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Show RELICS OF THE HANDCART DAYS Through George W Larkin, Ogden has contributed to the Deseret museum muse-um at Salt Lake two relics that are priceless as museum exhibits because, so far as Is known, there are no others of the kind In the state or the w est The relics are two old wheels that belonged to one of the hand-carts drawn to Utah from the east. The body of the cart disappeared 50 years ago, when Patriarch Larkin secured possession of the two wheels During the last conference at Salt Lake, President Joseph R. Smith. In addressing the meeting of the pioneers, pio-neers, called attention to the fact that among the relics of pioneer days In the museum there were no remnants oi the famous hand-carts He asked that any such relics owned be placed In the museum. It was found that Mr. Larkin was the owner of the only remnants of the carts and he kindly consented to present the wheels to the museum The presentation was made last Snturdav and Mr Larkin has received o letter from Professor Talmage. H anking him for the gifts. The wheels, presented by Mr. Larkin, Lar-kin, were four feet six Inches In diameter diam-eter and were crudely made To keep the axels from wearing Into the wood, pieces of old shoes had been placed In position and the old leather Is still clinging to the wood "The first carts built had smaller wheels," said Mr Larkin today, 'but In fording streams, the goods In the boxes would be wet by the water If the streams were deep To oercome BUCD difficulties, the wheels were made larger and the two that I had sacd were of the later Btyle," Mr. Larkin also has a valuable collection col-lection of old bibles that are desired by the museum but he has declined to part with them, maintaining that the members of his family have a flr.;t right to the volumes. Leaves from the Life of Elizabeth Eliza-beth Horrocks Jackson Kingsford" is the title of a pamphlet sent to the museum by Mr Larkin today. Mrs Klngsford was a hand -cart pioneer. |