Show KANAB STAKE conferences too tee bonab stake quarterly confer canter enoe encie was waa held in Or orderville Orl erville derville december lt and sod 1894 there were present of the local authorities the kanab stake presidency half of the members of the high council and bishops from all of the wards ward our was very well attended the speaker beaken were endowed with a goodly portion of we be spirit of the lord and abd were led to speak on the things that mostly concern in at pro sent spiritually well as temporally the oporto from the bishops showed that the various were in fair running order generally that the older portion of the people were endeavoring to conform to the word of god in obey ing the word of wisdom but that the younger portion seem to have an inclination to disregard the counsel given and that ouch evils as profanity use of tobacco card play playfair lair etc were increasing which was much to be regretted and was painful to their parents it was waa stated by one of the speakers ap eakers that kadaba stake paid a few couts more tithing per capita man any other stake but tue tithing stake clerk had bad made esti mates matee which showed that if this stake should decrease in the observance ot of this law for the next seven years as it bad in the past four years tithing in this stake would be a thing of the past it watt wad also estimated that it if aj 8 cents had bad been paid by each person on fast day it would have supplied the demand to support the poor in this stake as it was wad only i of I 1 cent abut to the person had been paid on an ave average ragel during the year of 1898 again it was estimated that it if the amount of means that it took for tes tea coffee and tobacco bad been given for the she benefit of the poor it would woultz have supplied the abe demand many good and timely instructions were given the general and local authorities were unanimously sustained the various organizations held their conferences aa usual and to take it all through we had a very good and enjoyable time during conference it has been reported to we me that cattle are still dying on the range because of no food aud should a bard winter come not many cattle would be able to live unless brought up and fed at home it is in hoped that whatever shall ahall b be may be for the best F L stake clerk |