Show millard stake conference t otle of tho most important conf conferences ever vcr held beld in tile the millard stake of zion was held at deseret on saturday and sunday august au gust 9 1 10 and 11 there w e r resent of the general authorities president francis INI lyman and elder joseph F jr of the council of alir twelve apostles all the members of the high council except one ill all the bishops bir hops of the 11 wards and k heads or all the auxiliary organizations the real stake conference was st s preceded on oil friday by conference geetings nee tings of tile relief societies elie ties and primaries and a priesthood pries Chood meeting on friday evening at the Friest priesthood hood meeting the de le viding of the s stake into two to be named millard and deseret Depere fc way wasi discussed and a n d proposed pro posed in favor of which i proposition ropo the vote was annani I 1 tilt rati JA J A i antu nairy the th id if 11 bishops gave brief reports in the following order bishop axfield of delta bishop J W damron jr of deseret bishop P L brunson of fillmore bishop william F pratt of hinckley bishop anth 1 ony stephenson of holdon holden bis hap A A kimball of kanosh bishop N ti it ash ashby by of loaming ton bishop john A beckstrand ekstrand Be of meadow Ale adow bishop lee anderson of oak city bishop marcus skeen akcen of oasis and bishop wm K R of scipio and and clefts clogan presiding elder of abraham pres A A hinckley also gave a brief but favorable re port of the condition of millard take stake the Saburd ny after afternoon lwon session was also taken up by br reports principle ply Coull counselors orvil L thompson and joseph finlinson in the stake dency gave their farewell addresses d and willis 11 robison reported the sunday schools elder thompson reported the young mens Mutu als katie allred reported the primaries J T S blake retorted reported the delig ion ion basses das ses S sister ister W I 1 ratch batch reported the young ladies mut rf ciali president thomas mem mein 1 mott inott reported ali thi high priests at J I 1 elder joseph F S smith jr 14 ap pp oke of a se sef etarian minister 1 I 1 who w ho I 1 is an ernena to our church but who had expressed ad admiral mirat 1 l ion for some things that were working so admirably in the A mormon formon church which lie he would like to adopt and introduce into his church if it could be doue he mentioned our practice of keeping a large army of men in the missionary field what a great benefit ir ic is ib to these thesa young men who in return give strength to the work at homes home but said lie he if I 1 called them they would not go our system of paying lie he would also like to adopt but said gaid he be if we required it of our members they would not pay it president lyman made a few remarks with reference to the business to be transacted by tile conference at the alie sunday survday forenoon session eldr eiith spoke anthe on the necessity of mental application president lyman spoke at some li gach upon the importance of record kee keeping pincy in such as births messing baptisms confirmations firmat ions ordinations etc he also spoke about marri marriage uge f foi n 1 time and eternity and gaith ban t ft 4 1 at t 11 III allm 1 err n fire are united for time only and in the hereafter tjien will be bingle like old maids and batch elors while those who are married according to the law of god by divine authority for time and eternity and and remain true to thir covenants will continue thru eternity as husband and wife and as parents ly by divine right at the sunday afternoon re sion a eom complete organization of millard and deseret stakes was effected tile the millard stake comprising the five wards on oil the east eide bf millard county scipio Seipio holden HoIden fillmore moad ow ov and kanosh deseret stoke including n the wardi oi of leaming C ton oak creek deseret oasis 1 hinckley and delta and abraham ham branch A complete list of all the officers in the new stakes stake 8 will he published bubli ened later elder smith spoke eipl ry about the name deseret Be seret it being a book of mormon term 4 term meaning honing boning bee how amerle america a was first settled ayour by our first parents and their descendant down to the time of the hood flood when noahs ark drifted to asia where the re peopling of tile tha earth was var beguin and how at the tune of the confusion of tong tongues V es a colony was led by jared and lifis hia brother to the western continent who with their things brot with them deseret the honing bee as found recorded in the book of mormon it was announced that the next stake priesthood meetings of millard and De deseret geret stakes will be held at fillmore and des eret auguet 31 3 tile weather was fine and between seven and eight hundred people attended the conference meetings on sunday the song service by the deseret ward choir under tile the direction of prof S W western was wag a very pleasing part of the program there being so many deop people le from all parts of the stake the hospitality of tile good people of deseret and vicinity was taxed hard bard but every bodies door and yard seemed to be open with welcome and an all enjoyable time was had tile the road improvements made between the east and the west under the direction of county bounty road supervisor pr jolin john R benett is much appreciated by the traveling eling public in ili some come places the new road is cut up sono som and needs leveling we noticed that the experiment farms near mud lake are not a s this year but at oasis and deseret are some pome good prospects for alfalfa seed again this year |