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Show t- - THE voluSb xxxiii . NUMBER 43 PAYSON, f tonary Discussed by Returned Gathering at Spanish Fork Is One of the ,Largest in History of Nebo Stake. Splendid Address es Are Delivered by Seymour B. Young and Others. 3d Afternoon Elder Joseph Hughes declares that for humanity we work irVAvorking tot God and ho(i said that confidence amf trust in one Another is the yhich 'builds up a perfect on which faith stands ns the beacon, lending to a life of happiness and an assured hereafter of peace. At the Saturday afternoon Session the primary work of the various wards wart explained br a member of the primary board and the im portance of the work was emphasized as leading the children nTong ni line of usefulness. ,, Elder Taylor Heck spoke of. hi missionarv experiences and Elder Albert H. Powell dwMt on the healings performed in the church, urging his hearers f0 study the work and train themselves in the truth. . The phi I osophy of the gospel was the subject of Elder Archie Boynek. declaring that the churches of today do not A lay much - stressi on doctrines. philosophy of life is necessary, be sntid, if any religious progress is to The principles of Mormon-iwn- , be made. he said, are found among the teachings of nearly every religion fnun-'wnfto- n Sunday Session. The attendance at the morning nnd In the afternoon sessions was large. afternoon the city pavilion was filled long before the services began, those who could not gain admission tn the contenting themselves by pavilion standing on the lawn at the open windows. Urging complete support of the authorities of the church, President nry Gardner spoke briefly and ler Wayland R. Wightman to boy scout work in He said that the e Nebo stake. boy scouts of the Nebo stake occupy n enviable place among the scouts of the state and he urged continued ncourngement in the work. Elder Jesse Warner spoke of bis experiences during a mission in the central states nnd Elder Pnvid T. Lewis spoke of the natural talents pointing out thp necessity of education. President Seymour H. Young spoke of the visitations of Elijah. Pilate, he said, wow morally afraid to aquit the Savior just as Governor Ford devot-nttentin- n Session. At the afternoon session President Ileece aamouneed that the Spring Lake ward had been reorganized with Elder Herman Twede at) bishop, and (lint the Loland ward, also, had been reorganized, with Stephen D. Mark ham as bishop. President Reece said that it had been anticipated that the newly appointed bishops would be ordalined bv this conference, but ow ing to the fact, that no apostle had arrived from Salt Lake, the formality would be deferred until some future t imp. Urging strict compliance with the (Continued on Page 5.) will appear will be in instructor Johnson, music at the Payson high school. Several 'local singers will appear on the program. Tho general committee, of which Ray Monsen is chairman, has appointed the following committees to have charge of the various departments: School Exhibit Enos W. Simons, Mr. McCombie, Miss Ellen An .Tr., derson and Louis Bates. BnJhv Sbowr Mrs Charles H. White The fair x ill also give the women Miss Sarah Mitchell and Mrs. Laban of Payson and vicinity an opportunHarding. ity t0 show the progress which they Womens1 Home Bureau. Mrs. A. and1 made have in domestic science K. nuish, chairman will appoint in home economics .and how they! members of this committee. arc exercising their ability in improv- other nomo Economics. Mrs. Jack Dix ing the home. on and Mrs. W. P. Dixon. Among other things there will be Domestic Art. Mrs. R, E. Ware a baby show, and as Payson has nnd Mrs. Justiu A. Loveless. some of the finest babies in the Girls Club Work. Mrs. Emma Sor" from every standpoint, this ensen. world, section will prove one of the most Tnyrton Farm Bureau. Charles H. interesting in the fair. White, Chnirmnn. Dr. L N. Ellsworth, president of Arrangements are now being made for a musical program on each of the Tayson Commerieal cluh and the two days of the fair, and it is Mrs. R. A. Porter, president of, the probable that the Payson Silver band Cultns club, will aid in the general will give a daily program. Among preparations for the fair. Payson, in the center of one of j soctlons of the richest agricultural the state, is to have a community Under tho auspices of the fair. Civic Betterment league, it will be presented for two days during tho week prior to state fair week; It will offer to the farmer an opportunity to show what he can produce and how profitably ho can produce ij and it will have a tendency to open up new mnlrkets for his products. HEALTH CLINIC OF RELIEF FARM BUREAU DAY Ihe arlists II. Peyton who HEAVIEST STORM SOCIETY IS OF MARKED BY SUCCESS YEAR STRIKES PAYSON DISTRICT Protest In Daley Water Case Large Delegation Appears Before Cily Council, Pled-in- g Support in Fighting the State Engineer in Granting Exchange of Water. Personalities are Injected. Taking exception to tho statement the Pntyaonian of lust