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àThis€book€is€based€largely€on€interviews€of€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€friends€and€family.ññññ€€ññññññ€ññAs€anyoneÏknows€who€has€gathered€oral€history,€facts€become€skewed,€sources€contradict€themselves€andÏeach€other,€things€come€out€in€the€wrong€order,€people€imagine,€confuse,€and€forget.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThe€sameÏholds€for€personal€histories€and€journals.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñI€have€picked€these€stories,€knowing€that€any€givenÏdetail€might€be€wrong,€because€the€gist€is€there:ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThis€is€how€people€saw€S.€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€Young;€orÏThis€is€his€voice€in€telling€his€own€story.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñSometimes€oral€history€puts€forward€less€of€history,€butÏmore€of€the€man.ÌÌà  àThis€book€has€been€over€ten€years€in€the€writing.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñIn€that€time,€the€old€Young€home€onÏ24th€Street€in€Ogden,€which€Gladys€called€Rosemont,€has€burned€and€been€rebuilt€according€to€aÏnew€plan.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñI€regret€to€say€that€in€that€time€too,€many€of€those€to€whom€this€book€would€haveÏmeant€most€have€passed€on.ÌÌà  àI€decided€to€write€this€book€after€reading€my€grandfather's€unpublished€Life€Story.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThoseÏone€hundred€and€thirty€pages,€with€his€military€and€mission€diaries,€could€have€formed€the€coreÏof€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€best€book,€but€he€never€wrote€it.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñMy€book€would€not€have€been€possible€withoutÏthe€cooperation€of€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€widow,€Ô_ÔHuldaÔ_Ô€Parker€Young,€who€gave€access€to€these€and€othersÏof€his€papers€and€recordings,€suggested€people€to€interview,€gave€several€important€interviewsÏherself,€allowed€me€the€use€of€personal€materials,€and€criticized€the€manuscript.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñLeonore€YoungÏParkinson,€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€only€surviving€child€and€my€mother,€also€made€available€primary€sources,Ïhelped€develop€numerous€contacts,€gave€repeated€interviews,€and€criticized€early€drafts.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñSome€ofÏthese€memories€were€painful€for€Ô_ÔHuldaÔ_Ô€and€especially€Leonore,€which€makes€their€contributionsÏdoubly€valuable.ÌÌà  àCarlie€Ô_ÔLouineÔ_Ô€Ô_ÔClawsonÔ_Ô€Young,€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€mother,€left€a€personal€history.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñGladys€PrattÏYoung,€Dil's€first€wife€and€my€grandmother,€was€a€haphazard€journal€keeper,€but€her€lettersÏduring€their€courtship€survive€in€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€scrapbooks.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñShe€also€left€charming€stories€of€herÏchildhood,€which€with€others€of€her€writings€came€to€me€through€Mary€Pratt€Ô_ÔParrishÔ_Ô,€her€niece.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñÏñ ñÔ_ÔLouineÔ_Ô€Young€Ô_ÔCromarÔ_Ô,€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€sister,€shared€materials€on€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô,€including€a€transcript€ofÏsome€of€Dil's€stories,€her€own€personal€history,€letters,€excerpts€from€their€late€sister€EmilyÏYoung€Ô_ÔKneppÔ_Ô's€diary,€and€Emily's€personal€history.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñMuch€credit€goes€to€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€BlaineÏParkinson,€my€brother,€who€interviewed€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€or€taped€him€telling€stories€on€five€differentÏoccasions€in€1977„78,€and€who€also€filled€two€90€minute€tapes€with€his€own€memories.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñOtherÏfamily€members€who€helped€include€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€brother€Hiram,€his€sister„in„law€Louise€Young,Ïson„in„law€Blaine€Parkinson,€and€grandchildren€Charlotte€Parkinson€Fry,€Robert€Alan€Fry,ÏAnnette€Parkinson,€and€Wendy€Parkinson€Ô_ÔAsayÔ_Ô.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñRelatives€on€the€Young€side:ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHarlan€Y.ÏHammond,€Phyllis€Wells,€and€Gene€F.€Deem;€on€the€Pratt€side:ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñBoyd€and€Mary€Pratt€Ô_ÔParrishÔ_Ô,ÏÔ_ÔBertaÔ_Ô€Pratt€Whitney,€Ô_ÔGerdaÔ_Ô€Pratt€Ô_ÔHaynieÔ_Ô,€and€Stanley€and€Juliette€Cardon.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñFrom€the€Parkers:ñ ñññ€Ïñññ ññ ñÏñ ñJames€and€Ô_ÔGianaÔ_Ô€Nielsen.ÌÌà  àFor€memories€of€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€early€life,€I€thank€his€lifelong€friend€Ô_ÔMerlonÔ_Ô€L.€Stevenson.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñR.ÏLamar€Ô_ÔBarlowÔ_Ô€filled€in€background€on€the€145th€Artillery€and€battle€in€World€War€I.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñMissionaryÐ @-(, Ðfriends€who€contributed€valuable€information€include€Francis€G.€Ô_ÔWrideÔ_Ô,€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€companion€inÏthe€backwoods€of€Louisiana€and€in€New€Orleans,€and€Alexandre€E.€and€Ethel€Kane€Archibald,ÏBessie€E.€Kelly,€and€Grace€Valentine€Price,€fellow€workers€in€the€office€in€Independence,ÏMissouri.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñLeland€P.€Ô_ÔDraneyÔ_Ô,€a€previous€mission€secretary,€provided€documents€and€took€the€timeÏto€type€out€answers€to€my€lengthy€list€of€questions€on€that€calling's€duties.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñFor€memories€of€ReyÏL.€Pratt€I€thank€Hugh€Barnes€and€Dell€B.€Ô_ÔStringhamÔ_Ô.ÌÌà  àOgden€friends€who€gave€me€stories€include€Ô_ÔDeloraÔ_Ô€Ô_ÔHurstÔ_Ô,€Ô_ÔMyreneÔ_Ô€Brewer,€Mary€Wilson,ÏMaggie€Ô_ÔGammellÔ_Ô,€George€Frost,€Ô_ÔHeberÔ_Ô€S.€Jacobs,€Lloyd€L.€Peterson,€Martha€Johnson€Barney,ÏBetty€Peterson€Baker,€Ben€H.€Davis,€Helen€Ô_ÔGrixÔ_Ô€Ô_ÔPlowgianÔ_Ô,€and€Margaret€Wilson€Ô_ÔBarlowÔ_Ô.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñÔ_ÔEnaÔ_ÔÏBarnes,€and€Dorothy€West,€Gladys'€pageant€aides,€were€also€very€helpful.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñAmong€Ô_ÔscoutersÔ_Ô€IÏthank€Eden€W.€Ô_ÔBeutlerÔ_Ô,€Percy€W.€Ô_ÔHadleyÔ_Ô,€Paul€S.€Ô_ÔBielerÔ_Ô,€A.€Russell€Croft;€also€the€followingÏscouts:ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñJack€Davis,€George€H.€Lowe,€Thomas€M.€Ô_ÔFeenyÔ_Ô,€James€N.€Oka,€E.€Ô_ÔLaMarÔ_Ô€Ô_ÔBucknerÔ_Ô,€DonÏÔ_ÔBuswellÔ_Ô,€Max€Wheelwright,€Worth€Wheelwright,€and€Wally€Brown.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThe€Ogden€Standard„¼Examiner,€in€helping€my€grandfather€publicize€his€program,€in€the€process€preserved€hisÏactivities€for€posterity.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñRichard€Ô_ÔSadlerÔ_Ô€steered€me€toward€Lyle€J.€Barnes'€helpful€master's€thesisÏon€corruption€in€Ogden.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñOn€this€account€too€I€must€thank€the€Standard,€also€Cecil€K.€Parker,€aÏjuryman.ÌÌà  àThe€following€New€England€missionaries€helped:ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñTruman€G.€Ô_ÔMadsenÔ_Ô,€Oscar€W.ÏÔ_ÔMcConkieÔ_Ô€Jr.,€Rex€W.€Williams,€Blaine€P.€Parkinson,€and€D.€L.€Woodward.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñBoston€students€andÏfriends€include€John€Hale€and€Olga€Gardner,€Richard€and€Mary€Lou€Ô_ÔHarlineÔ_Ô,€Ô_ÔTalmageÔ_Ô€andÏDorothy€Nielsen,€J.€D.€and€Barbara€Williams,€and€Rosemary€Fletcher.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñFor€his€Salt€Lake€and€LosÏAngeles€years€I€relied€mostly€on€published€and€family€sources.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHowever,€for€their€variedÏcontributions€I€wish€to€thank€H.€Smith€Ô_ÔBroadbentÔ_Ô,€Phyllis€Peterson€Ô_ÔWarnickÔ_Ô,€Bruce€R.ÏÔ_ÔMcConkieÔ_Ô,€Levier€and€Cynthia€M.€Gardner,€Ô_ÔEbÔ_Ô€L.€Davis,€and€Reid€and€Thelma€Brown.ÌÌà  àThanks€and€apologies€to€all€those€who€helped€whom€I€have€neglected€to€mention.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñMyÏthanks€for€secretarial€assistance€to€my€wife,€Robin€L.€Parkinson,€and€to€Charles€Fry,€also€to€myÏfather,€Blaine€P.€Parkinson,€for€financial€support€in€this€project.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñFinally,€I€would€like€to€thankÏCovenant€Communications€and€its€managing€editor,€Giles€H.€Florence,€Jr.,€for€giving€the€familyÏthe€chance€to€present€this€story€to€the€world.ÌÌà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àBenson€Y.€ParkinsonÌà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àDecember€24th,€1993Ð  $X" ÐññÌññññÌññÓ  ÓAbout€the€AuthorÌÓ  ÓÌÌà  àBenson€Young€Parkinson€was€born€in€1960€in€Provo,€Utah,€and€raised€in€Ogden.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe€spentÏ1978€as€a€Rotary€exchange€student€in€Sydney,€Australia.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñAfter€filling€a€mission€in€southwestÏFrance€from€1979€to€1981,€he€graduated€in€1985€from€Brigham€Young€University€with€a€degreeÏin€Comparative€Literature.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe€lives€in€South€Ogden€with€his€wife€Robin€and€four€children,€whereÏhe€works€full€time€as€a€writer.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñAn€avid€hiker€with€an€interest€in€computers€and€American€IndianÏculture,€he€serves€as€scoutmaster€in€the€South€Ogden€58th€Ward.ÌÌÐ  Ô$  ÐññÓÓññÓ  ÓChapter€1ÌA€Salt€Lake€ChildhoodÌÓ  ÓÌò òOriginsó óÐ tÄ Ðà  àSeymour€Ô_ÔBicknellÔ_Ô€Young,€Jr.€was€born€January€11,€1868,€in€Salt€Lake€City,€UtahÏTerritory.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñAs€a€young€man€he€served€a€mission€in€England,€returning€early€to€attend€theÏdedication€of€the€Salt€Lake€Temple€in€1893,€then€serving€a€second,€shorter€mission€to€New€York.ñ ñññ€Ïñññ ññ ñÏñ ñSeymour€was€a€striking€man,€lean€and€broad„jawed,€with€a€rich,€baritone€singing€voice.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe€soldÏwagons€and€later€automobiles€for€the€Consolidated€Wagon€and€Machine€Company,€and€did€well.ñ ñññ€Ïñññ ññ ñÏñ ñOnce€he€sold€a€hundred€small€white€Buicks€in€a€hundred€days.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñAs€a€publicity€stunt,€he€and€aÏmechanic€drove€one€to€the€top€of€Ensign€Peak€before€there€was€a€road.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe€would€race€the€engineÏand€lurch€forward,€then€the€mechanic€would€rush€to€block€the€wheels,€then€he€lurched€again,€andÏso€on€to€the€top.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñSeymour€was€the€eldest€son€of€Seymour€Ô_ÔBicknellÔ_Ô€Young,€Sr.,€who€as€an€infantÏsurvived€the€Ô_ÔHaunÔ_Ô's€Mill€Massacre.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe€too€served€a€mission€in€England,€taking€part€in€theÏeastbound€missionary€handcart€company€of€1857.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñSeymour€Sr.€studied€in€the€east€and€becameÏdoctor€to€his€uncle,€Brigham€Young.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe€served€many€years€in€the€First€Council€of€Seventy,€likeÏhis€father,€Joseph€Young,€one€of€the€original€Presidents,€and€Brigham's€brother.Ìà  àCarlie€Ô_ÔLouineÔ_Ô€Young€Ô_ÔClawsonÔ_Ô,€known€as€Lou,€or€Lulu,€was€born€in€Salt€Lake€on€July€28,Ï1869.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñFamily€lore€says€once€a€middle„aged€apostle€gave€her€a€lift€in€his€buggy€and€in€the€courseÏof€the€ride€asked€her€to€be€his€plural€wife,€but€that€she€turned€him€down.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñLou€was€softly€pretty„„¼she€and€Ô_ÔSemeÔ_Ô€made€a€striking€couple„„but€was€shy€in€company€and€retiring€in€the€family.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñLouÏwas€a€daughter€of€Hiram€B.€Ô_ÔClawsonÔ_Ô,€a€pioneer€entrepreneur€with€a€dramatic€bent,€whose€careerÏincluded€managing€Ô_ÔZCMIÔ_Ô€and€the€Salt€Lake€Theater.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñÔ_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€remembers€the€Ô_ÔClawsonsÔ_Ô€alwaysÏlaughing.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñ"They€seemed€immune€to€sorrow,€they€joked,€they€dramatized,€they€had€physical€fun."ñ ñññ€Ïñññ ññ ñÏñ ñLou's€mother,€Emily€Augusta€Young,€was€a€daughter€of€Brigham€Young€by€Emily€Partridge,ÏBishop€Edward€Partridge's€daughter€and€a€plural€wife€of€Joseph€Smith.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThat€made€LouÏSeymour's€second€cousin€through€John€Young.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñIn€the€days€of€polygamy,€with€its€large€families,Ïthis€was€not€uncommon.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñLou€was€old€enough€to€have€memories€of€Brigham,€who€called€her€hisÏlittle€beauty.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñOnce€when€she€was€playing€on€the€front€steps€of€the€Church€Office€building,€heÏpassed€by€and€noticed€her€with€a€great€mouthful€of€gum.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñ"Lulu,€I€wish€you€wouldn't€chew€gum,"Ïhe€admonished€her.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñ"It€is€not€a€nice€thing€to€do."ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñShe€writes,€"It€made€a€great€impression€on€me,Ïfor€since€then€I€never€chew€it€or€like€to€see€anyone€else€indulge."Ìà  àSeymour€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€Young,€Seymour€and€Lou's€second€child€and€first€son,€was€bornÏSeptember€7,€1897,€at€5:00€a.m.,€in€a€house€at€83€Canyon€Road,€Salt€Lake€City.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThe€house€sat€onÏthe€west€side€of€the€street€on€a€spot€where€2nd€Avenue€now€cuts€through.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñ"My€father,"€he€tells,Ï"ran€for€the€doctor.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe€had€to€go€clear€up€on€4th€East,€to€where€our€grandpa€had€his€horses.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñAndÏthen€he€lost€the€key€to€the€barn,€and€they€had€a€dickens€of€a€time,€but€they€finally€got€a€doctorÏthere."ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñ"My€mother,"€he€writes€on€another€occasion,€"tells€me€that€I€cried€constantly€from€theÏtime€I€was€born€until€I€was€about€six€months€old,€that€I€wore€out€her€and€half€a€dozen€nurses.ñ ñññ€Ïñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñSheÏalso€said€that€after€that€I€would€sit€on€her€lap€with€my€feet€against€her€abdomen€and€constantlyÏpush,€so€that€it€was€an€effort€at€all€times€to€keep€me€on€her€lap."Ìà  àOne€of€Lou's€lullabies,€a€version€of€"A€Frog€Went€A„Courting,"€goes:ÌññÓÓññÌà0  àA€frog€he€would€a€wooing€goÐ (#(# Ðà0  àHi„ho,€says€Ô_ÔRollyÔ_ÔÐ@-(,(#(# Ðà0  àAnd€whether€his€mother€would€let€him€or€noÐ (#(# Ðà0  àWith€a€Ô_ÔrollyÔ_Ô€Ô_ÔpollyÔ_Ô€Ô_ÔgammyÔ_Ô€spinachÐ (#(# Ðà0  àHi„ho,€says€Anthony€Ô_ÔRollyÔ_ÔÐ (#(# ÐÌà0  àSo€off€he€set€with€his€opera€hatÐ (#(# Ðà0  àHi„ho,€etc.Ð (#(# Ðà0  àAnd€on€the€road€he€met€with€a€ratÐ (#(# Ðà0  àetc.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌÔ_ÔññÓÓññññ€ññÔ_Ôà  àThe€family€lived€for€a€time€in€a€home€on€the€west€side€of€Liberty€Park.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñÔ_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€earlyÐ è 8  Ðmemories€include€watching€Hiram,€his€younger€brother,€toddling€across€the€street€and€into€theÏpark€with€their€mother€in€pursuit.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñÔ_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô,€at€two„and„a„half,€worried€she€wouldn't€be€able€toÏcatch€him.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThe€family€moved€to€4th€South,€then€again€to€560€East€6th€South.