| Show correspondence APPEAL TO MOVEMENT improvement associations may P editor at a conference of the young mens fens mutual improvement associations of the salt lake stake of zion held in the assembly hall march 16 1885 1883 A 1 PREAMBLE AND A ND resolutions were read and unanimously adopted that we consider these anti mormon crusaders in the light of enemies of mankind in general and of the latter day saints in particular and that we mutually mut lually agree to withhold from irom them and all who give aid and sympathy ifould add and who silently acquiesce faithe in the course pursued by our enemies all business patronage and use our influence to induce others to take a similar course also that henceforward we will patronize potro nize those only who are friends of the community of latter day saws sams this action of a tew lew despised mormon boys and girls all bom born in the marrae marra marriage e relation many of them under tooly the holy patriarchal order as were the twelve sons of Jacob whose names ara are to appear over tile the twelve gates pates of the new jerusalem of which our christian ministers talk taik so much seems to have caused A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT A certain scandalous shet sheet published in salt all alt lake city was the first to take up the subject calling the Y M al I 1 associations the tools tool ot of the priesthood quite an honor I 1 take it advising Gentiles to boycott all II 11 mor llor mons I 1 etc after this we were honored by a notice from his honor chief justice zane in his charge to the grand jury who intimated that he did not propose to be intimidated by the mutual improvement association but would do his duty we rejoiced at this hoting hoping he would regard it as his duty to honor onor justice and law with a regard i to the good name he brought here her e and not prostitute the same to hate and lin tin justlee until it would be in danger as it is now of becoming as notorious and unsavory as that of judas but aias alas ve we find the duty the RI right lit rev zane the missionary judge refers refers to is attention to deacon Dick sons su suggestions gest ions lons rulings etc and that the said deacon could intimidate the reverend rev res prend without any assistance from the Y A M 1 M 1 I A have the boys and girls forgotten those resolutions passed on the of march and which were I 1 presume 1 adopted in all of the warb ward ward associations throughout the stake does each one use his endeavors to carry them out exert an influence with his father mother brother sister wife son dati dail daughter liter ilter and friends to get them to realize realie who are their friends and that THOSE wilo WIIO WHO ARE NOT KOT WITH US AM ARE AGAINST US have they forgotten the way our fathers were persecuted and driven from missouri missour sour and from illinois how they were arrested imprisoned and some murdered while the rest were driven from their homes into the wilderness with the expressed hope that what winter and exposure spared the indians would finish have they forgotten hearing their fathers tell these things who caused those early persecutions and suffer sunner sufferings ings lugs and what was the excuse so called ministers of the gospel followers ot of the meek and lowly jesus urging on unprincipled rupt bupt judges and licentious lawyers backed by a herd hard of adventurers lon ion longing g for the comfortable homes and title fine farms of the saints it is said th that t HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF does thel present not look like 4 a repetition of the past are not our enemies bryng to reenact re enact the scenes beenes of of missouri illinois nois and carthage yes and unless the saints will rouse up humble themselves before god the god of abraham isaac and jacob aud and seek to know and do his will reda rera remember ember the warning of the prophet joseph presidents Brig brigham hain young John Taylor and others G god od will continue to pour out his ills judgments udon upon his ills people until they become cleansed and purl puri purified aled fled from the dross their love of the things and the ways of the world with which they are so badly mixed we boast that we have a Y M M I 1 A in every ward composed of the best young men of the ward good men are selected as presidents and oell cers we also have aid aids appointed in each district young men good and true what an influence we can wield wiell for good what a field is opened up wherein we can show what we are made of not only for the building up of zion nut but foi toi the purifying oiher other of her borders for wuen when the aca scavenger the purveyor the unprincipled th the gambler the lawyer the doctor the minister the merchant and all enemies of the power and priesthood of god on earth find their occupation gone one they will soon LEAVE US alone AVONE IN OUR oun GLORY they may boycott a few 11 mor mons moos in their employ as they have already commenced dolub doing but what of that can we not sustain our own and employ all who are so boycotted let us each and every one be up and doenz and as aids presidents and hild members of improvement associations do all we can to carry out the resolutions we adopted of bur own free will and accord let every latter day saint awake tind find realize that now I 1 is s the time to