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Show i DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, MARCH 25, 1981 WEEKLY REFLEX "'- V- v&SV, v';. '' 'xmnvy: Fruit Heights resident, ; ; .V t W? i " v . Haven T. Butcher recently received an award for a suggestion for safety windows in restrooms. ' ; ' 4 r V; MYRON IS a senior and currently serving as Davis Chapters vice president. He ap- - HE IS A painters helper with the Directorate of Maintenance at the base. Butcher and his wife, Charlotte, have two children, Jeremiah and Randy. ,. g Thursday evening, the LDS COOPERATIVES By DONETA GATHERUM Describing the conditions facing the pioneers of Utah, a monograph submitted to stockholders and friends of the ZCMI in October of 1895 stated, "The early settlers themselves hardly realized how far they were from a ,000 things until their travel w as ended, then how to eat, drink, wear, build and settle was somewhat of a query. STORES THERE were none and even living in the scantiest way was problematical; supplies on a small scale was first received from the California Emigration thence some enterprising individual would bring in a wagon load of assorted goods until an immigration continued, frontiersmen with a little means and credit would load up and make Salt Lake their objective point. But all business was crude, limited and unsatisfactory until the Livingston Co. with more pretentious efforts rolled in. THEN SUCCESS was phenomenal, gold was received in fabulous quantities. In fact it was said that buyers were so intent on exchange that they would put their arms around a pile on a counter and say; I will take this.' So before winter fairly began, the stock was quite exhausted. "One firm or dealer followed another but the immigration more than kept pace with the arrival of goods so that prices remained stationary or advanced as the supply diminished. NEWLY MADE outside settlements began to clamor for local stores instead of having to rely on the distant city of Salt Lake or on conference times which had hitherto been the great opportunity for prosup- As long as the demand was greater than the supply, prices were unreasonably high. For example, prices of some goods before the cooperative movement was started in 1869 were as follows: ONE POUND tea. $5: one pound coffer. $1: ': pound pepper. 50 cents: ': dozen cups and saucers. $3: one can 200 1 IN 1863, one merchant bought the entire stock of dry goods from a New York import house for $175,000. He doubled the invoice price on all the goods and shipped them by wagon to Utah for quick and profitable sale. Feelings against the pro- fiteering mer- chants was intense and bitter. ALBERT Carrington, an apostle and editor of the De- seret News wrote, "They come here on the wing, remain long enough to become comparatively rich and depart with what they have acquired. They do not build houses, nor make improvements (except in their purses) nor develop the country. They are the parasites who have grown or are growing fat off the people," ... Mr. Carrington went on to suggest, "We are, or ought to be, perfectly competent to do our own trading and we can use the profits for building up ourselves, our territory and the kingdom of God. RITER of the monograph stated the cooperative spirit by saying, There would be one grand importing house with retail cooperatives in every ward the idea and settlement caught on with the fervor of a fire in a well dried stubble THE W befor- e-quoted field." Excessive profiteering from merchants was certainly the major reason the LDS Church had for organizing cooperative stores but there were other factors that were important. IF THE transcontinental railroad were completed before the Mormons had developed a sound trading base then the people would be forced to rely on merchants for all needed manufactured goods. The church believed strongand home ly in industry. If a cooperative opened on March 10, 1869 in the Old Constitution Building, i t v , ; $v f'ViP ) - ' cohesion and unity of the church in Utah. W.H. Hooper was the principal organizer of the cooperative movement. He presented his ideas to the school of the Prophets for their consideration. A ZCMI OPENED tanneries, woolen mills and iron found-arieWhenever possible, the products of home industry was purchased instead of manufactured goods from Eastern wholesalers. By purchasing home manufactured goods and by dealing directly with manufacturers and importers, ZCMI lowered the retail cost to consumers. $100. The October General Conference of 1868 was devoted to the theme of An assembly of 12 to 14,000 people sustained the principal of a mercantile e. co-P- THE NAME selected for the company was Zion Coopera- tive