Show ST JOSEPH STAKE conference conference met in pima graham county march 1886 at 10 a in present present on the stand the stake presidency and bishops of all tho wards except st david aa and davery a very large congregation after singing player was offered by B ishop bishop claridige Clari claridge TIge and then president L layton ayton made a few appropriate opening I 1 no remarks and called for reports f from the various wards which were given men by the following bishops john fl taylor aylor of pima M M curtis of cuitis george M haws of central S claridge of thatcher john welker of layton and P 0 petersen of graham all of the reports being very satisfactory counselor JG J G bigler represented the high priests quorum in tae absence of president and prest james duke represented the elders quorum the Y M M 1 I A were represented by stake superintendent jhc jones who gave a very encouraging report of the various ward assoria eions V president C layton leave a general report of the stake and gave much valuable instruction exhorting the saints to greater faithfulness said we should pray not as a duty but because we love to said the saints are loyal to the constitution and laws of our country requested ed the bishops and home mis missionaries to preach home industry for the saints to cease freighting and to improve their homes president martineau was pleased with the favorable reports presented and encouraged the Y M and Y L 1 I associations and primaries and the erection of good public buildings dismissed by president W D johnson During ithe afternoon meeting elder R A allred reported the labors of the home missionaries after which president S B young who had just arrived from salt lake city addressed the congregations in a very interesting and instructive manner occupying all the afternoon dismissed by elder J M moody on sunday march at 10 a m after the opening prayer by richard collings the general authorities of the church and stake officers were presented and sustained prest S B yount youns occupied the rest of the forenoon and meeting was dismissed by elder glass in the afternoon after singing and prayer by yeth seth ollerton Ul lerton the sacrament was administered followed by remarks by elder J M moody after which the stake statistical report was presented showing h a markel marked increase in numbers be and prosperity the names of those selected for seventies were then presented ap or ap and all were unanimously sua gained after a few remarks by bishop claridge and president layton conference adjourned for three months to meet next time at central dismissed by patriarch wm mcbride there was a full attendance from all the wards except st david distant over miles and a general desire manifested by all the saints to be true to their religion and covenants JOSEPH EAST clerk of conference |