Life History of Henry Heber Allen

From the Allen Family History, published in ~1982.

Life SKETCH OF HENRY HEBER ALLEN JR.

Henry Heber Allen Jr. was born 11 April 1886 at Cove, Cache, Utah. He was the son of Henry Heber Allen and Elgena Poulsen. He was blessed 6 May 1886 at Cove Utah and baptized 5 June 1894.

His schooling was in the Cove and Richmond schools. He also attended the B.Y. C. Junior High School at Logan, Utah.

He was the third child of a family of ten children. He had the following brothers and sisters: Joseph Elijah, Myrtle, Lillie Poulsen, Josephine (Josie) Poulsen, Aram Poulsen, Seleta (Leda) Poulsen, Willard Helman Poulsen, Erma Elgena Poulsen. Myrtle & Willard died at the age of 2 years.

His father was one of the early farmers of Cache County. Most of his sons followed farming for awhile at least. Heber and Aram were farmers in the Swan Lake and Oxford area.

Heber married Reda Ricks in the Logan Temple on 29 of September, 1909. They were married by William Budge of Logan. They have lived at Cove, homesteaded at Cornish, Banida in Franklin Co. Idaho. They also lived at Logan for a short time where their first son Roland was born in 1912.

They moved to Banida and built a large white brick home about a mile west of the present town, in 1910. Here the following children were born: Opal, 1914, Carma 1915 and Irene in 1918. Their eldest daughter Dorothy was born at Cove on 12 Sept 1910.

Heber moved his family in 1919 to the Hendricks farm east of the old Oxford Depot and about 3 miles north of their present home. They moved early in the year and the flats were still covered with water making it slow and hard to travel in the wagons and buggies. They lived here for about eight months then moved to Cove, where they lived for about 3 years, operating his father's farm.

It was while living in Cove that Heber had a great sadness come to him. This was the year of 1918 and the great Flu epidemic. Heber and Reda both had a bad case of the dreaded sickness. His sister Josie was very ill and did not recover as she was pregnant. Father was unable to attend the burial. It was very hard for him to realize that his sister was gone. We were living in the old Bradbury house at the time. In the following spring the family moved into the old home of his father where we lived for three years.

Many happy times were had here with the fruit trees to climb and the big barn and cows to care for. Heber was glad to be hee on the place that he enjoyed so much as a boy. A large garden was maintained and enjoyed by the whole family. There were all kinds of fruit trees, strawberry and raspberry patch. I can remember riding a horse to pull the cultivator to row out the weeds and make ditches with Dad holding the cultivator and tell us what to do.

Barbara and Eunice were born in Cove. Dr Adamson of Richmond came to the home for the delivery. When Eunice was eight months old the family moved to a farm south of Swan Lake at the mouth of Stocton Canyon. This was formerly the ranch of John Hendricks. The family lived here till 1943 when they moved to a home in Logan and to the Austin Ranch on the Blackfoot river north of Soda Springs, Idaho. This had always been a dream of Heber's, to branch out and have a ranch the dimension of the Austin Ranch. He could see into the future and see its potential for his sons.

While living in Swan Lake the remainder of their family were born. Louise 1925, Paul 1927, Dean 1931, and Preston in 1933.

After moving to Soda Springs to work in the summer months, Heber broke up and planted many hundreds of acres of virgin soil and built miles of fences. He also constructed a large machine shed and several large graineries. He planted barley, grass for hay and pastures. The elevation was a little high for the barley and it would freeze out from year to year.

In 1955 he retired from active work at the ranch and moved to a little home on the east side of River Heights. Here he enjoyed raising a large garden, taking care of a small dairy herd and a few sheep and chickens. He was a prominent farmer and rancher all of his life, and delighted in doing things for his wife, family and friends.

I remember father best for his little witty sayings and ability to rhyme and make jingles. He made a game out of work. He loved his grandchildren and delighted in showing them his animals and possessions. He took a great pride in his garden and loved to supply everyone with early corn and other vegetables. He has worked hard all of his life and expected others to earn everything they enjoyed. He taught many of his nephews and neighbor boys and sons to work on the farm,during the summer months. They all comment about this aspect of their lives that he influenced.

