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Show ygfli 4. HE SUN, PRICE rilib PTAH-EVE- BY FRIDAY. gas PAGE TERES min in m Recrudescence of ixlvgam- wiiliin the Church of Jesus Christ ot Latter-da-y Saints is due to an ovmealuu and altogether mistaken clique eording to a high official of the - dum-ine- nt eccleslical organization in Utah The fact that new polygamy, " sim conference approved of the Vilinlt Woodruff manifesto on Octl,t.r tl 1890, is a direct attack ujain the honor and sincerity of the Mormon people ae a whole does not appear to enter the minds of these enthusiasts, it is said at church headquarters at Salt Lake City where this statement has here. Abo by been issued as supplemental to that landed and treatment of about a week ago. price for Desiring" not to bring undue distress upon erring members in the matttnd-JtfTfteli- ter of discountenanced assumption of new polygamous relations, the church has considerately confined itself to mere publication of the necessary noEighth Street tice of exeommunication where the offense has been committed. It has developed, however, that restricting disciplinary measures to ecclesiastical circles has served in some instances to encourage other infractions of etjOPASSKEY, m. d. the law of the land and the rule of XMeaadTbroat the church in respect to marriage. The disposition in these instances is precisely like that shown by those who go outside the law in other raqiecta so long as they are able to procure comJONES parative secrecy their offenses conand Surgeon tinue and perhaiw increase, but they dread publicity. No honest man withMl Dtanuw of Children. Block. Price. Utah. in the church is afraid to have the publie know the nature of his every'blj.a.judy day life and conduct. Surgeon I Pledge Is Broken. There apjiear to be men and and Baring Cwnmen-ia- l some women, too, tPliig., Price, Utah. clique who tuke it upon themselves to engage in new fllUOOEBX, JR, M. D. jMilygamy contrary to civil law aud end Surgeon ecclesiastical rule. They do this notResidence 1 00m. withstanding the fact tliut the church Bid-- . Price, Utah. in its entirety has pledged its honor to abide by the marriage customs ,W.P. WINTERS which are approved by the people of ee and Surgeon United States. Statehood came the . HuepHul. I'hone 7 to Utah largely because we made Carbon Hospital. agreement with the nation to abide 'rBICE, VTAll by a law which we had theretofore LEVANS rigorously and legally ojiposed with the thought in mind that it invaded our religious rights, but upon which sir-- t, Tha Electric the decision of the United States suBldg., Price, Utah. court was overwhelmingly preme RH.RG0ETZMAN us. Individuals who now enagainst Drum ter the polygamous state are destroyM tad Extraction. The Price ers of the character and integrity of rtklBuk Bldg., Price, Utah. their forebears and are repudiating of s sacred compact entered into UVFO&D BALLINGER their own recognized leaders Deadat and their people and the federal govService. ernment an agreement which had Mai floor Silva gnl Building. brought to a stricken territory sud its PRICE, UTAH. inhabitants s peace that was necesQUID K. CLAY sary to progress and happiness. So far as the Church of Jesus lury At Law Christ of Latter-da- y Saints is conIN, flu Electric Building; PRICE, UTAH. cerned, the point has been reached where the organization declines to be LA McGEE dragged into the dispute before the iimep At Law nation and, in fact, before the entire world because of the whim of lull. Bllvagnl Bldg. PRICE, UTAH. any rebellions individual or clique of persons. In a spirit of Christianlike KLFRATT gentleness the church has been conIttorwy At Law siderate perhaps too much an in Mi The Electric Building. dealing with those who have given PRICE, UTAH way to temptation or who have been guided by their own interpretation of Service Station ui ffitna tBSSlONAL 5KH,rcl,ii milt td jl 1 HI pii ibiykuggebx hMMfAitaw Courthouse, 'County PRICE, UTAH. AW. DALTON MmrritUw J. CONSTANTINE At Law Attorney iSWDMg, .? Prl1 & Formerly KOUU. PRICE, UTAH Empaiht shop Painting, signe. PRICE, JAS CTAR,hn ERICKSEN ""waAtlaw Building. j5!w UXECITT, UTAH. ON 4 FETZEE Mlterti SSpwsap L AiSft?I"tltut what are the regulations of the church, but it must now be understood that in the organization patience and long suffering cease to be of virtue. The individual notion is vastly less important than the announced rule and policy of the organization. We believe in our doctrine: It is better that one man die than that a nation perish. The church will not stand in the way of civil prosecution of new polygamous offenders. The church is bound to give greater consideration to those who abide by its rules and regulations than to those who apparently are determined to plunge the organization into disrepute and trouble. It I Well Based. The ground npon which this do eision is based is well taken. It is strictly according to the written and recorded word. Ilere is, for instance, the concluding jwragraph of the original revelation as given to Joseph Smith, July 12, 1843: And now, as pertaining to this law, verily verily I say unto