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Show j i faiUARfi COUNTY CHBOmCLE Delta, Utah, Thurs., Tuna 21, 1951 A TRIBUTE To FRANK BECKWITH iness standpoint, Frank Eeehv.-it-was a failure, and he was the first to admit it. He simply cared no-thing whatever for money as such. His mind was always occupied with gathering knowledge rather than! gold But there are other 'forms of wealth not indicated by bank bal-ances. In the wealth of the mind Frank was the richest man I ever knew. He distributed that wealth without depleting his capital. H is true that Frank Beckwith failed to accumulate material wealth during his lifetime. He al-so failed to exhibit any trace of greed ,and never profited by tak-ing advantage of his fellow man. He failed to adhere to any man-mad- e dogma, because his religion was nature and he worshipped in the temples of nature. He failed socially because he could not tol-erate the small hypocrisies of mod em society. He failed politically because he was honest. If this be failure, than I am proud to have known such a magnificent failure. a valuable scientific record. While on an exploratory trip in the desert Frank discovered the fossil field of west Millard county and collected many outstanding specimens, most of which are now in the Smithsonian Institute. Again he studied all the literature on this subject so intensely that in time he became recognized as the final authority for this field, and was consulted by scientists from many institutions. Almost every week during the summer of 1950 he guided groups of paleontolog-ists to the fossil beds of west Millard and through this work ac-quired a wide acquaintance among scientific researchers. On one of his trips he discovered the fossil of a Metrostrome, relative of the Trilobite, which was new to scien-ce. This was later identified by the Smithsonian experts and nam-ed in his honor. I believe Frank got more satisfaction from this re-cognition than any other happen-ing in his lifetime. The fossil is so rare that no other specimen has ever been found. During these 'fossil hunting ex-peditions to the House Range, day be published. As a student of geology, Frank was again the recognized author-ity on Millard county and vicinity, having visited and studied every rock formation in the area. He was especially interested in the effects of old Lake Bonneville on the geology of this section, and after having covered the country thoroughly on the ground he be-gan making airplane 'flights in or-der to get a large picture of the formations and old shore lines. In this field alone he had acquired more detailed knowlede than any other man. Among other accomplishments, Frank was an excellent photo-grapher. At one time he sold many artistic photographs to the Satur-- , day Evening Post. His photographs of scientific and historical sub-jects are found in hundreds of books and periodicals in libraries throughout the United States. Frank was a student of all re-ligions, but his mind was too great to be fettered by any one dogma. His great unrealized ambition was to put on a gee-strin- g and live like a nrimitivo Tndifln rinse to nat- - i r i The pungent fragrace of sum-mer showers on desert sage will always remind me of the many wonderful journeys Frank and I took together exploring the wide and beautiful deserts of. Utah. Those pleasant days are now gone, but they will never be forgotten. CHARLES KELLY ure. He felt that the Indians were more sincere in their beliefs than most white men. Above all things he hated hypocrisy in any form. Considered from a strictly bus- - Frank and I always camped at Antelope Springs, a beautiful des-ert spot. Around the campfire we had many discussions, and I found that he could discourse intelligent-ly on almost any subject. Besides being an authority on petroglyphs, Frank A. Beckwith, from a pla-que modeled by Bishop Palmer of Cedar City. I first met Frank Beckwith thir-ty years ago, through a mutual interest in Indian petroglyphs. A friend told me he was making a collection of photographs of these interesting and curious designs cut on the rocks of Utah, and I made a trip to Delta to see his collection. From that time on we worked to-gether in trying to make a com-plete record of all petroglyphs in the state and traveled hundreds of desert miles. Frank was anxious to interpret the meaning of these primitive drawings, and to gain a better understanding of Indian psychology he made a deep study of Indian religion and legends. As a result he was finally able to interpret a number of the more common symbols, an accomplish-ment which had never been at-tempted scientifically before. During the course of these in-vestigations Frank became inter-ested in the archaeology of Mil-lard county and df Utah, and the research involved required many more desert trips and long hours of library research. Though this work he became a recognized auth ority of the subject, and spent one summer conducting a field trip to record and examine all known ar-chaeological sites in the state. His report and photographs constitute archaeology and paleontology, he was an astronomer, a psychologist, a student of religions, a geologist and a historian. I found that be-sides Greek and Latin, he had mas tered the extremely difficult May-an alphabet and calendar, one of the handful of living men who could read those curious inscrip-tions. The most pleasant hours of my life were spent with Frank at Antelope Springs, and I was con-stantly amazed at the extent of his knowledge of so many differ-ent subjects. Besides his scientific interests, Frank was particularly interested in the history of Utah and Millard county. He interviewed all the old pioneers he could find and record-ed their stories, many of which have appeared in the columns of the Chronicle, and will be referred to !for years to come. Eventually he used part of this material in his book, "Millard and Nearby", but had hoped some day to ex-pand it into a more comprehen-sive work. Frank first introduced me to the story of Butch Cassidy and as-sisted in the research for the book, "Outlaw Trail", which was dedic-ated to him,. As each of my books was published I always sent him the first copy because of his keen appreciation of history and intell-entige-criticism. For thirty years we worked together doing research on a phase of Utah history not yet completed, which will some For Pasttime A picture and article in the Salt Lake Tribune oi June 2 told of Miss Jessie Heyborne, 72, of Cedar City, who is keeping alive the pioneer art of hand-braidin- g rugs. Miss Heyborne is an aunt of Geo. Heyborne and Hyrum Corry and Mrs. Mabel Davis, of Delta. The article stated that Miss Hey borne had recently completed her 92nd hand-braide- d and hand-sew- n rug, a 9 ft., by 12 ft. oval rug of bright red, yellow green and brown design. It required nearly 100 lbs. of carefully selected "rags", and the braid was of five strands, sew ed together with heavy carpet warp. The rug was started last Dec-ember, and working in spare time only, Miss Heyborne completed it last week It goes to an early Am-erican home near Seattle, Wash. Most of the 91 other rugs still are in use in homes of southern Utah. A 14-f- t. rug completed just prior to the present one is in one of Cedar City's fine residences. A lifetime hobby of Miss Hey-borne, her rug braiding and other fine sewing work includes num-erous quilts and fine embroidery work. fore he left for army training;. Mrs. Minnie Linzy was a week end guest at the home of her mother, Mrs. Hazel Meecham. Earl Yersin's father, and niece, from Cal., arrived last week to spend a while visiting and fishing. The relatives of the late Ted Dearden, motored to Fillmore to attend his funeral services. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Baker and children were visitors at Garrison, Delta, Richfield and Moroni dur-ing the past week. Mrs. Laub and kinsfolk are vis-iting with her niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dearden. Mr. and Mrs. Max Wainwright are retired from the Lehman Caves job. Mr. Osborne Christopherson is in Ely, for medical assistance. He is reported to be some better. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schumacher j Garrison j LaRue Rowley Mr. and Mrs. Ed Works have re- - turned home to Delta, i Mrs. Amanda Conk has been : visiting with her daughter and fam j ily, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gonder. The wedding dance for Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Whitaker was a suc- - j cess. A large crowd attended and 'j many beautiful gifts were receiv- - ed. Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Terry have gone on a two weeks vacation, f They plan to see some parts of Canada. i Mrs. Orval Joseph has returned ' home from Bishop, Cal., where she was visiting with her brother, be- - were busines visitors at Delta, on Saturday. 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