Show li slab a u ithe most largely attended I 1 in history of the stake three high officials present and much said regarding gospel and duties of the saints probably the beat attended quarterly quai terly conference in the history of the stal e was held in Cast ledale last saturday and sunday by count sunday morn ng there were in attendance land the afternoon the mornin session attendance 1 included sunday school ch idren bat the aftel noon attendance was wholly of adults beside the stal e presidency and a large representation members of the high council and b apostles rudger clawson and geo A smith and chas H hart of the first of seventies were in attend ance the addresses of the higher church author ties were particularly pointed and spirited the farat of then remarks ft as strongly tov ard the support and rallying around the stake academy good manners politeness temperance and a strict to the word of wisdom following the opening exercises sat arday morning president Pies ident R G miller briefly referred to a satisfactory con of church matters throughout the stake A G jelkes sr reported the high council as up in its work and the doing splendid work bishop hitchcock reported the clawson ward as prospering building a new meeting house etc president mary A of the rel ef soc ety stated that tha stake had been vis ted b the stake presidency and reported that its affairs were in excellent order and that the society had close to in its L D hospital fund to assist some worthy member through a hospital op elation apostle smith congratulated th people of the stake on the physical evidences of a general degree of pros and enjoyment of a fair amount of modern conveniences I 1 he muff was furnished by the emery stake academy choir under the lea dersh p of prof hand aftel the opening afternoon exercises a very touching scene occurred in the greeting of two aged in fiant of the aud ence ex nt G laisen r and ex shop chas the latter has but lately returned to hunt agton from mexico whre he has been el elabed aged in csabi sh ing church influence the t vo me were always warm fr ends ia days gone bv in thia stake and both wore deeply affects d in seeing each other after so long an absence patriarch Patai arch gave account of his experiences in mexico and texas first counselor pace apostle cidison and bider hart made addresses addres ss of interest ani pres ident susie taylor reported the pr mar association al ve and active saturday night ws given over to the and a b v ai lenca was pre sent president elaina petersen of the youn lad es presided neither pres ident lou s or any of his coun celers of the men were present secretary L P larson however re ported the stake orga fulla or with the exception of molen that all officers and aids were working in harmony and with enthuse ism the roll call sho ved a beneral re from mutual workers from nearly every ward in the stake mrs nephi W lliams stated the young ladies organization was in excellent con all warda had been visited by the stake presidency an 1 per cent of the annual fees had been collected apostle smith then arose to address the gathen ng ind prefaced his remarks with a request to all lad es to remove their hats he thought it r that any should i place of wor h p with head covered and con such a place unsuited for a dis play of milli lery he compi anted the academy choir and prof hand for the excellent music rendered and then gave an excellent lecture on manners oi diab ts mutual work was intended he said to moral and intelligent development of the bivs and airia to achsh them in thought deportment and to teach boys not to puff to bacco smoke into the aiace of lad es and not to go to dances with breath perfumed fumed with whiskey and tobacco or to stare the girls out of cou ite nance on the streets G ris and boys nean t be dressed in the finest of clothes to look nice for all could make the most it ot common clothing by keeping it ni bod es clean hair combed oes polished and wearing a pleasant in lc in places of entertain ment don t wh or stamp the feet too often in 1 laces of worship and en berta n it g rl annoy the speakers and f t r tak ng pait by giggi ng and v 1 i rig they don t mean to be lu but they ere heedless and th nd consequently appeared iiii he the young lad es t to A pear upon the street with g r tie boys nor to laugh loud or vulgarly garl such act ons lowered tl era in the este of respectable peo I 1 ie ard adde them prey of of wicked and acs tn ng in n apostle audger claw son followed speaking on much the same I 1 nes par ticul arly that of stating that the t es of m nd ten per and 1 abets ire largely v atten upon the face and hence it was necessary that ill should be pure s yet and wholesome he strongly condemned tho use of to bacco and intoxicants and po anted out the r severe action upon the heart the musical numbers ether than those i eldered by the cho r were p beautiful solo city of refuge by hector evans and a violin solo I 1 by mibs floia johnson the morning session on burday con at 10 clock and consisted of i i regular sunday chool session pres dd d d over by stake bupt supt D woodward there w as a good representation of the st 1 e sunday chool officers and i ds stake chorister hector evans had charge of the smiling exercises the services opened by s nimg Is ever be late and prayer by thomas W daches s aging did you think to wh ie the sacrament ex excises were on bupt supt D Woo odward made the ig remarks and also re coed the stake sabbath school organ ho stated that he was proud to say that the nickel iund contribution tor the stake had gone away b yond ex pec tation an 1 had gone over the desired per cent huntington toi ward in this respect was in th lead having per cent plus and Cast ledale close behind with per cent never in the 1 of the stake had the n ckel fund reached and that this year the contribution aggregated 75 bupt supt woodward gave reason for the postponement of the convention to be held a month ago in that the outlines to carry on the ex excises had not reached them from headquarters it waa decided to now hold the sunday school convention at orangeville Orang eville on feb 1 and 2 the program to be shed in county newspaper so that all could know what it was he reported the schools throughout the stake all in good cond tion as al the baake organization organisation