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Show i TEMPLE AND TABtRNftGLE,. jj Dr. Willium Cannon left Salt Lake for (icrmany recently to be with bis 1 brother, l'reston ,1. Cannon, who is on a mission in that country. The latter lias been snll'eriny for some time from the effects of au operation for appendicitis, appendi-citis, and late advices were to the effect that he was g-rowino- worse. Dr. Cannon Can-non hail been called on a mission and had intended leaving' for (Germany iD a few weeks, but the condition of his brother's health has hastened his departure. de-parture. Lewis Cannon is now in (ler-many (ler-many also. All three are sons of President (ieorg-e Q. Cannon. A farewell entertainment was recently re-cently given in Farmer's ward meeting house, Salt Duke stake, in honor of Elder Joseph J. Paynes, Jr., and wife, prior to their departure as missionaries to lireat Hritain. The program included in-cluded the best literat'3- and musical talent of the city. Tilden is a prosperous settlement presided over by Bishop George Y. Pug-mire, Pug-mire, about thirty miles southwest of Pilackfool in Bingham county, Idaho. There are several thousand acres of river bottom that produces a large lot of wild hay and is watered well by springs. These springs make quite large streams, and if properly utilized would make the land very productive. A canal is being constructed to bring water to the higher land, but has not reached Tilden yet. When this canal is completed it will bring an immense tract of excellent land uuder cultivation, cultiva-tion, that only lacks water and tillag to transform it from a sagebrush deserl to fertile farms. All the settlers ar looking anxiously forward to the completion com-pletion of the canal and the influx of settlers that will increase the population popula-tion and improve the school facilities. The winters are mild in this locality, hence its value as a stock-raising region. The church is to build a fine, five-story five-story block on the corner of South Temple and Main street, Salt Pake. It will be -used for church oflices, and be a new home for the DeseretXews. The ground is now occupied by the Hall of Relics, erected for the Jubilee and used since to exhibit the mining resources of Utah and the west. The foundation may be laid this fall and the building completed next year. It will be a , handsome, modern structure and its need has long been felt. Attention is called to the fact that returned missionaries sometimes have a hard time to secure employment. Several cases of recent occurrence have come to light where young men have returned, after having spent three years out in the mission field, and have been compelled to leave their homes and seek elsewhere for employment in order to obtain those things which are necessary to sustain life. This is a complaint which should not be made. An elder may be very successful in missionai-y labors abroad, and yet not be a very able rustler for work for himself at home. ' Here is where the bishops and their counselors and aids in the respective wards may find afield for legitimate labor. Men with the experience gained as missionaries are of value at home. If they cannot obtain ob-tain suitable employment themselves, they should receive the aid of the local authorities in that direction, so that they may not be compelled to go oft' into other places, and thus their influence in-fluence be lost to the ward or stake where they belong. |