Show alone was sufficient cause for building contact communities The But their past experiences wore not the only reasons one3 on the frontier were to insure safety and allow fellowship The prevention of personal injury from Indians and gentiles were added reasons which led to the construction of compact villages Futhermore a close principle association assured a much stricter observance of their religion These facts all serve to distinguish the Mormons as a clannish people Ordinarily the Mormon was a sociable sort of person -- his own group The feeling that he was a persecuted individual led many to go about with an air of Custom made Sunday the time and place for the martyrdom amusements and social functions In a frontier country where this was the easiest means of newspapers were communicating news All civic projects were done under the supervision of the local bishop For example the bishop might announce during the Sunday church service that fifty men were needed to construct an Irrigation canal or a like particularly among non-oxist- ant number were needed to extend or improve a wood road into the In most instances such duties were accepted with alacrity ns they were occasions for a sociable gathering yet proved productive for the welfare of the community A complete system of social conduct for frontier communities could usually be found In the mutual societies of the Mormon mountains SSSSS? |