He believed in being honest in all of his dealings and expected and trusted others to do the same.

When the Banida Ward was organized in 1910 he was one of the first members. He pledged his support to the new ward and was instrumental in helping the ward get a start and grow. He helped with the building of the first church house and in the construction of the school.

He tells the story of an incident that happened when the old rock church was being built. Father was out in the fields east of his home working when a sudden cloudburst occurred. He knew that the building materials were piled on the sight and would be ruined by flood water from the sudden storm. He went to the sight and spent several hours directing the water so that it wouldn't ruin the cement and lumber piled there. It became dark and Mother was worried about him. She went outside and called, "Heber, Heber." Her voice carried the mile east where he was working. He didn't bother to answer, but soon finished his work and came home.

He loved animals, and in his younger years he loved to take his horses and teams to the celebrations in Swan Lake, Oxford and Clifton and join in the races. At one time he had a handsome pair of mules, that were very spirited and ready to go. He joined in the race. They ran into a barbed wire fence and were badly cut across the front below the neck. He drove them on home with mother and the children worrying all the time for fear they would bleed to death or die on the road.

The following was taken from the Banida Ward Records by Dorothy:

The following was published in the Herald Journal Dairy News on Thursday June 26, 1958: Father was a pioneer and builder wherever he moved. He broke up the sage brush, cleared new land, planted trees and orchards, built fences and dug ditches for irrigation. He always encouraged others to work, learn to do for themselves and to be honest in all their dealings and business affairs. He felt his good name was a bond of trust.

He loved his children and tried to provide a good home and the necessities of life and good education for each one. His grandchildren were a source of pride to him and he loved for them to visit and stay with him. He would be very proud of his descendents, in 1975 he had 54 grandchildren and 57 great-grandchildren. In 1980 there were [remainder is missing]

Thoughts by Roland for Father's history:  [This account has not been proofread against the original!]

I think back to how Dad worked, the things that he, did and I remember how he diversified. He was an innovator. In his farming he at one time or another tried almost every crop that could be grown in his area and the same with farm aninals. To illustrate, he raised wheat, barley, oats, hay, potatoes, beets, and in the animal line dairy, beef, horses, mules, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, muinie hens etc. Also fattened beef in a feed lot. In the crop line he raised mangles, a variety of beet, which he chopped up and fed to the cattle during the winter months. Another crop that I remember is i@rbin a man came to his place at Banida and in return for a favor gave father a small bottle of long kernaled wheat seed. Said he had taken it from a craw of a goose in Canada. He did not know just where it had come from, but it looked like it had promise. Father called the seed goose wheat. The small amount was planted year after year until he had several acres of it. This was during
the time that we lived in Banida and Cove, and of course there was no ready market for the new variety. I have never heard or or seen the wheat since. I can remember that father took one or two of us with him almost everywhere he went when he could. I remember going with him from Banida to Brigham City to get peaches. This was before I was old enough to go to school. We want @, I-leam and buggy south along the west side of the Valley. I remember sleeping on straw stacks, with the horses being tied up and fed at night. @'Ne came back with the white topped buggy piled high with baskets of peaches. I don't even remember how long that it took to make the trip, but it had to be at least three days I also recall that sometimes that Father and Mother would go to Salt Lake City to conference. The time I can remember particularly was in April. They boarded the train at Coulam, just West of our home. When they came back spring had come and the road between our place and the station was covered with about a foot of standing water. In Cove and Swan Lake Father did almost all of the @a@ S eyeing or coming irrigating. It seemed that he was alv tl carrying a shovel on his shoulder. Fe took care of the water mostly early and late in the day while others were doing the chores.

