| Show I S SS S S S SS SL S L j r 5 I S 0 SI 4 S I l f fon i iS ic I c S DD on 1 glor nf or the tho Sows Shoso hoso tooth Was as O Olo Ode lc The Tile one on hundredth anniversary of Dr Willard the editor of or orthe the Newt News was Wil celebrated yes yrs yesterday yesterday afternoon nt at tile the residence ot or his hil hilson son poll WIllard I U B Richards In Sugar SugarHouse Sugarhouse House ward Those present were tho tile two t 0 widows and the descendants of ot Dr antI Ills his hi two to brothers bothers and I LevI vl In rn nil ni they numbered about were served on the spacious lawn and amId President Joseph JosephI 1 I Smith spoke of tho the life labor lahar chai actor acter and usefulness of ot tho the honored pioneer and citizen and referred to him hInt himan an ns being one aie of tho the greatest m men n of ot his hie period and In that noble class to Io which the tho Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum l longed belonged H 10 lie nl o suggested that n family organisation or tion ton be bo effected among the descendants of ot Grandfather Richards who was the this father of ot tho tIle three brothers Subsequent to tills this being given President Angus AnKus M Can Cannon ran an annon non made n a I few tel ow appropriate remarks and anil called I attention to his hi pleasant plen nt with wih Dr while the tha latter Inter was WU editor e lor of ot tho the News New I 1 L 2 r J Then rhen W was Wil named as ni temporal chairman of ot a 0 meeting at nt which n a committee of o live 10 wan sas WIB chosen branches of ot representing tho tIle different tho the family for the O of effecting tile the organization referred to 11 Tho The com corn committee Is II as aR follows Henry Henr P 1 1 Willard 11 Il H 13 LeI W and Preston D Among those present was President Frank y V Taylor It I would be difficult to name Mme anyone of 01 the original hand band bali of ut Utah Pioneers who tilled a n more active lIfe Iro than the tho subject ot of ot tilts tills sketch kotch Tho The duties ho he performed the tIle oc s lit ht held hel from froni the time he embraced until the tile day of ot his hll death were ware so nu flu numerous that It Is ii a 0 matter Iller of ot wonder wonderment ment lent how one man could have sustain sustained Id ed them all ni He lie was wa va the first editor of ot the New Nell when this paper founded In he lIe was at lt the same Mine Mie Miette time tte second counselor to Young Youn having been heen chosen choln for tor this thU position In tn Winter Quarters In tn 14 He lie 10 Was secretary of the government of the tile state of or anti and did the tho great emit tut Ht share of nt the tIle business hu of ot the tile score secre secretary lecre tary of ot tho the territory after Its Il organization tion ton and at nt the same Ime time presided over the tho council of the Legislative assembly He lie le wa sync IUS postmaster of ot this city cly then hen I known us as 18 Urell Salt Bait Lake hake Ilke City until tho the time of ot hIs hiM death deuth and enjoyed the thc full tun confidence of the postmaster gener general al nl of ot the time United States who Ivilo had 11 u high regard legard for fOl Ills his judgment on the time arrangements throughout the tho th mountain region He lie was wan nn an member of or orthe the Immigrating Fund FUld company general historian lila of ot the lie I Church ilu and Church n I m corder for fOl these thene the e latter he Ite With waN eminently gifted as us he Ime WR noted for chronicling chron Id I ng do tes event and Incidents Is with wih rare accuracy of or Judgment and great IrEat tenacity of ot memory In the tho days ot of he ho MIS IS n Il member lemr of ot the tho city cit council of ot that city o I for the Temple general Church clerk Irl private sate vate secretary to the time Joseph Smith He lie lo kept the th Prophets tl private Journal made matle tIle the entry only a 1 few tow minutes previous to tho the tragedy nt at Carthage livery Every student of ot history knows of ot tile notable pirt ho took at nt the tIme of the Iho Ills Two Minutes In tn Jail Is ts one OM on of 01 the most thrilling documents over ever written and his hla parryIng Ing the tle musket of ot the murder murderers ers mrs with wih his Is fA an instance of one on of the most unequal contests on Oil record Jle ile JI was lori born hor nt Middlesex county count cOUlt Mass Ia 8 June JUle 21 2 ISO 1801 Ho lIe 10 lead renI leada a it 1 copy of or the tho Hook Jook of ot which cop President Brigham had accident accidentally ally Il left In becoming greatly with wih lie its tl soon loon afterwards baptized HP Ito J filled fIled n it memorable mission to England In Ill 1837 being set Il apart alert by 11 tho the Prophet Joseph He lie U was ordained one of ot the time Apostles In 1810 1840 left lel with the people at It the tIle thins 11 of ot the exodus and nOli arrived In tIlls this valley with the t bind hanel of ot In July 11 Jill 1117 Ills H death occurred from froni Irm palsy Phy In this March 11 1 1854 Ho lIe 10 hail had boon n a lag ing physician In his erub life Iro and thres of or his hiM sons eons are well icIl wel known In III the medi medical I cal ril profession today namely Jo Joseph seph S R lIchen Heber rl er John JOhl and S L r |
