Show conference HELD SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN THE tabernacle IN THIS CITY PRES JOS F SMITH PRESENT conference largely largely attended at all sessions instructions given various officers sustained quarterly Quai terly conference began last saturday morning with the best attendance it of illy any conference for many years president Pies ident clawson was the only visiting elder in the opening session prest oleen N stohl stahl tool took charge the choir chair sang lord let thy holy spirit now prayer by elder jacob hansen singing the rising sun lias has chased the night prest lucius A snow reported report eJ the condition of the stake the report was made in much the usual to form except that the records in fast offerings and tithing of each ward in the stake were lead with two exceptions there here was a marked increase in both of these funds in the wards where a decrease was noted there was specific reasons for it in III those wards the principal source of revenue was dry land grain and as is well known this clap suffered severely aiom the unexpected heavy rains 0 of late summer so that the owners were compelled belled to sell at agrest sacrifice the amount per capita cajita paid in fast offer kotfer wars r a dw Z 5 to r a act tithing from to 9 defoie benoie closing prest pl cst snow urged the saints to lead a little more church history as lie he believed that a great deal of inspiration came from that source ile he also referred to the literal fulfillment of a prediction made by prest brigham young in his last public address which ws was delivered in the bowery bower y on the square in this city to the effect that within a few sears the low lov lands around brigham city that were then producing grain would be sown to grass and lands that were nere accounted of 0 no value would could be producing the bread stuffs stake chorister S X N lee le ported the work and condition of the tabernacle choir chair the average attendance has been about 50 per cent of the enrollment roll ment good progress was being made and good feelings existed in tile the organization elder win lowe reported the quorum of seventy So FAe venty they meet monthly turn about in the three wards where members reside the ill ey have three or four missionaries in the field and have started a missionary benefit fund dishop bishop john L hunsaker of bothwell reported his waid they have otheir meeting house nearly enough completed so that they can use it tor for some things the people in that ward hane haie borne considerable expense the past 3 ear having among other things lings ti bought the roseville Row eville branch of 0 the dear bear river canal and turned it over to the utah sugar co elder orson J alwn gave a short ind and interesting report of its his labors as a missionary in denmark his time having been spent in the lie aalborg conference ile he spoke with pride of the new meeting house that had been erected in aalborg singing softly beams the sacred dawning apostle rudger hudger clawson said what cod undertakes to do lie he accomplishes comp lishes men fall fail but god never does ile he then reviewed the smoot case and results thereof making the deduction that the senator was as much to ills his seat as any man in that assembly tile the choir chair sang the anthem holy Is the lord benediction dishop bishop durfey SATURDAY AFTERNOON singing come dearest lord descend and dwell prayer by elder peter A Ne licker singing awake ye saints of god cod awake dishop C A ot of view A weber county and a member of the state stale horticultural society regarded box elder count county as an important factor in the fruit industry of oc the state and ic ie ferring to this city said that from this vicinity between and worth ot or fruit was shipped last year car this coming skiing will perhaps be in matter of acreage planted to orchards the greatest the state has ever known and in tills this respect dox box elder county will be to the foie the san jose scale has made its appearance in vadious places in this county it is a very insidious pest one of tile he worst that fruit growers lime hae to deal with it is next to lo impossible to eradicate the disease but by methods oIs that have become known to horti culturists in ill the vicinity where this disease is prevalent it can call bo be kept under control it if a united effort is made but it will do a nery ery little good though hough a man mail be ever so vigilant it ills his neighbor is cai eless it calls for united action and prompt action too because spring will be upon us in three or four weeks and then it will be too late to do a anything some fruit came near being quarantined out of the montana market gcausey ot of a single shipment last year in III which indications of scale was found we dont want to tare take any such chances as that and it is up to every tree owner in the city and county to follow the directions of the county tree inspector elder en took occasion to pay a very high tribute to tile knowledge energy and thoroughness of the county inspector W 0 knudson Knud bon he said dox box elder county is blessed with one of the very best inspectors in this whole state elder IV W 0 K knudson eidson spoke of the organization necessary to combat the pests that the previous speaker had mentioned ile he did not