Show f OLD fOLKS TELL ABOUT HARDSHIPS HARDSHIPS' Of j J THE EARt Y DAYS ON THE iu PLAINS i I r think th the a aged ed people have hase c en Cu- loyed oyed ver very verv greatly automobile ride rid f this his morning moraine of many them foyer nover hay hav Smith mIth been n in In an H auto aut Joseph Joseph F F. r i The above was as written by the pres t dent ent of the Mormon church this mornin morning morn morn- in ing 8 at the solicitation of a TELE GuAM GRAM e f for an ion lIe He wrote few words o on paper held over his hat brim Tho tab and templo temple grounds rounds wore over over- flowing with happy faced pioneers pioneer y torn from every PO point nt in the state Strains Strain j of national music by Professor J band formed the accompaniment 7 to many many reminiscences of both humor humo ina Da Path pathos s boin being told among the asI as as- f bl groups Lifelong friends gree greet greet- I r other heartily I Probably the oldest person on th the i. i I sf d this mornin morning was Mrs rs Mary ya h of O Ogden den who has been a resident clent or of wan utan lh y y years rears ears S Sli 11 sue She resident clent or of wan utan lh y y years rears ears S Sli 11 sue She H. H born in Wexford Ireland in 1807 having a clear memory and health and usually conversing very verr freely reely she had bad been tall talked ed to so much the morning mornin she was in a state er verging on nervous collapse and for that reason did not go o into the tho taber taber- uncle to attend the fine concert but sat eat with her young and pretty attend attend- kant nt through the time in- in inthe the temple templo f. f l tt where it was cooler coole ool f j She en- en joye the auto ride about the the city ex- ex nother old pioneer was Richard i who came lame from Bo Boston ton Mass to state in 1853 and is 77 years of ie e. e He was a driver drier with J Johnston Johnston's s 's across neross the plains At that time Sift aIt Lakes Lake's business ss bouses houses on Main ret consisted of one store and one Lel f tel 1 He Ito moved next year to Weber where he ho has since Jived i lIe Ho married that year rented a farm aid ita d prospered 1 until now he has much m pertY This couple raised nine nine chil chil- jn six boys and three girls All the theris ris ris have been on missions of at least I tb fo years vears at different times Life ti-aS ti bard hard in those early days das but we weT T rare happy he lie said I Glad of Growth Wiliam Coke Parker another old pio pie who rho came to Utah in 1854 said I r am am glad lad to have havo conditions today prosperous as they are i Silliam river Driver of Ogden Ode started fh flem OBi m EtI England Eagland land ray May la 4 4 1866 with a boat bout dad dad nd of other Mormon lormon colonists for h in the ship Caroline aroline They Wro ere nine days r reaching the Isle Islo of I Vi ht where off tho the coast they were wre U ht in iu a terrible storm and and barely re shipwreck They were thirty thirty- ve ret days dass nys rea reaching New York The The- I the Grand Grana Trunk railway to and were in a dreadful smash smash- uP six iX cars ars smashed to atoms The party art was in charge of L. L Nathan Kathan El- El who gave e out that be he thought OO of their number had been ben killed II Ut it turned out ont that not a single perIt per per- It Itson son aon was missing and people called this escape escape hI he said with a chuckle a a Mormon miracle at the time j n 1117 i He sai said d too I dont don't believe many J P people ople know of this We crossed the i. plains lains with Holliday's teams Ho IIo said too he lie was pleased with conditions in this state iw Thomas I Peake who arrived in 1855 1833 d W We Ve suffered much privation one of ofF F t the worst was the lack lak of food At r l 11 first we lived li on flour and water thickened thickened thickened thick- thick ened to a gruel ruel and sea gulls and andI I greens reens until our first crop came Wet Wel We t- t thad l had few clothes and had to make mako shift i any sort of body covering if Yes conditions are fine h here hiiro re now and and I wouldn't wouldn t have llave them changed Came Caine With Ox Team j Mrs J J. J W. W Snell arrived In m 1850 and 4 looked to be a hale hearty bearty sensible and well preserved elderly woman She r came mme across the desert with the ox h teams and settled at Spanish Fork She and ana her husband reared thirteen chil- chil I c. c dren dren seen seven boys and six girls During Dur- Dur I Dur-I t in lag ing the first years rears their privations were rere dreadful The tho family survived two Indian wars the Blackhawk and the j Walker In 1854 they were wore driven 0 from bomo homo to another settlement in inV V- V tho th middle of tho the night by these red rod 1 I skinned marauders Mrs Irs Snell spun r and ana wove woe all the clothes worn by herL her- her L 1 and family When they were suffering suf suf- f fering ing great privation she saw their t 1 first wheat what crop just ripe for harvest k- k stripped bare by bv grasshoppers HI It It was a w wonder we wo did did did-as as well as asI I We we e did but all aU the nei neighbors divided all alli i z their provisions with each other and in I t way we survived she said f Tells TeUs of Hardships Mrs James Barker a aged ed 77 71 arrived in i-in in IS 1850 O. O She said f.- f. i When W hen we reached ched where O Ogden den now stands I waded the creek to help drive I I f the cattle and sheep heep We lived Jived a year yearl L l at Forest fort where my hus husband and f t r guarded tho the canyon to keep the Indians I back But only one man was shot and anel that was because bec II he lie tried trie to steal We arrived with provisions to last a year ear but wo we divi divided NI with the th others ant and and lived much of the time timo on boiled wheat heat served like hominy homin I J ma made e breeches for my husband and the boys bos from wagon covers One memory brou brought ht tears of laughter to her eyes ees A society a affair fair was to bo be given In in the settlement and sho she was exercised over the old feminine question about getting a n new dress ress for tho the affair Why she said I just dipped a It sheet in in the tannin tanning vat and dyed it a beautiful color and from it I made a dress that I am sure no ono one could have havo been prouder of not oven a Worth orth cre cree They reared eleven children seven of whom are arc living Yes es sho she said financially the conditions here now could hardly bo be improved im tin- proved but there is not as much brotherly broth broth- erly love lo At the birth of her ller third child Mrs Irs Barkers Barker's n s h husband became desperately ill with cholera n arid and d fell three times imes in in trying to get et across the floor but mt but be begged ed her to lio ho quiet and not to try ry to help him When hen he lie fell the third time he lay unconscious and she got ot UP and with great reat effort dra dragged him lum back acK to bed where be he became conscious three hours later and she ended with and and it didn't hurt me at all I was soon o oat t of hod bod and well That was December 1 Her father was one of the builders of tho the temple His name was Newman G. G Blodgett gett Mother Dies ou on Road c- c Mrs T William WilIiam Hckman hickman man arr arrived in 1849 fa- fa TIer JI name awe at that time lime was Minerva Wade Her father and brother wore vore both in in the Mormon ba battalion and bade ade her mother and herself goodbye on the tho he banks of the Missouri river on their lon long ong trip across the plains Her mother Soon oon became ill an and died on the tho way and nd mado her daughter promise to come here and stay otay with the tho church during her life ft So she said I married in poh-g- poh amy my amy My Iy homo home was broken up forty- forty three three years a ago o. o I had e eight ht children of f whom six six are livin living They are like liko myself all nil workers in iii the tho t temple mple 1 I r myself all nil workers in iii the tho t temple mple 1 I r now nt have havo P posterity children gran grandchildren grand grand- l- l children and great grandchildren num nuin- berin bering The fifth day of May this year we held a family reunion in the temple and five of my my family and myself myself my- my i self seU were f sealed to tho the church To Today ay I J am glad trIad and proud I |