Show CONFERENCE OPENS FRIDAY Unusually large Number of Com Communicants Communicants Communicants Expected to Attend Sessions This Year The semiannual conference of the Church of ot Jesus Christ of Latter ay Saints will con convene convene convene vene in the Salt Lake tabernacle next Friday morning Oct 5 at 10 and will continue Its sessions until Sunday evening Oct 7 The officials of the Mormon church anticipate a greater outpouring of the th communicants of ot the faith at the com coming comIng comIng ing conference than has been in at attendance attendance attendance at a semiannual conference for tor several years Advices are being received that tend to show that the high officials als IS of ot many of the more re remote remote remote mote missions will be present to give their reports and a d gather inspiration for the next n years ears work from the con conference conference conference ference Among the mission laborers borers l who are expected are E J Wood president of or orthe the Alberta Canada stake and H S SAllen SAllen SAllen Allen president of at the Taylor Cana Canada Canada Canada da stake John G O president president president dent of the eastern states mission with headquarters in New York City is ex expected expected expected The return of President Joseph F FSmith FSmith FSmith Smith who vho is now in New York Is looked 1001 ed for daily It is not thought that he will delay delap his return until after con conference conference conference ference If by any event he ho should not return in Ime to conduct the sessions they will be presided over by President John R Winder first counsellor to the tho first presidency The term of Apostle Heber J Grants mission in Europe will expire in a t short time and he Is 18 expected to return to Salt Lake within a few months He will not however be here in time to participate pate in the coming conference con as was as at first expected |