--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 15 number: 11 published: 1912-09 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Over the Pioneer Trail. II," *Improvement Era* 15, no. 11 (September 1912): 1030–1038.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera15011unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera15011unse start_page: 1030 end_page: 1038 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1912-09) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera15011unse publication_year: 1912 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1912, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Over the Pioneer Trail. II r W V -. \ F- *— RT W • 1* ^i&if? rftl Jk !&• ^ * t^«lI^' il iflL Photo by C. E. Johnson. THE BOUNTIFUL M. I. A. SCOUTS IN THE LIBERTY PARK PARADE Over the Pioneer Trail II As foreshadowed in the last number of the Era, the Y. M. M. I. A. scouts were organized into a Pioneer Trail Party, and at 7:10 a. m., July 21, boarded a special car for Echo at the Oregon Short Line station, Salt Lake City. They went by way of Ogden over the Union Pacific Railway to Echo, by courtesy of the Oregon Short Line Railway, arriving at 10:10 a.m. At Bountiful some twenty-five scouts, with Stake president Joseph H. Grant, joined the party, making about sixty-one people in all who went over the railway. John D. Bowers, Liberty Stake scout master, had already some thirty-one scouts on the march from Salt Lake over the trail, who met the main party in East Canyon. At Echo the Coalville patrol, some twelve in number, joined the company. Presidents Anthon H. Lund and Francis M. Lyman were with them at Henefer, while in Main Canyon, Professor J. H. Paul and J. George Midgley overtook them. Dr. J. Z. Brown accompanied the scouts the whole distance. On the train a committee of control was organized to take general direction of the party. They issued six general orders which give a complete outline of the travels. Pioneer Trail Party, Y. M. M. I. A. Scouts, On Board O. S. L. and U. P. Train, July 21, 1912. General Order No. 1. Dr. John H. Taylor, Scout Director. — The Pioneer Trail Party is under committee of control, composed of the committee on Atheltics and OVER THE PIONEER TRAIL 1031 Field Sports and members^of the General Board and Church authorities, with the party. This committee is now in charge, Heber J. Grant, Chairman, and Edward H. Anderson, Secretary. On arrival of train at Henefer, Scouts will deposit bedding and other baggage on the side of train, to be left in charge of depot master. Scouts will re-enter train and proceed to Echo, where they will debouch on right hand side of train, and will be drawn up in order under patrol leaders and await orders for march into Echo Canyon. By order of Committee of Control. Heber J. Grant, B. H. Roberts, Francis M. Lyman, Anthon H. Lund, Junius F. Wells, Hyrum M. Smith, Orson F. Whitney, Rulon S. Wells, Eeward H. Anderson, Moroni Snow. Orders subject to modification. Echo, July 21, 1912, 10:20 a. m. General Order No. 2. Dr. John H. Taylor, Scout Director. — Scouts will march into Echo canyon to be shown the junction of Red Fork and the Weber river, and other points of interest. Re-forming, they will return to the meetinghouse where lunch prepared by citizens will be served. After lunch Scouts will march to Henefer and attend religious services in the Henefer meetinghouse, to be followed by luncheon prepared by the citizens of Henefer. By order of the Committee of Control. Henefer, July 21, 1912, 2 p. m. General Order No. 3. Dr. John H. Taylor, Scout Director. — After luncheon scouts will form in front of meetinghouse and cheer in recognition of the hospitality of the people of Henefer. Scouts will load baggage and march some distance up the ravine leading south from Henefer, and form camp for the night. By order of the Committee of Control. Main Canyon Camp No. 1, July 21, 1912, 7:40 p. m. Order No. 4. Dr. John H. Taylor, Scout Director. — Scouts will be called by reveille at 4:45 o'clock a. m. The following order of calls will be observed: reveille, morning roll call, march, assembly, breakfast call, dinner call, evening roll call, supper call, general assembly, taps. Scouts will make pre-breakfast march, starting at 6 a.m., until they reach Assistant Scout Director J. D. Bowers' camp, when the company will breakfast. After breakfast, Scouts will proceed to East Canyon, thence to evening camp above Clayton's ranch. By order of the Committee of Control. Camp Clayton, On the Pioneer Trail, July 22. 