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Show , . , ' " Ashley Valley ValleyPioneer Valleyl Pioneer ioneer.Marks82nclB ioneerMarks82nclB . Marks 82 v OfI Of , I ! ? j fB ? / ! W tHa tfiaay tfiaayv y ' friends nd $ / ' and relatives 1'etatlfes 1etatlfes ' congratu - . 1 eongratu-late4 eongratu late4 te < { Oeo eo < ; ! < . D Merkley Uerkley on his bb 2nd 2ndb1rt & 2ndbirthday b1rt Monday . . \ Mr Merkley N'mdey Nmdey ' came to cI Ashley 8hley val- val valle val valley - ley le ) ' In Inl lnl l , ' 18'19 1819 7 ' and bought bough ; the llLDd llLDdnow landnow now occupied toy by the Vernal busi busi- businea business - ness nea section for tor $30 30 $ 30 worth of cradl cradl- cradled cradled - ed wheat " In good toad health , Mr Merkle Merkleydrove ) ' dr Ye to Salt Lake We City ott ) ' Tue.sda Tuesda Tuesday . ) ' of oflast oflast last ; week and in a remtnJscent remtnJscentmood reminiscentmood mood observed " "I I " 1 did It to In * . tour tourhours fourhours hours and IS lIS minutes mlnutu , . whereas wbereas we wewere wewere were 21 days coming over the same sameTOad sameroad TOad when we first moved from fromCedar ' Cedar valley in Utah county to toAshley toAshley 'I I from'I 'ICedar Ashley valley In Ulntah county county'Yes 'Yes Yes ' . Yes , w we went through some someI somehardship somehardship I hardship tn In settling Ashley AshIey val- val valI valley val valley - ley ' , said the hale octogenarian octogenarianIt It was a hard thing to get enough enoughto I to eat I bought 24 bushels of ofwheat ofwheat wheat for planting the next 21pring 21pringbut springbut but during the t)1e t1e ) winter we had hact to tochop tochop chop all of It but eight bushels to tohelp tohelp help keep the folks in the neigh neigh- neighborhood neighborhood - borhood from starving starvingMr starvingMr Mr Merkley was waa bom born In SaltLake Salt SaltLake Lake City July 14 , ls5 1859 a son ofNelson of ofNebon Nebon and Sarah Jane SandersContinued Sanders SandersContinued ( Continued on Page Pa 'ive ive ? ! ' lve ) : J y ' ,1 1 t f W I 'd d ' t . tV tnr | A A&UeyVi AUeyVi & WOJ\ WOJ WOJV.l.l81 \ , V.l.l81\ Vl.l81 V.l.l81 Vll81 V.l.l811 V.l.l81rl , & . : \ y 1 rl " I ; " , :1.1 1.1 11 :1.1P17 ' : . P17 JS2n : Ji : Ji't ' : j j " , 't t ' 1'V 1V ' V nr nrContinue4 y W yq yqWhI1e ' 4 ' LI1 ? ( ( O Continue4 Continued nUnue , Xrortf from 1 > e , i t % KWlhis WbU WhI1e " ' 4tull tnha ' . rllld dbO } ha niQY ni ' " it KWl 7.l 7l ! . & b1 his aithen Citythen pJ'enta pJenta parents $ ' Q jtj ) " ' Otjaz\ Otjaz grpatt \ Otjazd \d d \ , City Citys ai\ ai \ s then to t cedar dat Atof At oNqdiemake : of a age lficait Ifmake # t 1ttbl 1ttblAt ' g ? tl20 tl20oNqdie oNqdie ' Jtt Ym make a his bta liitl o o0 oHomesteadmWfHcl 11 PI t'l tl PInomNlt t'lHomesteadirig ' nomNlt Homesteadirig HomesteadirigIa HomesteadmWfHcl t if In1ftfe Ia " ' , me mewaeeee M waeeee waeeeetract aeserWtrict lS f ' " trict tract , he be < : became ame , . actively .ctl\l'ejI .ctllejI .ctl ctl l'ejI lejI actlveIZ \ ' ) , Identifiedto 1dentUledin 1dentUled n.tUI ntUI . cS : cSIn sheepjralsmgInterests aheeplratednginterests In the farming fanning and ond end aheeplratedng abeeli J " , sina ! . Interests of Ulntah U1ntah e county caunty 1Jnty .IA IA . . Ltrtbr Ltrtbrlie Laterhe 1 lie e built buUt a house in Vernal VernalIle V Vcmal a1 yt ; He Ile Ilepresident ) .Ispresident Ispresident . , ! president of th the Haven RAven OU 011 on.and onand aidfining . And aid Re Refining e el : fining company ompany , . pre president Ident ' otil of oI ; tlie tlfe tlieAshley tlfeAshley theAshley l Ashley Cooperative Mertant Mertantile Mertantilecompany Mercantilecompany ei eicompany company , dlrector"f dlrectorf director " of thk4Jinttlh thk4JinttlhState th the .nlnt nlnt , . HlntahState h : state atoctolderxlqthe Bank flank , and , atoctolderxlq 8t stockholder 1ck1\Q1der 1ck1 Q1der < \ In . nthe the Ex Emerald EQ1eld lerad " , ) Oil on Co Co1U Coin Company r > ai airttn 1U\ 1U 1Um rttn ! ) , , ' \ s ' , % From m 1892 unUll894 until 184 Mt { Merk S4f1t , ; * ley fUled fWed filled a mission rnlsslotti mts.s mtss . rnlsslottinfor " "for for nfor " for Ute tbeiIchurch the\L the L tbeiI \ 1 D > DE DEchurch church to t Great Oleat Britain Brltal BrttaIi , , I , tbq.ia tbqia the .la la , . I t- t tter - tbq.iadentaof te ter part of which whtCh time Ume he was W8 $ pres president res . dentaof dentaofhe hehLeedaaccoeni hLeedaaccoeni hLeedaaccoenirem he ident tdent of the Leeds t.eed teed . contere conference rem pie \ e pe-tuming pe tuming . . - tumlna turning home homed homedhe , " he served .served . aa as oou coun counselor un n nselor , ! selor to $ .bishop bishop . iahop w11I1am.LShatter William w11I1am .LShatter LShatter . Shatter Shaffer ofthe a athe of | the Maeser ward . , ForlQaDy For , , many lQaDy Many yeara yea11 yea11he year $ | he was In the high htSh council of theUlntQh theUintah the | Ulntah UlntQh Uintah stake . , |