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Show I Si THE DESERF T NEWS, SATURDAY, JUNE Am I w Om gfc. f. f f.1 8' d1' - T N 145, tb year that Loon an4 emigrants attached themselves as the party proceeded west. Soon after the train, reached Independence, Missouri, it contained nearly 100 wagons and when in motion, the train woe two miles in length. At a point near the present city of Manhattan, Kansas, death Invaded the ranks of those pioneers ana removed Mrs. Sarah Keys, ninety years of age, the motlier of Mrs, J. F. Keed. Ills Early Asaociutea, members of the parMost of-t- h were of German and Irish dety scent. ,The original n.ime of the lteeds was Regdnoskl. Their ancestors settled In Armagh county, waa Ireland, where James I. Heed born in 1100. Mr. James F. Keed was a member of a company which enlisted In the lilnck llawk war. In hie company were Abraham Lin- ' coln and Stephen A. Douglas. So emiMr. Keed whose palace-car- " grant wagon now lie In Utah on the Salt Desert north of Salduro, had as his early associates two of the most distinguished men in American history. Bo far as Utah la Immediately concerned, the real history of the at Fort Conner party begin party divided Brldger. Her the and part of them went by the reg- passed-throug- Skull And pwMNind valley Hiwtinin through d near Low on iSs Church Department 11, 1031. went emre tho Westrn T I j Fa-rif- io This pam I known today aoi lto4V land received tlaatlnro name frompao Malting who preceded! tho Donner party through it. From f tho top of tho iamt. Fltot peak and! the onttro desert may be aeon.! Nrt Brldger and Vaouem ai Brtdger toldtho Donner party that it wan Ffty mtleo acrooo tho Idesert;? the distance la ninety mile,! nearly twice a far. . ular northern rout I and reached California safely. It not probable that many of tho member thoof tho great Xionner party knew about tide of Immigration sweeping west on road. Just the until they were ahead of the Donner party waa Lunsford W. Hastings with another party. Hostings and his party part of i, passed down the lower Kcho canyon aigl through Weber south, turned and to Ogden eanyen to Salt Lake City. A Note From Hast lugs. When the Conner party reached they what I now called Kcho, stuck found n not from Hastings the that In a split stick, stating road through Weber canyon was- . para terrible on and advised the Iteed, tv to seek another route. eneod Stanton and I lk were sent hla party. to overtaka Hastings and at a point near Hosting was found and tho present sit of Garfield Balt cam back to tho bluff eaet of oould ho be whero stated, l,eke City no--' go no farther and that It woo ceseary for him to return- - to hi induced him to party, iteed finally go to tho top of In Wasatch rang and Hastings pointed out the di-to rection of the route from $cho the present ell of Salt Lake City. Reed returned M hi party bias-in- ntrees along the way. The Doudown per party then proceeded Weber eanyon at far at Henefer, turned up Main canyon and started over the mountains. Hastings told them it would require about a week to moke the trip but when mouth of they emerged nt the ihreo week emigration eanyon, had passed They were overjoyed at the night of tho valley and tho level innd and decided that their troubles were over, when In reality they had Just begun. Some time was spent In recuperating un City across creek; then thev proceeded around the Jordan river and started the south end of the Ink. Flint Masonic Funeral. ' Near what Is now Garfield, the death in the party occur- , second red: Luka Halloran, a member . ef a Masonic lodge in St. Joseph, Missouri, pass-- d away aid waa a hurled betide John Hargrove, member of the Haatlngs party Just ahead. Halloran was quit popular; formal funeral service were held and he was burled wtth rt of an Ms Masonic apron, a Informal ceremony, but this was In Utah. funeral Masonle the first i uran was Bo far as records r of w thin the present confines Utah. towest The party proceeded ward Grantsviile and undoubtedly refreshed themselves at the apring Bear what. In the early days, was called E. T- - City beyond Block Rock. The next atop for water waa at Twenty Wells" near Grantsviile, which point the party reached nortK Sept. . 