Show I ORRIN P MILLER f IS THE PRESIDENT Organization of the New Stake Effected at East Jordan TWO LARGE LAUGE MEETINGS HELD hELDo hELDI I o F wills H HOwe wo t u II it ut I i oh I I to the t r Sandy Union Granite Draper r West Jordan South Jordan Blurt D Dais I land met In Goffs bali 1811 East Saturday Jan Jail 20 1900 for Cor the purpose of arranging aries for tor the tho organization of the noo above named Settlements of Saints Ints Into to n Stake of f Zion Apostles Fr Francis M Lyman antI and W L Lund took charge of the Irol and of other prominent b brethren there Vote present John It Winder ot of the tho mr Presidents Anaus M I C Cannon ati joseph E Taylor of the Salt Lake Stake Slake presidency and others Two meetings were Mill held during the tho day and the entire proceedings were marked with great lit of reel feel feelIng In Ing judgment The of at for the now stake and other matters ot o were werl presented Ex cell ht II were glen given by the tho visiting Apostles and others other On Sunday Sunda JM Jan 21 two meetings were hell In hall ball hallwhich which bath In the forenoon anti and after afternoon noon iras crowded tn tco Its utmost en cn In the as 08 they left eft the building i after fter tho session It waR vas ascertained that I souls haul had attended Besides 1 Apostles Lyman antI and Lund the following named brethren also attended the tho meetings PresIdents Angus AnINI M r Cannon and Joseph R Taylor Thomas Thom s sC C Griggs and M Horne Home of the tho Salt Lake ot of schools and An Andrew rew Jenson assistant ChurCh historIan The forenoon 8 sessIon ulon was opened by singing by n a moat moaL excellent choir Which dl b beautiful music In both bolh sea stone and the opening prayer was ot of offered by Elder Joseph Josoph Taylor Angus M Cannon spoke on arm the necessitY ur of the Salt Bait Lake Stake had lon b in considered large an believed the new Stake lake which was about to 10 be organized out of the settlements situated tl itt 11 the tho south end ot of Salt Lake Valley would prove roe a 11 great blessing to 10 all concerned though the separation ot of the Saints residing In these ward ard from their head headquarters quarters of long standIng no doubt caused peculiar feelings to 10 arise In inthe the hearts of at many mony Elder Joseph E Taylor delivered red a ashor ashor shor discourse on the order of the Church And the holy Priesthood the th general duties of the Saints and his firm belief lit In the Church being by revelation from on high Hence lie ho had no doubt the divIsion or of the Salt Lake Lak Stake Slake of As no now contemplated contemplated plated had the a approval of heaven woul l be productive ot of good and tend to gh give the work ot of Oo a new In thIs part lart of the Lord vineyard Apostle r M lit Lyman who euf feted with a rather severe seere attack of hoarseness s made some appropriate reo re remarks marks In regard to the tho rights and privileges of members to or re reJect Sect bY their votes ole Ih the several l Ions whIch were about to be presented to them Anthon n It Lund then pre rented the following propositions which were all carrIed with unanimous vote ole That all that part or of Salt Sail county count lYing south ot of the old road or south of the line which separates IIII Big Cottonwood South Cot Cottonwood and North Jordan wards on the north from Granite Union and West Vet Jordan on the south be separated 1 from the Ibe Salt Lake Inke Stake Slake ot of Zion and organized organised Into Ino a ne new and ond separate Stake Sloke to be known as the Jot Jor tan daft Stake Slake or of the Church of Jesus Christ Christof or of Saints That the following brethren be sue sus tamed as officer In the Jordan Stake Slake Stake presidency Gina Orrin p 1 formerly or of president Byrum Goff formerly Bishop of at East i Jordan first fint antI and James Jamel Jensen for Cor merl many Bishop of Sandy flandy second Mond coon coun counselor Members of oC the high h Council John JohnA A Larsen LIsen of SandY Enmanuel A Rich aNs ot of Jordan JONan Albert lb rt or of East Jordan Henry Crane or of man hear M I of Sand Sandy Jo liph M Smith of Draper Wm S Dill Die mond of Jordan Goff or of East Jordan Jordon A Smith of at Draper Daniel Densley Jun of lUver ton Charles Petersen of South Jordan and John G C Sharp or of UnIon Alternate members ra of oC Councils Christian Peterson ln ot of Niela A Nielsen n ot of Crescent T Mason Mawn of Bluff Dale Edward A Bate Bateman man of East Jordan anti and Ah Aiva J Slut Dut Dutter tar ter ot of Granite JI Patriarchs tn in the Stake Tab roach mael Phillips Phillip of Union anti and Bishop Lewis n II of at Bluff Dale Dalt ll Presidency of high Priests Quorum Elwood or of East Rast Jordan press d dAnte ni J 3 William of 10 ir I dM Nl Nile dm n of fE East ii Jordan second Oun