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Show APOSTLE CLAWSON VISITOR AT STAKECONFERENCE STAKE STAKEI STAKECONFERENCE I CONFERENCE HELD SUNDAY AT AT'MOAB ATMOAB ' ' MOAB I . . . _ po . . . . , . , _ _ . . . I IQuarterly Quarterly conference of the San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan stake of the L D S church was washeld washeld washeld held at Moab Sunday Three meetings meetingswere meetingswere meetingswere were held , and the attendance at aU all aUof allof allof of the sessions was e'Cceptionally eCceptionally e'Cceptionallylarge e'cceptionallylarge exceptionallylarge ' ' large , the commodious chapel being beingI I filled to overflowingI overflowingRudgar overflowingRudgar overflowing overflowingRudgar Rudgar Clawson , president of the theQuorum theQuorum theQuorum I Quorum of Twelve Apostles , and next nextin nextin nextin in line to the presidency of the church churchrepresented , I Irepresented represented the general authorities at atI atIthe atthe Ithe I the conference , and andJ . was v.as vas a speaker at atI atall atall atall I all three 'sessions sessions .sessions ' . Among the stake stakelofficers stake'officers stakeofficers lofficers 'officers officers ' from outside wards in atten atten- attendance atten- atten attendance attendance - - dance were Stake President Wayne H H.Redd HRedd . . Redd a and aid ? d Counsellors Joseph B BHarris BHarris BHarris Harris and Albert R Lyman , all of ofBlanding ofBLanding ofBlanding Blanding ; ; C E Walton and Chester ChesterBlack ChesterBlack ChesterBlack Black of or Monticello and John Rogers RogersGeorge , , George Hurst , Will W1ll Young , Edwara P P.Lyman PLyman . . Lyman and George W . Perkins of ofBlanding ofBlanding ofBlanding Blanding , members of the stake high highcouncil highcouncil highcouncil council ; : H C Perkins of Blanding Blandingsuperintendent , , superintendent of Sunday schools , Rnd and RndMrs andMis andMrs Mrs Mis Hattle Hattie Barton of Blanding , , stake stakepresIdent stakepresident stakepresident presIdent of the Relief lief society . The Theoutside Theoutside Theoutside outside visitors at conference number number- numbered numbered numbered - ed between 50 and 60 . IThe The first meeting was held at 10 a a.m am . . I m , the $ speakers peakers being Apostle Cla\v- Cla v Claw- Claw Clavson Clawson Claw-son Claw son \ - son , Albert R Lyman , George A A.Newell ANewell . . Newell , W . R McConkie McConkic , . Mrs . . HattiE HattieBarton HattleBarton " Barton , Wesley Barton and LloydYoung Lloyd LloydYoung LloydYoung Young , the two last-named last named - having re- re recently recently - - cently returned from the mission field field.Mr fieldMr . . Mr . Young recently returned nom from fromFrance nomFrance nomFrance France , where he spent several years yearsAposne yearsApostle yearsApostle Aposne Apostle Clawson s theme was an ex- ex exhortaUon exhortation ex exhortation - - hortation hortaUon to members of the church churchto churchto churchto to carry their load and live their re- re rehglOn religion re religion - - ligion hglOn as they know it to be he outlined outuned . The principal session of the con- con conference conference con conference - ference commenced at 2 pm p m , Qna and Qnav andwas andwas v . was a'S aS ' attended by an overflow crowd crowdI crowdImportant crowdImportant crowdImportant I Important business transacted was wasthe wasthe wasthe the sustaining of all present stake - officers o1cers ! The speakers were PresIdent PresidentRedd PresidentRe2d " ? Read Redd , Bishop A J Redd of Monticello Monticelloand Monticelloand Monticelloand and Apostle Clawson Clav.son Clavson Claason . The venerable venerablechurch venerablechurch venerablechurch church leader gave an earnest ad address addressfilled re s , filled with advice to his audi audience audienceThe audienceThe nce nceThe The Importance of little things was wasstressed wasstressed wasstressed stressed by Apostle Clawson , , who whoshowed whoshowed whoshowed showed that by our close attention attenUon to tosmall tosmall tosmall small matters big blg things thmgs are developedThe developedThe developed developedThe The evening meeting was held under underthe underthe underthe the au auspices pices of the Mutual Improve Improve- ImproveI Improvement Improvement Improvement - - ment association Apostle Clawson re- re remained remained re remained - - I mained for tor tne the session , and was the theprincipal theprincipal theprincipal principal speaker . . His talk was rem remmiscent = miscent in vein , and he detailed detaijed detaIj d many manyincidents manyincidents manyIncidents I Imiscent incidents in the early history of the thechurch thechurch thechurch church with Wlth which wWch he he-iwas he iwas .was was 4was . - identified identified.He identifiedHe . He made the interesting statement statementthat statementthat statementthat that he Wcis was the first member of the thechurch thechurch thechurch church to be com con convicted ict-cd ict cd icted - under the Ed- Ed EdmundsTucker EdmundsTucker Ed EdmundsTucker - munds-Tucker munds Tucker - - act , and was sentenced sentencedto to the territorial prison and spent spentsome spentsome spentsome some time there . . Musical numbers given at the e\c- e c ecning e eve evening \ e- e ening - ning meeting were a , a . duetrbY duet.by duetby duefc . by Misses MissesBertha MissesBertha MissesBertha Bertha Allred and Ruth Hawks ; lI it . itpiano apiano plano piano solo by Miss Helen Folster FoIster , and anda anda a vocal solo by Luclan Lucian Ta 'tapgren tapgren 'tapgrenAltogether ' Tan'grenA TangrenA 'gren.7 gren.7 gren7 ' ' , . $ " Altogether , the conference was one oneQf oneof oneof Qf of the most interesting and most mostlargely mostlargely ; . largely attended held in the stake.for stakefor stake.forsome stoke stoka.forsome stokaforsome . . tor- tor torsome - some time - " ' 'k k ' II " ' ' " . < |