you, I will reveal more unto you, hereafter; therefore, let this suffice for the present. Behold, I am Alpha and Amen. Omega. rB,S?rIvInnBanit Anting tractor Here is what President Wilford Woodruff gave to the people as further matter having been revealed to him on this subject Inasmuch as laws have heen en acted by congress forbidding plural marriages, which laws have been pronounced constitutional by the court of last resort, I hereby declare my intention to submit to those law and to use my influence with memliers of the church over which I preside to have them do likewise. There is nothing in my teachings to the church or in those of my associates which can be reasonably con atrued to inculcate or encourage I polygamy, and when any elder of chnrch has used language which ap- eared to convey any such teachings E e haa been promptly reproved. Anil I now publicly declare that my adSaints is to revice to the Latter-da- y frain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land. Here ia what the late Lorenzo Snow said January 8, l.n Tj v "VI.nfl ; aiiai,di.i-- U,! bv r in- - ii.e J 'f ilit il1 ti- ri,,7 r a:i' !JS lrerv " 'vmU-- r or I.. : i. :al ttll-"i- V.1.UU-U- there-;- i to jut- or enter mi.Il plural marriage into such itfatMLdnp.- Both Quite Positive. jo2iviv1,ft vMt ,hr kt said over his igna- - 1 hereby announce tl at ali such marriages arc prohibited, and if oilieer or member of the church any ,,rt vh marriaue he will be j eeuied in transgrcsi,)n against the hureh, and ill be Lable to he with according to the rules and dealtrcmn mmunicated thewfniir1 Hy this is the ,? pronouncement resident Hebcr J. Grant on this subject : Hut I want to say to the Latter-"-y M11 that no man uHn the face " w,,h has any right or any authority to a plural marriage, and there are no plural marri-ag- w today in the Chun-- of Christ, berause no human being has the right to ierfonn them. Therefore, any jwr-o- n pretending to have that right is attempting to exercise an authority that he does not have, and therefore he docs not perforin a marriage and there is no marriage covenant a hen such ceremonies are performed. Just before that, and shaking uxn this very same subject. President Grant said: And I said that anybody who taught contrary to that was a' plain, simple, everyday liar. That is what I said. That is what I mean. The idea that any man claiming to believe the teachings of this revelation (umii authority), saying that lie has today the right to ierfomi plural marriages is utterly alisnrd. We have cut such men off of the ehureh. , Special Showing of Spring Millinery You Must Have a New Hat for Easter -- f PUTTING Government covery I JTW Your Earlier Spring Hats Simply Won 7 Do Easter comes late this year . Knowing that the hats selected for early spring wear won't do for Easter, we have planned a comprehensive display that rivals our Spring opening of a few weeks back The models on display are ail new and the very latest . Style tendencies have shown marked change the past few weeks. The newest creations are here. We wan t you to see them while the assortment is SHAPE First Helium ings. Now is the ideal time to select your " Easter bonnet ", while our displays are at their best. complete. Ga Dis- Being Looked After. Officials of the Utah Oil Refining eonqiany say that immediate steps are lieing taken to put the Woodside well in shajie to turn it over to the government fur its helium gas reserve and the equipment will he shipjied to Southeastern Utah, where the eom-ln- y intends to sink another test well for oil. Some of the equipment may be sent into Wyoming, it ie stated hy last Tuesday's Salt Lake Telegram. The. gas that was discovered at the Woodside test in Emery county is the first instance of that having been developed on government land. As soon as the government substantiated the discovery a naval reserve for helium, the first in the lustory of the nation, was set aside by presidential proclamation. Geologists of the Utah Oil Refining assert that a casing will be run down to shut off the water that is now holding out the gas and that thpn the raxing will be capiied and turned over to the detriment of the interior. At Foniham, where a similar well has been drilled by the Utah Oil Refining, il will take lunger to get the hole jn shape to turn over to the government, but it will be placed in shape far a helium test and other Some local manufacturers of gases. soft drinks using charged watera will test several cylinders of the Farnham gas to ascertain whether or not it can he ned in the manufacture of soda. If it proves applicable for that purpose, another siring of piie will lie run down to shut off the water complete-I- v himI (lie larger pulled out to be used in other tests, it is stated. The officials of the Utah Oil Refining will not state at this time just where the Woodside equipment will lie The moved in Southeastern Utah. the with company a of in the drilling Petroleum General test well near Goodrich, just on the south side of the Pan Juan river in alwuil Tw. 42, Range 19 East. The drill-in- jr Utah Oil company intends to be Itflli fl dpw test in Souihpunicrn