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Show woula. sena. two boys of tLlS age ~ith such outfits on such a trip? Fro the age of twelve until I ~cs t~ent), I learned to do all kinds of work, such as aair ing or r&ncning. At the sa~e time I did. all _t)arts of tne lumoeriHg adC: E<.. .. uling of lwnber to Pioche, Frisco, ana. Silver HAef, all mining camps . J..,uring these years I associatea with &11 classes of peo~le, freigl1ters from all ~arts of. the country. Some of tne co~t ~rofane men of all my experience were Mormon re.ised boys . I c.lso aea.lt v-lth some outsiu.ers or uentiles who were the most Louest ana fair m~naed men of my experi~nce. During tnis time I v1orked in the United Order c.t Panguitch. My fatL.er out all he ho.a into the Oraer. During tt1i'S period I irrigated 150 acres of hay anu grain. Dow Imlay ~na I ran a combined mower and self -rake mc.tcnine ana cut 400 acres eE .. ch fall. I v._;as sent on several trips to Manti , oanpete County, vvi th lumber, to get flour for tne United Oraer. A Bo&rd of Directors ~as electld who had no property. They sola the saleable property ana used the money . When the Oraer broke up the men of meuns were left with experience . I work8d two years ana got a few oairs of overalls, also two pairs of cowhiae shoes . Other from this, In my ooyhood I learnea to do horse-shoeing, ~lso shoe1ng oxen, ~hich was quite an ordeal . The ox -v;oula be 1)ut into a heavy frarfie, then o. clamp put on the neck with a ~iae rawhiQe belt unuer the belly attachea to rollers, pull them off their feet, then lash each foot to the frame, then put on the shoes . On one trip from Manti ~ith ~ loaa of flour, I fauna the Sevier 1lli ver vtas very high . We forcied tr1e river ten ti1r1es from Junction to Panguitch. I was &lone . At one of the fords in Circle Valley Cc:~nyon, I found the water wou.Ld ·wet the flour . I unloaded a.na chopped cottori wooa limos ana fillea the wagon beu, then put the - 10 - |