Father always enjoyed social outings, picnics and celebrations. I can remember him taking us to Logan from Cove to the circus on the electric train. We would see the parade then attend the circus then get on the electric car and be back to Cove to do the night chores. These trips sometimes were planned as rewards for getting certain jobs done. I remember that he would reward me for not doing things well. This was done at times with a willow stick or a strap. Even sometimes, with a hair brush. However I never remember belong punished unjustly or unfairly. I could expnct to be punished when I was supposed to be herding. the cows and he would come along and find them in the grain field and me playing with some other kids that had come along. I recall Father going about his work singing or humming familiar tunes. Some of these were little fun songs and a lot of them were church hymns. During haying season he used to sharpen the mower knives on a foot peddled grindstone. This was kept cool by water slowly dripping from a hole in the bottom of an old tomato can filled with water and hanging above the turning stone. I can remember taking turns sitting on the seat and furnishing power to turn the stone. He also did much of his own blacksmithing. I remember turning the hand powered blower on the forge to beat iron that he was welding or heating for other purposes, like sharpening plow shgars or tightening wagon or buggy rims or shoeing horses. He loved to go fishing and take us and some of the neighbors along. I remember how he and Uncle Calvin 'Pletcher used to try to outdo each other at catching fish. one time be and others were fishing on Cottonwood. After awhile we younger ones came in ready to quit and eat. Uncle Calvin came in and stached his catch and went back to catch more fish. Soon Father did the same thing not knowing that the other had done the same thing. Later they came back together complaining to the other that fishing was only fair because they each had so few fish. Then after being in camp a bit they each would just happen to find the first catch and have a good laugh together. Then we would have a feast of trout fried over an open fire. Another time he took Ted oambles, Chauncy Thomas and I to l@,ontans. to fish with Uncle Hazen on the f,!edison River. All of us caught lots of fish and had a wonderful times. Father loved fish of any kind, @,'Vhen he could not met trout he would bring home a sack of suckers ,@,,hp-n he returned frcr Preston if someone was netting them in the Foar 'River. ',4e also used to get them at Cleveland in the spring of the year. In the winter he would sometimes freeze them in a block of ice for keeping them fresh for a longer time. Also he used to smoke them to preserve them. These were ways of coping with food storage before we had freezers. I also remember father building a small fish trap in the spring creek. He would have me check it early in the morning to got the fish before the birds could get to them. He used to make us whistles from willows in the spring of the year. I also remember a time when he made water'auns from an elderberry limb. Then proceeded to squirt everyone around. That was 4 heart Mountain at a 4th of July picnic. That finally en.d@,rl up in a good water fight. We enjoyed many Food water fights after work over the years and may of those times Father was the instigator. He never missed any opportunity to teach us to be honest and dependable in all of our dealings. He often told us that a man's word should be as good as his bond. If we behaved badly in school he would back the teacher and expect us to follow the rules. He wanted each of his hhildren to get a good education to be prepared for life. Father regretted not having a better education, for he had a hard time reading.

