Show 4 W K H 1 I 1 2 I 1 11 ll I 1 I 1 mrs T I 1 t I 1 alq I 1 I 1 column i I 1 I 1 t el I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 chiv hiv I M 1 i THERE IS no grave on earths broad hart chart c but has some bird to cheer it so hope sings on in every heart although we may not hear it and it if today the heavy wing of sorrow Is oppressing perchance tomorrows sun may bring the weary heart a blessing S h S h S 5 WE READ in the rocket bocket of rock springs wyoming now the home of our former townsman glenn S ridge now t thirty hirty eight places having hailing licenses to sell 3 2 beer and this number Is being added to at each meeting of the city council all adding very materially to revenue of the city with less drunkenness and considerable side sid erable ra ble less of unemployment than in the supposed dry days of that city we are further wormed informed that during the saloon days of this city there were at one time forty two licensed saloons each saloon was required to pay an annual license of 1000 which brought to the city treasury revenue from liquor licenses alone A WS in 5 relmon AND retrospect dear dad BIRTHDAYS ARE rather important to the individual at least the first one to keep a record of the anniversary seems to be expected by law and custom but to have them celebrated Is not always necessary I 1 was the first born bom of the youngest of a large family and all the grownups grown ups treated us both son soil and young mother as pets and we were vote doubtless spoiled spoil the anniversary of my birth was made an occasion of cake etc and was always kept by my mother and was continued continue ly by my u wife ife thus the day became an occasion a sort of institution a family habit to remember just why it has been continued for 74 years I 1 dont know inless the folks held on hoping it might become important however the only thing in sight Is an age record my reason or excuse tor for this personal reference Is that the last one on sunday was the occasion for a family reunion re union chiefly xe remarkable because without pre arrangement and by some peculiar in cl ci dents all the family children grand children and in laws as well as other members of the clan were gathered tor for tile the occasion five members were from california strangely and without plan was the meeting of the clan always that day Is fair and roses every where I 1 never again Is this likely to happen and reflection Is aroused with the help of my mother long since passed away I 1 can remember the day that I 1 was born june 25 1859 at ottumwa iowa on the des mottles river chicago was then a thriving village but st louis was the real market of the west it could be reached by water my mothers father was a merchant who w ho had worked westward from ohio extended travel was by boat in those days and the larger trade was by water river towns were important in 59 the slave question was growing hot but the civil war mar was not in sight I 1 was able to march with a wooden gun when war was declared in 62 1 I played with toy cannon and tin soldiers as I 1 rode the steamboats on the ohio mississippi and missouri rivers landing finally at westport mo where my father ran one of the street brothers stores until border warfare repeatedly robbed it andi and I 1 broke it up then we moved on up the river to nebraska city where the large western outfitting outwitting out fitting store of the street bros was located which supplied the long ox trains and mule trains for the far west operated by alexander street their destination was alder gulch and last chance gulch or helena montana there my father went in 64 to take charge of the store at helena where he sold flour at 30 50 80 and that winter at dollars per pound sack bid up by the miners in competition tor for the last meager supply in nebraska city in 64 I 1 remember a hailstorm that broke all the glass in town on the south exposure hailstones like hens eggs lay piled thick upon the ground soldier recruits drilling in the street took refuge under our big porch until the bombardment drove them indoors indoor in the spring of 65 I 1 well remember taking the bus for the river landing the fret yellowstone steamboat at the wharf its huge funnels pouring out black coal smoke and all about were hurrying huir hui ying men on wharf and deck soon we were on our way the whole navigable length of the missouri to fort benton montina what ahat a a thrill in the picture ot of that great side wheeler churning two white steamers that floated behind like huge reins guiding some great creature belching black smoke in its noisy struggle against the river cur curreia reit it carried men passengers and they v mere ere mostly on en the hurricane deck shooting volleys from their rills rifles into the air flags flying and wild hurrahs hur tur ralls for the war was over the great west beckoned on that vessel were but three w w nen my baby brother and one boy I 1 was that boy but I 1 was not lonely tor for there was plenty to amuse me every day many of tho tha men were supplied with rifles using cartridges or shells the mn were frequently shooting at wild game on shore or on islands and gathering the shells was my delight I 1 dont know the result of this shooting but the boat never stopped stepped tor for such purposes in time the coal fuel gave out and the boat would stop at plies piles of cord wood prepared the gang were thrown across train from boat to bank ald al d a column of deck hands would carry the