Show conferences OF THE CHURCH SAN JUAN AKE the quarterly conference of elf the sall sa juan stake or zion met at Mati katicos cos Montez county colo nov and on the stand aland elders F A ww hallo and P D lyman of the stake presidency elders brigham you young 1 g and robert ri 6 datsou ot of bait lake city auda very good representation of members of the high council the bishops and members of the several waris atter after the usual opening exercise president hammond remarked ne fit wished dished the saints sainte to put all secular matters to one side aide and watt wait upon the lord the reports of the wards warda were quite encouraging light crops anti and low prices prevail the general and stake slake authorities were pro and un unanimously sustained vacancies Vaca nolea in the high council occasioned by elders H holyoak being called on a mission and mong pe peterson tereon being set met apart as bishop in moab were filled up by presenting the names of peter allan onu and joseph moore wayne H redd was sustained as clerk ot of the high council and aeo F burnham as alberna e the speakers were elders F A hammond JI ammond wm halap P D lyman brigham Brig tiam young robert B S watson john K R young kumen jones J F 13 bantou arton hanson bayles and W A Ie pecker oker the subjects most upon were the paying pa yang of elthea aud and offerings 0 fieri in kind and in season the laying up of breadstuff against a time ot 0 need etc ate A notable event of the conference was brother robert 4 8 WAS watson SOUd singing of ob my father thou that dwell est 22 in the new tune sang at the he worlds fair at As the meeting elders brigham yoeng and ana F A hammond spoke plainly on OB the principles of forgiveness living pure liver live obeying the teachings of the church etc the conference was noted as one of toe best beat ever held la in the stake everyone seemed well paid for attending notwithstanding most of the visitors had come a distance of miles mile via teams adjourned to meet three months hence bence I 1 H cherk pro tern tem MORGAN STARR STAKE the quarterly conference of morgan stake convened sunday and monday november ani an J the meet ings were well attended and a good spirit and feeling was wars mault manifest arbe conference was presided over by councilor frauds francis the president ol of the stake richard frye being very sick flick and unable to attend the time was well occupied by elders frank croft and charles R clark who had judit returned from a nair sion siou to the Sou southern tuorn states elders john seaman and mark lindsay of weber stake and others of the local lecal brethren the young people especially good instruction in which they were advised to make use of the valuable opportunities they have to store their finup with useful knowledge to buy the standard works of the church and read them that they may be prepared to teach and defend the principles of the gospel goepel the COD con altion of the stake as aa reported by councilor not as hood good as aa when last jaet reported the report showed that some of the people had bad become careless and that there was an unfortunate degree of dilatoriness in some quarters the general and local authorities were presented and unanimously sustained by the conference A good corps of active missionaries were chosen and sustained to travel in the stake for or the next six mouths conference adjourned for three months ALONZO FRANCIS clerk BANNOCK STAKE the bannock stake quarterly con terence ference was held sunday and monday nov 19 slid and 20 in the music hall ball rexburg Rex burg there were present with us elder 8 B young of the presidency of the Seven seventies tits the state stake presidency and Patr larche bishops bishope and other leading brethren sunday 10 a m the stake presidency und and bishops gave satisfactory reports as to the spiritual condition of the people financially however all are feeling keenly the effect of the prevailing hard bard times but are hopeful of a brighter future soon elder B S B you young ng spoke puke of the difference between the principles of the gospel and the false doctrines of the world it is the power ot of the I that holds holdi together the latter day saints faints and gathers them in such great numbers to worship god from time to time sunday 2 p m W elders charles poole alms alma green and jas jae rick kicks returned missionaries narles from samoa john li jacobs from switzerland and henry boyce from england occupied the time and rendered good reports of the labors of their missions all enjoyed their callings preaching the gospel to the nations whence they had bad been they had received a great and beneficial experiences experience and were full of 0 zeal to continue their good work in the kingdom of god at home as abroad blon monjay 10 a m elder ben E blob spoke of the principle of Int intelligence elii which Is the glory of god and the power by which all things progress both spiritual and temporal the latter day saints have a double salvation to work out a spiritual and a temporal temu oral the latter as the bible inculcates cul cates to be attained by the me sweat of 0 the brow elder S B young discoursed upon the wonderful events connected with the receiving of the gospel by joseph smith the authenticity of the book of Mor moju notwithstanding the efforts of the learned to disprove its truth and bore a strong testimony of the gospel atie ane general and stake authorities were presented and unanimously sue ous talu talked eti as also home missionaries for the next three mouths months A novel feature of this conference time was the ibe visitor visit of our Governor who is at present on a tour through the country and made his debut at this thin mornings meeting A grand reception was gotten up by taue village trustees who met the governor at market lake bringing him to ay iy Bex burg at I 1 p m the citizens old and young together with the tha rexburg baud turned out to do honor to the governor ane adults gathered on either iside aide of main street and ami the children in the center beaded by the band playing red white aud and blue 00 marched aud and countermarched counter marched through town to t the afternoon confer once euce aeeti meeting ug place at 2 when after opening exercises including selections oi 01 national songs and al music an address of welcome to governor vernor mcconnell was read and presented by henry flamm ot on behalf of the lue town trustees and citizens of rexburg Bez Rex burg the governor thanked the people for their hearty welcome and said the object ot of his bis visit was to co get acquainted witt with the people that he might know how to serve them he needed to visit them and know their wishes or he be could not serve them as he sti should the governor speech was devoted en to the discussion or of subjects in evolving the best interests ot ol the people ot of the state he treated at length on the question of irrigation of the ibe arid and ee clione he wanted legislation to create irrigation districts distri oto that the set bet tiers could combine to control and own the water as well as settle nettle the land tor water and lanu land were inseparably connected he also wanted legislation to curtail the holding ot of too large tracts or and for those who had too much only rained sage brush whereas a set tier ller with 80 acres can invariably d well he desired to have state jails made reformatories and not purgatories purga tories urles and have david jails and asylums elf belt sustaining that thai the in mates thereof might be improved physically and mentally the governor concluded with aitu a brief address to the children relating melay many humorous incidents or of his die days and giving some goold good pointers on oa the road to success and again be was waa grateful for the honors conferred upon him and the opportunity of speaking to the citizens of rex bex burg A unanimous vote of thanks was waa given the governor the band played a selection song by the children on ildren red bed white and blue s prest T E rieke ricks said we had bad had a must most enjoyable time and thanked all for their attention and we the band and choir for the inestimable services servio ee rendered by them singing hinging praise god irom from whom all bleedings blee pings flowe flow benediction by elder 8 B yau ng JAS JAL GILLESPIE stake sask clerk |