| Show I PRESIDENT T SIDE T SMITH Continued from Page One Otte dent Smith was sustained In the high dent of tho the Church of Christ p position With it the position of or the a of Latter day Saints carries that of or trustee trust for the organization This office is a trusteeship of church v necessary r to be held helium in n the l JU name le of r an Individual At death it itis itt t is necessarily transferred to the successor suc sue cessor In the presidency carrying i with It all nil property held In trust dur- dur life lac of or the decedent j While the personal wealth held by F President Smith was not large laige as ni by 11 modern fortunes his holdings as trustee trust ti of or the church were c considerable Business As trustee trust Mr 11 Smith was connected with several large financial and other business Institutions By virtue of ot that office for far instance he was vas president and director of Zions Zion's operative Co Mercantile institution commonly called Z C. C M M. I I. I one of the largest department stores having blanc branches es In various forms Corms throughout n a great intermountain area He lie was s also president and d di director director rector of or the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar com corn compan company pan pany and of Zions Zion's Savings Bank Dank Trust frust company A historic concern of which he be was also pre president and director was the Salt Lake Dramatic association owner and operator of ol the old Salt Lake theatre Mr Smith W was WS S likewise president and director of or the Beneficial Life liCe Insurance company company com com- pany a Utah concern which has haE grown to wonderful proportions in Ina a a comparatively short time Another business association connected connected connected con con- prominently with the tho history of the west was a directorship held in the Union Pacific system directorship was inherited from tilt tIff late President Brigham Young the great preat reat pioneer leader in Utah Mr 1 Young assisted materially In bringing about and building the Union Pacific railway until a junction with th the central c was effected at Ogder Ogden in 1869 Ir Mr Young had several severa large gr grad d up ny and other construction contracts contract on nn the old Union Pacific and through hj his instrumentality men frent Utah were secured to prosecute i 1 he the pioneer railroad railroading ing work In recognition of this service Mr Yo was made maC a director of the road and the position h has descended to each trustee trustee trust trust fn-trust of the church since IU Bin cae that time Other business institutions nj fin n which Mr II Smith was an officer r f financial l Interest chiefly by vi f his liis trusteeship although he had amalje smaller personal holdings in some of them were w were rB The Deseret Newsy News ne he Improvement Kra lra and ond other church I publications ons the Inland Crystal Bali company the Bullion Beck Champion Champ Champ- Ion Mining company the tine Utah Traction company the Saltair Beach company compan the Salt Lake Knit Kni ting tang company the Consol date agon agon Machine company the Utah State National bank and numerous r I smaller business organizations in some fome of which a number of his sons som were also Interested Known as Man Jinn of ot Strong Character b bj by Church hurch Members time Old-time members of ot the church have known Joseph F. F Smith as having having hav hay ing Jug been a man of ot strong character of emphatic utterance decided beliefs beliefs be be- and convictions determination determination de de- de termination and possessed of ot sufficient sum cleat courage to enable him to assert his views Possession of these characteristics is is attributed In part to inheritance from both his parents and more re remote remote remote re- re mote forbears and partly to conditions conditions conditions condi condi- which surrounded his cis birth and ana subsequent career His mother Mar Mary Fielding Smith la Is recorded as aJ asa asa a a. woman of great faith and energy couple with capable business ability It was from his mother that Joseph Josph Joseph Jos Jos- eph ph F. F received all of his early education edu education cation and It was to her that many times during his life ne rte credited much of his faith to accepted ideals III His Ilia father was killed at Carthage Ill when wince Joseph F F. was less than 0 6 years of ag age and it was to the mothers mother's moth moth- ers er's guidance ers 15 guidance that the tho future life lire course course of the boy hoy was left Endured Hardship Turmoil and hardship invaded iU almost almost al aI moat most every hour of ot Mr 1 Smiths Smith's life Ufo from tram babyhood to maturity accord according ing lug to hf history tory It was not until h hI he had reached the half century mark that he enjoyed some come surcease from mental and physical disturbance and often oCten pain 1 t This gruelling existence constant pursuing had hall a tendency to develop strong characteristics and wonder has been often orten expressed by hy lifelong lifelong- friends that the persistent turbulence of or his career had not b hardened his nature almost to the point of ot These TheRe acquaintances acquaintances ac ac- as assert crt that it was only the abiding g fal faith h and anti religion traits in the tho family character th that t so expressed expressed expressed ex ex- pressed th themselves in n Joseph F. F Smith as as I to hold him aim in in to the tbs midst I of