Show WILPORDWOODRUEF Denver P9t Withthe death of President Ident Woodruff of the Mormon church has depart nother of the limited number num-ber of striking characteristic figures I Yblch for hal a Century have given a i distinct tone to the far west The num her or pioneer of the west is by no means so large that the departure of one should not leave u voId in their ranks VoodrutI came trom MissourI and crossing J ins the western border or civilization I with his people vent fa beyond that borer and settled with them in a desert But they were of the tre type of pioneer pio-neer nd I took then no longer tnan nature required hr that purpose to turn the desert Into a garden spot capable of sustaining a population many times their number and the Great American Desert Des-ert was lit for something better than a mere pasture for the buffalo and a roam lag ground for the Indians Hut for their untiring energy the great Salt Lake basin wouu in all probalIty hu remained for mal years to come the uninviting desert which they found It lhey placed over n thousand miles between be-tween them and civilization In every di rcton and everything needed to sustain them they were force to produc themselves them-selves The present generation can have no Adequate Idea of the ratons and sufferings these early pioneers of the west had to endure in their endeavor to open up a new country Posterity may deal with them more fairly than they have ben dealt with by their contemo raries ana give them < clue credit for what they have accomplished Ile measured bv the standard of BrIgham Young President Woodruff had I no constructive genius yet he was of the type and tcm 1ermenl to carry on the great work after It had been well started start-ed For this he was perhaps better I suited man than an abler and more aggressive |