,- , ' ,, : I 1 z., , , , ,,,,- : ,::,, ,.... -, :s 1; i ;: ' a. ; , -; - ,-, I - .- . ..... .v.,,,,,,,. . s , - . - '. , -,,- ' I . - '' , '.; '4 I t '. - - -2-- rntMlIt , ; , . ' ,''', ' - , i ' ' (4 lii - . - , , 4 4 , '' '',. - , ; , , ' , ,- 1 - - - '' ,P ' 4,..), t , ' , ... , , , ,,I , , t '' ,- - 4 --- - 126 hlChäir 13.,roadcast, -' - -- unday-,- ...4 a.m. 9 -- SUNDAY. - NOVI:MBES IS. MS Directe4 W J. Spencer Cerawill. the Choi r will e "Faith of Our Fathers by Walton 'How Gina, the Wisdoms" by NM- si: " - How best preseree ; for years to, come the Great Salt Lake Basin Meridian Stone located next to the southeast corner of the wall surrounding Temple Square, is a problem lbeing weighed by the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association and the Bureau of Land Management A few years back, when InOuttriaraftard.w ' r - al -- ' Direited by J. Spencer Cornwall. Choir war into "Jean. Jestt. Holt. Holt. Tot Hall LOWIY" by Ions "Now Thank We All Our God" by Sack , For All the Saints" by Williams Nattier of Thanksgiving" 'Prayer lands Folk Song Alexander Schreiner will play as solos: prim "Prior, by Jensen Song by Dulteit Me by Gould '"Jesus. Savior. Pilot , S. ' arker. It has now become necessary to select the best preservative available to save the stone from further tarnish by the weather, reports Elder John D. Giles,, executive secretary of the landmarks association.. , Elder Richard L. Evans, president of the Temple Square Mission, has requested that Virtu be done to preserve the Let virtue garnish thy marker. , , thoughts unceasingly; then shall Some discussion, in the past wax in confidence strong thy, has centered upon placing a new the presence of God; and the marker where the meridian is doctrine of the priesthood shall located but it being such an imdistill upon thy soul as the dews portant historic landmark every from heaven. effort will be made to preserve the Holy Ghost shall be thy it, Elder Giles said. constant Companion, and thy Iron Fence-- Ereeted scepter an unchanging scepter An iron fence was- placed, of righteousness and truth; and it in 1932 by the thy dominion, shall be an ever- around association after the snow lasting dominion, and without Borne-thin- g , , , ,, , - , land--mar- , ' compulsory means it shall flow unto thee forever and ever D&ç 121:46, 46. - - Path of the Just Ilplows had chipped it several limes. But the fence also has weathered some : rough treat-ment One of the staves from is missing and the iron proIt ' has become loose from 1 tective The path of the just is al the Its foundation.--.--- The stone is the basis from shining light, that shineth more aud more unto the perfect day. which all surveys of Utah, with the exception of a section of Proverbs 4:18. 6CHURCH , Saturday, November 140953 ' ---- ' , ' e- ., -- - , . -- - - the .Uintab Basin are estab; Hshed. It was from this point that the streets and numbers In Salt 1.ake Citrand thevarious towns and cities and village's tifroughout the state were sur' exact time was written down and dispatched by telegraph to Washington, D. C. Thii Information compiled by the govern.1 melit helped In forming the Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific Time zones. Waiting by. the Salt Lake servatory to dispatch the time the iun's shadow was cast over the table in .the 'cabin was Daniel S. Spencer. The boy sped the message to approxi- - veyed. Elder Giles reports that someone, without "regard for this warier established his own measurement in Uintah Basin and it was accepted., Story Confirmed 65 ,SouthMain , Street - matelY -the- where the .Information' found telegraph office was Historian's office confirms the located. Elder Speneer later story that in 1847 Orson Pratt became general agent for the laid out Salt Lake City from Union Pacific Railroad in Salt this point which he established Lake City. by means of the finest instru- - Contrary to tradition there is ments available In his time. Par- no relation between the Greatl ley P. Pratt and John Taylor, Salt Lake Base Meridian and while in France, had purchased the stone marking - the spot the most modern instruments wherel the - time observatory of the time.- stood, though they are located These instruments were not within 50 feet of each other. "crude" ones as some have been The red stone observatory is led to believe, Elder Giles says, found on the lawn of the mouth-bthe finest that could be east corner of the temple block found in France at that time.inside the wall while the mend. In 1855 when Gen. Burr ar- Ian marker, gray colored, Is rived in the vallek he followed cated outside of the wall. Elder Pratt's meridian point and ' Latitude Established placed a red stone marker near Latitude of Salt Lake City this point for the government's was established as 40 degrees, convenience in later assisting 45 minutes, 44 seconds and lonwith and determining the time gitude 111 degrees, 26 minutes zones across the