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the calves. Oue night, Will Simpkins, the young hired hand, Willard, Kumen, and Henry were sleeping on the porch of the mountain cabin. The porch was open at both ends. There was a small fence in front of the house to keep the cattle away from the dooryard. Henrietta had gone to bed and was awakened in the night hy noise and bellering of the rattle. She instinctively knew there was a bear causing the uproar, but decided to lie quietly in hopes he would go away. She listened intently while the bear killed one of the animals, which turned out to he a small white calf, and dragged it under the house, which was set a few feet aho\.e the ground. The bear stayed under the house all night devouring its victim, while Henrietta listened to the commotion, realizing what was going on hut not daring to move - also, hoping that the boys would not wake up and do anything to attract the bear. Finally, about daylight, the bear departed and Henrietta ventured outside to investigate. She could sce by the tracks that the bear had stood up by the fence in front of the house and looked at the sleeping children before it had attacked the cattle. She was greatly relieved that her prayers had been answered and that everyone was safe. The boys had slept through the entire night without hearing a thing.' During a bad drouth, Lehi left the cattle at Miner's Peak until December. He and some other men went after them d ~ ~ r i n g first snow the storm. The men had a difficult time finding them, but finally located them along the edges of the cliffs nearly to Crystal. The men took chaff in gunny sacks to feed their homes. It was snowing so hard that the cattle \rould not face the blizzard, so they kept pushing and driving them east until they got into timhpr and were finally able to drive them homeward. That same fall, Lehi, Dod Hunter, and Tom Bladen decided to get out their own lumber in order to l~uild homes. They hadn't much logging experience, but each had the desire to build a house for his family. They were able to rent the Co-op Mill in Schoppman's Hollow in Deep Creek under Blowhard Mountain after the regular sawmill crew was through for the winter. It was an open fall and, being energetic young men, they figured there might he time to get enough lumber out for their homes before winter set in. The logging, in those days, was all done with oxen -they were amohg the first to try logging with hones. They were successful in getting the lumber all sawed and most of it hauled before the first snow. By using horses, instead of oxen, they were able to move along much faster and people were surprised at their accomplishment. These young men were taking a chance on the weather and accomplishing a great deal while many people were more or less sitting around waiting for winter to set in. The next year, this same group of fellows got to94

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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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Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
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Title	Page 94
Description	the calves. Oue night, Will Simpkins, the young hired hand, Willard, Kumen, and Henry were sleeping on the porch of the mountain cabin. The porch was open at both ends. There was a small fence in front of the house to keep the cattle away from the dooryard. Henrietta had gone to bed and was awakened in the night hy noise and bellering of the rattle. She instinctively knew there was a bear causing the uproar, but decided to lie quietly in hopes he would go away. She listened intently while the bear killed one of the animals, which turned out to he a small white calf, and dragged it under the house, which was set a few feet aho\.e the ground. The bear stayed under the house all night devouring its victim, while Henrietta listened to the commotion, realizing what was going on hut not daring to move - also, hoping that the boys would not wake up and do anything to attract the bear. Finally, about daylight, the bear departed and Henrietta ventured outside to investigate. She could sce by the tracks that the bear had stood up by the fence in front of the house and looked at the sleeping children before it had attacked the cattle. She was greatly relieved that her prayers had been answered and that everyone was safe. The boys had slept through the entire night without hearing a thing.' During a bad drouth, Lehi left the cattle at Miner's Peak until December. He and some other men went after them d ~ ~ r i n g first snow the storm. The men had a difficult time finding them, but finally located them along the edges of the cliffs nearly to Crystal. The men took chaff in gunny sacks to feed their homes. It was snowing so hard that the cattle \rould not face the blizzard, so they kept pushing and driving them east until they got into timhpr and were finally able to drive them homeward. That same fall, Lehi, Dod Hunter, and Tom Bladen decided to get out their own lumber in order to l~uild homes. They hadn't much logging experience, but each had the desire to build a house for his family. They were able to rent the Co-op Mill in Schoppman's Hollow in Deep Creek under Blowhard Mountain after the regular sawmill crew was through for the winter. It was an open fall and, being energetic young men, they figured there might he time to get enough lumber out for their homes before winter set in. The logging, in those days, was all done with oxen -they were amohg the first to try logging with hones. They were successful in getting the lumber all sawed and most of it hauled before the first snow. By using horses, instead of oxen, they were able to move along much faster and people were surprised at their accomplishment. These young men were taking a chance on the weather and accomplishing a great deal while many people were more or less sitting around waiting for winter to set in. The next year, this same group of fellows got to94
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1174.pdf

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