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Show union of all who can reach the place is held, Ricks is still a giant in fprm and Whence hs came or strength. who were his parents he will not tell. All that is known Is that he heard the teachings of Mormonism in a foreign land Jong before the Civil war, and landed in St Louis He was an earnest con in 1842. vert, and when he joined the followers of Joseph Smith, near Inde pendence, Mo he was soon marked Tfce For every dy of evert, " month. A panacea for human Oh A harmless, refreshing, cheering drink. When the blasts of winter chiD. U pKldin, J He was among the fighting men of Joseph Smith, who tried to prevent the Missouri mobj from driving the Mormon people out of the state., He was a member of the Nauvoo Legion, that splendid bod, of militia with which Joseph Smith defied the whole state of Illinois. Finally, when the Mormons were driven into the wilderness, after an Illinois mob had jailed the founder of their religion, : he became a pioneer, following the party led by Brigham Young across the trackless plain. On his way to the -- promised land,, in the valley of the 1 Great Salt Lake, he was aleader.- - in .the party, a guard against the' Indians who constantly threatened the travelers. He was already a husband and a father many times over,. for when he arrived in the promised land hr had five wives. He settled near Salt Lake, and after the doctrine of polygamy was ior mally announced he showed his faith in it by taking seven - more wives into his family. When he had eatablisbe( his wives and childrsn in such comfort as was possible in the bleak valleys of the great basin Ricks was called upon to show his faith In his religion by sacrificing all that he had accomplished. Brigham Young with the eyes of a ruler aspiring' to create an empire, had seen the great possebilities of the narrow, mountain guarded valleys to the north in Utah and Idaho, and had set- - out to bring them within the domain of hia church. Just as he called men as missionaries to carry abrod the gospel of his called -- men-tobe faith, so-this in virgin seizing pioneers country. With two or three score of emigrant families who had come from Europe he would place a, score of . Americas Largest Family. We reproduce the following from the New York Hlild,'as we think it will be reAd with considerable amusement by the Ricks family and those acquainted with them. .Undoubtedly it ia Thomas E Ricks .whois-referrc- d to Th- e- writer ' of him: says Wherever the domain of extends the name of Ricks is known. From the bleak plains of Alberts, Canada, where the followers of Brigham Young are build to lng themselves a wilds of Chihuahua, the tropical Mexico, where they have long en joyed imperial blessings, members of this family are farmers, merchants, cattle ranchers, missionaries, high churchmen almost a - people There are 296 of in themselves. from babies in the them, ranging cradle to men of almost threescore, and they are all the decendanta of a grizzled man of. eeventy-seve- n who still lives and conducts a ranch in the valley of the Snake river near the place where that stream forms the boundary between Idaho and Wyoming- -. J He is the Mormon of Mormons for whom there is to be glory and honor in the next world he thinks because of his progeny Even Brigham Young. with his 19 wives and 66 children and scores of grandchildren will not be able to rival this old man. Even Lo renzo Snow, whose children are scattered from one end of the world to the other, must bow to him. Even George Q Cannon, who has established a family village on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, must acknowledge his supremacy. He id the possessor of. perhaps the largest family in the country. .1 It is an enviable .thing. in to have so many children. Mormons believe the first recorded command of God Be faithful and multiply and replenish the earth is the foundation of all gospel, the keystone in the great plan for the universe.' Millions - of spirits are waiting in another world, they believe, for tabernacles - of flesh, which they mast assume before theyqan attain the highest glory in the world to come. To one who is industrious in obedience to this command, is to come the power of founding a world of his -- own and. becoming god over it just as, fn L - Mor-mondo- m new-kingdo- m, . -r-- ohe -- -- Mor-xnondo- m their belief, Adam - founded