Show DOINGS THE convention the thi delegates were in session 5 hours hourt on i Tue tuesday bkay tilka talking ing over matters for best good of f their constituents some two or three hundred spectators were present A resold thor was adopted extending tb theredon ther coref edom dom of the convention to the hons john al M barnhi bel bei sel I win 11 hooper to the presidency 0 of f thib thia stake of zion and the members 0 the high nigh council the committee appointed on monday to draft resolutions and report a list of prices which ilich would bo be expressive of the views of the convention presented their report as follows history of the past show to us that well regulated governments states and communities have provided ani an I 1 cured ie secured the stad stat staff of life for the busten sustenance kr e of the people and E whereas our isolated location and liability of our cro crops M s being destroyed by drouth droutz frost insects and other visitations have given ua us an experience unusual in other regions and have learned ui us that both propriety and duty require aire us to advise and follow that course of leat leal deat deal and policy best calculated for self seif pre enervation ser eer ration and whereas VIle ylie reas the productions cf the country are a necessity 0 touching aching the very existence of our 0 r settlements in these mountain valleys a i an and A 1 1 whereas H inanity requires us us to tac lac ln ini 1 to consideration the wants warts of the present p population op and the incoming emigration of many thousands and whereas we have bout nouv no ut t upon which to rely but the present har harvest vest veit already in many places seriously lessened by drouth and trost froat therefore to provide for the present and further necessities of ourselves and dependents and anti to save our wheat from being red ted to animal and retained in the country to be distributed to the needy in ili time of scarcity we ie recommend commend that the following prices in government currency when it is at par increasing creasan cre asin that price prick to corr correspond spond with the premium on gold be adopted and sustained in the adoption of the prices hf hereinafter named your committee are of the opinion that and other labor will best regulate itself PRICES flour foun four 12 1200 00 loot R 1001 loo US bs IV wheat heat beat 5 00 bushel corri corn 4 00 t barley birley 3 50 of oats 3 00 potatoes 2 00 M beets wits and ana carrots I 1 go 00 dc onions 4 00 99 beans 6 00 ff peas pias 4 00 at nutter butter 60 11 ib chi cheese ese 40 it eggs 40 11 doz beef on foot root 10 Q ib lb mutton lri iri 12 6 pork 20 ic Mo jasses 3 00 gal ilay hay 30 00 y ton ape th e ie report ort was read and accepted mr nil simons made a speech on high prices judge snow moved to strike out 12 and inbert inbert insert bf rt 10 as a the standard price for flour lia ifa was a poor mans friend and did not wa want nt to put up the prices price S to the injury of our own people hon E I 1 D woolley made a speech bite subject of prices stating that he was tiia th poor mans friend he wanted the staff of ot life ftfe kept in the territory by bonfe mea means na go so that our iown own folk swill not suite sun suu e he was wab in in favor of making 3 in gold the standard pice price of flour and he tho thought ight three dollars for wheat was about right joseph 8 murdock jo epli jecht T ellis ani and peter petel J mesheck made remarks ra 1 arks murdock replying to th he arguments ot of mr bar woolley wool wooi ey other gentlemen support ing his position ilon hen george A smith went in strongly for the price of lof flour to be 15 per hared presidents B young ana ani H C kimball Ki myall review revl ewel eJ the history of grain rain raising raisin ano trading in this territory the breid president n t stated that this convention belonged belon ged to israel and aill he wanted the tie tle me mechanics chanies and all or any of offie tte ite brethren to speak tb th ir sentiment adjourned till wednesday at 10 a m on oh wednesday the delegates conver convened led in the titi Bowery ry president hunte hunter mada mace mada made a few remarks an the probability of a great demand forvour for floun flour next winter and bence hence the necessity 4 of protecting ours ires lrea after some bome abse iva tiona tlona by Pes president ident young the tha forenoon session was occupied by samael S imick L adams edas wlas morris morns wm S diar dier binin ef ein bin lwin iwin in rishton Ris liton ilton wm vm jennings james lawson J hn ha M woolley and andrew J moffit in the afern afternoon oon the convention proceeded to t consideration of the int rit of or prices re co commended p ime n de d by the committee A good deal of discussion was indulged in and as will be seen teen by the list of prices finally agreed ag aea upon several articles wele were stricken from the original list the tha reason for this was that it wag was essi dered to affix any price drice that would b be e aepli applicable cab I 1 e in every pa part eart rt of the ier territory ker i A few 0 of the delegates were in favor tf of striking hay bay from the list but tile tiie the majority voted that it should be retained freighting and dried fruit were added on motions by b city ty L delegates i wis wib coved it wab was moved