OCR Text |
Show r J THE MURRAY EAGLE r : . SCRAPS I nlRNUM craved free publicity. Sun, of New Yark, asked "Li History of Murray " When he was near death the great showman's de- - "ERS are P layl Believe Or Not - t iYei f PKI irv.m.Qr.t vv4p"- vj. wunwe irl for bv the foot. Thnco .&rtii - ... 11 genei anjr ones. royuidi man Ije .pleasant oune. Clt-- rauway conduct- . tt" u"fi" wies, iorgetting juPBEtt Soup Company deliberately advertises "21 kinds of . ... ,v, anrt tVin lisle 99 AnA Utocnoose trcijf jredr since 1931, r inn 7fl0 alert advertisement readers write tht which pleases the company to the discrepancy error being written in to make people talk about . ... r uw to give an iaea ui muiuugiuy xne advertisement is L Time Letters Supplement. the idea of twelve was rfl apparently after some time jaed, the number became a favorite because it was so pleasant- J ii. u., fl.m nf iha v"- - first Rtv Hicritc on uuu divisioie j iiioi ... uecimai . i . . i '. i. t. wmcn was born in Van uo&imaieiy survives English measure- U today; twelve montns in a year, twelve pence in a shilling. eross. , twpl ,mitc in a dozen, twelve dozen in a w Jit Thirteen, on the other hand, refused to be divided, and E)C disreputable and unlucky forever. I, attention Wisely, the ' 41 1 1 . i and - V, - - so many people by your puisant advice. have helped You Uvbe can help me. you concerns ettiquette at the table. The other attending an iron worker's banauet. While boringo .ough piece of beef, very tough, my fork slipped when I J gup all" auwi. anuM mc wuic wiiu sucil iorce mat 11 iHed a glass of water and wounded a little fellow on the other question My r, I was !T,y Rawer It is best, you have at such time to keep cool. Just ask for your fork, to have it, and go ahead as though nothing had ;ppened. Yours, UNCLE FUDD. Idiosyncrasies KNOW that Darwin had no respect for books as books, cut a big volume in two for convenience in handling? iat he would tear out the leaves that he required for reference? a Robert Louis Stevenson's favorite was playing the flute, in : YOU : would to tune up his ideas? And that Robert Browning with the constant shuffling of his feet, would holes in his carpets. ENGLISHMAN eating his first, meal in China, and wishing bow the character of the meat he was eating, inquired, with dignity and ivserve, "Quack, quack?" To which the paan, shaking his head answered cheerfully, he said,, :er, j not sit still, and, n "Bow-wow- ." The Last Round-Up- " POPULARITY of "The Last Round-Up- " continued. So hungry N the people for good songs that they couldn't get enough when at one was given them. That this song was universally popu- - make it any not es the less real poetry shown that The "Show music, which after riding recurring waves of popular favor last come to harbor as a classic, is an example. "Old Man It is not ticorces : fz is the first time that the American public has and appreciates popular music of quality. authentic. the time has come for the product of Tin Pan Alley of the dime novel. There are indications that there America for popular music of high grade. Here is an auty for real poets and composers and for music publishers nsion. Rocky Mountain News. PeAaps l way 'ket in Escape How simple life can be! A cabin, Mountains, afar and near, A brock, Deer, blowing at night. Perchance, Rain on the roof, territory was at first a brush to be noticed at ne tirst glimpse of the territory. Along the two creeks, Big and Little Cottonwood and also along the Jordan vner there was quite a growth of willows and cottonwood trees. nese places seemed the center of life in this particular e are toKl Cottlit'1) Uerjrcr who came to Murrav 'S'o'S'" MA) and who resided there all his life that the creek basin's and especially the banks of the creeks were alive with birds ami small animals. He tells us some of the most common hirds were the blackbirds, cat birds, mourning doves, and a jew small birds which were sometimes called mocking birds. furthers states that skunks, minks, badgers, and musk-rat- s were to be found in large number along the creeks and that there were a few wolves. He does not remember of their being a great many coyotes, but his brother John remembers that coyotes were to be found in abundance here. John also tells us there were some red fox which people caught ami sold. He also mentions the muskrats, beaver and otter. Among the birds he names thc kingfish, kingbirds, killdeer, jack snipes, buzzards, chicken hawks. We arc told that Mr. John Bullock was quite a man for hunting, and that he did considerable trapping fur skins and furs. Mr. Joseph Hibbard gives us the impression that there were quite a number of wild