| Show i THE GOSPEL IN MONTANA ANACONDA mont J july a ly 27 1896 boon alter after our 0 correspondence or from jilder cowley cow ley and myself visit viall butt but to anaconda twenty eight miles over ove r isha montana juniou railroad passing silver bow creek c seven allee wn walnie silver bow and ana do wu own doer deer ibbe valloy valley through a narrow gorge opening out into a broad valley ol of L who the gross grase is ill very green and refresh after leav especially AM to look apoi 1 D SS dry anti od hilly butte it ii 41 1 1 bring relief of fought tt and aegina td io X I 1 0 t cc G ery from the scatter ar ling hancocke hay cocke and nd their and reminded that we are art not in the fat fal valleys of utah 40 this delor deer aldge P a ahe he eight hobt y valley js ia very pretty and refreshing abelida is ia rather lovel lovely in lie its ion lo 10 katity A desirable city to 0 reside in and na is a r C ire redone no do one of the great tot various or to butte is the bad water troug where there is ie wassie Siu anaconda Was ia 4 falot no water ater ju in 10 butt I 1 it la 18 BO 80 bad that ibal t the odor alove alone to la really sickening r water in butte in i sold bold for fair pr artty tty sis bent per pall water wagons go gadd as rag regularly ilaray an aa milk Wal tone are unable to pay for li it WO poor we who are used luxury hoedt sea aa a crook creek water were very severely to sc ew city r by bel beang becom polled to use it I 1 when bolter but the 0 chiy ily ia tall a 11 even to bring water antu making a ru ruah ah r tossing absing through the 4 Aei agy tv without great Is the wall reservoir stin Klag water anaconda better lor for osithe bt the people levels level unlike climb is more on a butte la is one of the he butte tea log rheet cities to walk I 1 n on t bow wicked anaconda Is be i yet yel when we looked over C vow stal of arrests maae in ID jaue lotion the following malev we lamai of house ut of UH nae sabbath to li a go general holiday which churches several a ol 01 op gis empty anu had the jboob we attended of g in tour four different farent dif botenga amended Stend etl our due dc totne were new in these theae platea and created quite a curiosity many game came out waso opportunity to eee and bear tue the nejapa per sold aiu we W were are the first elders to lim web in these parts parle we hold held four foar paw ic moo meetings Lingg in a nice dim swedish barb ana an a home gome private meting met about forty in who h baad aten at some bome time battor siy day they were surprised tu ilear of each other when ulan tuua they fatt that they were mormons cormons so GO called had had no mea tinges nga find and the children were growing up wild as re garde the gospel goepel one with the latter day saints sainte Is ie that they are transients etuy y obtain work and make money sad aou move on OD are very good and paid in cash but there are many out of employment employ men t our experience exper lonee ii if that who remain at ac borne and light fight the battle of at hardship and beave ly overcome are much the best off at the end and their children grow up in th the tear of the lord the T he saints here were organized into a branch on OD may 1893 in a log house rider elder 8 U spilman was presiding elder with elders E N wll wil son eon sod leonard jones jonee counselors but the pres presiding laing elder moved away after live five meetings after the organization and the branch died entirely lor for want of a shepherd the desire ol 01 of the meeting was to have a reorganize tion our meetings were held in the church and on sunday were crowded the newspapers have been very kind and treated us courteously an experience so BO different to that which hitherto has hae been our we can truly may any that stace the be salt bait lake temple was dedicated as was waa predicted by president a vast has baa taken place tor for the better utah has beame a state eta te and ana zion la Is coining to the front alter after the meetings we left led the few saints sainta aud and some interest eJ strangers with hearts hearte warmed up with Ins inspiration A and ad returned tu to butte to arrange for our meetings mee tinga in the auditorium we led in obtaining notices in the newspapers for su day at 2 p in and 8 p in july I 1 oo on the I 1 aust net at 1230 p m I 1 president T sa E ricks bicks and elder eider ben erich E rich witia tue quartet ot of singers arrived and the bune BULLO miner an and d the ibe anaconda abacon standard gave aone a ene volumn u mn 01 the meetings mee linge a portion 01 ol woich whit b w we copy faith of the mormons cormons Mor mons interesting services held in auditorium yesterday afternoon and evening by elders eldera edward stevenson M F cowley and T E i bibko mormon missionaries traveling through montana Montan abeld held services at the auditorium both afternoon and evening the of the missionaries is isto to get track of and organize the mormons cormons into churches on the stage was ben E rich adams adama french durrans and elliot this quartet was the finest ever heard in butte and joseph adams is possessed of a voice so sweet that it involuntary involuntarily 1 I 1 brought tears to the e eyes v e s of most ot of the audience president d e n t ricks kicks of the mormon church of one of the stakes was also on the stand elder stevenson delivered the first address of the afternoon the elder read many passages pas bages of scripture from the old and new testament to sustain the immortality of the soul he showed the terrible error of the suppo supposition sitt 0 n that death ends all he is 77 years yearn old and had been ln in the church 63 years a ratter latter day saint and now just tottering on the brink ot of the grave he declared his unfaltering faith that god lives following came the exquisite solo oh my father M F cowley spoke thirty minutes at A t the time ob my father was bolg being sung here bore in butte it was wag being rendered at the funeral ot of our beloved apostle sod friend awl ani brother A H cannon our heart bles ble to is with tb loss loee of one so favored of god tongue cannot tell all tears must suluoo cuff ioe EDWARD STEVENSON M F P COLBY |