ssi.onate man. lie never He was an extremely cornpa turned anyone away that needed help. Because of this trait he had many people, over the years, that dedended on him for the kind of help he could give. One of these was Jim Green. He and mother also helped many young people to by taking them for the summers when school learn to work, -, one these iayere cousins and neighbor was not in session. An , boys. Ps I think about it now I often wonder how mother T -ni l@, of their own. and had managed with such a large fa Father could always find something to kg,,en them busy. He was a good organizer. He also knew how to delegate responsibility and help young people to grow. ton on certain things He would often ask my opinion, that he was planning to do on the farm. Things that I was not concerned about at all, but I fancy that he wanted to whet my interest and give me some practical training. I recall once, when he was thinkng of buying a piece of land that he would explain it then ask what I thought about it. He loved his family about him and involved in things together. lie would like nothing better that to have them living close and working together. However, he allowed them freedom they wanted and helped them in any way he could to meet their goals. ''Then he bought the Soda Ranch It was his hope that he could get the entire family involved in it. Father's church attendance was regular at Cove and Banida. After trouble with neighbors over water, he quit attending. He told people that he was not going to fight with him all week then go to church on Sunday and pray for him. From then on Sunday got to be just another day to get odd jobs done except for special occasions or programs when family members participated. on one occasion I went with Dad to irrigate and we had no water so we walked up the ditch to find the trouble and found a neighbor using the water who had no i.,,,,,3ter ri-.crlit. That is as angry as I ever remember seeing dad get. He told the man to lay down his shovel and he vioi3ld tromr) him in 'IT - am no mntch the @mtid. The man said, feber I-,Toii know that T for you." I ili?vqys !LOII" frightened T was for them those few minutes. There was no fi-rrbt but tbi.s ,-:,qs the neighbor that dad used as an excuse for not going to church. In :ears (lad wF-,s able to tuv so,.", extrl -.@fat,@r from Cottonwood creek b buying the old @,nnl-c)n ranch -t Cleveland and transf@rr,inp, t@i," wpter. T-Te th,@ri soli the n--ip,@it)or some of th@- w,-@t-3r so thnt he ivbiild-ntt to 1,@IT) himself' to it. '@Vhen dad saw a ,,ood o@-,@,oi,ti,,-nlt-y he was not afraid to take a chance. This is indicate,! the moves that hp, has niades, from Banida to Swan La@cell %Than he found a better farm and later, to Soda Springs. l@oney was never v@r,, Plentiful in his life and he was the hardest working man that I ever knew. However we always had plenty to eat and clothes to wear. When dad divided up with. Aram in about 1937 he started looking for another place. In 1941 he found the Soda SI)rlnp, and was really anxious to get it. He went to his bank and was advised not to buy the place. They even told him that if he bought the ranch that he was through banking with them. He had 10.,Uoo bushels of wheat in an Ogden elevator on storage. lie m-,id@ a @10,000 down payment on the ranch by transferring to them the warehouse receipt for the wh@f,t at The ranch cost $6P,,000.00 for 62,00 acres. He was th,@n told tried bank to find others, financing. He went to Malad to the,, First Nqti.ons.1 Fank of ",,'fplad ,ln,i did business with them from then on.

0 I)JID by Ire-no irc)liiia c@ ne o f t he f Jr s t zi)F, ,yl, or @l s Of . T.)a d was Plqyinp with the loose cl-innsy@. L.It,at he car-rl.(@d in hls pockets. Tie Plillel.J, out I I?,q@.,@dfull of was,@)@rs, nuts, p,3rtii.,.)s nJ.c.Kies and ,v ip,,()-ul,d qlve us a r,@oin before,) the rest Parent il@a(,k Into his -rocket. Tie used to the li,ttle ones rides (-,n 17.is foot. lie wo(.ild. prc;babl,,/ ant(,-ri,,,,aln us motor was finishing [)uttl.npr the on t-ti:a tal,le. I did rict h.avr@, tlt,) patience that C-g.rrqa bad so l@,e W(:)@)ld frt@t r2.er to ,)sk f(@)T, f.-xtrq or the car or i,;hatevoi@ needed or t)-loufrlit -,,;e nee(lei@i for ilbe

Do Y('u lic.)iv 1-io@ m,ol.il,,.l of us to b-@lat t),i.m i-tl, the Ilill to the road art,)@r- a dinner? I vi.@qs a@(-,iit s @irr-Nntp,(.,n. before T ever @i list u I"il,'L"'-@"i.'@i; ])I.D. e did have a t-,,-oc-d trvjnp, t@iQuf.7b,. Do yc@u rew-err@l.,%ir how Dad liked t)i o? One tlni,3 T was In cry teens I made l@iiiii a fake pie for an Apri-Its fool joke. llvhqt a nii.--tak#@,t I carefully sliced the potatoes raw and covered them with pie crust. It did look good. My mistake was in not having a real pie after the joke was pulled. I will never forget the hurt in his eyes as he took his first t- ',Ito. He was always teasi.no, and it was very seldom that we could aet the best of him. once was 911 I aanted at the tl@rti e. one other time before the -cle trick, I came running In while lie was gettitip,, his 6@(-takfagt and said, "The sheep are oiit.tl He reached the rate before I could t f- 1 1 -"-I 1. m April Fool. 1, Do you ever remeiiit,or m)in.t- on an outing with Dad? He really made them seem something special. Such things as pl.ciclnq, choke cherries .9 wild currants, or service berries. (,,an you -ImafTiri-9 Arhqt a lot of work it was to pick a wash tub full of yf3iLow currents.