that the minutes of the coni antion be published in the DESERET NEWS A vote of thanks to bishop minter hunter for the able manner in which he had llad discharged the onerous duties of his office was given with acclamations of approval adjourned till tuesday the ath day of Os tober next at 10 a ra rn then to io meet at the same place the following is the list of the articles and prices in gold at which they are to 0 o be held in our market flour 1203 12 03 11 wheat boo b 00 14 bushel corn 4 00 it barley 4 00 it oats 3 00 it potatoes 2 OJ ft beets and carrots loo 1 00 irions 4 00 beans 10 00 peb peas guo butter bater 60 lb I 1 r cheese to 10 f ega eggs 40 40 T loz doz beefs bee on toot 10 W b i mutton liw pork SO 0 hay 25 00 J ton freighting mlle mile 2 0 03 for liibs boolba dried apple apples sa peaches 75 70 ib several mistakes having occurred in the list of delegates printed last week and six or eight others art arriving iving after we went to press lwe we cepro reproduce duce it in this thi no complete and anil corrected by the roll kept by mr secretary bullock we do this for the purpose of preserving the names for future reference G S L county E elijah lijah F sheet alonzo 11 raleigh raleign isaac al stewart steart ste art ant archibald gardner reuben miller andrew cn cin C n ing ham thos mcclelland McC lellard abrahan abraha ii hoagland frederick kesier kesler kesi Kesl pr pampas H kounz luther S hemenway E D woolley Woo licy llcy silas R richards chadds jacob weiler weller leonard leopard IV hinly haid nathan dm davig john al woolley edmund ellsworth john J stocking david Brin brinton tons ira Ed E dredge redge W H solomon edwin adam spiers alexander mcrae andrew Ca caboon cahoon hood bOOD john sharp utah Co counte wity reonard Tep teo nard narA E B david ev evan ans Zerub babel snow william ailt Alit miller ler ier wm win mcbride thoa thos J mccullough wm win price orrawell simons georee george B snell B B messenger john brown G W hick ilick man map wm wui bringhurst Bring hurst burst reab connly samuel L adam adams edward kay sanpete county andrew J moffitt peter robert johnston joseph T ellis 11 11 kearns adlard alvillard county thomas callister hyram B bennett Re njamin JL 11 johnston jacob croft beaver county chuot dore turley morgan county C S peterson Pete raon thos J thurstin ira N spaulding richard fry iron county wm H 11 dame henry lunt washington county john elijah IL fuller killer lysander dayton joseph birch james dickerson kane county A P hardy G A smith I 1 zemira draper lobele county john george IV bryan aroet L hale john J chads nox cox elder eldry county courty lorenzo snow alfred cordon chester cheater loveland I 1 wasatch tva lVa satch gatch county yoseph Joseph Q S murdock murd Mard osk 1 david van wagoner D davis dovis county john joun stoker phio allen alien th thos S smith smith christopher layton wm R S ri weder weber bounty ezra chase richard bil B il cantyne lan tyne george rose A P sone R E baird S T halverson halverson peter 1 L Mesh meshick lck ick david M perkins sanford bensh Binz ham bam am thomas Rc richardson hardson lorin farr C IV west lster later J herrick john spiers ciche cache county ezra T benson peter maughan thomas E ricks wm Maug maughan ban han john wolf samuel Ro keily kelly abarr barrner ner nen IN merrill die Mei rill trill wm D hendricks lorenzo 11 hatch wm budge george 0 pitkin ole N liljenquist david james andrew P shumway kl summit county henry W buzzee abraham diar Alar marchant chants john pack packs charles richars Ri chirs elias asper Rich Richan fani lani 1 county joseph C rich F franklin W young pres YOUNG AND COM TRIP TO MORGAN coubry MK dir EDITOR on the afternoon of the zith 4 dinst presto brigham young and heber C G kimball and company left this city tofiq an ol at previously made for a two daya meeting in morgan county rih vib thearty Th party were greeted arid and escorted through bountiful bot by a company of athe brass crass and martial bands I 1 also played salutes and appropriate airs as the company passed pasted the late crops at it this pace place and at centreville Cen treville trevi ile lle boie bole painful evidence of the scarcity of water for irrigation durpos I 1 ies jes ea the ca company rem remained ain aln edat at over night and were ivere the guests of ars judson A stoddard and abd leonard leonir d rice eid eld elivera ef ra G geo ee A 4 smith and F D Ille richards hards bards prec preceded eded the thi company to farmington where elder smith sinith fulfilled an appointment to preach friday bbb we proceeded to morgan county before entering weber kanyo n they gerej ined by bishop layton and capt robert Burtor bartons lys ils mounted company arrived about 2 p in at bishop Thurs thurstons tons where a beat seat bowery bad just been erected 45 by 65 feet the posts of which were ornamented with sheaves of wheat and oats and stalks of corn flax ilax and hemp also with bunches hunches of onions carrots turnips and cabbages baes the productions of the valley I 1 wreaths breaths of evergreens ever greens dotted with flowers i weare suspended over the stand in the midst of which sown aown on green gr een silk in large scarlet i elettera letters appeared WELCOME I 1 on the tile mornin morning ir of the oth elders john taylor AV woodruff and lonn lorin farr bishops