more full report from this expedition at a future day; although the party did not go over the rim of the Basin or extend their research to a very great extent beyond that of last season. One of the greatest evils we have heard reported is the...
ofthe mountains were blessed with an array of trained laborers. This was a vital factor in the success of the Mormons as color~izers.~ Experienced workers had been sent to southern Utah to help in the manufacture of iron, but they were encountering...
kept on working, even though the weather was extremely cold and it was no wing.^ Brother Peter Shirts came to see the Lunts that evening, March 4, and told Henry that he was offended by what Philip K. Smith, Bishop of the Cedar City ward, had said...
purpose of purchasing supplies for to fit out the companies of saints at Florence on the Missouri River near to the old Winter Quarters (The railway went only about fifty miles to Muscatine]. We stayed at Muscatine until eleven p.m., when we went...
in the valleys of thc Rio Virgin and Santa Clara Rivers for the purpose of raising cotton.' Later, people were called to settle these areas. Those called were mostly from central and northern Utah. As the months wore on, Thomas l)ecame increasingly...
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...
stories and laughing, they agreed to do a little betting on their teams as to how much they could pull. Dan and Atoat had several fine horses in their teams. Once the betting started, it continued most of the day. First one team was tried, then...
him, and while talking, Lehi found that he was a school teacher there in Bulliunville, 11ythe name of Bob Ricards. they were talking, a large man who walked by, appeared to be intoxicated. Mr. Ricards called out the word "stage," which meant a...
had eluded him and his men on the first trip. He made many topographic and geological sumeys of much of the Colorado River Basin.' Major Powell stayed at the Lunt Hotel when passing through Cedar City, while making these explorations. On sevcral...
Lamanites were deeply interested. T h e country was strange to me. Near the place of our operations was a river that I could see, the water of which was not quite clear). .4s this dream had left quite an impression on my mind, I asked our mother to...
it looks stormy. Hyrum, Peter, and Johnny Willden start with the cattle. This road is just a trail, rock, fallen trees, and stumps in the path. The women and children walk most of the way to the top, with mothers carrying babies. Then it started to...
level. Now, Brother Jones, of course, didn't have those qualities alone, but I think you will agree with me, among those who did, he was outstanding. Men of vision are in a sense the eyes of a community. They see ahead and sometimes when others of...
From Campus to Courtroom
CHAPTER TWO
The transition from the lifc of a student lo /he life of asuccessful practitioner is a curious conlbination of satisfaction and disillusionment, curiosity und fear, idealistic concepts and fundamental...
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happy and agreeable." Naturally, one of the favorite family activities was when John and Orpha would take the children for ice cream cones. John would always get a lick at each of the cones to keep it from...
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Stake Tabernacle had been razed. The children remember it this way: "Dad was always a peacemaker by nature. He would try to work things out in any disagreement and offer constructive solutions rather than talking behind...
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weekends at home. It probably was in the fall of those same years I learned that dazzling orange Oriental Poppies should be transplanted while dormant in August. A subscription to the magazine Better Homes...
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The Boy Scouts were already established in my home town. I went to several of their meetings. The scout master would do most of the talking, while all the boys listened. I liked the things the Boy Scouts did. I enjoyed playing their...
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in each class every day. The type of talking that was done in the district school was far from being public speaking, but it at least helped me to think and reason before other people. When I was well...
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won both debates. After several more contests we were again eligible to enter the state meet. The state contest was my last debate in high school. I was determined to do my best to win, but was defeated by the...
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serene resignation that life's journey is about to end, has not thought about the eternal destination and what might be there? Centuries ago the man Job, so long blessed with material blessings, only to find...