horses here. Mr. Hibbard gives us rather a vivid picture of not only the pluck of the pioneers, but the hardships which many of them faced when thev settled here. He tells us that when his parents arrived iii Salt Lake City on September, 1861, and a month later came to settle in the Murray district, that the only property they carried with them was tied in a handkerchief, and'that' their means of transportation was their own sturdy feet. Mr. Joseph Hibbard at this time was six months old. He had one brother who was a little older. The following paragraph quoted from his letter is rather remarkable. I remember my parents telling the following story of their arrival in Murray. They said they were not used to seeing horses without shoes. They saw a foot print of a wild horse and thought it was some wild animal. This thought frightened them and they started to run. They ran as far as they possibly could anil finally had to sit down and rest. They arrived at West Jordan along in the evening where they met a man by the name of John Shields who took them in. and gave them supper, later taking them to 1'ishop Archibald Gardiner's home. Dishop Gardner took them in and gave them shelter for the night and father went to work for him. It was a common occurence to see the early settlers housed in a one room dug out, made simply of digging a hole in the side of the hill and constructing a dirt roof over it and a rudely constructed front made either of logs, rock or adobe. We are told that at least in one instance an old pioneer had such an abode for himself and family with two wives. The people settled on farms or homesteads in more or less scattered formation. Inasmuch as they were some distance from Salt Lake City, where church at filiations were more centralized, the real' early pioneer settlers were deprived, to a great extent, of church affiliations. They spent their time in fanning, herding, and in a few cases prospecting and huntand ing and outdoor contest games. As a result the boys arc we but little a and free rough, care were perhaps girls the even that old the though pioneers the by impression given were most part, they people were rough and sturdy tor the Hibbard Mr. and "They were says. honest thrifty. strictly as their as was word their good people", surely' a righteous saKe 1 b-- v bond." Where there became a sufficient number of settlers, cottage meetings were held in the homes and religiousa subjects of were discussed. Along with these meetings came spirit The time. a became popular past social gatherings. Dancing music consisted, often times, of an accordian, sometimes just would consist of a bass a fiddle however, a large orchestra the old fiddle two small fiddles, and a picolo or flute, but and dance to how they settlers and the voting folks knew ihnced lor the jo'v of dancing. Mr. Hibbard tells us that in but they were very the old time waltzes thev never reversed in periect time would keep precise in their .lancing. They almost a perat would keep the and couples music with the one couple would selfect distance apart, so much so. that when swinging woulddom pass another. The ladies dresses be retained would throughdistance b.rel v miss and vet that been the dozen women of all time to have muh nd d est wvice or to have influenced tlr highest moral, intel-'artiMic thouuht, of not only their own time but ours? rc-- J so given to Mammon as Monte Carlo, a discussion thii mother i.f -- mt, Hrm'v I'n.m l'.:.l.lo to t ,1,,-i- X1V-JJ Mamtenon, who reorganized the court of l'U' n-- we liave which wc f.f symmetry, measure and balance touchstone of graceful living. l ! victim and heroine of the French w.iui.w... the narrowly aristocratic and the pkbian views ''llond, between - mc lniencciuai Mtnui.n. pm-- 'et Beefhor ."ebot1k set ih davciy. u tiu m...P, the mediocre but im- - ,irh eventually crushed the rt! Bakrr Eddv. uKn mvii- ihe tflicion ef Jesus in its u'y, restoring the healing of sickness, sin and poverty. " 5 rounder of the Red Cross. rii'5 B. Atii!lnn ...t enffrncc uosyible. j ..:..-,- ni ry "n, osswi, whosc lhcory of tcaching thc yt,UIlf countries. teaching in all modern-thinkinDusc- in whose was a creative gennis art interprctiMO the writers she interpreted, bringing spiritual and Which Permanently influenced her hearers W? to e act of serious Monte Carlo Dispatch acting. of New york jIeraldt ;vV -- g - - ie-,4"- M"- .l - l s -- ' - is in the t'U'tun lie ii i i" '"k ,i " ....,..,..,fi.i! ' were "the lonesome, howling .. -- i. ..i the closing ... I., .....,,.r tW I, s.hil- l.cc.iinc i. "re m rT...... a song or , was it vAolks. It is WHcv.,1 that Dibble " is generally accompanied U J, f 1:',lt;il,J""1 7 ..l.rstro.n who lived on th- - w.M kn.vn a IMican Point. Mr. ft lX-- t wl at ' 1,;.