| Show YI 1 of World Flock Fock Here for Church Council enes of 70 Years ars Ago to Be Repeated 0 on Giant Scale ry of First Conference and Hardships rd ships Encountered THE SHE TOP ROW are the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints from the first president Joseph Smith to the present head Joseph F. F S Smith ith All have officiated at conferences of the Mormon church Reading from left to right in in the order of their succession they are Joseph Smith Brigham John or Vil Wilford ord Woodruff i c r j Taylor Lorenzo Snow rf TT Below V are arC th the members rS of f th the present first Presidency left to right Anthon H H. H Lund Joseph F. F Smith I W. W P Penrose who will win Charles nrose preside at the coming conference of the church l f I l 30 o 0 Persons Will Greet resident Smith at the I c Opening Session i Ii I I By Selma Miller i ij I j IlS ST as BrIgham Young Toung sur sur- with his staff t pt f coun- coun lors elors and aids ascended the platform in the old Bowery I coun-I to toJ J counsel to his followers in the F P. 1841 so 60 will wili President Joseph other members of the first of the Mormon church take stand land in the Tabernacle next I slay and speak to the multitudes gather from the ends of the I 81 for f r this occasion Instead of the flog log building that then sheltered reverend zt speakers there is now a al I l of beauty and such proportions the thousands of members of the arch cli of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter swill I will wm be able to listen in comfort ease ease to the of their leaders I ny my years ago when this valley new new and just yielding up to the I Idy dy ly pioneers Its wealth of wonders I natural resources the first con con- con con- conace 1 ace nce of the Church of Jesus Christ i i Latter Saints Saint was held No flags decorated the streets i waved a welcome to those who I to stray that way such as greet the visitors this year No loving friends were present I care care for those first conference memas memas mem- mem as as there will be this year jear I nU- nU nUt fat t memorable day in 1847 the thea i I a phone shone hone brightly and the day was ct cf pleasant ones so charac- charac f Salt Lake valley Beneath ile spreading tree near the present them entrance of the Temple cl 1 k Young Toung leader of the then veers n rs and Heber C C. Hall Kail his ef- ef with other le leaders ders of the p party ny held council and decided people must be called to-I to to- to I eron that da day to confer on certain fitters common to them all ET is OF MEETING o o'clock clock on the afternoon of 1847 the people of the com- com In the Bowery and ham Young Toung their leader took the I lir r. r Then hen the choir which had been while on the way across the then thes thetas tas n s sang The Spirit of God Like a aGIs I GIs Burning Then Heber Kim Kim- 1 explained to the people the nature Ithe the conference and why it was r led ed at this time He wanted those went Bent to decide whether all should I their labor on the erection of stockade or whether each man manold work uld old uld work for himself Another the speaker wished those I th the conference to decide was tether ether they should cultivate the land Mediately In the limits of the camp fence in as much land outside the I for their grain and vegas 1 I les' les as they cared to next speech given In this conference c Salt Lake City and I nearby streams owe their names ident ment Young loung arose and proposed I tithe Vh place upon which they were encamped should be called Great City of the Great Basin of merica Then he moved that postoffice of the city be called the I postoffice Then extend- extend extends his his' s hand to the west he be proposed they call can the river to the west J Jordan of the West City creek If creek Red Butte and other small me ms were named in a like manner I I j Resident Young Toung fieri e en nt the people were advised by t ac 3 W Jr s t v t Y Yr Yv y r v a a t A 1 Photo by bv Thomas Studio President Young Toung to build their houses I Iso so as to admit of plenty of fresh air I and thus guard against sickness which I might result after sleeping in the wagons and in the open for weeks II while crossing the plains He also ad advised advised advised ad- ad them to hasten the construction i of the fort to repel any attacks that Indians might make I President Young Toung added that he I wanted 50 bushels of wheat and corn and would pay 1 25 a bushel for forthe forthe the wheat and 50 cents for the corn This TIUs was to be used to aid those who had no grain and also for storage against any unforeseen trouble that might arise arise I SET PRECEDENT After Atter all the business affairs had haa I been attended to President Young Toung moved that the conference be he adjourned adjourned adjourned ad ad- to October 6 1848 at 10 a a. a mat m m. at the same place Then the conference conference conference confer confer- ence was brought to a close with b benediction benediction bene bene- ne- ne diction by Orson Pratt As In this this' first conference e In the valley the first speakers struck the keynote of discussion in their speeches and It was followed by the other speakers This custom is one that has been followed in each succeeding conference con con- ference At the next con rence in 1849 the Deseret I Dramatic association was v was a i or organized organized organized or- or and the perpetual immigration fund started Two years later at the annual conference conference conference con con- ference It was voted to build a temple to the Heavenly Power that had watched over the pioneers on their trip across the plains and who had made madeI I possible their transforming the desert valley vailey into one of wondrous beauty I During the semiannual conference in 1860 the first pony express express' from the I west arrived in the valley vailey and during the April conference of 1865 it was vas as voted to build a telegraph line through the whole extent of the Utah settlements settlements settle settle- ments The first conference ever held in the newly constructed tabernacle was in October 1867 1861 During conference time In the spring of 71 11 