land. and 34 seconds west, Came the year 1869 and, the Either marker could have U. S. Coast Survey Department been located any place- la- the decided to determine definite Elder Giles states. The time zones across the land, from valley found. within the red marker, Cambridge, Mass. , to San Fran- Temple Square was placed in its position only as a "matter ..Sun Dials of convenience." At a number of given points, Elder Giles declares that the serve different small cabins with a hole in the two markers root which would allow the purposes. The one on the out, sun's shadow to be east upon side of the temple block wall is a marked spot on a table inside the., point from whicti all land the surveys in the state Were and structure, were erected. ' When the sun was directly are made-wit- h the exception as over each of these cabins, and heretofore noted and the one Its shadow east through the hole inside for determining time overhead on to the table, that zones by the government. , I -- -- ut - -- A unaay School onventions Set Nov. 21722 it , horse drawn snow plows moved snow from the sidewalks about Chran Soldiers' kr the city, frequently the marker "The tont Is Idy Sitembnr9 by was- struck by the plows and Itoschat "0 God. Ottr Help in Ages Peer by chipped.-- - Since August, 1855, wanestabtished Now the Day is Over' bl Derain, when:thii -Frank W. Asper will play as organ by Gen. David 11.' Burr, first liolom 4 surveyor-generfor Utah, the "Passacaslis in C Minor' by lock "Jesus. Once of Humble Birgit" Anon weather has written its signs n SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 19E4 ture--ithe gray sandstone '- r, s - -- - . . - 4 - . , Utah-Pionee- Trails Utah Pioneer Groups ,, - A ,, n 11t 1 L )lans --- The next two Sunday mornaber ing broadcasts: of the nacle Choir and organ over the .Columbia Radio Network will ' Include the following -- musical - programs and , "The Spoken Word" by Elder Richard L. Evans of the Council of the ' , ",, Twelve. t ; --- ., .. - DETERMINED MOUNTAIN TIMEElder John D. Giles explaths to Richard L. Evans of the Council of the Twelve the part the Elder ' astronomical marker played in determining Initlf39 the time belts across the mtion. The marker stands ry on the southeast corner of Timple ails of the is executive-secretaAssociation. Landmarks and , Meridian-Ston- -- - , - L -,.. - réal Salt 'LakW:Basin . . , A,. li- I . - - -- ' --- ' . . k . field-engine- er; 1;,:- - I ' - TAMED LANDMARK NEEDS PROTECTIONDiscussing how best tii--preserve without harming the Great Salt Lake Base and Meridian , ""'''''-'- stone located lust outside the Temple Block wall of the southeast corner of the square are, left to right, Elder John D. Giles, Leo M. Petersen,. and Bird, regional engineer-Ellio- tt - office engineer of the Bureau of Land Management, and Elder, Richard L. Evans, president of the Temple Square Mission. - ' 1 -i ''''''-'- ' , , , - , - - i i , , I- , .. ,I,' . ,, . . I 1 . ',.., ' ' ."77 1 ,, ....L ,- - ,, , 1. . 4 :, , , .. t f- A- , , 1 tr , 1 ....A.A. . ' -. 41 , , I 4, I - , )61 ,...i...,,, , 4 - 1 If. I avow ( li , t '4 Ilk t ', 11 i' r 1 ti, - i " ' t , , A : - V 1 ', ,,..,,, , '1 , r ' ,I (' , - 1 J, , - ,,, It 4. ', t 1 I ) , c , , , - " - , ,, ..a., 's '' ,''' .1 ' ' - - - ' ' '' .'.. t. ' t , , lk , 1 '1. ' . - ( ' - ".".""""1014.1.''' ., ' , l ! I 1 -1 4,' I St I 1 ,,,,w - ----,' ''''''''t ' 41 : -' - - - . s' . Sunday School stakesconven tiona for Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 have been announced by the General Board of the Deseret Sunday- - School Vnionas; Nov. Stake at Fresno Second Ward Chapel, II and p.m., with Kenneth S. Bee. - zdon, chairman. Nov. 22Bakersfield Staki at 1917 Kentucky Street, Bakers. field, 10 a.m. and zit the Bakersfield First Ward tChapel, King with and Montereyzat-2:p.meiElder Bennion, chairman. Duchesne and Moon Lake Stakes at Duch !sne, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., with Richard E. Oir land, chairman. Emery Stake at Castle Dale Stake Building, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; Supt. Lynn S. Richards, chairman. I,Milkreek Stake at the stake center, 3805 South Main Street, 10 cm. and 2 p.m.; James L. Barker, chairman. Nampa at the new stake house at Nampa, 10 a.m. and 2, p.m.; Wendell J. Ashton, chairman. - Weber and North .Weber the - Weber College; Moench Building, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Wallace G. Bennett, ehrirman. r Re liof Society Fetes Rotiring0Ificets SPRING crry---Mrs. Mary Fine Mrs. Anna Eliza Hansen, Mrs. - Margaret Petersen and Mrs. Lorna Jensen, retiring officers of the Spring City Ward Relief Society were honored at a special entertainment honoring them, Tuesday afternoon at the Relief Society Halt In charge of the entertain- ment were Mrs. Lorna Jensen, Mrs. Ethel Sorensen, Mrs. Leona Strate and Mrs. Irene Aiken present Relict Society presidency. A program was presented and refreshments served. - -