show who is on t the ne lords side I 1 MUTUAL NEWS suane C cr ETC REXBURG f co idaho may alay 1885 editor deseret news wems notwithstanding the opposition and persecution of owr our enemies toward us in this newly organized stake of zion our conference was a grand rand success much g gcoy counsel wa was s given and a spirit of liviu living nearer to the tile principles of our holy religion was plainly manifest festhy by tile tite majority present despite the vile and harsh inea measures of our opponents instead of causing the saints to abandon the sacred principles they have imbibed git it only creates a more powerful 1 incentive to unite the them m together as the heart of one man in carrying out the laws and commandments embraced embr iced in our holy religion 11 our conference commenced on saturday morning at 10 a in and after the usual opening 0 exercise reports from the various wards were given verbally by their respective bishops which were very favorable etwas reported in connection therewith that there were about 85 acres of grain sown for missionary purposes in the stake this spring the balance 07 of the tho conference was occupied by apostle john 11 II smith president seymour B young and others and a time of rejoicing was was enjoyed the statistical report of the stake was read showing the total number of souls to be 1885 an increase of from the last quarterly report the principal business transacted was tiie tile organization of the quorum of seventies with the following named presidents swen jacobs sr walter paul arvis C dille jos H 11 bro brown wn L E 8 shurtleff hurt liff lff irr and walter gpaul the other president willbe will be selected at the louisville ward to which place apostle smith and president seymour B young go today to day for that purpose when the names of the authorities were presented the bishop of lyman ward received a few opposition votes the matter was adjusted at a meeting held at that place yesterday afternoon and bishop weeks respectfully resigned fled fied his position amos G arnold was unanimously sustained as presiding priest until a further organization could be affected elder jos L roberts roberta and win jmj J pratt who were arrested for unlawful c cohabitation are out yn bail pall they both plead guilty and sentence is to b passed upon them on friday the T E BASSETT bin bingham ham co 1 T may 1884 TIMP TO TINTIC AS axx CEDAR VALLEY ef may 21 editor deseret deseree news i on the of may I 1 took a trip over the salt lake and western as far as ironton a long and tedious ride nde but through a very beautiful country dlan alan many shepherds shep erds feed their fiock flocks salong along tile the liine line of this road and as we journeyed along the engineer whistled a flock of beautiful deer eer from the track by the by I 1 have been thinking that our S L law lew aw friends ought to have put a passenger car on their road by this time itis it is certainly very unpleasant for ladies to ride in fr a shoki smoking n g car as I 1 noticed was the case w while blie bile 0 on n this trip on leaving the train I 1 took the stage for eureka and traveled about five miles over sonie some of the worst road I 1 ever saw A man with a set of false teeth would while riding over this roa dhave to hold his head i in ll 11 his hands in order to keep them in his bis mouth by themay the way a month ago this ride cost 75 cents but competition has brought it down to 25 23 cents many improvements have occurred in the tintic gintic region during the last 30 dar day days mr J B beck ck has fut put up some ha half hali a dozen houses and yet needs more to accommodate his laborers ile he has also sunk a new ncy shaft some feet and put up a new steam engine of 15 horse power this is used at his new shaft he has about laborers employed I 1 also found many more buildings 1 s going oin oln up at among nong them a nine fine lait lail large g e hotel which is being built by tle tic co all the mf miners iners I 1 understand are doin doln doing well welt the meetings ings lugs of the saints ini the eureka ward are are well attended by the saints and also the miners chesun the sunday school is browin 1 and now numbers about CO 50 including teachers bishop beck made the hearts of the children glad lately by giving them a picnic party with their parents included on the luth several of the residents of eureka gave a party for the purpose of raising means inears to help a fellow miner who stood in ned and it was a success in that part particular I 1 cular after leaving my friends in tintic I 1 next visited the quiet little valley of cedar fort where bishop bennett gave mea me a hearty welcome here I 1 found beautiful fields of gra grain illand litand and fir tir alre e herds herd and was informed that the good people of this piece have some GOO acre acres sot of amah grain in brother J hack hacking I 1 having some 75 acres himself herett here the saints have very nood good sunday and day schools which are well attended also Y 51 and Y L associations with a good attendance I 1 found that tile the DESE deseret ret NF ms was very much appreciated by the residents den ts of th the thy p places ag c S which I 1 visited and its ci circulation atio atlo in eureka and cedar F fort eort ort in increasing on the I 1 bade my friends good bye and took the train for home after quite an