| Show STAKE conferences EPHRAIM the conference of this stake was hold held on february and at ephraim there were present of the authorities apostle A H lund counselor D H wells Pre president silent C peterson and his counselors counselor sand and a good representation of high counselors A majority of the wards was represented by the bishops thereof there was a large gathering of saints ht the meetings conference commenced at 10 am on the president peterson presiding after the opening exercises he made some general remarks and reviewed tho the pres present int condition tion of the people the following bishops reported concerning their several wards james A city hans hads jenson mauti manti south douth C C N dorius ephraim auth south counselor barnson of fountain green 0 C olson olsen of mayfield Mayfle ld the speakers akere during the conference in the following order were president juab stake apostle A 1 H lund pr peterson counselor beal counselor 8 sperry rry juab stake apostle A H lund president D H wells counselor maiben and president Pet peterson ersoy the general duties of the saints were dwelt upon by the several speakers also the many blessings which they enjoy as a people the statistical al report of the stake was read the general and stake authorities ties were presented and all sustained by unanimous vote there were submitted the names of thirty seventies and aad elders of advanced age to be ordained high priests and these were sustained conference adjourned to meet at manti three months hence clerk of conference EMERY the quarterly conference of em ery stake convened at huntington on sunday february fth on the stand were the presidency of the stake and representatives of the bishopric from every ward also from the different quorums and organizations in the stake four very spirited meetings were held during the two days and a good portion of each meeting was profitably occupied by prof karl kari G maeser who visited us in the interest of our projected stake academy he gave an eloquent address upon the object of tho the sainta gathering to these mou mountains stains and upon the great and important mission which parents have bave to perform having enlarged upon the subject of education professor maeser said he felt very glad the time had come for this stake to have an academy he admonished the he 1 people to sustain it with their na faith ith and prayers and in return they would realize joy and satisfaction reports were presented from the presidency of the stake and the bishops of wards these all showed favorably for emery county that the sunday seh schools day schools and all other organizations organization were W re in fair running order that the poor were looked after and no one was suffering timely advice was given to the people generally at a special priesthood meeting the question of location for the stake academy was brought up and after some explanations and advice from brother maeser a vote was taken showing ten in favor of Hunting huntington toi and twenty nine dine in favor of castle dale alexander jameson late of the B Y academy was sustained as principal of the new institution the speakers during conference besides the leading authorities re berred to were urlah uriah curtis and warren peacock recently returned missionaries also alexander jameson L M H olson superintendent of district schools gave some appropriate instructions the womans comans suffrage association had a well attended meeting and the question of emancipation was handled with fond hope for its speedy consummation all the meetings were filled to overflowing the rho huntington choir under the leadership of brother fowler deserve worthy mention their sweet music greatly added to the pleasure of the occasion 0 J ANDERSON stake clerk |