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñÔ_ÔDilworthÔ_ÔÏremembers€dolls€and€dress„up€with€his€older€sister€Emily.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñEmily€describes€their€mother€putting€aÏblanket€over€the€dining€room€table€for€them€to€play€house,€Emily€and€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€taking€the€roles€ofÏmomma€and€papa,€with€Hiram€for€the€baby.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñÔ_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€also€remembers€playing€under€the€tableÏwhen€his€mother€was€preparing€food€for€a€party.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñÔ_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô,€pretending€he€was€in€a€tent,€would€slipÏout€and€snitch€a€pickle€when€his€mother€left€the€room.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe€mentions€a€neighbor€boy€small€enoughÏto€crawl€into€his€family's€chicken€coop€by€the€hens'€door.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe€would€hand€out€an€egg,€which€theÏtwo€of€them€traded€for€candy€at€the€store.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThe€Ô_ÔYoungsÔ_Ô€had€a€sandpile€"on€the€west€side€of€ourÏhouse€in€the€morning€shade€and€there€I€spent€a€lot€of€time.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñI€remember€thinking€that€sandpileÏplaying€was€the€greatest€objective€in€life."ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe€mentions€being€afraid€of€thunder€and€lightning,Ïhiding€himself€in€his€bed€and€covering€his€ears€with€his€pillow.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñ"One€day€I€sat€on€the€porchÏagainst€the€door€during€such€a€storm€and€discovered€that€I€did€not€need€to€be€afraid."Ìà  àÔ_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€says€his€father€was€"a€very€good€pianist,€and€he€had€a€fine€singing€voice."ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHeÏsays,€"In€those€days€there€was€a€lot€of€singing€going€on€in€our€parlor.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñFather€...€gathered€aboutÏhim€a€lot€of€people€who€liked€to€sing.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThey€had€happy,€good€times,€and€I€enjoyed€listening€toÏthem."ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñSeymour€originally€intended€to€become€a€musician€and€would€have€taught€piano€andÏvoice.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñ"Grandma€talked€him€out€of€it,€foolishly.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñOught€to€have€let€him€do€it.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe'd€have€beenÏÔ_Ôhappy.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThatÔ_Ô€was€his€natural€Ô_Ôbent."ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñSeymourÔ_Ô€was€active€and€busy€in€the€2nd€Ward,€holdingÏpositions€such€as€Sunday€School€Superintendent€and€Chairman€of€the€Music€Ô_ÔCommittee.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHiramÔ_ÔÏsays€the€Bishop€told€him€at€one€time€he€might€as€well€be€bishop,€as€much€time€as€he€spent€doingÏchurch€Ô_Ôwork.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñOneÔ_Ô€year€Seymour€put€on€a€minstrel€show€for€the€Ô_Ôward.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñTheÔ_Ô€normal€pattern€was€toÏhave€a€semi„circle€on€the€stage,€with€two€"end€men"€and€the€chorus,€all€in€Ô_Ôblackface.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñAnÔ_Ô€actorÏwithout€Ô_ÔblackfaceÔ_Ô,€called€the€interrogator,€sat€in€the€middle€and€asked€questions,€while€the€twoÏend€men€cracked€Ô_Ôjokes.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñSeymour'sÔ_Ô€innovation€was€to€make€it€a€ladies'€Ô_Ôminstrel.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñLouÔ_Ô€sang€in€theÏchorus,€the€only€time€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€remembers€her€participating€in€any€public€performance€orÏmeeting€of€any€Ô_Ôkind.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHiramÔ_Ô€and€another€boy€did€a€dance€called€"The€Ô_ÔGolddustÔ_Ô€Twins€in€Ô_ÔClogs."ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñÏñ ñGolddustÔ_Ô€was€a€brand€of€powdered€laundry€soap€with€the€twin€girls€on€the€Ô_Ôlabel.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñDilworthÔ_ÔÏremembers€the€black€underwear€and€greasepaint€and€yellow€skirts€and€wigs€and€being€so€jealousÏhe€hardly€knew€what€to€do€with€Ô_Ôhimself.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñ"IÔ_Ô€learned€to€do€the€Ô_Ôclog.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñIÔ_Ô€said,€'Daddy,€I€can€do€Ô_Ôthis.'ñ ñññ€Ïñññ ññ ñÏñ ñAndÔ_Ô€he€said,€'Well,€let's€see€Ô_Ôyou.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñSo,Ô_Ô€what€are€you€going€to€Ô_Ôsing?'ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñIÔ_Ô€said,€'I'll€sing,€I'm€a€YankeeÏDoodle€Dandy,'"€and€he€sang€and€danced€but€his€father€still€would€not€put€him€in€the€Ô_Ôshow.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñDilÔ_ÔÏremembers€the€Danish€members€in€the€2nd€Ô_ÔWard.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñÔ_ÔÐ @-(, ÐÔ_ÔññÓÓññÔ_Ô‡à0  àIn€fast€day€meetings,€testimonies€were€often€unintelligible€to€me€as€the€Saints€struggled€toÏtestify€in€English,€their€new€Ô_Ôtongue.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñInÔ_Ô€Sunday€School€the€room€was€divided€intoÏclassrooms€by€green€curtains€hanging€from€wires€Ô_Ôoverhead.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñIfÔ_Ô€I€was€not€interested€in€whatÏmy€teacher€was€saying,€I€could€choose€from€five€other€classes,€all€of€which€I€could€Ô_Ôhear.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñItÔ_ÔÏwas€always€interesting€to€try€to€solve€the€problem€of€the€identity€of€the€boy€who€keptÏpoking€me€in€the€back€through€the€curtain€at€my€rear.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌÔ_ÔññÓÓññññ€ññÔ_Ôà  àThe€Young€children€went€through€mumps,€measles,€rubella,€whooping€cough,€andÐ  ` Ðperhaps€scarlet€Ô_Ôfever.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñLikelyÔ_Ô€they€had€rheumatic€fever€as€well,€for€both€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€and€brotherÏScott€Richmond€developed€heart€trouble€later€in€Ô_Ôlife.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñ"GrandpaÔ_Ô€Young€was€the€Ô_Ôdoctor.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñIÔ_ÔÏremember€Mother€putting€some€chairs€together,€putting€a€sheet€over€them,€and€we€three€childrenÏcrouching€under€and€breathing€fumes€of€menthol€tinged€with€turpentine€and€a€drop€of€carbolicÏÔ_Ôacid."ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñTheÔ_Ô€whooping€cough€developed€into€pneumonia€in€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô's€infant€sister€Florence,€andÏshe€Ô_Ôdied.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñ"IÔ_Ô€remember€seeing€Mother€being€led€from€the€room€by€Ô_ÔFather.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñSheÔ_Ô€was€weepingÏviolently€and€Father€was€trying€to€comfort€Ô_Ôher.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñIÔ_Ô€remember€going€into€the€room€and€seeing€myÏtiny€baby€sister€lying€like€a€wax€doll€on€the€lap€of€the€Ô_Ônurse.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñItÔ_Ô€seems€to€me€they€had€a€funeral€atÏthe€house„„at€least€I€remember€a€lot€of€people€being€there."Ìà  àAt€Christmas€time€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€tortured€himself€trying€to€figure€how€Santa€Claus€got€throughÏthe€six„inch€stove€pipe,€around€the€kinks,€into€the€stove,€then€opened€the€door€from€inside€to€getÏout€into€the€dining€Ô_Ôroom.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñ(ChristmasÔ_Ô€morning€was€held€in€the€dining€room,€the€parlor€beingÏreserved€for€formal€occasions€like€Christmas€dinner,€Sabbaths,€ward€teaching€visits,€andÏÔ_Ô"lickings.")ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñOneÔ_Ô€Christmas,€probably€when€he€was€five,€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€pined€for€a€wood€jigsaw€puzzleÏhe€had€seen€in€a€store€window,€showing€an€old„fashioned,€horse„drawn€fire€Ô_Ôengine.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñWithÔ_Ô€theÏhorses€running€and€the€dogs€barking€underneath€and€the€smoke€billowing€out€from€the€fireÏmaking€the€steam€to€pump€the€water,€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€couldn't€imagine€anything€more€Ô_Ôexciting.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHisÔ_ÔÏmother€insisted€they€eat€a€bowl€of€mush€in€the€dining€room€before€they€could€open€their€presents,Ï"to€fortify€us€against€the€candy,€I€Ô_Ôguess."ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñDilworthÔ_Ô€finished€and€went€out€to€the€dining€room€to€hisÏchair€to€empty€his€stocking,€which€besides€the€candy€held€an€orange,€a€novelty€in€those€Ô_Ôdays.ñ ñññ€Ïñññ ññ ñÏñ ñThenÔ_Ô€on€to€the€presents„„a€new€clipper€sled,€which€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€says€at€that€time€beat€flexible€flyersÏ"all€hollow,"€and€a€smaller€Ô_Ôpackage.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñDilworthÔ_Ô€recognized€it€immediately€as€his€puzzle.Ìà  àTheir€father€let€the€children€play€with€their€toys€for€about€an€hour,€then€approached€themÏand€said,€"Well,€Boys€and€Girls,€you€remember€that€Danish€family€over€on€7th€Ô_ÔSouth?"ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñTheseÔ_ÔÏwere€the€Ô_ÔOlsensÔ_Ô,€a€immigrant€couple€with€children€more€or€less€the€same€ages€as€the€Ô_ÔYoungs.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñÏñ ñÔ_ÔÔ_ÔDilworth€remembers€not€liking€the€boy€his€age.€"His€dress,€smell,€everything€was€different,Ïstrange€and€Danish."ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñHe€admits€to€having€had€a€"little€tiff"€with€him€a€few€days€before.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñSeymourÏwent€on,€"Now,€we're€going€to€take€them€our€Christmas€dinner.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñAre€you€willing?"ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThe€childrenÏagreed,€though€without€really€understanding€the€implications.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThen€his€father€said,€"I€want€eachÏone€of€you€children€to€decide€to€give€your€best€toy,€the€one€you€like€the€best,€to€those€children."ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñÏñ ñSo€it€was€decided.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñThey€would€leave€at€noon.ÌññÓÓññÌà0  àI€had€an€awful€fight€with€myself.ñ ñññ€€ñññ ññ ñ€ñ ñI€sat€there€and€looked€at€that€clipper€sled,€and€I€wantedÏto€give€it€to€him,€and€I€wanted€to€keep€my€fire€engine€puzzle,€but€Father€said,€"Give€himÏthe€one€you€like€the€best,"€and€I€didn't€want€to€disobey€Father,€so€finally€I€decided€I'd€giveÏthat€boy€my€fire€engine€puzzle.Ð@-(,(#(# ЇÌññÓÓññññ€ññà  àThe€family€made€their€way€down€the€back€alley,€Father€carrying€the€turkey,€Mother€theÐ œì Ðdressing€and€gravy,€the€children€toting€pots€of€potatoes,€sweet€potatoes,€plum€pudding€and€dip,Ïand€cranberry€sauce.€They€knocked€on€the€door€of€the€Olsen's€tiny€two„room€house.€DilworthÏremembers€a€table€and€two€chairs,€but€no€other€furniture.€Seymour€said,€"Brother€Olsen,€weÏbrought€you€some€Christmas€Dinner."€He€didn't€understand€his€English,€but€Seymour€gesturedÏand€got€the€idea€across.€Brother€Olsen€had€them€in.€Seymour€demonstrated€how€to€carve€theÏturkey,€and€Lou€showed€how€to€serve€up€the€dressing€and€what€went€with€what.€DilworthÏremembers€a€single€bucket€of€coal€and€a€small€fire€in€the€stove,€barely€enough€to€take€off€theÏchill.€Seymour€said,€"Alright,€now,€Children,€it's€your€turn."€Emily€gave€the€girl€her€age€her€large,Ïbisque€doll.€Dilworth€walked€up€to€the€boy€and€said,€"Here!"€The€boy€grabbed€the€puzzle€just€asÏbrusquely€as€it€was€offered,€without€saying€a€word.€Hiram€toddled€over€with€his€gift€and€said,Ï"Here's€sum'n."ÌññÓÓññÌà0  àAnd€all€the€way€home,€I€was€walking€on€air.€I€don't€believe€my€feet€hit€the€ground€once.€IÏdon't€know€why,€I€just€suddenly€realized€what€giving€was.€And€to€give€our€best€and€toÏgive€all€we€had€was€the€finest€thing€we€could€do€...€When€we€got€home,€I€thought€maybeÏmy€mother€had€a€Christmas€dinner€tucked€away€somewhere,€but€she€didn't.€She€openedÏup€a€can€of€beans€and€we€had€bread€and€butter€and€beans€for€Christmas.€Ð (#(# ÐÌÌññÓÓññññ€ññÌò òSchool€Daysó óÐ øH Ðà  àDilworth€remembers€his€mother€as€sickly,€and€he€asked€her€about€it€when€she€was€old.ÏShe€said€it€wasn't€a€matter€of€disease.€"I€had€seven€miscarriages.€If€I'd€had€all€the€children€I€hadÏconceived,€I'd€have€had€thirteen€children."€As€it€was€she€had€six,€of€which€five€survived.€TheÏYoungs€hired€a€woman€to€help€with€housework€and€tending,€and€she€boarded€with€the€family.ÏEmily€says,€"She€took€pains€with€Dil€and€me€to€teach€us€to€read€before€we€ever€started€school.ÏWe€could€read€the€easy€words€in€the€newspaper€when€we€entered€the€first€grade."€She€tells€ofÏbeing€asked€to€stay€after€school€with€Dil€after€only€a€few€days€(this€would€have€been€at€theÏSumner€School,€on€3rd€East€between€6th€and€7th€South),€and€standing€fearfully€before€theÏteacher's€desk,€who€asked€them€to€read€from€a€second€grade€reader.€Both€could€do€so€easily,€andÏon€the€basis€of€that,€both€were€promoted€to€the€second€grade.€Dilworth€talks€about€reading€in€hisÏhistory,€but€does€not€mention€the€incident.€He€writes€he€was€a€year€behind€Emily€in€the€fourthÏgrade,€but€then€of€the€two€of€them€graduating€together.€Given€family€circumstances,€it€seemsÏlikely€one€or€both€lost€or€gained€a€grade€or€two.Ìà  àOne€thing€is€certain„„Dilworth€read€well€from€early€on,€and€he€loved€to€read.€EmilyÏremembers€him€kneeling€before€a€stuffed€chair€with€a€book€on€the€seat€for€hours€at€a€time.Ï"Father€would€get€out€of€patience€when€he€wanted€Dil€to€get€a€scuttle€of€coal€from€the€shed€forÏMother€to€put€in€the€range,€for€I€can€hear€him€say,€'Just€a€minute,'€but€he€never€could€find€theÏplace€he€could€leave€his€book,€and€Father€would€have€to€pull€him€up€and€see€that€he€did€it."€HisÏUncle€Lee€(Levi€Edgar€Young)€gave€him€a€six„volume€Horatio€Alger€set,€the€"Ragged€Dick"Ïseries,€and€he€read€these€and€others.€Once€he€gave€him€a€year's€subscription€to€"Cosmopolitan"Ï(at€the€time€a€literary€magazine).€"I€could€not€understand€what€I€read,€but€I€tried.€It€was€myÏmagazine,€and€I€did€my€best€to€live€up€to€it."€Lee€introduced€him€to€"The€Last€of€the€Mohicans."Ð @-(, Ð"Ever€after€that€the€Delawares€were€my€Indians€and€the€Iroquois€were€my€enemies.€I€read€theÏwhole€series€by€Cooper."€He€read€classics€and€the€Standard€Works€and€every€religious€book€heÏcould€find.€Emily€speaks€of€him€spending€hours€in€"Grandpa€Young's€huge€library€...€Dil€wouldÏgo€to€see€them€early€in€the€morning€and€they€would€never€hear€from€him€till€late€in€the€day.€HeÏwas€curled€up€in€a€big€comfy€chair€in€the€library."€Once€his€father€promised€to€give€him€any€bookÏin€his€own€library€if€he€would€read€it.€He€chose€one€called€"'Character„„Smiles.€ÌññÓÓññÌà0  àI€wanted€to€smile€so€I€started.€I€didn't€understand€any€of€it€except€the€"and's"€and€"it's"€andÏsmall€words.€Later„„long€later„„I€found€it€among€my€books€and€correctly€read€the€label,Ï"Character„„by€Samuel€Smiles",€an€essay€for€the€middle€aged,€but€Father€kept€his€wordÏand€gave€me€the€book.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌññÓÓññññ€ññà  àDilworth€stayed€out€of€school€at€times€to€help€around€the€house.€He€remembersÐ ¬ü  Ðalternating€with€Emily€to€help€take€care€of€Richmond€when€Louine€was€born€in€December€1908.Ï"We€washed€the€clothes€in€a€machine€which€we€turned€with€a€handle€on€a€wheel€...€we€changedÏbeds€and€mopped€floors,€and€we€swept€the€Navajo€rugs€every€Saturday€which€were€in€ourÏlinoleum„covered€living€room."€On€another€occasion,€he€adds,€"I€learned€to€make€bread.€We€hadÏa€[universal]€mixer€and€Mother€would€tell€us€how€to€do€it€from€the€bed."