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Show Southern Utah To Be Featured On 'Death Valley Days' Program Next Thursday A pioneer Mormon wife who challenged chal-lenged her husband to find one bit of beauty in the desert of southern Utah in 1862, inspired the Old Ranger's true story of "Sego Lilies", to be broadcast on "Death Valley Days", Thursday. March 26th, over the Columbia Broadcasting System KSL, 6:00 ,p. m. Wilhelmina Cannon had been a 'governess in Back Bay Boston, Jand r.hc loved to surround hrr- self with books and music, pictures pic-tures and flowers. She was just trotting used to Salt Lake City (when her husband announced th;it they had een called to go with Z'f) others into the wilderness. Brigham Young had appointed them to establish the Dixie mission mis-sion at St. George, Utah, on the border of Arizona. The young wife tried to make a pleasant home for her husband and baby in the shelter of adobe, canvas and earth that housed jthem. But she felt so starved for ; the things she loved, for beauty lor culture or something besides Ja mere struggle for existence, that j she was on the point of running 'away. When her sympathetic husband hus-band tried to point out the beauty he saw in the colors of the mountains moun-tains and desert, Wilhelmina de- . Iclared that if he could bring her ; (Continued on page eight) J Gates Funeral (Continued from first page) in his garden or in his manner of living, said Mr. McArthur, paying tribute to Mr. Gates' personal property, his love for humanity, his industriousness, public sendee and other virtues which far outweighed out-weighed any faults. Closing Remarks Brief closing remarks were made by Bishop Schmutz who endorsed the remarks of the previous speak-' speak-' ers and said that Mr. Gates' phil-. phil-. osophy of success in life was cov-. cov-. ered in the statement, "Good luck always follows good management", and proved the statement in his own life as a farmer, a mining man, a construction engineer and a father. All three speakers paid tribute to Mr. Gates' family. Prayers were by Leo A. Snow and Guy Hafen, and the grave in the St. George City cemetery was dedicated by Howard Judd. Born in St. George, June 15, 1866, Wellington F. Gates was a son of Jacob and Emma Forsberry Gates. He had early schooling in St. George, later attending . the B. Y. U. at Provo. On Jan. 1, 1890, he was married mar-ried in the St. George Temple to Alice Jane Hardy of St. George. She died last December. For a time he was employed in Denver as foreman for the Denver and Rio Grande railroad system, later worked in Provo with his brother, Jacob F. Gates and a brother-in-law, Moroni Snow in their hardware hard-ware store; then moved to Belle-view, Belle-view, (now Pintura, Utah), where he followed farming for several years. In 1917 when the Dixie Power company began their set-up in this section, he was secured as construction engineer and supervised super-vised the installing of all of their plant equipment, being in their employ for a long period. During the active operation of the mining min-ing industry in this area, he played play-ed a prominent part. He has also served as a state road supervisor, and at one time as forest ranger In all of his work he was recognized recog-nized for his skillful handling of men and teams, for his efficiency otherwise, and for his loyalty to his employers, his thrift, his honesty hon-esty and his dependability. Surviving are five children: Lucille Lu-cille Gates, St. George; Paul H. Gates, Hurricane; Marion Gates, Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. Ezra Tobler, Tob-ler, Enterprise, and Grant Gates, in military service at Camp Leonard Leon-ard Wood, Virginia; a sister, Mrs. Addie (Moroni) Snow, Salt Lake City;- and two brothers, Jed M. Gates, St. George and Arthur Gates, Pasadena, Calif.; and eight grandchildren. Because of his military mil-itary duties, Grant was unable to be present. |