1912, 7:40 p.m. General Order No. 5. Dr. John H. Tayor, Scout Director. — Reveille 4:45 a. m. After breakfast march will be formed with Scouts and wagons to the mouth of Little Emigration Canyon, at the mouth of which com pany will be halted. 1032 IMPROVEMENT ERA At this point wagons will proceed to Mountain Dell by way of Gogorza. Scout patrols, with three saddle horses, will proceed up Little Emigration Canyon to summit of Big Mountain, thence to Mountain Del! for evening encampment, at base of Little Mountain. It is ordered that the march be more leisurely than this morning. By order of the Committee of Control. Camp Grant, On the Pioneer Trail, July 23, 1912, 7:50 p. m. General Order No. 6. Dr. John H. Taylor, Scout Director. — Reveille 4:45 a. m. After breakfast company will march in patrol order over Little Mountain to Kelvin, where, in order to reach Liberty Park in time for Scouts to participate in parade in honor of Pioneers of 1847, company will be loaded upon cars to Mt. Olivet. From the latter place the Pioneer Party will be formed in patrol order and march to northeast corner Liberty Park, where they will be ordered into the parade under regulations of Parade Committee. From Mt. Olivet company will carry two U. S. flags, one at head and other at rear of column, and during parade. Wagons will go by way of Parley's Canyon and meet marching patrols at northest corner of park, prepared to follow scouts in parade. By order of the Committee of Control. OFFICIAL ROSTER General Board Y. M. M. I. A.— Heber J. Grant, B. H. Roberts, Junius F. Wells, Edward H. Anderson, Hyrum M. Smith, Rulon S. Wells, Moroni Snow, John H. Taylor. Guests — Orson F. Whitney, Prof. J. H. Paul, Joseph H. Grant, J. George Midgley. Physician — Dr John Z. Brown. Scout Director — Dr. John H. Taylor. Bountiful Troop No. 1 — L. I. Briggs, scout master. Patrol No. 1 — Henry Call, leader, Rodney Pack, Joseph Tuttle, Thaddeus Bryson, Amby Briggs, Henry Naylor, John Ellis, Clarence Bartholomew. Patrol No. 2 — Horace J. Grant, leader, David Holbrook, John Fisher, Aaron George, Conroy Bryson, Andrew Arbuckle, Homer Ledingham, Clyde Cook. Patrol No. 3 — Ralph Waddoups, leader, DeVan Stringham, Nicholas Krause, William Winegar, Harold Briggs, Lorin Barlow, Walter Stringham, Haven Stringham, Arch Briggs. Patrol No. 4— Ralph Rampton, leader, Leland Sessions, La Mar Barlow, Haven Barlow, Dan Smedley, Willard Call, Edison Willey, Marvin Willey, Hyland Chase. Liberty Stake Troop — John D. Bowers, stake scout master. Patrol No. 1 — Jesse Rupp, scout leader, Thirty-first ward, Reed Michaelson, Newland Foster, Gordon Cartwell, Louis Evans, Ray Cullon, Wilford Schafer, Frank Beers, Heber Schulthess, Nephi Folkerson, Elmer Pratt. Patrol No. 2— Herman Kammerrath, leader, Wieter_ Jenkins, Melvin Vincent, Junior Evans, Thomas Gray, Raymond Squires, Eugene Naylor, Minor Rupp, John Alden Bowers, William Absent, Virgil Harris. Wolf Patrol, Granite Stake — Thomas Wood, scout leader, Leonard Nebeker, Wilford Hall, Cecil Zylsing, Douglas Barnes, Edgar Robins, Clarence Kinder. Frank Nelden, Clyde Richardson, Denzil Watts, Joseph Smith. Pioneer Stake Patrol— George Woodbury, scout leader; Orrin OVER THE PIONEER TRAIL 1033 Woodbury, Earl Stevenson, Warren Hussey, Arthur Sorenson, Marcelus Bills. Coalville Patrol — Bayard Taylor, scout leader; W. H. Rhead, Joseph Clives, Melvin Blomquist, Harold Allen, Lafayette Lamb, Thomas Rees, Ray Calderwood, Ray Williams, W.H. Branch, Jr. Heber Taylor, Gerald Bullock. Ensign Stake Troop —Patrol Nx 1 — S. Irwin Clawson, scout leader; Fred Barker, assistant scout leader; George Waring, Lester Glade, Larry Allen, Alfred Clawson, Howard B.Anderson, Ben Wells, Clyde Sharp, Clarence Waring, Wallace Bennett. Drivers— Horace Eldredge, wagon No. 1 ; W. H. Branch, wagon No. 2; George W. Young, assistant; Waldemar Neilson, wagon No. 3; Harold Barlow, wagon No. 4; Daniel Merril, wagon No. 5; seven wagons, 17 horses. . ^ Zk •« 1 » ;' f A - . • ■■■* ,*\, •M * ^€ 4C. - t yji ii^' n \* HH^^H THE ENSIGN STAKE PATROL NO. 1ALL BUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER SINGING COME, COME, YE SAINTS," IN ECHO CANYON In Echo Canyon the company were joined by President Moses W. Taylor and many citizens of Summit county. Here the boys conversed with the Echo, were shown the place of the fortifications of 1858, and told many important historical events of the pioneers by B. H. Roberts. The whole company sang, with spirit