Ìà  àDilworth€liked€school,€but€he€was€"bedeviled€by€a€boy€named€Sigurd€Simpson,€a€dirtyÏfisted€boy€of€about€eight.€I€was€so€scared€of€him€that€my€life€was€miserable.€I€invented€excusesÏnot€to€go€to€school.€Sickness€feigned,€hiding€my€cap,€or€losing€my€book€until€it€was€past€9:00."ÏHis€father€finally€complained€to€the€principal,€who€told€him,€"Seymour,€you€baby€your€boy€tooÏmuch.€He's€got€to€learn€to€fight€his€way,€and€until€he€learns€he€won't€be€much€good."€This€tookÏhim€aback.€That€night€he€told€him€if€any€boy€licked€him€he€could€expect€a€licking€when€he€gotÏhome,€"and€that€I€was€to€learn€to€stand€up€to€the€other€boys."€He€bought€him€a€pair€of€boxingÏgloves€and€arranged€for€his€Uncle€Shirl€Clawson€(later€a€Hollywood€cinematographer)€to€giveÏhim€a€few€boxing€lessons.€Dilworth€does€not€say€whether€they€helped,€only€that€the€familyÏmoved€soon€after€to€a€house€on€the€southwest€corner€of€9th€Avenue€and€„C„€street,€across€fromÏthe€LDS€hospital„„this€would€have€been€in€early€1907,€when€Dilworth€was€in€the€fourth€grade.€"IÏsuppose€that€ended€it,€for€I€had€no€trouble€thereafter."Ìà  à"I€enjoyed€the€school„„no€boys€bothered€me€and€I€had€little€trouble€except€with€arithmetic.ÏI€was€not€a€good€analyzer.€English,€history,€spelling,€grammar,€were€no€trouble."€The€class€atÏLowell€Elementary,€where€he€now€attended,€put€on€several€dramatic€productions,€including€theÏIliad€and€Odyssey€and€Alice€in€Wonderland.€"I€was€the€Cheshire€Cat€because€I€have€such€a€broadÏgrin.€I€was€proud€of€the€part;€and€when€we€presented€it€to€the€parents,€I€about€split€my€mouth€inÏtwo€trying€to€grin€as€broad€as€that€cat€is€supposed€to€have€done."€Dilworth€and€his€friends€wereÏthrowing€rocks€one€day€in€the€schoolyard.€Dilworth€aimed,€but€the€rock€went€off€at€an€angle,Ïsailing€up€to€the€second€floor€and€crashing€through€the€window€of€his€own€fourth€grade€class.ÏRed„haired€Mrs.€Burmister€came€to€the€window.€Dilworth,€paralyzed€with€fear,€suddenly€foundÏhimself€alone€in€the€schoolyard.€All€the€others€ran.€She€said,€"Dilworth,€did€you€break€thisÏwindow?"€Dilworth,€with€the€directness€that€always€characterized€him,€said,€"Yes,€Ma'am."€SheÏcalled€him€in€and€took€him€to€the€principal,€William€Bradford.€When€he€asked,€DilworthÏanswered,€"Yes,€Sir,€I€broke€the€window.€I€didn't€mean€to.€This€rock€slipped€out€of€my€hand€andÏgot€going€the€wrong€way."€He€told€him€he€would€have€to€take€it€up€with€the€school€board.Ð @-(, ÐDilworth€passed€an€anxious€weekend,€then€on€Monday€"I€was€called€in€and€told€that,€because€IÏhad€told€the€truth€and€had€not€run,€I€would€be€excused€from€paying€for€the€window.€That€was€myÏfirst€experience€in€honesty€being€rewarded,€and€I€have€never€forgotten€it."€Dilworth€recalls€Mrs.ÏBurmister€trying€to€honor€him€with€a€kiss.ÌÌò òAfter€Hoursó óÐ L œ Ðà  àChildhood€games€Dilworth€remembers€include€kick„the„can,€pom„pom„pull„away,€duck„¼on„the„walk,€mumble„peg,€marbles,€hopscotch,€jump„the„rope,€and€tippy„cat.€For€this€last,€"oneÏwhittled€the€cat€from€a€broom€handle.€The€bat€was€a€flat€paddle.€One€struck€the€edge€of€the€cat,Ïflipping€it€in€the€air,€and€while€in€the€air,€striking€it€with€the€bat,€driving€it€as€far€as€he€could."ÏThe€opponent€would€allow€a€certain€number€of€bat€lengths.€The€driver€could€take€them€orÏdemand€more,€in€which€case€they€measured.€"If€the€driver€was€right,€he€got€that€many€moreÏpoints."€Seymour€bought€the€children€a€donkey€while€they€still€lived€on€sixth€south.€DilworthÏremembers€mostly€the€older€boys€in€the€neighborhood€stealing€it€from€their€yard€and€his€motherÏgoing€after€them.€€Once€it€balked€on€a€set€of€streetcar€tracks.€Lou€pulled€and€Dilworth€and€EmilyÏbeat€with€sticks,€but€they€could€not€get€it€off.€Finally,€"the€car€came€to€a€stop,€the€motorman€andÏconductor€and€a€passenger€got€off€and€pushed€the€donkey€off€the€tracks€and€went€on€their€way,Ïmuch€to€the€amusement€of€everyone€on€the€car„„and€to€Mother's€embarrassment.€I€wasÏembarrassed€too."Ìà  àDilworth€played€with€the€Marron€boys,€Ben€and€Hen,€back€fence€neighbors,€"Irish€kids,Ïtough€and€mean,€[who]€liked€to€fight€all€the€time."€Once€Hen€and€Lewis€Larson€ganged€up€onÏhim.€"I€figured,€well€now,€I've€got€to€get€Lewey€out€of€this,€because€the€Marron€kid€was€quickerÏthan€he€was,€so€I€just€kept€hitting€Lewey€on€the€nose€until€he€started€to€bleed,€and€that€fixed€him,Ïhe€didn't€need€to€go€anymore,€and€Hen€ran."€The€Marron€boys€and€other€neighborhood€kids€stoleÏthe€Youngs€peaches€summer€after€summer,€until€Seymour€got€the€idea€of€hiring€the€Marrons€toÏwatch€them.€"'You€can€have€what€you€want€to€eat,€Boys,€but€watch€it€so€that€the€other€boys€don'tÏtake€it.'"€That€did€the€trick€"They,€when€on€their€honor€to€watch€and€protect,€did€not€feel€theyÏshould€steal.€It€proved€a€good€way€to€handle€boys."€When€a€streetcar€line€was€laid€down€alongÏ9th€avenue,€the€LDS€hospital€put€in€a€sidewalk€to€combat€mud€on€visitors'€shoes.€Dilworth,ÏHiram€and€the€Marrons€waited€until€that€evening€when€the€cement€workers€went€home€andÏcarved€their€initials€in€the€cement„„SDY,€HCY,€BM,€HM€and€LCY€for€little€sister€Louine.€ThereÏthey€remained€over€seventy€years€for€him€to€read€as€an€old€man.Ìà  àDil€and€Hi€also€played€with€George€Cannon€Young,€their€cousin,€who€lived€nearby.€OnceÏthey€got€into€some€new€houses€on€C€street€above€9th€Avenue€and€played€cops€and€robbers.€"OurÏcap€pistols€echoed€nicely."€The€owners€arrived€without€notice.€Hi€and€Cannon€were€caught,€butÏDil€"went€up€over€the€hill€like€a€frightened€deer.€That€night€Father€told€me€I€would€probably€haveÏto€go€to€the€juvenile€court.€I€went€through€the€tortures€of€fear€of€going€to€court„„whatever€it€was€itÏhad€a€fearsome€sound."€Seymour€let€his€boys€stew€two€or€three€days,€then€told€them€he€hadÏgotten€them€off€with€a€promise€never€to€do€it€again.€"We€were€entirely€unconscious€that€we€wereÏdoing€wrong,€but€we€did€climb€to€the€attic€through€a€hole€in€the€ceiling€of€a€closet„„dirtying€theÏplaster.€I€suppose€Father€paid€for€the€damage."Ìà  àDilworth€mentions€smoking€with€Hi€and€Cannon.€"There€was€lots€of€smoking€done€inÏthose€days€by€nearly€everybody€...€We€managed€to€find€some€old€big€corn€cobs,€and€we€thoughtÏit€was€kind€of€cute€to€make€corncob€pipes."€For€tobacco€they€used€cedar€bark€from€the€backÏfence,€which€Hiram€remembers€made€them€sick.€Dil€says,€"We€sat€there€pondering€the€centuriesÐ @-(, Ðand€tried€to€decide€where€babies€came€from.€Cannon€held€for€the€stork€and€I€held€for€the€doctorÏand€we€were€both€wrong."€Their€father€found€out€and€confronted€them€before€the€family,€tellingÏthem€if€they€were€going€to€smoke,€to€do€it€in€the€open.€That€apparently€put€an€end€to€it.€DilworthÏwrites€of€himself,€"My€bump€of€honor€and€honesty€must€have€been€well€developed.€I€didn't€needÏto€be€told€more€than€once€that€a€thing€was€not€right€and€I€stopped€doing€it."€Hiram€tells€of€hisÏfather€offering€each€one€hundred€dollars€if€they€would€refrain€from€smoking€and€drinking€andÏkeep€themselves€clean€until€they€were€twenty„one.€When€the€time€came€he€had€no€money€andÏcould€only€tell€them€he€would€make€it€up€to€them.€Hiram€said€never€mind,€that€they€ought€to€payÏhim€a€hundred€dollars.€For€all€that,€Seymour€smoked„„away€from€the€family„„and€DilworthÏremained€aggravated€and€disturbed€into€old€age€after€having€found€him€at€it€one€day.Ìà  àDilworth€speaks€of€his€father€as€kindly€but€nervous€and€strict.€"I€always€thought€FatherÏwas€fair€with€us€most€the€time.€He€punished€quickly,€he€had€a€quick€temper,€and€he€spanked€us,Ïoh,€yes,€you€bet€...€[But]€he€saw€what€we€needed€...€Father€understood€us€and€he€got€us€thingsÏto€play€with."€He€says,€"when€we€wanted€to€play,€he€made€us€a€little€ball€diamond€outside€andÏbought€a€ball€and€a€bat,€and€showed€us€how."€The€diamond€extended€between€their€house€and€theÏeast„west€ditch€(which€they€sometimes€dammed€for€swimming)€about€seventy„five€feet€away.Ï"We€managed€to€make€balls€or€find€an€old€ball€and€knit€a€cover€for€it€if€the€horsehide€wasÏirreparable."€Seymour€would€not€let€them€"play€sides"€on€Sundays,€but€allowed€them€to€playÏ"rounders."€"I€remember€one€time€I€knocked€a€home€run€through€our€...€dining€room€window,Ïright€almost€in€the€lap€of€the€bishop,€who€was€calling€on€Father."€Dil€says€the€bishop€used€toÏwalk€around€the€block€to€avoid€seeing€them€on€Sundays€and€having€to€tell€them€to€stop.€After€theÏstreetcar€line€pushed€through€their€field,€the€boys€played€on€another€patch€of€"not„too„flat€land"Ïbelow€10th€Avenue€and€between€„B„€and€„C„€Streets.€At€one€time€they€had€a€team€and€coach.Ï"We€persuaded€our€parents€to€buy€us€uniforms€made€of€outing€flannel.€The€uniforms€were€flimsyÏbut€gave€us€a€real€professional€look.€The€cost€was€one€dollar€each€...€Every€Saturday€in€the€fallÏand€spring€it€was€either€football€or€baseball."Ìà  àThey€sledded€in€winter,€coming€down€the€hill€and€over€a€footbridge€crossing€the€ditch,€theÏground€dropping€away€on€the€other€side.€"Sometimes€we€could€leap€three€or€four€feet.€Our€belliesÏwould€be€sore€from€the€pounding€when€we€hit."€Riding€in€the€Avenues,€"we€got€as€far€as€weÏwanted€to€go."€Boys€commonly€"hooked"€rides€on€the€backs€of€grocery€wagons.€The€wagonsÏwere€reinforced€with€steel€supports€on€the€sides.€The€boys€would€pass€a€long€rope€through€theseÏand€hold€on€while€being€pulled€on€their€clippers.€They€steered€by€pulling€on€one€end€of€the€ropeÏor€the€other.€When€they€got€tired€they€dropped€off.€Another€type€of€sled€was€called€a€schooner,Ïlarge€enough€to€hold€a€dozen€people€or€more.€"They'd€have€a€horse€pull€that€thing€up€to€the€headÏof€Federal€Heights,"€(the€Avenues€were€too€dangerous€for€schooners),€"and€then€they'd€all€get€outÏand€turn€the€thing€around€and€...€slide€down€around€those€curves€on€Federal€Heights€into€SouthÏTemple.€They'd€go€as€far€as€fifth€east€before€they€stopped."Ìà  àIt€may€have€been€the€schooners€that€inspired€the€four„man€coaster€wagon€Dilworth'sÏfather€built.ÌññÓÓññÌà0  àIt€was€the€only€thing€of€its€kind€ever€invented.€Otto€Oblad€the€blacksmith€made€it.€It€hadÏreal€buggy€wheels€cut€to€about€twenty„seven€inch€diameter.€The€steering€was€a€bicycleÏrim€run€by€a€sprocket€and€chain€beneath.€It€had€a€brake€like€a€real€wagon.€We€used€to€startÏat€10th€Avenue€and€ride€to€Grandmother€Young's€on€[48€South]€4th€East.€Then€we€wouldÏhave€to€push€it€home.€Ð@-(,(#(# ЇÌññÓÓññññ€ññOr€they€could€leave€it€there€until€the€next€day,€or€the€day€after,€as€they€often€did.€Hiram€says,Ï"Father€was€wise.€He€knew€where€we€were.€He€knew€we€were€coasting€or€else€pushing,€mainlyÏpushing."€Dilworth€agrees.€"No€toy€ever€used€up€more€boy€energy€than€that€coaster€...€We€wereÏnever€any€trouble€at€home."€Not€that€there€wasn't€trouble€to€be€gotten€into€coasting.€The€wagonÏcould€have€upset.€The€spokes€of€the€wheels€were€uncovered€and€could€have€broken€hands€or€feet.ÏOnce,€he€writes,€"Hi€and€I€and€Cannon€...€conceived€the€idea€we'd€really€like€to€have€anÏadventure."€The€three€of€them€pushed€the€wagon€as€high€as€the€Veteran's€Hospital.€DilworthÏsteered,€Cannon€held€onto€the€middle,€and€Hi€worked€the€brake.€Down€they€came,€"lickety„split,"Ïover€stones€and€sagebrush€and€molehills.€"That€thing€bounced,€cavorted„„we€hung€on€for€all€weÏwere€worth.€It's€a€wonder€we€weren't€killed."€They€turned€onto€the€cement€by€the€hospital€"goingÏabout€thirty„five€miles€per€hour€...€When€we€ended€up€at€Grandma's€we€were€limp€with€excitedÏexhaustion."Ìà  àThe€boys€finally€discovered€where€they€could€ride€with€less€effort.€Starting€on€„A„€StreetÏand€1st€Avenue,€they€could€coast€east€to€„D„,€then€to€South€Temple,€then€back€to€„A„€Street.ÏDilworth€calls€it€"perpetual€motion"„„seven€blocks€coasting€for€one€block€pushing.€Of€course€itÏwas€a€steep€push.€Dilworth€says€the€wagon€took€four€or€five€kids€to€get€up€a€hill€when€he€firstÏstarted,€but€that€as€he€got€older€and€heaver,€he€could€finally€push€it€from€South€Temple€homeÏalone.€"That€was€my€great€thing."Ìà  àSeymour€paid€forty€dollars€for€a€red€Durham€cow€with€the€left€front€and€back€teats€joinedÏtogether,€forming€one€large€teat€with€two€holes.€The€seller€claimed€she€milked€faster€that€way.Ï"We€children€fell€in€love€with€her€and€proudly€led€her€home."€The€double€teat€did€give€twoÏstreams,€but€proved€hard€to€work,€and€before€long€the€milk€began€to€come€out€bloody.€"FatherÏwent€back€to€the€man€and€told€him€that€he€had€sold€the€cow€under€false€representations€and€askedÏfor€our€money€back.€The€man€just€laughed€and€told€Father€that€he€should€be€less€naive."€With€noÏmoney€for€another€cow,€they€used€the€milk€from€the€good€side.€Hi€brought€in€the€milk€dirty€twoÏor€three€times,€with€some€story€about€how€it€got€that€way.€"Mother€decided€that€we€couldn't€keepÏthat€up,€so€Hi€was€taken€off€the€milking€list.€Years€later€he€confessed€to€me€that€he€had€thrown€aÏhandful€of€dry€barnyard€manure€into€the€milk€each€time€to€get€out€of€milking."€After€about€a€yearÏSeymour€sold€the€cow€to€a€butcher.€"It€about€broke€us€up,€for€we€had€learned€to€love€that€old€redÏcow.€She€surely€was€gentle€and€kind."Ìà  àThe€Youngs€attended€the€18th€Ward€on€„A„€Street€above€2nd€Avenue.€Dilworth€writes€ofÏwalking€with€Cannon€and€Hiram€each€Monday€night€to€priesthood€meetings€as€a€deacon,€alsoÏSunday€mornings€to€"pass"€in€Sunday€school€and€again€in€the€evening€for€sacrament€meeting.€"IÏused€to€envy€the€teachers€who€could€carry€the€silver€pitchers€for€refilling€the€silver€goblets.€TheseÏwere€passed€from€mouth€to€mouth."€Hiram€speaks€of€collecting€fast€offerings€in€kind€andÏdelivering€them€to€widows€in€the€ward.€John€D.€Giles,€the€deacon's€teacher,€gave€the€boys€pencilsÏand€books€and€had€them€write€down€points€for€attendance€and€participation.€Dilworth€won€aÏprize€when€he€was€deacon's€president,€"a€boy's€history€of€'Abraham€Lincoln'€by€a€man€namedÏMorgan.€I€read€it€altogether€about€ten€times€in€the€next€few€years."€Dilworth€thought€highly€ofÏJohn€Giles,€"who€made€the€business€of€being€a€deacon€seem€very€real."€Brother€Giles€writes€of€aÏpresentation€Dilworth€made€on€behalf€of€the€deacons€before€meetings€were€adjourned€for€theÏsummer.€"Dilworth€arose€and€said€in€a€rather€commanding€tone,€'Brother€Giles,€we€would€likeÏyou€to€stand€right€here.'€I€followed€instructions.€Then€I€listened€to€one€of€the€most€carefullyÏprepared€and€appropriately€presented€talks€I€have€ever€heard€from€a€boy."€Dilworth€thenÐ @-(, Ðpresented€him€with€a€book€of€poems€by€Tennyson.Ìà  àDilworth€says,€"I€can€remember€that€I€wanted€to€learn€and€was€very€much€annoyed€byÏboys€who€wanted€to€disturb.€I€can't€remember€wanting€to€do€wrong€during€that€period.€I€heard€ofÏother€boys€and€their€mischievous€acts€and€used€to€wonder€why€they€wanted€to€be€that€way.€ButÏfor€myself,€I€didn't€want€to,€nor€did€Cannon€Young€or€Hi."Ìà  àMost€of€the€land€north€and€west€of€the€Young€home€was€wild,€still,€and€the€boys€liked€toÏplay€in€the€hills.€"Cannon€Young€and€I€would€get€the€fever€to€build€underground€houses.€And€soÏevery€summer€we€would€go€over€the€rim€of€the€canyon€fifty€feet€or€so€and€start€to€excavate."ÏThey€heard€of€successful€underground€forts€belonging€to€rough€boys€by€the€sand€pits€above€„K„ÏStreet,€but€they€never€managed€to€get€theirs€covered.€"We€did€not€have€the€money€to€buy€oldÏlumber€to€roof€them€over€and€we€would€not€steal€any,€so€the€holes€were€dug€and€the€energyÏspent„„with€loss€of€interest€when€we€could€not€complete€them."€Once€in€March€Cannon€andÏDilworth€went€on€an€overnight€camp€in€City€Creek.€They€packed€two€quilts€and€enough€cannedÏfood€for€a€week,€rolling€everything€in€a€wagon€cover€to€be€used€as€a€tent.€Each€boy€took€an€endÏand€they€started€out€for€the€new€road€cutting€into€City€Creek€from€11th€Avenue.€"The€farther€weÏstaggered€with€our€food,€the€more€scared€I€got„„and€homesick.€So€I€began€to€fake€a€stomach€ache.ÏBy€the€time€we€got€to€the€place€where€the€road€bends€to€go€toward€the€State€Capitol€I€insisted€onÏgoing€home."€By€now€the€sky€was€black€and€low€with€an€approaching€storm.