Show H II ii rH ItH I i I 1 I H f I CONDITION OF THE STAKES OF ZION 0 I II Ir I r ru 1 Hyrum Fremont Tooele and anil Weber 2 Reports Modo at tho coh 2 Stakes Represented presented H by liy Their Re He Rei i t Ol 01 tho Church o 01 Jesus Christ ol 01 Lot Lat presidents All la Jour Flour Flourishing Marked In Increase Inday 2 Saints In Sun I crease ma o In Union and tUI Good Works day Salt City April 0 5 j Shown 5 3 5 thru n r ELDER W C PARKINSON President of Hyrum Stake Stalle of Zion I 1 have truly rejoiced my brethren mid In tho timely and practical instructions that have been given Ien at nt this conference I have enjoyed tile the Hint has hns upon those who have spoken to us IS In reporting the Hyrum of ot Zion Ion I will say It Is Isa Isn a n stake It was or two y years on the tM cf ot Apt April I It II comprise the tho mth end of ot valley with ten ward and about joo Saints I t the condition of tho thero hns Irn of late I 1 think It was an ci ex Celent thins thing to divide tho Iho old stake make Ina to It pineo more active men In the flold to look after the people and to encourage them In tho work of the Lord lArd Wo We divided one of ot the tho In our stake Rinke wo believe It iv Ivan an thing It hns hos drought ht Rood results We Wo now have tUle three wards where ro wo We had one arid and time three Mishaps and three of where we only had hM ono We find that the people are bettor bett r looked after art cr and activity Is hi growing We Wo have better nt our meetings The rhe presidency Y of or the stake are aro united and have a 0 Rood deal of pleasure In their labors We have nn no excellent High Council and I think I 1 am safe In to say Ing In that every om member of ot that body Lody Is Isn n rood faithful consistent Saint They good they th y observe the day they observe the Word of ot Wisdom and they nc live Iho In tho ministry We meet to together together gether once n II month ana wo lYe always have a 1 attendance Usually nearly nerl nil fill the members ore are present both hoth members and alternates The presidency supposed to meet once a I week welk We Wo do not always III ways do t this but we do It ns os often ns we cm can cani i find It convenient practicable In Int t our meetings wo have n great deal Jeal of ot ott t pleasure and I believe have enjoyed the Spirit of tho Lord We take under consideration matters pertaining to the general Interest welfare of or our peo people lea pIc Our words are aro close together to ether We only cover C er n small area of country ten miles to our farthest word ro FO that our Is very compact arid aridI I think a model stake Wo haW some som 1 people In that part of the country perhaps as ns good n Of can be found In Israel wo wn have h hof of the tho other element elemont to keep those who are willing to work busily engo There Is plenty I lent of opportunity for tor them to labor In the ministry Wo We only have two saloons In our midst and that Is two more than we would like to have Our tithing hns hOR Increased between 3 and JOWO 0 OM the last year ear Our Priest Priesthood Ir est t hood meetings are very well V 11 attended d We Wl hWe ton very cry good active octh Bishops nl hops 1 I cnn can toy lay for all our Bishops that are good Intelligent Int nt men who thor thoro thoroughly understand und the Gospel 00 1 wid Md the e duties of their calling They are qualified ned fied and able to look after wards and I they aro giving tho people good 1001 Our stake as 1111 asfar far as n I have learned all 1111 good faithful people 10 10 and nd our organizations f nae all at complete Although It II la ts n new RInke we have ba tho organizations nil ill complete te both In the wards and In Inthe Inthe the stake Blake There Is a n meeting of ot tile tho Priesthood every month and nil stAke officers have their regular monthly meetings s nt which they means fr the best Interest and welfare of ot the th various arlous organizations wo Ya located In one OM of ot tho most fertile R nd prosperous valleys In Irl the thc I Rocky fountains still we f always luw the poor with us We have plenty to 1 consume the fast tast offerings and the I funds placed nt the disposal of ot the the people Increasing I ing In the payment of ot their fast tut offer offerings I 1 ings Inre and wo hope ho some time In tho thon I near n nr future that we will he to take good care of all the poor In our part of the Lords vineyard without calling upon the Church for assistance We Weare are working to that end endI I do 1 not know that I have anything further to sav more than that I rejoice In the tho of or the tM I have he havea hea a testimony of the divine mission of oC the Prophet t Joseph Smith and ond the great work of the tatter latter days I have luwe had this testimony for many years I can hardly remember member r the time when I did not look upon the tho Apostles of oC the Lord Jesus Je Christ and tIle the men who stood In prominent positions In this Church with the greatest t degree of reverence I 1 have han looked upon those who have hao pro pre j over me all the days of my life with perhaps as much consideration con ns 81 1 have my m own on parent I Iha have ha tarn Id to love loe the servants crants of MIl and I to be associated with them I 1 nm Rind to attend conferences I always rejoice In listening lt to the Instructions