week that tho citizens water committee was derelict in its duty of making a separate protest from that made by thp city council to the granting of an exchange of Peteetneot water for Strawberry wator. The wnter users committee was not "asleep at the switch," declared Charles II. White, speaking for the committee at the regular mead ing of the eity council Inst Monday night. Tho water users committee did not file a protest to tho exchange for which Arthur Daley petitioned the state engineer, becauso of tho fact that when tho same matter came up Society Officers pliment Local Highly Com- High Water Feast and Line canal Is Is SmalL Mystery Be Enjoyed. the problems are invited to join in festivities: Elaborate preparations arc being made for the event and the people of Salem arc expecting to entertain a of large gathering, as nil sections Utah county have promised to send large delegations. Tiekels for free watermelons will be issued from for one hour, beginning at 9:30 oclock in tho morning, next Monday," and an early attendance is Those who desire to take urged. homo a melon or two will find them on sale at a price of not exceeding f cents per pound. one and The following will be the program, beginning at 10:30 oclock: Community patriotic singing of and popular songs under direction of Professor Carl O. Nelson of Payson. Address of Welcome N. C. Chris tensen. Salem. Response Mrs. Fred Merrill, I.ehi. Vocal Selection Male Quartet. Spanish Pork. Speech William Harper, Stump Payson. Instrumental Musie American Fork Farm Bureau. is Woman Not, Speech "The Mrs. Rena B. Without the Man, Mnycock, Utah Agoricultnral college. 12 to 2 oclock, Lunch (bring your thp free nwnj Salem will furnish water melons. 2 tn 4 oclock p. m. Each farm bureau Wall will furnish some en tortnining feature for the pleasure of A prize will be given the crowd. by the countv farm bureau to the local which stages the best perform nneo. Lasting not longer than fifteen minutes. 4 to 5 oclock p. m. Swimming, diving nnd boating contests on Loafer lake. A real old time Fnymrrs dance of etc. waltz, jiggs, reels, quadrills, will be given In the evening. The a give county fnrm burcan will prize to the person over 30 years of age who stages the best step dance. A special supervised play ground will be provided for the children one-hal- Mrs. Rodney Wilson entertained the Boni Fidi club on Wednesday She was assisted bv her afternoon. mother. Mrs George Gardner. Special gnests were Mrs. Frances X. Sheldon nnd Miss Lvlo Cravens. of Slajlug of Former Resi- Large Delegation Present. Finally la Solved. Dr. A. L. Curtis and Dr. L. D. In tho nature of a typhoon one Stewart have ben highly compliment- of the most terrific storms of the ed by Mrs. Hcpscy Lewis, Mrs Eliza' struck this section of Utah C. White and Mrs. Lilly Brown fit year Tho afternoon. yesterday the stake presidency . of the Relief county was rain accompanied by a fall of society for the splendid services ren-- ' dered by them in the recent free hail, some of tho hail being as large clinic conducted under the auspices' as walnuts. While there was not of that organization. any groat damage to tho fruit orTwenty cases were treated in the office of the two physicians and the1 chards, further than to plums and patients were operated upon for the' apples north and west - of Payson, removal of diseased tonsils and forj there was considerable property damadenoids. Every case was, reported age on the farms and ranchos and successful and the children were well to tho main canal of the Strawberry and able to enter school on the open-- High Line Cttinnl company in the In one district The Relief sociity officers! West Mountain ing day. t state that in every instance the pa- - place tho storm was of tients received the same consideration that for several hundred feet the as though they had been fee patients canal was filled with gravel and a and benefited by the same skill. part of the spillway broke out, due The devotion and care evidenced by, to tlie excessive pressure. the nurses, Miss Cassie Johnson and The precipitation was reported to Miss Sarah Mitchell, was especially be heaviest on record rend some of commended the fields in tho West Mountain disunder The clinic In thp northern part of trict are almost completely the stake wnjs condnetod by Dr. Jo- water. The seph Hughes of Spanish Fork. work of Dr. Hughes has not yet been R. W. McMULLIN IS APPOINTED completed , but he will treat about the same number of causes as were! CITY ATTORNEY FOR PAYSON treated in the sonthern part. Members of the relief and charity, It. W. McMullin, who lias recently committees, as well ns ward presi-- ' established himself in the law prae dents, rendered excellent sendee and tice in 4his city, was appointed city aided materially in making the clin-- ' Ellsworth at attorney by Mayor J' ie a success. This clinic was not tho of the city counregular meeting associated in any way with that of cil last Tlfc appoint Monday ldght. the UtRh Hcalfh association, but was mont was unanimously