enjoyable trip J 0 NE N E A GLANCE AT THE pant PAST IDAHO TERRITORY may 18 1885 editor deseret netos gothe to the careful and impartial reader of ot mormon morman history it is obvious that if the opponents of the latter day saints could not compel them to succumb when its votaries vot aries were so few they cannot now persecution though waged with such pertinacity failed at the onsen in ohio missouri and illinois notwithstanding the cruel and unrelenting extent to which it was carried in th the last mentioned state in the latter part of the winter in 1840 1846 they commenced the he ra westward by crossing the mis alls sis sippi river on tile the ice lee rather than renounce ilor Alor mormonism monism 19 subsequent difficulties in coming to salt lake valley were successfully met the arid climate was considered unfitted for the agriculturist the crickets and untamed indians also bore a threaten threatening lnig trig g aspect but it seems that the system of irrigation that was inaugurated changed the face of the country and instead of sterility fruitful fields were to be seen ten tell years after the arrival of the pioneers in salt laks valley 2500 united states soldiers we re dispatched to hunt these religionists but did not enter the vaclev vailey valley till the following year 1858 1838 at which time the terms of a treaty were arranged and war in utah was averted soon however to the death and sorrow of many thousands war commenced between the northern and southern states state s a and n d there was clou enough h to attend to at home so says 91 history story P OGDEN ITEMS x CITY shy spy 1885 I 1 editor deseret news 1 how true is the axiom andhor and how frequently we see it veril verll led lea which is expressed in the couplet theres many a slip clip twixt cup and lip y many diany people who have seen the est prospects of prosperity and have had apparently just reasons to indulge in ane fondest antl anti anticipations cipa elpa eions of success e and happiness have seen their hopes suddenly ud denly rudely and almost cruelly blighted I 1 have before written of the excellent outlook thero there appeared recently in this county for good ast to say PROLIFIC YIELDS s of various kinds of cereals of the field sun jun on the farm and in the cardens gardens gard rind find A madre i although the season has in many respects be a a very singular one and atmospheric changes have been frequent quent and varied in character br bringing inking weather that was build arm warm and hot cool cold and frigid stillie still stil lwe we hoped that the beason for injurious frosts was our succulent and other tines cines were safe from their scorching ing heat in this however I 1 as in many other matters this year ear we have been bably SADLY disappointed the recent rains ram made vegetation bright and verd verdant arit atit and washed the blight from peach and other trees which begin to again give promise of some fruit the tile air was mild land breezes balmy and health inspiring and the gardener looked with pleasure on the works of his hands congratulations and pleasant compliments ments were exchanged by the husbandmen band men and all seemed joyful in the prospects but the last two mornin mornings cs we have experienced rather rude awakenings awaken ings the atmosphere changed the sky became bright and clear and nd the weather ads was cold while the wind set in and blew steadily from the north bringing on its silent W wings ings A DEADLY MESSENGER in the shape of a black frost the result of this visita visitation thus far is seen in the prostration and blighting of scores of acres of potato vines vs beans cucumbers and other tender plants al nil all of enich but a few tew hours previous looked thrifty healthy and strong lucern has also suffered d from these un untimely timeN blasts the strawberry and other ground fruits as well as early vegetables have been seriously injured plain city and other settlements are v very cry materially ter teri terl lally ally affected by these frosts not belie beite being able to till nil contracts to supply shippers etc with the products ducts of their gardens they will suffer tile the loss of hundreds if not THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS on which many have depended to meet the demands of the assessor and collector and many others which will be made upon them from numerous quarters whether the potato vines are entirely de destroyed troyed I 1 am unable at present to say y if f not ot it is certain it will put the them back in maturing a month beans etc are injure injured ct beyond recovery recover I 1 do not think the wheat oats I 1 barley harley and other uther grain are injured and there is comparatively little corn squash etc out of the ground around at present A FATAL ACCIDENT 0 occurred yesterday to a son of mr william wil wll wheelwright who resides oil on the beach part of the city the house is located on smith street about the in iddle middle of the mornin morning the mother having missed the prY presence sence of the chi child ld from the door yard instituted a search for tor him which for some sonic time proved fruitless at length her attention was attracted to the well which is open a few rods from the house A pole having been procured the well was probed and at the bottom was found the lifeless remains reins of the child |