It was even niore work pickinfy them over and il,,i'cinp, them into jolly. I liked Moth.or's choke cherry syrup best of all the- wild fruit that ,,e had.  one time I?olarid didn't Hurd the cows the way he should and Dad took a strap to Carma and. I both whed t!,)ars. We thought he would k-.'Lll Ireland.

Roland says he deserved the licking but we couldn't stand for anyone to be hurt. Having picnics at Heart Mountain was alvinys sl,,t-,cinl. Dad knew just the right kind of thistle to break off and peal for a sweet treat, j@lill thistle --Isn't b-qlf ,is good today. Did he ever max(,- you a i-iliistlc,@ out or a wjll,ow? Dow deliberate he was w@ille on(-, but the wait was worth result. Dad had a way of making, work fun. I r(imeink)gr helping plant the garden, droping poison oats in a squirrel hole, riding the derrick horse, raking hay, burning tumble weeds ahead of the plow, millfl.rip., cows, burdi.ng cows, for them and bringing them home. As we graduated from one chore to another Dad always made us feel important and equal to the new task. '@P[hen, Tt was viay@'Ltirr Li-qn, he was always on the stack. He didn't miss a t@)lr(-. TTe knew where cacti of us were and what i,,,e ii(-re up to. TTe stayed on top till the stack was finished. If you stayed too long in one place he knew soi-fiett).Infi Pif@is v,,ronf-7 ati(i would send someone to investigate. @inhon there was a cloudburst qn(l. the cre(,Ilc overflowed he would have someone of there to watch an(.] to h,311r). He had tinie to see the unusual or the beauty in every experience . De expected us to finish what we started- qrd to do the best we c@uld. One time I sta.ye@ out ralcln,@ ha7 with the old dump rake until after 9 o'clock gt hire -le ,I)@t . @lot I r worried and was sure I' was in trouble. T thoil-bt 'If 7 quit before the, job was done and hay h,@;Ld to lay over Sun- day I would be in trouble or busy the next day. Dad was kind to everyone but he could get angry also. tirs Iliaddoul)s could be sure of' help from him in work or substance. I tlioufht she took -4dvanta7@ of @l ',,,ut know better than say so. One time we all loaded up the old *ord an.,@ went on 9. real trip. @,,Ie went all the @,IR- to tl)E Blackfoot river ,,T to camp. Everyone younger than Oral was there. She stayed with Preston who was the baby, (I ttiink). Anyway we had a wonderful time. "om even tried her hand at shoot- ing the 22. She oijtshot y4.11, flqrma, @4,-rself ano @rb,-ira. Gosh, we dl.dntt even 'know she coii,l,i sbc(,t q s7un at How T)ad laughed at us. iolf'p fished, (-,,arrpp6 oi-)t an(i @iqd a wonderful ti,ne. -,jNe even fished for chubs on the spritlqs al.onL7 the d.r@il.n of Swqii Lake. A willow pol-- q.nd a Dlec-a of string and hook was all the equipment needed. .@s soon as the book was down in the water, a fish would st-,ri.i@e qnd v,-o would jerk it so hard that.oftr-,,n the fish wciil(i fly over our heads and land behind us. on would p,,o another worm and we would be after, an.(.)ther fish. once when Dad bad been away for awbile takin@ cattle to tjar@,.et, he kissed T,@otli-or, right In front of all us kids. I tlilri;@ that was tl-ln first 1 knew for sure tb.t-it Dad loved TIot@@ier. (Such t@ush.) If anyone came to Dad for @@rork they @,oizld frpt a job. Dad never turned. anyone T .,t seemed tnat Y,!e always had someone and their bard luck stori.es'around. Some woul@l stay till, q. job irvas @r.Inis}i-ed and others for@ only a meal, while one or two stayed for the surii-n,-r Omer Hansen braided. Dad a b.T@l.(Ile and a hack (,)ut of' rawhide. Another fellow left with the p,.)ny, rid!-iiv, it to the far side of the fields before tui,ni.rip, It loose, and took the bridle ,Pilth him. The i)c)ny came hc;,ine by nl.@btfall but Joe never heard anymore at@,out the bridle. Dad liked to work with the c@.