Show ZION OF THE lATTER DAY SAINTS Apostle John Henry Smith Declares th Headquarters rs of tile the Mormon Chu Church ch Wil Will Be e Moved to toS S Independence c Mo S S L PASO Jan headquarters E of the Mormon Moron church wi will some da dabe dab be located In Ind Mo IQ said John Henr Henry Smith one ot of the or of the Mormon oron church or of Utah constitutional conven of 18 while here tOday Idea Long The Mormon people have long the Id ida a he continued that theIr Set great city should be located tn n Itt In which Is not far taJ l j ThIs drea dream sees seems now to become something Jame James G Duffin Duffina a bl bishop hop of our church h has bought soy sev oral end thousand acres ot of land near noar Inde for the use or of Mormon cob colo nits This wU wilt be our vanguard and In Inthe inthe the course of time we will erect there a ama ma magnificent cIty which wIll be known as Zion and in which there will be a Mor Mormon Mormon mon temple far more extensIve and more than In Salt Lake When this city and temple have been built buill the hea quart rs rs of the church wilt will be moved front from Salt LItke Come Prom From on h hA A Away way back In the thirties when the Mormon people were in KIrtland 0 Joseph Smith jr received a divine reve lation commanding him and his people to establish their home cU city and the seat of church at Independence Mo 10 The revelation declared that the city must be called Zion and must be headquarters of the Mormon church as long as an the world lasted Soon aft att r that revelation the Mor mona mons moved to Independence But the theother I other people around there were hostile I and drove droe them awa away This was wan I believe bellec I In 1530 The Mormons fled to Nauvoo Ill III IllI I from there to CouncIl Bluffs In and gt t ta But flU this timo y halile ha borne the revelation I them to establish their ul ultimate ubI I great reat city on thE silt sitt of what bat Is isnow now Independence Mo There Is no dues I tion but what this will some day be done and there has teen more activity in this direction during the past Dast fe few months than In a score of years ears preceding The Smoot Case Apostle Smith was u a recent witness be before tore fore the committee on oa privileges arid and elections of the States State s senate which Is the Reed Smoot case Mr Ir Smith sa says s that the senate commit committee tee is not pa paying nn any attention to the Smoot case but Is simply hauling the Mormon church over the coals and try tr Ing to discover some meanness in It I |