-- . 1 - I - ;'r v w- t.d. - ,,,,, , ,,R. ,,,, in . ,,., toes, a suuas!i or some other v , would eraliv a mm winch Mr. J.i. le and Mr. CetK rstroin garden prodtuts am t . ltorc,t and em lhV'n I,ia,S'i 1 1'"',U w1s it ;Ue 1 The"?, """V'ri was c i. n t s. ug would - w- - s i V"m'lhatt Hn'tli ad otlur anV caim.Nl A eira-s- , Costello Don the Km. u, men at this circus of the bv one surg It said by has rapeze.-W(iui, vmu.. w bu ' 3icre w t nft.u - he'assocuted. but that - 11,0 't l? I,' 111 m catcd at 6 n such sport, ruler very popular wild horse, sauyv .r. If 111 lat-- r. ,,v Jut a hT L U . a j m riCcaM j j V) catch a t,jc hofSC w : I - - c 111 PRINTING PUBLISHING ADVERTISING . and often en tV(s WuUl'l i ,liir,c ridcrS vp them ride wild horses. r a holiday to watch LoVCt,dahl corner, "m M tr street, was a place mr ' I be-fa.h- er ! u, he localise it was the M.ug b.s h is str:itl M, ,11VV a M,ng 'W l,"I11 ..id iIh ii s .wived many years noxt generation . f o r.ittitulnimn war nciore it,., song was Hovs beeaim gather on Sunda) ) I would cause considerable " n ,u - - fr-'i- people social of Siena, first woman to champion the """w r.or sex; she had a clear vision 01 im'"i material. . l.ng-l.m- . ? Citfrirr "'' a- I , illuminating choice: Christ (Jesus), because whether one accepls ""cuiui. conception, she stirs the imagination ami inspiu ptjonal thought of all Christendom. .Magdalen, who personifies the perfect love, the nsultant or sin , by their renunciation. rc- f Arc, who combined physical courage with intense 4 fcTlVict ' . 1 have 7. e - . .... Famous Women ln bucking, roll a cigarette. Other good riders who are cited to us by Mr. Hibbard are Alonzo Cahoon, fohn I. Cahoon. lames Cahoon, aiul John Reader. There were several methods used bv the cailv settlers in acquiring lands, but the most popular, it seems, was the acquisition of what is known as the squatters right. A family would settle on a spot of ground and cultivate it. later it would be staked off and surveyed by some government representative and would finally "be acquired under the homestead act. There was a little difficulty experienced when two want the same ground." The first one to settle parties however, would generally hold his claim to a squatter's right and would force the second patty to locate elsewhere. There seems to be no definite record of just who t settler of Murray was. James W. Cahoon lavs claim to having been the first male child born in Murray aiid he gives us the name of Mrs. Amnion Reynolds, fonnet'lv Miss Sarah J. Rulloek as the first female child borti in Murra. Mr. Cahoon tells us that the families living in Mmr.u in 1S0 w ere Reynolds Cahoon, Andrew CaTioon, Daniel Cih'oon, Win. Caruth, John Allen, and John Larsen. Mr. John Merger lists the names of the first families living in Murray exactly as Mr. Cahoon lists them. Mr. Hibbard lived farther south! He recalls the following families: Grandfather ami Grandmother Maxfield, James Winchester and family, Hammond Rowciis, James or l'eter Sanders, Lunch Tripp, Cooper Hansen, l'red 1'ishop, George McCetnks, Lovetulalils, Pete Krickson. Geo. Watts.Willie, Xeil ami Michael McMilLn, Daniel and Andrew Cahoon families, Mahonary Cahoon, Job Reading, the Henry's Charles and Mart Bird (brothers), Dan Simper, the Merger brothers, George Woods. Gilbert brothers, the Snarrs, Ther-sto- n Larsen, Charles Meyers and others. A few old timers who remember Murray front sixty-livto eighty years ago tell us the climate was much mote severe in those days and that snow was deeper in the winter time. The lake, as a rule, was higher. We are toll, however, by Ml-Hibbard that there were periods even back at that early date when the waters from Utah Lake were too low to flow out into the Jordan River and into Great Salt Lake .Snow slides in the canyons were a common occttrance. James W. Cahoon tells us the worst slide in Little Cottonwood Canyon occured on January 1, 1872. At this time fifteen men and teams were buried beneath the slide and lost their lives. Most of these men were close neighbors of the Cahooiis. It took weeks to dig the men out. One of the men. Francis Mrown, was not found until four or five months. Mr. Cahoon tells us Mr. Mrown's body was found in May, 1S7J. Not only were the settlers confronted with cold weather, deep snow, and high water, but they also had mud to contend with. It is said that sometimes in the fall of the year those freighting granite rock front Little Cottonwood Canyon to Salt Lake City, for the construction of the Salt Lake Temple, would get stuck in the mini between what is now