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Show Biography of Sylvester Low Jr. - i OONTIX UED FROM LAST WEEK CHAPTER TWO , During this period of my i life I formed associates that were i very dear to me and friendships i that have lasted through life, 1 1: will name some; Heber Swaner, the Hillyard boys. Will, John j i and Hyrum, the Barber boys : Walter and Bert, Plowman boys I Lew, Chris and Joln Thomas' boys, Joe and Dan, Thornjey : boys Rob. John, Willis, Seth and!. Goore, Noble boys Will Ira and i Harp, and scores of others. I was marriod Oct. 8, 1882 . to Lillian E. E. Jones, daughter of Charles and Mary A. Weeks Jones in the Endowment House Suit Lako City, we lived with j her father and mother the first winter, then my father had I moved his family to Logan, , vre moved into their home and j we proceeded to accumilate ma-! member of the Smithfield tabernacle tab-ernacle ohoir from 1880 until the division of the ward, a member mem-ber of the second ward choir. Served as president for number of years an active member of the Y. M.M.I. A. Serving as president for 12 years, was active in temporal affairs of the church, building of the tabernacle, conducting con-ducting a missionary farm, building build-ing canyon roads to obtain lumber lum-ber for the tabernacle, putting .up hay on the church farm, and 1 many other duties in temporal j affairs of the church under the call of the bishop. I had followed i farming science settling down in married life, we had accumulated a little more land and our family fami-ly was growing having now four living namely: Sylvester C. Leo O., Robert L. and Lillian. We vere looking a head for further opportunities to better our conditions, con-ditions, SO aS tO ho Fom the time I was 12 years of age my life was interwoven with the religious, social and recreational affairs of Smith -field. Baptized, September 17, 1871, Ordained a deacon, March 16, 1874, a teacher, 1878, an elder, September 30, 18IS2, was secretary of 'the deacon's quorum president of the teachers quorum, first counselor to David Weeks, president of the elders quorum, A member of the dramatic association called by Bishop George L. Farrell to aid Wm. A. Noble in directing this activity activi-ty for a period of 10 years, was a member of the dance orchestra, conducted by 'Thomas Albiston. was prompter when Cotellians, reels, French four, Minuets, waltz quadrilles were in vogue, and a prompter was as important as the first violin, was, a member of the Smithfield brass band. A .'''' ' ' j ' . i . i ' ' ' j city lot, we had secured near Emil Peterson's we had progressed pro-gressed so far as to have the foundation in and nearly all the material on the ground ready for erection when through the"death, of Lillie's mother, her father was! left-alone and he persuaded us! to abandon building, and come and live with him with a promise that his home should bo ours ot his death, wo sold our lumber ' and oilier material and moved to! tho homo of her faiher in S.". I'rovinis to this our 1st. child was born August 22. 18X4. a boy. StMl born and for sometime my wifo's life was dispared of but thanks to (he Lord she re-i covered, but her health was' never so good again, could she have had skilled surgical aid hich was not obtainable at that "me the life of the child might nave been saved, and her not injured in-jured although she bore 10 ch;Id- ill fT3' y6t each was a Sreat Physical trial to her. educate and care for our growing grow-ing family. Farming in those days consisted in raising wheat, oats, potatoes, and hay, with a limited market. Prices .very low, also was prices of cat-Itle cat-Itle and hogs, horses was fair, production of eggs and bucr because of prices was very discouraging dis-couraging eggs ten cents p-r dozen, butter 10 cents a pound, at this time there was on interest in-terest being aroused to build cheese fai lories in Carho vul!--. i, n-s one at Welisville, one at Mlllvillo, and one at Richmond. Rich-mond. Why not baild one at Smithfield A cooperative plan'.. Many meeting were held in the community as usual, there was opposition ynd discouragement finally it was abandoned. Bishop George L. Farrell, Abraham : Smith, William A. Noble, and 1 myself decided to form a partnership part-nership and enter into tbe dairy business. ' T'waa a good venture, (Continued on Page Five) SYLVESTER LOW JR. Jane who 'was still born William Lorin and Mary Ann, there was now eight of us living. To leave the wife and six children, the oldest but 12 years seemed to me almost too much for her, she never complained, but said "go we will get alone all right" we rented the farm except tie pasture and cows, she and ue boys cared for them and made their living, being blessed abundantly, abund-antly, besides their living bought 12 acres of land in t',p school section which came into market at that time. A great sorrow came into our home t! rough the loss of one of our boys Robert Leslie, who contracted diptheria and died the 20th of June 1900. I (Continued next neck.) (HERE'S MORE ABOUT) Sylvester Low Jr. (Continued from Page One) better for the community than for . the owners, we commenced operation in 1892, having built a creamery where butter . and cheese was manufactured, the site was on the county road west of Smithfield one and one-half miles, our first summers operation opera-tion was very small, about 2 thousands pounds of milk daily, the business grew to 20,000 lbs. daily in a few years. Markets were opened up in Montana, Idaho, Ida-ho, Wyoming, Nevada besides our home markets in Utah, thus the dairy industry grew in Cache Valley until now there are 4 large plants in operation besides much cream is shipped to central centr-al plants in Ogden, Salt Lake City, and Pocatello, when first the production began there was no such a thing as a monthly payment, then later a semi-. semi-. monthly payment was made in , cash," based on market price of finished product. The farmer of the valley date the beginning ot prosperity with the establishing , of the dairy industry. I labored as an employee of the Smith-field Smith-field Dairy company from 1892 to October 1898, when I received a call for. a mission to the Southern South-ern States. We having had Z more children born to us vis, |