€"We€staggeredÏhome€with€our€load,€much€to€Cannon's€disgust€with€my€babyness,€and€got€there€just€at€dark€andÏjust€in€time€for€supper.€Father€was€just€organizing€a€searching€party€for€us."€It€snowed€eightÏinches€that€night.Ìà  àCattle€from€the€city€roamed€in€the€hills,€which€were€covered€in€sego€lilies.€"We€learned€toÏrecognize€them€and€dug€the€bulbs€for€spring€salads.€As€I€look€back,€they€seemed€inexhaustible,Ïbut€they€are€all€gone€now."€Seymour€bought€Dilworth€and€Hiram€a€repeating€.22€Winchester€rifleÏone€Christmas.€"Every€Saturday€for€about€six€months€Father€took€us€up€on€the€hills€in€back€ofÏour€house€...€and€taught€us€how€to€carry€the€gun€so€we€couldn't€kill€each€other,€how€to€shoot€it,Ïhow€to€never€shoot€at€wrong€things,€target€practice€only€on€tin€cans,€never€shoot€at€animals€orÏbirds€...€before€he€let€us€take€it€out€alone."€Dil€admits,€"I€think€I€lorded€it€over€Hi€by€carrying€itÏmore€and€telling€him€when€he€could€shoot,€but€he€didn't€seem€to€be€very€resentful."€They€neverÏreally€hunted€with€it,€though€once€they€took€a€pot€shot€at€a€bobcat.Ìà  àWhen€Dil€was€ten,€a€boy€named€Clarence€Olsen€was€showing€him€and€Hiram€and€CannonÏhis€mail„order€Sears€.22€pistol€at€the€edge€of€City€Creek€Canyon.€The€gun's€spring€was€broken,€soÏhe€had€stretched€a€large€rubber€band€around€the€trigger€guard€and€hammer.€Clarence€wasÏdemonstrating€how€Buffalo€Bill€shot,€pointing€the€gun€in€the€air,€then€aiming€into€the€canyon,Ïpulling€the€hammer€back€and€letting€go.€The€boys€were€standing€in€a€half„circle€facing€theÏcanyon,€Dilworth€opposite€Clarence.ÌññÓÓññÌà0  àAll€of€a€sudden€my€hand€went€numb.€I€looked€down€and€saw€an€ever„larger€spot€of€red€onÏmy€white€shirt.€I€yelled,€"I'm€shot,"€and€headed€for€home€as€fast€as€I€could€go.€Over€theÏback€fence€"belly€buster"€place,€which€Father€had€fixed€to€give€us€faster€egress€andÏingress€to€our€lot,€Hi€went.€He€had€for€once€been€faster€than€I.€Into€the€house,€"Dil's€shot,ÏDil's€shot!"€Mother€came€out.€The€doctor€came€and€soon€discovered€the€bullet€had€goneÏthrough€the€arm€and€out,€missing€the€bone€and€arteries,€but€ticking€a€nerve„„whichÏnumbed€my€hand.€The€angle€from€which€it€was€fired€was€such€that€it€passed€in€front€ofÏmy€breast€and€into€my€arm.€One„sixteenth€of€an€inch€to€the€left€and€I€would€have€beenÐ @-(, Ðshot€through€the€heart.€For€three€days€I€was€a€hero„„then€I€was€just€commonplace„„justÏanother€accident.€I€have€often€thought€that€the€Lord€must€have€had€some€purpose€in€myÏnot€getting€the€full€load€in€the€chest.Ð (#(# Ðà  àÌÌññÓÓññññ€ññClarence€"ran€like€a€rabbit€up€the€canyon,"€finally€coming€home€that€night.€Seymour€took€awayÏhis€gun.ÌÌò òMountain€Delló óÐ  ` Ðà  àSeymour€B.€Young,€Sr.,€in€the€early€days,€invested€in€four€hundred€acres€at€MountainÏDell,€near€Little€Mountain,€where€the€reservoir€now€stands.€For€a€time€he€"grub€staked"€it„„¼outfitting€miners€to€prospect€for€a€month€at€a€time€in€exchange€for€half€of€what€they€found.€HeÏeventually€built€a€cabin€on€the€land.€Other€families€lived€nearby,€some€who€farmed,€some€poorÏDanish€immigrants€who€worked€replacing€ties€on€the€railroad.€Towards€the€turn€of€the€centuryÏthe€community€of€Mountain€Dell€was€large€enough€to€support€a€ward,€dissolved€in€1898€whenÏthe€city€bought€many€of€the€homes€to€protect€the€watershed.€Seymour€Sr.€kept€the€cabin€as€aÏsummer€home.€Dilworth's€father,€uncles,€and€aunts€brought€their€families€here€to€camp€eachÏsummer,€"usually€about€the€4th€of€July.€We€stayed€until€late€August€usually.€We€had€a€tent€frameÏon€the€bottom€land€next€to€the€creek,€and€did€our€cooking€in€a€two€hole€tin€stove€in€the€tent."€TheÏtents€were€suspended€on€wooden€frameworks,€over€raised€wooden€floors.€They€slept€on€cots.€TheÏmen€commuted€fifteen€miles€to€jobs€in€the€valley,€an€hour„and„a„quarter€by€buggy,€or€stayed€inÏthe€valley€two€or€three€days€at€a€time.€Seymour€often€had€company€cars.€One€Overland€that€heÏsometimes€took€to€the€canyon€would€quit€without€warning.ÌññÓÓññÌà0  àFather€would€get€out,€unhook€the€gasoline€line€and€blow.€The€dirt€would€go€back€into€theÏtank€and€we€would€go€until€the€dirt€settled€and€was€again€in€the€line.€Our€lights€wereÏcarbide€gas,€and€our€horn€was€a€rubber€bulb.€One€pressed€it€and€forced€the€air€through€aÏreed.€We€had€plenty€of€horses€and€wagons€to€look€out€for€and€of€course€always€worriedÏthat€we€might€get€hit€by€the€Park€City€train€as€it€wound€its€way€up€or€down€the€canyon.ÏThere€were€eight€crossings€and€we€were€glad€when€number€eight€had€been€safely€passed.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌññÓÓññññ€ññà  àOne€of€Dilworth's€early€memories€in€Mountain€Dell€was€of€sassing€his€mother.€After€aÐ 0"€  Ðfew€unsuccessful€warnings,€Lou€threatened€to€dunk€him€in€the€creek.€He€didn't€believe€her€andÏsassed€her€yet€again.€"She€picked€me€up€by€one€arm€and€one€leg€and€took€me€over€to€the€creekÏand€dunked€my€head€under€it.€I€thought€she€was€going€to€drown€me.€Scared€me€to€death.€ThatÏcured€me€of€talking€to€Mother€like€I€shouldn't."Ìà  àLouine€says€her€grandfather€kept€horses€at€Mountain€Dell€and€that€the€boys€rode€them€aÏgood€deal.€She€says€they€had€trout€from€the€stream€for€dinner€nearly€every€day.€One€summerÏDilworth's€Aunt€Elma€read€òòLes€Misrablesóó€to€the€older€children.€Dilworth€remembers€listeningÐ ¤(ô#' Ðwithout€really€understanding.€He€tells€of€horseback€riding,€berrying€("wild€currents,Ïchokecherries€and€serviceberries"),€and€grouse€hunting,€though€he€says€he€and€Hiram€neverÏhunted€with€the€uncles,€at€least€not€much.€"The€camp€was€the€most€fun€when€our€aunts€wereÏbeing€courted,€and€our€uncles€were€courting."€Then,€especially,€there€was€singing€around€the€fire,Ï"campfire€fun€and€storytelling."€Grandfather€Young€would€tell€of€his€adventures€crossing€theÐ @-(, Ðplains€and€on€his€mission.€Seymour€Jr.,€and€Levi€and€Clifford€(who€both€later€became€generalÏauthorities)€told€of€their€missions€as€well.€Phyllis€Wells€remembers€how€entertaining€they€were,Ïsinging€and€joking€and€dancing€and€carrying€on.€Levi€was€known€for€his€Indian€stories.€"Seme"Ïand€"Lee,"€she€remembers,€were€both€good€mimics.€Levi€danced€the€Charleston€with€cousinÏFlorence€Bennion,€who€was€much€taller€than€he.€The€brothers€teased€each€other€about€theirÏ"Chinese"€names:€Lee€Young,€Seme€Young.€They€told€Pat€and€Mike€jokes.€According€to€one,€PatÏand€Mike€were€parked€on€the€fifteenth€floor€of€a€fifteen€story€hotel€in€New€York€City€when€a€fireÏengine€went€by€below,€then€another.€"Pat,€come€quick,€come€quick,€they're€moving€Hell€and€twoÏloads€have€gone€by€already."Ìà  àOne€night€Lou€found€a€nest€of€field€mice€in€the€cupboard€where€she€kept€Richmond'sÏdiapers.€She€called€Clifford€over.€He,€thinking€to€catch€the€mother,€left€the€babies€exposed€in€aÏcorner.€Lou€put€out€the€lamp€and€went€to€bed,€only€to€feel€something€crawling€on€her€a€fewÏminutes€later.€Carefully€she€reached€up,€lit€a€match,€touched€it€to€the€lamp,€and€then€flipped€backÏthe€covers.€"Right€there,€lying€on€her€nightgown,€were€three€little€naked€mice.€That€motherÏmouse€had€brought€those€mice€in€under€the€covers€and€deposited€them€on€Mother's€lap."€LouÏcalled€out€for€Clifford€once€more,€who€this€time€killed€them.Ìà  àOn€a€Sunday€afternoon€once,€when€Dilworth€was€about€seven,€Grandma€Young€hadÏinvited€everyone€down€to€dinner€in€her€cabin,€when€a€cloudburst€hit€Little€Mountain.€Before€longÏa€wall€of€red,€muddy€water€hit€the€cabin,€picked€it€up,€and€floated€it€a€hundred€yards€down€theÏriver,€where€it€wedged€against€the€brush€and€willows.€Water€flowed€through€the€house€two€feetÏdeep,€so€those€around€the€table€climbed€up€on€it€with€the€food.€Dilworth€ran€up€the€stairs€towardÏthe€attic€and€watched€from€above.€"No€one€was€hurt,€nobody€drowned,€and€the€water€soonÏsubsided€again,€and€then€of€course€we€had€to€be€lifted€out€onto€the€higher€bank,€[with]€mudÏeverywhere.€And€finally€around€about€8:00€o'clock€that€night,€they€sent€some€carriages€up€fromÏSalt€Lake€and€took€us€home€[to€the€valley].€All€the€bridges€were€washed€out.€They€had€a€real€timeÏgetting€up€and€down."€The€tents€were€washed€away.€Dilworth€says€he€learned€never€to€camp€inÏthe€river€bottom,€as€storms€even€several€miles€distant€could€mean€flash€floods€downstream.ÏWhen€they€rebuilt€the€camp,€they€put€it€on€higher€ground.€"If€we'd€have€been€in€those€tents€...Ïevery€one€of€us€would€have€drowned."Ìà  àDilworth€and€Emily€graduated€from€Lowell€Elementary€in€the€spring€of€1911.€SeymourÏhad€the€money€to€send€just€Emily€(perhaps€because€she€was€oldest)€to€the€Latter„day€SaintÏUniversity,€the€Church„run,€combination€high€school„junior€college,€located€east€of€the€HotelÏUtah.€Dilworth€presumably€would€go€to€Salt€Lake€(later€West)€High.€"I€felt€terrible.€I€had€justÏturned€fourteen€and€to€be€left€out€seemed€to€me€awful.€So€I€cried€a€lot,€and€Father€somehowÏraised€the€extra€money€needed€to€pay€my€tuition."€He€remembers€wearing€knickerbockers€toÏschool.€He€says€he€did€well€enough€in€English€and€history€but€that€"Latin€and€algebra€wereÏbeyond€me."€That€year€Seymour's€health€turned€bad.€"He€wasn't€right€down,€but€he€was€miserableÏfor€some€reason€...€He€thought€he€had€kidney€trouble,€and€he€probably€did€because€that's€what€heÏdied€of."€Seymour€resigned€his€job,€and€that€April,€before€Dilworth€could€finish€his€school€year,Ïtook€the€family€to€Mountain€Dell€while€he€recovered.€"We€couldn't€afford€to€live€anywhere€else.ÏWe€had€no€money."€School€was€not€really€an€option„„certainly€there€was€none€in€Mountain€Dell.Ï"Grandma€Young€helped€us€to€get€food,€I€guess€...€We€ate€food,€I€don't€know€where€it€cameÏfrom."€They€slept€in€tents€through€that€summer€and€the€next,€spending€the€winter€of€1912„13€inÏUncle€Mel€Well's€cabin,€"which€was€better€than€the€others,€although€it€was€unlined€for€winterÏuse."€That€meant€just€a€board€between€them€and€the€weather.€Dil€says,€"We€learned€what€Ô_ÔlivingÐ @-(, Ðin€an€unlined€cabin€was„„it€was€awfully€cold."€Lou€hung€drapes„„she€writes€in€her€history€of€anÏevening€when€a€cup€of€water€froze€three€feet€from€the€stove.Ìà  àOther€families€had€been€around€during€the€summer,€but€with€winter€here,€the€Ô_ÔYoungsÔ_Ô€hadÏthe€camp€to€themselves.€The€children€skated€on€a€pond.€The€Ô_ÔYoungsÔ_Ô€made€a€little€moneyÏpasturing€horses€for€some€men€from€Garfield.€"Twelve€head€or€so€wintered€over€the€high€ridgesÏwest€of€the€camp€and€we€could€count€them.€In€the€spring€we€finally€got€to€them€and€discoveredÏthat€one€had€a€colt.€Herding€them€was€fun,€although€we€knew€little€about€how€to€care€for€them."ÏÔ_ÔLouineÔ_Ô€remembers€standing€by€the€train€tracks€and€picking€up€coal€one€of€the€engineers€wouldÏthrow€off€for€them.€She€says€her€mother€put€their€foodstuffs€on€the€table€at€night,€away€from€theÏmice,€and€wrapped€them€in€blankets€to€keep€them€from€freezing.€Relatives€visited€occasionally.ÏOne€day€in€February,€Dil€remembers,€Uncle€John€Robbins€came€up€on€a€sleigh.€ññÓÓññÌà0  àIt€was€a€warm€day€and€the€cabin€had€got€warm€through€the€roof€and€we€didn't€have€a€fireÏin€the€stove.€Uncle€John€got€out€of€his€sleigh€and€he€came€in€and€he€says,€"My,€I'm€cold!"ÏHe€went€over€to€the€stove€and€rubbed€his€hands€on€it€and€he€got€warm,€and€after€he€gotÏwarm€Hi€said,€"Uncle€John,€open€the€stove€door!"€Uncle€John€opened€the€stove€door,€andÏthere€was€no€fire.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌÔ_ÔññÓÓññÔ_Ôà  àGeorge€Ô_ÔKneppÔ_Ô,€a€strong,€well„liked,€good„natured€fellow,€not€Ô_ÔLDSÔ_Ô,€who€ran€the€city€farmÏfarther€up€the€Dell,€visited€more€and€more€often.€George,€later€chief€sheriff's€deputy€in€Salt€LakeÏCounty,€could€play€the€mouth€organ€and€call€country€dances.€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€did€not€realize€it€at€theÏtime,€but€George€was€courting€Emily,€and€they€married€a€year€after€the€Ô_ÔYoungsÔ_Ô€returned€to€SaltÏLake.€Once€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€took€the€"bobs"€to€town€"and€was€too€ashamed€to€drive€them€through€theÏmud,€so€I€took€the€wagon€back."€Once€in€the€canyon€snow€he€found€the€sleigh's€tracks€wereÏnarrower€than€the€wagon's.€He€drove€the€horses€four€miles€before€they€gave€out€with€two€milesÏstill€to€go.€George€"came€along,€and€with€the€tongue€of€his€Ô_ÔbobsleighÔ_Ô€pushing€against€my€tailgate,Ïliterally€pushed€me€into€camp.€I€learned€there€that€false€pride€is€a€foolish€thing.€George€neverÏrebuked,€just€laughed€and€pushed€me€home."Ìà  àThe€second€August€in€Mountain€Dell,€George€got€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€a€job€pitching€timothy€hay€onÏthe€Hugh€Evans€farm€in€Marion,€not€far€from€Ô_ÔKamasÔ_Ô.€(George€pitched€at€the€Ô_ÔWotstenholmÔ_Ô€ranchÏnearby.)€ÌÔ_ÔññÓÓññÔ_ÔÌà0  àIt€was€my€job€to€...€hitch€up€and€haul€hay€for€ten€hours€each€day,€milk€five€cows€and€feedÏthem€and€the€horses.€The€end€of€my€first€day€found€my€muscles€so€sore€that€I€could€notÏhold€my€knife€and€fork€if€I€had€to€put€pressure€on€them.€Mrs.€Evans€cut€my€meat.€By€theÏend€of€two€weeks€I€was€over€my€soreness€and€secretly€felt€my€muscle€each€night€and€wasÏpleased€with€its€hardness.€I€consumed€tons€of€food€and€must€have€eaten€a€pint€ofÏwhipping€cream€each€morning.€I€slept€with€Alva€Evans€upstairs€and€felt€a€little€prickly€atÏfirst.€I€did€not€realize€it€was€bedbugs,€but€it€was.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌÔ_ÔññÓÓññññ€ññDilworthÔ_Ô€remembers€the€Evans€boys€ran€wild,€especially€on€Saturday€and€Sunday€nights,€"but€IÏnever€did€indulge.€ÌÔ_ÔññÓÓññÔ_ÔÌà0  àThey€all€had€horses€and€buggies€and€took€in€the€country€dances€for€miles€around.€TheseÐ @-(, Ðwere€long€lasting,€followed€by€buggy€rides€home€with€the€girls.€Often€they€would€raceÏbuggies€down€the€turnpike€road,€which€had€quite€a€high€center.€It€is€a€wonder€they€wereÏnot€killed€...€At€the€end€of€the€first€summer€Mr.€Evans€said,€'Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô,€you€cannot€do€aÏman's€work,€but€you€are€so€willing€and€tried€so€hard€I'm€going€to€give€you€a€man's€pay.'€IÏgot€two€dollars€per€day€for€thirty€days€work.€Ð (#(# ÐÌÌÔ_ÔññÓÓññññ€ññÔ_Ôà  àBy€that€fall,€Seymour€had€recovered€enough€to€open€a€real€estate€office€and€move€theÐ $ t Ðfamily€off€the€mountain€to€a€home€at€2002€South€13th€East.€Mountain€Dell€became€once€againÏjust€a€summer€retreat€for€the€Ô_ÔYoungsÔ_Ô,€until€condemned€for€the€new€dam€and€flooded€in€1917.ÌÔ_ÔÔ_ÔÐ  è 8  ÐÓ  ÓChapter€2ÌComing€of€AgeÌÓ  ÓÌò òGranite€Yearsó óÐ tÄ Ðà  àOne€day€that€winter€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô,€now€sixteen€and€six€feet€tall,€went€"uptown,"€presumablyÏon€foot,€to€Ô_ÔLDSUÔ_Ô€to€ask€if€he€could€finish€the€half„year€he€had€missed.€Osborne€Ô_ÔWidtsoeÔ_Ô,€theÏprincipal,€told€him€he€could.€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€asked,€"'Well,€could€I€do€it€on€the€money€I€paid€on€thatÏyear?'€He€said,€'No,€you€can't€do€that.€You€have€to€pay€a€half„year's€tuition.'"€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€had€noÏmoney,€and€neither€did€his€father,€so€that€was€the€end€of€that.€He€thought€to€try€Salt€Lake€HighÏSchool,€but€the€school€had€a€rough€reputation,€and€in€any€case,€Granite€was€closer€to€hisÏÔ_ÔSugarhouseÔ_Ô€home.€So€he€walked€the€thirty„five€blocks€out€to€Granite€High€and€up€to€the€thirdÏfloor€to€the€registrar's€office.€He€told€the€man€in€the€window€of€his€project€of€finishing€the€half„¼year,€adding€that€he€had€no€money€for€entrance€fees.€Willard€"Ô_ÔWidÔ_Ô"€Ashton,€a€math€teacher€whoÏhad€been€filling€in€for€the€registrar,€enrolled€him€in€the€freshman€class,€explaining€there€were€noÏfees.€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€signed€up€for€English,€algebra,€agriculture,€history,€and€physical€education„„¼Ashton€taught€this€last.€He€asked€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€if€he€would€like€to€sign€up€for€seminary.€"'What€isÏthat?'€said€I.€'It's€a€class€you€take€in€your€spare€time€given€by€the€Church€for€no€credit€unless€youÏstudy€the€Bible,'€he€replied."