Show 25- most effective Mormon church - and complete communal procedure within the The system was go Inclusive that a common eating house was established In 1S53 Orierville Utah was established on a similar basic These two centers were the chief proponents of such complete organisation However there were many established in other communities but on a smaller scale St Johns Holbrook and Snowflake Arizona are examples of the latter The later settlemento in Hew Mexico territory were reluctant to indulge to the fullest extent in the communal policies of the church But the communal tendency was shown unaiot&keably in almost all settlements by continued usage of the most successful communal undertakings The cooperative cattle herd was usually found in the Mormon settlement The desire to acquire wealth was probably the reason for the failure of The break up of most undertakings of a finanoial nature the Orderville setup was apparently caused by members of the organization failing to meet their finanoial obligations In establishing a new colony it was customary to fi purchase the land by cooperative effort This method was the easiest means by which enough land In one single plot could be secured The purchase of land generally took the following form A group of prospective settlers would form 'Then purchased a land company to buy the proposed property the land would be divided into equal plots of approximate PSP BPS |