Show any conference of utah ned thia mornine in the ag house thera was a law in attendance president smoot presided there were in addition to the stake presidency elders geora reynolds B H roberta K G maeser and many of the bishops of the stake the choir sane now let us rejoice in the day of salvation Sal ration prayer was offered by elder joseph B keoler the choir aang glorious ahinga are aang ol 01 zon enochd city seen of old elder B H roberta was the first speaker he expressed plea inre at finding so many in attendance on the opening session of conference and especially ally that so many dounn people were present ha said it would appear that many members of the chorch have bobbies bobb iea they are very strict in attending to one or more of the duties that de volra upon the saints and seem to be leeya that by observing tha particular law or duty which they have selected their Bal Tation r assured those people are very often to those of their brethren and sisters who are not BO prompt in the aade law or duty the speaker referred to the man who came to the savior and asked what he could do to be saved the young man seemed to expect that by doing some ona great thing he could be sayed the answer of the savior showed ahat a continuous continuo ns obedience to all the requirements require menta of god waa necessary in order to secure salvation A deragon who only attended public worship fa tilled but one requirement of the gospel so with one who only obeyed the word of wisdom elder roberta in connection with the word of wisdom called attention to the promila of bidden treasures of knowledge to oe liven through the inspiration of god to the observers of of wisdom and urged upon all to prepare themselves for this blessing and all the promised promie ed in that revelation thesa blessings bles aings however can not bo obtained by those who the word of wisdom only but to theao who observe all the tha commandments the necessity for obeying all the ordinances din ances of the gospel in order to ob tain a fullness of waa clearly and powerfully portrayed elder george reynolds spoke of tho of the law of god in all dispensations this gayea confidence in tha gospel to the saints and an abiding faith in the laws and ordinances of the gospel and the necessity tor obedience to the kama we are greatly blessed by laying the priesthood of the lord apon tha earth and by living in the light of repealed reye aled religion in addition to these blessings we have the history of the past to guide u in doing the will of the lord the speaker closed oy exhorting the saints to president david john gave notice of a meeting thia evanine ab 7 and that tomorrows alessioo ot 1 the conference confer enca will be held in tua anc lirt ol 01 th church will te pre ent i after by the choir and bene diction by president partridge conler ence adjourned until 2 fP arties ou THE IL 0 T A SESSION a banquet the oxford party ocie titS many of oar people have been skating during the week and some have bravely crossed the lake to pelican point a distance of eight mile if this frost continues it will be possible to hold a barbecue on tha ice in the middle of the lake if we had more colored folk here it would be abaft and ia that case it would be worth while for the white trash to oat and it the mid winter session of the U G T A commenced thia morning at 1133 an address of welcome delivered by bupt supt W B rawlins which was gracefully responded to by county superintendent D H christen gen an lecture was delivered by dr K G maeder recitations and occupied the rest of the time till the following is the menu cold tongue pork mutton beef chicken potatoes beans corn tomatoes pickles custard and fruit pies assorted cakes fruit coffee tea anasta were given by J A rebee G H brimhall Brim hull james A anderaon And ereon E A wilson R E chase and M H hardy songs were rendered by mrs pike mrs homer mis J knight and fred graham the quartet e the mandolin club W W billings pros profs christensen and coleman also contributed to the voca and instrumental entertainment this evening at 7 u m a ball will be given at the southworth south worth hall in which these teachers of the jouan idea will all bs present the grand masonic lodge of utah will irin their brethren of this city next tuesday A meeting will be held in the I 1 0 0 F hall officers will be elected and of course a banquet frill follow and the batter halves not invited mr and mra john pike entertained a few friends on thursday evening cards and muaia V elded to pasa the time in a the GA R intend to hold a aaget axt friday for the anata lation of officers A will follow aba ees the garden city lodge no 10 K of P met on thursday and installed the following officers D T dark U 0 0 charles P OK ward K oak 8 P J H martin M ol 01 V E S dudley N 0 IV F F reed trustee S christen een M of A ane lodges are alive if the rest of u are asleep bev frank forbe of well remembered in prove ia here for a few days our old friend patti R aa is with us this evening and with such men as joe cawthorn and bert coote we haye promise of an excellent entertainment mr and mrs joan JC alien cele berated the seventh of their wedding day on iha seventh of thi month A large number of their rela nivea and friends ambled aas at abe AI len home in the second ward the ward choir dropped in and added much plea gure to tha evenings eve ninga entertainment A lupper waa served and all were delighted with the cele brar tion mrs P bobers ia staying for a few days with her mother mrs the oxford club met on and if all their parties are aa la aa the first will be the mot popular clab in town following ia a hit of the members alex hedquist Hed jr E E dudley D R coraa J 1 W B pik proba coleman and Ouri stensen abai hagquist Had quist E B leon bibb man dr bickford D neatwood We atwood E A wedgwood H E Edff ards F Job ngon CA platt J ed knowlden emil maes aree corfman 0 R alay W 7 monahan J fl denhalter J beck Geo bTaylor john W pike E L parker W H berry ben schwab 0 thos E mcgraw H R mcgraw D H peery jr E jones thomas john judge H W smith kob ilyina brig smoot wm artine D john tr mr frank 0 bullock flaa surprised last evening by hia many friends the occasion being hia twenty farat birthday some fifty people were present and theae friends who understand the art of being aeiry in fact anything place at the bollock residence always is a Bucce ea BOLLY |