Show I r SENSATION IN INi i IDAHO MEETING Preston Pr ton Idaho Juno June 25 A bons at the th forenoon sos ses session 03 1 ion sion of or tho the Stake 8 ko conference con hold In Inthe the tho Stake house at Preston on Bun Sun Sunday Bunda BundAy day da tho the when Mr George Gorgo D 1 Castro aitro a r resident of Preston arose In tho the congregation and asked per llor permission mission to make n a statement This f being granted ho requested Mr A AW Ai i W tv Hart to road read his which la 11 J as follows This Is IB to certify ecrU that I am aol tho the theauthor author of ot a number of or letters lotters recent recently ly I published In tho Salt Bait Lake Tribune dates of oC March 1st lEt to Juno 1910 particular ref renco toeing being made mode to those date April 1910 1010 May 1910 Juno 3rd 1910 and nd Juno 1910 all of oC which arc ore and untrue and written for forthe forthe the tho purpose of or Injuring President Geo Gee GeoG G Q Parkinson who vrho has bAa never dono done mo rae mor dr r mine the least le t Injury or harm but butto butto to tho the contrary has been a tI atrue atrue true friend to th me meTho meTho meThe Tho The only C cuse crie UBO I am sin able ablo to assign for tor such auch conduct on my part IB la i tho the Set that I have been misguided by others whoso mothes appear to have eon no better than my ray own In thinking over the situation and knowing my m own heart I have come como cometo comoto cometo to a n of ot my true truo position cud and nd hereby here declare that If 1 tho the Lord 0 will Vill give mo strength to be bo honor honorable able and to carr carry out my present de determination termination I shall hall undertake to cor COI net tho the wrongs I have committed and live Uve such a n life UCe as ns shall entitle mo to the respect and anti good will wID of ot all aU honorable people in tale thlu or any other Community This statement Is i made after etter duo thought and consideration and m I oreby cb beg heg President fardon on This letter Is addressed to President Parkinson ou and he Is at liberty to wake make each use UBe of it as 5 shan shall tend to cor correct correct tho evIL GEORGE GEOROE D CASTRO Written antI signed in tho the presence c Joseph J 0 Nelson I wish wi h to make mike the tho farther state tte statement ment that I d tho material far for letters written t by y Mr a C B E Ar Ax Arney ney the Idaho correspondent for tor the tho Salt Lake Tribune in ln which refer reference ence enco was WU made to President eon and aDd connecting him with the tho al alleged alleged l ged OnetiA Irrigation I tf n district scan I doL dal The Tire Information I 1 gaTe care was and and I regret having been treen mixed op tIp In this sean scan I make mke this thin state statement statement ment meat in my weak way to to right the tho wrong mo tI I have haTe done dono Signed GEORGE D To the p Deole of ot Oneida Stake con ference assembled I Dear Brethren and Slaters B permission of tho the resIding brethren and this I desire to tomako tomake make inaKo a l statement looking to tho cor correction ua UM far fir as possible at this time of the wrongs that I 1 have hae done don myself mj my m brethren and tho com corn community In which I Ho live That some of the Information which Mr r C E B Arney Arne special report reporter er or for the Salt SnIt Lake Tribune for Ida Idl Idaho Idaho ho i gao o concerning President Pr George orge G C rind others was furnish furnished ed b by me and ind Hn the statements as IS were vore published AS were ere discolored dis and vicious con containing taming more morl falsity than truth nn ai In the tho whole malicious especial men ieee mention mention tion undo made of tho the Tribune state sLite statements o moats ments in reference to the connection of oC George C Parkinson A W V Hart Hait and mid others oth with the thc affairs of or the tM Oneida Irrigation district 2 That having gone ono over oyer the of the proceedings of the court nl ut Malad arid ami the records of the Oneida Onolda IrrIgation district there Is nothing to my rm mind mint that t would or doeu place an any i reflection of lection o 01 dishonor upon tho the president or his associates and It H I appears to mo mc that lint the they are complete 1 ly exonerated 3 The v whirlwind of ol opposition and ami I slanderous abuse and lies that t have hae swept tho the country countr during the tho last few feu years yeam and hurled hurle against a President George C Parkinson A W V Hart A AD AD AD D Henderson and others have hae been due to nothing short of or a tL conspiracy on oil the part of or a few Cew persons whose I motives appear to have hac been to tear teardown j I down the Influence of those men bv by scattering false reports and making vicious attacks against thorn at home and ond abroad without justification and nr lIy and an maliciously and with evil ell Signed GEOROE GEORGD D CASTRO Witnessed b bJ Joseph G Nelson After the above aboe statement was Tas read Mr Castro said Id The statement which has been read in Sri the hearing of or this was written b by me by bj m my own free freewill will nil and volition and without duress or persuasion on the part of or any per person person son Bon It Is 18 all true I have been nils mis misled red led by others and Know that 1 have hae done President Parkinson and the community a gr greet grat at Injury and aud I wish to be forgiven President t Parkinson who pre presiding presiding siding addressing the time congregation said eaid So far tar as 1 I am a l concerned 1 accept this apology apolo and am willing to pardon Ho HC th n called eulle upon the th people to manifest their wishes wll heu In Inthe Inthe inthe the matter and u a unanimous vote ote was wag taken In fa favor or of pardoning Brother Castro Ca tro Of the tho authorities present there th re were Elder lder Orson F Whitney of the Council of Twelve Apostles and President B ll II H Roberts of the tb First Council of or The stake presidency occupied their positions on the stand and the attend attendance attendance ance anee was vms unusually large huge |