and feeling heretofore unexperienced in their lives, the good old pioneer song, "Come, come, ye Saints." Then they marched to the Echo meetinghouse, and in a shady lane, lined with blooming meadows and overshadowed by the everlasting hills, they were treated to a tasty lunch prepared by the good 1034 IMPROVEMENT ERA citizens of Echo and served by the graceful young ladies of that ward. During the little rest, an opportunity was given to view a rare old banner containing all the names of the original, 1847, pioneers, and made by the Relief Societies of Winter Quarters. Another curiosity was shown by Elder Bullock of Coalville — the old buckskin coat worn by his father, Thomas Bullock, on his pioneer trip, in 1847. Elder Grant put the old coat on, and Ben Wells and Howard Anderson caught a snap shot of him, as shown in our page picture. Just after noon the boys were on the march for Henefer— one hour and a half brought them to the meetinghouse; they were met by the Morgan brass band, a vigorous company of young men and musicians, who escorted them from the river into town and during meeting enlivened the occasion with timely HENEFER MEETINGHOUSE AND GROUNDS tunes. They and Presidents Daniel Heiner and Moses W. Taylor and the good citizens of Henefer deserve kindly remembrance for freely giving their busy time and means to entertain the visitors. Nearly 800 people crowded in and around the building, and President Anthon H. Lund, Elders Francis M. Lyman, Orson F. Whitney, B. H. Roberts, Hyrum M. Smith and others treated the congregation to stirring pioneer and patriotic speeches, enlivened by the singing of the ward choir, and the music of the band. Bishop M. F. Harris, after meeting, which some of the boys thought "lasted a long time," gave the glad announcement that lunch was ready, and the scouts and visitors enjoyed more than six hundred substantial lunches prepared by the citizens and served by the handsome young ladies of the ward. Then followed the march up Main Canyon, where the encampment for the night was enlivened by a sketch of Orson Pratt and an inspiring eulogy of his pioneer labors, by B. H. Roberts, OVER THE PIONEER TRAIL 1035 the singing of "The Flag Without a Stain," by Heber J. Grant, instructions on camp conduct and sanitation, and some stories, and other exercises and songs by the scouts. After taps came a delightful rest in the cool air, on the green sward, under the light of the moon and the unparalleled starlit sky. The next morning, 2'2nd, the boys were early moving, and later, in Dixie canyon, had their first struggle with providing their own meals — each patrol for itself. The experiment was wonderful! Then down the canyon to its junction with East canyon, an inspection of the reservoir, a swim in it, a walk over SCOUTS GREETING THE BRIDGE BUILDERS FROM THE HILL-TOP, NEAR LITTLE EMIGRATION CANYON the hills, fishing, dinner on the purling stream, a study of flowers and birds in delightful talks by Prof. J. H. Paul, meandering along the stream, and a go-as-you-please march up the canyon to Camp Clayton, marked this the second day's doings. New mown hay from Clayton's ranch was provided for the horses. Orson F. Whitney gave a banjo-song entertainment by the big campfire, which immediately caught the hearts of the boys. His oration on Brigham Young was a gem. Prof. Paul here explained the poison ivy plant, and warned against it. His talk on the Lewis woodpecker — specimens of which rare bird are here found, was especially entertaining. On the early morning of the 23rd, after the regular prayers, and the salutation of the flag, the usual instructions by Scout Director Taylor for the day, and a hearty breakfast, the march continued up the canyon, thence via Emigration canyon, over Big Mountain to Mountain Dell. B. H. Roberts, Hyrum M. Smith, Junius F. Wells, and others set out ahead of the scouts on an important mission to 1036 IMPROVEMENT ERA build a bridge over Canyon creek, at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. They worked hard, borrowed all the fence poles in the neighborhood, got wet and dry, and finally finished their task, big with the importance of the undertaking — just then the scout army from the opposite side of the stream greeted the bridge builders with a cheer. They had crossed on a foot bridge lower down the stream, to the surprise and chagrin of the industrious builders, whose next business was to replace the poles. The four-mile "hike" up the beautiful Little Emigration canyon was as