| Show IN UTAH FIFTY half a century will have passed by the time the NEWS reaches achels re its if readers this evening since bince the vac guard of the pioneers entered the present boundaries of the state of utah theirs their was a peculiar situation at that time the journey had bad been long and arduous auf and yet each succeeding step of travel was wae becoming moru more difficult because of the obstacles which jay in the way mountain fever a sickness long and severe had bad as sailed me camp which was vaa poorly provided with conveniences for foi nursing the sick filet the leader of the plo users president brigham self was stricken down so that it was with difficulty he be could give directions dillree from the wagon where he lay jay the land jadd before the vanguard of the modern camp of israel had teen described to them BB as bleak and dreary in the extreme altogether from a natural point of view the situation or of the pioneers fi addoe and of the mormon people at that time was most discouraging but there was with them that which bore them up and ana led them to forward with a determination which even death could not conquer it was their unwavering implicit supreme faith in ID god through this they looked for a triumphant outcome to their tribulations they had bad confidence that god would bless even a forbidding and desolate land jand an a garden or of eden if need be for their benefit by this time they had a more definite idea of their destination than when they begab the journey then they were headed for the he BooBy mountains betat but at tb the later olater period for the great salt lake valley their leader having indicated the choice and the res reason not even then was it finally determined where they would locate that remained till the president should view atie valley as to whether it was the one shown to him in vision but bat irom from the description rece received ivea rom from the trappers he be believed it wap and the pioneers expected at least to make it their stopping place behind them were large jorge companies compani eg of micral arg saints balms for whom a home must be provided the outcome in IB known to the world the detail of felth faith and labors by which it was waa wrought may never be |
