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Show THE PERSONAL ESPIONAGE. Many times it hns been said that the Mormon hicrarchs havo a perfect systonof communicating their desires to their followers. But it seems that this perfection hns not become perfect without such improvement as the brains of nimble-minded men may suggest sug-gest and put inio practico. There was a time when a member of tho Mormon church who desired to movo from ono locality. to nnother was roquired to go to tho bishop of the ward of his residence aud obtain a recommend recom-mend to tho bishop of the ward of his intended abiding place. Since Pro-siding Pro-siding Bishop Charles W. Nibloy has been given a free hand in theso mat ters, the system has been changed. Now the church itself keops track of tho man, tho woman, or tho family, wherever either may go. It is no longer necessary for tho individual to go to his present bishop for a recommend to his prospective bishop. It is done in another way. The block teachers report re-port to tho ward bishop that a certain family is moving out, stating tho point of destination. This report is turnod in to the office of tho presiding bishop by tho ward bishop, Tho presiding bishop notifies the bishop of tho ward to which the family intend to move concerning the change of residence. The ward bishop of tho new residence district communicates the intelligence to tho block teachers under his jurisdiction. juris-diction. Tho teachers do their usual spying, and their report is turned in to tho new ward bishop. , By this moans, Bishop Nibloy has built up that which the Lord had not heretofore thought of a fine system of personal espionage that is automatic, so far as tho person is concerned. They control their votes in about tho same fashion. |