Show srjoseph STAKE CON minutes of quarterly conference held in pima st joseph stake dec and lath I 1 on tile the assembling of the conference there were present on oil the stand the stake presidency also 13 bishops 1 shops of if all the wards excepting bt st david after the opening exercises president dont dent layton made a f few ew remarks and called for tor reports from the various wards which were given by the following named bishops john Taylor TA lor of plina jas cluff of central samuel claridge of thatcher john welcher Welch cr of layton la ton P 0 peterson of graham M curtis of curtis and elder wiley hallady of mathews the reports 1 etall very favorable considering 11 the disadvantage the people are aro laber labor laboring ng under at the present time showing that the country is building up and increasing in population very fast the high priests quorum was then reported by president 11 welch showing that most of the members were alive alise 0 o their duties stake bupt supt seth 0 jones gave a report of the Y M M I 1 associations which was very flatt flattering eringi especially as to that of the layton waro ward as a building was about to be erected th through means donated by the young men of af thal that place P I 1 james duke reported the elders quorum angood older and the home missionaries vore vere were vote reported by R all red stake bupt supt aifred alfred cluff also reported ea the sunday schools after which he gave some v nood mood jod instruct in eions in regard to patents training their c pil dren to atte n luday inday school etc prest frost layton sp ke of the new canal which had lust just 1 feen jeen made madey and encouraged the poop o P to t get shares in the same anstr instructed acted lul luc bishops to look after their wards and exhorted the people to be diligent in keeping the commandments C almand ments of god dismissed by bajos jos east at 2 pm prayer was offered by prest W D johnson hiram welsh was then set apart as first and J A burns as second counselor to john taylor of pima also wiley holladay to preside ov ovar r the matthews branch brothers geo glass john al moody bloody and IV whipple whippie then addressed the congregation touching upon many important points of doctrine after which conference adjourned junail sunday at 10 a benediction benedicti onbY by seth C jones the S sunday an day morning meet meeting ng opened with singing and prayer by jacob G bigler brother S clai cial CI claridge d e then spoke upon the necessity 0 of f tr training ining our children aiso siso also the unity that should exist amold the saints the geil geri general cial church authorities and stake officers were ivere presented by arsi pr si dent J 11 martineau martinlau Martin eau tau and were all unanimously ani sustained president layton then gave some very good instructions to the youns young urging them to prepare themselves to fill responsible positions in the kingdom of god the statistical report was then read by the stake clerk jas easi easl benediction b by y enoch burnes at 2 pm prayer was off offered ered by geo goo skinner after the sacrament had bad been administered prest J 11 alluded to the great amount of good instruction imparted to the saints and urged the putting of it into practice ile he encouraged tiie the people to improve their homes and make them enticing to their children 0 go o that they will love home and not be so apt to go astray prest W D johnson urged the necessity of building meeting houses bore testimony to the truth of the work iu in which the saints are engaged and express expressed eda a desire to work 0 out U I 1 a salvation in the kingdom of god the conference adjourned to meet at pima iima and benediction was off offered ered by patriarch win Wm ucil moll McBride ride joserh JOSEPH EAST stake clerk |