@J.ckens. It seemed that we always had chickens to feed, .3f7ps to vatlier and coops to clean.. I remember Dad always seemed. to be hum@iii,ng.., or siiiginf -en he th(,)uq@it he was alonf-1. If _, wi he couldn't reiaeni@)3r all the ,.,jords he would fill In with his own. As soon as someone came around lie would stop. IIaxiy a itioi@ni.n,!T, he would hack supar beets into small pieces or hang them for the cl,lckens to pick q.t. As ,ve passed coop on our v;a@y to meet the school bus ,Aye would @lear his ti).ne. t'There's a T@aJ.nbow Round I',"LY Shoiil(i.erlt or a hymn to the rhythm to whatever he- was doirirr. fie fixed water troi-irrhs with an automatic shutoff that helped the cl)icken.s Fy@t the reactor tlie@@7 n@3ede(l. and. th(,, i,,vork much 11.,qtitfr for us. lllr-Istyras vi.@)en T had been Here frOTr.- tc-,aebinq Dad asked to uol,T-ow sortie money. T sfif-,nt more for pr,(,,E,,3rits and 1),a(i- saved- first eroi.-i.s-b to (70 to salt Lake with Carrna. T40W T, not to Pive It to him. puess should given It qncJ, stq-,yed. home. 1. never qi,ii.Le forgav@ myself. All the years of my, f,,mowJ,nrr up we had cousins that would spend tiie slaiii@@rif@3-1,s @,,,Ith us. enjoyed the@ -ilt of it 1)(,(,,au.s-- @,oing somewhere was' an pa event and fear. with, -ill the ki(l,s about tl'!P sajiie ',',,'ith twenty at --v,@ry iical i wonier hoN T,@@oVhn-r v,,,qs gbl,-- to cope. Dad worke(i ,,vitli. the (-,iith -i,n(i seemed t(@ e,,nio.-I It. I can lrqqgliie t'l,-e f-r@ii,,3trations he 'must of' read everyone busy and out of mi.sclil,"3f. lie was always up before anyone else and out doing the irrigating until everyone else had hadth3ir breakfast. He would then acmc- i.n for his breakfast than he would line up each kid for the days work. T,4'o wonder li(- si-iffei-ed for years and years with ulcers. V4e all lored our I)ad bit sciti@t@ti@ios ,,je hate(i the work lie had us do @qhen I was in nrj teens and rroinq tbrouah high school hated the, di.rty wor'@,[ but most of all. I hated to be seen In my wortrl.nsr clothes @v all the @roiing men that seemed to always be around. Dad had a very soft heart. Tvl--iri,@ ev-ninrrs mother would read to all of us until bf@,dt.1m. really ti-mes tears ivoli,ld stream down his face and @viien lie would wipe them Rv,,,,iy or someone would see them he would try to la.ii.r-h tnom 9,,-Tny by calling attention to someone else that bad. felt tlii emotion of the story. Zane Gray's bc),,,)ks Prore our fqvoritf- but there iv-lre many. ',,,,hen I ivas in hif.b school T nF,,edc@,(-] a homt) I.mnrov@,,n(,,nt project. Mother needed the kitchen. I.,nT)rov(-, 'd and modernized. it became a family -F,@roject. T)ad had son-3 liamb@r sawed from logs that had been br-oiiv.ht from the mountains. T)emc--n-t @ll was hired to build the cupboards. !Te hnd to plain the lumber b(-fore bu.@-ldinf7. lie did a fin,-, job and the new bins for flour and. sugar aloni7. the north wal R@ere @,-v(,Inderful. 'rhe cupboards alont.,, t}ie east will held tli- d5,,sh@,s, the cook- irip, pots and pans and dish@ towels ancl rich imicb more. it,, according to todays standards was rather (,,rude bi)t It was wonderful f'o-r us, at that time. Later Dad bad a new @iome b-ill-t for Mother wi.th Tiany of the conveniences that had been tn-Isqn(I ttirc)ii(7h the ,ears. It was not quite finished In l@142 Orion. I Yr,'Arrl(-d, but by the time we returned from q. tr@esl,7s h(-,iloyi-ioon the f,,Clmily bad moved in and we had a trouseau ton before I left for The.tcher. li9heii Dad was dea.li.nq, to buy the r-ii-ich on the P-lackfoot river he was like a new man. T4e ii s al@@out to fulfill a lifeti@,@,te dream. Big cattle ranch wi..th bay to burn. T@other was not for such ,i (Iqal at this tir,,e of their li.ves. TTe end.ed up biiyint the ranch q,nd b.e-r- n in T.,ogan.

