Show MAPLETON MATTERS MAPLETON ETON feb 24 1897 it hop baa been a year now since your readers board beard anything from this a place leas through the medium of the rewo and as you have so BO kindly accorded accord cord us space pace heretofore we will again ask ak your indulgence the the that suggested these lines are unusual lor for mapleton viz via the departure of two biden lewis B R perry and freder ck Q G theae the first that have been i galled called from this place tor for several al yours years to go and preach the gospel chapel previous to their going the bishop at our last priesthood meeting appointed a committee to arrange a program t to give the brethren a farewell part Y so to the arrangement the peo people of the ward gathele i at the meeting house bouee on monday eve the lost prepared with luncheon and good for the brethren to wish them godspeed in the service of him who will save rave all those that lost will be saved the evening was devoted to social chat and congratulation sandwiched with dancing danci og siu ging recitation and speeches pee ohe until 10 ahou luncheon was served then than each ol of the two brethren spoke a short abort time and expressed gratitude for or the mani fe station of esteem shown wow them by those present prea ent at the close of their remarks they were each prevented brother perry by sister bister eva birds bird and brother brether oy by brother J H holley with a well filled purse prefaced with sentiments appropriate to the occasion da cing and converse con Terse wore were then resumed the brethren go direct to now new york where they will be assigned thel their r field bela of labor they left hamo on the lost for salt lake to be not apart for their mission we are having a very favorable winter there having baring already been sufficient rain and snow enow stored away for next summers summer is irrigation it in ii thought we have hare just juet attended the elders conference of this stake utah stake the first ever hold held in the stake W we it are pleased to see bee the example of tie salt lake stake belog being gradually adopted in this thie stake the quor tims being num numbered berea and representation re quiren at the stake priesthood meet I 1 ug where bere also albo tile the names of those to be ordained to that priesthood have bave to be presented for your correspondent was in emery stake a few days daya since where he wit jessed quite a contrast in relation to elders quorums irom from what it la is here there it la is held that there should be a full number dumber or nearly so BO to make a quorum before an organization ie 6 effected even though it would require several towns to furnish sufficient numbers in fact I 1 was creditably informed that there were only three or our four orga eted in the stake with the members through LUI cut eight or ten teh towns and where a town bad no president or couL counselor living therein then one of the mem bers bere was called to ti take charge of the members the abat lived there and to pro pre side aide at the local meetings Thi theaon soun arest is lo in that in ID this abla stake every town small or large has bae at least one quorum although air their numbers may not exceed from twenty five to thirty int gueris when first organized this of course to the ibe convenience of 01 the member whether it to is proper or not those in authority know but it seems that there should be uniformity in ID all the stakes to say bay the tie least we have just juet been called to the realization that life in toe the prime ot of energy is subject to the horrors horror of the grave we chronicle the death of mrs edith malmstrom Malm atrom beloved wife of charles B malmstrom Malm Malme atrom which ead and event occurred on the lost funeral services were held in the south where cone consoling oling remarks were made holding out the christian hope for the deceased and ana also exhorting the living to adopt a godly life the deceased Is leaves a ves a utis husband band and two little girls girl also numerous friends to mourn her lose loaa the health of the people is exceptionally tio nally good in tole place as we are elevated several bundren bun drel feet above the level of the valley we think ellis one of the choicest places in the he state and visitors tora frequently tell us that it ii be equalled equal led either north or south certainly the abe promises given ua u by apostle lyman when be organ iced us into a bishops bisbon s warn ward are being literally fulfilled our water to is increased the load which once buld yield from six to bushela of wheat per acre will now dow produce from twenty to fifty busnell bus and where it was said we would starve beci use of the worthlessness of the lano we are now told that we have one of the choicest districts that cau be flunt but like it to la with many other olber things lings ti we are cognizant ot the overruling providence pr of the lord we now have tour district school scho olp which are full of course and are haubt by efficient teachers we also furnish our oar quota of students stu denta at the brigham young academy where it seema acme the spiritual training raining to is so 0 o biarl pi perfectly arl joined with the scholastic that the better nature predominates in all lie ite graduates may the hope of israel always fill its spacious hall balls oo on the evening of we be Protea sog wm M stewart of the state Un Iverd ty gave us ua a very enter entertaining tal ding leat lector miria on practical education we boum like frequent visits visita from prominent ou uca tors the farmers have contracted with the itoe sugar company for all the acreage allowed them the reduction to in the price of beets beeton but bat the farmers farmere have had just reason to go bink that the sugar bagar company wishes wih to deal honestly with them lat fall our local scales got out of rig 11 V so eo toe beets were falling short abort in w eight be 10 we thought we could not determine just us 9 how much it if any but finally agent W P fullmer Full readjusted th the scales so ao they were 0 K X in the mean time we had bad been weighing on them not thinking the comp company compau mu woul boull I 1 may aay though we had lost many tons tone but iu in bis abla we were agreeably surprised for too the company re reported back bach two carloads over weight and when the s run was waa over they made a careful estimate of the ion to each man that had put beets in t toe overloaded over loaded oars cars and sent rent each the respective amounts this certainly showed candor and honesty chieft will always win hence the farmen in tole this vicin ty while they depler denial the out in pricer price think perhaps it to is the best beet thing not to make top too lowd load a hoarel roar i As AB we wish to keep la in good genatt wila the NEWS as well as its read reada asip I 1 will close L D |