€So€it€was€that€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€took€seminary€the€second€year€it€was€everÏoffered.Ìà  à"Those€were€happy€days."€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€walked€the€three€miles€from€home€and€back€againÏeach€day.€"I€had€no€money€to€ride„„rain,€snow€or€shine."€Many€of€the€students€lived€on€farms€andÏwere€a€year€or€two€behind,€like€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô,€from€staying€out€to€help€at€home.€Adam€S.€Ô_ÔBennionÔ_Ô,Ïlater€an€Apostle,€served€as€principal.€Ô_ÔDilworthÔ_Ô€remembers€him€and€Ô_ÔWidÔ_Ô€Ashton€as€"highÏÔ_Ôprincipled€men€[who]€always€insisted€on€high€ideals€in€the€students."€He€adds,€"I€enjoyed€theÏschool€dances,€and€the€girls€were€especially€nice."Ìà  àDilworth€made€a€lifelong€friend€in€Merlon€Stevenson,€later€head€of€engineering€and€mathÏand€head€coach€at€Weber€College€and€Dil's€neighbor€in€Ogden.€The€two€had€much€in€common„„¼both€had€been€out€of€school,€both€walked€long€distances€each€morning€and€night€(six€miles€forÏ"Steve"€at€one€point).€Both€liked€sports,€worked€and€studied€hard,€and€had€high€standards.€TheyÏresembled€each€other,€too,€at€least€enough€to€confuse€their€teachers.€"Ike€and€Mike,€they€lookÏalike,"€reads€a€caption€in€the€1915„16€yearbook.€The€picture€of€them€together€shows€them€withÏsimilar€haircuts,€in€similar€jeans€and€drooping,€long€sleeved€shirts.€They€have€similar€pointedÏnoses€and€similar€jawlines.€Steve€says€Dilworth€was€two€inches€taller€and€two€pounds€heavier.ÏHe€remembers€the€two€of€them€sitting€in€Wid€Ashton's€math€class€when€Wid€wanted€to€make€aÏpoint€about€perspective.€"He€said,€'Well,€a€lot€depends€on€the€way€you€look€at€something,'€and€weÏkind€of€looked€at€him„„'What?'€So€Wid€came€down€and€he€had€a€book€in€his€hand."€Steve€wasÏsitting€just€in€back€of€Dilworth.€Wid€showed€the€two€of€them€the€book€and€said,€"'Now,€what€isÏthat?'€and€we€both€spoke€up€at€the€same€time€...€but€one€of€us€said€it€was€a€rabbit€and€the€otherÏsaid€it€was€a€duck.€The€bills€for€the€duck€were€the€ears€to€the€rabbit,€depending€on€which€way€youÏlooked€at€it."Ìà  àSteve€thought€Dil€"as€honest€as€the€day€is€long,€and€that€when€he€told€you€something€youÏcould€depend€on€it."€He€thought€him€"just€a€good,€solid€American€boy€with€high€ideals,€becauseÏeverything€that€we€talked€about€was€on€a€high€level€...€I€never€in€my€life€heard€him€ever€use€anyÏfoul€language€or€ever€tell€anything€that€was€even€shady."€They€had€fun€and€kidded€each€other,€butÏperhaps€having€had€to€stay€out€of€school€made€them€more€serious€than€they€might€otherwise€haveÐ @-(, Ðbeen.€Steve€remembers€many€of€their€conversation€turning€on€lessons€and€helping€each€otherÏalong.€Wid€Ashton€noticed€their€hard€work€and€counseled€them€to€keep€at€it,€to€prepareÏthemselves€well€and€then€decide€what€they€wanted€to€do€and€go€at€it.€"Now€I€think€both€Dil€and€IÏlistened€very€carefully.€I€know€I€did,€and€I'm€pretty€sure€he€did,€too."Ìà  àOne€year€Dilworth€talked€Steve€into€taking€a€public€speaking€class€with€him.€Steve,Ïraised€on€a€farm,€recalls€that€speaking€was€not€his€forte,€but€he€went€along.€Miss€Wolfe,€theÏteacher,€apparently€learned€late€of€a€division€extemporaneous€speech€contest€to€be€held€at€LDSU.ÏRather€than€have€Granite€unrepresented,€she€got€Dilworth€and€Steve€to€go.€Steve€recalls€it€wasÏDilworth€who€persuaded€him.€"I€still€can't€account€for€how€I€even€agreed."€Topics€were€to€beÏassigned€from€a€list€three€minutes€before€each€speech€was€given.€The€other€schools€had€all€hadÏthe€list€for€weeks.€Granite's€representatives€were€obliged€to€wing€it.€Steve€recalls€his€topic€wasÏ"The€Mosquito."€Dilworth's€account€does€not€mention€his€own.€Steve€says€he€"felt€that€Dil€did€aÏfairly€good€job,"€but€calls€his€own€performance€a€"fiasco."€Dilworth€writes,€"I€did€poorly.€SteveÏopened€his€mouth€in€his€turn€but€no€sound€came€forth."€For€their€trouble€the€boys€were€awardedÏdebate€team€letters.€The€winner€of€that€year's€contest:€Wallace€F.€Bennett€of€LDSU,€later€a€UnitedÏStates€Senator€from€Utah.Ìà  àDilworth€speaks€of€taking€plane€geometry€from€Wid€Ashton,€"to€his€despair,€because€I€amÏnot€a€mathematician."€He€says€he€played€basketball€under€him€his€first€year€there.€"I€was€like€aÏfence€rail€in€width€...€Whenever€I€would€get€in€the€practice,€within€ten€minutes€my€legs€wouldÏbe€so€numb€I€could€not€feel€them.€The€coach€...€would€say:€'What's€the€matter,€Young,€youÏbaking?'€I€would€admit€I€was,€a€little€ashamed€of€my€weakness,€and€he€would€bench€me€for€theÏnext€fifteen€or€twenty€minutes.€He€knew€what€was€wrong,€but€I€didn't.€I€was€growing€so€fast€I€hadÏno€reserve€strength."€That€summer€he€returned€to€the€Evans€farm,€stronger€and€better€able€to€pullÏhis€weight€and€happy€to€pay€back€Mr.€Evans€for€his€confidence€the€previous€summer.€He€andÏLloyd€Evans€loaded€one€wagon€against€Alva€and€Dean€Evans„„"almost€grown€men.€The€first€yearÏwe€could€not€keep€even,€but€the€second€year€we€made€them€sweat€to€keep€up.€This€was€a€sourceÏof€great€satisfaction€to€me,€and€I€came€back€home€that€fall€able€to€keep€up€on€the€basketball€andÏfootball€teams€without€'baking€out.'"Ìà  àDilworth€tried€ranching€the€summer€of€1915€when€"a€herd€of€cattle€went€past€our€place.ÌññÓÓññÌÌà0  àTwenty„first€South€was€a€trail€street€from€the€stockyards€on€8th€West€and€21st€South€toÏthe€mountains.€These€were€wild€Nevada€cattle€and€dangerous.€Get€off€your€horse€and€youÏwere€liable€to€be€charged€by€a€cow€or€a€bull.€They€belonged€to€Heber€Bennion,€and€heÏwas€trailing€them€to€Chalk€Creek€to€the€summer€range.€He€had€bought€them€from€aÏrancher€named€McMillan.€He,€his€son€Heber€Jr.€(grown€up),€a€McMillan€boy€and€...€aÏreal€Texas€cowpoke€...€named€"Big€Jeff,"€were€doing€the€trailing.€I€had€a€pony€old€andÏtough,€and€I€asked€for€a€job.€Mr.€Bennion€hired€me€to€help€with€the€herd.Ð (#(# ÐÌà0  àI€started€out„„no€coat,€a€hat,€the€pony.€We€drove€into€Emigration€Canyon€for€the€night€andÏbedded€down€at€Little€Mountain.€It€was€an€all€night€herd€job.€Next€day€we€went€over€theÏLittle€Mountain€trail€up€Killyon€Canyon€to€Parleys€Summit.€We€lost€nearly€200€of€ourÏ500€in€the€oak€brush€in€that€canyon,€and€I€lost€most€of€my€shirt€and€my€pants€in€the€sameÏbrush.€I€learned€why€cowboys€wear€chaps€and,€too,€why€they€swear€at€the€cattle.€WeÏdidn't€have€enough€punchers,€enough€food,€enough€anything.€We€bedded€the€second€nightÐ @-(, Ðon€Silver€Creek.€By€that€time€I€was€so€tired€that€during€the€night€I€became€obsessed€withÏhow€to€spell€"cattle."€I€tried€all€night€but€had€no€peace€until€daylight€when€I€stopped€andÏwrote€it€in€the€dust€where€I€could€see€it.€Ð (#(# ÐÌà0  àTwo€days€later€we€turned€the€cattle€loose€on€Bennion's€range€on€Chalk€Creek„„up€near€theÏBlue€Lakes„„and€I€ate€one€last€breakfast€of€four€eggs€and€bread€and€started€home.€I€don'tÏknow€how€many€of€those€lost€cattle€were€ever€recovered€...€I,€who€had€never€chasedÏanything€faster€than€a€milk€cow,€really€had€my€eyes€opened€to€what€a€range€cow€can€do.ÏThe€McMillan€kid€had€a€good€horse€and€a€bullwhip.€A€bull€was€lying€down€andÏMcMillan€popped€him€with€the€whip.€Before€McMillan€could€get€his€horse€moving,€thatÏbull€was€on€his€feet,€charged,€and€had€gored€the€horse€in€the€hip.€That€ended€the€horse„„¼and€the€boy€went€home.€Ð (#(# ÐÌÌññÓÓññññ€ññà  àBig€Jeff€was€in€town€a€few€days€later€and€telephoned€Dilworth€to€see€if€he€wanted€to€go€toÐ ˜è  Ða€show.€The€Youngs€had€him€over€to€dinner,€after€which€Dilworth€and€he€went€into€town.€BigÏJeff€wanted€to€stop€at€his€hotel€to€get€something.€Once€there€he€tossed€a€manila€envelope€on€theÏbed€and,€while€he€went€into€the€bathroom,€invited€Dilworth€to€have€a€look.€Inside€were€a€dozenÏglossy€prints€of€"naked€women,€in€what€they€thought€were€striking€poses.€I€saw€what€they€were,Ïquit€looking€at€#4,€and€put€them€back€in€the€envelope."€They€went€to€a€movie,€with€apparentlyÏnothing€more€said.€Afterwards€Dilworth€"bade€him€good€night"€and€went€home.€That€was€the€lastÏhe€ever€saw€of€him.ÌññÓÓññÌà0  àI€suppose€he€expected€me€to€go€with€him€to€a€bar,€have€a€drink€or€two,€and€then€seek€out€aÏhouse€of€ill€repute€...€I€realize€now€that€I€could€have€been€in€great€danger,€but€somehowÏhe€sensed€I€was€not€the€kind€of€boy€who€did€bad€things,€and€perhaps€dinner€at€our€houseÏtaught€him€a€different€culture€than€he€was€used€to.€He€was€a€profane€man€but€not€meaningÏto€be.€It€was€all€he€knew,€apparently,€and€I€thought€there€was€an€innate€courtesy€in€himÏthat€is€in€few€men€who€work€with€their€hands€today.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌÌñ ñÓÓñ ññ ñ€ñ ñà  àWhen€Dil€had€been€an€eighth€grader€at€Lowell,€an€older€boy€had€come€to€the€playgroundÐ 0"€  Ðand€shown€some€of€the€boys€a€couple€of€pictures.€"I€saw€only€one€of€them.€It€was€the€worst€sortÏof€pornography€that€one€could€imagine.€He€strutted€and€bragged€how€he€was€indulging€in€theÏsame€stuff€...€It€was€terrible.€I€would€like€to€forget€it,€but€it€lingers.€It€taught€me€that€if€I€don'tÏwant€to€have€it€in€my€mind,€I€must€not€look."€This€became€Dilworth's€characteristic€response.ÏLouine€remembers€walking€in€Sugar€House€with€Dil€when€they€passed€a€group€of€teenagersÏhaving€a€lawn€party.€"They€were€playing€kissing€games„„'wink'€was€the€popular€one€at€the€time.ÏDil€hurried€me€on,€even€though€I€wanted€to€linger€and€watch€the€excitement.€'No!'€he€said.€'KidsÏshould€not€play€games€like€that,€playing€with€the€emotions!"Ìà  àDilworth€writes€in€his€history€of€rummaging€in€a€chest€of€drawers€in€the€attic€when€heÏcame€across€two€large€leather„bound€"doctor€books."€Ìñ ñÓÓñ ñÌà0  àOne€contained€the€anatomy€of€women,€especially€sex€organs.€It€was€well€illustrated€withÐ @-(, Ðdrawings€of€the€process€of€birth,€from€conception€to€entry€into€the€world.€It€also€describedÏinstrument€delivery€and€even€what€must€be€done€if€the€baby's€head€was€too€large€to€enter.ÏThe€second€book€was€about€marital€relations,€and€while€not€entirely€accurate€in€someÏdetails,€was€interesting€reading€for€a€fifteen€year€old€boy.€Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ!ñÓÓñ!ññ!ñ€ñ!ñDilworth€notes,€"We€never€asked€[Father]€anything€about€the€facts€of€life€and€he€never€offered€toÏtell.€His€only€attempt€was€the€night€before€I€married€Gladys,€and€then€all€he€said€to€me€was€toÏremember€that€I€was€a€gentleman.€I€nodded€and€agreed."Ìñ!ñÓÓñ!ñÌà0  àIt€would€have€been€a€lot€better€if€Father€had€instructed€us€in€these€things.€It€is€odd€to€meÏthat€parents€could€assume€adolescents€would€not€be€curious,€but€they€were€raised€thatÏway.€It€was€hush„hush,€but€I€suppose€too€that€I€personally€was€none€the€worse€at€theÏmoment.€Yes,€I€was€too,€for€I€often€came€back€to€those€two€books€that€year,€and€I€am€sureÏthey€indelibly€impressed€me€like€a€phonograph€record,€constantly€played,€does.€I€am€sureÏI€thought€too€much€about€what€I€read„„not€analyzing,€just€caught€up€in€the€sex€emotions€itÏstirred€up.€Yet€I€did€nothing€physically„„just€imagined.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñà  àDilworth€writes€that€herding€on€Little€Mountain€"cured€me€of€wanting€to€be€a€cowboy."Ð 4„ ÐYet€he€gave€it€one€more€try€in€1916.€George€Knepp,€who€managed€Utah„Construction„Company„¼owned€ranches,€got€Dilworth€a€job€on€the€Big€Creek€ranch,€near€where€Utah,€Idaho€and€NevadaÏmeet.€Dilworth€traveled€to€Rogerson,€Idaho,€where€he€saddled€up€a€company„owned€riding€horseÏand€rode€forty€miles€to€the€ranch.€He€doesn't€tell€of€this€stint€in€his€history,€but€he€mentioned€it€inÏspeeches€and€around€the€dinner€table.€As€a€general€authority€he€would€explain€the€Lord'sÏseemingly€contradictory€instructions€to€Adam€and€Eve€in€the€garden€by€alluding€to€the€muleÏteams€on€the€ranch€that,€no€matter€how€much€you€yelled€and€whipped€and€tugged€on€the€reins,Ïwould€not€move€until€you€swore€at€them.€So€too€the€Lord€had€to€get€the€Man€and€the€WomanÏmoving€by€speaking€a€language€they€could€understand.€Dilworth€learned€the€language,€but€foundÏit€easier€to€start€swearing€than€to€stop,€and€he€never€completely€overcame€it.€"Vulgar€talk€is€aÏgreat€temptation,"€he€said€at€a€BYU€devotional€one€time.€"Little€half„swear€words,€the€damns€andÏthe€hells,€I€guess,€come€easy.€They've€done€to€me.€I€punched€cattle€once€and€discovered€that€cattleÏdidn't€understand€any€other€language.€But€I€wish€I'd€tried€the€other€language€on€the€cattle.€TheyÏmight€have€learned€something.€And€I€would€certainly€have€saved€myself€trouble."€The€cowboysÏsang€to€the€cattle€to€keep€them€from€spooking€at€night.€"Yippie„Ki„Yi„Yo"€was€one€of€the€songs.ÏDilworth's€boy€scouts€would€later€sing€its€innocuous€first€few€verses.€Dilworth€discovered€theÏsong€had€a€hundred€verses,€ninety„five€of€which€were€filthy.€He€never€mentioned€going€out€of€hisÏway€to€learn€any€of€them,€and€yet,€as€he€told€it,€they€continued€to€visit€him€throughout€his€life,€inÏthe€least€convenient€of€places,€such€as€in€meetings€in€the€temple,€and€that€all€he€could€do€wasÏchase€them€out.Ìà  àEmily€remembers€Dilworth€calling€her€"his€best€girlfriend"€and€taking€her€to€mutualÏdances.€Louine,€quite€a€bit€younger,€remembers€the€way€he€managed€to€get€Rich€and€Hi€to€do€hisÏchores,€sometimes€trading€books€for€the€work.€Louine€he€simply€charmed€into€shining€his€shoesÏand€helping€him€get€ready€when€he€went€out.€"I€remember€pressing€his€pants€time€and€time€again,Ïand€how€I€loved€doing€it."€She€remembers,€when€she€was€very€small,€him€sending€her€afterÐ @-(, Ðglasses€of€water€while€reading.€"'That's€only€a€sample!€Please€bring€me€another,'€he€would€teaseÏas€I€cheerfully€trotted€back€and€forth€to€wait€on€him."€Dilworth€was€sociable€at€school€andÏenjoyed€walking€with€a€large€group€of€friends,€male€and€female,€including€Wid€Ashton's€sister,Ïand€sometimes€Wid.€In€his€history€he€writes,€"Those€walks€to€and€from€were€the€best€part€ofÏschool."€Most€his€group€belonged€to€Forest€Dale€Ward,€and€Dilworth€began€to€attend€there,€too.ÏAfter€a€time€he€was€called€to€teach€a€Junior€Sunday€School€class.€"I€enjoyed€that,€although€I€can'tÏremember€making€great€preparations."Ìà  àDil's€father,€when€he€came€down€off€the€mountain,€did€not€return€to€church.€Perhaps€heÏwas€afraid€of€callings€because€of€his€poor€health.€Perhaps€he€had€gotten€out€of€the€habit€atÏMountain€Dell€and€on€subsequent€long€visits€with€Emily€and€George€on€the€ranch.€Perhaps€heÏwas€embarrassed€over€not€keeping€the€commandments„„this€is€Louine's€opinion.€"Father€and€[oneÏof€her€uncles]€were€close€companions,€and€they€broke€the€Word€of€Wisdom€by€enjoying€theirÏcigarettes.€Father€had€his€cup€of€coffee€each€morning,€but€he€never€let€us€see€him€smoke.€HeÏtalked€about€having€a€taste€of€wine€with€Thanksgiving€dinners,€which€he€said€was€not€breakingÏthe€Word€of€Wisdom.€My€mother€was€saddened€by€this,€but€she€did€miss€church€on€Sunday,€butÏdid€remain€active€in€Relief€Society,€at€least€to€be€a€Visiting€Teacher."€There€may€also€have€beenÏan€element€of€disappointment€or€bitterness€on€Seymour's€part€over€being€passed€over.€He€was€theÏoldest€son.€His€father€and€grandfather€had€both€been€First€President€of€the€Council€of€Seventy.€InÏ1909€his€younger€brother€Levi€was€called€to€the€Council.€In€1941€another€little€brother,€Clifford,Ïwas€made€Assistant€to€the€Twelve,€with€authority€higher€than€the€Seventy.€According€toÏDilworth's€widow€Hulda,€this€is€the€reason€Dilworth€gave€for€his€father's€staying€home.Ìà  àLouine€remembers€their€father€during€these€years€as€compassionate€and€given€to€service.Ï"He€was€very€thoughtful€of€neighbors,€friends€and€relatives,€visiting€and€cheering€people.€Often€IÏhelped€him€compose€or€correct€letters€of€appreciation€and€encouragement€to€others."€SheÏremembers€him€as€"solicitous€of€his€own€family,€especially€visiting€and€offering€help€for€hisÏinvalid€sisters€(one€deaf€and€one€lame,€and€one€completely€incapacitated.)"€She€remembersÏfamily€prayer€and€religious€discussions€around€the€dinner€table.€Her€parents€did€not€get€around€toÏarranging€her€baptism€until€she€was€eleven,€but€like€the€other€children,€she€attended€church€andÏauxiliaries,€and€she€feels€her€parents€must€have€given€her€some€encouragement.