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Show () CONFERENCE WEEK VJ EXT Sunday the general semi-annual con- ference of the Latter-day Saints Church will convene in Salt Lake City. The regular time for the holding of this conference it the early part of April, but on account of the influenza which was prevalent at that time, the spiritual feast had to be postponed until the present time. Because of the custom in vogue for so many of the saints to assemble at headquarters at conference time to hear the instructions and teachings of the speakers, it has gradually become the practice to set various other conventions and functions for this same period, in order to economize on time and expense money, and obtain a better attendance. attend-ance. Thus it transpires that during the coming 'week or ten days a number of important fraternal, political and business meetings and conventions will be held, including the annual meeting of the Utah State Press Association, the Bankers' Convention, Con-vention, the meeting of political party state committees com-mittees and a number of others. The general church conference will be followed by a Mutual Improvement Associations' conference. confer-ence. The fact of the conference being delayed this year and there being an accumulation of various matters, will doubtless cause the attendance to be greater than usual this year, and hotel accommodations accom-modations in Zion are likely to be scarce and at a premium. The railroads announce round trip tickets at a substantial reduction W$ year for the first time since the war was declared in this country. |
