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H sBHH I Hi lh t - . . , BSBSJ BBsl ll Iron County Record s..1 I VOLUME XXVII. CEDAR CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY FEBRUARY, 18, 1921. NUMBER 1 1. JOHN URIE IS; EULOGIZED BYSPEAKERS ' Went to California from Salt Lake ' in 1854 to Seek His Fortune LANDED IN CEDAR ON TRIP BACK TO UTAH Endured All Hardships of Utah's Early Days. Large Funeral At tendance Marks Passing Of one Of Cedar's Builders. Funeral services for John Urio, de ceased, a pioneer ,of Southern Utah, -wore held in tho tabernacle in Cedar City last Sunday at 2:00 p. m. Opening prayer was by Charles Hcybornc. A telegram from Dr. George W. Middleton was read by S. P. Leigh, and a sketch of the life and character of the deceased by John Chattcrley was read by Bishop William R. Palmer, Counselor S. P. Leigh spoke on tho life and character of the deceased and. read ; a letter written by deceased which gave a history of his life from tho time he left his home in Scotland up to tho year 1873. Extracts from tho letter appears farther along in this article. Elizabeth Bulloch sang "Ayld Lang Syne", and E. M. Corry sang, "IKnow That My Redeemer Liveth". Other speakers were Bishop Parson Webster, A. G. Mathcson, David jjL Matheson of Parowan, and Andrew &' Corry. Benediction was by David Bul- i ""'"" iochTa''rhe" 'grave "was dedicated " by' Bishop William R. Palmer. John Urie was born in Airdrie, Lanark County, Scotland, April 28th, 1835. At about the age of eighteen ho came to America. Tho trip and later events are recorded in tho letter already mentioned, of which the fol lowing ro extracts: "My voyage from Glasgow to New Orleans was a protracted one. Be- t ing eleven weeks, it gave mb time for reflection. The result was a shaving of some considerable extent of my zeal and enthusiasm on religious i matters and a settling down to sub- jects of a more material nature. I H stayed in New Orleans three days and came to the conclusion that I had seen better places. Proceeded up the great Missouri river to Keokuk, occupying some ten or cloven days. Stopped there three days and proceeded thru the state of Iowa a distance of 350 miles with ox-train to Kanesville, oc cupying some four weeks, an exper ience that shall never be forgotten. I Somo of theSnost pious saints got ! through with tho religious business f 'of their lives and dropped off on tho road, not seeing tho necessity of I traveling such a hard road to heaven. I They wero generally disagreeable, dis- R honest men whoso firmness and grit U had no foundation. Some were English and somo Welsh, but, honor to my I ' country, no Scotch. They were bent g to see the end if there was any end. n Epcamped with about thirty-six B wagons and about 150 head of oxen and cows on the banks of the Mis- K souri opposite Omaha. Twenty years ago was quite different to what it I was today. ,We were three weeks 1 crossing tho river on a flat-boat of 1 our own construction, landing where R Omaha now stands. It was a labor of &" great magnitude, and your oldest son I played a prominent part, being young, J strong and healthy and a good swini- ,jj mer. My part of the labor was in S much demand and no doubt I was im- H posed upon. This thrco weeks will be QL .demanded on my old age to tho extent 3 tf three years. Tho subsequent trip I W'Snlt Lake City, over rivors and a mountains during eleven weeks was ,-n one to mo of hard service, and will j nlho be required of mo in my last day3. Indeed, now at tho ago of thirty- I eight I begin to feql the effects of my intemperance in youth caused by hard R faro, hard labor and exposure, i Arriving at my destination on tho 23rd of Sept., 1853, without friends or I acquaintances, no money in pocket, an extreme youth, and disdaining to ljog, I I began to feel tho dependence of my n situation. , But nothing' 'daunted my ll courage. I had como here for a pur- Hi pose. To pursuo that was my firm determination. I had como to a descry country, whoso few1 inhabitants were wrestling and battling under all the circum stances attending tho settlement of a new country 1,000 miles from the con fines of civilization, and such a coun try. There was poor and in no condi tion to help the stranger