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174 John Tanner and His Family very refined and intelligent woman of literary tastes and instincts. Her make-up seemed just the opposite of my own poetic rugged, untempered and uncultivated nature. However surprised others appeared by reason of her attention to me, we nevertheless became engaged. 18 cate, a Myron experienced trouble in finding his girl, he was getting married was still more difficult. President Young, "sick at heart" when he saw the large assembly at Payson But if to learn that who was ready to leave for San Bernardino, had grown even more bitter about the tendency of his Saints to "wander off" to California. Here was the brother-in-law of one of his apostles who had returned to Salt Lake wishing to marry a Utah girl and take her back to unhallowed California. Myron called on President Young and spoke to him about his engagement to Miss Mount whom he desired to marry according to approved church standards. Myron said: "President Young be­ came very angry and raked me over the coals in a lively manner, and explained to me the unfortunate consequences of marrying a girl and taking her off to California to live.'?" Being thus rebuffed by President Young, Myron turned to George A. Smith, long-time friend of the family. After being counseled by him to move back to Utah, Myron returned to San Bernardino where he closed out his interests and returned to Salt Lake the next year to marry Jane Mount. A month later he took his talented bride to Payson to make their home. Available information does not indicate how much "counseling" the other Tanner boys received from President Young or George A. Smith. But it is known that Seth Benjamin, two years younger than Myron, married a Utah girl and settled in North Ogden. Freeman from Goshen and settled in Payson. And Joseph Smith well as David Dan, married Utah girls and settled in Zion. Tanner, Today's youths may argue the fairness of Brigham Youngs procedures, but they will not question their effectiveness. married a girl as The experience of the Saints in San Bernardino reminds one little of the Tower of Babel as it is related in the Book of Genesis. 20 These ancients decided to build a city and a tower in the just a land of Shinar. Though it is not made exactly clear just why the Lord was against the project, He handled the situation nicely by confusing the language of the people so they could not communicate, and they had to "layoff building." This had the effect of scattering