wood upon their backs in a great hurry often some of the passengers would volunteer to help lust just to get their fet oa land sometimes I 1 managed dodge oer 01 er a gang plank and reach land ta grab a flower only to be snatched up aid carried back to a motha motet once I 1 managed to fall fail into arver but was quickly rescued no for the wetting welting I 1 can feel the wild of icy feet on land after long weeks the copt that did not always dash onward in its uphill upolu fight of changing cur rente rent sand bars bare would hold it faba for hours men were put thorr with emall email boats carrying ett attached ached to the steam boat these were attached to trees or rock masses then wound by the great capstan by the deck hands to help pull the boat off the bar shore objects falling failing hundreds ol of men would line up on the shore on long ropes pulling from one quarter th then en another on the prow while the engines a struggle ruggle t at full power and the captain swore and shouted orders there were snags and floating trees that might tangle the great side water wheels which propelled the boat there were ere changing currents and dark nights and a pilots life lay between many things in front and a captain behind him who demanded speed and deep water high on the hurricane deck men crowded to watch the ever changing scenes of never ending bends of bluffs and bills and plains of trees and bushes and tri but aries arles but best ot of all wild game or indians something at which to shoot I 1 high water would undercut the river banks and lower water would leave a shelf in in places on one of these a buffalo cow had left her calf it may have been born bom there the men began to shoot at the little calf as it wildly dashed from end to end of its narrow limits of a hundred feet or so I 1 was all tor for the calf and begged the men to spare it it proved to lively a mark and finally we drew too far away I 1 used to dream about that i lonely little calf and plan its rescue later on a great herd of buffalo were stampeded across a plain from the left high bank into the river hundreds per I 1 naps haps thousands of them for they filled i the river and floated down stream the opposite bank being abrupt hills the boat was obliged to pull aside and anchor as the floating buffalo might break the water wheels many buffalo lassoed grid and drawn on board with the cap r tan stan soon indians appeared on the landi land from where the buffalo came then there was wilder excitement as hundreds of our men began to fire on them the indians left a few arrows sticking on our deck and fled on their horses there were many things of interest ori on that long trip but none that thrilled e eiery ery one more than the evening we me reached the broad waters of the river riven berid bend at fort benton the end of cf the boat ride A single cannon shot was fired from i the prow the flag breezed out a great shout elout went up from boat and shore where hundreds lined the wharf my father among them the hearts and souls soul ls of men were thrilled they brought the news the war was over men could look each other in the face and forget wild game and wl wild d indians and wild bearded men fired with the spirit of the wild west and the lure of gold were there i eyes shone with new life and new hope i 1 the west stood with open arms the rain bow of expectation rose from pots of gold A virgin soil a wealth of game and the spice of danger and liberty all filled the very air thus began the first chapter of my life very sincerely CHARLES E STREET juno june 27 1933 salt lake city B fi H R W fi JINKS NELSON when looking through some of the old papers of his willer father the late john A nelson found i the following old od time alme relic in the shape of a placard which was posted conspicuously around the city in the 1 ecward ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD will be paid by the th PARK AND ECHO COMPANY tor for information tint will lead to the ARREST AND conviction of the person or persons who cut their telegraph line in silver creek caryon canyon on cr about june 26 ih ai 1880 or 0 o information that will lead to the ARREST AND conviction of any pel san or persons persona guilty of cutting the wire I 1 breaking the insulators or in ill any w wy way y I 1 nes THE PROPERTY OS OF THE COMPANY OR interrupting TEE alono OF ITS LINE JOHN A NELSON EDWARD P feair FERRY I 1 PARK CITY june 30 1880 I 1 the names of john A nelson and S Z I 1 ferry will recall to the few very old timers of park city many incidents of aln long long ago both of the these thee e pioneers of park city were active in their day in building up and mapping out what was to become the greatest silver lead min i arg camp in the state I 1 mr ferry owned the te and became owner and prominent operator in prospects that later became great dividend payers I 1 I 1 mr nelson came to park city in 1872 shortly after the finding of the ore that I 1 made the great ontario he came to utah itoh in 1869 making his bis home in salt lake city where he be started the f iron foundry in that city attar coming to I 1 park city he became associated with mr E P retry in several mining enterprises the anchor woodside and gavey later the daly properties and always active in affairs ile he established the first assay office in park city was instrumental in establishing the first was tern union telegraph office was in charge of same with two dispatchers and planned and supervised the first |