| Show ST JOHNS STAKE conference the st johns stake quarterly con foroyce was waa held bold antho in dt job no as ably hall ball apache comity barisono Ar A mom isono on june sod aud letb 1886 1896 there were present tho tb stake presidency bishops or of representatives from aroa all the quite a number of the local priesthood and a good attendance of the is alatia iw general we W were wen also ajao favored with wilb having fluor 8 D bogen and mark E Kart from stake with us ir the reports report from the wards were to toe the effect wat the ane saints in inge general aeral live their religion and have made some ome improvement especially in observing the word of wisdom in some of the wards warda the number of saints had bad decreased a little litile through some families famil iee havluy moved away the financial asocial condition of we the people was not vory very goon at present on recount account of the failure of crops the last two or three years and just juat now nearly all we the flour cobe cokie umed in the stake slake has bas to be imported besides other necea saries of life lif but the proa PrOs for crops were very good perhaps the beat it has hab ever been the water supply was better belter the natural stream keep up longer sad aud also by the saints having built more reservoirs the saints in st joans joan bulit built a large larg reservoir lost year which greatly li increased Creamed their heir water supply but we still need more for irrigation we have had bad novae aume very heavy beavy wind and sand storms torm here bets of late which have done some damage to crops crop and especially to fruits and jardene ardena arde nf the saints had bad a good time together in their conference the ape akere takers were bl bleed eissed with the Spi spirit of the lord our privileges at the present and our hopes and future were to encourage the people to live up to the laws lawa aud and re in observing the word ot of the SAb batti day paying tithes and ofle offer rioe logs and attending to the general duties inquired of us for our spiritual and temporal salvation al and the building up ut bf the kingdom of bod there is considerable musical talent here which of late years has ha been developed vl and trai neti we have baye alo many very good and the stake choir under the leadership ot of elder wm holgate Ho late with staler sister anderson andersen an organist contributed much to enliven the be conference the ward organizations the sunday mob ool especial ly were reported condition E W A rk |