Dad had a beautiful garden In i,o@-an and, s-rt-nt mqny hours w(,,ric-@inp,. in tlae,,ii. TTe had a good p,,,irden In Swan Lnke for that matter, t)i.it had @911 of us -kids to help. I i,oin,3,--iibt3r t@ielp-.Ing, alonp,- with. the others and IiatinfT the boei.na,. He bad to do -911 the work Fainself In Logan and he took rest T)rid-e in havl.nv earl,, potatoes, early corn., straviberries and other fresh fruits qn(J v(,P-etalles. I am grateful Lo Dad for T'io-, tC,' t%,Ork and to enjoy worl,,I-nrz. It has )-(-I.pe(i me over many rough allots in my life. 'Nhen. the time d.rF3v., near for T)ad to go to his rest, he went to the batb. rc)c@yti tiri(l. before r-ol..rlpr, to b'3d he ovex, in(,)ti,c)r a-n(I !Iclss@d her. 'Pi-,is, mother said aftei@@riards, was his ood by(3 kiss -to her. Almost q at one(-, the pairi ,,;as so p.,.r,eat v;i.th his he, 'i,t attack th,,t everyone was aware, of It. Hell:) vras obt,.qin(,,I. but he passed qt;ickly. fphls Iiap-2eripd. wl,l-le at 4run.ice's in Sari Fy,ancisco, California. ,lie lived a full life, love(]. I,,I-s family e.n(i befriend- ed many without st thought of what benefit it would bring..

Memories of Dad Dorc)tby A.

After reading some of these stori,es ,ibc)u.t m-.%7 father many memories COTqe to mind. I!,y father taufrlit me to drive a nai,l with, a bql,;-Imerp and keep my other fl-n@Ters out of the way. He t,,iiig-ht me to spit on a nail before d.rivinp, It into a 'board--s6 it viould.nvt sT)I,I.t. The same for driving a staple into a post. I used, to think it was' so it would go in easi.or. I learned to tamp post with the shovel handle. Sadd.l() a 1-iorse, Iznik the cows,, and qll of 'the chores that are so necessary on a farm.. From 'U-h.9 time @e;w,-i.,r(-, big enotiab. to ride a horse he saw to It tti,,3t we had a pon)r of sorts, to ride. I -y-einoirib()r the little, lazy roan. I-,ony, that needed a stick to @iui,ry her -along. As I @voi).Id take her out to the pasture, and take the t,,rldle off, T ,voii.l.d swing it around my head and yell as lo-Lid qs T could and see the startled anirqml take off with plenty of life left. always liked to go to the corral at nirbt as Dad was doinf the tnIlkinF,, and. cret some fresh milk In li.ttle tin cups. loved to 'h@,ive the foam sti.cl@ to our upper lip. Via nearly always had some rE-lqtiv,,,s visit wl.th us on the farm. Dad was patient %,,,Ith all thi..s now found enere-,,y and. put up with a lot of goofs also. Proken Harnesses and machinery that coiiies with 1.9,qrninq,. Renieiiiber @,ilieri flll Lqrson was to prease the @Teckyoke? How about huntJ..np, skunks In the bay field. To make a li..ving for )-,.ts p,-,rowinFp, family, Father started ianny enterprises. ra@.sed potatoes by the acres, beets to thin and tioe and top. They all brouo4it In a little cash. 1,1@heat was low In price, and m-R.chi.nory very crude. A lot of hours were spent in renqlrlng and it@qiritaiii.inf,- the operation. can rt3meiiL)f-@r the fiy@st (,Iar Dad bou#ht. It wa, s a ilod.el If Ford. I went wi.th Dad to the oxford elevator for a ride. 1,7heii he, rrot fils feed loaded he wanted to know If I'd 15.ke to dri.ve it home. I s scared to death, but he said It was easy. All I bad to do was release the brake and I.t down the road. ti@ied, li,,-:trd.ly able to see over the. en@j,,I.z-le hocd. camo out of t@ir-, el!-,vqtoT,, gn.d ties;