the intersection of Vine Street and Hcnbow Avenue, and the Salt Lake County Shops. Before the wagons could be pulled out, the mud would freeze so solidly they would have to be left until the next spring when the ice ami mud would thaw. The excitement the pioneers often experienced in trouble with the Indians seems somewhat missing from the lives of early Murray settlers. Almost without exception old residents of Murray say there was very little trouble with the Indians in this immediate vicinity. It is true some people were annoyed often times by Indians begging for food and some relate stories of how the parents would caution their children not to go close to the creeks or wooded districts for fear of being captured by the Indians, but very little trouble seems to have been actually encountered. The white boys and Indian boys engaged in foot racing and other sports and white people would tease the Indian children, but generally such games sometimes lead to some difficulty because generally speaking, the Indians were peaceable as long as the white people would treat them right. lit this connection, Mr. Joe. Hibbard gives us this picture: Many limes at night the white boys and Indians would gather around a camp fire near the willows. The Indians would line up on one side and the white boys on the other. They would get stkks and light one end of them, throw them, then the other side would engage in a battle throwing their fire brands. Along toward morning when the game became a little rougher these clubs would be thrown without fire ami, of Course, in such instances they would be harder to dodge. One side would eventually drive thc other out front the grounds. These battles would sometimes become quite heated. The Indians would sometimes steal horses r cattle and drive them off, but as a general thing the herds could be reMr. Hibbard possessed by those who went in search of them. thieves than while with tells us that there was more trouble occassional!would quarril among the red ones. Indians had been drinkalter they themselves, and at times, especially th- niselves. Howbattles into would enter aim.iig bloody ing, be led to ever, from the various stories gathered, we woulda Indians the general believe that the while people and dried nnats. thing were friendly. Indians had tanned skins, and useful to buckskin and other things that were attractive various attraclne had the things white and whites people the to the Red Man. Trailing, therefore, was e..inm..ii. m Mrs, Kannv Alice Jones Godfrey, who was h.,m in lSfS came to Salt Lake City, Jul X 1S7S and to Sjuth Cottonwood the following da, and has lived in or near Murtin- coiintiy rav all her life. She recalls when this portion ill..,u'-walittle the ami later was known ns South Cottonwood the to She ivts it name.! Murrav, after Governor Mint... , small Willi oi.lv two st,,,( little settlement as "a dirty pla.f In her h tttr ot saloon-.- " of number a ami or trading posts l'AV, she dot s not cite many sptulic events, nor does she give dates of .lllTi tent de elopnient s. but he gives tin- trading posts Us a short, general statement picturing d of modern today. She Im wat-bof vest.rd.iv with the city m- nl to a tbtivnig srltl. small a front pioneer Murray gn'.w .it v oi'the second class, let husband. (James Godli. I. w.i in-a member of the school board for lifteen c.rs ..i b in Vef ........ ..i it,.- first tcacbt rs who taught Murray. l ...it. or less interested in the m bool svt m. Mis. . s s), 1!) :...t,-r..,i, IK lis that she has watched lb'SV fill tl otldi't a one room log building to tin grow of todav. (To be Continued) - out the entire dance. shows became popular, It was not until a later date that in Murrav. to a. very early even ,1, ..i.i v..... dated back, aiumnn d'lUMr. Hibbard says that t!v principal show that he r Mr. , . mm iv l lie name id in I1H llll'l s f, . i and show t .,,.'..,.,.1 il,r..nirh the cointmimtv Then, The loved books, A fire on the hearth, And endless time To think. How simple life is! , aiul its surroundiiiff ,rIurr.' wilderness with little but 11 thnQP . tin-firs- i 1 . : between that heieht and four luul mcnes lis rifle Half fare, and taller ones are glassed as adults. Railway Age. fnoRDlNG to a Decent test, a woman tends to remember the aim iui6ci me unpleasant ones Lant experiences m r CHAPTER II EARLY LIFE It i Compiled by R. R. Ras.nussen, City Recorder, May, 1936. (Continued from Last Week) pub- - um man will be By R. R. Rasmusscn Barnum read four columns about his own next day L c tnvpd it. The ano w navmS ms omtuary ... i.rri :j he cnea. before 1" ...., carnum agent" - " Publicity By Obituary viurt - i. The MURRAY EAGLE |