| Show wrom tor for ams th paper bof SALT LAKE STAKE SALT LARB CITY dec since my mj return irum irom canada a low lew weeks ago agoff I 1 have labored in the interest inter eai f blit history tory and records in the salt lake ake lake stake of zion have bare already visited nearly all the country wards ward and eight of the twenty three warda eom comprising the stake ald expect to filton up my bay labor here bore la in a low few more weeke wet ke in thin an well as an lii in all alj other stakes of zion a general reform in bool 1001 record making to is sects vary ary and not only are improve ironto lu in order so 0 o far as aa making and keeping records recarda are concerned but the boking care of booke historical documents docu mema and papers and preserving them lor fur future j Is ie a matter that callis for the me immediate and earnest earned attention of all concerned A groat gret number oi 01 very valuable records once kept in elsier wards and settlements ettLe menta it ii this of 0 zion are lost jot th through ru ug b accidents and et a on the part 0 former custod laur and dates of the greatest importance both to the chnrei and to individual members ol of the items ama are not preserved lii ilu thereof there 16 one ut of the original wardi ward la in this city organized sed in 1849 which has aae no ree ordis frum from an earlier period than 1881 and there hire la Is a waru founded in 1861 whose written beator or r records commener com la in 1877 1 I nearly all the wards wardi some ome records art are missing even some of the more modern one besides askie anu facts tor for the Hr pa B office the bur den of my mission during the last lait four years year while engaged in visiting we alf terent stakes of has baa been to five anti and ii li ili regard to the proper method ui making booras aud and preserving the suat am throughout the settlements of the he baiato and aad not only bee it is been on en joined upon the beveral veral stake and ward olar kii association secretariat eore tane clerks eto etc tu to keep je cordi dog but this the attention of 09 the general public haa ban bees been directed to th hi eIty of each family keeping b la in which all blessings bie Minna bap urna ordination ete etc obtained try the members of 01 uch such families anoula be accurately an aej faithfully recorded at home unil nil thin Is IB done it 16 wid be utterly impossible for INDY any ward clerk to make a true anu accurate genealogical record of be membership in any of out our while many ol of the ward records lu in the salt bait lake stake are st t 11 kept in a rather maikner I 1 am pleated to say jay that the stake rt r cords cord are verj ver full an complete up op to date and rt r fleet boot much credit upon the severs severa brethren bret bren who have labored an aa clerah and historians of the wake on thir ground the late wm W raylor anu the present incumbent of the nice elder bider james jamb D dot deservi olvir credit tor lor their dud and diligence in to mke make the euorda of the abe chief slake of 01 cibu is pattern for all other StaR feB the of f the presidency of the salt bait alake ke stake vii of zion zio is to ID the old timing office building bui adl OR on et east temple street and dd the ibe records and precious documents 01 the stake are well tako taken care oi of below or euly deposited io in is large lare safe aie kept for that pu alone lot other makes do likewise the This salt lake stake of zion dates back to to 1847 to the time whet the pioneer Pio with president brigham at their bead were returning t winter Quarter tenon pon the Mis ourt river riter irom from their explorations of albe valley of the salt bait lake the erb in ID going poleg east met the immigration gratiot which bad started for the arick mountains Moun taina to in their wake and among went boua companies wab wa father john smith an uncle of tbt prophet joseph whom the ap stleo il appointed to preside over the utter after hie big arrival in the valley with charles C rich bleb and john young at a his hia counselors this thia organization went into effect ah 81 soon as aa the companies arrived on the present site of 01 salt lake city and the tor brethren ethren named were formally suit autt bained at a conference held in thre the old fort october 8 1847 on tte aine occasion aBlon the following elders elder were OUSt SiDed as aa bembera member ai oi 01 the first high council in the valley henry 0 sherwood Bb erwood thomas ur or ver ter murdock Mur dook damuel nour lewis abbott at bolt lra ira Fl eldredge md redge dredge F eanon deon whipple shadrack Shadra cb roundy Jiuu ody john vance diliard anu abraham 0 albert jarring barring ton wan sustained as a clerk of me JR iab council at the beneral conference or of the church held in great salt bait L like ke city october 8 1848 charmea C rich wao wal an ag the president preel dent of the betais in place of john smith who wok cwb cloten to fill all the important rt presiding pre aiding patriarch to the church john young and erastue snow show wre were sustained as aa counselors counie ion to pre Preal elden deni rich in a council of the twelve baij bij in the house bouse of elder goorge 13 wallaces wallac in ID great sail like Lake city february 18 1849 a more peru pru anent aunt or wua was with daniel as aa and iava