STAKE conferences MARICOPA the regular quarterly conference of maricola maricopa Mari Mar copa leopa stake was hold held in lehi arizona dec 21 and 22 1889 As usual the stake was waa well represented by its various officers the reports showed that a lively interest is maintained in things spiritual as well as temporal on the business was suspended and the people attended aeeti meeting arg en masse after w which bleb the universal expression was that never ainee we have been in the maricopa maricola Mari copa stake have we had such an enjoyable time the prayers offered were sincere the singing inspiring and the short discourses calculated to encourage all not to waver in troublous times goo geo PAMEY secy PAROWAN the quarterly conference of parowan carowan stake was held in the parowan carowan meetinghouse meeting house de and 1889 there were present of the stake presidency morgan richards jr and francis webster members of the high council and representative men from all the wards in the stake were also present as well as a large number of saints considering the unfavorable weather the reports from the ward priesthood represented the sabbath schools improvement associations primary and rulief societies and other local organizations to be in very fair condition the general and local authorities and list of home missionaries were presented and unanimously sustained the speakers during the conference were presidents morgan richards jr and francis webster and elders john eyre wm win E jones charles adams wm win C mitchell Ml uriah T jones james stayley alfred W lund J B dalley S P horsley wm win C mcgregor B R W heyborne Eley borne wm win holyoak wm win adams P M jensen jas S hunter david matheson and J P jensen the leading subjects treated upon were the necessity of obedience to the counsels of the lord through his authorized servants faith family government political rights word of wisdom etc and many other items of interest to the latter day saints our meetings though somewhat interfered with by the storm gave no occasion for murmuring as the rain in the valleys and rich deposits of snow in the mountains made the prospects for another harvest quite favorable tavo lavo rable the sunday school union held their first conference in thle this stake on sunday evening december 1889 being largely attended superintendent joseph H armstrong reported the sabbath schools in the stake as being in a very good and prosperous condition and accomplishing comp lishing a good and great work 4 the rhe speakers were joseph T wilkinson james and david matheson and the subjects spoken upon were the best beat methods of obtaining a general attendance at the sabbath school benefits of music in the schools and the best beat methods of teaching theology in the classes the singing throughout the conference was excellent and a good spirit prevailed WM H HOLYOAK clerk