delightful as the scenery. Stops were made to hear Prof. Paul on forest fires, flowers, birds, and vegetation. The march in the shade of the cottonwoods, the quaking asps, and the pines was full of interest. On the summit of Big Mountain the glorious view of the valley and mountains was enhanced by a description of the scene by Orson F. Whitney, read to the resting scouts. At each camp-place on the trip, a post was set bearing the inscription, "Mormon Pioneer Trail, 1847 — M. I. A. Scouts passed here July, 1912. One was also set on this summit. The elevation and temperature were taken by Junius F. Wells here and on the whole route. Lunch was eaten in the meadows of Mountain Dell, and the evening bonfire and its accompanying exercises were enjoyed at Camp Grant, at the foot of Little Mountain. Here Stephen L. Richards visited the camp with an auto load of raspberries, and was greeted with cheers for his kindness and generosity. The morning of the 24th was cold, and when reveille sounded a shivering company got up and prepared breakfast, then made the summit of Little Mountain, where a guide post was firmly planted by the Board members of the party. Reaching the foot of the mountain, the company took an Emigration Canyon railway car and, by courtesy of Mr. LeGrande Young and his railway company, were landed at Mt. Oliver in time to march to Liberty Park and participate in the celebration of the 24th under the direction of the Sunday Schools. MARCHING UP LITTLE MOUNTAIN FROM MOUNTAIN DELL, JULY 24, 1912 Photo No. 5 and "Singing in Echo," by Ben Wells. Other Photos by Howard B. Anderson. • , ,. 1 "Hiking" up beautiful Little Emigration Canyon. 2. A company approaching the summit of Big Mountain. 3. On the summit of Big Mountain. 4. B. H. Roberts and Heber J. Grant.. 5 and 6. Heber J. Grant, in Thomas Bullock s buck-skin coat 7. Left to right: J. George Midgley, Rulon S. and Junius F. Wells, Ben Wells, and Hyrum M. Smith; Moroni Snow in the background. 1038 IMPROVEMENT ERA Altogether the trip was a great success. Besides the pleasure and strenuous exercise, the historical information and the nature-knowledge obtained, the boys received a good training in discipline, order, and obedience, and got closer to the influence of some of the leading authorities than they could have done in any other way. Their conduct was exemplary. There was no smoking, and only little use of bad language. The latter, when attention was called to it, was punished by a rule adopted by the boys themselves. Anyone caught breaking it, was given a dose of cold water down his back ! Most of the purposes of the trip were fulfiled — to obtain inspiration for the admirable work of the pioneers, to enjoy a pleasant outing, and to get some education in nature, discipline, and history. One object remains to be accomplished — to get an appropriation from the legislature to survey the route, with a view to establishing a national auto road over the "Old 'Mormon' Pioneer Trail," from Wyoming to Salt Lake City. The Pioneer Trail Party of 1912 will always remember the "hike" with pleasure, and will join us in wishing that in , every year to come, a hundred or more may have a similar experience. Elders A. D. Livingston of Manti, Utah, and Ross T. Gillespie of Tooele, writing from Leavenworth, Kansas, May 11, state that they have worked together for the past ten weeks selling Books of Mormon and Church literature, placing it in the hands of many prominent men and women in the southeast part of Kansas. Their street meetings were a success, both in the distribution of literature and in the opportunity to explain the gospel to the public. Large crowds came out to hear them. They held fourteen hall meetings and many others. They also held meetings in Pleasant Valley schoolhouse and the Christian church at Montana, at which congregations of from 60 to 150 came out to hear them. The young people after the meetings invited them to stay and preach on Sunday, which they did. The superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School postponed school, and all came to hear them. "Yesterday morning, I asked the Methodist choir leader if we could have the Evening Star schoolhouse in which to hold meetings. He stated they were going to practice singing that night, but we were welcome to come and preach, and they would do the singing. He invited us to stop for dinner. We gave out a general ring over the 'phone that the 'Mormons' would preach at the schoolhouse, and there was a large crowd."