this world and will be its god in the - end.' c -- 6o this aged man, who1 is living on his ranch, still - surrounded by bis twelve wives and many of his children is with veneration the regarded by Mormon colony which has spread throughout the part of Idaho. He is a high priest in the church, one who, is supposed to be in communion t with God, and whose voice, carries authority whether he speaks on religion or business. Members of his family who have remained near him are scattered . over a stretch of conn try fourteen miles long by two -- miles broad. They have a dozen ranches, one for each wife, and in the center is the town of Ricks ville, over which the father rales like a patriarch of old. He yisite each of his - families at times, and is. always welcomed by his children. Once a year a re and-grandchild- south-easter- n INI0oxv7jj, GO TO t Andreas Peterson, . J Bplllslr s une Med And he thought he'd humor her, no rarely loses by following his wife's vice. Those who suffer. from obstinate ailcough, bronchitis, weak. lungs and ments in general which tend to con-io- n, will find speedy relief and ject core in the use of Dr. Pierces It cures lden Medical Discovery. ninety-eigh- t per cent of those who give doubt The result shows that a man ad- purifies it a fair ana faithful trill.and Itbuilds up the blood, heals the lungs the body with firm flesh instead of dabby alcofat The " Discovery" containsnorno other cocaine, neither opium, hol, Only for Dr, Pierce's Coidea Medical Discov- in my frere ery I think I would be of Miles, Hilliard, Uinta Co., writes Mr. Moses -- 1 bad asthma no bad I could not Wyoming. was compelled to lire up Bleep at nigbt and work. It affected my lungs so that I coughed all the time, both day and night My friends nil thought I bad consumption. My wife had taken Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription, and it bad helped her so much she insisted on my try-- Golden Medical Discovery''which dif. I have taken four bottles ana am now a well nafle weighing 185 pounds,' thanks toDr. I would Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. like you to print this testimony as it may help Di3 ELEGANT Chair Gars Frcs. Tell Yonr Sister ' A Beautiful Complexion is impossible withoutgood pure blood, the CL08IHQ OV MAILS. 9 K)0 and North 2:30 p.m. Preston branch ............ .10 .10 am, Providence, Millville, Hyram 1 p.m. and Paradise ,... Thursday Benson, Tuesday,' 2 ponr and Saturdays Balt Lake, Ogden and South 2:30 & 9p.m. . Satand College, Wednesday East and -- urday. ............. ...... 10:30 a.m. Points North Cache Janction 11 :10 a.m. auuval or Mima 10:40a.m. South and West 6 :20 a jh. and 6 :45 p.m and East" North he 8 p.m. Preston branch Providence, Millville, Hyram 12:30 p.m. and Paradise...;... Benson, Tuesday, Thursday 7 pan. and Saturday Satand College, Wednesday .,10 a. m. urday............. from families who had become,: seasoned GenpyaFr 6 8 a. m. until found-nep.m. and start them out to.-w general delivery window opes colonies. The chnrch guaranteed to Sunday, from 11 :5 a.m. to 12 :45 p.m. keep them from starving, but other- Money order window open from 8a.m to 6 pm. wise theyhad to hew their own Jos. Squius, fortunes ont of nature. Acting P. M. Ricks headed one of these parties, which In 1869 took possession of delivery-window-op- en -- the Snake River valley. .. 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Price 25 cts. tod I cts, - p Grocery A Drug Co, ( The most widely circulated Many a Lover weekly newspaper in America is k edition of The Has turned with disgust from iz the New York World," and with the otherwise lovable girl with an1 Presidental campaign now at hand fensive breath. Karls Clover Ecc you cannot do without it. Here Tea burifies the breath by its a are some of the reasons why it is tion on the bowels, eta, as noths easily, the leaderJn. dollar. ayear else will.- - Sold for years 00 ib journalism. late guarantee. Price 25 cts. ix It is issued every, other day, and 50 cte. Grocery & DrngGei is to all purposes a daily. To Core La Grippe In TwoDap,' Every week each subscriber re- Take Laxative Bromo Quncr ceives 18 pages and often during Tablets. All druggists refund it the busy season 24 pages each money if it fails to cure. BY. X week.;: , . .:X Groves signature on every W . The price is only $L00 per year. 25 cts. . 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