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Show AFFAIRS UP I AT RICHMOND Conference on Satur- H day and Sunday H Apostle Merrill Able to be Present. H Thu Hensoli stake cOufeiciiC-e was held ab Richmond Satuuiay and Sim- H day Februaty 20 and 21st. A large H gathering or Saints were at each meet- jH log with the exception of one held jH Saturday motnlng. Timely insttuc- H tlons were given by the Stake attthoi- M Itlesandb) the bishops of the various jH watds. Tho olllccisof the auxiliaty H organizations reported their work as H being In excellent condition. Johna- H tltanG. Kimball of the First i'rcsl- H dency of Seventy's spoke at both of H the meetings Sunday. He encouraged H the people by advising them to look H up and not be down hcattcd. He also jH asked the people to be picparcd to do jH whatever the Lord requited of them, jH as he believed great things would be jH accomplished In this chinch within a IH few jeais. Apostle M. W. Merrill H spoke a few minutes Sunday after- jH noon. He asked the pcoplo to be IH united In their ctToits In erecting the Vl new Tabernacle. The members of the Stake weie pleased to sec Apostle jH Mcirlll out again. Conference was H adjourned foi three months to meet jH ab Smlthtield In May. B Mr. and Mis. Fred Chilstcnscn cu- ifl tcrtalned a numbei of their friends itH last Friday evening. A general good H time was had. Mis. Christcuscn H seived a veiy dainty supper and after H their usual inannei entet tallied royally H those piesent. jH Mrs. Ftcd Chrlstenseu has a neat jH little millinery shop just about com- JH pleted In which she will soon place a H full llneof mllllneiy. The shop has a jH good show window and is located be- jH twecn the Peoples Meicantile & jH Creamciy Co., and the Richmond Co- H opeiative Co., so wc see no icason why H a good business cannot be done by H Mis. Chiistcnseu. H The entertainment given ab the H school house Thuisday night was very jH well pabruuized by the public. All H present seemed to enjoy the program jH and took special delight hi Inspecting H the wotk of the vatlous giades, whlc jH was pionounccd very good. jH Tho Richmond Co-operative Co., IH met In stockholdcts meeting Monday jH evening and the directors reported H the financial condition of the Instittt- tA tlon. A dividend of 2 per cent was H declared and an equal amount was H taken from the real estate account. H The stockholders considered that a jH very good showing had been made for jH the first j ear of the Institution as but H ten months had passed since the new H bulldlngwascommcnccd. A good trade HH has been worked up and they feel that H under Us present manager, J. W. H Funk, the business will be a prosper- H ous one. JH The small child or LUic llanip Is jH quite sick with Scarlet Fever. The fH doctor reports that the child Is get- jH tlngbcttci. jH Joseph Webb's little daughter had a H veiy severe attack of pneumonia bub H tlnoiigh the elforts of Dr. Adamsoti H and catcful nursing the child Is now H on the impiovc. JH Instead of merely advising the com- H mittee to use good judgment in select- HH ing a supci Intendcnb for the municipal H plant, why doesn't "the only" exctcise H that remarkable judgment which lb H has manifested all thiough the light IH matter and name the man best suited jH foi the position then work teeth and H toe-tail for him, setting forth his IH superior qualitlcatiohs that all may jH see and understand. If it believes L. H R. Marbineau Is the man why not say H so and impress the public and com- IH mittee with his illness. No, that pa- IH per would ptefer tooll'ei general ad- H vice and "ten kick. Tho committee 'H vviu, exercise Its best judgment, and H wl Hher that Judgment is our own we H will certainly nbb Impugn their mo- IH |