wiTliin sixty days. Much activity is expected in that section this spring and slimmer. There are already several tests going down on structures oil and the possibilities of developing is field the nttracting at depth in commany of the laiper producing the largTexas company, bines. The has the in country, indeiwndent est will do and the disnet fieldmen in some drilling this spring. on n The Tpxiis is completing s well stallthe Sequoia anticline that ed some time ago by independents. It Texas has proi, retried that the feet with the seventy about gressed hole and got a fair "h'Ynn" 19.0 hole is down lwtwren mj an in and h feet, it is stated, BESSIE KENNEDY, Millinery UTAH PRICE, In Thurston county, Wash, the bioAPIARY LOSSES RUN logical survey of the United States TWELVE PER CENT department of agriculture haa been Winter losa Buffered by beekeeper called upon recently to aid in the in the United States, according to in- systematic eradication of moles. This vestigations made by the department campaign haa been helped by extenof agriculture, amount to 12 per cent sion workers who have encouraged of the swarm. The conclusion of the farm women to make nae of moleskins is that any industry as a trimming for clothing, especially investigator which can stand a loss of 12 per cent for childrens coat collars and e tiffs, of all the animals in it can urobably rail and their own dress ea. A greet lie made much more profitable by re- many moles have been trapped by moving the cause, which is possible schoolboys, who have been offered ten to a considerable extent. This winter cents or more for each pelt In some loss is the largest suffered by honey regions the survey haa arranged to producers, but it is not to discourag- have pelts tanned for a small snm ing as those from diseases, aa the each. In other communities those latter often menace the entire apiary. who wish to use the skins get them The deiwrtment ha studied the ques- tanned at a local tannery for a few tion of projier temperature and other cents. In many cases the farm women environmental condition of the hive themselves have learned how to do in winter and has published information which makes it possible to cut down the great loss. Many beekeepers have availed themselves of this information, but the great wrinter of bee population will not lie much reduced until more persona in the business make use of what is known alaiut management The man who keeps up with the newest information ia the one who will make the grentest profit from his bees. WINTER TO South-easte- The business of the umbrella dealer is, of course, to anticiiate the demand for his wares in time to provide his A rejiort rejiulrons with protection. ceived hy the weather bureau of the United States department of agriculture states that a dealer, who is credited with having made the dollar famous locally, had always ordered deliveries in bulk during the autumn, lint on seeing a diagram of normal precipitation by months ordered thereafter on the first of each month proportional to the number of inches of normal precipitation. Having a thirty days arrangement for remittances, he haa since usually transacted business on the manufacturer's capital, has had a better opportunity fol1o store his surplus stock and to low the styles, and has filled in the dry summer months with parasols. Through a period of years the climate can usually be foreseen in a general cannot. way if the specific weather in defined better no is season The the country's weather records than are the fur clothing, house painting or countless other seasons. rn T e house-lecpi- ng People of the United States pay thirty million dollars a year for their pencils, but very few (of the people) ever make their mark in the world. more than We could have stood the disappearance of the equinea from tha highway much eaaier if the horeesenaa had not disapieared with them. Over three million iieople in the United Slates play golf and all these have doubtless learned that patience is still a virtue. Guaranteed Millwork Refining come to that information has on oil showing that the the tanning, either through their home demonstration clubs or by other means. In this way the results of trapping serve a useful purpose at a nominal cost. Builders Hardware los-.e- s The weather bureau of the United is the States department of agriculture advance in how far asked state frequently the conditions may be reliably foretold. company .n riructnre Butte Boundary is generally known among meteorIt while weathUtah is good and that ologists that the forecasting of a few days in adinformation is meager. than more for er been haa an important oil discovery vance is attended by great uncertainmade. ty and for this reason no national in any country attempts degen-icare is full of chance that life This for more than a week forecasts tailed I feel it jnst to both Mormons seven days the taken. never advance. in Beyond acin to state that and without a is attempted forecasting cordance with the manifesto of the Folks who go in for light ahead. reliable and scientific basis therefor. 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