Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-05-01 | Page 3 | Stake Conference is Held at Provo

STAKE CONFERENCE IS HELD AT PROVO Representatives of General Church Authorities Au-thorities Deliver Addresses; President Presi-dent Keeler Makes Report. Special to The Tribune. PROVO. April 30. The representatives of the general church authorities attending attend-ing the quarterly stalte conference here today, were Apostle A. W, Ivins and President H. H. Roberts. Elder Roberts delivered two discourses, both doctrinal, one on prayer and one on the resurrection. resurrec-tion. Apostle Ivlns delivered a strong prohibition address, showing the evils re- suiting- from the use of liquor, and urging the people to elect men who would enact and enforce prohibition laws. He was supported In this position bv President Joseph R. Keeler and J. William Knight of the stake presidency. President Joseph Lt. Keeler submitted a, comparative quarterly report Tor the past three months with the same period for 1915. There is an Increase of 3 per cent in amount of tithing paid and 12 per cent in Uthepayers. There has been distributed dis-tributed in charity relief $160. R7. There are 2881 families In the stake, which comprises com-prises eighteen wards and two branches. Forty-seven missionaries are in the field. Tho activities in church work generally compare favorably with 1915. The tabernacle choir rendered vocal selections. se-lections. The only change In the stake authorities authori-ties is rtie presidency of the Y. M. M. T. A. Carl F. Eyring was sustained as president to suueeed Dr. Harvey Fletcher, I who goes to New York for the next two i years to do research work in the labora-I labora-I tory of the Western Electric company, j At the evening meeting of the young people. Apostle Ivlns delivered an Interesting Inter-esting address on Mexico and conditions there. The singing was by the winning quartettes quar-tettes men's and women's in the M. T. A. district contest, both from the Tim-panogos Tim-panogos ward.