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Show '........' , , - s , , , ,., - , ,..,,,,, ,, '' 0.. , , , ,,'-- , , , ,., - - ,, . - - 4, ''''''-. - - ' ' ','' tnan can stand up with any of them and head and shoulders above most of them. Howard Egan was a native, Irishman who was an orphan at a sailor in his youth. When he was only a youngster in the city of Nauvoo, Ill, he was chosen a guard for the Prophet Joseph Smith of the Church. of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who is said to have remarked that "lie letb safe when Howard Egan was on guard." When the Mormons were at winter quarters, he was assigned to ride with three companions to Santa Fe, 800 miles away, to collect the pay checks for the Mormon Battalion. He made the return trip, over rugged, untamed Country in one month. He was one of the members of the original company of Utah pioneers. doing much of the cooking over the open campfire baking bread, frying antelope meat, fish, wild fowls and other game over flames fueled by buffalo chips or sage roots. He was an ace with the gun. After Colonel Thomas L. Kane had brought a peace between the United States Army and the Latter-da- y Saints in 1858, Brigham Young chose one of his ablest frontiersmen to accompany the colonel (Who was ill)I as a guide to the East-- . Howard Egan was the man he chose. RODE TO SALT LAKE Two years later, Howard Egan rode through a driving rain from Rush Valley to Salt Lake City. When he arrived he was the first Pony Express rider to reach the city. Later he was placed in charge of the Pony Express route between Salt Lake City and Carson City, Nev. He also continued to do some riding, though he was far beyond the age of most riders. For some 300 miles, the Express followed an Egan-blaze- d -- - ,.., ',I; fs870,41 fig7A44: , A 'r ,1 ;- I , I, . I t -' 1 ' '- - ' ,,, - ; ' ,, t ' i k. , , ,, ' ,,ti. -, ...- ;.-',- -ot , ,a - - L "I' , - ::' ',....2, .1 1, t .47 , i t - - , - .0, ..144r , ! -- -, .11-e- tbt, t .' , LI , e,,,, 4 t r' 1 - t''. ', , I , .., A 1 1 - , V ' 1 - ' ' - - Irni... .1d - , MAJ. HOWARD EGAN great outdoorsman , , 7 Howard Egan Utah I s op , ' oorsman U Who is Utah's outstanding outdoor man of the century? There have been a host of heroic huntsmen and fishermen roam the deep forests and d across the hills and : valleys in the region , of the : Great Salt Lake. Many of them are living today. The lore of this land known as the Mountain West is brimzning with tales of thrilling bear ' bunts, stalking the bighorn, the elk, and the deer. Utah has had its many Ike Waltons, too. And there have been a number of : great horsemen. ! But who of them all is the most outstanding? : - The Deseret News Centennial Edition staff has its nomination. '. His name: Major Howard Egan. ' SOME REASONS , Yes, you'll think of others, trail. His life is past and present. But here are sage-sprea- ' , : ' ' MAKES JUDGE . ODD CHOICE ' - ' - - - Many suggestions were made as to what might be considered the sports speetacle of the century, but certainly the most unusual of ,them was that which nominated the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Point to complete the transcontinental railroad. The judge who submit-raine- d the suggestion offered the following line of to back his reasoning choice: 1. Driving the spike took physical effort; .thertfore, it was an athletic performance. 2. The importance and effects of this performance were certainly greater than any other "athletic endeavor." Maybe the judge has something, at that. IIIIM , s' , .... to. .: ITLIPIA ,,, -. 4ts. . , es...----- g - I b: 1, - ..... - -- i ''. I - ca - e 11 ,,i 4 , -- . 1 .11- - .EiitAto : . - 41 -- .teete.,,,, a 4 ,- - A-Y- r,-. Ij .7k- 4144,4)); A '' ''''. - ''''''A , " . AITTPT"E" , 0, '6 -- . , it 4 - ' VI, 1". Ill 14 ,....,,,, .4,- ,- , --- - - , - - t, c- - - ' t ), i 1' - ) les,,,, I.? 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The oldest. so far as running In the -- "News" Is toncerned,' is "The Nebbs," which has been going better than a quarter of i a century. y America's first strip ' C. (Bud) Fisher's "A. ' wat-J- i. ' Mutt," later known as "Mutt and Jeff." It began in the San ' Francisco Chronicle in 1907. This comic is one appearing ' in the big Sunday comic section of the Deseret News now. 9 , , . From the Relief Society Oldest Auxilisryof the Church of Jesus Christ Saints Founded in Niuvoo,:nl., marck,17 1812 ! WELL.I HAVE AG000 1 BU1, StRTKE NO? SINCE WKEN? DESERET NEWS Cow NER S AND A 11 i BE $7,0A1 FINE SETTIN. NEN DOESNCT ACCEPT THEY TOOK IT WHEN GREATBRANDFATHER it''' MY LivESToce(r-oFOR IN PAYMENT '' a WAS LIVING! SAID SUBSCRIPTION!, A SUBStRIPTION! .' ''' im s - - big-shoe- d, YESSilZi , - , and in serving its people and institutions hard-jawe- TI4 ATI L- i- FOR FIVE YEARS! . 'lel for its 100 years of good works , in developing a great commonwealth , RENEW MY SuBScRIPTIoN To THE DESERET NEWS , . ' , : , I wlswro , , . by Bud Fisher! OVER ID TEIE DESERET NEWS OFFICE! . - . ngratulations to the Deseret , heroic stories with Indians, game and trails of the Far West. Much of his story is told in the book, "Pioneering The West." And so for a region known for its stalwarts of the primitive areas, we nominate Major Howard Egan as Utah's "OutCendoor Man of the 1850-195- 0 I - , ,, 1:-- ' , ' , , l'3 1950-- 4: , : Mutt and Jeff WIAERE: G, -- - . ' 15 . ' , , , . . , . , . - DESERET NEWSI950 June 1850 , ; there were humorous stories, and poetry. Object of many a joke in pioneer days was the legal profession. During World War I a new type of humor came to the Mountain West's first newspaper. It was the comic strip. The first ones appeared in the News on April Fools' Day, 1912. One of them was Pop Momand's "Keeping Up With The Jones-es.- " ' It portrayed a short little fellow with shaggy mustache and spectacles. - Each strip was a hugh. There was no continuity. The ."keeping Vp 1Vir Joneses" did not aPp-eadaily. ' It seemed to be in the paper , whenever the editor had space , to spare. Funnies began to ap- ' pear daily in 1922. One of the early favorites was "Polly and Her Pals." Another was "Toots and Casper," with their laugh-- ! , getting baby, Buttercup. By the li3O's the serial comics had come in. One of the popular ones was "Ben Web-ste- t" ' giving all the thrills and' adventures of a American boy. Probably nothing in the history of ''News" comics has out- stripped Al Capp's d hill billy, "Li'l Abner." In 1947 Capp was given i the Billy de Beck Award as America's outstanding cartoon-1s- t. with tury." spangled - , HumorHistory of News Willard Richards, founding editor of the Deseret News, hid a sparkling sense of humor. And the "News," since his day, has reflected the lighter tide of life, along with presenting the momentous news and various features In early copies of the "News" - I , . , , -- , - ' -- : - some of the reasons we think 8 - ' . ', , - |