confirmed. carried mif solely by the Relief so Mr. McMullin succeeds Attorney R. cicty with the aid of the local phy-- ' A. Porter, resigned. siclnns who devoted much of their! to Mr. McMullin comes Payson time In the mornings to the work He is a without alny compensation whatever splendidly recommended. native of Utah and was educated at the University of Utah and the Utah FRANK WIGNALL APPOINTED Agricultural college, graduating from in 1013. Pot TO BE NIGHT POLICEMAN the latter institution five years, following graduation In taught in tho high schools of thi Frank Wignall was - appointed as state, nf the same time piosccnting night policeman on recommendation his law studies In 101 S he was adof tho mayor at the meeting of tho mitted to the bar and became ascity council last Monday night, to sociated with Attorney L. A. Minei succeed John F. The law firm of Miner Harris, resigned, of Nophi. Two applications for the & McMullin until was maintained had position been filed with the mayor, one by early this ycnT when Mr. Minor was Mr .Wignall and the other by Har- - appointed assistant, attorney general land Johnson and removed to Fait Lake. i Recognizng Salem as the center of the greatest melon producing section in the state, the Utah County Farm bureau will hold its annual Falrm Bureau Day in that city next MonThe affair will not be restrictday. ed to farm bureau members, accord ing to announcement made by Joseph P. Welch, county agricultural agent, but all who arc interested in rural OF dent of Payson, in Apnl, 1920, Elaborate Program, Sports, Etc., Will MURDERER Considerably Damaged, But Bruit Loss Physicians for Loyalty. Melon , NASH IS CONVICTED AS aden- gineer that the water users pretest would not be recognized and that only the protest filod by the mayor and city council would roccivo consideration. "Wo should be a unit in this matcontinued Mr. White. The ter, water users committee is not ' a legal organization, and we felt that ns the city council was the only legal body in the mattor, we felt that in resting on that body we were safe. "The wnter users desire to supto tho last port tho city council ditch nmd we want the city council to protect the interests of the city in this matter with our support. We know yon will do it. If yon do not, tho people must. There is no question ns to the status of tho case, nnd it is now up to us to fight in tho open. Let us not say nasty about eaeh other, for that things We may ennso us to lose the fight. are with you morally and financially to save tho clear waters of Peteet-noo- t CToek for Payson city. MARTIN F. SCHWAB Relief AT SALEM, MONDAY a year ago, tho committee was vised by tho former deputy state in WILL BE OBSERVED jies, scheme. to release Joseph Smith him over ter his slayers. was afraid and turned PRICE, FIVE CENTS Filing Missionaries at Conference Profitable from every spiritual and .moral standpoint, the quarterly conference of the Nolto stake of the Chuch of .Tesus Christ of Latter Day Rtaints at Spanish Pork last Saturday and Rnndnly was one of the most successful of the year despite the fact that certain of the apostles who were were expected to be present obother from attending by prevented ligations. The conference opened on Saturday President '.Tosl'ph with morning, The conference was Lecce presiding. by President Charles II. White who welcomed the saints nnd spoke on the subject of the use of natural talents for the benefit of the world emphasizing his remarks by referring to the magnificent life careers of men who have taken a leading port in the advancement of science, bring ing the world today up to a point of perfection greater than ever would have been dreamed by past, generaHe. spoke of the wonderful tions. made advancement along religion.' extolling those who bad lived and fought for the progress of the Mormon church . in The missionary problem the western states was the subject of remarks by Ftida Elsinore, Johnson, 6 recently returned from the missionary field. She devoted her. attention largely to the necessity of faith in one another and of the value of constructive criticism as opposed to dein structive criticism. Everything this life is worth working and striving for, she said, in speaking of the philosophy of life, and there are none who fill so unimportant a place that the object tn be attained by them in the is not important general 2, 1921 Vater Users Declare They Community Fair Staged In Payson In Few Weeks Were Misled Into Not Is Problem UTAH, SEPTEMBER , 1 such-oxten- I '!GO00000XX00GO0XOXX0XXXO WHOS WHO CONTEST Owing to the fact that Payson was without electric power a greater portion of today, making it impossible to operate the linotype in setting up the stories of Whos Who," these stories will not appear in the Paysonian until next week, when they will be printed in complete form. The contest, therefore, will begin with the Paysonian issue of September 9. JGOOOOOOOOOOGOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGO The water users were represented by a lnrge delegation