fullmer aud and willard 8 13 low as aa br big ore ora charles charef C rich we former preal jent dent and Er arastu snow one of f tais br counrel counselors ors tue tile day provi jus bad and beet be ordained urd members or 61 the quorum ol of twelve apostle counselor Cou nelor willard snow was sent no a mission tu to europe in ahe tb fall fail of 1851 and daniel spencer la in 1862 1852 and at atiqi uit general conference it 4 the church ciol el in april 1868 1858 Couns counselor ehor david pull mer was waa sustained to president ol of the tb doake wih thodia rhoads aud and phleas young an aa bibo bof jaunell JC uneLl 11 at the holober conference 1856 elder bluer daniel ti pencer wh rh biu bad re drued turned from b h a 8 ailon listion ui lon to europe war biln sustained as aa president of the ci davia quilmer anti ani thomac K R cadis were chosen as aa tile bla 0 r at the april confer conre rei oice ce 1860 feorg B wallace was waa awl a second counselor to president Pre aident daniel Itie tead ol of thomas abolds abo had bad removed to part oi 01 in april 1866 at we the general coo con ference of the church david fullmer Full was waa released from the position of first counselor to the stake presidency be nause la use of falling failing health and goo geo B W wallace silace was ordained as first and joseph W young chosen as second counselor to president spencer at the october confere roo 18 1868 john T caine cat ne was chosen as seoung second 0 to te president spencer ricer of joseph W countr who was called to the southern utai mis elov preside t daniel slier cor died in salt dalt lake city dec and atthe at the conference john W yung was waa sustained as president of be stake with go geo G o B wallace and john T caine cadue as a couns counselors elore at the general conference Confer erce hold to la salt dalt lake city may 9 1874 goo geo B wallace was sustained as aa ident of hie stake instead of john W young who hail moved mouth wo wa H asid add john T came caine were as aa counselors to president wallace oo on april at the general con orence ot of ane church hold held in suit lake city elder bider M canoua CAU was as aa president of abo with david 0 calder ona joswph oa pta E taylor as aa counselors elder cannon was waa set net apart to hla his position atril IS 18 1876 by president brigham counselor david darid 0 colder calder died at lak point county utah july 3 8 1884 and at the stake conference confer euce augut t 2 1884 charles charlea W penrose was waa sustained an aa second counselor to 10 president cannon can DO a joseph joawph E taylor raylor taking the position ot of first coun sailor the salt lake stake of zion at thin tb press t L time according tu the official statistical report of at june 80 30 1894 con asto of 46 45 fully organ sw Sis bopes wilb a membership of by adding under eight ei em eira ra r age this be report shows ft a total of souls belonging to ait abe church ot of jua jesus christ of 01 Latt libatter erday day dainef tula also alao 6 amidee Alit all hist members of the tb frat fang presidency of 0 the church reside la in ibis stake slake of zion and four of toe tile twelve apostles namely brigham young joun henry heber J grant front and abraham 11 cannon fuere are also alao 17 patriae up include lug log the patriarch of the john smith and there are 15 SeTe high priests Pr leata 2420 El altier tier priests teachers aid 1762 1742 deacuna Dea Loa cunn const tue dign priests JD in ap an organ iz d quorum capacity WOOL meet on OH the iho 1 ai B Lt iray Ay of aab month in the assembly Aaa embly hall salt lose liace city eider elias morri pr aldea volden over the he quorum witti george 8 wallace anu aau VV william jinai C dunbar as a the meetings of the priests are generally rolly very interesting anti and well atten attended deu instructive if coures on in doctrine are arc griten gien at ai almost very verj tie devent seventies les in the lake stake slake twenty quo tums i 0 amuny the decoud thira fourth Fourt li tenth fourteen Four teem b twenty third louila Tor touty third sixty birol second seventy in iru ninety nt nii ety fi alin th aul oue one hun red and fl th of that organization these quorum tot bon bold separate me WeS tinga in he wattle wards where they are some of the he largest wards contain a lull full quorum while the membership ot of others comprise the seventies residing in several wards adjoining each other the elders in ID the stake are organized into twenty four quorums qu which like ilke the seventies are distributed throughout the city and country wards and they hey also have hare regular monthly meet logo ings watch a at a rule are interesting and well attended A few of the wards have regularly organ organized izad quorums of priests while more have quorums of ordained teachers and all the wards have one or more quorums of each consisting chiefly ot of buys boys in their teens the rule rul prevails throughout the stake to ordain young boys to the lesser offices of the aronio Pries priesthood and lot let the through merit aud aad faithfulness iu in magnify ig the humbler positions in toe the church grade up to offices in the priesthood there are in the stake 23 28 bishops wards bartle in bait aalke C chiy i i y and 22 cuu n ty wards too toe city warfare are numbered respectively from rom I 1 