Show LION HO t liON Anniversary of Susa Young Gates Fiftieth Year Fittingly Observed NIGHT OF REMINISCENCES President Smith Oilier C in lct He jQ Memories of l Half u I Ago AgoA IU A nooel of tender memories to tho old oM middle l n 1 wealth of absorb absorbing ing experience to the tho young such W te the reminiscences nt the Lion on Ul Saturday night nigh I The fhe historical mansion the he hon of lt Young Youl for tor so BO many man manea years ea r and Hut child born within Its Il walls Young Gate together reached t their on March JS eal ago alo saw the th IJu 1 completed and tho sume day Ilay naw a little stranger tak up her h r abode abod miler uld r Its Il roof The II date fulling on Sunday this year It I win WI do duo I II I Iod to t It A diy hl la II and on Oi Hullda night rom far und ilI I near cume many of the Iho friends of or thu Mormon leader and n of ot his hIM I d tl do hono to tc till the event From 20 to 10 people thronged 1 the looms titled HP liP for the tL The I assembly II room the pat Jut lor of fir the old IlaH heln family a III I In n Jon every night for rol prayers a lU lUPI PI as the room adjoining were oe nr with Across Hie Ihl lull the th small lined as n an of or Ilie Ike by h Elder George In III which President breathed bin hl last was open for Inspection next to It on the north a II large larI room was 1311 crowded with relics of III bygone of nr them personal belongings of o othe the Prophet Joseph President Young or other uther Tho rho ben on which Pres President I ident Young d his old arm arll chair Kune fome of his clothing the oune he cm lied many pieces cell of oC family plate plair and IM In the tho Young families In public filled Ien corner of or the room hung on the were re eagerly erly HI inspected tupp by u tho visitors I At 8 S COL tilt tho of oC the pro pram rang mull the to tn order us lug III tho old boll which hl father K many years when tho family the tho the Ibe filled I to for Cor Wiling I rayo Ill Co Col made air tut axcel l lent master IIa of lit s hI hII lII I In III a n host of H He called l on President lIt John It n Winder vho ho opened the thc evenings proceeding with un 1 then R a 11 veteran who with his hili father 00 o worked In III the Lion detailed a 1 of tit o 1 his with Ire Young tolling toll lug of ot tIlt the of lit the work orl orlof of tho TIN HI re 11 wore WIC full Cull of ot Interest t from beginning hI 11 I to In end The fhe next called on un wan WILLIAM VILLIAM H Din tenor singer of ur the thc Tabor t II well II ns pioneer I wollI lit III woo l Mr h Foi tor told Ilow ho had harl turned tho lal 10 I for the th Ilee lIoe Hive House e and fur furnished Ul other othor of or the two to I H other oIlier both pathetic told of the old days J rl lel lIt 11 el e C e delighted Mr hili luart liy 11 paying for a II Job of work olk with n a acl of and only charging Mm Ilm l 3 per Iler It while the day III on tho wa II selling for tor 20 a It Mr FoRter mild lio ho rolt fr lt morn mor like III singing ln hOI I ho he nuked the company to join with him In Times Come Coma no More which they th did with n m JOSHUA tho pioneer and performer on the th violin In choIr of ot next poke lie raid ho tad hod heen tull the th painting on thu tho two rooms during the tho welling evening that it tt was Willi ulmo t ns 1111 rosh fresh an It f when It was put lilt on CO GO year ago lIl It t lind never hud another coat luce Ho paid u a tribute to tho mechanic of oC lime especially to tn ono onn of tho th painter William Morris Ho HII id lili h m of or who in their dull like Ilk HAMILTON G PA UK veteran who ho one olle of President l dent Ilent Youngs right bund haud mOil men In the old du i paid a II beautiful to t the memory of oC the departed leader Mr III Park told how he anti and o force of ot men under him had from their th work In III City Creek In tn 1554 to help dig th the foundation und get Iet out the fund for tM the Lion House Thoy worked work tI on Oil the building until un It was completed and he was personally present at the dedication of ot tho Ihn home houll He had enjoyed President Youngs I bounty and knelt In prayer pra r with hS hl family Speaking of or hard times he hn raid Mill with a halt half mlle you OU ire did 1111 not know what hard times were wert though It In 18 tuio we often ort n wanted j hr He gave an In Interesting account of oC how ho President Young mIl met one OM of ot th famine years carl which hl h c m upon th valley nile Ono One evening he said ald the President asked me IIII If It I could b be at al his hb at 10 next I I 1 fuld Id Yes Ye and when I reported for tor duty dut ho hi took me rne In his hili carriage ordered the driver to fo fa to Main street ye JI stopped nt the old Con where wh re Livingston ton A II ld then had a u store sture tool took mo Inside paid to the Ih proprietor I want to buy hu hulen len every ounce of or wheat flour meal und breadstuff that you have on ons sale s lc that Is b after you OU have hn h 1 out enough for or own family In those dependent on you Wo then thell luft 11 store and anel went nil the a street to Third SMith eroded over lime ranie up the fust sine I repeating the words tip up tho east Id bread Then h ho to me Hamilton