Show local pioneer observes birthday tuesday september 28 marked the bi birthday anniversary of one of th the e older pioneers of vernal william J cardiner var diner of maples naples ward hi 11 children entertained him with a birt birthday hda part party at the home of a cousin carl garddner there were present one claugh ter two sons seven grandchild ren eleven great grandchildren grandchildren two friends and fourteen cons ins two sons and s wen wert unable to come conie from california to attend mr gardiner has nine g grand rand son in tit the service four of whom are with the navy he ile has five children twenty four graid children and twenty three grout great grandchildren he lie lost his wife thirty three years aro ago and since lint that time hp lived alone at his home in fit naples mr air gardiner lias has seen the ml ral ley change from front a it arn dr sago brush flat where only it few dirt roof log houses built to what we have now then there wen vert no roads only a 1 few trails 0 fo o a horst between betwee ln the brulli and cedars church wag was held in fit a n private private homo home and the post of lice ce was wai also in tit it home there were no fruit or shade trees in ill tin the valley when he came here some of the notorious outlaw outlaws of of the west such as elsie L la a and hutch butch C cassidy were corni common tion sights night in the little settlement of old ashlen where liere they cime canie to to lia it took between four f tir and six weeks for a wagon to g no tl to towns owns for sup pile for fol settlement tho indians were not yet trio mik and ill the Kvern ment lil solda rs at it fort duchesne Pu chesne to to 1 prot tot t ahr 1 in tit this area mr air gardiner lus has had an at A K part p in ili mike inake ver nil nal ill alie beautiful place it is now v if he bull build ill the I 1 loads lind 1111 agals plant trees trem and mak arik toi foi houses deini it i trained rl ned belly Ila anson soll in it ila helped build nil all the tho older brick buildings and la lay rock for tit the foundations of tit the fridg bridges he ile teyla hint that even tit life if of it pioneer is hill lund it has his its penie in tit gebing geeing and helping fi it krow grow and anti develop into 1 fine homr for his children and rind hildien nid and many others he fie hns has heen a menthol of tit alu 1 DS chuich ill all ills lik life |