keenly by the Ih entire community rho Tho deceased was In his Im Mr lie leaves a II large family Th The funeral will be te held helel from Crom the tho Richmond tabernacle Saturday at al 11 it i am m Wool Merrill wan wa the ami 1111 of oC Milan than Merrill and Sarah Ann Hey Mid rold Us and ard IJ was wa born bOn Sept 25 2 In ln county New Ills father never came CIUllO cament MI nt but devoted hU hl hi Ufa to farming nd tb the cuttin and hauling of timber limber m in n his land Martiner was wa one II t i a I family of thirteen children being IM i fourth son In early Mr youth his ide life lire h WM M not nOI flo unlike that of oC the farmer of WOM oe regions of country In which he ww re ei but the spiritual of 01 hl hi his lit Minn bej KUI early to Lo manifest t I ni n became prophetic of what hl his later f t rem rs would be At A the tho age of flute l hilll i he r a vision viston In which u hIs s own lire life anti that ot Of i with willi whom he hc tree ame ld d Ho ij tint lint heard hearit tho the theby I f h by a native nativo V ous Jonn ioni kerry anti and Jeen ff v cv k hi Crosby y Mm came Into the neighborhood It II 1 his Mi K horn home If Ml f II 11 lit In April Apr 1852 lit at the thc ne Yearn reaN he was wa by b FIder terry 1 and aM d on tho the ot or September bt 1 the th r Ehler Mme yr Yell was rt a II J t Jr 1 About a yc year r be oe he had bait that Il hi his moth en for Or II a long time a 11 Church Iho having been U lII t ne ed ii th father rather never Jr And but Church One of h hIli I ter 1 lormon married Il a I th the oo turned away rem I he other e of though hot I race the willing to emit em lIever beVer any III here ten to It that nol Lot Le work to h which e done In ew IT 1 for f r th the lute R a y IlIr after hi hap thui tt uM West lie n 1 liat gin Kone no nor ed when Ii hl father ltd and an k ard r m from hl hI hili lo lOing aM ette Iii nr In 1 After fier he out direct to lIo again tIt t ton Prom Front there hI he th rail M B to C and travel on nn IMe isa o From r Ol t the e tiri lie he It to the head rt oil river At the thc latter hatter took all tich lell 1 p II boat hoat for lor SI S u thell Ih for HUll an 1 eale to 10 13 I A he 11 hi ts a Lpt el hut hul t 11 r he there The Tho company n Crouell the tho ta on O oM It to Salt ht their ke Cl fIty Therl There were In the p C 01 r Jere aa Jetle lt by Wi a auth 11 l ns ai William Wilam on the thc com 01 j k The he new nl venture a 11 one Olle Ol The itie singles HinKle then themi soul sold at I B per pr thousand and he lie was able uble to make 00 oo 0 a I day After staying In the canyon canon six eek cu hc lie ventured on un a jour journey ney ey home to nee ee his hlf hl wife wire The mow enow Inow was WIS seven feet leet deep and ami a 11 having no food rood with lib him when lie hie le b began gan the Jour Journey ney n y ho he was wac overborne by hy fatigue and ami and 1111 tutu almost tainted fainted before he hen hei i cached n n a cabin where a 1 woman gave ga him u a I piece of bread to 10 satisfy Ids his Id craving This i ivan 18 n only Itly a taste talt for fora rorI a I mull man hut but lul In n n a few f w hours hour more tooth food was given and little by hy lit hit little I hittie tie tle he overcame the exhausted ennui condi condition conil tion to which his hil physical was wa as brought tol After tel his hil hi long 1001 walk and anc cut suf suffering fering he lie wan WOI disappointed In not find findIng Ing ng wie at nl home as e MIle nhe had gone gona gOMor off or to work Ole so co that he lie was obliged olge to tu return without seeing her herA herA A 1 C During Ulder Merrills life le In Halt Rail Lake City CIl he engaged in work In 1 North orth Mill Creek canyon where he ha hunt had ha a n moat mo 11 1 remarkable experience It I ap IP that ono one very ver cold day da lie he woe WU In itt Inthe 11 the canyon getting a load of wood sool woo when tho the logs rolled roiled from the wagon In n Buch n a way n as to bind him him to the ground and Ili crush him hll severely While In position and ald while praying to the Lord for His II protection ho he lost consciousness and auth an knew nothing mor until some conic time later ater he lie his senses and found himself some caine distance down the tho canyon anon seated on hl hiI his wagon with the logs hogs arranged Just juat as ns ho he had desired Ai A 8 there woi sai no one about at set atthe the time of or the accident Hider Merrill attribute his hIl marvelous escape to tu the the hand 1111 of oC Providence and all regards It I as asa al asa a IL direct answer to his hil petition As Ai his hil limbs were sore Hore from the frightful ex cx experience IX hc ho had undergone he was WIS un on In able ablo to 10 move mOle from Crol the wagon waJon but hut made his