take n force of ot men with you OU tomorrow go receive oil all the the tho mores have han agreed to sell lell Hum It carefully 1 nW lY und no nil mutter mattaI how ho much mu h gold Rold U you ou simply answer non nOlle of oC it la S for tor sale but bill when th IhA widow a or th fatherless come It Is Ig for Cor thorn thom mid Continual on ou Juc 2 Column 4 A I llO LION HOUSE BI BIlES lES CELEBRATION TI Continued from I those Ihl r who mire Iro lI In tho the oMee anti nna on 18 IJ thi Ih I lic ho le olk I handed him tH time icy ot at m rc ail al it ii the tho food was up UI but he tie h handed It IL back telling inu I to 10 keep It anil to to tl tt him for tor Ith distribution of o the supplies The yeut 11 Ihl followed tWill wn 11 IL a severe govere ev re one Mr Mv 1 said ald and Urn time wisdom vl o nf of o tin tim President lt in II caring for to om I th the Ihu poor and tind engaged on Oi the limo public works work wa It amply ju H hi n fl Cl SON another veteran who as 15 nl bUsh bu l ness flees nels enl und dl of supplier to tl li wn the next speaker Ho Ito le too HI gave 0 UIO personal and Ind told alit one uno UIO story atry that mine wa evidently a mm to Ills ll It IL I wits won when I he ho was Wil a 1 boy bo ha lie that thit he and amid his hit mother verne lame to 10 Winter Quarters i Iro President Young WA there th re with lila hit family fall There Thero moie 4 but hut few omen men lel time the tie your year wee waa wal a n held haul ono onto and his Itis hil mother Iii Tho Time well us ms tie the themen was vas I women as ems 1 III tho nato men took look port pint In II building houses and amid he Ire he would never n fo to 0 gut Kut ut several of or the wives of or nt Voting memo amo out omit ono duty ilay tool hold bout of ofa a number r of at logs IO l building a IL los log 10 house for tor hits hl mother 1101 MI They took look It up to 10 the when the time roof rout was lIS 1 by time the labors of 0 the men was u mi build builder er lor by hI and he ho erected the tho first adobe In tn the lit a n small ti liam ar the time of Main and ho ito took molt In build in Ing K the tho old aint where the terrace now nol lie He told torr of oC hi east cast arid and of ur his put chase If of In the th hull huid times tint that some of tho the Presidents Bills u uller ed to think they were well paid for their chores U It they were glen given a u of ot sugar SUHA YOUNG OATUS GATI was Introduced urn Id applause and she sho Interestingly h of o tho memories Unit t the hi old oud tailed called up of ot those I who tho had lived 11 tolled and n no r joined under Its hilt It I walla the bet beit he t men inert und mini women that lived lIell She Shu re retailed reo tailed especially the of at Aunt llIn who ivies always at the bedside of o time the sick Iek as us well as Oil the time Prime practical aid tendered tt by b Aunt China Decker She Sho thou then laid n cm tribute to President Jos F Smith WHO was hi III hithe the assembly und ami In lit broken brokell tones told of oC the two children she Hh and amid her hus bus husband band banh hud laid away In Its time tho th Sandwich Islands Island and of time the kind aid alti and sym cyril sympathy pathy President Smith a II fellow missionary had extended them In that land At t t the conclusion ot or her remark nha he w was s 11 about to I leave lelle the time timeS loom S when she hI WAt Intercepted by Minn 1811 Maude Muy luy who vho read road n a ni i lever ver poem In n honor of her hen ami tendered her hem n a large box hox with Injunctions that It must not be opened till n a later lutor day dy da 0 O F I F WHITNEY gave fio a mm number of ot recollections of or thi old house anil those thone who hail hul lived with iii hI n It especially of at his hit boyish hulsh exPerIences at nt time the school conducted by b Mrs rK who was iVitS also In the time of tho mu lessons hn ho h took look front from Aunt Lucy Luc D LI Young Mrs Hates Gates days of Young t Whitney the old bu team cans and of his hla meeting with President Young He lie closed clod clo d by h expressing 8 tho ho hope hOIe that this lila old landmark and amid other would long im 1 and turned Into nto a museum oum where the time Inter sting works vork already gathered could ho hi u II sentiment which was wa greeted with lIh hearty II Pilla u use e eB H ri H lE next spoke poke anti extended lila his lallon to Mrs Ire Gates Outes on her imer birthday and to tim the time old historic hl house that had lund the years ar so HO well He lie congratulated Mrs Ir Gates on hut hUI courage In acknowledging this lila especial anniversary and amid spoke of ur her hel wonder vander wonderful ful tul cheerfulness of ot spirit which was wait an un evidence tn lii him he lie null that no nil mat matter matter matten ter ten what whal might happen hoppen to their bodies hodies tho the soUl ot t men loon and anti women never grow old Ho lIe too loa hoped that the th Lion Llo I House 1 would mould be preserved Ore und lint forward to tn the thO hi tiny day Ia there thero might I be distributed from It I ite III hi literary form time the greut great thoughts to which I ham haiti iam Young gave gutI utterance during his Ifo he said cold which wens ten gen