Deseret Evening News | 1910-01-29 | Page 4 | A Pioneer Laid to Rest

A PIONEER LAI LATh TO 0 BIsho Bishop Joe Jos S Tanner who whose earth I iy remaIns wl will be laId to rest In the tho Ilent silent tomb tomorrow Sunday ot at Pay rn con was S ono one ot of the early carty PIoneer Pioneers and settlers of oC Utah Ho He 1 ono one ot of the tho gra great mOI men and and women who laid the tho foundation stones ot of this State Ills His parents wore members ot of the Curch Church when he was s born j 77 years cars ao age He lV grew almot almost to manhood In Inthe Inthe the historical cities ot of a ad toiling and suffering wIth hIs Ile people during the tho ealy early d days s ot of pro perue Those whO who now enjoy ni all tho lux luxuries ures uries of Ufo Plo In the thc buit built by the tho Pioneers en can hardly compre hand hond te the hardships and privations ot of the frt first standard bearer bearers or of civilization to thIs region Bishop Tanner at the tho ago age or of fifteen wIthout shoes on hs his feet wil walked ked ray a from the tho Mis Missouri rel river to Salt Le Lake and drove n a tea team of six yoko ot of cows Ho He helped to to provide the family with fod feed ond and tok took hIs place wIth the men at at night guardIng the cattle and the people against the depredations or of Indians Indian Many or of the tho exiles perished shed upon time tho plain plains being un unable ble to endure the hardships ot of the tho journey but the tho sur eur survivor hunS hungry and footsore but away always trusting In Go God continued their onward march untIl they thoy reached the tho or of ortho the tho mountains where I a refuge wa was prepared for tor them We owe much to the tho Pioneers who braved the storms endured the har hard and Id laid the tho foundations ot of the magnificent commonwealth that Is des destined tined to become one or of the tho greatest on this continent