Show ft LIFE OF ACHIEVEMENT A Anthony W IvIns the new apostle appointed at this conference of the Mormon church is a good type of the westerner whose character has been developed by b struggles with frontier conditions From boyhood to young manhood and on to maturity of his splendid executive powers he faced the desert of southern Utah and north northern northern northern ern Arizona and conquered it After he had won that fight he was sent into Mexico to lead the pioneering work of the church there and again he has conquered adverse conditions Having proved his leadership his elevation to exalted rank in his church organization tion is s only natural If It the story of his experiences when he was a coworker with Erastus Snow among the Indians of or the desert could be written it would make a fascinating tale of courage of adventure and he heroic heroic role achievement Tony Ivins as they used to call can him in Dixie probably probably probably ably regarded his hla work then as com commonplace commonplace commonplace though interesting and he would likely be surprised to know any anyone anyone anyone one regarded It now as out of the or ordinary ordinary ordinary yet those who have heard de descriptions descriptions descriptions of the trials and difficulties of those days still recall them as among am I g the best epics of that marvelous land which lies between the Mexican border and the long line of bluffs which mark the termination of the Wasatch range along contact with Utah With the recognition accorded his church work The Herald extends Its congratulations to the man on the fulfillment ful fulfillment fulfillment of an ambition which has been justified by his enduring work for civilization civilization iv on the very frontier |