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Show plrr9lY 1,r,nl TSk for lhe I future I Dlshop Marcellns S Unolley was 'rhown county cumiulsunncr of Salt Lake county to All tin vacancy laused by the death of IrancH Armstrong Illshop lumrs ttatvin of the Sixth aril Salt I ukc City Is recovering from a prolonged rheumatic attack Ills recovery will bo cheering news to hi many frlen Is throughout the west trn ountry Thelctures thrown on tho canva at Saltalr on 1 rofrssor Steven 1 Irth day were I'resIdcnt'Hnow. llrlghatn oung, Mnjor iunif an 1 Major (Irant a group Icture of the nrtltlery ofllccrs I rofeM r Stcvui the temple, tabcrnacli, Iogti guti rte It In estimate I tl at tl e long ro-posed ro-posed and much nrcded ihai (,c of tho Tabernacle organ iiiiimiIo or ker box twelve or llftcrn fiet to the front of the Instrument, woull cost SloooOiis the liiiprnveii ent iman tubstltutlug tho clectro-pnciiuialle actl in for the pre ent old fashionid arrangement. Ow-Ing Ow-Ing to tlis cost tho change I not looked for until such a time ns the church Is a little more Hush than at present A reunion of tho descendant of (leorfce A Hmlth whodlrd lu 187S, was held Isst week at the rest lence In ball f ake City of Apostle John Henry bmlth au I Mr. Kusau U Smith hla son an 1 widow II n ociaslon was the eighty second anniversary of the I irth of (leorge A hmlth and It Is intendid to hoi 1 similar gathering annually in the future there wero present HI members of the family, besides illgnl-tarles illgnl-tarles of tho ihunli an 1 other promt nenteitlien. Tho historic llcehtve house 1 rest dent Ilri,hani ounga home, ha been purchased by the Mormon church and will be used as the ofllrisof Ihe first presidency an I the real lencc of tho prcsllent lristlent I-onnto bnow will occupy tho mansion mid ho will be the first of the church leaders to do so since the death of 1 real lent oung The late IVesI lent lohn la) lor lived In tho (lardo and 1 resident W llfor 1 Woodruff occupied hi own suburban home The need of a suitable ofllce for the church ha long been felt Ily the present prt gramme tho main entrame to the Ileehlve will be the public door On entirlng there I a large hall tin lulled tn 1 rd wml To tho right and left are long parlors au 1 these rooms with the hall will be transformed Into han Homely s polntedofllce lho west parlor haa a door Ira ling to the oftice at prcient occupied by I resident Know, au 1 these will be kept up for clerks and others employe 1 1 resl lent Know and family will move Into the building as soon aa possible Tho family entrance will bo the btato street door, and the whole of the ad dltlon, as well as the upper floors of the main building will be use 1 aa tho private dwrlllngof Treat lent Know and his successors In this way tho church proidta a suitable alike and home for Its executive The llcehtve house wa built ly Tresldent llrljism 'loung in 19S" it naadeslgiied for his rlvate resl lence Previously he lived at the White house, now standing a little east of the r agle gale He wantid to be nearer to his oMce and so the big houso wa built on the corner It wa completed In 1613 Truman Angell na the archl tect, and he chose a Colonial dratgn, the front being the same today as in the original plans. The foundstlon la of cut granite, and the walls are of our thicknesses of adobe The upper floor contained a long hall on the east side, used for a parlor, and somtlmea for parties and family dance. Down stalra the east front room was the din Ing room Upstairs the rooms are much tho same a of old The long room on the east side, known a the hall, la still Intact, with It ancient plaster work and heavy window casing cas-ing which surround the small pancd wlndowa looking out upon the Colonial porch The hall, with its doorway leading out to the porch, is unchanged save for the handsome stairway and a door opening into the addition The southwest room was for a long time the private room of I resident llrlghatn loung and look unchanged except In a uew tyle of paper that adorn the wall He also use 1 the hall aa his mom. On the third floor are the gar ret rooms, with a closed stairway lead Ing to the glass and wood cupola under the beehive au I from which la ob. talne 1 a fine vlow of the city A proposition to send the tabernacle choir to the Parla exposition next year la being seriously agltutcd The scheme contemplates a wide rungo, for It In eludes In addition to the exposition trip a tour of I uropo and the eastern cities of tho United State. The weather waa Just In Its right moodtobegu ptoplc to baltalr June 88 and the celebration of I rofessor I van Htephena birthday by tliechu'i' choir an 1 It friends took all the , people and mado hravy Inro the adult population |