1846. They turned h from Grantsviile, what is now Tim pie and tooth to Burnt Springs, near what is now Tho party then losepa. endg $,. New Groups Organized ' ftcroM Lincoln, lawyer of Bprlnifltld, Illinois, dissolved partnership, and th new firm of Lincoln and Hern-- . do was inaugurated, Laneford W. a clever and ver tmbt-tlou- a Hastings, young lawyer at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, published hie Emigrant's Guide to California.'' Hastings made a trp to the Oregon oountry in '41. atudled the In California and waa possessed by ambltiona to found a in California, w renting the territory from the Mexican government. A copy of thla guide fell into the hands of Ueoige Conner and Jacob Conner, b rot here, of Springfield, lllinola, alee Jamee F. iteed of the eame city. Other . people In Sangamon county in lllinola read the Hasting' Uulde end decided to move to California. After aome counael, a parly waa organised consisting of ninety people to which many other ' tiitfnirUTimux The Doimer Party Route " T i Arrow thi Salt After leaving Hastings piie, the party cromsed the highway okbeyond Low land in th vicinity Clmo on the Western Pad fie and struck v out across the Salt desert. Water and provisions ran out and volun teera made their way to Hilver Zone expecting to find water bra there was none. Mnny of the wagons were deserted; oxen became leraxod for water and ran away anfl were lost in the desert; men and ' became delirious; Heed's car4 found a resting place desert where it feat today, uaiiy, hmoweverj the party r Pilot springs, nt the east Pilot peak, with port of This spring waA equipment. ed by Fremont In 1845 durian the denert end by Ktans-bur- y trip across In 1849. who followed the7 Donner tracks east and Cooked food And made coffee at night Using the Donhcri wngohs ai fuel. Here the party struck south across tho present highway again west of Wcntlover ? i Trouble Occurred at Gilaveliy Ford near Beowawe which- further delayed tho party. The- Dinners then passed on foVcr the Hierras and reached lonner lake, where the majority of the party froxe or starved to dnath in the winter! of 1848 and 1847. Thus Donne lake, chosen by BierStadt for one of his famous western paintings, was the scene of a gfent trngedythe liiRt resting place of moat o tjiis party. The Last Siurvlvor.4 C. F. McOlauhlan, amateur enamateur astronomer, tomologist, criminal lawyer, school teacher and western historian, who died recently In Tuckee, California, did more than any other man to pcrputudte Upthe name of tho Donner. ward of 50.000 people annually do homage to those who laid down their lives In this early pioneer effort. The last survivor of the ner party, Mr Ltanna Dp J Organisation of a Primary association, a Relief society, a Sunday school and a Mutual Improvement asoaciatlon war effected recently at Norrkoping.l Sweden, It, was with a re, reported In Connection cent conference held there. I The conference was held March T to 10, and seven meetings wsra held. new to tho In addition organlx- - thin having been formed. It Waa reported that a number of improvement have been made on the Th meeting hall at Norrkoplng. building wan renovated, with new new furniture . and lighting fixtures installed-In th accompanying picture tret Sitting, left to right; Selma Johnson, M lesion 'President and Mrs, Gideon N. Hulterstrom, and stand. ing; Elders Willard A- - Erlrknon. Charles I. Gustaveaon, H. Argjrle Pehrson and Krlgham E. Ohlson, C. Herman Ohlson presides over the tlnt riot. 11 App. died 'June of ( she was at thl . ago ItSO, It years old When the party cams west In 1840, After 88 years, this rout, has been marked. The Conner routq coincides in certain place with the routs. Pony Express, Mormon Overland mail, early telegrapH, two railroads an air-- , Utoh.t throughout Trail'? plans lines and Tho nsme Oregon Santa Fe Trail" are impelling. . Jo a What la needed in Utah through route thnt will attract tourists and travelers throughout the state. This would connect up with the routs through Dfnncr lake and the on from the east, over which roads mors peoplsl pass through Utah isthan on any bther It especially fitting highway. that the Lincoln highway should have followed this route, nines Reed, Conners close friend, was nn associate of Lincoln. That Vic- -: 1. al If you wish to go where God is. you must be like God, or pan the principle which God posse-t- ee, for If we are not drawing towards God In principle, we are going from him and drawing towards th devil. ... If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have Ino accuser you will .enter heaven. If you will not me, 1 will not accuse you. It you will throw a cloak of charity over my sins, I will over yours, for charity covereth of multitude of ... tory highway commemorate a great mitltary achievement this commemoration is alsot ting, since the association of these men waa along military line. tins. Th priesthood la an everlasting principle, and existed with God from eternity, and wlll'to eternity, without beginning of days or end of years. The keys have to b brought from heaven whenever: th gospel is sent. A PECULIAR PEOPLE BY ELDER JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH. , ojr Ills Council of the Twelve MODERN The spirit of man is not a created being; It existed from eternity, and will exist to eternity. , Any- Apo--Ur. REVELATION. That mine everlasting covenant might be established. and Qov, 1 Dod. 