the cit city was visited by Ralph Waldo Emerson the eminent I writer and philosopher In 1874 1814 the Mormon Monnon settlers who had found their I way to Mexico held their first conference conference conference con con- ference there When hard times were knocking at Salt Lakes Lake's s doors in t the e year 1880 and everywhere there was suffering among the people the church officials voted at the April conference of that year to buy and distribute 1000 cows and sheep to the needy Adelina Patti Patt the world renowned singer visited Salt Lake during conference conference conference con con- ference time in 1884 and sang to an overflowing house at the Tabernacle President Wilford Woodruff at the October conference of 1891 read the manifesto to hundreds of conference visitors which forbade the further practice of polygamy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints The capstone of the Temple was laid at the conference of 1892 and the statue of the angel Moroni on the main east tower of the Temple was also fully illuminated by incandescent lights tights for the first time At last at the conference of 1902 after seven fifty-seven conferences held in Salt Lake with the exception of two or three the largest attendance ever had at a confEr conference nce was present From this time up to the present year the conference crowds have steadily increased until at this conference conference confer confer- ence enco which is the seventh eighty-seventh more i than 20 persons are expected to be beI I present I During conference week the fair will willbe willbe I be open all aU exhibits on display and andall andall andall all the amusements ready for the visitors vis vis- vis These visitors who will represent represent represent sent every ward and stake In the church and who will have come here from every portion of the United States Mexico Canada and the Pacific islands arc always eases ea el to inspect what their Utah friends are doing an and I Meeting Will Continue 3 I Days Matters of Importance Importance Importance tance to Be Discussed I will wUl spend much of their spare time there Missionary reunions will be held by byI bythe I I the British South African Scandinavian avian Hawaiian German SwIss German Swiss and andI I I South Pacific island missionaries who have labored in those thoe fields for the I I church In past years Presidents of I the Southern Northern Western and andI I Central states missions will arrive in Salt Lake this week In time to attend I the conference sessions I President Joseph F. F Smith with AnI Anthon Anthou An- An I thon thou H H. Lund and Charles W W. Penrose other members of the first presidency will be the main speakers In former I years so large have been the conference conference confer confer- ence coca crowds that as high as four overflow overt over over- t i flow meetings have been necessary at atthe atthe the sessions and speakers chosen for forI forthe I I the bishopric the stake presidencies I and other church officials will be named by President Smith to take cha charge change ge of themI them I Next l Friday at 10 a a. m m. the conference conference conference confer confer- ence will convene in the Tabernacle On Saturday and Sunday at the same time meetings will also be held PROGRAM FOR SATURDAY On Saturday the general priesthood meeting will be held In the Tabernacle at 7 1 p p. pom m m. At 4 40 p p. p m m. Saturday all the patriarchs of or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints will meet in the new church office building This meeting will be conducted by Hyrum G G. Smith the presiding patriarch I The Relief society conference will be beheld beheld beheld held on next Wednesday and Thursday Thurs Thurs- day Two officers' officers meetings are scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- for Wednesday at 10 a a. a m m. and 2 I p p. m m. in the auditorium of the Bishops Bishop's building Two general sessions will wUl be beI beheld beheld I held in the Assembly hall on Thursday at 10 10 a a. a m m. and 2 p p. p m. m All AU officers I and Relief society workers are urged to be there Mrs Emmeline B B. Wells I president of the society will preside I I The Deseret Sunday School union I I will hold its conference in the Taber Taber- Tabernacle Tabernacle nacle next Sunday at 7 p p. p m m. The I general which consists consists consists con- con of Joseph J J. Smith David O O. McI McKay Mc- Mc I Kay and Stephen L L. Richards has arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged a special program and urge all i Sunday School workers to attend 1 The Young Toung Ladies Ladles Mutual Improvement Improvement Improve Improve- ment association will hold a meeting Improve Improve-I of ot general stake and local officers in the Bishops Bishop's s building October 8 at 10 a a. a m The Young Toung Mens Men's Mutual Improvement Improvement Improve Improve- i ment association has arranged for a meeting of the superintendents stake and ward officers in the assembly room of the Bishops Bishop's building Sunday morning morning morning morn morn- ing at 8 30 All Ali stake officers and members of presidencies and bishoprics are invited to be presentA present A meeting of primary officers stake and local will be held in the assembly Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- room of the Bishops Bishop's building on immediately after atter the close of the afternoon session of the conference confer confer- ence As matters of great importance I to the officers oft his organization will willbe willbe I be discussed all officers are urged to come One of the special features of the Primary association of the church this year is the Red Cross work done by bythe bythe bythe the Primary children and officers This exhibit has been placed on display on the fourth floor of the Bishops Bishop's building building building build build- ing and will be open for Inspection from Friday until Monday This work represents the efforts of hundreds of children from twenty two twenty two stakes of the church and Is some of the first Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross done by children in the United States |