way say home hOle where his wire wife attended to his Injuries and nursed him till tl he had completely recovered s I Y In the tho early earl spring of 1851 Elder Eider ller Mer Ier Merrill rill ri moved to Bountiful where lie he en engaged engaged In liu At this time there were ery very few reW Inhabitants In Inthe II inthe the tie town ton und timid Ind the tho land and was In n process of 01 distribution lider 1 lder Merrill received u II I certIficate from President Young Yeung I grunting him hint acres an unusually large laro amount at lit I that time Of this Eider Eder Merrill gave to his hil and Ind later hater divided what hat hatI wan left with wih a 11 poor ilour neighbor A few rew months later Prest Irest Young spoke to Merrill about the th theland land 11 WI pleased pulsed though not sur cui surprised BUi priced to that lie ht hued had huc divided I I It up tip II among his brethren Prest Preat Young remarking that when heit the lie certificate was wal given he felt fel satisfied that Elder f lder Mer ter Merrill Mertill terri till rill ri would not keep keel It all ni During the winter of 11 1860 Elders and Hyde called ut at the tha homo haute hOlo of Hide lIder ider Merrill anti amI advised him him to move to tonch Valley Vale the first fiut settlers rl having gono Ronn to that place tince In 16 9 Obedient Ki tn 11 the advice given Merrill terril In company with others Journeyed to 10 and nun encamped for some Bome tints where thin tho dairy north of or the town now send and they were about to con continue continue In II a northerly direction when a A aUiCe came to Elder Eider Merrill saying Turn Tur around and anul go gut 11 south With Without Wih Without out Olt saying a se word to tu his hll companions he h obeyed the voice started southward am anti stopped when he lie hp reached the Where liere now stands which ha hu huI I been lit hi hits home ever since In 1891 1851 h he ha became the second In Richmond which onlO lio he tilled for IS U year eur Dur During DurIng ing log this time the Utah Northern Norther tall ral V V road ron was wn under construction front from Of 0 den clen ii e ii to t 0 Idaho nn und Montana and Ind Elder Merrill became It n contractor 1 In among nuong the tho people for Cor work done Ilone something like ikI ills JH labors inborn re highly satisfactory to the th com cor any anti the most mo t relations existed ested between them thesul Later he be beame ensue ame possessed or o 3 O acres of or land and andI I grilL mill which proved prove of oC great ben best bennt benfit ant nt fit to the people of oC that settlement leL rom this tiia time on he lie engaged In farm farming ing ng stock raising In iii II which busl busi bu business l lne ne ness ess s he hc has hag been very ver successful AN A I In he lie was given a three booths leave tae eave ot of absence to take n a I short mis Ion dolt foi to Nova ova Scotia and New wick but bul In two months was WIS called calel In hit 1879 he was called caled to tC act an 11 a counselor to Stake President William Wilam n 33 2 Preston an un which he ite held for lQ 31 0 years andIn lit ISSI ISH he be woe was counselor in n time the stake to tl President C G O 0 C rl and nd In Iii n the name came year Rr was wa appointed resident of or the Logan Temple with Elder Cider Moses Mosel Thatcher and Eider N t e C as hits his hil In II 19 he heni ni ordained 1 an nn Apostle by Woodruff lorge V Q Cannon anti and Joseph F Smith eight of the tue Apostles being The Tho following year ear I he lie le went ent to gather Bather family gene gesie genealogy gele alog and In October he ho was vas al ap appointed pointed president of the Cache stake ot of ZIon PROMINENT Nr IN l CIVIL During hits his residence In Cache Cliche valley ulley le lie te ham ban u been prominent p In tie tle civil cIvi af at heirs of o the he county and stilt state In ISid and nd he ha served two terms In II the thc one In the th house hO e and alit ono onu onon In n the senate en le He lie was wan Wil a member of oC he the county court for tor more Hum 10 years n send and was Wil postmaster p of fOr far farlO ro fOro lO o y tam are In 1836 1896 he lie was Ivies appointed a I member of the Agricultural College ConeRo oard board which office he he huili hII I n h tour Sour our years yearn reMi Heway also tiso a member tt of ot the he Young YounS college board boar Ho lie le leaves eaves eaves a a largo large and anI honorable family ramly to o cherish Ch lish his memory and emulate elu te Ills hIs hI rood good od deeds WILL ND FUNERAl The general Church authorities will wil attend the funeral leaving here Fri Friday FrIday day da afternoon at al t s and returning Saturday Sll day For ell convenience n a t sleeper will be attached to 10 the train by arrangement I