| Show UP IN MONTANA Elder Jon Henry Smiih Explains His Presence Pres-ence In That Slate Referring to the visit of John Henry Smith of tho quorum of Apostles Into Montana the Great rails Tribune ys I tho mission of the Apostle h suc cCul In the State It ii I reasonable to believe that there will be 1 a congregation congrega-tion In this city and that being theca the-ca the story he tells will prove of Interest He U not In the state for the purpose of attempting to proselyte believers In ther faltnsbut desires merely to meet those who were born In Mormon faith lIe states that there ate thousands ot Mormon girl who haoe00ttered throughout the northwest since marriage mar-riage and many of them are In Mon tnn Hundreds of joung men ot the Church have also let Utah and coma to Montana The Mormons who have come 10 thl elate ore In the malll tiiuao who have drifted avvuy from Utah since polygamy was suppressed nd huM rd ot the women wre not married until they reached Montana while ech the men have had only one vvlfe rhey bvo tOlln1 Ice Mormon ntgaol nathan In thl slotaon d have elher not attended church or hve to ome en tent assocnted with the exlitlng churches the Presbyterian and Chris tlan churchcH attracting a large ma jorly 1 I the purpolo at CIder Smlh tome to-me thu oewlcutvcre hero In hi Churh an1 to gather together oIl I those In a communiy and prlec t or ganlzton Then he aye we will preach our prIncipled and coert Is from nU classes We firmly belIeve our rin I clples will appeal to all who tinder dodd them ond we wIll adt to on I membership from tho people of all 1 I eloosre 1 and donomlnatlon In Mon tnThere There are now In the state IS Klders who are laboring with Apostle Hmlth net they art perfecting organizations I varous towns Ihey will not And odany member In norlhem Montann but In lIce portions of the state which were early settled there Is I a host of Mormo 5 At Butte there are several hundred at Anaconda 123 nt Lima 100 and 1 large numbe In Madison Deer Lodge aol Iebtoreonrnunliee There ace about 10 In rero onnty and an unknown numbpr In Oret FU many oC whom are new In othr church The prldent oC the Montann mission Ion ot the Church and Iwo traveling mllonrl rem Idaho will oon be hero and then the cumpahgn In Ihl vicinity will be begun |