who camo into their mjdst, Under these, circum stances I entered Salt Lako City, but I found friends who wore strangers to me, who fed me and gave mo shel . ter, who had commissoration for their coreligionists. In this I could see and feel flic practical form of a religion that fed tho hungry and clothed the naked. I began to understand that Mormonism was practical and ma terial and that long and exhaustive sermons on the Godhead and on our future existence, although first in our I hopes and future prospects, wero secondnry to tho object of building up a society here on earth wherein men could enjoy a little of that heaven that was always taught us to bo bc i yond timo and beyond space, ever ahead of us and never arriving there. I believe that if I ever enter heaven it will be one of my own make. Went to California, arriving in Snc- mento July 7th, 1854 with $40 in my cket,.'tho result of my labors on my trip as blacksmith for the com pany. That journey was a hard one. and indeed all such journeys at that time boro this character. Staying but a few days in Sacra mento, then a small place, T made my way into tho mines, worked three or four months, made about $350, and came to San Francisco on my way i back to Salt Lake City, although having serious thoughts of returning to Scotland. But tho idea of being baffled in my pet idea of religious principles, and of you my parents and also my acquaintances having the , laugh on me, turned my course to ward Salt Lake City. I took shipping i to San Pedro, 450 miles down the coast, and from thence to San Bernar-j -dino, a distanco of 00 .miles on foot with my budget on my back. Stayed three weeks and worked for my board. Bought three horses, two to rido and one to pack, and for the first time in my life bestrode a horse. And i by-the-bye, it was only half tamed, on a journey of 800 miles to Salt Lake City. You may guess my feelings, J but my hopes and firm resolve bore mo , up under all circumstances. For 500 miles a morp wretched country is not under the sun. Arriving in Cedar City the 13th day, the first settlement on the route. I met an acquaintance and resolved to push my fortune in this place. I was hardly twenty years of ago when I arrived here. My experience in this place for tho following eight years was extraor dinarily hard, often without food for three or four days at a time. At ono time four months without bread of any kind, living on roots 'and weeds of different kinds. This was in co'n sequence of tho grasshopers, bad harvests, etc. I married when twenty-one artd lost my wife in childbed one year after; and in 1857, Jan. ICth, T was married to my present wife, a day that shall ever be remembered by me, as one that began my days of prosperity. Here I am with eight boys and girls with their mother to look after them. Space will not allow tho printing of much as we would like of John Urie's history. He raised a large and respected fnmify in Cedar City and was ever a useful and faithful citi zen and church member. j. And still another difference between death and taxes is that death is some times painless. n i We overheard one citizen say yes terday that his children have tho "galloping consumption." They just oat and run. NEW IED SOX'ftLOT" I Hugh Duffy, old-tlmo major ' loaguo ball player, is tho now ' manager of tho Boston Red Sox. Ho says tho form or world champ3 will do a .comeback. REPRESENTS UTAH AT INDANAP0L1S Iron County Honey Producer Chos en as Delegate From His State to Annual Convention of Nat ional Honey Producers' League. A. G. Anderson, manager of tho Southern Utah Bee & Honey Company of Cedar City, and ono of tho live business men of Cedar, is in Indianap olis this week as representative from Utah to tho National Honey Producers' League, which is holding its annual convention in the Hoosicr capital. Tho appointment of Mr. Anderson is Another signal honor for Southern Utah and Iron County in particular. Mr. and Mrs. Alma Esplin were in Parowan Mondny in tho interest of tho Farm Bureau, of Which Mr. Esplin is president for tho county. They re mained for the ball game in the evening. AUDIENCE LEASED AT BAND CONCERT Program Sets a High Standard of Musical Excellence for Cedar City A largo and enthusiastic audience