Show DIGEST OF SE sentiments NTEN jENTS EXPRESSED BY BISHOP JOSEPH 1 F ANDE AT THE FUNERAL E AL OF JOSEPH E RAY TEN 1 an HI REQUEST ST OF till THE HAY FAMILY bishop anderson reviewed tile the life and achievements of at mr ray bay ana gave illustrations of his vision atilt aggressiveness as a promoter ile iio gave many many examples of at tho the superior courage tender humanity scrupulous it oafs honesty and tile the many admirable that mailo mado him an outstanding personality naulty lie ile spoke of ills hla own itte iong associations with that master masor scout as A a friend and neighbor aadot and of the strong bond of friendship that had been maintained through tile the years beginning with ills his own childhood when mr air ray always a lover of children showed allowed special interest in him some of tile the high lights as pointed out were the facts of at mr air rays coming coining hero tore in 1853 at the ago of two years and helping to develop the millard county commonwealth from the very foundation up lip and developing in the process the very finest qualities of the pioneer no ninn man la 13 now living lit in millard county who was liere here when mr air ray camo came liero here ila ho la Is the last and one of the most illustrious of at that noble liable band even as aa a child lie he performed unusual exploits ills father john A uny ray having died when joseph was only eight years of age the boy was wag loft left largely to ills his own resources with out opportunity for E education ducati and with tin no financial start those were trying times to bring out the best or tile the worst in fit a nian man will and in joseph E hay aitay wore discovered atilt and brought out from latency it a remarkable combination of tenderness iron iran will courage modesty humility and aggressiveness gressi veness ile iio was generous almost to a fault and was always found a chain champion plon of the abused or the unfortunate ile he had a wonderful and wholesome sense of humor and was a i most entertaining companion ile he was wai a good story teller and had a wealth of good stories that were clean and untainted A smutty story to him was waa insult Refe reference renco was ninde made to ills his wonderful versatility ile ho had the combination of intelligence and concentration that made him expert in many lines linen in iii almost everything that lie ho undertook in ili ills his varied career in ili boyhood as well wall a as s in manhood ho he excelled in all tile the games ot at sport ile ho wits was always considered tile tho premier hunter of at the land and the surest shot ilia his nervo nerve was waa truo true as a steel spring buring all tho the precarious years when thoro there was no doctor in this part of the state lie he was tho the good samaritan to whom people appealed to set their broken bones extract their aching tooth teeth and perform surgical operations ile he is credited with having performed the first operation in it the state of utah tor for appendicitis then popularly called of tho the bowels mr air ray who had never seen the inside of a medical college infected disinfected dis tits his pocket knife ath with tobacco cut out the appendix and ills his first subject is alive today |