Show HASTE EASTERN RN ARIZONA STAKE conference the quarterly conference e of the eastern arizona stake of zion was held at taylor on saturday and sunday da march ath and oth 1884 1881 11 there lere was present on the stand of the local authorities prest J jesse jcsse esse N smith and counselors prest lot smith of the little colorado stake and most of the bishops and presiding elders of the stake saturday esth 10 am after the usual opening exercises prest jesse jcsse N smith made some I 1 rood and wholesome remarks upon the I 1 word ord of wisdom and answered answered some questions that lad kad had been asked upon that subject B bishops shops J 11 john hunti huntt J C owens and D K udall made reports of the taylor snowflake woodruff and st johns wards the saints were trying to livo ilvo their religion rel rei islon and there seemed to boue Q a marked improvement especially in observing the tho word of wisdom 2 rpm M bishops 8 E johnson J T eager easer r E A noble and elders S B tenney J W clark mark and hans hansen gave save in reports of the erastus omer alpine grant nutrioso and forest dale wards which in most instances show ed the wards in a good healthy condition and t the he saints striving to keep the law of god brother hamilton and prest oscar mann gave some excellent instructions upon the subject of training our chil chii children dren deen and other points of interest to tile the saints sunday oth 10 a in after the usual exercises the clerk read the statistical report of the stake also reports of young mems mutual improvement association and the sunday school all of which showed an increase over the last the general and local authorities les ies N were vere presented and sustained by the vote of the conference the speakers were brother arx arg argyle arxyie yie yae of davis county utah brother john and president A 11 hatch all of whom spoke with much spirit and plainness brother Reid licad gave an account of his recent mission to the tho eastern states president hatch gave a report of the recent trip of president smith and party to silver city and their lectures at tk t that at place which was quite interesting to the saints 2 rpm p m the speakers were brother J IT II james president lot smith of the L little ittle colorado stake and P resident president jesse N smith who spoke with much force orce and plainness upon several subjects acts of interest to the saints touching in upon the word of wisdom with much eam earnestness estness and in such a way that none could doubt or misunderstand the principle there was a priesthood meeting held on the evening of the still ath at which much good instruction was given upon several subjects chief of which aih wa yva home industry A good spirit prevailed during the conf conference e rence and a good attendance notwithstanding withstanding the them hi high k waters which prevented teams teams crossing the stream tile the most of the time and those residing III lii on the west side had to bu be taken across on a raft raf t conference adjourned to convene at snowflake on the second saturday in june next joserh josepn els eis U clerk |