that Imparted The last conference that we 1 held In the tho Hyrum Stake of ZIon I Iel believe el p was the best we wa have hall had It 11 was more liberally attended than any previous conference Our house was so full tull that thU we WI had h d to 10 hoe have an nn overflow orr ow the Spirit of the tho Lord was out upon us In abundance We felt that the Lord had kindly recognized reco our efforts made us to re rejoice joice jolce Although the t o roads were ex bad the people turned out in tn g eat numbers and we had a n spir spiritual feast the Lord Jord bless 9 us brethren and preserve us In tho truth I 1 ak It In tho name of Jesus Amen ELDER THOMAS E BASSETT President of Fremont Stake of Zion I nm om very gratified my belayed brethren and sisters for the position ih t I T now n In standing before J you ts aft a representative r i Of ot the Fremont Stake of ZIon Aon Our Slake Blake Is located two hundred miles mill north of ut this city It li II In the extreme northeast corner of or what in 81 U lf eastern Idaho It H ol dl 6 the continental Into the south louth southern louthern ern borders bordera of Montana th the branch of at Lima 11 a In that State of Union being a part of ot the Fremont 1 stake In the state slat of ot Idaho thor arc eighteen wards located In the tho Fremont flake The Tho urea OreA of our take Is Ia approximately TO iO miles square embracing In the neighborhood of square miles We have a of Saints SaInt AM All of ot the tho organisations of ot our slake are complete Like the rest reat of ot my breth brethren ren who have haTe reported I feel proud to tobe be 1 associated with lIh those who hIm charge of at the various organization or In our stake slake I 1 am especially pleased ned to tobe be 1 i associated with my rn two counselor whom I have hae learned to love as men of and who tire are heart and hand with me in every aery enterprise o that we for tor the good welfare of our people I do not think that there Is a n better b High Council throughout the length and breadth of ot tho than we have hae In Inthe Inthe the Fremont stake of Zion We hell hoM meetings once onlo a 11 month have hM a splendid attendance Thero Tero is no proposition ever brought before our people until tho entire High Council are arc apprised of It 11 and ad arc to unanimous In fa tn favor I vor of it We W hive b c two councils of Sev Seventy Se I enty whose hoe Jurisdiction extends 1 throughout QUI take and ono of tho ad adJoining Joining They Ilcy are liro doln a n very ery good work worl Wo have tour four Elders quorums actively engaged In their la labors 11 bors The fhe sup of tho Sun Bun Bunday Sunday day schools of the arc most moat no nc mon men and the Union Hoard Board asso nuo associated with them aro exemplary mem members bers of ot the Church They The meet regular regularly ly Iy and arrange for tor their la In labors bors among tho Sunday schools of tho stake So does also the board of tho thu YounK Youn Mens Mutual im improvement provement Association and of the Young Ladles Mutual Im Improvement provement I Association meet m t and I can call testify that they Aro men women of ot and doing n noble work worl among amon our people in that vicin vicinity ity Wo We have not met with tho success In our religion r class work that I would like to sec Ree but via Ia hope to bring that Institution to tho tha front as IS soon us LIS we IY can an With Hh this exception nil tho auxiliary and tho quorums of that take Slake ore aro In excellent condition Financially 1 we are arc more blessed and ond prospered than wo we have ever eer been be before beCore fore Core although wo we have no need Mell what whatever ever eer to complain cf cC tho blessings of ot our Heavenly Father I ther have III Vo attended us In that section of the country It seems but yesterday that we settled on that then sagebrush plain and located our tents on the banks of tho South Te Teton Teton ton river under the direction of ot President dent Thomas H E Kicks who was waR then Bishop nicks and he ho was wall under the Jurisdiction of Presiding Wil William WIIlIam liam 13 B who was WM then the President of the Cache Cacho stake of Zion All extent of country which now comprises tho tha Fremont stake the tho stake the tho Teton stoke and a n part of the stake was then known as the Bannock ward of ot tho tha Cache stake of Zion The rhe number of at Latter Iatter day Saints In that locality at nt that time did not exceed perhaps souls To Today day In these th so various Makes l our number approximately What was then the Bannock ward of tho Cache stake of ot Zion Is now known ns os tho nicks Kicks Academy district named In honor of our lato highly esteemed lamented president Thomas E Enicks Enicks nicks I am mn pleased to say that this Institution of learning WitS was organized by him under tho direction of President Woodruff fit fifteen teen years cars ago o o on the of November next From that time un unto unto to the present although nit hough It has had many difficulties to encounter It tt has hns lived and Increased Its usefulness among our young people This year wo have hato an attendance In that Institution of 65 and I can tell you ou brethren and sisters I feel teel extremely proud of them and of ot the noble work worl they aro doing do In IC the faculty of ot the Institution