Show STAKE conference the quarterly conference of tooele thoele stake convened in tooele thoele city on saturday and sunday the and zith of april 1888 on saturday at 10 am the conference was called to order by prest H 8 gowans the presidency with a number of the bishops and aad leading men af tile the stake occupied the stand elders L hale and orson P bates baies and president ff S gowans occupied the time in an interest interesting irig and instructive manner treating upon principles of the gospel and reporting the favorable condition and standing of mem bers and organizations in the places where they reside in the afternoon a number of the bishops continued their reports and offered remarks and exhortations as they were led they were united in testifying to the marked improvement made in the be faith and lives of the lat ter day saints in the respective wards where they reside on sunday before the hour for meeting the spacious meeting ho house use was oiled to its capacity and the saints listened with strict attention to the consoling and edifying remarks and reports made by the brethren elder S W orme reported i ted the forty third quorum of be seventies e ti e alive and active six of its mei abera bers are now in the missionary held field and pluite a number are engaged as district teachers in the Sant sambath lath school they nad acted upon the counsel given iv ansome some years ago and secured a la farm rm of 80 acres ot land last year they realized from 15 acres of wheat sown gown bushels having sufficient to supply the wanta want of missionaries families and some 10 bushels now in the treasury TAB year they have 25 acres in wheat and from present prospects they expect to realize something handsome elder eugene woolley who had recently returned from a in mission is to the southern states I 1 to accompany a co laborer wh abo was dangerously sick to his home in utah gave an account of his bis labors and the customs and prejudices of tile the people he expects to return in a few days to fulfil fulfill his bis mission in the afternoon of sunday the statistical report of the stake for the past three months was read by the clerk president H S gowans presented the general authorities of the church and the local officers of the stake al all of whom were unanimously sustained elder Wm Jefferies spoke favorably of the con artion of the sabbath schools throughout the stake councilor C if anderson Aade raon and president H S gowans addressed the conference portraying the benefits and blessings of the gospel the tooele thoele choir under the leadership of professor john bowen sail sang 9 during the conference a variety ot choice selections prepared for the occasion GEORGE ATRIN ATKIN clerk |