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the sand was blowing like sleet against the house and much of it was coming in under the door. In fact, hefore they left it was necessary to shovel the sand away from the door to make a pathway out. Lehi later, recalling this event, said that he rcmemhered thinking to himself during the arguing, how ridiculous it war tn get so engrossed that it lasted until nearly one in the morning. -4t that time, they were talking ahout the three degrees of glory and he thought their time would have h e n much better spent shoveling sand and worrying allout the prcrent instead of becoming so involved in talking about what was going to happen in the nrxt world. Throughout Lehi's life he was concerned about people making good use of their time and talents. Often, in his later life, he found work for anyone who seemed idle.'' As the boys grew older, thcy wcrc able to take increased r~spnnsibilities and each of them was constantly looking for odd jobs to do, and ways and means by which they could earn money, or the equivalent. Being the oldest, Lehi was faced with the acuteness of his obligation iu sharing with his mother the t a k of supporting the family. During these ycars, Lehi had his schooling in a one-room school three months of the year, during the colder lnonths - prohahly in December, January, and February. The other nine months were spent in working.13 During the summer, after lambing was through, Lehi and Kumen, his brother, used their team of oxen and the old wagon to work at the sawmill g ~ t t i n ga little lumber out. Lehi was 14 years old then and Kumen was 12. In the fall, thcy hauled what luniber they earned to Pioche to sell. Delamar, whirh was located southeast of Caliente, Pioche, and Bullionville were markel ceuters for Southern Utah. They worked hard to raise asurplus to trade for cash. Some of the main productsto be marketed were lumber, hay, meats, potatoes, g a i n , molasses, fruit: eggs and cheese. I n those days it was difficult to make ends meet, hut somehow Lehi's thrifty mother managed, and they always seemed to have plenty to eat. The Jones children learned to make their own fun. Kumen and Jed were v e q mischievous, and it was said, they never would amount to a "hill of heans" t~ecause their fun-loving ways. In about 1870, during a of drouth, Henry L e i ~ h took Lehi's mother, Sags, to church and left the boys at home playing. Whik church was convened, an old Indian came to visit. The young boys talked him into praying for rain, which was so badly needed. There was no ceiling in the house and, while the Indian was on his knees, the boys climbcd up in the rafters with a lmcket of water and sprinkled it down on the praying Indian. Another time, Kuinen and Jed tied one of their donkeys to the doorknob on the house of an old man who lived across the street. The man was slightly deaf. After the

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

Title	Page 35
Description	the sand was blowing like sleet against the house and much of it was coming in under the door. In fact, hefore they left it was necessary to shovel the sand away from the door to make a pathway out. Lehi later, recalling this event, said that he rcmemhered thinking to himself during the arguing, how ridiculous it war tn get so engrossed that it lasted until nearly one in the morning. -4t that time, they were talking ahout the three degrees of glory and he thought their time would have h e n much better spent shoveling sand and worrying allout the prcrent instead of becoming so involved in talking about what was going to happen in the nrxt world. Throughout Lehi's life he was concerned about people making good use of their time and talents. Often, in his later life, he found work for anyone who seemed idle.' As the boys grew older, thcy wcrc able to take increased r~spnnsibilities and each of them was constantly looking for odd jobs to do, and ways and means by which they could earn money, or the equivalent. Being the oldest, Lehi was faced with the acuteness of his obligation iu sharing with his mother the t a k of supporting the family. During these ycars, Lehi had his schooling in a one-room school three months of the year, during the colder lnonths - prohahly in December, January, and February. The other nine months were spent in working.13 During the summer, after lambing was through, Lehi and Kumen, his brother, used their team of oxen and the old wagon to work at the sawmill g ~ t t i n ga little lumber out. Lehi was 14 years old then and Kumen was 12. In the fall, thcy hauled what luniber they earned to Pioche to sell. Delamar, whirh was located southeast of Caliente, Pioche, and Bullionville were markel ceuters for Southern Utah. They worked hard to raise asurplus to trade for cash. Some of the main productsto be marketed were lumber, hay, meats, potatoes, g a i n , molasses, fruit: eggs and cheese. I n those days it was difficult to make ends meet, hut somehow Lehi's thrifty mother managed, and they always seemed to have plenty to eat. The Jones children learned to make their own fun. Kumen and Jed were v e q mischievous, and it was said, they never would amount to a "hill of heans" t~ecause their fun-loving ways. In about 1870, during a of drouth, Henry L e i ~ h took Lehi's mother, Sags, to church and left the boys at home playing. Whik church was convened, an old Indian came to visit. The young boys talked him into praying for rain, which was so badly needed. There was no ceiling in the house and, while the Indian was on his knees, the boys climbcd up in the rafters with a lmcket of water and sprinkled it down on the praying Indian. Another time, Kuinen and Jed tied one of their donkeys to the doorknob on the house of an old man who lived across the street. The man was slightly deaf. After the 35
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1117.pdf

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