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Show PIONEER DOING TEMPLE WORK "I do all my own chores, such as feeding cattle, milking cows and tending ten-ding to pigs and chickens," said John Illggs of Mt. Homo In talking to friends on tho streets of Logan yesterday yes-terday afternoon. Mr. Dlggs Is eighty two cars of ago and Is as halo and , hearty as many men of half tho years Ho Is In Logan doing tcuiplo work this week. Ho said yestcraay that ho docs not oxpect to llvo to bo much over n hundred years of ago and as the tlmo Is drawing nigh, It Is tlmo that ho commenced to placo his houso. In order. Tho enreer of John DIfags has been qulto an eventful ono. Ho Is tho husband of two wives, us Is true of many of tho older settlers of this state". To him has been born nlneteon children. Thoy aro all living, liv-ing, oxcept Miss Delia Illggs who, It Will bo romemborcd was burned to death at Franklin some tow years ngo when a can of conloll oxplodcd touching touch-ing flro to her clothing. Tho other members of his family aro all mnr-rled, mnr-rled, except tho youngest child of tho first wife, Mrs. Jano F. Wright IHfigs, whom ho married at tbo Salt Lake Tcmplo Jn tho year of 18C9, nnd ono child of Mrs. Jano RaniB-bothah RaniB-bothah Dlggs whom ho took to wife In tbo year 1870 at tho samo placo. Both were Franklin girls at tho tlmo of tho marriage John Qlggs was born In England nnd accepted tho gospel when a young man of nineteen ycura. Ho enmo to Franklin fltty-ono years ago In tho yoar 1861 and was" of valuablo servlco to the early settlors qf that Continued on page eight , PIONEER DOING TEMPLE WORK (Continued from pago ono) place In acting as guard against tho Indians. Ho has a very vivid remembrance remem-brance of those early Indian skirmishes skirm-ishes lit southern Idaho, and tolls a very Interesting story of tho early hardships endured at thnt time, He sorved a mission to his native land during 188G-18!8. Sovernl of his boys havo also porformed similar work In tho church. Tno work of John Dlggs as president of tho Itollglon class In Covo will never be forgotten by his pupils. Ho was tho first president of this class In tho ward sorvlng nt tho tlrao when the class was conducted Immediately following tho day school During the time ho served In this capacity, as regular as Wednesday at , tcrnoon came, Just so regular could you expect tp bco tho presiding olllc- j or. At the present time ho Is giving ( valuablo nld to tho Mt. Home Sunday school as teacher In the Theloglcal class. |
