Show -- 96- lack of mechanical equipment In the production of farm produce Is surprising The initial cost of such equipment was prohibitive and the lack of it 13 nil the more reason that the industriousness of the Mormons should be praised It is with considerable local pride that the Mormons point to the fact that there have been few who have needed Federal aid in carrying them through the worst years of the deorc scion The Other means of livelihood from time to time Some at Vlrden have developed have devoted themselves exclusively to the ranching Industry while others are engaged in the breeding of fine livestock such as horses dairy animals and hogs In the early days of the Mormon occupation at V irden in 1915-19there were a few who engaged in the 16 mining of copper and silver but the mining was soon abandoned due to the low quality of ore and the high cost of producing the finished nroduct Sarly in 1915 John F Hash formed an organization to 31" care for the religious needs of the Mormons Upon the completion of this Vlrden was Inducted into the St Joseph stake of the Latter Day Saints Church a3 a ward a hlwher rank than that of a mission £ Jones was elected first Y 31 July 1936 Letter from J F Moffett to H H Foster |