his frequently violent surroundings surround ings and circumstances consistently in the p path th to the goal for which hl Ms his mother had taught him to strive Friends unhesitatingly give him unbounded unbounded un un- un bounded credit on this account When but 8 years of oC age ago Mr lr Smith drove a team of oxen a across oss the Jle state of at Iowa with his mother as asi asa in h h 1114 i a 1 passenger co-passenger the wagon was ns at the outset of ot the journey In Ini i 1846 from Nauvoo Ill toward the tine west with the Rocky mountains as asI I their objective Their stopping place ll i during the winter of 17 wasI was I Winter Quarters now Florence Nob Neb i While hUe they were resting at that place prior to resuming the journe journey west Joseph F. F was occupied as ass a herd boy in 1848 18 In the spring of at 1848 1548 the little I family started again on their westI westward westward west west- ward Journey arriving in Salt Lake I City on September 23 1848 Every i foot toot of the way was crowded with I the incidents sometimes interesting of at pioneer wagon travel and scarcely scarce scarce- ly ever was absent the hardship for tor which long trips tips under similar cir cir- at that time were famously famous famous- 1 ly unattractive After Arter arriving hero the herd life me routine was the Smith lads lad's portion until he grew Into a stature and strength which would woula permit him to pursue other occupations all aU progressively progressively pro pro- harder He developed N physique of ot structure and was Known as considerable of an athlete when a young man The substantial substantial substantial sub sub- body which he developed during his earlier career of ot toll toil ana anCl privation served him well In later years ears and carried him y life Ufe until within a short time of ot the end When the tho ability of Mr Smith as asa asa asa a forceful speaker became recognized ed the late President Brigham Young was not slow to place him In Inthe Inthe inthe the harness Mr Smith served as an evangel and missionary for tor his church l in this mountain regIon region region reg reg- Ion ion in the he Hawaiian Ha islands and in Great Britain intermittently return tug ing and devoting himself to aiding in the development of or the territory of ot Utah It is a notable fact that th those wn- wn differed from him in view did not r to I Ithe the least assume to say Imy that Mr Ir Smith was backward in presenting hi big bis m side t-de e of or any am question In discussion While title l Ue opposition sometimes ui wrought ought th- th the disquietude of vituperation and r recrimination on both sides especially especial especial- lcy I ly during the very early period period of of Utah's Utah's history It finally ed d and ripened into a mutual respect which Ich Is Intensified In the tn the tho presence of death i President Smith Presides for More afore 11 it Titan Than 17 Years Less than two weeks ago Novem B ber er cr 10 10 was commemorated the sevI seventeenth seventeenth sev sev- I I anniversary of at the day when ben Joseph F. F Smith was sustained sustained sustain sustain- ed ed as president of ot the Mormon church church On November 10 1901 a special conference of the church was called and sessions were held morn Ing and afternoon in the tabernacle I In Ia the afternoon session a vote of or orthe the quorum of ot the priesthood and members embers of ot the church was taken and the general authorities were sustained sus sus- while a special vote was taken tak- tak en an n to sustain Joseph F. F Smith a si president trustee-In-trust trustee and prophet seer and revelator of the Church Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter SaInts all voting being unanimous The iThe voting was in the following order order order or or- der 1 First presidency 2 twelve apostles 3 patriarchs 4 presidencies cies of stakes 5 high priests 6 seventies seventies seventies sev sev- enties 7 7 elders 8 bishops of wards 9 priests teachers and deacons deacons deacons dea dea- cons and 10 members of at the church President Smith succeeded President President President dent Lorenzo Snow who succeeded President Wilford Woodruff In 1898 i He succeeded President John Taylor In 1889 and President Tayl Taylor r succeeded succeeded succeeded suc suc- President Brigham Young in 1880 who In turn succeeded the the Prophet Joseph Smith In 1847 More meeting houses and church amusement halls kayo have been built in President Smiths Smith's seventeen years as president than In any previous years during the life Ute of the church Since his early boyhood days he has bas ever been active in church work and hat haS ba fulfilled many missions also acted as president of or tho the European mis mis- sion The new church office building recently completed is a reminder of the stability steadfastness and fair fairdealing fairdealing dealing characteristic of President Joseph F F. Smith On November 10 to 1901 while the special conference was In session ason a ason son son on was lx horn rn to Bishop David A. A Smith who wino was wan named David J. J Smith whose birthday celebrating his f seventeen years nars of life lire would have been celebrated by the family had President nt Smiths Smith's health permitted per per- President Smiths Smith's birthday November November Novem- Novem ber er 13 13 was quietly celebrated I In Informer Informer former years the family was was was' called together but owing to his Illness no large c ion was wag held r |
