| Show QUARTERLY T ERLY conference CURLEW STAKE the quarterly conference of the curlew curlaw stake was held saturday and sun tu dax S I 1 ajtal t I 1 anis tjoeng ng tue birst confere coni erene eren ote e ev ever r beld in the curlew stake it was wa s indeed a red letter day in tile the history of the territory comprising the stake the general authorities were represented by elders jos F smith jr and charles H hart and the Y M M I 1 A was looked after by dr J PI taylor and the Y L al L A was represented by sister clarissa carissa beesley of the general board they were also favored by having with them the presidency of the malad stake writ wm it II richards W 1 H 1 gibbs and hewis D jones who came over from malad on saturday morning the instructions given throughout the conference were of a nature amature calculated to arous ethe saints to bojt a better way b of living a a moia more deter determined biad tt attitude to overcome the evils that are too tco alarming alarmingly gly prevalent among us and an increased desire to better the religious lous social and civil conditions throughout the stake the remarks ot or elder smith and beesley along the lines of a better observance of the ordinance of the sacrament were very timely and much appreciated by all dr taylor and sister beesley held very anth enthusiastic us i i aftic ni meetings with the matuas Mutu as and the work should andun and undoubtedly will be pushed with renewed vigor as the result of 0 their labors much interest was taken in the scout and bee hiye hive work of 0 the asso associations clatious and a better understanding of 0 their objects was evidenced by those directly interested the attendance at all sessions of the conference was large the saturday morning session opened with in attendance in the afternoon the evening where the demonstration work of the was done the attendance was approximately the house being so crowded that it was next to impossible to got get a correct count of the crowd the attendance on sunday rooming morning was afternoon and in the evening all wards and branc branches branched heg of the stake were represented at the various meetings the curlew stake Is a country coultry of magnificent proportions and i being a practically new country Is fa fast st being filled up with the right kind of people drawn from the older stakes and to whom of a stake of new being essentially a dry farming country it is a country of f large holdings but ai as fast as the holdings are cut up more population will result the territory comprising the stake was taken from portions portion of the bole elder and malad stakes and includes the curlew and bannock valleys and athe park valley being partly in the two states of utah and idaho the great and crying need of this country Is transportation and a railroad would be welcomed a as about the greatest blessing that could come to th them em the country however holeve r is iq inhabited by a 8 doter determined ter mined people who are not easily discouraged and h ence they are ad osiris what they have to advantage d praying that other blessings may come to 0 them in due season the first con ference arence has passed into history and he people will have boba been bette redby reason thereof |