he spoke on enroll ment of those not attend ng school said out of iao school ch idren sties sho ved that 45 were not members elder woodward was thankful for the excellent work done by his stal e as socrates socia tes in the promoting of tl e good work and felt to bless them for it he sa d that at the coming clention coen tion methods would be introduced to try and get a greater enrollment and bring in those that were not stake Counce loi henry G bithia spoke ind sa d he ws pleased to with tha ch idren ind also enjoy the i spirit of such an excellent excell nt conference con terence dwelt briefly on the law of n ei cou raging the sainta to free their con sciences by pa ing a full and complete tithe advised the saints to let their love and good be extended to I 1 all mankind and rot only to a small circle chas H hart was the next speaker spoke in a kindly manner to the little ones who were present ho briefly spoke upon the liquor and tobacco habit those present of ap smith s lecture the night ou apostle geo albert smith vas in trod iced to the children and also apostle rudger clawson both speakers speak ehg directly to the ch iden dwelling at length upon th subject of keep ng tasir bodies and souls uncontaminated from the sins of the world euer sm th told i verv beal impress ve story of helen whitney to teach a lesson on the sub eject of faith elder smith took up the second hymn did you think to pray for a text and brought tears to the eyes of those present nimg fo close and benedict on bv elder john Y jensen the closing session sunday afternoon witnessed the big attendance after singing it wis opened by prayer by pa nad bokr n president miller announced that the following aldeis and priests had been recommended foi advancement to the quorum of devent es N P tl amsen albert acal jens lensen iver greger sen J T hand T W dyches jonh i 01 ralph 01 seymour oliphant john H arow samuel H snow fred W reid ai d john T re d president miller stated that produce ng would no be received at the general store house after jangir 20 also that next stake priesthood meeting v be held in hu it ington march ath alo that the next terly conference w be held at the same place in april i D woodward president of the j stake sunday chool organization stated that the sunday school con mention I 1 postponed some time ago would be held at ora on saturday and sunday feb 1 and 2 principal G F hickein of the stake i academy was called upon to arve are port of that institution he presented statistics showing how the attendance had grown until it reached two years ago at present the enrollment was about there were 16 of the academy students in the mission fields and one more would go in the spring i he thought that a good record for a and hard ng institute on the good work of which was bearing cont nihed on page 4 conference of emery stake cont aued from page 1 good fruit throughout the stake it was crippled for room and modern conveniences and he hoped that sup port would be given the proposition to build a new academy the 1 of the institution should not be allowed to move it was paying good dividends in its uplifting influence the growth of the stake mr kraan spoke earnestly against the counter in fluence of the saloons and said he hoped utah would sooim be numbered among the prohibition states of the unini apostle clawson follow ed and eulogized pi of H nd and the goo 1 work of the choir in words of the most h chest praise he stated thab their work was scarcely excelled in S it late and ogden it had been a surprise as well a joy to him to see and hear it he cons dered the establishment of church schools the most important work the church had do e in the past twenty years and speaking to the quest on has it the dwelt at length in pointing out evi lence thit it had he cons dered the chuich school the hope of all israel and referred par ticul arly to the stimulus it had given to voice culture you will not make a mistake said he in rallying to the support of your stake academy I 1 narval that anyone should attempt to estabi sh a h gh school in this county they are not high schools at all only in name every one should d h s utmost to n th s academy rally around it and the lord will put the means into your hands to build the new bu apostle smith briefly ind eloquently in th same channel he spited thit but three out of 27 church sc bools a decrease in attendance tb s v ear he condemned the establish ment of high schools in the se eral pre cincis in the county as farcical mas nuch as they v ere not h gh choals ch in he stated if you allow the p e sent academy faculty to leave ou every member of which could get more pay eloes here than is paid here vou you could not replace them in live years and you allo v a 1 to pass out of this stake the academy is worth more to your children than all the m in the bounto ns the church paid out annually to the support of church schools tho speaker advised farmers to stay on the r farms and till them A farmer gasn wasn t just fied in leaving his farm in idleness to accept wo k in coal camps and jobs on canals and reservoirs liv e near the soil s ay with the farms ind ou will be winner in the end take the lord into partner sh p w th you and he will blebs you with good crops the farmer who sits about and whittles need a guardian guar iian 1 he idle mind H the devil s workshop therefore There fole stay with the farm and find employ ment for your boy and girls thereon in closing apostle smith complimented the cho r and its leader elder hart prefaced his br ef lemarl s by words of praise for the choir and a word for the academy he knew that a larger building would be a good in vestment worth all that it cost in money labor and sacrifice children could be educated here where the parents could bring to them provisions light from the farm cheaper than by sending them far from home the sessions of the conference were held in peterson s hall no other build ng in town being large enough to accod the large audiences the seventies of the emery stake all met in session sunday noon at the ac ademy building chas H hart of presidency of seventies of the church being present the visiting high offic idl gave excellent instructions and an questions of vital importance to those present several A pramot ons were made from the elders and priests quorums into the seventies |