'I :2 is yery strrfnge, doniidering what is written In the Bible, idea- - ever ahoid have become fixed in the minds of the people that the caiion of ecripture is full. That the Lord has no more counsel to live to man, no matter how great the need It that yie for further divine direction, and man must depend entirely fof solace upon the word spoken to ancient Biblical prophets. These prophets, had no such understanding. They spoke of covenants to lie made be .ween God and man in llie last days. How could this be dno union there was an opening of the heavens yel, If tho heavens were so opened would it not be a torevelation; Israel in the even scripture? Voicin g the word of the Lord . j last days, Eseklel saidt-i , i And they shall d veil In tlie land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, whefeln your father dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and M their children's children, forever, them: with of covenant a make will peace I Moreover, It shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever more. My tabernacle also shall be with them; ytoa, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. i 1 Jeremiah (chapter !H) also bears this same witness and adtls that the people shall lot teach every man bis neighbor, and R every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall know me; from the lei st tf them unto the greatest; for I will forgive their iniquity, and, I will remember their sin no morer Because of this ai dent promise it should not be strange that a prophet should eomo declaring the introduction of the new and everlastihg c ivepanL In this day the Lord said to calamity When fora, I the Lord, knowing-th- o Joseph Smith: which'should come upon the Inhabitants of the earthj called upon my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and spoke unto him from heaven That mine everlasting tov and gave him commandments: enant might be establisl ed; That the fqlncss of my 'gospel might be proclaimed Jy the weak and the simple unto the ends of tht world, and before kings and rulers. Behold, I am God and have spoken it. Diclrine aid Covenants 1 : 4. 17-2- ac-co- thing created cannot b eternal. Brethren, from henceforth, let Prevail truth and rlghtoousnesa and abound in you; and in all from abstain be temperate; things drunkenness and from swearing, and from all profane language,-, and from everything which la unrighteous or unholy; also from enmity and hatred, and covetousness, every unholy desire. and from 1 The! hearts of th children Of' th linen will have to be turned tochilto the fathers the and fathers, dren, living or dead,of to prepare Bon of them for the coming not tho corns, tbs man If Elijah did whole world would be smitten, l SO Baptism is a sign to God, to an-do gels and to heaven, that We will the will of God; and there is no other way beneath the heavens God hath ordained for whereby man to come to him to bo saved and enter Into th Kingdom of Christ, God, except faith in Jesus the refor repentance and baptin any other mission of sins; course is In vain. Tl sn you have tho promise of tho gift of th Hp'y Ghost. Busk to know Ood in your clos ets, call upon him In the fields. Follow th direction of the Book of Mormon, and pray over and over for your families, your cattls, your corn your flocks, your herds, and all things thst you possess; God of upon all the ask blessings and everything that your ISbors, In B8 tlrtuou you it ure; be men of integrity ond oflj keep tho commandmoMu truth; Ood end then you will be Able snore perfectly to understand th and diTfcre&ce between right ronr between tho things of Ood And tho things of men; and your will bo thAt of the Juot. path n ohineth which brighter brighter And brighter unto tho perfect dAy. man It his own tormentor and own eondemner. Hentfo tho saying "They shall go into the lake that burns with fire and The torment of disbrimstone. appointment in athea mind of man lake burning as exquisite twith fire and brimstop. I say so A |