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Show I Up the Road With the Pioneers of Moab I Editor tor and readers of The Times- Times Tlmes- Tlmes TimesIndependent TlmesIndependent Times-Independent Times Independent TimesIndependentIn - IndependentIn Independent 1 In times past there have leave been beenpubllshed beenpublished beenpublished publlshed published articles 'Down Down ' the Trail TrailWIth Trailwith Trailwith WIth the Pioneers , " ; , " ' which were in- in interesting interesting in interesting - teresting reading but I as a . pioneer pioneerdld pioneerdid pioneerdid dld did not find it a dovm down-hill down hill - h111 pull , but buton buton buton on the contrary it was an up-hm up hm up-hill hill uphmpull uphillpull up-hillpull up hillpull - pull for those early pioneers , and I Ido Ido Ido do not think anyone any one wUlCcuse will wUl ' \ accuse \Ccuse Ccuse me meof meof meof of going gomg with slack tugs in any pull pullthat pullthat pullthat that was for the betterment of Out Oututtle outlittle ouilittle uttle little community . So believing beHeving as I do , , "it it "If If " youV you \V V \ want wanta mt mta a thing thlng done right rlght , do it yourself yourself"you yourselfyou , " you genteel readers ' "will will 'will " pardon me meif meif meif if I toot my own horn a little littleI I first came to Little Grand Grnnd val- val valley valley val valley - - ley ( Moab ) ) in Octob October r 1883 , one of ofa ofa ofa a company compan going to NevMexico New Nev- Nev . - Mexico in insearch insearch Insearclx search of a place to mnke male make homes homesWe homesWe homesWe We found in Moab the Taylor Taylorbrothers Taylorbrothers Taylorbrothers brothers , Lestcr Lester , Buddy and Arthur Arthurand , and some others of our old neighbors neigh- neigh neighbor neigh-bor neigh bor - bor bors ; > from the older settlementThe settlementThe settlement settlementThe The Tiylor Twlor Taylor boys offered every in- in inducement inducement in inducement - ducement they could bring forth to toget toget toget get this company to remain here herein herein herein in the valley , and I joined in with withthem withthem withthem them to show the advantages of ofthe ofthe ofthe the place , as I lilted lll.cd lllcd liked . the prospects prospectsand prospectsand prospectsand and opportm opportunities Ues here for bome- bome home- home bomeseckers homeseekers home-seekers home seekers - seckers seekers I 1 being bemg the soungest oungest youngest head \ of a t family mIly in fn the company ( my mymother mymother mymother mother , youngest sister and my- my myse1f myself my myself - self se1f > ) . , my pleadings ' were 'Vcre Vcre disregard disregard- disregarded - ed until we had wasted nearly a ayear ayear ayear year of time and heavy financI'd financId financial financI'dloss financialloss financialloss ' loss We all aU relumed rl'tumed rltumed returned ' to Moab In in1884 1884 and I have bsve considered this 111y my 111yhome myhome toyhome home since that timeIn tlmeIn time tlme timeIn In each article attlcle , "Down Down " the TraU Trail TraU1th Trailwith Trailwith \\1th 1th with \ the Pio'1 Pio1 Pio'leeis Pioleeis Pio'ieess Pioieess ' els " we were told of ofthe ofthe ofthe the activities of the person named named.so namedso . , so I will say thathile that \ while \\hile hile I have no norecords norecords norecords records at hand to specify dates datesthe . , , the records of ths the county , the town townthe townthe townthe the school , the state stare , the govern govern- government government government - ment and the church , will wiII tell that thatI I have acted as county attorney attorneyschool , school trustee , . state road agent agentcounty , county commissioner . , Justice of ot oL . the thepence thepeace thepeace pence peace , member of the town board boardpostmaster boardpostmaster boardpostmaster postmaster , secretary commercial commercialclub commercialclub commercialclub club , clerk of the town board boarddeputy boarddeputy boarddeputy deputy clerk and sheriff , ward wardclerk wardclerk wardclerk clerk , superintendent of Sunday Sundayschools Sundayschools Sundayschools schools , , ward teacher , . secretary Y Y.M YM . M . Hi l\L l IL \ . I . A , . , and bishop . In each eachand eachand eachand and every calling I made many mis- mis mistakes mistakes mis mistakes - takes ( o of ! the head bead but not of the thebeart theheart theheart beart heart ) and I console m myself e1f in the theknowledge theknowledge theknowledge knowledge that I did the best I Iknew Iknew Iknew knew how . I remember with Wlth pleasure the theContinued theContinued , ( Continued from page 4)B 4) 4 ) _ . . . B , Up The e Road RoadContinued RoadContinued ( Continued from first page ) I Igleat I II gicat gleat gzeat help freely given by theyoung the theoung young oung OUl1g men andomen and \ women \\omen omen during the thetime thetime thetime time I acted as bishop and I seeevery see seeevery everyone every one of them honored and re- re respected re respected - . spected citizens and man many ' of themholdmg themholding themholding holdmg holding positions of honor in the theCity thecity thecity City . , county countv , state and church churchI I am not sending my picture to tobe tobe tobe be pUblisheditl1 published w.ith with \\itl1 itl1 kith \ \ . this article for forthe forthe forthe the icason leason reason that all who know lnow me mewIll mewill mewill wIll remember what I look like irke and andthe andthe andthe the readers , who do not know me mecan mecan mecan can form fonn their own idea when 1 T I say saythat saythat saythat that I am sme sure my mv pIctureouId picture \\ouId ouId would wouldnot \ wouldnot ouIdI ouIdnot I not add one bit of beauty to thIS thISI thISpapel thispaper thispapei thispapeiMoab I papel paper papelI papelMoab paperMoab Moab will till " ' 111 always al\\a-s al a s \ ) - be my borne 'home home 'homeand ' borneand homeand I and although I have been bsent absent absentfor absentfor bsentlfor lfor for some time tune my thoughts often oftengo oftengo oftengo go out to my friends fnends and neighborsthere neighborsthere neighbors ' there ! thereI I am now neanng nearmg nearing my three scoreyear scoreyear score iyear year and ten milestone nulestone on thejourney ihejourney "the the ihe "thejourney " journey of life Ide , am am well hearty hearty'and heartyand heartyand 'and and ' happy , am surrounded "by by " kmd kind kmdI kmdfriends kindfriends kindfriends I friends ( and lnd pleasant campanionsI campanlonsI campanions campanlons , I am the only one left of the theheads theheads : heads of families falml1es of that company companyhho companyWho ! hho \ \ ho came to Moab in 1883 'The The ' 'The10thel'S Theothers Theothers 10thel'S 10thelS others ' are all at rest in the tbe ceme ceme- cemetcr ceme- ceme cemetery cemetery - - tcr tery } ' there , and when my tune time tuneshall timeshall timeshall shall com come , , I truly hope to be 1md lard lardtheto 1mdtheto laidtliero theto with them and mv my owndear own -dear dear dearones dearones - tiearones ones that have passed on . So * . When I quit qIDt this mortal shore shoreAnd shoreAnd shoreAnd And mose moses mosey round the earth nomore : 310 no 310more nomore moreDon moreDon more moreDon Don I t v/eep v eep weep / don t sigh or sob- sob sobI sobI sob sobI - - I- I Imay I ' - may have struck a better job jobDont . Don Dont t go and buy a large boqnet boquet boqnetFor boquetFor boquet-For boquet For - For Forhtch \ which \\htch htch \ sou'll soull you'll youll ou'l1 oul1 ' ' find it hard topay to topayDon -pay pay - payDon -payDon payDon - payDon Don t mope around and feel feelall allblue aIblue - -all all aI - allblue ] blue- blue blueI blue blueI - I may b be better off than you . . Don t tell ten the folks fo11"s fo11s " IHS I \ was \H\S H S \ a samt saint samtOr saintOr saintOr Or Orany - any -any old thing tlung that I am'tIf ain't- ain't aint am't amt ain'tif ' ; - ; if -If 3f - you have jam like lihe that to tospreadPlease tospread tospread spread spreadPlease spreadPlease spreadPlease Please hand it out before 1m I m dea dead - . Ii ) - you -ou ou have roses , bless your sonl sou soulJust ] , 111 111ou Just pin one in my bottonhole bottonholeWhile-I'm bottonholeWhile I'm Im , J , JWhlle Whlle- Whlle While WhlleI'm WhileI'm -I'm I'm Im - - I'm Im ' ' ' alive and well-today well today welltodayDon well - todayEton Don n D-\\ait D ait tait t- t - 6 ' " - \ wait \ ait until untll ' I've Ive ' gone away a\\ay a ay aayRespectfullv awayRespectfully awayRespectfully \ Respectfully Respectfullv , . D A JOHNSON JOHNSONPrm.o JOHNSONProtio JOHNSONProio 1n 1 Prm.o Prmo Protio . , . Utah . , Dec 23 1937 |