to 23 the clouat wards way may properly fur for descriptive pu grouped into two divi divisions alous by separating the wards on oa the east side ide from those on the west side of the jordan river there are 11 wards on the east side which commencing with those nearest the city and LIMA going south southward ward are named as dolow follo fo low wt farmers sugar house aiu dell mill kill creek E et tot mill kill creez creed big cottonwood south cottonwood granite anion union sandy and aau draper to 0 wards on the west wes side are eleven in number and also mentioning those first arel which are situ atou dearest we he cuy chy they ibey are center brighton pleasant hunter granger grainger north jorda i or west jordan south jordan riverton Bi verton bluff dale and herriman Herri maa As an the exceptions exception to a general rule it way may be doled wat that fractions of the west weal jordan and the bluff aluff dale wards are situated on the east side a 0 the river otherwise the western 12 jordan lorms forms the boundary between the wards which also divides toe the valley into an aim eastern and western half salt lake city and the wards situated on the east side of the river irrigate their lands from the Du numerous mou tale lain streams wb which lob emerge from the great range on we be east easi a aud u a also from the east bast jordan canal and the jordan and salt bait lake city canal which tap the jordan river near the so called point of the mountain ap or near the boundary line between salt lake and utah counties besides thene two wo main canals there are a number of smaller aqueducts through which water from we the river is conveyed upon lower lands situated at different points point between the city and aad the farming lands landa on the west side aide A the river are ar irrigated from froin the utah and salt bait lake canal the south jordan the north jordan canal the brighton canal and a number ot of smaller ana aller ditches and water all of 01 which carry their water supply irom from the river jordan for many anany years after the founding of salt bait la liftee silly city aou and the nettling up ol 01 the tho country on OB the east side of abe val ley that doert country lying on the west vot side ito of the river was w considered worthless worth leas nod and contained for many years next to lb sio do inhabitants inhabit aota at all save cave the viltage village of harriman Herrl man a few farms treated located on the low lands landa in the immediate vicinity of the river and a few ranchman ranchmen ranch men who had built their cabins cabelus on the desert toward the treat great bait laka westward but about 26 25 years yeara RO ago when most of the lands landa oo on the be east side of the he river haj baj been reclaimed and laid out into regular farms a general cry was waa heard board among the saints sainte in this valley for more room in which to dwell 01 this led to the materialization of a echeme which wan wag thought of by president young and other leaders of 01 the chuich in the early fifties but bad lain dormant tor for years in 1870 surveying end and grading was commenced on the present canals and the result so BO far has hae been a sufficient number of inhabitants on the west side aide of the jordan to make the organization no ot early a dozen new bishops wards a necessity ot 0 the numerical strength of abe dainas in luke lake stake ollion tile ane twenty three ony arda souls boula belonging to a tho church and the twenty two county wards warda souls soula in connection herewith the fact may oe noted that besides beside fl the members in the foregoing totals there chore are thou thousands of members member reaid ng mg tu in the stake particularly in the ity wards warde who have brought no notes of and consequently cannot be enumerated the largest ward in the stake la Is the south cottonwood ward with 85 au jilles and 1975 souls too toe largest city ward in ia the he nineteenth which contains alna 1554 coulm or families millee fa the mall malle ept fit city ward N i the twenty third with souls or 47 families and the smallest mal leat country ward which la Is als the smallest in the stake in IM mountain dell with 09 99 souls and 19 16 families millea a this ward to la situated in parleys parley s canyon in the very heart of the wasatch mountain in all the wards warda there are sunday schools KObo oln belief societies Booie tle mutual im prove association and la in most moat wards warde also primary in ID some of the large wards warda wore are I 1 two wo and three sunday schools aoh oula which diskes the total number dumber of sabbath oohoola in the stake sixty two besides abe local jow in the dif different terent wards warda aud and bra branches nobee there is ia a gone general rail stake of 01 sunday schools with headquarters in salt lake city there are also alao stake presidencies cies of relief belief solety a clety Y YM M al 1 A Y L M 1 I A and primary As ae there to la also an efficient corps corpa of sunday school missionaries who viol bialt the several schools in abo stake sake every sabbath in the city and county wards warda alternately too toe regular corps of home borne mansion arles who visit the be respective wards ward throughout the stake every sunday sanday exceeds at present iu in number unlike the rule in |