Mercantile Institution. The symbol to be used above the stores was the "seeing-ey- e and the words Holiness to the Lord. This was later changed to the letters ZCMI" usually arranged in a diamond shape. Lehi, Utah claimed to have the first cooperative merchan-til- e store. It was organized in July in 1868. American Fork, Nephi, Tooele and Fillmore also had cooperative merchan-til- e stores before 1869. Vene B. Collett of Kaysville recently retired from federal service at a Hill AFB cere- Functionally, however, most Mormon cooperatives appear to have been motivated principally by welfare rather than profit; patronage was an act of religious loyalty; the church participated in the organization, operation and financing of most of the important establishments: ana the whole cooperative movement was permeated with an unmistakable pietistic zeal and feeling of religious obligation." NEXT WEEKS column will describe the Kaysville Cooperative Merchantile Institution and the end of the church-wid- e cooperative merchantile system. Completes Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif. , , k DURING THE course, he received classroom instruction and participated in field exercises involving infantry tactics; the construction and camouflage of fighting six-wee- THE ST. Rose of Lima Knights of Columbus con- tinually sponsor many worthwhile activities including a high school graduation dinner. Santa project, senior citizens dinners and donations to St. Benedict's Hospital. Municipal Swim Pool, 934 S. Falcon Drive (1000 E). Prizes will be awarded to winners in each of the followd ing categories: ages 4-- grades, third-fourt- h h grades, and grades. Entries must be submitted to the Recreation Office by 9 p.m.. Monday, April 6. All pictures will be on display at the fifth-sixt- Clearfield City Municipal Building through Easter. FOR FURTHER informa- tion. contact Barbara Yard. Clearfield Recreation Department at 825-047- ; For Appointment mines, demolitions and intra- company communications equipment. His specialized training centered on the duties of a rifleman, with emphasis on squad tactics and the techniques of fire of the squad's weapons. Telephone 41 3 Day Clearance Sale HAAGAS All 376-32- Floor Models Must Go! THURS. SAT. WATERBEDSifr A two major cities of Davis Kays-vill- 1 1 SERVICE Personal and Business Accounting Services 25 Years Experience positions; and the use of e. ZCMI purchased the inventory of the William Jennings store in Salt Lake and the first institution was opened for business on March I. 1869 in the Eagle Emporium, the site Bobby Hubertus, 14, an eighth grader at North Davis Junior High, will compete in the state-wid- e contest at spelling Intermediate Clayton School in Salt Lake City. Mr. Hubertus won the North Davis spelling contest, a regional competition and took similar honors in the district contest prior to his invitation to the state competition. V r S' 4 . Receives Award Air Force Master Sgt. Ronald P. Cooper, whose wife Connie, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Evan R. Jonas of 265 N. Terrace Drive, Clearfield, has been decorated with the third award of the Air Force Commendation medal at Loring AFB, Maine, THE AIR Force Commen- dation medal is awarded to those individuals who demonstrate outstanding achievement or meritorious service in the performance of their duties on behalf of the Air Force. NO NAME FLOTATION Queen Size VISTA Queen Complete NOW 4 NOWJ USt tndudt fawn, CHARLES L. CRAWFORD Marine Pvt. Charles L Crawford, son of David W. and Florale Crawford, 1959 Celia Circle, Layton, has comCorps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif. k DURING THE course, he received classroom instruction and participated in field exercises involving infantry tactics; the construction and camouflage of fighting six-wee- positions; and the use of mines, demolitions and intra-compa- Complete MOJAVE uksemxi i Training Reg. 475.00 37S JllSt Any Size Completes Reg. 389.00 26900Compi.. NOWJUSI . pleted the infantry combat training course at Marine y TA1C pleted the infantry combat training course at Marine wards and settlements. Every ward in Salt Lake housed a branch of the ZCMI. Cooperative stores were formed in the and causes: made 747.765 visits to the sick and had 5 .938 members serve as blood donors. DOF! A. HEAVER Marine Pvt. Clifford M. Cannon, son of Murray E. and Connie R. Cannon, 179 Ross Drive, Clearfield, has com- 1980. separate cooperative stores were founded in Mormon charitable and benevolent Training A 1980 graduate of Clearfield High School, he joined the Marine Corps in April BETWEEN THE period of PICTURE outlines for the contest will be distributed through the schools this week (March 23) or they may be picked up at the Recreation office located at the Clearfield mony. HE WAS AN aircraft mecha-ni- c in the Directorate of Maintenance at the base. Collett and his wife, Mary, have five children. CLIIFORDM. CANNON were nothing more than joint-stoc- k corporations, organized under the sponsorship of the church, with a broad basis of public ownership and support. 