| Show I J O ER f 1 N n NOt i J r t r AS ii I HO I I i i IT I I I 13 Igi Qi i TOJAl I SUJIt O I Ir AYI t r W 1 iJ J Ji i I rK Editor J r B 8 F of ithe th I I II Liahona h r e II so ot Attractions Att t Of Historic ric Town nS b NO O ANIMOSITY MANIFESTED fy r t v l f i i 0 lJ S of or orl he i 11 It fC C l I II lO of 01 o Js ent i 7 V J With Ij Ii l fl D s 8 sr I I l I f v t tJ J r 31 13 J 1 editor of or thu Ua 1111 r rI I hp I Alders i journal joui nal which Is I al of missionary work Won of o l r h of ot Jesus Te us Christ of oc Lat Latte j t te r d y Saints In the tho tj United States tules 1 f published in I nd Mois 10 l Is pc IL a fow foll dav In n Salt Rail 1111 Of 1 J h CI city elty hu lie Sll s si U lJ Is 18 a LL beautiful town tOn quiet well j t i i governed g gott neat awl aJ attractive lii zini it Il fa u J 10 O n l m due CURt cast ctt of or l Kansas f s ct h s a lL population r j about ti 1200 2 O people r le 2000 rj of whom aro ar col I Vs b d A iI i about Ben pil ilor t to about four foUl oUi 11 i years y fais two ugo very yo tito public f I i i h way wa of paving sewerage elc tc but beginning about aboul four C III years curs ago go the ton toyn has ha taken on or I great activity ll ty in III these respects A i IL lt deal di dai l of paving illS lias Ia been laid tio last urs sewers sowers have hale bea 1 extended d and rind many public pu bile Ira Im 1 I made The town lu an excellent public school system s Tho rh country la Is II rolling l slopes elopes 81 pes and gentle declivities appear ar on every overy hand When our pur Jur PO t wont went there thore It was al largely cov coy covered covI ered I IJ with forest but only hero and arid there thore seen remnants of ot tire tho prime V l I woods Such were tho tilo main pOuts points of o Mr description n of oE this historic town CORDIAL FRIENDSHIP p or of r tho iio prevailing sentiment of 01 the tire thep people p popo of pe the tho ti town toJ with respect ct to tho tim Saints Mr MiS af at affirms firms that It la is l one of cordial friend friendship I ship I 1 have halo boon been a resident ot of Inde Ind tor nore than a lL year and a ahalt halt half ho siLk and halo havo yet yot ot to hear licar t unkind or disrespectful tui word Itt In reference to our oui people p spoken by iy iyan any nt an Inhabitant of f In tact fact tho business men m n and a td residents 1 ger rait P manifest a marked balked and cordial friendship toward all of ot the tho members nU Utah colony colon Of ot local l cal saints there uro about 50 by h y adding to these thoi tho I l s sI with their families Who are aro ar employed y l lIn In tho h mission ml lon office ll the tir publication tion office gt our magazine we have I u about 75 Th members m Wo W Vo have havo a good g Sunday school a Relief society of about ali ul 25 23 members arId and a IL Mutual Improve Improvement ment iu nt association of ot ab members Besides those In Iii Independence there 1 r are aIe from pir ono M to two wo store icor s ore J members n h of t f the tho Church h Ich In h Kansas u j X Continuing Mr Ir said sahi salcI t Prior to locating III In T 1 I J through contact cont et with tho the ot of 1 th church In iii the e town U p t I havo been x n happily disappointed vi lii In 5 this this There Th are arc In lb the tho town t f aboUt 2000 members morn hers rs ot IM theS ChUlch The have hav havIL haverL rL IL church edifice beautt ful fuh gray gla expensive structure ture They The haVo hao h finisher ri s i costing costin as nf I understand I from fi to I have lilt vo met IeL Lebres of that church arid and a single exception have havo ben l 1 treated tle tod th r kindness and d respect IN UTAH That hat Is I hot iio tim tho th spirit manifested t bv their tind l d monitors Js c hero l in Utah Ut was suggested How i 1 d ou ac for the difference 1 r The Reorganized church Is not a IL l body bod as a o l Church Is l w There Is IR a IL great variety of oe religious 1 i faith fulth nad nod views among adoring its members arid mid J I 1 am convinced that tho the mission missionaries aries arles whom this church sends out and WI m tho Uio n and members m ot of our R church ch lreh meet l aro ail i representative tive ot of the mass irm of tho members of ot tho the thoI I Reorganized d church Jl I havo conversed with w Rh dozens ot of them In Independence rind arid the tho prevailing sentiment anions among thorn thom disproves of animosity between tho th two churches ch iches Many of the ho mem mom members members bers hers of ot the tile Reorganized R church have hayo I expressed d to inc nio it o the th firm that f I must and will come could r j together sooner or 01 later l and und thoy they dis ot of all al animosity between I tween the UlO of bodies bodles J Tho chief feature of Interest in In IJ doti dependences to Saints is thu 1 TOI pl lot a