€One€summerÏwhen€the€family€visited€Emily€on€the€ranch,€Hiram€held€Sunday€School€for€the€children.Ìà  àOne€day€the€bishop€of€the€Forest€Dale€Ward€told€Dilworth€he€would€have€to€release€himÏfrom€his€call.€He€said€the€policy€of€the€Church€was€that€members€could€only€hold€callings€in€theirÏown€wards.€He€said€he€was€unable€to€advance€him€in€the€priesthood,€and€told€him€he€ought€to€goÏback€to€his€own€ward.Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àMy€ward,€Richards€Ward,€was€new€and€was€at€first€meeting€in€a€tent€on€the€property€ofÏWillard€Richards,€9th€East€and€Hollywood.€Later€a€chapel€was€built€on€Garfield€betweenÏ8th€and€9th€East.€But€I€was€shy€and€strange€and€told€the€bishop€that€if€I€could€not€go€to€hisÏward€I€would€not€go€at€all.€He€said€he€was€sorry,€advised€me€to€be€obedient,€released€meÏfrom€my€class,€and€walked€away.€I€was€stubborn€and€scared€and€so€I€went€home.€I€didn'tÏenter€a€meeting€house€again€until€I€was€eighteen€years€old.€I€did€no€wrong€things.€I€stayedÏhome,€read€a€great€deal,€visited€my€cousins€up€on€the€Avenues€on€Sunday€afternoons,€butÏattended€no€meetings€...€My€father€was€not€active€and€my€staying€home,€keeping€out€ofÏtrouble,€did€not€seem€to€bother€him.€Ð (#(# ÐÐ @-(, Їñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñà  àHulda€reports€Dilworth€spoke€of€having€read€the€Scriptures,€òòA€Comprehensive€History€ofÐ ° Ðthe€Churchóó,€and€every€other€Church€book€he€could€get€his€hands€on€during€his€two€or€three€yearsÐ œì Ðaway.€In€his€history,€Dilworth€reports,€perhaps€with€some€bitterness,€that€no€one€from€his€homeÏward€tried€to€reclaim€him.€Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àWard€teachers€came€and€went;€they€paid€me€no€attention.€The€bishop,€if€he€had€ever€heardÏof€me,€gave€me€no€signs€...€Knowing€my€disposition,€I€am€sure€if€anyone€had€put€forthÏthe€helping€hand,€been€interested,€invited€me,€I€would€have€gone€to€Church,€but€I€didn'tÏhave€the€courage€to€break€the€ice€myself€...€My€father€should€have.€My€ward€leadersÏdidn't€think€it€to€be€their€responsibility.€We€were€classed€as€an€inactive€family€and€to€beÏleft€alone€to€stew€in€our€own€juice.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñà  àAt€age€eighteen€Dilworth€made€up€his€mind€to€return.€He€went€to€the€ward€and€introducedÐ ¬ü  Ðhimself€to€Bishop€J.€A.€Rochwood,€who€assigned€him€to€the€priest€quorum,€though€he€did€notÏhold€that€office.€"If€he€had€put€me€with€the€deacons,€I€would€probably€have€quit€again."€Soon€heÏwas€ordained€a€priest.€He€attended€his€meetings€faithfully.€"Hi€and€I€were€often€the€only€two€atÏsacrament€meeting€to€administer€the€sacrament."€He€says€he€liked€to€talk€to€girls€on€the€back€rowÏduring€the€meeting.€"I€realize€now€I€was€a€nuisance€doing€it€...€I€blithely€went€on€having€fun,€notÏconscious€of€the€offense€I€must€have€been€to€the€people€in€the€rows€ahead€of€me.€I€suppose€I€got€aÏbad€name€for€it,€but€...€no€one€called€me€in€and€corrected€me.€I€would€have€quit€in€a€moment€hadÏI€realized.€I€was€a€noisy€boy€growing€up."€Dilworth€later€spoke€of€one€Sunday€simply€deciding€toÏlisten.€He€concentrated€on€the€speeches,€meditated€on€them€during€the€sacrament,€felt€the€SpiritÏand€left€the€meeting€exuberant.Ìà  àDilworth€dated€Morris€Knott,€a€Methodist€girl.€"During€my€senior€year,€I€took€[her]€to€theÏschool€dances€three€times,€which€was€tantamount€to€saying€you€were€pinned."€He€visited€her€atÏher€home€one€Sunday,€where€they€sat€on€the€porch€swing€looking€at€the€family€photo€album.€AtÏ5:00€she€invited€him€to€church,€and€he€went€along.€"It€was€a€nice€service.€No€kids€cried,€theÏminister€was€young€and€a€good€speaker,€the€music€soothing."€Afterwards€Mrs.€Knott€invitedÏDilworth€and€two€other€couples€to€her€home,€where€she€served€ice€cream€and€cake,€then€broughtÏcoffee€to€all€but€Dilworth.€"She€said,€'I€know€you€do€not€drink€coffee,€but€I€have€milk,€root€beer,Ïpop.€Please€name€it.'€I€took€root€beer.€My€large€glass€was€the€envy€of€the€other€boys€against€theirÏdemitasse€cups."€He€left€at€10:30,€"as€all€young€men€did,"€and€walked€three€miles€home.Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àThe€moon€was€out,€the€night€romantic,€and€I€liked€that€girl.€But€I€thought€as€I€walkedÏalong;€and€when€I€walked€upon€the€porch€at€home,€I€made€up€my€mind€that€I€would€neverÏtake€out€that€girl€again,€and€further,€would€not€go€with€any€girl€unless€she€was€eligible€toÏgo€to€the€temple€at€the€time€I€took€her.€I€kept€that€resolve.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñà  àDilworth€dated€Afton€Love,€one€of€the€girls€from€Forest€Dale,€through€graduation.€AftonÐ )à$( Ðhad€a€fused€hip€and€walked€with€a€pronounced€limp.€Merlon€Stevenson€remembers€few€peopleÏwould€pay€any€attention€to€her,€and€that€Dilworth€went€out€of€his€way€to€talk€to€her€and€make€herÏfeel€good.€Dilworth€writes,€"She€reminded€me€of€Aunt€Elma€Young€and€I€mistook€sympathy€forÏlove."€He€came€to€the€realization€he€did€not€love€her€enough€to€marry€her€long€before€Afton€did,Ð @-(, Ðand€her€feelings€were€apparently€hurt.€He€found€the€situation€painful€and€confided€in€Steve€howÏterrible€he€felt.€But€as€Steve€puts€it,€"His€whole€purpose€...€was€to€help€make€her€feel€good€andÏpay€some€attention€[to€her]€...€He€had€a€heart€of€gold."ÌÌò òSporting€Newsó óÐ `° Ðà  à"While€at€Granite€I€tried€all€the€sports,"€Dilworth€writes.€Track€brought€him€the€leastÏsuccess.€He€ran€the€half€mile€once€without€training,€leading€until€the€last€220.€"My€legs€wentÏnumb€and€my€eyes€blacked€out.€I€managed€to€finish€but€was€badly€beaten."€Merlon€StevensonÏexcelled€at€the€high€jump€and€pole€vault.€Dilworth€says,€"I€liked€the€team€games€and€played€leftÏfield€in€baseball€but€was€poor€at€batting."€Steve,€who€proved€a€good€athlete,€remembers€DilworthÏas€a€consistent€player€and€modestly€refers€to€himself€as€the€weak€link.€Dilworth's€historyÏdescribes€an€encounter€at€the€mound€with€Stanley€Johnson,€whom€the€papers€referred€to€as€"TheÏTerrible€Swede."€Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àHe€was€about€twenty€years€old€and€pitched€with€man's€speed.€He€threw€a€ball€at€me€and€IÏstepped€back€and€it€curved€over€the€plate.€He€did€it€again.€I€resolved€I€would€strike€it€theÏthird€try.€It€came€on„„didn't€curve„„struck€me€on€the€left€cheekbone.€I€struck€at€it€and€wasÏdeclared€out.€My€face€was€swollen€badly€but€apparently€it€did€not€break€bones€...€I€wasÏjust€plain€scared€in€that€game,€or€I€would€have€ducked€the€last€minute.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñà  àHe€and€Steve€played€football„„without€the€padding€of€the€modern€game„„both€offense€andÐ  \ Ðdefense€with€few€substitutions.€The€team€relied€a€good€deal€on€these€two€big€backs.€Wid€Ashton,Ïcoming€off€a€championship€year,€scheduled€a€practice€game€with€Utah€Agricultural€College.€ThisÏwas€the€first€varsity€game€Dilworth€played.€"We€were€big€kids,"€Dilworth€remembers.€"We€wereÏas€big€as€those€college€kids."€Probably€several€were€nearly€as€old.€Dilworth€recalls€his€father€asÏnervous€and€tending€toward€over„protective€during€this€period.€"My€father€said€to€me,€'Now,€ifÏyou€get€hurt€playing€football,€you€have€to€quit.'€He€didn't€want€me€to€play€in€the€first€place,€andÏthe€only€reason€he€let€me€play€was€that€I€insisted."€The€game€was€held€in€Logan.€Steve€wasÏfullback€and€leader,€Dilworth€halfback.€Steve€made€a€diving€tackle€at€a€player's€legs,€hitting€hisÏhead€against€the€player's€thigh€pad,€twisting€his€neck€and€passing€out.€When€he€came€to,€heÏcontinued€to€play,€but€had€little€memory€of€it€afterwards.€The€coach€sent€in€word€for€them€toÏswap€positions,€but€Steve€couldn't€keep€it€straight€and€kept€lining€up€at€fullback.€Dilworth€says,Ï"He€couldn't€remember€where€he€was.€If€you€told€him€what€to€do€he€could€do€it.€So€he'd€say,Ï'What€shall€I€do,'€and€I'd€say,€'Go€out€there€fifty€feet,€and€if€anybody€comes€toward€you,€tackleÏhim.'€So€he'd€go€out€there,€and€if€the€guy'd€come€toward€him,€he'd€tackle€him."€Steve€remembersÏmoments€of€clarity,€during€which€he€would€wonder€what€he€was€doing€at€halfback,€but€then€he'dÏblack€out€and€go€ahead€and€play€again.€He€remembers€coming€to€to€pick€up€a€loose€ball,€andÏmaking€a€good€run,€then€once€again€he€was€out.Ìà  àThe€team€lost€but€felt€good€at€holding€them€to€13„0.€Dilworth€got€his€left€cheek€kickedÏhard€enough€that€his€teeth€went€numb.€"I€thought€it'd€kill€all€my€teeth."€(His€upper€back€left€teethÏeventually€died€and€had€to€be€pulled,€but€he€didn't€know€whether€to€blame€this€incident€or€SwedeÏJohnson's€pitch.)Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àAnyhow,€I€was€fine€till€the€game€was€over€with,€and€we€went€up€in€the€hotel€and€bathed.Ð @-(, ÐAnd€at€supper€I€came€down€the€stairs€in€that€hotel€in€Logan,€and€halfway€down€the€stairs€IÏtook€my€handkerchief€out€and€blew€my€nose,€and€my€face€came€up€just€like€that,€and€myÏeye€went€shut€just€that€quick,€and€puffed€out€till€it€was€three€times€as€big€on€that€side.ÏWhen€Wid€Ashton€...€saw€me,€he€looked€at€me€and€said,€"What€in€the€world€hasÏhappened€to€you."€I€said,€"I€don't€know,€I€just€blew€my€nose."€But€I€was€worried€becauseÏif€I€went€home€with€a€face€like€that,€Dad'd€sure€fix€me.€So€I€sat€up€all€night€hot€packingÏand€cold€packing€that€face,€and€by€morning€I€had€it€down€to€where€you€wouldn't€notice€itÏmuch.€Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñà  àThey€played€basketball€together€as€well,€Dilworth€at€guard,€Steve€at€center.€The€guardsÐ è 8  Ðmostly€stayed€back€and€fed€the€ball€to€the€others,€though€Steve€remembers€Dilworth€going€in€atÏtimes.€The€other€teams€thought€it€was€Steve,€who€was€right„handed,€but€Dilworth€was€left„¼handed.€They€would€try€to€block€his€right€hand,€and€he€would€put€it€in€with€his€left.€Steve€scoredÏon€jump€shots,€leaving€the€ground€at€the€free„throw€line.€If€no€one€followed,€he€would€shoot.€IfÏanyone€came€with€him,€he€simply€waited,€and€invariably€they€would€fall€away€before€he€did,€andÏhe€would€still€make€his€shot.€Steve€says,€"I€thought€we€were€a€pretty€good€ball€club."Ìà  àDilworth€records,€"Wid€Ashton€would€not€let€us€play€dirty.€If€we€tried€to€retaliate€on€dirtyÏplay,€he€would€jerk€us€from€the€game.€We€were€long€on€ethics€and€often€short€on€winning."€HeÏsays,€"I€learned€a€great€deal€from€him€on€how€to€be€honorable€...€Granite€teams€played€clean."ÏSteve€agrees.€"[Wid]€was€one€who€taught€sportsmanship.€He€wanted€us€to€play€hard,€but€heÏwanted€us€to€play€it€fair€...€Very€seldom€did€I€ever€hear€...€any€foul€language,€or€anyÏunsportsmanlike€conduct€on€the€part€of€any€of€our€players."€Of€Dilworth€he€says,€"I€never€sawÏhim€ever€commit€an€intentional€foul."Ìà  àNot€that€they€were€short€on€winning.€By€1915„16€Salt€Lake€High€had€been€divided€intoÏEast€Side€and€West€Side,€with€West€the€principle€contender€for€the€championship.€Granite€cameÏfrom€behind,€though,€beating€West€once€and€winning€enough€other€big€games€that€they€lookedÏlike€they€might€knock€them€out€in€their€second€meeting.€West€had€developed€what€was€called€aÏ"charging€game,"€a€fast,€physically€aggressive€offense€that€overwhelmed€the€other€team.€RumorsÏthat€West€was€going€to€try€to€"take€out"€key€players€preceded€the€game.€Steve's€parents€wantedÏhim€to€sit€that€one€out.€Dilworth€remembers,€"As€we€dressed€for€the€game,€we€could€hear€throughÏthe€wall€the€coach€instructing€his€boys.€'First,€get€Stevenson,€then€Smith,€then€Hausknecht.'ÏGranite€built€up€an€early€10€to€5€lead,€but€then€West€began€to€overwhelm€them.€Steve€reports€thatÏ"very€near€the€end€of€the€first€half,€one€of€them€came€in€and€just€smashed€into€me€and€tripped€andÏtackled€and€took€me€down,€and€another€came€and€jumped€on€top€of€me€and€batted€my€head€intoÏthe€floor.€And€it€was€some€time€before€I€even€came€to.€And€when€I€did€I€was€seeing€double."ÏSteve€had€bouts€of€unconsciousness€for€three€days€after,€and€was€out€for€the€season.€GraniteÏfinished€the€half€down€10€to€15.€The€rough€play€continued.€According€to€Dilworth,€HausknechtÏhad€both€eyes€blackened.€Smith€broke€his€front€tooth.€Neither€was€in€shape€for€subsequentÏgames,€though€Hausknecht€played€some.Ìà  àWest€won€this€game€37€to€17.€Dilworth€reports,€"at€the€game's€end,€Adam€BennionÏwalked€over€to€the€other€principal€and€told€him€about€his€bad€sportsmanship€and€severedÏrelations€with€West€High€until€they€could€clean€up€their€athletics.€East€joined€West,€and€forÏseveral€years€LDS,€Granite€and€Jordan€played€together,€and€East€and€West€played€whom€theyÏcould€get€to€play."€According€to€the€papers,€this€was€accomplished€through€the€five€Salt€LakeÐ @-(, Ðschools€withdrawing€from€the€State€basketball€league€and€playing€as€independents.€The€DeseretÏNews€reports€the€action€was€"the€direct€result€of€the€West€Side„Granite€game€...€which€GraniteÏlost.€There,€it€is€claimed,€is€the€heart€of€the€whole€difficulty„„Granite€lost.€The€coaches€of€thisÏdivision€claim€that€the€'charging€game'€which€the€West€Side€uses€is€dangerous€and€that€it€was€thisÏstyle€of€game€which€put€Stevenson€and€Hausknecht€of€Granite€out€of€the€game."€Adam€S.ÏBennion€is€quoted€as€saying,€"When€in€interscholastic€contests€winning€becomes€so€importantÏthat€the€principles€of€true€sportsmanship€are€only€of€secondary€importance€it€is€time€that€ourÏmethods€be€changed.€The€action€of€yesterday€is€designed€to€eliminate€the€'win„at„any„price'Ïspirit."€Other€principals€make€similar€statements„„also€without€mentioning€names.€West'sÏprincipal€says€he€knows€of€no€wrongdoing€on€the€part€of€his€team,€"but€as€dissatisfaction€seemsÏto€exist,€the€best€way€out€of€it€...€[is]€for€the€schools€to€withdraw."€In€any€case,€the€move€endedÏWest's€bid€for€the€championship„„there€was€no€league€left€to€win.Ìà  àSteve€graduated€that€year,€1916,€one€year€early.€Dilworth€took€over€his€position€of€centerÏon€the€basketball€team€the€following€year,€where€he€began€to€stand€out.€His€history€records€onlyÏone€event€from€that€season.€Dilworth€wore€a€brace€with€metal€hinges€sticking€out€a€half€inch€onÏboth€sides€when€he€bent€his€knee.€The€LDSU€captain€examined€it,€made€him€bend€it,€then€said,Ï"If€we€were€playing€West,€I'd€make€you€take€it€off,€but€you're€Granite€so€you€can€keep€it€on."ÌÌò òAn€Officeró óÐ H˜ Ðà  àDilworth€was€elected€Junior€Class€President€for€the€1915„16€school€year.€An€article€in€theÏyearbook,€possibly€written€by€Dilworth€or€Secretary€Morris€Knott,€lists€the€years'€activities:€TheÏjuniors€beat€the€seniors€in€a€tug€of€war,€"awakening€[them]€to€real€life€by€means€of€a€cold€plungeÏin€Mill€Creek."€Next€they€beat€the€seniors€for€the€school€basketball€championship.€€"(Really€weÏdo€not€like€to€mention€these€things.)"€One€wonders€which€side€got€Steve,€whom€the€Senior€ClassÏreport€calls€"our€Star."€Then€came€the€Prom,€and€an€assembly,€"a€conundrum€in€pantomime,Ï[which]€amused€the€students€after€they€had€it€explained€to€them."€The€juniors€also€treated€theÏseniors€to€a€matinee€and€luncheon€in€town€and€a€dance€in€the€evening.Ìà  àDilworth€won€the€election€for€Student€body€President€his€senior€year,€which€he€wasÏtempted€to€skip€because,€like€Steve,€he€had€enough€credits€to€graduate€early,€or€nearly€so.€"IÏwanted€the€experience."€The€student€body€council€oversaw€all€extracurricular€activities,€includingÏathletics,€drama,€debate,€and€of€course€picnics€and€dances.€Dilworth€says€he€has€no€particularÏmemories€of€being€president,€beyond€presiding€at€the€meetings.€"One€time€the€student€bodyÏwasn't€very€active€and€I€bawled€them€out€for€not€supporting€the€team€better€than€they€wereÏsupporting€it,€and€that's€what€usually€happens€at€student€body€activities."€Dilworth€could€be€gruff.ÏSteve€says€Dilworth€"showed€leadership€right€from€the€beginning€...€And€he€was€one€of€the€mostÏkindly€men,€but€I€noticed€...€that€he€was€just€a€little€bit€rough€at€times€on€people.