| Show BANNOCK STAKE stake and ward waid Oft officer leers chosen y u AM aa interesting OCCA occasion SiGn REXBURG CO 1 I T august 1887 E editor deseret news the bannock stake quarterly conference convened here on saturday Satu iday and sunday the and mete and the tae good news of apostle lorenzo snow being present on the oc casior created a great desire in the hearts of the people to congregate together to be instructed in the plan of life and salvation the tae result was that our inesti meeting benjar ng house 0 u e which has recent recently lv been so enlarged d s ai to hold more than twice the number that it ic formerly would was crowded to its utmost capacity many being obliged to seek seats ion on the outside of the building EVERY WARD inthe in the stake was represented by the respective bishops who ra reported ported them in a very fair condition spiritually and better financially than ever belore statistics of crops show that there were under cultivation in the bannock stake nearly acres of land which will yield far better and larger crops than any previous year since its settlement tl the general authorities of the church were all presented pre seated and sustained in their respective positions presidents R L bybee by bee and james E fogg who have been acting tern tem corar ily in the bannock stake presidency were honora honorably ialy released anta a vote of thanks extended them tor lor then their services THE STAKE OFFICERS were then presented and unanimously sustained as follows thomas E rieke rick president wro win F rigby first counselor francis C gunnell second counselor patriarchs thomas S smith and arza E hinckley high Conj acil austin G greet david Ro robison bisop A N stephens tote pheas james H mason brigham ricks heber ricks phineas tempest wm win troop james thomas brown geo D black and sames james E fogg A alternates iter andrew A andersen wm win J young chas keppner and edmund paul presidency ot of the high priests quo ruin jueary Flamm president joseph R poole first Coun counselor Felor and andrew A andersen second counselor bishops agent thomas E ricks jr presidency of the first elders quo rum fred smith president rooert archibald first bitsi counselor james G stuart second counselor rexburg bishopric first ward thomas E ricks jr bichop juo jno L roberts and andrew S andersen counselors eunse lors and joseph morris and christian ayling actinic actina ciuni counselors elors rexburg second ward bishopric casper steiner St elner JB bishop ishop counselor not chosen yet menan wua wm N stephens stephen bishop oscar Green FIrst counselor spencer aymond ik second counselor Coon ly lyman man samuel A wilcox bishop counselors not chosen yet enite eagie rock james jamee Thema wm thomas firt counselor Couns elbr john U D evans second counselor burton geo N smith bishop counselors pot not chosen chosed yet relief belief soc societies cleties temperance rem perance aluck H luckley president sarah A gunnell gunnel first counselor tabitha councellor coun Counce elor lor Y M M 1 I A edmund paul superintendent perin prin thomas E R bassett first I 1 rat assistant john 11 paul secona second assistant I 1 Y L M X 1 I A susannah R lawran superintendent mary A ricks rick a and mary A raymond assistants sunday schools jmj you countr superintendent perin rin alma jensen and jas T B mason Asai assistants stants I 1 primary fanny E paul president emily C anderson andersen and margaret Margil ret A edlefsen Kd Ed letsen counselors and sarali oarda A barnes and sarah K N ricks hicks acting j counselors A sumber number of home missionaries were then called and sustained recorder derand and clerk of conference abos E bassett I 1 the instructions and remarks of apostle snow were pally that while we were being so no greatly blessed temporally we should not bot forget our covenants cove to our Ilea heavenly venly rather father nor to observe the requirements made of us as saints ot of god me dwelt for some time upon the be duties of bishops and the despon devolving upon them ills ilia remarks were listened to with much attention and were highly appreciated taking all into consideration our conr conference was a grand success the weather was lovely and add a general feeling of improvement Improve was manifested all that we lack inthis in this countr country is settlers although our statistics show that we have in the ne of in population we one quarter enough we have all the natural facilities required for making comfortable homes for them thousands sands ot of families plenty of land water and timber of the best kind and the longer we live laere here and the mote moie we test the land themore the more we are convinced of its productiveness the wheat crop will average on the aggregate about 25 or 30 bushels to the acre experience has proven this reason that early kinds of sugar rane will do well here also the county has appropriated 0 p r abed for the construction apar of a bridge across the he south fork of snake river which is contemplated to be built shortly and which will add materially to the settlement and development of this section of country there has been quite a number leave here for the summer gumnit r mouths to work on the railroad in the mines etc aud the general feeling Is in that had they stayed at home and all ended to home borne affairs they would have bavo done a great deal better as our labors at home have certainly beg ben n crowned with success respectfully titomas THOMAS E BASSETT |
