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Show STURDY PIONEER WAS JOSEPH PARRY HpcUl to Tbft Terrain.) ' &ODEN, Aug. i. Joc-eph Parry, who died at hla hofiM In 0dn 80 ml ay Bltrfit, wma lnatrumntal In first brinr-nr; the lamia and th water of th ntr-mountatn ntr-mountatn country tojrethr, which cauad th Tlty to bloavum, and It waa hit hand that aided In the guidanca of th ship of state In Ita Infancy. He waa of U'etKh blood and a devout Iattea-day ftoint during the major portion of hla life, having joined the church whan only 21 yeara of age. r w 1 I JOSEPH PAJtJtY. Mr. Ps rry came to America Jn 14$. settling- first In Missouri. . From M I ssou rl he wen t to low a. a nd In t he year 163 he came to l'tah. spcndln the remainder of his life In Mils stale and In Idaho. Mr. Parry built tha first sawmill saw-mill In this section uf the country on Boi Elder creek near Brig hem City, and he was among tha first to erect frame houses In Osjtlrn. With a number of other sturdy pioneers. pio-neers. Mr. Parry In l&'-S waa called by the authorities of the church to colonise the Salmon river country. He settled In the Lemhi valley and aided In the build-. Ins of Fort Iemhi for protection against the Indians. It waa he who turned the first stream of water on the lands of the, mountain wilderness for the purpose of raising crops. Mr. Parry waa looked upon for many yeara aa the father of, Irrliatlon. In 16.S7 he waa a member of Lot Smith a company and participated In what la commonly known aa tha Echo war. He was made captain' of the Weber military nrganlsatlan. and -nerved In that cmnacltv fur a number of years. He served a number of terms In the council of Ogden' City aad held Important positions In the church, always filling them wtih fidelity and credHr He fought Indians In tha early da vs. and waa dtnoern as a brave and honorable fighter. Mr. Parry waa Norn at New Market. Flintshire. North Wales. April 4. - The time for the funeral and burial has not been fixed.- , |