€And€as€I€knewÏhim,€I've€never€been€able€to€quite€figure€that€out€...€He€really€wasn't€that€way."€He€characterizesÏDilworth's€leadership€as€exceptional.€"I€never€[knew€of]€anybody€who€took€exception€to€[it]€...ÏThey€called€it€the€Granite€family.€It€was€a€very€close„knit€institution."Ìà  àDilworth€decided€he€would€like€to€be€a€naval€officer.€Noel€Davis,€an€Annapolis€"fiveÏstriper"€whose€family€had€lived€in€the€2nd€Ward€and€who€visited€the€Young€family€each€summerÏat€Mountain€Dell,€gave€Dilworth€an€introduction€to€Congressman€Joseph€L.€Howell.€DilworthÏwon€the€appointment.€Adam€S.€Bennion€told€Dilworth€he€would€graduate€him€on€the€strength€ofÏhis€Annapolis€exams,€assuming€he€passed.€So€Dilworth€studied€at€home€(the€family€had€movedÏto€1882€South€10th€East.)€"Twelve€to€fifteen€hours€a€day€for€[six]€months€I€crammed€informationÐ @-(, Ðinto€my€head„„spelling,€grammar,€algebra,€plane€geometry,€history€and€English."€He€came€toÏschool€only€for€activities,€games€and€meetings.€He€obtained€a€book€with€the€Annapolis€testÏquestion€for€the€past€fifteen€years.€"[I]€solved€every€problem€and€answered€every€question€in€thatÏbook."€In€addition,€he€noticed€the€questions€repeated€every€five€years.€"So€I€just€figured€that,€fiveÏyears€back,€I'd€get€that€exam."€Sure€enough,€that€was€the€one€he€got.€"I€knew€the€answers.€I€knewÏit€all€by€heart."€And€yet€when€he€took€the€test,€out€of€4.0,€he€got€2.4,€not€quite€passing.€HeÏreceived€a€letter€telling€him€that,€since€he€had€come€so€close,€if€he€could€get€another€appointment,Ïthey€would€allow€him€to€take€the€test€again.€Congressman€Howell€had€been€replaced€by€MiltonÏH.€Welling,€who€told€Dilworth€that€with€a€first€name€like€Seymour€he€must€be€a€member€of€Dr.ÏSeymour€B.€Young's€family,€and€any€member€of€that€family€could€have€the€appointment.ÏDilworth€dug€into€the€books€for€three€more€months,€then€tried€the€test€again.€"I€thought€I€wasÏletter€perfect.€I€knew€every€answer."€And€yet€he€only€scored€2.6,€barely€passing.Ìà  à"I€was€told€to€report€June€15€to€the€Academy.€Before€borrowing€the€money€to€go€East,€IÏgot€an€exam€by€the€naval€doctor€in€Salt€Lake.€He€told€me€that€I€had€a€slight€systolic€heart€murmurÏand€that€they€probably€would€not€take€me."Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àI€didn't€believe€him€so€I€went€to€several€other€doctors,€and€three€of€them€couldn't€hear€itÏand€one€of€them€could€...€They€told€me€to€do€something€like€this,€and€I€did€it.€"You€leaveÏthis€building,"€it€was€the€twelfth€floor€of€the€Walker€Bank€building.€"You€walk€home,Ïfour€miles€and€a€half,€you€cut€wood€all€afternoon,€(I€had€a€woodpile€and€an€axe),€and€thenÏhave€your€supper,€and€then€after€supper,€wait€awhile.€Before€you€go€to€bed€you€will€run€aÏmile€around€the€block,€and€take€this€dose€of€castor€oil."€So€I€took€a€big€dose€of€castor€oilÏand€I€ran€around€the€block,€a€mile,€that€was€[twice]€around€that€block.€"And€the€nextÏmorning€you're€to€come€up€on€a€fast€walk€up€to€this€building,€and€run€the€[twelve]€flightsÏ...€and€come€in€our€office."€And€they€had€three€doctors€there,€and€one€was€sure€he€couldÏhear€it€and€the€other€two€didn't€think€they€could.Ð (#(# ÐÌà0  àBut€Grandpa€Young€said,€"What's€this?"Ð (#(# ÐÌà0  àI€said,€"Grandpa,€they€say€I€have€a€systolic€murmur."Ð (#(# ÐÌÌà0  à"Let€me€hear€it.€Lie€on€this€couch."€So€without€any€stethoscope€or€anything,€he€just€stuckÏhis€ear€against€my€chest,€and€he€said,€"Yes,€you€have€it"„„an€old€man€80€years€old.€Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñà  àDilworth€never€went€to€Annapolis.€"I€debated€but€somehow€felt€I€shouldn't€go.€If€I€wentÐ à%0!$ Ðand€was€turned€down€I'd€have€to€pay€the€fare€.€.€.€At€the€time€I€[thought]€that€it€was€the€moneyÏwhich€I€didn't€want€to€face€repaying.€But€now€I€can€recognize€the€Spirit."€The€United€States€hadÏentered€the€First€World€War€that€spring.€Annapolis€would€likely€have€meant€a€military€careerÏafter€the€war,€which€would€have€prevented€him€getting€his€scouting€job,€would€have€kept€himÏfrom€a€mission,€and€possibly€gotten€him€away€from€Church€activity.€He€wonders€whether€heÏwould€have€been€able€to€adjust€to€the€school„„"I€was€not€of€a€temperament€to€handle€AcademyÏlife"„„and€he€speculates€he€might€have€failed€to€stay.€"I€believe€the€Lord€influenced€the€decision.ÏThe€heart€never€had€bothered€me€until€recently,"€he€writes€in€1972.€"I€know€I€was€better€than€2.4Ð @-(, Ðor€2.6€in€those€exams.€I€knew€the€answers€to€every€question€they€asked€but€something€I€did€gaveÏme€the€low€grades."Ìà  àDilworth€was€one€of€the€speakers€at€his€graduation.€"It€must€have€been€immatureÏspeaking."€He€worked€that€summer€on€a€crew€surveying€a€railroad€spur€in€Idaho,€Firth€to€Goshen,Ïsix€miles.€"All€that€summer€I€pounded€stakes€and€learned€how€to€figure€'cut€and€fill'€on€theÏproject.€Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àWe€lived€in€a€tent€by€the€water€tower€at€the€Firth€siding€and€ate€our€meals€in€a€...€freightÏcar€made€into€a€dining€car.€We€had€a€cook€named€Fred„„an€old„timer.€It€was€an€enjoyableÏsummer€and€I€learned€a€lot„„about€work€and€about€men.€These€surveyors€wereÏfoulmouthed,€bragged€about€their€sex€exploits,€profaned„„but€they€were€honest€generally.ÏI€found€I€could€withdraw€mentally€and€lose€myself€in€a€book.€Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñLate€in€August€the€rodman€quit.€Dilworth€had€learned€the€job,€but€the€foreman€hired€someoneÏelse€over€him.€The€new€man€proved€incompetent„„Dilworth€found€himself€doing€his€job€while€heÏgot€the€pay.Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àI€went€to€the€boss€and€said,€"Do€you€think€it's€fair€for€me€to€do€his€rodding€and€him€getÏthe€pay€for€it."€And€he€said,€"No,€it€isn't€fair."€I€said,€"Well,€what€you€gonna€do€about€it."ÏHe€said,€"Can't€do€anything."€And€I€said,€"Goodbye."€Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñà  à"And€so€the€1st€of€September€1917€found€me€at€home,€1882€South€10th€East,€Salt€LakeÐ ä4 ÐCity,€within€seven€days€of€twenty€years€of€age€and€the€First€World€War€six€months€old."ÌÌò òArtilleryó óÐ ¨ø ÐÌà  àAt€about€age€eighteen,€Dilworth€had€a€dream€he€did€not€understand.€He€saw€a€great€fieldÏstretching€as€far€as€he€could€see,€full€of€countless€men€stripped€to€the€waist,€"doing€someÏrhythmic€things„„none€alike„„but€in€seeming€unison,€even€so."€During€the€War€at€Camp€Kearny,Ïhe€stood€on€the€edge€of€the€parade€ground,€two€miles€by€one€mile,€and€watched€the€40thÏDivision,€forty€thousand€men.€"All€were€doing€calisthenics„„all€doing€a€different€thing€but€all€inÏrhythm.€I€saw€my€dream€exactly."Ìà  àDilworth€wanted€to€join€the€Army€the€fall€of€1917.€Seymour€opposed€him.€"As€I€was€notÏof€legal€age,€I€had€to€have€his€permission.€I€would€not€lie€about€my€age."€Seymour€agreed€to€haveÏDilworth's€grandfather,€Seymour€B.€Young,€Sr.,€settle€it.€Dilworth€went€to€his€home€on€4th€EastÏand€found€him€in€his€library.€Dilworth€explained€his€purpose€and€asked€permission€to€go.€HeÏrecords€the€answer:€"Your€great„great„grandfather€fought€in€the€revolution.€He€thought€theÏcountry€was€worth€creating.€Your€grandfather€fought€in€the€Civil€War.€He€thought€the€countryÏwas€worth€saving.€I'm€proud€you'd€want€to€make€the€world€safe€for€democracy„„by€all€means€go."ÏThe€145th€Regiment,€originally€envisioned€as€a€machine„gun€outfit€but€since€reassigned€as€fieldÏartillery,€was€organizing€at€Fort€Douglas€with€Utah€volunteers,€and€Dilworth€wrote€ColonelÏRichard€W.€Young,€a€relative,€about€getting€in.€Colonel€Young's€response€reads,€"If€anÏexamination€of€your€heart€[showed]€the€murmur€such€as€you€describe,€there€would€be€absolutelyÐ @-(, Ðno€chance€of€your€being€accepted."€Dilworth€does€not€record€the€results€of€the€exam,€but€he€mustÏhave€passed€it,€for€he€received€one€of€the€last€posts€in€"E"€Battery,€made€up€of€Salt€Lake€andÏDavis€County€men.€Ìà  àSeymour€asked€his€son€if€he€would€like€a€father's€blessing€before€he€went.€Dilworth€saidÏyes,€he€would.€Seymour€said,€"We'll€go€to€Grandfather;€he's€the€patriarch€of€the€family."€TheyÏwent€to€his€home,€where€Seymour€Sr.€performed€the€blessing.€"He€promised€me€that€if€I€wouldÏkeep€the€commandments€and€behave,€not€one€hair€of€my€head€would€be€harmed.€He€wasÏprophetic€for€that€is€what€happened."Ìà  àR.€Lamar€Barlow,€a€fellow€recruit,€remembers€mustering€at€the€National€Guard€supplyÏbarracks€on€Pierpont.€The€sergeants€would€ask,€"What€size€do€you€want,"€then€plop€downÏsomething€on€the€counter,€which€might€or€might€not€bare€any€resemblance€to€the€size€requested.ÏDilworth€was€too€late€to€uniform.€"I€wore€a€pair€of€my€own€'khaki'€pants,€a€borrowed€army€shirt,Ïand€a€borrowed€hat."€The€group€marched€from€there€to€the€train€station,€to€the€cheers€and€tears€ofÏspectators.€"I€was€used€to€long€steps€and€kept€stepping€on€the€heels€of€the€man€in€front€of€me€asÏwe€marched€up€Main€Street,€I€for€the€first€time."Ìà  àDilworth€commenced€a€journal€and€kept€it€up€throughout€his€training.€He€records€that€theÏtowns€they€stopped€in€along€the€way€applauded€and€sent€out€their€school€children€and€cheered.Ï"This€being€heroized€is€quite€the€stuff,"€he€writes.€"I'll€be€getting€so€big„headed€that€I€can't€stand."ÏIn€Los€Angeles€he€and€a€friend€swam,€visited€a€"ten„cent€dance€hall,"€and€toured€a€departmentÏstore,€bigger€than€anything€they€had€seen.€While€the€friend€talked€to€the€manager€of€the€corsetÏdepartment,€"I€stood€by€and€foolishly€grinned,€exchanging€winks€with€the€other€clerks."€CampÏKearny,€a€tent€camp,€was€located€on€the€upland€desert€northeast€of€San€Diego.€Dilworth,€in€hisÏfirst€journal€entry€after€arriving,€describes€it€as€"bare€and€dreary€on€first€glance,€but€one€gets€toÏlike€the€place."€Eight€men€shared€one€tent€frame,€each€with€a€cot,€mattress€and€blanket.ÏDilworth's€entry€notes€three€of€his€tentmates€are€"fine€fellows€as€far€as€morals€are€concernedÏ(they€don't€smoke€or€tell€dirty€stories).€They€are€all€a€pretty€good€bunch€who€seem€to€be€allÏthere."Ìà  àThe€journal€mentions€drill,€lots€of€it,€from€early€on,€and€practice€with€three€inch€guns,€butÏwithout€live€ammunition.€In€January€the€big€guns,€the€4.7s,€arrived.€Lamar€Barlow€remembersÏreal€shells€in€these,€which€they€fired€over€orange€groves€into€a€bank€of€hills.€Dilworth€records€aÏshell€misfiring€in€February,€driving€the€breech€of€the€gun€a€foot€into€the€ground.€The€"number€2"Ïman,€who€loaded€and€unloaded,€just€happened€to€be€off€getting€more€ammunition.€"When€heÏcame€back€a€moment€later€and€saw€what€had€happened€he€was€pretty€weak€in€the€knees."€TheyÏfired€from€pits,€which€they€dug€with€shovel€and€pick.€"The€solid€rock€baffles€our€efforts€and€turnsÏthe€soft€point€of€the€pick€into€little€balls,€which€will€not€even€make€it€feel€badly."€DilworthÏspeaks€also€of€gas€mask€drills,€made€painful€for€him€by€a€case€of€boils.€He€mentions€guard€dutyÏat€the€stables,€"seven€to€eleven€on,€eleven€to€seven€off."€He€sat€on€an€oat€sack€trying€to€reciteÏ"Crossing€the€Bar"€to€himself€when€it€got€too€dark€to€read.€He€tells€of€shots€for€paratyphoid,€andÏKP€with€the€sore€arm.€"They€stick€a€needle€about€two€inches€long€up€under€the€skin€into€theÏmuscle.€Then€they€shoot€about€a€pint€of€germs€into€our€systems.€It€is€great€dope„„I€don't€think."Ìà  àDilworth€spent€his€liberty€in€the€mess€tent€or€the€YWCA€hostess€house,€reading€booksÏand€writing€letters.€He€swam€in€the€ocean,€walking€six€miles€overland€to€La€Jolla€to€do€it.€HeÏrecords€"galas"€and€"smokers"€in€the€mess€tent.€In€one€he€sang€in€a€quartet€("I€didn't€smoke,"€heÏassures€us).€Refreshments€at€another€included€"dainty€sandwiches,"€composed€of€"two€slices€ofÏbread„„an€inch€thick„„and€a€tough€slice€of€army€ham."€He€made€a€trip€to€San€Diego,€visiting€theÐ @-(, Ðbay€and€browsing€all€afternoon€in€a€bookstore.€Sundays€he€attended€meetings.€Billy€Sunday,€aÏfamous€revivalist€preacher,€visited€the€camp„„Dilworth€found€him€flamboyant€but€effective.€HeÏrefers€several€times€to€sermons€by€B.€H.€Roberts,€who€accompanied€the€troops€as€chaplain,€hereÏand€in€France.€November€3€was€payday.€Dilworth€received€$163,€all€but€$13€of€it€in€LibertyÏBonds.€Up€until€now€he€had€been€borrowing€stamps€(fifty€per€month,€he€writes€in€his€journal,€at€3Ïcents€apiece).€He€sent€home€tithing€and€a€little€money€for€the€folks,€which€left€him€"so€close€toÏflat€that€I€can't€tell€the€difference."Ìà  àBy€November€17th€the€soldiers€were€ready€for€their€first€parade.€"It€was€a€huge€successÏfrom€the€standpoint€of€the€general.€Over€20,000€marched€by€the€stands.€Among€others€ourÏgovernor€was€there€...€But€in€the€ranks€...€the€dust€rose€in€such€clouds€that€some€of€the€time€itÏwas€all€that€I€could€do€to€see€the€man€in€front€of€me.€Dust€behind,€dust€before,€dust€around.€IÏbreathed€it€until€my€lungs€ached.€My€eyes€were€sore€and€my€nose€was€clogged.€[One]€had€toÏmarch€at€attention€just€the€same."€Governor€Bamberger€spoke,€after€which€his€daughter,€"MissÏElsa,"€read€personal€messages€to€some€of€the€men€from€the€podium,€a€few€of€these€"in€the€formÏof€kisses."€"Overhead€twelve€aeroplanes€circled,€wheeled€and€made€evolutions€in€all€shapes€andÏforms."€Dilworth€fantasized€about€going€to€aviation€school,€though€he€suspected€his€heart€wouldÏhave€kept€him€out.Ìà  àDust€plagued€the€soldiers,€sometimes€whipped€up€by€wind.€The€weather€remained€in€theÏ80ðð€range€fall,€winter€and€spring,€but€on€November€20,€Dilworth€describes€a€blizzard,€not€ofÏsnow€but€of€"fine€particles€of€dust€and€sand€from€the€surrounding€country.€We€sometimes€areÏable€to€see€nearly€25€feet€and€the€choking€sensation€is€not€much€fun€...€I€have€literally€eaten€dustÏfor€the€last€three€days.€It€gets€in€our€clothes,€our€hair.€It€sifts€through€the€folds€of€the€tents.€It€isÏeverywhere.€It€gets€in€the€tightest€boxes€imaginable."€During€this€storm€Dilworth€drew€the€job€ofÏdisposing€of€a€load€of€ashes.€"That€was€the€ashiest,€dustiest€...€dirt€that€I€ever€choked€orÏsmothered€in."€The€occasional€rains€cleaned€up€the€air,€though€if€they€continued€any€length€ofÏtime€they€turned€the€camp€into€a€"sea€of€mud."€Sometimes€this€meant€tent„bound€liberty,€"withÏletters€...€books€and€noisy€fellows€for€companions."€Sometimes€they€drilled€or€went€to€the€gunÏpits€anyway.€"Just€a€little€taste€of€what€we€might€expect€in€France€if€we€ever€go."Ìà  àDilworth€begins€to€lament€"the€straight€and€narrow€trail€between€the€canteen,€the€messÏhall,€and€my€bed."€He€keeps€his€chin€up,€does€his€part€to€keep€the€mood€jovial.€"The€idea€is€toÏsmile€and€make€the€other€fellow€grin."€But€he€grows€weary.€"This€sham€of€existence,€this€keepingÏup€of€appearances€just€to€be€talking€makes€me€tired€at€times.€To€always€brag€about€what€a€girlÏone€has,€to€tell€how€many€letters€we€get€...€This€being€in€love€so€bad€that€they€can't€live€if€a€letterÏdoesn't€come€every€day€is€comical."€Dilworth€figures€only€one€man€in€the€tent€ever€loved€a€girlÏenough€to€marry€her€while€in€the€army„„no,€he€assures,€he€does€not€mean€himself.€"The€littleÏinfatuations€that€wear€off€in€about€two€weeks€are€the€ones€which€make€me€laugh.€Any€fellowÏwho€will€let€anyone€read€the€letters€from€a€girl€is€not€very€much€in€love€with€her."Ìà  àHe€waxes€lyrical€from€time€to€time.€He€thinks€longingly€on€the€mountains€of€hisÏchildhood.€"The€rugged€grandeur€of€their€lofty€summits€is€equaled€by€none€on€earth.€Thank€God€IÏwas€born€in€them.€Glad€am€I€that€I€received€a€portion€of€their€strength.€Happy€am€I€that€theÏheritage€of€my€fathers€is€vested€in€them."€He€worries€over€his€parents.€Of€his€mother,€he€wondersÏ"how€many€nights€she€lies€awake€wondering€what€I€am€doing.€Never€mind,€Mother,€you€needÏnever€feel€afraid€for€the€morals€of€me.€I€am€wondering€how€many€gray€hairs€my€father€isÏdeveloping€on€my€account.€He€says€little€but€the€drawn€look€on€his€face€was€enough€to€tell€meÏthat€his€love€for€me€was€too€deep€to€be€expressed€or€told."€He€feels€"the€bitterest€regret"€on€beingÐ @-(, Ðleft€out€of€the€regimental€football€game€at€Thanksgiving,€regret€"that€the€greatest€game€in€theÏworld€would€never€bark€my€shins€or€tingle€my€nose€with€dust.