have any real fear that we should suffer a great deal this season from the scale but inasmuch as it was 1 known to be in tile the county it would be foolhardy on the part of to neglect UM checking the evil it if the whole community will unite is as one man and follow the instructions that are known to be effective no great harm will ensue it if not however the result will in a few years be disaster ous ile he suggested that trees be thoroughly sprayed at least once a year during the winter months while they the ire are dormant with a lime pd and sulphur solution this will cost about 1 1 c to a atiee according to the size of the lie tree and in addition thereto of course the necessary labor prest W 11 C horsley endorsed ill the remarks of the preceding speakers and i elated an experience that ills his firm had had they shipped a large quantity or of plums to montana Alon tana and the inspector there discovered indications of the pests he called particular attention teli tion to the fact in a great many of our orchards there are old trees that as fruit bearers are altogether useless and they should be taken out A lie ile made a report in III behalf of the stake slake presidency upon the work that has been done during january and february of this acar ear by the special missionaries he said that when ill the names were read off in a meeting to which they had been called and the question put ill to them are ami willing to accept this call the assent was unanimous they visited every ward vard in the stake and about a week ago nere released there are 1678 families in tile lie stake and of them hem were visited by tile the in missionaries 6 alonar 1 es there tie ale souls and of them were visited being visited more than once the special miss visited 85 per cent or of the entire population of the stake have held cottage meetings a and nd 1387 13 87 gospel conversations elder nels jenson jenion reported the quorum of seventy they have 53 enrolled three on ml Inis lons one just retained land kind one rea ready ly to leave they hold weekly meetings and have and av rage attendance of about 40 per cent ailder der shaw of hyrum said that lie he hadeen iween in III the clinich GG deais and during that time lime had always been able to see the hand of god extended over this people the choir chair sang bang come listen to a prophets voice ulder elder packer of willard reported his missionary experience in park valley and curlew valley he said that conditions in those i alleys balleys ire are quite different from what they are here tile the country Is not so thickly populated and in park valley ca continued on page live J ek P conference continued from first page specially ally it was quite hard to keep keel up the organizations the ward Is divided into two divisions with separate sets of ofil of acers cers and their places of meeting are about ten miles apart there are splendid opportunities in that country for homes and the speaker advised those who have not yet settled down to investigate that section singing how great the day elder rulon kulon S wells said any stranger present might easily be impressed with the scope of this work the diversified subjects brought up rap in this one meeting for instance there have been talks on the fruit industry building houses of worship as well as talks on spirituality lie he applied the example of a quarantine being set up against the of a community to that which will be set up in heaven against the impure fruits of the evil doors doers apostle rudger clawson clavson said that thelast he past year had been the most prosperous in the history ot of the church notwithstanding its enemies had done their utmost to hamper its progress they had even direct directed eI their efforts particularly against tithing but the only anly results visible were a great and unprecedented payment of tithes in sp speaking ealing of the uses to which tithing is put lie he said among other thin things that it was not alone to help hell the poor but to build temples and maintain them ahem in the work that is being done in them to maintain missions mission to build churches and ancl meeting houses honses to sustain the church schools to assist the missionaries in returning home after they have performed voluntary labors in the field and also to redeem zion which must be done by purchase singing by the congregation 0 say what is true benediction by elder D P burt i SUNDAY MORNING stint john D peters took charge or 1 the meeting all the singing was done by the sunday schools the first song was for the strength of the hills we bless thee prayer by dishop john W larson singing in remembrance of thy suffering sacrament administered by the bishopric of the 1st ast ward while the sacrament was being passed ethel kelly and Tb orvald jorgensen played a duct violin and organ and a male quartette was sung by members of the 3rd ard and ath ward schools elder eider george F hard ng spoke of the necessity of parents classes in the sunday schools and urged all present to attend the congregation recited in concert count your many blessings song by russell ensign of the ath ward pres rulon S wells spoke to the children on honesty and truthfulness related a short story of a little boy loy asking liis his father which was worse to tell a lie or to steal his father said