Show SALT LAKE SKETCHES Horses Are Ibis His Hobby Sori of Pio Pioneers Recalls Days When Indians Indians In- In Wintered Near Neal City He drove a team of horses that had hac crossed the plains with one of the tho first companies of pioneers pione rs and sane with wilh the tabernacle choir in t o worlds world's fair at Seattle nearly 30 years year ago lie He is Up White While of 2234 2231 South East street Who now runs his little farm in the southeastern south eastern part of oC the city Mr White While whose hobby is horses points with pride to the days of his youth when he drove his fathers father's team Sam and Tom I Those two horses pulled a wagon across the plains when m my father came to Utah with one of oC the first companies of oC pioneers Mr White declared Many times my mother told me ot of the days das when those hor horses es swam rivers and tugged away through mountain passes Old Tom Tam Sam lived to be nearly 40 years of age I drove them on the hay wagon for tor several years You see my father Richard White built the first store on Washington avenue in Ogden Mr 11 While recalls the days das when tribes ot of Ute Indians wintered near the mountains southeast of at the city He pointed out how he played with the papooses as a boy The Thc Indians seWed settled there in the tho winter because of the fine deer huntIng hunting hunt hunt- Ing that region offered I used to them vegetables for buckskin Later when I worked in a local whole whale wholesale sale merchandise store I sold cracked c dishes to some of the Indians One of the old squaws said she recognized me 2 25 years alter after she sho knew meas me meas as n a boy bo For years Mr White was a pioneer shoe repair man in Sugarhouse bet bet- fore to his present farm lie He opened the first shoe store there md and watched the little suburban business section grow from n a sugar mill to its present size Mr White While played leading roles in Salt Lake opera comp company lions at the thc old Salt Lake theater besides singing in the tabernacle choir Most ot of the plays in which Mr White was cast were directed by bythe bythe the late Evan Stephens and J J. J J. J Mc Mc- land |