generally cn orally ern II being adopted 1 by h the world work to tolay lay ilay and which ho haul had pounded out on arm the anvil of at his hll hard hurll experiences JOB T F I SMITH pave gave 15 Hi 2 or 20 minutes of at his personal experiences In its time the old Ild days das In the time later hOs 11 congratulated Mr Mrs Irs Gates dates on oh reaching Her fiftieth milestone ant and I toped hoped she chic would keep her hr I for or another 50 51 yearn He lie told hew h huid he hud had returned from vomit his lila first mission to 10 I the he Sandwich Islands in III 1831 and antI how his ils first Or t act on reaching the lie family homo lomo dx miles out omit ou t of or tho time city was as to 10 saddle his isle horse harp cud and to tl ride to 10 town to 10 report to President Young After Atter h lie beets blen greeted d time the President ed it If f he had u it horse horae saddle bridle arid ant ammunition lIe He said he had the tho horse hoi so saddle and the tha bridle and Home lume leAds lead which ho he hail had obtained at Las Vega on his Imis way from the tho coast but ho imo hud hail hudio no io powder powderlie lie He was then told to got ready and Ind re report reo report port next morning to Mr Ir Rockwood who would gend him bins out lilt with mIth time the other men mittS who meno being sent out outto outto I to watch th the Incoming Army arm I lie He sat rat at up liP nil that night mould moul lug ing In bullets bull ts from hili bItt lead arid and reporting to Mr Ir next net morning nt mit the time theold old oil house Just east of God Gel Godbe Gelbe be he Pitts Pitta Drug Store ho was waR pent cent to tola 0 lii la 10 duty dill In lii the tIme campaign of ot the amount U r h war ivar lie He also told tol l Interestingly IY of or how tOIV hit his group commanded by Por Pon Porter ter Rockwell Hockwell hind had met mel Major Powell on onh th the h road after peace pence arrangements haul hal halb lumen b n Tho The major told thorn thom they the could nil go 0 home house now no a liS as p pence peace ace was declared and free tree pardon would bo ho extended nil III a n which elicited ore one of f Porter w vii n known no n snort n it rejoinder moro mono forceful elegant President nl nio o told of at his hi has hasIng ing Ini being belm detailed with others rl to guard thu th city Johnstons army paused pascal ll through the time streets tr et Every Ivery preparation ind been Jeen made to 10 burn the homes home anti and andall all II their contents If It any allY hostile mont mani manifestations took pine lIe He narrated how Io ho nd Young Toting Jr had hiatt ha gone Iono into nto the lie Lion House one nl anti In Inthe he the th very ery et room where he was vise now nosy no speak p ak inc hail had seen oil all tho the beautiful furniture plied nn un ready for the torch Url lie he Mid caPt was WM rendy rend to touch oath It off art the moment word won came hut ho he told tins h hh tm h i that the HIp word of ot sacrifice did hl not come land and how unit he would have has ha mourned to tee see the beautiful pile of or mil inn hogan nogan chaIrs In those thos d days ys he said Mid the choIrs seemed to him the mot lIot beautiful pieces of if ture tore he ever eer b beheld h ld At th SIt end of nf the war ho he h laid kid o le his sword and nd gun tun anti pl to 10 anti and farming Ire Pr Smith closed ieti by b rendering rend an arm tribute to th tb memory of or m Young and his hla leader header th time pr to his hf mind mIni he sold vj wa mesa time tho man who Ih ev r lived with two Iwo exception end nn they tho were wera th of ot mankind and nd Joseph SmIth lf N T JOHN JOIN H B WINDER Referring to the sentiments expressed about preserving the Lion House saId sale that It ft hail had once been beems proposed to change tIme the I form ferns of or the structure by adding another story lory but that he had insisted on keeping In Its present anti MM 1114 n l landmark l of ot historic value This also milso wan isa all applauded President Pre adu d that bitt he fa a pre On time old nid uil Id retaining the tho rai State owned by bytho tIme tile Church In III thIs thin locality Home enter custer enterprising spirits he ho said enid had urged that the time Temple walls sculls bo Lo Li torn lorn down and re me replaced reo placed I by b tin Iron Iroll fence ence but he lie hud had al ai opposed time tho ProPosition utu should hould to 10 do d so o a n statement 1 Sm h was also greeted with heart heaLt applause fJ At 1 t time the conclusion IOn of lit tho the creaking were sieve or nerved t under time tho th direction of Miss lI H head of or till the lIme t I Science department of oC the thel I l D K H aided by b young wily hilI hail the time delicious b h bIns hIni lv Ins Ini outdo mud and served erd by I tho the same lame hands time lime WOH then paned In lii conversation exchanging re ro In ins violin I ItH to the relic room IM lit well III as n t I the time tutu fish pond in inn Inn ina n a tear chamber Hero blent time the guests gueste were allowed I I to In throw their lines over a it 1 curtaIn anti and to th tho i hook would be ho tit lit litI Mi I I Conme II of interest t IIi with time the early history lory of oC tho the I hUI e |