they were both very bat bad la the boy declared it t was worse to tell a lie because it if you steal you can bring back what you take but when you tell a lie it is gone apostle rudger clawson gave an interesting talk on john the baptist song by sister lottie coziens Co class president joseph F smith spoke of the neceE necessity sity of b baptism by immersion for the remission of sins ins and asked the parents to have their children baptized baptised sed on their ath birthday if possible he also spoke on prayer and forgiveness we wc must learn to forgive those who have trespassed against us before we can call consistently ask our father 0 to o forgive us our gins ins song count your many blessings benediction 1 by bishop P ill iian sen sell i SUNDAY AFTERNOON singing by the choir all hall tho the glorious day prayer oy ny patriarch ra edwin P cordon singing high on the mountain top tol the general and stake authorities were presented and unanimously sustained singing by the choir daughters of zion elder rulon S wells referred to the name of the church defining it as the church of jesus christ of lat ter day saints the chanth Chu nth jesus A christ because it Is the church ot of our lord and savior and of latter day saints to discriminate between the members ot of the chuich of christ in other dispensations saint he said means sanctified while we are by no means sanctified at present we work to that end and we hope to be some day in position where we nye shall sli allibe ibe entitled to that holy term which rod god has kindly allowed us to assume in our imperfection the speaker went on to say that prayer I 1 is defined ns as to te souls sincere desire we are arc admonished to pray unceasingly not necessarily with our mouths but with our souls prayer should enter into every phase of ones life the merchant mechanic the farmer should pray continuously in his heart that whatever lie he does may be good it is erroneously said that hell is paved with good intentions it were better said hell is paved with bad intentions there can be no prayer in the heart of one who profanes profaner pro fanes the name of god apostle rudger clawson said that those missionaries who go out re because they feel that they are compelled to go cannot expect to I 1 receive the reward of faithful servants those who contribute of their means grudgingly cannot expect a blessing in return god loves the cheerful giver gave a short synopsis of the life of third I 1 nephi echi as recorded in the bool book of mormon singing sweet Is the peace the gospel brings president joseph 17 fsmith smith said hie the things of god are not discernable discernible discern able by tle tl e spirit ef cf aran lut but by the spirit of god the efforts of the adversary have lately been put forth against this people with unparalleled determination mi nation but the result has been that the doctrines of the church have received th the e publicity that the missionaries for many years have tried to give them in fact the speaker could not think of any way in which the prophecies of the lord could have been fulfilled with such thoroughness is as had been the case during the past three or tour four years all of the standard works of the church including I 1 able commentaries thereon by the best informed men of the church have become embodied in the records of the senate in the very seat of government ern ment surely nothing could have been more complete notwithstanding the constant efforts of the elders great numbers of the foremost men oi of the nation the great thinkers and workers have reIna remained ined in remarkable ignorance of the doctrines of the church these efforts of 0 the adversary above referred to liania brought them to consider the doctrines seriously he was satisfied that these things had not been incidental but providential he believed further that not a single move had bad been made affecting this church from its inception to the present day but as intended by the lord he spoke feelingly of the occasion when the prophet in response to divine guidance selected a number of his brethren and set them apart to go to the rocky mountains and find end a place where the people might be unmolested ire he spoke of the growth of the church from the time that brigham young advised and began colonization settlements of the saints are to be found front from mexico to canada and in all the states surrounding utah in conclusion lie he said the worst ot of all punishments will come to men who are cut off this church because they will come to a complete stop in tile the march toward eternal life pr prest st oleen olcen X stohl expressed ills pleasure in what had beti basi done in this conference and announced that after singing aidi benedict benediction loff thel the conference would lie be adjourned for three months months the choir sang the anthem song of the redeemed benediction by prest oleen N stohl EVENING MEETING the meeting in the evening was ayas held under the dh direction action of the 31 1 I associations president E P horsley taking charge the subject of Socia bles in connection with M 1 I A work was treated by J B D mathias clarence C jensen of the mantua association sang 1 I know that my redeemer lives linnie IL 11 jensen reported the work of the Y L ill 1 I A and E P brors ley reported the work of |