n small park parl containing about four fOUl acres drones It Is a ii I purl part of or a it tract of or Gh 63 acres acles purchased by hy Bishop Edward hdward J Partridge In 1831 with wilh funds belonging to the thu Church The deed was In the tire name of Partridge and nun tho the title titie MJ l 1 0 remained until unlit after tho saints located In Utah About tilE the theO year O I 18 O a 11 firm finin fi I of or o real ical estate estale denier dealers det l rl Carrie into n o oC or a part of this tins 63 acres aerel Including tho the Temple lot hut but their title was defective Many after this tho Temple lot was WHa purchased td by b the tho After Cler they had bud held possession po of ct It for tor or several years thu made ade claim lalm to It on ou the th ground that It was prop onLy that th Lt rightfully belonged to the tho Church of or Jesus Christ of or Saints and nirid that they were veto tho lawful hL Cul CulI successors I to the tho Church They Thc sought to enforce e this claim by a IL suit in eject Tire The litigation was prolonged and assumed mel great importance to tho the different bodies that believed b In IiI tho thu thuI I divinity of ot the tiro mission of the Prophet Joseph Tho rho nature anthro nat l of the easo caso ro ye an exhaustive investigation into t tho laws Jaws and history of the tho Church established by b tho the prophet The Tho Th Ito was waR successful sst l In n the th trial court cUtiri c urt buton but on app appeal 1 tho do decision of the tine lower lowel court was reversed and tOld the property In dispute was awarded I to 10 the tho who still hold It uro a small band of worshipers numbering in ho anti and near Independence about souls nun are arc very ver devout Their TheIL loyalty to the tile Temple T lot is un unbounded unbounded mu bounded They taxed themselves th ms heavily to io meet the expenses of tire the litigation over It und anti money could not buy my It of thorn thom They believe bellevo In tho line divinity of the thc Book of or Mormon and andIn andIn andIn In all nil of the tho revelations received by bj bythe the tl Prophet Joseph Jos ph up tin to the close clo of nt limit But Bu t strange to say they the bo br behove hove lIeo that in that year tho the Church fell Into disfavor with tho the Lord In Inc c of which they the wore vere ex cc expelled from tho the promised land They aro lIro waiting for some sone manifestation from the tho Lord showing them what Ho He wants them to do tie with tile the Temple Templo lot hot Meantime us II ono one of their loaders leaders re no recently said to mo nrc a postage stamp would buy It as Os quick as nt a dol doi dollars dollars lars hors would On tho till market aside from sentiment It would be worth about be bc a matter of ot interest to tho tine Saints generally to know the tine exact legal point on which the case finally hinged It Wits WitH this Under tile laws lawn of or Missouri when hen tho the defendant In a II suit stilt in III ejectment succeeds In prey proving lag ing that a n third party not Interested tod In ha the line litigation has haN a CL bettor bett r title tithe to tn the property In hi dispute than has hUM the plaintiff the lI e hitter h will vIlh be defeated und and tho Ih ti property will bo be b warded awarded a to ii tho the do IC fondant Tho H won worn the tine case easo C RO by br proving that the th Utah Ufah Church was wati Wit tho true truc successor to the Church established by tine tho th Prophet Joseph Smith and lor for that reason had a bet bot tip tI title to time tile Temple lot than thull could be by any Iny other othier claimant t The town of Independence is laid out In blocks of Irregular size izo and et of Irregular width and a ld build building buildIng ing log lots lob l vary In lii size V Generally how however ever evel a building lot will be lie about 50 GO 0 by JO feet fe l In iii size Such a lot hot Is in valued yalu d at from OO up UI to 1600 1500 What Is In rein con the tho firmest finest vacant ya residence lot lotin lotIn in Iii time the town t wn Is now oil on sale rink It IL Is 50 GO to l 10 feet ct In hI size Is ISa a choice location on err ih the limo best ct street and is held lucid at 1760 1700 Farms F s In iii the tine Immediate vicinity of Iiii IIi dependence valued pretty high hg about the th lowe t holing being per acre fj generally land in InV V Independence l dence lr Is high bight In price In proportion to population but the ls u n suburb of ot Kansas Jd l s City which Is Iii growing faster Castr other city in n America merl l Tim Tho Th extremely rapid growth groth of ot Kansas on City Is hi I causing l real re 1 estate values within a CL rapidly arms 23 2 miles of or City have havo doubled do l led in hi l value IlI limo tho last las years yEan a and the h advance seems likely Icly 1 to continue V |