at the mootand the subject was introduced Harry 11. Nash, cowpunchor and ing J. O. Ellsworth who read Mayor "movie" actor, slayer of Martin F. by a lengthy letter from a firm of lawBay-soa .Schwab, traveling salesman of on April 15, 1920, was found yers in which the position of the eity, in tho matter of the application guilty by a jury on the superior nf Arthur Daley for an exchange of court at Flagstaff, Aris., lust Sunday. Two main Tho jury, which had been out for water, was outlined. involved were whether the questions thirty-sevehours, brought in a ver- state was vested with the engineer second of dict degree murder, punwaters used by ishable in Arizona by imprisonment power t0 segregat tho the eity of Payson for domestic purfor from ten yoars to life. Nash confessed the crime shortly after liis poses, and served to the ritisens arrest last spring, but set up tho do-f- . through a pipe line, and the irrigation waters flowing throngh ditches, and use that lie killed Mr. Rclivvab in or net tho state engineer, He was sentenced last whether self defense. that he had made an upon realizing Tuesday to servo error in granting the exchange, eonld Murder. reverse himself nnd annul the petiTho murder of M r. Schwab wirs one tion nfter having granted it. Tt was the opinion of the legnl nf tho most cold blooded in the an nals of crime in the west. Accord- lights That tho water should not be ing to all evidence that could be segregated, nnd that there is nothing brought to bcajr, as an act of kind- in the statutes to prevent the stnte ness only, Mr. Schwab consented to engineer from reversing his decision. Fred Tanner said thnt he believtake Nash with him on tho trip per cent of tho people across tho desert to Flagstaff from ed ninety-fivnre to the setion of the state to a had opposed and Winslow, proceeded point near Flagstaff when Nash shot engineer in granting the petition of Mr. Mr. Schwab, the bullet taking fatal Mr. Daley and he said that Nfflsh then carried the body Dnlev hnd told him thnt if, at any effect. to an abandoned well near ll.e out- lime Pnysnn eity needed the water skirts of Flagstaff, where it "as dis of Peteetneot creek, it could have it covered by a number of bovs v l.n if Ihe city gave him an equal amount Mr. Tanner said of other wnter. were herding cows in tl.p vicinity. The country was scnmcd for the that he was looking further than to- n,l to tbe interests of posterity murderer, and it was only on locating the automobile, a new ("handle car, in the matter of a wnter supply. Tt was the opinion of John C. in Idaho that led to Nashs undoing. Nash finally was located in Los An Tavlor thnt the city shonld fight for Interests and he declared thnt he At first he M.mflv denied!' ge'es. that he had ever seen Mr. Swab or believed the city council would look after the matter. that he had ever heard of him. Tie Thomas H. Wilson, .Tr., chairman of was identified, however, as having committee, declared sold the ear and then confessed t the wafer users the killing, maintaining thnt whciijOiat he felt that ihe city council one of the fires became punctured wns opposed to the wnter users and on the desert, Mr, Schwab refused protected only the users of water to carry him further, when an nl from the pipe lines, disregarding nil other, giving certain sections of the tereation occurred. Nash is reported to lie the son nf citv 'clear water and other sections He said, howeveT, water. n wealthy resident nf Hillsdale, Wyo. rnnddv thnt the water nsrrs eommittee is not fighting the eity eouneil or the OREM WILLING TO PAVE users in the old fields, but fighting IF FUNDS ARE PROVIDED for Pnvsnn He said that he city. could not see why the eity eouneil If Payson city will furnish the appealed tn tho wafer users for means Utah rail with which to money ,thc Salt Lnkn fight the ease. road won pa n y will pave between the tracks on First North street, accord Is Public Expense. ing tn a report submitted to tho city It was explained by Councilman- - E. council by Mavnr J. C. Ellswoiuh L. McCormick that the mattor of last Monday night, after a conver n fighting the ease in the sat ion with' IV. C. Orem, president '"'P'"" uld ,nct Ae irrign- f.nnrl" of the road, a few days ago. recommendation Mr. Orem is willing to pave be tuecn tho tracks just as soon as the it was decided to employ counsel to make the fight in the eourt if neccity will furnish tho money, said i essary. the mayor. is It understood that Mayor Eflswortb interposed with P punish Fork is proflding tho funds for paving between the tracks in the remark that Mr. Wilson was la-- , thnt eity, and it appears to be up boring under a misconception, aa tt had been stated by the state engineer to Payon t0 do the same thing. that the eity had protected the pipe Tho eity can pay the bills, accordline a year ago, et which time the nnd to take tho ing legal opinion, Salt Lake A Utah Rnliroad company water users offered a protect and the notes for tho amount, with JnteTeet. (Continued oa Page 5.) -- n ColO-Blood- e s pro-pcrl- j v |