J lin hn IV ress II BS C IV west W it smith and many of the saints from davis comity county and alj ining settlements arrived also the oden brass bind whose enlivening strains of music filled e t the e mountain oun a a recesses with melody and harmony dle Ale meeting eting commenced at 10 a m pres prea heher heber C Kiin ball bail expressed espre sed his hits gratification at with the saints baines ia in that beautiful valley he ile bles ed the he settlers and their children and mid the valley and exhorted the saints to live so fal fai bril bruiy bouly bruly I 1 ly before god th thit it the land 1 tn imbt not be cursed through sin but that the the 1 I e elements mizhi be by the bless 1 I 1 ing of god alluded to those who heard the I 1 word but did not receive the same their in minds ands not being exhorted the sa saints sainta ants and antl tippling tip lip pling with iniquity and allowing their hearts bearta to become covetous r I 1 advised bishop truiston Tp Tr urston to build a goad house for his hia worthy family and pay bome some good mechanic in w heat beat f for or erecting the same elder geo A smith referred to the difficulties interposed by settlers themselves to th the tha e i improvement ani ana development of new coun goun 1 ties A judge judie wished to locate toc loc atea a bridge at a certain point the bishop dishop thought it best to hava have A H ford lorl and by being dle die disunited united they buc suc seeded admirably in teeing thein each others bands hands I 1 and r barding pub pubic ic improvement his course ban hati been wh when en in council to give his bis views vies however foolish an and d then fail fall in wish the policy decided upon by the president and work to the tile same with all h a might i I 1 afternoon i elder F D richards re referred ferrea to his first acquaintance with this region of cod country a I 1 few years ago none would have ventured to I 1 sow grain in the valleys of the weber this year beir however be he had bad the pleasure of seeing I 1 grain raised on kamas prairie since the servants of god gd had bad blessed the mountain mountains 9 and the valleys and the sainta saints h bai bad ad located upon j them the elements were so tempered that tb agrain grain 1 and fruit grew agid aia aid matured beyond the expectations I 1 of the most sanguine th the tithe of I 1 what whai the earth produces is the lords and ba he promised the ancients that thai if they would bring i the same into his storehouse ile he would rebuke the devourer for their salces sakes we iye could read lly liy see that the elements had bad beai been modified for the bike sike of his people on these mountains counselled counseller Coun selled those who desired their own prosperity and that of the work of god to pay their tithing that this sacred law might be en graven on their hearts and that of their children after them elder W woodruff rejoiced in the goo instructions given realized I 1 iced that when the saints built up the kingdom i of god they built up themselves and when they undertook to pull it down they tirey pulled palle d themselves down alid wid wrought for their own destruction exhorted the sains sams to bus band their grain not only to save themselves from want but to provide for their friends and relatives who A ilo would come here tor for or bread el eider elder dr I 1 geo goo A smith read the Reel revelation rel Rei elAtion atlon wherein r ein eln god promised hiis his saints that thad they should be a free people if they followed him exhorted the saints to humility and ana illness that they might be able to asprec ate wila wita grateful hearts their eit git lon ion and nt net I 1 be baiett lett iett in darkness to run rup after the gentiles and partake of their plagues I 1 E elder I 1 er hogan addressed the danish saints for a short time in their own tongue i after meeting president young and party I 1 visited tag tae art and hinmans Hin mans in 11 on east eist kanyon creek then returned to the weber which they crossed and dined at br birds and returned in the eveni evening fio fig to bishop thurstons Tours Thurs tons sunday ah elder elden john taylor preached ile he was pleased to see the agricultural representations in the bowery stich such filie fine specimens from their fields furnished abundant evi dence of 0 the capabilities of the country how would europeans feel if they should shoud be invited to settle in these fertile and productive vales and have the use of the soil the timber I 1 and the range without paying any rent and mso aso er enjoy y the immunities from war this peo pla pia pled pied d ou we sometimes whet we raised good crop it was our own smartness and when results crowned our labors we oft took the credit to ourselves and felt like one of old ilia 13 not this great babylon that I 1 have built 22 how difficult it ws was for tor the saints to realize god goj blessed their fields not only to give them a good crop but for the building up and es of his kingdom on the earth and that that we might learn be irma trea averil venly y p inci ples and teach the same game to others prest heber C kimball klin Kiin ball bali referred ferrei re to the excellent teachings f gevea ivea by br taylor and the bret brethren hren bren who had bid spoken spoke e of his bodily sickness bickness on this bui |