€It€would€never€again€take€all€theÏhide€off€my€face€or€leave€me€a€lump€on€my€elbow€...€But€if€it€had€left€me€crippled€I€am€stillÏthankful€that€I€can€look€back€on€a€little€of€it€in€my€experience€and€say€would€that€it€had€beenÏmore."€He€adds€as€an€afterthought.€"I€only€hope€that€in€the€great€game€of€war,€I€won't€look€backÏand€wish€I€had€had€more."Ìà  àThere€was€some€illness,€but€otherwise,€death€was€as€remote€as€battle€in€Camp€Kearny.ÏDilworth's€romantic€allusions€to€it€are€mostly€in€quoted€songs.€"We€march€or€we€don't,€we€will€orÏwe€won't/€Go€to€town€on€Saturday€Eve./€We€wonder€if€even€we'll€go€up€to€heaven€/If€dead,€orÏbelow€on€'French€Leave.'"€He€does€his€best€to€imagine€battle€in€a€passage€composed€between€tenÏminute€turns€on€a€pick:Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àIn€the€trenches„„the€magic€place.€Overhead€the€shrapnel€bursts€and€batters€around€likeÏrain.€Aeroplanes€are€searching€the€air€and€earth€for€artillery€targets.€The€dull€boom€of€theÏguns€rumbles€like€thunder.€The€wind€blows€the€dust€of€a€thousand€battles€in€our€faces.€ItÏtells€of€the€thousands€...€"out€there"€lying€exposed€to€the€elements€and€the€blazing€sun.ÏThe€stench€is€terrible.€We€gasp€as€we€endeavor€to€make€the€trench€deeper€so€that€we€mayÏfind€some€small€protection€for€our€bodies.€The€bombs€are€finding€us„„one€by€one.€WeÏwonder€who€will€be€the€next€to€go€on€the€stretcher€to€the€everlasting€rest.€There€is€a€graveÏearnestness€in€the€men's€faces,€a€horrible€endurance€which€must€break€sometime.€It€seemsÏas€tho€we€would€go€mad€from€the€heat,€the€thirst,€the€smell,€the€driving„„drivingÏeverlastingly„„forward.€Fighting€inch€by€inch€for€some€steel„torn€piece€of€ground€hardlyÏlarge€enough€to€die€in.€Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñHe€pauses€to€savor€that€last€bit:€"That€is€a€beautiful€thing€to€think€of,€hardly€large€enough€to€dieÏin."€He€picks€up€again.€Have€we€gone€mad,€how€much€can€we€endure,€when,€oh€when€will€it€end„¼„and€then€it€does,€for€Dilworth's€turn€on€the€pick€has€come€again.Ìà  àThe€journal€contains€several€such€sketches.€He€depicts€a€symphony€concert€in€all€itsÏprogrammatic€splendor.€He€describes€the€contrapuntal€bustle€of€catching€a€train.€He€gives€all€theÏfurnishings€of€the€YWCA€hospitality€house,€and€all€the€garnishings€of€that€year's€ThanksgivingÏfeast.€He€philosophizes:€"They€say€that€variety€is€the€spice€of€life,€and€I€guess€that€Seymour€D.€isÏgetting€some€of€the€spice.€It€is€mostly€nutmeg€with€myself€as€the€chief€nut.€Perhaps€the€thymeÏwill€help€to€make€the€pepper€cool€and€the€salt€sweet."Ìà  àHe€attempts€poetry:€Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àIf€you're€on€guard,€or€on€KPÐ (#(# Ðà0  àWhat's€the€odds,€to€you„„or€meÐ (#(# Ðà0  àThe€work€is€there,€so€do€itÐ (#(# Ðà0  àThe€time€will€come,€you€won't€rue€itÐ (#(# Ðà0  àA€happy€grin,€will€make€lead€timeÐ (#(# Ðà0  àAnd€takes€the€weight€from€off€the€mindÐ (#(# ÐÌà0  àÐ (#(# Ðà0  àWhich€isn't€poetical.€I€do€wish€that€I€could€write€pretty€things€and€make€this€a€reallyÐ @-(, Ðinteresting€book.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñHe€longs€to€be€like€A.€G.€Empey,€an€Ogden€native€who€joined€the€British€army€early€in€the€warÏand€published€his€memoirs,€"or€any€other€war€hero.€I€might€be€someday,€but€at€the€present€time„„¼poor€attempts."Ìà  àDilworth€as€a€diarist€aims€for€the€"sentiment,"€yet€in€Camp€Kearny€as€the€months€driftedÏby€the€dominant€mood€became€languor.Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àIt€is€in€times€like€this€that€one€likes€to€sit€and€dream„„aye,€dream.€There€is€no€harm€inÏthinking„„nay,€floating€around€in€an€ethereal€way,€nowhere€in€the€land€of€no€place,€whenÏtime€is€forever€and€the€road€is€lined€with€trees€that€are€perpetually€growing€and€givingÏleaves€and€blossoms€to€lovers€...€The€whole€world€is€one€grand€whirl.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñ"Forgive€the€dreamer,"€he€concludes,€after€drifting€a€bit€longer€over€home,€holidays,€MountainÏDell.€"They€will€finally€forget€the€giddy€whirl€and€will€gradually€come€to€real€things."Ìà  àOne€other€passage€finds€Dilworth€with€old€friends:Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àBooks„„the€right€kind„„are€the€only€reliable€friends€that€a€man€has€until€he€is€married€andÏthen€I€suppose€that€a€wife€is€the€best.€But€books€are€the€thing€which€make€life€worthÏliving.€The€expression€of€feeling€and€thought€in€the€works€of€the€poets€and€authors€makeÏup€partially€for€the€hardships,€pains,€mental€suffering,€loss€of€those€whom€we€love„„eitherÏthrough€death€or€circumstances.€Then€the€books€are€a€solace„„and€the€only€one€for€me.€SoÏbring€on€the€books€and€you€may€have€the€pleasures,€fickle€friends,€joys,€hates,€and€otherÏpassions€while€I€shall€roam€in€the€world€of€books€until€the€time€shall€come€when€I€retireÏto€private€life€or€another€sphere€in€the€after€ages„„Selah.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñà  àIn€March,€"E"€Battery€was€lined€up€and€asked€for€three€volunteers€to€leave€immediatelyÐ l¼ Ðfor€France.€The€whole€battery€stepped€forward,€so€the€captain€had€to€resort€to€a€lottery.€"I€neverÏcould€guess€and€so€I€was€left€behind,"€he€laments.€"I€would€like€to€be€going€with€them.€That€isÏwhat€I€enlisted€for„„active€service."€About€that€time€Dilworth€was€made€a€lance€corporal.€"ThisÏkind€gets€the€pay€of€a€buck€and€does€the€work€of€a€corporal."€Dilworth€had€complained€in€aÏJanuary€entry€of€the€way€the€noncommissioned€officer€rode€the€enlisted€men.€"They€almost€helpÏus€write€our€letters."€He€complained€about€them€jumping€all€over€soldiers€without€bothering€toÏfind€out€what€really€went€wrong.€Now€that€he€finds€himself€one,€he€muses€over€whether€he€willÏbe€able€to€earn€the€boys'€respect.€He€enjoys€being€able€to€stay€in€the€tent€and€read€or€do€what€heÏlikes,€"so€long€as€the€guard€goes€on€alright."€Afton€Love€spent€the€last€part€of€that€month€and€theÏfirst€part€of€April€in€San€Diego„„whether€with€friends€or€family€Dilworth€neglects€to€mention.€"IÏwas€mighty€glad€to€see€her.€We€talked„„it€seemed€as€tho€there€were€so€many€home€things€to€talkÏof."€He€spent€his€liberty€on€trips€with€her€to€Coronado,€Mission€Cliffs,€Balboa€Park.€"It€was€threeÏweeks€of€greatest€pleasure€...€Gee,€I€certainly€was€sorry€to€see€them€go€and€I€nearly€bawled.ÏThere€was€a€lump€in€my€throat€for€about€five€hours.€I€didn't€think€that€it€would€be€so€lonesomeÏwhen€they€left,€but€it€was."Ð @-(, Ðà  à"Wish€it€moved,"€Dilworth€writes€in€late€April.€Wish€something€would€come€in€a€hurry.ÏSick€of€it„„yet€we€haven't€started."€He€speculates€they€might€be€off€by€September.€He€reports€aÏtotal€of€$360€earned.€"What€a€waste.€It€is€certainly€a€shame€that€humans€can't€live€peaceablyÏtogether."€The€next€month€he€is€promoted€to€corporal,€spending€the€first€week€sick.€"We€are€soonÏgoing€to€be€in€one€of€two€places„„,"€he€says,€"over€there€or€home."€This€time€he€is€right.€In€lateÏMay€sixty€men€from€the€battery€received€word€they€were€shipping€out€as€part€of€the€JuneÏAutomatic€Replacement„„filling€slots€in€other€regiments€in€Europe€of€those€disabled€or€killed.ÏLamar€Barlow€remembers€the€enthusiasm.€He€says€there€lacked€the€moodiness€of€World€War€II„„¼people€had€not€had€a€taste€of€death€yet.€Noncoms,€to€Dilworth's€disappointment,€were€to€stayÏbehind.€"We€are€to€whip€the€June€draft€into€shape€...€Another€seven€or€eight€months€in€camp€andÏI'll€be€bugs."€Dilworth€records€a€several„day€march€before€the€Replacements€left,€up€the€coast€toÏSanta€Ana,€including€swimming€in€the€ocean€during€rest€stops,€and€dances€and€diners€given€byÏthe€towns€they€passed€through.€They€returned€to€an€empty€camp€and€waited€the€new€arrivals.Ï"We€are€here€for€at€least€six€weeks€and€probably€until€next€spring."€On€the€28th€of€July€he€reportsÏthat€"while€I'm€writing€I€am€on€the€jump"€because€of€rumors€they€would€soon€be€leaving.€ManyÏof€the€other€regiments€had€gone.€"We€are€scheduled€to€be€the€last€to€leave€Kearny€and€make€upÏthe€rear€guard."€The€next€entry,€August€5,€is€from€the€train.Ìà  àDilworth€crossed€the€Atlantic€on€the€Scotian,€an€English€ship.€"We€were€part€of€a€largeÏconvoy€of€forty€ships€or€so,"€he€writes€in€his€history.€"Off€on€the€horizon€on€both€sides€wereÏcruisers,€while€occasionally€a€destroyer€would€weave€in€and€out€among€the€ships.€At€statedÏintervals€the€ships€would€change€course,€to€confuse€the€submarines.€This€was€the€famous€zig„zagÏcourse.€Forty€ships€changing€in€unison€was€something€to€behold.€His€journal€describes€theirÏquarters€in€the€steerage€as€"a€place€of€darkness€and€peculiar€odors.€With€all€of€the€ports€closedÏand€locked,€our€only€air€is€through€a€temporary€ventilator,€so€that€it€gets€pretty€sour€here€beforeÏmorning."€He€is€surprised€at€the€variety€of€the€sea,€now€a€"heavy€blue„green€liquid€slowlyÏswelling,"€now€"like€frozen€tar€which€slowly€change[s]€shape€and€color."€He€admires€the€moon,Ïand€the€sunsets,€"which€rival€those€of€old€Saltair."€He€mentions€lifeboat€drills€and€the€fear€of€U„¼Boats.€He€speaks€romantically€of€a€ship€on€the€horizon€going€the€other€way„„"Ships€that€pass€inÏthe€night."Ìà  àThey€rounded€Ireland€on€the€north€and€made€land€at€Liverpool,€where€they€spent€five€daysÏat€a€camp€called€Knotty€Ash,€with€inadequate€supplies.€The€journal€ends€abruptly€here€until€afterÏthe€war„„soldiers€were€not€allowed€to€keep€diaries€for€fear€they€would€fall€into€enemy€hands.€HeÏfills€in€a€few€details€of€Liverpool€after€Armistice€Day„„throwing€pennies€at€the€children,€seeingÏall€the€sights,€including€an€organ€recital€at€the€town€hall,€"(but€we€Utah€boys€are€spoiled€for€organÏrecitals)."€He€remembers€his€disgust€at€finding€prices€at€the€YMCA€as€high€as€anywhere€else„„aÏpattern€that€persisted€in€France.€They€crossed€from€Southampton€to€Le€Havre€at€night,€thenÏtraveled€by€train€(forty€men€or€eight€horses€to€a€boxcar)€to€Vouille,€near€Poitiers,€and€after€twoÏmore€weeks€to€Bordeaux€and€Camp€de€Souge€to€continue€training€on€the€4.7€inch€guns.€"TheseÏwere€built€like€the€3€inch€guns€but€were€much€larger€and€more€awkward€to€handle.€We€neverÏwere€good€at€shooting€them,€and€they€were€less€reliable.€These€guns€were€likely€the€reason€whyÏwe€did€not€get€to€the€front.€We€never€could€shoot€them€straight."Ìà  àLamar€Barlow,€one€of€the€Replacements,€found€himself€in€battle€by€mid„September.€HeÏand€his€group€were€given€a€one„hundred„yard€stretch€of€ground€to€take€care€of„„beyond€that€theyÏweren't€told€a€thing.€Then€on€September€26,€1918,€the€Allies€coordinated€an€offensive„„at€zeroÏhundred€hours,€every€gun€on€the€front€extending€from€Belgium€to€Switzerland€went€off€at€theÐ @-(, Ðsame€time.€From€that€moment€on€there€were€no€more€rotations„„he€fought€straight€through,€sevenÏdays€a€week.€Beginning€at€3:00€a.m.€the€captain€would€give€the€signal,€and€they€would€fire€as€fastÏas€they€could€on€the€enemy€trenches€with€medium€and€heavy€artillery.€When€the€enemy€came€upÏout€of€the€trenches,€the€allies€followed,€took€up€new€positions,€and€dug€in.€Horses€were€broughtÏforward€to€haul€the€guns,€then€taken€back€again.€The€daytime€was€business€as€usual„„machineÏgun€fire,€shrapnel.€Barlow€says€he€was€hit€three€times.€At€night€they€dug€trenches€six€feet€longÏand€deep€enough€that€their€bodies€were€at€least€flush€with€the€ground.€He€remembers€casualtiesÏby€the€hundreds,€shell„shocked€soldiers,€sickness,€filth,€infection,€unsanitary€conditions.€DilworthÏand€his€battery€were€a€long€way€from€any€of€this.Ìà  àDilworth€says€the€German€submarines€must€have€been€effective€in€keeping€supplies€out,Ïbecause€their€rations€were€poor.€"We€lived€on€carrots€alone€for€three€weeks€one€time."€They€gotÏbread€and€cheese€from€markets,€picked€blackberries€from€hedges,€and€bought€milk€warm€fromÏfarms.€Dilworth,€who€savored€these€roadside€meals,€says€they€soon€learned€"what€blackberriesÏcould€do€to€a€person€unwashed."€He€tells€of€whittling€the€mold€from€one€cheese€until€the€cheeseÏwas€mostly€gone.€Once€Dilworth€approached€a€chateau.€A€woman€sat€outside€the€kitchenÏdoorway€milking,€the€cow's€head€and€forequarters€inside€the€door.€He€pointed€to€the€cow,€theÏpail,€his€canteen,€and€said€"òòDu€lait?€Du€lait?óó"€She€didn't€understand€until€he€got€down€beside€herÐ pÀ Ðand€pantomimed.€"òòOh,€oui€oui€oui!óó"€she€said€and€filled€his€canteen.€He€thanked€her€and€tried€toÐ \¬ Ðpay,€but€she€wouldn't€allow€it.€When€he€insisted€she€led€him€around€the€cow€and€inside,€sat€himÏon€a€chair,€pulled€a€box€from€a€bureau,€and€carefully€unwrapped€the€portrait€of€a€young€man€inÏuniform.€Dilworth€surmised€this€was€her€son,€and€that€it€was€for€him€she€wore€her€black€armÏband.€She€pulled€a€bottle€of€expensive€wine€from€the€shelf,€poured€a€thimbleful€in€each€of€twoÏglasses,€toasted€him,€"òòVive€l'Amriqueóó!"€and€drank.€"òòVive€la€Franceóó!"€he€said,€and€held€the€glassÐ øH Ðto€his€lips,€but€did€not€drink.€She€seemed€disturbed.€He€tried€to€explain€the€Word€of€Wisdom,€butÏcouldn't€make€her€understand€his€English.€He€gave€her€his€glass,€took€hers,€and€gestured€towardsÏthe€pail.€"òòOh,€ouióó,"€she€finally€said,€and€filled€the€glass€with€still„warm€milk.€"òòVive€l'Amriqueóó!"Ð ¼  Ðshe€toasted€him€once€more.€"òòVive€la€Franceóó!"€he€said€and€drank.Ð ¨ø Ðà  àDilworth's€unit€was€ordered€to€the€front€on€November€1st,€but€before€they€could€pack€upÏand€ship€out,€the€Armistice€was€signed.€"I€took€part€in€the€celebration€on€Armistice€night.€OurÏband€marched€in€a€parade€in€the€city€and€our€job€was€to€form€a€hollow€square€within€whichÏmarched€[the]€band€playing€music.€The€guard€was€to€keep€the€French€girls€from€trying€to€kiss€andÏhug€the€band€members€so€they€could€not€play."€The€parade€finished€at€the€òòEsplanade€desÐ D!” ÐQuinconcesóó,€packed€with€fifty€or€sixty€thousand€people,€as€he€remembers,€for€the€mainÐ 0"€  Ðcelebration.€The€esplanade€is€dominated€by€the€òòMonument€des€Girondinsóó,€a€bronze€statue€of€aÐ #l! Ðwoman,€larger€than€life,€in€Grecian€gowns,€perched€atop€a€white€column€several€stories€high.ÏDilworth€says€a€drunken€man€climbed€out€on€her€upstretched€hand,€where€he€led€the€crowd€in€òòLaÐ ô$D # ÐMarseillaiseóó.€"He€swayed„„you'd€think€he€was€going€to€fall€off,€but€he€never€did."Ð à%0!$ Ðà  àThen€it€was€more€waiting.€Once€one€of€Dilworth's€friends€suggested€they€go€to€"'Hill€13,'Ïthe€army€house€of€prostitution,€just€to€look€in.€I€refused.€He€went,€but€would€not€look€me€in€theÏeye€the€next€day."€Another€time,€after€a€half„day's€liberty€in€Bordeaux,€Dilworth€was€waiting€forÏthe€truck€to€take€him€back€to€camp.Ìñ"ñÓÓñ"ñÌà0  àOne€of€my€battery€mates€came€along€and€stood€waiting€under€a€dim€street€lamp.€He€didÏnot€see€me€and€I€kept€quiet€in€the€dark€doorway.€Soon€a€French€girl€came€along€and€spokeÏto€him€in€the€universal€language.€He€looked€up€and€down€the€street,€and€seeing€no€one,Ð @-(, Ðwent€with€her€into€the€darkness.€Later,€when€we€arrived€in€Salt€Lake€City,€I€saw€a€woman,Ïcarrying€a€baby,€rush€up€to€him€and€thrust€the€baby€into€his€arms.€I€stood€watching€andÏwondered€what€he€was€thinking„„I'm€still€wondering.Ð (#(# ÐÌÌñ"ñÓÓñ"ññ"ñ€ñ"ñHe€regretted€later€not€having€stepped€out€and€prevented€him,€or€at€least€made€his€presenceÏknown.Ìà  àThey€waited€out€the€great€flu€epidemic€of€1918€in€pup€tents€in€the€sand€hills€of€Camp€deÏSouge,€cooking€their€rations€on€tin€can€stoves.€Rumors€flew„„there€may€have€been€some€questionÏas€to€whether€these€green€soldiers€should€be€made€part€of€the€army€of€occupation.€(Lamar€BarlowÏfelt€bad€that€his€group,€who€had€seen€battle,€had€to€stay€behind.)€Dilworth€played€football€for€theÏregimental€team€at€his€old€position€of€fullback.€They€line€up€a€half„dozen€games€against€otherÏbases€in€Southern€France,€going€undefeated€and€un„scored„against.€The€team€was€to€travel€toÏParis€to€play€for€the€championship€of€the€American€Expeditionary€Forces€when€the€sailing€ordersÏ