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Show weds set up housekeeping in Mountain Green. Jim suffered a broken back in a freak accident while hauling logs with a friend. From then until his death he suffered excruciating pain. Doctors could do nothing for him. John Heber moved his family to Morgan and Jim's sister and husband, Ed and Nellie Fernelius, moved in to help with the farm work. This pleasant association continued for 14 years. Jim loved horses nearly as much as he loved his fiddle and his animals were always sleek and well cared for. In 1908 he owned a young team of high spirited colts that were still being trained. He was returning from Morgan when the young horses were spooked and bolted down the steep dugway west of Bohman's store. His sister, Nellie and her two year old daughter, Gladys, were with him. The three were thrown from the wildly careening buckboard and Jim caught his foot in the wheel. His life was saved when the horses broke loose from the buck- board, and kind friends came to the rescue. One year Jim and Ed homesteaded about a section of land on Gordon Creek where a cabin was built and milk cows grazed on the virgin land. The property was lost when Jim and Ed could not afford to fence the acreage, as required by law. For several years Jim supervised road construction in the west end of the County. He also guarded the railroad bridges during World War I. The 'home up on the hill' was a favorite gathering place for fiddler friends and neighbors who stopped in to join in the fun. Jim taught his daughter, Muriel, to play chords and the two furnished 'happy music' for many dances and socials. In 1928 Jim and Mary bought the little store at Gateway which had been owned by his father. They spent the remaining years of their lives there. Jim died at the age of 57. Mary sold the store about two years later and spent her remaining years with her children. She died in 1947 at North Ogden. Both are buried in the Uintah Cemetery. Mary died at age 65. —Muriel Robinson Shupe, North Ogden DID YOU KNOW That lightening strikes the earth about 100 times every second, that the ave¬rage lightening bolt is only four inches wide, but can stretch across the sky for 40 miles and generate six times as much energy as all the power stations in the Country put together? 239 |