drop off was so L7,r@eat I couldnt see g thing I)ut the sky. l@then the car came down the pi@ad.e and. I could se- the road, over the railroad tracks I started @reqtbinfr -ip,,,ain. I missed the circus that Roland ripnt to In i.orran because I fell off the hors-, and brolco my right arm. I wasn't around when they took the tr.Tr@, to velloAst(.n,') Park. I missed tl)e camp (,,i).t or) the rl,,ickfoot river. ,,,,,Ilie.T,e was I when all of those qo(@)(I t'! !-(@'S T'.I--ICI? I did get in oil a few )Icni.cs at tlin @l-.qrt @,'(-li,7ntnin and ha@.. q- chance to hold the canvas (Ind. sb(-@(,k (].own fy @Ic ,allons of service b()x,ri.es. Chv ves, I -. erit to l@To(. r)(@r Springs and. to E4,@,-3r Lake and back through Logan Canyon in the old l@todel T Ford with @4other an(I !)Rd In the@ front seat. It was the ti-@iie the I?!. J. @,. Cirls Cbcriis from Swaii Lake word the contest nnd had to fro) to !@Tontpellor to compete;. !Ile also l@ialted out a gallon. bottle of Tio,)per @?iE@ter And broke it at a servj.ce station at Paris. T'iTi sure that was an accomplishment for those roads and that car, and that driver. I do remember dad taking us kids to the 4th of Tiily celebration In Preston once. R)oths and. stands @rnre set up on the main street In the middle of t(,,wn. fTe would give us some money and turn us loos,,q. I think me had the time of our lives for ISOO or a Al. l@other and Dad always wanted us to bciv a @ood education and we were tgiik@ht to work RS TIIUCli as -r,,oss:lble to that and. I have done baby sitting, maid service nnd for two Weeks worked at the ',',Ioolwortb store In The-..@ sent me awny to finish Ilir-'h school. I Im sure this was a- sacrifices as I was tl@e ollest In the family and. needed to help with. the chores and household duties. 1 re,,,.ileriber separating the milk, rili-rlit and rrQT@ninrf,, was@j@..n,7, tile separator, Ironing the handlcercfileirps, rrlxjnp-,, broad every night, washing diapers in the creek, boilinp, the clothes in th.e boiler, the new TvTaytag washor, %@fitboilt R motor, then the new one with a gas motor. foldInIT the diai,,grs, sprinrz @ic@itse elriqri-i..nr raklnp,- t@,-, laal,, ridl..nry the sweaty derrick horse, T)Ickina --rcab qrT,,Ies, li.e@Infr, iri the garden, fryinp, c@ilckeii on n. bonfire, wading In the thinning b(@ets, hoel,rig corn, I,,ickiri!7 tire !7,aese, el, ,3qnln@ up the beer bottles, qri.(i filling ur,@ the old hNT thp l@-oi,iso ,o,,I.th cans o,n(.i bottlos, sleigh ri.d.Inr- on the tile cattle to the ranfre, In the sT)r.inf-,. rloif@Infr 'hot,e from school for the holidays ,iixi m(,-etirlf@r the nev@ hired -r,,an. T-1c,,thi.ng s f) fz) c I f4 1