counselor The or of the Ule Stake lell with three Bishops and aM tM tIme call callIns lag Ins ot of two other Bishops to act u ac Patriarch In tho th Stake made the reo ie of five cards ary ro provided for tor In the election b by unanimous vote TOle of the following cent ard Gordon Gonion S 3 Dell DeIl Bishop Charles E MIller Imer first and Butterfield second ns East Jordan ward Larson Lareon Bishop John P and Jo Joseph Joaeph seph 11 13 I second counselor gand Sandy William 1 I Kuhrt Bishop hop W SV WIlson and Charles Charl C Crapo second counselor Union C Unman Wm Panther J first and John A Wal WAI Ret second cou counselor lelor mutt Dale William C Crump Bishop Elders Ostin Orrin P Got Goff and James each laeh briefly tn In I turn nil Their to nc accept pt P of theIr rc respective emcee but the thought of becoming separated In ina n a local capacity from their form former er flocks whom the had bad learned to 10 love lIt dearly arl Caused tullar antI sal sail I to arlle t within them BenedIction was all offered b by Elder An drew J luring the the Afternoon sessions 4 ot of the newly appointed offiCers omera were or and set apart to their respective posItions This Included ed the Stake and all 1111 the members of the except one tHebes Hebel A A Smith h was VaR not Tr ent The afternOOn session was corn coin meowed at al 2 Elder Thomas naomu C offered the opening prayer Elder a hOtt discourse In he cAlled at to the fact that the organ of the Jordan Stake there were slow flOW 41 organized Stakes of Zion In the Church This graphIcal division of Church VAl au In the da days of the Prophet the tho Lord b by direct revelatIon gave In Instructions In re regard ord to the buildIng up of a 11 Stake Slake In Kirtland KimI land Stake of Zion being the first fint Stake ever eer organized organised In this dispensatIon The I speaker then Ihen to 10 exact antI and true not ani only on the part ot of the clerks ia a kept the public records but individual members should also allo make a record of the ordInations and Other blessings receIved by them from time to time Apostle Anthon II if Lund then pre to 10 the tho conference the folloWing addition to 10 those presented in inthe the forenoon George Geurge W tV Bills as first ant and Joseph as second to Bishop William V C Crump of the Bluff Dale ward of Relief Societies In the Jordan Stake Slake Bateman of West est Jordan Jordon president Larsen Lauen first and Agnes Cutler second counselor lor Stake ot of Sunday Bunda James Jamel Bleak maak of su Joseph J Williams of West est Jordan and n It n II noli of South Jordan assistant superintendents Stake y V M it M I A Elisha Brown Uron I of at Draper President Solomon Jo E Smith ot of Draper er first and James U Ii Jensen or of Crescent second counselor Stake y V l I M Iii T I A Maria of South Jordan president Marane hansen of Riverton first and Gardner second counselor Primary association Emma EmmaC C Jurgan ot of Union president Mary MaryA A Bali Dall first fint and B a Owen eec and counselor Apostle Anthon n II then eyed ered nn an excellent discourse on tho ho nature of at the Hol holy Priesthood ho how It was Val transmitted from the tho man and how the authority of tIme the same ame then could be 00 hand handed d down or trans tran erred by ordInation from man to 10 man manIn manIn In illustrating this Important poInt he referred to man many essential historical data and S connected with the dispensatiOn Inaugurated by ChrIst and his Apostles In ancient days end Ind also Ilso explained how the Priesthood was restored again In these thee latter r days through the of ff I ly messengers and the great gront Prophet of the nineteenth century Joo Joseph h Smith Apostle Francis M Lyman delivered the closing address of the conference and gave some valuable instructions to 10 the newly officers and the Jeneral lie He paid a high rib ute ule to the brethren who had hatI been lie se to flit fill the various official positions In the new Stake as they on be beIng being Ing questioned In re regard arll to 10 their dill gence ence too as Church members theIr of the Worth of Wisdom etc elc hAd hadlen len able to give ghe most satisfactory an answers The speaker invoked the bit bless blessings InI ings of oC the tho Lord on the new Stake Blake with nil all It its II affairs antI and organizations Benediction was offered b by Apostle Anthon II LUnd After Arter the clo close e of the afternoon see les lion sian n a specIal meeting Will oas held at the residence of at Eider Hyrum Got Gorr at I which h fifteen officers r were ordained and andset set noart In addition to thou those already ordained making In nil III A Atel Afew tel few of the brethren n and sisters who had been to fill the be dIfferent positions In we e absent and antl theIr ordination lion will be attended to later laler |