VL YOUNG among those who were not of the advance guard of the utah pioneers but came with the first succeeding de tach ment was the late brigham H young for this reason alone but there are many others he deserves to and does hold a place in the affectionate i remembrance of our people which I 1 time cannot stale nor custom wither I 1 he was the pioneer printer and for a time foreman of the mechanical department part ment of the deseret news which causes him to be especially remembered here he was a man of probity enterprise and thrift all of I 1 which is shown in but one incident of his earlier and buster busier life in bringing a train of goods from the missouri river for a mercantile firm here mr young met with a sad misfortune the indians caught the men unawares unaware a and captured every wagon destroyed all of them and all the goods they could not use or carry away and drove off the animals the firm held mr young tor for the value of the meT merchandise chandise and his losses on the wagons and horses were in addition some more by sacrificing property here he m managed to raise the money and paid it over expecting to be reimbursed by the government but he never was it was in the latter stages of the wax war and the treasury was empty one by one his witnesses disappeared through death and otherwise and finally he gave it up altogether at a time like that such a loss was all but irretrievable but he met it and pushed ahead ever striving to regain his former estate but only with partial success mr young had a host of friends here and elsewhere all of whom will cherish the hope that in his final sleep no disturbing or discordant influence will be permitted to reach him