Show STAKE CONFERENCES SlAke Roxburg I oho Dee Dec regu regular Inc lar quarterly of remont Stake convened In Saturday and Sunday aunda clone Dec and h Theft There r er predent on the stand ot of time counci council ot of Apostles polte Frncis Francis M 1 Lyman amid aud John Smith Elder A ASmith Henr Smith of Colorado ho 11 Is lit In Premont Stake In the interest of Mu lu tuat Improvement the Stake prest doncy some me of the High Counci Council lUsh ope Ups and anil quorum anti and Vrest dents were also present The lite reports given by the Stake anti and were encouraging amid showed the tho 8 Stake and wards gen orally In goo good condition Elder Ste Stephen push phen A Smith reported that consider considerable able Interest watt aR being awakened among the Mutual Improvement UT ur of the Stake principles of tie the Gospel wore were ably b by time the speakers amid much valuable instruction was given Iren on tIme the subject or of education the payIng ot of tithes and the tho necessity of our al all our obligations both to tle the Lord and to our fellow men rore urged to get gel out ot of debt and to Ita stay out out urge Eider 1 M L Ly Lyman man showed the necessity of proper records being kept In the tho Makes Wards and In al all organizations A now new Bishopric was organized anti set apart for the Lyman ward and the tho Stake of oC Mutual Im Improvement provement was reorganized The morning attendance 01 on Saturday was as Very light but the tho other meetings were faIrly well attended and I a good spIrit prevailed throughout the tho entro entire conference A l M CARUN Stake Cleri Clerk Stake IHRke CIt City Idaho Dt 29 Te The regular quarterly conference of the Malad Iala Stake of Zion WM vas held It at Field eld lag December and l 1 19 1693 There Thero were present Elder Francis M Lyman and Hud er of the Counci of Apostles Rubs Rulos S Wels VelIs of the Counci Council of Seventies the Stake authorities anti man many Bishops ad and leading members of the Stake Slake The brethren who spoke advIsed the Saint to b be punctual In attending all the du dutes duties tes ties pled placed upon them and If circum circumstances stances were such that an any of the brethren could not attend to their du they should resign In order that others who could attend might be appointed I Eder Elder W U II Gibbs reported the tho Stake He said that the thing tithing had Increased considerably this year ear although crops were much lighter William 01 nr was called and sot set apart to 11 fill the vacancy In the tho High Counci Council Bishop Enoch harris havIng removed front the tho Portage ward waro resigned the posItion and James H Gibbs wee ap appointed pointe pointed to flit the vacancy wih with John Johnp JohnF p F Conle Conley as first and James W el eli as second counselor counselors The Tho following brethren were sue sus tamed lS as home missionaries Charle Charles Uday Frank Frank FrankJ J Walker Chule Charles J Smith 0 Da David ld David H 11 Thomas P W V Howar Benjamin Waldron Ind and William E Morse Willam Anth Anthony y wa was released l as Stake clerk at and cerk clerk ot of the High Coun Counci ci oil and Thomas p Johns was selet select ed to tm fill th the F E JONES Clerk Pro tern tem 31 Stake esa Co A T December 1899 T To the The quarterly conference of the tho Marl copa In the Stake taber tabernacle nacle Sunday morIng morning at 10 n a rn m December 1899 Elder Collins R B Henes al On account t of at tho th day following bel Christma Christmas I It ram as decided to hold conference b but l 01 one dl da and the business porton portion of the confer conCer conference enc ence WI was attended to first The of the varIous wals reported the pea pie IlS as being In a healthy and prosper prosperous ous condition Elders Thee Thos n Condl LwIs Lewis Hob Hobson son and M A A occupied the reo re part ot of the forenoon speaking upon the tho of the G GOspel en the tho S to keep kep the cm corn of time the Lord Jt At 2 p 1 mu the meeting opened n a aln and Brother L 14 man I ot of tIme the line ward made a 11 tow few remarks aCe which Elder Eider A F Macdonald of oC Old Mexico who was the first president of Maricopa Stake tok took UP the time In a discourse upon the doctrin doctrine of the Ule Church of Jesus ChrIst or of Saint Saints and the present events of history as S a fulfill meat ment of oC Bible prophecy The congregation