Show DEATH OF ANOTHER PIONEER another figure in history gone Gon eDited didd in obscurity yet ilia his deeds will live after him uncle charlie decker lied died at vernal friday march 2nd at the an ago of 77 yu a at ai d his fulli funru keral was vaa held on sunday nt at the baake bouso his death dumith revives adew tue the fascinating history of arly life on the plums plains tie he was the very lat la ln t vors of thosa picturesque charne tera whose hose lives ines with the wild west ahn the b son soft and the indian at will ile he anh an associate und and friend of kit carson anti oth r noted men inen who o deeds arkis ar I 1 neeper ably bleaden with the ug history of border life in the earl 50 m jt it would be impossible to inen mention tion in a newspaper item men even halt half the romantic roni antio and thrilling experiences his he lia hill I 1 IQ in LIH his early curly life lie was modest anil and but life hia donda por by a janies james yn nemore coop cool ot ei would furnish material for a fidei bating story of indian life and adaven attire anre no he crossed the plains no lose than fifty times and his haid hardships ships and exposure bia nil irrow from boath in a hundred di dia forant forms forma would till a volume he H tit by nature katmo amul f and d gonta entla though all lie ho EL stout and foar fear loca less heart in his uie ills elport to to tile the elements clem unta at all sons of ilia h your his as with tho ahn rough ph matteis or the file border the hard baird bhika ishits he ha underwent all tended to ni make ilia extensor for somewhat onie what roligh and uncouth and thesa character charac tei esties citing cl ungto to linn him to the last llo angly cared little for tile the associations of his follow fallow nian man thare There wuie bun dreda of people here ill m our county who did not anuw that trie charlie decker residing among them was tile the uncle chai tie lie deller deiler of fame even his death wan wall quiet and obscure as am will hr his later inter tt if e these latoi yet vena is ho however adver aero ere in marled marlik sod lont On Jast to the stirring of f pioneer datys klisit family I 1 u vi kirtland when hi bit ats ft a boy find aft erwardi 14 went to Mi missouri where ebore they suffered nith the 1110 cormons mormons in their rend find dri driving in that state going with them to narvoo whon religious intolerance and the mad of hypocritical zealots zealous culminated in the evodna from damoo ho with called to play tin an important though hu in I 1 la pa it ills ilia Wondel fal constitution ail and cheerful nature bore bare served a good purpose lie he wis was well wall aud favorably known to pot young and trusted by him even to the extent that tant lie he grivo him hii 4 most vilate Vi litte ili mir biag ihm occurred ut at winter winker tot g uncle chache was not one of the annd of who entered salt luke valley in july he h could not be heard from the camp of the saints nit he up in the wt next train hn her did ill not rost rest long however for ho bo v ask frequently called up onto on to goback go back find and help belp the he immigrants grants rand and haul freight acoss tile he penns 1 he formed a partnership nhip iship nith ith va feramorz rera feramorz morz little in carrying the mail oneo once a mouth month tho the alnina to laramie Larm nie going out tor for tile the first lime under thin thim contract la in auguar 1857 with di robrta dative to congie sF for a passenger dining thira thim trip he be had a th ux ful peri pori ence once with a band of 1111 1109 cr w indians Ind ninn but escaped without harm harin or sarious loss losa ils ho u was as also a with I 1 era ra loorz little IN H introducing tile the first steam saw mill into utah which wa was wai i operated in ili big cottonwood cannou and tilo in ILI many other ether at one tune he quite wealthy but died in I 1 or r a lime he wi dropped out of the public gil p but th thordis orsis will bo be it soft spot in ili many it heart for uncle charlia decker and bin hi coeds will live hafter anu Po pence honesto nesto to 11 hia a a as lit 8 |