Show KNOW UTAH By ALBERT ALBERT- F. F PHILIPS i At the ge general eral conference held In Salt Lake City April 6 1851 It was voted to erect a temple At the same conference Bishop Edward Hunter was appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed presiding bishop o of ot the church to succeed the l late ta Newel K Whitney Bishop Hunter was vas third presiding bishop of the church and was perhaps perhaps per per- haps the best liked of ot all He TV was as ordained bishop Nov November 23 1844 and in 1 1846 46 joined the Saints at Winter Quarters When he left Nauvoo he sustained a loss of He was appointed captain of ot one onehundred onehundred onehundred hundred wagons His train followed the caravan under Brigham Y Young ung and arrived in Salt Lake valley val val- ley Icy September 29 1847 His I company ran short of ot provisions Flour was difficult to obtain selling for 50 cents a po pound nd During the general conference of ot 1853 Bishop Hunter laid the southwest cornerstone cornerstone cornerstone corner corner- stone ot of the Salt Lake temple In concluding his oration he said I have acted In the priesthood and the part allotted me with the the love love and fear of God before my eyes by the aid of ot His spirit to the best of my ability and I hope acce acceptably tably in the sight of God and those who preside over me In this latter-day latter work woi-k It t Is said of ot him that his his' short speech at a bishops bishop's meeting became a proverb It was Pay your tithing and be blessed S S SIron Iron county was organized under act of ot the legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature of or 1851 Exceptional powers were given the probate courts particularly In the settlement of es estates estates estates es- es tates and the guardianship of minors Their jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdiction juris juris- diction was similar to that given the district courts This statute remained in force until enactment by congress of the Poland law In lri 1874 which curtailed curtailed cur cur- tailed the jurisdiction of ot the lower courts A colony was sent to Iron county to erect a plant for the manufacture of pig iron from front the enormous deposits of ot Iron ore found found in In the county A comp company company com com- p pany ny the Deseret Iron company was chartered and it erected several furnaces but it was too far from froma a market to be a commercial success Coal was wasas wasas wasas as abundant as as was iron fron ore During a visit of ot President Brigham am Young the the- first blacksmithing with Utah coal was done at Parowan by a Mr Brig Brig- hurst burst S S On Tuesday July 1 I Governor Brigham Young Is Issued Issued issued Is- Is sued his proclamation for the holding of the first election in the territory The date was fixed forthe for forthe forthe the first Monday In August The newly appointed officers of the territory arrived on July 19 They were accompanied l d by Dr D. John M. M who had been chosen delegate to congress at an election of officers of the provisional state of ot Deseret Two of ot the territorial officials Stephen B. B Rose and Henry R. R Day were Indian agents Governor Young on the day following their anival arrival Issued a proclamation tion Lion dividing the territory of Utah into two Indian agencies and assigning Rose and Day to their re respective respective respective re- re districts S S S The fourth celebration of Pioneer day I was was held In in Salt Lake City on July 24 1851 The The attendance attendance was very large and representatives were present from froni the he various settlements throughout the territory I |