lon tion enjoyed a musical ns as wel well IlS as II a spiritual feast Imbuing to the tho tul ful songs rendered b by the Mesa choIr under tinder the of the Maeser sis sisters tore Conference adjourned for three months We had very beautiful weather to hold our ur conference ns as there hM has been very er little frost Crost ad and the days were ex exceedingly pleasant The people have ben been blessed wIth good the past year el The ornge orange crop whIch hM has Just been gathered Is the tho best In the history of the valley the first car being shIpped to November 1899 The future prospects of this section ap appear ar arver ver very at lr Present ent OEO GEO A MACDNALD MACDONALD Clerk In tim tho city or of antI vicinity and clr also allo In the Amsterdam conference le lie reports ithe in n an exceedingly gly Eider John Hansen Jr or of merton Salt Lake CO wits IS set apart for mis Sit Iuna work in the tho Easter Eastern States Oi on the of April 18 1197 7 and returned home on the tho ot of December last Ho labored flume months of the time In him labore hed In Chicago The rho mission he reports Is 18 prosperous In time the parts rt visited by him Sister Marino Hansen ansen wn was set apart for 1 a mission to Chicago on the Ihu ot of October 1 She returned in wih wIth her hor Imus hus husband band She says aS sho enjoyed her labors itt In th the ministry very ery much Eder Elder Thomas Dake Blake ot of South Jordan Salt Lake Co returned bOlo haute on the ot of December last from n a to England He was et apart aparton on the 3rd of December Hs Ills field or of labor was tM the Manchester confer conter enc enee where he says he met wih whit fair success Eldor Joseph n B of Logan Cache Cacho Co who wal was appointed ted on ot of August 19 1897 for tor II a mission to East Tennessee returned from there thereon on the of December last Eider Morrell was at noxville at t the time the tho I Elders were arrested sted for preaching In the streets le He says the Incident served to make malo many frIends for tor the theElder Elder Elders ns as Is generally time the case caso wih with measures or of persecution Elder Eider Charles 1 U Davis Dals or of Vernon Uintah county returned hom on the tho of De Dec last lut from 1 a mIssion to Wale Wales He was s set t apart on the of 1897 and enjoyed his labors In the missionary field ve very much The ho work vork in that part EIder Albert or of county returned home on the tho of December last from n a mission to FlorIda lie He was set apart allart on the tho ot of August 17 1697 He eay he toM toMman found man many frIends In that part say ot tM world anti he expects encouragIng progress there thero for lor the euse cause of the Gospel Elder DavId or of Randolph Rich count county was set Get apart on the or of October 1897 to labor al an a mission ar an In IndIan Territory lie He returned after successful l the a mission on of this month That or of the feld he Ss says Is In n a good condition Time le leEl El rs have havo many frIends and the bIo blo people plo generals generally are kind and hopla Elder n B M hI Robinson of Tooele count county Wn was set et apart 01 on the of December 1697 for missionary work In time the Ito Ho re alter atter a c mission on ont I t e he or of lie Sll says he helAS lAS has mUch labors ott os u rain min Iste isten ot of the Lord ord Eller Elder hr f E Jr of Prove CI Utah C was set ap rt out on the lit or of Sept 18 1697 for n a mission to Florida He met wIth much success there especially In Sunday school work In which he was vas engaged the Ilter latter part of the time He returned home on the re or of De Dee lust last Elder Frd Fred Brain of the Twentieth ward thi this city was set apart on the ot of Sept 1897 1197 for Cor n a mission to the Southern States He returned home hm on the ot of De Dec last Hut after havIng la Ia labored bored first In Kentucky and then In West VIrgInIa Ie Lie saYI says he met wih with lome some opposition but nothing ot of a sent serl sentous ous nature Elder Eldor George A Peterson of the See Sec Second and ond ward this elt city returned home on the of Dee Dec last laRt from Denmark where he has been traveling I as a ml mis le lie was waa set apart on tle the of Oct 1893 1593 and was assigned to the Aarhus He was released on account ot of sIckness In his family n at home ome but felt to leave leao the field only reluctantly attl i |