enjoyed tho Sunday night band con cort nt the tabernncle. Tho offer ings amounted to a substantial sum toward putting tho band organization oven with tho world. Even those citi zens who have been listening to the work of tho band nt every opportu nity in tho past were surprised Sunday evening by tho peculiar excellence of tho program offered. Tho pieces were happily choson and given in a truly superior fashion. Tho work of Mrs. Bettenson also received generous praise from thoso qunlificd to pass on matters musical a3 well as from the others who were in attendance. It wns a musical feast and it is to bo hoped that it will be repeated soon. "miniiiunna I ' THE MAN WHO WINS I i THE man who wins is the average man, - g 1 Not built on any peculiar plan, '" , I I Not blest with any peculiar luck, I Just steady and earnest and full of pluck. I When asked a question he does not "guess" ; 1 He knows, and answers "No" or "Yes". I When set at a task that the rest can't do, 1 He buckles down till he puts it through. 1 Three things he's learned: That the man who I' " tries - " " - -' ' I Finds favor in his employer's' eyes; 1 I That it pays to know more than one thing well ; 1 I That it doesn't pay all he knows to tell. 1 1 So he works and waits, till one fine day I 1 There's a better job with bigger pay; 1 And the men who shirked whenever they could I Are bossed by the man whose work made good. 1 1 For the man who wins is the man who works, I I Who neither labor nor troubles shirks, I I Who uses his hands, his head, his eyes ; 1 I The man who wins is the man who tries. 1 I CHARLES RBARRET I 31lllllll!BIIiDM PRESIDENT WILSON SHIPS BY TRUCK .. J,"8l(,ont Wilson is an advocalo of Hie "ship by truck" ldoa hlch has boon urged upon rural illctrfcts as oi a way to lower 10rt haul transportation charges. Ho Is hauling b'o Household goodj frdm nZl h?.m lS, NT Jer80y to ,h0 new ho will occupy in Wash I ngton after March 4 Tho uppor picture shows tSnr truck w.lfn,U.rDHtaroKUri:,vlDg nt Washingtonthe lower shows Mrs URGE CREAMERY IN IRQNCOUNTY Project Would Provide Regular Cash Income For Dairymen FARM BUREAU DRIVES WIN BIG MEMBERSHIP Meetings Show Great Interest and Enthusiasm of Iron County Farmers in Farm Bureau Work For Coming Year. . Acting County Agent A. L. Price, who returned from Enoch yesterday, reports much interest and enthusiasm on the part of fanners in farm bureau work. Tho Enoch and Hamilton's Fort farmers will join the Cedar local of tho farm bureau instead of or ganizing by themselves. The farm bureau membership drive is coming right nlong in Cedar and tho expecta tion is max, seventy members will bo obtained. There have been sovcrnl meetings in the last two weeks at which much enthusiasm was shown. I The club membership drive is just be ginning in Parowan and Paragonnh, but tho prospect is good for a live or ganization in ench town. Tho proposition of starting a cream ery in Iron county is attracting a great deal of interest. Whnt most at tracts the farmer to the project is tho' prospect of a weekly or monthly payl check coming in regularly throughout the year instead of tho present con-1 dition whorcin cash income is not to' bo thought of except as-crops can bo' sold in tho fall or winter. Tho fact that vast amounts of alfalfa can bo raised in tho county, with other feed i and grains, makes tho creamery pro posal one worth studying. Tho B. A. C. hns on hand equipment for a small' creamery, and may possibly bo in duced to operato tho plant as a part of the agricultural course. In the year 1920 tliero wore 147 children baptized in the Parowan stake, i o I Tho hard wind the other day lift ed tho roof off the grandstand nt tho fair grounds and scattered it across the state road and into tho cemetery. J w I Dr. O. Anderson who is a member of , the Parowan Gun nnd Rod Club, joined the club in a big rabbit hunt last Saturday. The Misfit Ball given by tho Band last Saturday evening wns full of fun nnd an entire success. There should (have been more couples in costume, but the costumes that were there furnished no end of fun. Mrs. Maggie Welter pleasantly entertained nt a Kensington Friday afternoon to a number of her lady friends tho tables were decorated with vases of cut flowers, and a