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building) But, this was not all. When the teacher's payroll was submitted to the state for payment the latter part of December, the Attorney General ruled that the conditions had not been complied with and the Ward Hall did not meet the requircments; therefore, the maintenance of the school at state expense was illegal. A mass city meeting was called and, as a result, a bank in Salt Lake agreed to loan the money to the citizens of Cedar City, if three men would sign the note. Under these conditions Henry Leigh, Lehi \V. Jones, and Dave Bulloch mortgaged their homes and signed the note. Undoul~tedlythe indebtedness was repaid when the college was underway. School was held in the Ward Hall the winter of 18'37-98. Milton Bennion was Principal with George W. Decker, Annie Spencer, and Howard R. Driggs as a. faculty, and they took care of 118 pupils hent on securing a higher education. But, there still loomed the prohlem of the next year. Ground must be purchased and a suitable building, state approved, and state owned, must be ready by the following school season's comniencement.' Most of the citizens were in favor of stopping before they became further involved. A few thought it could be accomplished although they knew it would involve great effort and sacrifice. .-\committee was chosen to analyze the situation and decide on a feasible plan. The committee consisted of L.W. Jones, chairman, J.S. Woodbury and E.J. Palmer. I'his gronp presentcd a proposition, which was put to the people assembled in a commulrity meeting, and was stated as follows: "We have but nine nionths in which to h i l d a building worthy to house a branch of State Normal. Cedar City has heen chosen for it, and we should all f he proud o that. If we wait till snow begins to melt before we make a stnst toward getting out the lumber we need, it will he well into June before \ve can even arc to the mill, and due to the rush of farm work, there \vould be very few teams and men free to do so. We are doing very lictle through chc winter except choring. Will any men volunteer now, so that we can Xet the work under way before spring opens up?" O n the morning of Jan. 5, 1898, Beher Jerisen, the owner of the saw~nill,took the lead on a good saddle horse to point out the unfamiliar road. He was accompanied 11y ten men with one hol~sleighand four w ; ~ ~ o n s h a v i n g span of horses each. They traveled through 10 to 12 two inches of snow to rearh Summit Sheep Corral or Sheep Hollow where they camped the first n i ~ h t .Late on the afternoon of the third day, they circled Brianhe;id on the south and dropped down to the Mammoth C:reek sawmill through heavy falling snow, it having snowed steadily since the! stopped at noon. Upon reach in^ the mill, snow deepening by the minute, a full realization of thir ~redicamentdawned on them. With food for a few dnvs, at most, the? could more easily be trapped or 130

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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
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
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Title	Page 130
Description	building) But, this was not all. When the teacher's payroll was submitted to the state for payment the latter part of December, the Attorney General ruled that the conditions had not been complied with and the Ward Hall did not meet the requircments; therefore, the maintenance of the school at state expense was illegal. A mass city meeting was called and, as a result, a bank in Salt Lake agreed to loan the money to the citizens of Cedar City, if three men would sign the note. Under these conditions Henry Leigh, Lehi \V. Jones, and Dave Bulloch mortgaged their homes and signed the note. Undoul~tedlythe indebtedness was repaid when the college was underway. School was held in the Ward Hall the winter of 18'37-98. Milton Bennion was Principal with George W. Decker, Annie Spencer, and Howard R. Driggs as a. faculty, and they took care of 118 pupils hent on securing a higher education. But, there still loomed the prohlem of the next year. Ground must be purchased and a suitable building, state approved, and state owned, must be ready by the following school season's comniencement.' Most of the citizens were in favor of stopping before they became further involved. A few thought it could be accomplished although they knew it would involve great effort and sacrifice..-\committee was chosen to analyze the situation and decide on a feasible plan. The committee consisted of L.W. Jones, chairman, J.S. Woodbury and E.J. Palmer. I'his gronp presentcd a proposition, which was put to the people assembled in a commulrity meeting, and was stated as follows: "We have but nine nionths in which to h i l d a building worthy to house a branch of State Normal. Cedar City has heen chosen for it, and we should all f he proud o that. If we wait till snow begins to melt before we make a stnst toward getting out the lumber we need, it will he well into June before \ve can even arc to the mill, and due to the rush of farm work, there \vould be very few teams and men free to do so. We are doing very lictle through chc winter except choring. Will any men volunteer now, so that we can Xet the work under way before spring opens up?" O n the morning of Jan. 5, 1898, Beher Jerisen, the owner of the saw~nill,took the lead on a good saddle horse to point out the unfamiliar road. He was accompanied 11y ten men with one hol~sleighand four w ; ~ ~ o n s h a v i n g span of horses each. They traveled through 10 to 12 two inches of snow to rearh Summit Sheep Corral or Sheep Hollow where they camped the first n i ~ h t.Late on the afternoon of the third day, they circled Brianhe;id on the south and dropped down to the Mammoth C:reek sawmill through heavy falling snow, it having snowed steadily since the! stopped at noon. Upon reach in^ the mill, snow deepening by the minute, a full realization of thir ~redicamentdawned on them. With food for a few dnvs, at most, the? could more easily be trapped or 130
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