Show SOUTHERN TOUR stare STAKE conferences priesthood AND POLITICAL MEETINGS OK OF A 11 BRANCH ANCH AT 1 PRISCO FRISCO wlford IA vord tune june 1881 editor deseret hews newa on the morning P 0 01 i june apostles F ivr lyman and john henry smith wilh with elder junius juniur F wells started on a tour of the southern settlements at miners minera ville vi liethey they were joined by president R Murdo murdock cb with a good team and conveyance the tour was made from minersville Miners ville to cedar city thence via Ka narra leeds harrisburg and washington to str george geor 9 e meetings being held at cadi odell place en route st george stake state conference was attended on june lith and during which goin some remarkable meetings were h held heid eal erl of the stake onni officers cels ceis and priesthood who were instructed ard and encouraged cou raged in the performance of their duties after a trip to santa ciara chara and return returns tho the tho homeward journey was commenced the route taken being by pine vailey valley hamblin Ham liin Llin pinto cedar chy johnson springs and summit to parowan Pa rowan rowau meetings s being held bel dinall in all ril of those places the parowan carowan stake conference was wag attended june and besides the regular meetings a political mass meeting was held at which it was agreed by the voters of the tho peoples peopled party of iron co that in the legislative representation which associates iron beaver plute and millard counties for councilor iron county counts conce concede deci to beaver the nomination of councilor on condition ib that at beaver wh which ieh leb is associated with for the theater iatter latter co county anty to nominate the R an tat ivean and dybata dt that hata bata a district consention erix be held in beaver july i to m make ahe ake the thui nominations and agree up upon olia orla olla asplan a hor for or the future nomination of I 1 legislative members noon boon monday day june 20 the party ac companied companies compa nied by president T jjones ot parowan carowan stake and brother wm win holyoak sll sil started tried via pang lake for president murdock Murdoc kleaving leaving u us at to return to beaver we had a pleasant sail on the beautiful lake and a fine balmon salmon trout dinner at bro Jp Ip sons when continuing our journey we panguitch late in i the evening the next day three m meetings were held at which counsel on duties of the priesthood and the political rights of the deop people e was glyen given wednesday june 2 we w made the trip to beaver ov over a fine canon road via bear valley and fremont pas ras the tho 41 distance being 45 milts s from wednesday evening until friday night the time of the brethren ren was nt in recuperating tired energies the heat beat and rapid traveling with so large a number of having exhausted 1 loth oth mind nad add body during tha the three weeks spent before the commence ot beaver conference nearly forty meetings had been held and upwards of miles milea trave trav eleda elede jed june and the beaver stake conference was attended large con congregations assembled and mos t profitable and enjoyable meetings were held sunday evening we drove td miners bille and the tho following day d went to frisco in that town the first branch organized in the mining camps of the territory was established during the day a council meeting was held in the southern hotel at which it was agreed to organize a ward and the following named brethren were nominated and sustained as the officers officer benjamin bennett of fillmore bishop sylvester H reeves and john D irvine of salt lake city counselors A and james mcpherson were chosen to act as teachers these brethren were ordained and set apart to their several offices after the evening meeting which was held in the opera house avery large orderly and intelligent tell igent congregation assembled the house being crowded there were present on the platform Apostle sF 11 lyman and john henry smith presidents J B R murdock and joll john sohn n ashworth li of beaver stake and E eiders I 1 wm fotheringham josiah rogerson wm ashworth george judd nud and junius F wells meeting opened by singing and a few remarks by elder junius junias F wells and apostle F M lyman then addre addressed qed med the people wro paid good attention the organization of the thu frisco ward and the sustaining of the officers named was voted upon by about 60 Saint saints ss in favor of the nominations th the e prospects at frisco are very good for a permanent branch of the hurch church 3 thero being many young men engaged at work on therall the railroad in tile mines coal pits pita woodcutting ete etc abood A good spir spirit it prevailed and the brethren feel well satisfied with their labors there tomorrow to morrow june juno we con journey going taDes to Deseret eret cret where two meetings will be held thence to fillmore to conference july 2nd and and ard 3rd the health of all has lias been good though bro smith at the commence commencement of ot our ir tour was far from well fine weather good traveling and tho the most hospitable treatment by bi the people have characterized our trip consciousness of striving to ta do 0 good to encourage enco drage draga e and strengthen the saints ha hay made the time pass agreeably to us all yours truly j UNIUS p wells S |