delicious lunch was served to: Mrs. Andrew! Corry, Mrs. Arch Swnpp, Mrs. Dave J Dix, Mrs. Connrd Hnight, Mrs. Itonc Corry, Mrs. Tom Bulloch, Mrs. Ren. ' Watson, Mrs. Henry Mackelptang, ' Mrs. Bert Corry, Mrs.. F. W. Middle-' ton, Mrs. Will Corry, Mrs. Kenneth' Macfarlane and Mrs. Jake Smith. I EXPECTED TO BE IN HARDING CABINET A now Washington plcturo of two men who It Is thought are "sure-llro" members of President elect Harding's cabinet. Thoy aro benator Albert I) Fall of Now Mexico, who Is slated for secre tary of Interior, and Harry M. Daughorty of Ohio, Mr. Harding's campaign manager, who It Is thought will bo tho nest attornoy genoral. CO SCHOOLS I IN VERY BEST I CONDITION I " H Gravel Day Brings Generous Crowd H of Men and Teams and M Covers Playground M PRESENT STANDARD OF SCHOOL WORK HIGH M Health Work for Current Year H Especially Valuublc in Correct- H ing Defects and Forming Health H Habits. H Tho "Flu" epidemics of tho past two - winters put tho schools back somo- H whnt in tho work, and this winter it H hns been necessnry to pay special at- tention to tho basic subjects in order to mnko up as much as posaiblo for th H lost time. The Bchools aro in tho high- H est stnto of efficiency thoy have ever LH reached, is tho opinion of Supcrinton- H dent Lewis, which opinion is backed H by that of Mosiah Hall, tho State in- 'H spector of High Schools. The results H in health work this year havo been H especially pleasing. The health hab- 'H its being formed nro nn especially H valuablo part of the education of tho H children. Much corrective work has .iH been done, too, as a result of tho health JH survey and report to the parents. Tho H work in nutrition in tho first grade H has won the school favorable notice "sl from stnto authorities. Another very praiseworthy foaturo ''1 of tho school work of tho year is tho -H providing of necessary school equip- - - JJH mont without expense to tho district. sH Tho Cednr school has acquired a piano H Which has been nnid tnr nf e .. ' sH . tertnlnmcnts. In tho same way $120 '"bsh I worth of choice pictures have been 'Jisfl obtained for the walls of tho school- ' rooms. These are being framed by .'" tho woodwork department. Six Hun- H dred sets of htereopticnl views havo "sssl also been obtained with tho necessnry iH hand stereoscopes for class work. H These pictures offer vivid illustrations rH of tho vnrious processes of Industry. H If, for instance, n class is studying the v-H raising of cotton, the teacher can go if H to the index of the views, pick out t ,H the cotton rnlsing pictures and let I H the class see lifelike pictures of plant- -H Ing, cultivating, picking, ginning, and ijl so on through the whole range of tho jH industry. M Tho response of tho community to I the gravel day call was especially H pleasing to the school authorities. M Practically every team in own wns on :l the job, and there wero plenty of men 4 nt the gravel pit and nt the school- H house to spread the gravel. All tho . ' ground in front of tho district build- f M ing and the junior high building has M ibeen graveled and graded and drains M j put in to carry off surplus water. Tho 'il I citizens deserve the highest praise for sl i tho way they responded to the need H on such short notice. Their pay will H bo to see what a Vast improvement '"B has boon mndo in the appearance and M usefulness of the plnyground. T pBH Mr. and Mrs. Rass Jones nro ro- . joicing over the nrrival of a riew bnby M at their domicile. H o H J. A. Kopp has gone to Salt Lako j fl City on business and to attend tho 'B Auto Show now on In the metropolis. " .H Tho brick for tho County Hospital have been hauled and men nnd tonms M nro now busy hauling gravel for the 1 " j cement foundation. H David Hirschi of Rockvillo waa in '' ! H Cednr City Wednosday and Thursday " H on business. M Reading of tho crime wave swoop- M ing over our big citios, it strikos us' M that using the jails a littlo more might M help some. M Occasionally wo meet a man so full, H of self-iniportnnco ho thinks heaven v M Is a place whore everybody takes off IH their lint to the boss. M The world mny owe every man a liv- 9 ing, but tho wiso man is the ono who " 3$Jf knows it takes a hustler to collcctlt. ' - P VwsCi