un under under der the able leadership lead of Brother Ezra The that they have havo been doing this winter Inter Is Indeed excel excellent tent lent In this Institution there have been 10 0 young oung men called from these differ ent nt take the missionary course and this spring nearly Dearl nil of ot them have been called to take missions to various parts of tho earth These young men menAra fire Ara scattered abroad today others are going and tho benefits bene ts of at this Institution tion are so ve cannot estimate the length and breadth brea th there thereof of ot the mil of af November next the fifteenth birthday of ot this wo we expect to have completed a structure no AM a 0 homo home for tor It This year Fremont stake has hall contributed Upwards of ot 1000 for Cor the tho erection of ot tills build buildIng Ing and by doing a similar work during the coming season seaRon we hope to have hao It ready for tor occupancy on the of No November vember As tar far as tile the tithes of our people are concerned we feel that we e have no complaints whatever to otter offer In con with what we have done do no to towards wards the erection of the academy our tithes have Increased nearly 1000 dur duro during ing the year ear 1002 1902 1 bear my m testimony to you ou as I 1 have hava borne It time and time again that this Is tl the Church and kingdom of ot God In which we earo aro engaged Notwithstanding ing all of ot the opposition that has been lieen brought to bear against It during the 73 years of Its existence el tence look at It to today todar day dar scattered throughout the length and ond breadth of ot these mountain moun to In valleys our young men In almost every nation under heaven promulgating the tho truths of the Gospel and who Is III there that cannot say with mo ma this morning that were It not for tor the overruling power of Omnipotence this work would have gone down hut but today we find It Is the work of ot God and the people grow growIng Ing Increasing upon the tha right hand upon the left lert We Wo have In our stake as some of ot the other olber brethren have said ald all cf f the tho modern Improve Improvements Improvements ments 7 Twenty years ago ngo it was a n plain 1 today we have up upwards wards of at CO 0 In that part of ot the country wo we have n branch railroad we have the electric lines we have hao tele telephone phone everything Is prosperous pro with us financially and temporally I 1 feel to thank God for tor It bU above all 1111 things I 1 thank Him for a 11 standing In Church of I 1 bear my m testimony to you ou of Its truthfulness Above Aboe all things let us be true to the covenants that we have made and ond not one of ot us be a traitor I nm extremely mely thankful th for tor tho very timely suggestions that have been offered off red by our Presidency during this conference with regard to the Importance of at teaching our young oung people the tho necessity of ot an anual ual work I 1 omitted omit tell to state that In our Institution of learning which I have been blen speaking of we havo haQ made pre r already to havo hao a 0 class Inman uhl training the coming winter as U also aho ahoa a class cla s In domestic dome Itc science Wo We ore are scattered over oer a n very ery large In e tract tr et of country and nM I only regret that there ole aro not moro more of our young oung people who aro looking for tor homes that they may como and help heIr us carry our burdens We have Mil hid bridges 10 build school schoolhouses schoolhouses houses to build churchel to roads road to 10 mAintaIn anti everything that Is Ie nee necessary essary In II the tho of on a new Jew country count Our havo taken liken up largo fant Ut too tOb large ge and In oo many caws c c they th y have hae been under the necessity of mortgaging them I am sorry to By I t that more than 10 to per percent cent of t the farms In our stake today are O Our r people are carrying too heavy hen a n load we would very et dearly like to le e a host of ot our youn people come eom Into country buy buyout out or of the hie farms we 0 own on and lInd help us ns to lift our lur mort and maintain things that are necessary In the colonization of at a n country WO We Invite you there but we wedo wedo do not want to go o contrary to the counsel of the First Presidency In ask uk asking tug ing our young oung people to scatter out too to I far However wo 0 will VIII always allays you to come and IlIa share our burdens be because cause we e want to observe the tho counsel of ot the First Presidency and ret et out of debt ni 11 soon noon as w Te can We do not want though to sell letl our farms to but vo c would like Ilka to tell letl to our own oln people Cod Goll bless blus you brethren and sisters May Ma His Spirit attend this people throughout th the length and breadth br of the world f I idle k It in the tho name of ot Jesus Christ c rl Amen Am Amt d t HUGH S GOWANS I President of at the Tooele of at I IMy My brethren and to attend tho general conferences of ot our Church bus hus always been n 1 to tl me naIl and this ono ana anaIs Is no exception to the he I I pray that the amo that hall I tho remarks of et brethren who VIla have I spoken during thia Conference will continuo continue with m us that Urn may bo lio 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