1869 to 1884 as many as 200 County-Bountif- Clearfield 'Recreation Department will be holding an Easter coloring contest, which started March 23. Any coloring media such as paints, crayons, watercolors, colored pencils, glitter, etc. may be used to brighten up our basket of eggs for their big day at the Easter egg hunt. Collett Retires ACCORDING TO Leonard They meet the first Tuesday of each month. In 1979, the Knights of Columbus donated 8.4 million manhours of community service; contributed $24 million to Contest Cniteraaii s. J. Arrington, Structurally, most Mormon cooperatives MYRON PLANS to set farming aside for two years while he serves an LDS mission. Afterwards he plans to attend USU and get back into farming. Olid. Easter Coloring Butler and his wife, Shirley, plan to reside in Nevada. COMMITTEE of F.D. Richards, J. Woodmansee, N. Miner and H.W. Naisbitt was appointed to write a Constitution and bylaws. Missionaries were called to visit wards and solicit subscriptions by way of capital stock investments. A share of capital stock sold for Edward Dumbroski is the grand knight for this council. base. COOPERATIVE store was viewed as a guard against a moneyed LDS class of people which would destroy the 6010 has about 100 members. John W. Butler of Layton retired from federal service at a Hill Air Force Base ceremony recently. HE WAS AN equipment maintenance mechanic at the formerly occupied by SPELLING WIIIZ n J. Butler Eldredge and Clawson. A THE ST. Rose of Lima Knights of Columbus Council Retires of the old William Jennings store. Another store was could be organized that encouraged home or local production of goods then the peot. ple would be more Col- umbus is a fraternal society of Richard and Kathryn. s. peaches, $2.50; one pound nails, $1; one pair overalls, $3; one common suit, $20; one yard Kentucky jeans, $1.50; one card agate buttons, $ ; one yard ticking, $1. Customers were limited in the amount they could buy. Periods of three to four months lapsed between shipment of goods. THE KNIGHTS of children, Joseph, JoAnn, This cooperatives stores organized in Utah Territory between 1868 and 1884. the Roman Catholic men. It was organized on March 29, 1882 in New Haven, Conn, by nine men, led by Father Michael McGivney of New Haven. Today, the Knights of Columbus have 1,300,000 members associated with 7,000 councils in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Canal Zone, Guam and Guatemala. Layton City Council approved a proclamation setting aside March 29, 1981 for the observance of Knights of Columbus Day. The proclamation asked people to be aware of the service the Knights of Columbus give to their church and community. George C. Capadona, Sunset resident, recently retired after 34'2 years of federal service. CAPADONA wqrked with Titan and Minuteman missiles as a missile and ordnance system mechanic in the Directorate of Maintenance at the base. The Capadonas have four is one of king, harrowing and planting grain. Knights Of Columbus Day Set For March 29 Wi curing family winter plies." plied and will get state farmer at the state convention on March 30. He is the chapter's applicant for state officer. He owns a herd of cross bred swine, three show calves, four registered Suffolks ewes and two registered Arabian horses. He has worked on local farms hauling hay, moving pipe, dis Myron V. Casdorph, 18 year old son of Richard and Carol Casdorph, is the choice of the Farm Bureau for the Outstanding Farmer from the Davis High Chapter. Award fe;- ' Outstanding Farmer Butcher Receives Reg. 285.00 219 Iw, feat, Complete htadbowd, atattnu, Hi kit, feck BUNKBEDS 2 Fancy Complete Now Only 16900 3 Fancy Complete Now Only 22500 3 Fancier Complete Now Only 249 27900 4 Fancy Complete Prices include mattress boards, SAVE $20.00 OH FLOOR MODELS SAVE $10.00 ON Mattress & Foundations on Showroom Floor Remember only Haagas can give you such high quality at low factory prices communications equipment. His specialized training centered on the duties of a rifleman, with emphasis on squad tactics and the techniques of fire of the squad's weapons. A 1980 graduate of Layton High School, he joined the Marine Corps in September 1980. HAAGAS MATTRESS FACTORY In SALT LAKE 397 East 2109 So. Sugar Houia In WEST JORDAN 6901 So. 1390 W. In OREM 154 So. Stato Nowln BOUNTIFUL 245W.500e. |