Show MORNION MORMON CONVERTS 9 A batch of them baptized at gregson springs thursday twelve new converts to the mormon faith were baptized in the big plunge at springs yesterday the new ao were ere all of the enter brining town of Anac contla v where here a num number of Alcor mormon ninn have been becil sim the iho aln of ft jo joseph a ph haltli during lite iho pait lat pai t few months whon when tile the train iraln aiom anaconda arrived at tile the aprin it a duen nen men jumped on IT tile the cars anti and mort ctr L joined la later let by it a patchin hal booking nia man vim Is one cone of if till tile bishops 0 of the th mormon A I 1 or chuch they rode over front from tile ilia depot depol to the hie springs and after reals lei ins for lite iho bullit the I 1 bishop turned to aon on clayes the 11 letor und and aak ed would you have leavo any objection n to alloN allowing ving lite ino to baptize these men in ili the hie big bib plunge plu con coll thought the bishop bishof vas it as guying him but lie li nery cry ilea beadily dily ansu answered ered that they could have tile ix hole MOILS to themselves and that if thero there enough muter tit t go co around lie would rray pray at one of 0 tile the geysers for more in soler nit silence tile baity repaired to the ble big plunge anti and began beean making preparations preparation a for the iho event ily BY tills this time lime sir air lla ax lind had lieen been informed that thai the old gentleman was waa it a mormon and hla him follo follow ei a converts conversa con verla to that fi ankli so BO he went out to see liow flow tile hie thing was nas dono done tile the converts wore were netted to bathing suits stilts and sat on tile of tile tha plunge until their turn came the bishop stood up to 11 its neck in ili ahe the boiling water near th ill sta iray leading tu to thol plunge slid and the converts n rt don one by one then after reciting a prayer the exact marur of mr hayes was lilt unable hie to latch catch lie pl plunged united each under water nater 11 I 1 it a tit him m hold on them hom hower cook er I 1 until lie had placed them in an all upright I 1 position again tho rho converts seemed to enjoy it immensely thy they had been led to believe that they would lo ike 10 ducked clucked in the ley icy waters of warm creek and wore were not sorry that III the change had leen been made jt it la Is said eald ahrie no will ile he another batch of colli comeras erts brought to the lie sittings from anaconda a few laya days butte inter mountain lh I 1 IN WEST VIRGINIA for tile lie past eighteen months a number of Alita maimon incon pre preached achel havo have been in the mountain counties louis lev la county in particular has hd lieen been well Bup pHd d but recently several of the evangelists have abandoned tile the held the greenup demorat says nays out of eight or ten elders who have been located there only to remain lain they lecel cotil EL great areat many tu in their Cli charch duillio the tha first six months wind and then the converts began to show how lack 0 or interim in ili their new paths and went nent out of the church in ajr to regain their members meni liera and make them better vo it the wow kings of it their alit ir church chur cli they held field the west vir rinia it in last lasit an all blust which was attended biu toy liy aich clila ut of the church from utah tho the conference lad had its effect and new life was ill oeta d into the but of lato lalo they have again shown lack of 0 interest and it seems neema now the elders hawe haic abandoned their work in that county and quit the field I 1 IN KENTUCKY the mormon missionaries are said to have about ickney the attempt to in lewis county ky journal |