| Show t the church chiist of latter 9 day saints imbibe largest membership t body in the county the bunty ors animation of this church F knori as alic welca shalto embraces all of weber county anaf has mormon church population of the stake is presided over by the stake presidency high council high prints quorum niue ab quorums of elders and ten quorums of seventies the officers and directors of church association of weber stake of xion are president L W vice dent C F middleton aw treasurer john V bluth directors N C I 1 ph garc R josiah 31 for rin and E T woolley t the of the stake organizations jr enumerated above arc I 1 slake presidency lewis W ashurt if liff C F and N v V flygare counselors I 1 take clerk john V bluth Vs torian joseph stanford and as his aMi tant john v bluth high council members james M brown joseph parry james owe cepl raim tillotson jainel barcli C brown joseph stanford joseph hall lincock rin cock C critchlow jobah M farrin alternates eldridge E W C C brodi n diaries welsh anoa B browning angus T wright clerk of alie council james taylor patriarchs lorin fair P G laylor wm eccles barnard white aco W birkin sanford bingham presidency high priests quorum lor hi president parry and i welsh counselors the elders quorums are president willard snow coun delors arand cgeorge 1 second president joseppi n watkins counselors wm purdy and henra II 11 juill third president S W campbell counselors via W ellis aco storey fourth disorganized fifth president john W hooper counselors ell D JS paulding willard flinders aith president lara counselor wm engstrom seventh president john larson counselors edward A barnes george heslop lighth president olson counselors wm richardson E C rich ardson ninth president charles F walking counselors W D vaa dyke jr L bander the officers of societies and auxiliary i organizations of the church arc sabbath schools superintendent thomas B evans assistant superintendent charles J ross and david 0 mckay secretaries egbert C stratford W E annis brown treasurer david W evans librarian francis L scoville choristers Cho joseph may ric treasurer suie bycraft Bc craft board of weber slake academy president L V joeph treasurer N C I 1 flygare ly gare directors charles V ric david and jolin watson choir president L IV shurtliff ifT ice president C J rosa ili joseph ballantyne assistant director wilford Hinchc lillo artio DA organist delia the stake is divided into twenty five wards each presided over by a bishopric make certain alterations in the choir stand every on alic firlit sunday a meeting ia held in the afternoon on this duy the people fast and donate to the poor the food that would otherwise be used these arc called fast offerings fe rings but in many cases cash donations arc made instead dy this method ho poor and needy are provided for cheso meetings are generally devoted to the bearing of testimony to tho goodness of god and relating experiences in answer to prayer healing ot the sick etc children are blessed oil to be mcd in the healing of the sick is consecrated and prayers for the sick are offered at public meetings whether joseph F smith 1 prophet seer and revelator Rev clator of the church of jesus christ oi latter day saints there are fave ot these wards in odan city the is the personnel 0 tao of the five city wardi imi ward U H ensign counselors D W y A tanner dWard bishop 11 counselors geo shorten croft third ward bishop james worther cr aboon counselors gilbert peter an fourth ward bishop E T woolley Woo llcy counselors lit W gwilliam bel nap J fifth ya t john watson T ai H thomaa in jheri s one quorum or wore of teacher and deacons kitab vaid ba H church or alou or more re organized which have not yet aro wn bronk nougat or bad 19 rc ct a hogue ol 01 WOrp nip in acs na generally licud ia vf arc the first to foft erected ay tow warda in this ataki ite in pr in he halls wyril every bunday in abe n the wardi of city and in the evening within clift ity meetings anre also heu in the n ogden city on flioy have lian tr for 0 klindt iiii to or stake ciders arc generally called from the body of alic congregation to address the saints the principles ot the gospel and practical duties of aery day life arming never ending themes for alon exhortation and spiritual edification and encouragement t IN WARD ANU STAKE other organ Lations exist in each ward all tending to educate and develop the growing population there is first he primary association presided bv three nt which the younger children attend here they arc taught music morality and good acha vior and are anade acquainted with stones from the bible and book of mormon these tro with the doctrine and covenants and the pearl of great price forming tho standard authorities on church loc trine next come the young mens and young ladies mutual associations separate organizations the former presided over by tarco brethren a breaf dent and two counselors and tho latter by three si stera also ii president and two counselors the former is composed and as aeo oeo anict P finui Y 1 M I 1 john L harrick Asia tant laate ls ate john brulli and willard Y stanford and JAV eat treasurer parley T wright V L M I 1 agni kliza barth Y Iloa eltha and R steves darji SI aggie Cham lera anlu a U Tt tylor claiser Cla isei 1 loinch lot secretary acroy cylc Cw lc society t president jano S harriet U bron SL primary aint canfeld Cana eld harriet 1 wood nril Tr nir of a male tha ays fys of 11 and 4 and the latier la tier oaf the scope of the work in hc ie aria eions may be gathered from the instructions of president young 1875 the ya ficat lie gun her bait wo arnt yon fo your selya into cir 1 ot work bo the establishment in h youth 0 teti nony of etro anti ot the great latter day the of th tta aben that leoa by the lasiy oa of it mhd san ant 0 arid nil application 0 the kincl of the great science of wf 1 anro twenty fie young niena ha in the intake with of 2004 and f with tl enrollment ol 01 1231 while tho work in eich asio conducted by the presidency of uio association a of ali roe and other and aids form a board for each of these two or Y U and Y L M L A and direct the work in the through its officer these stake boards in turn receive their instructions and labor under the direction of n general iiii in the church the president of the church is the general superintendent in of the Y M associations each association holds weekly inciting and a joint session on the first sunday each month ns well a officers the work generally for tho association i prepared such officers meetings arc also held by the stake bo arda as well as by the board jhc total enrollment in the Y SI M I 1 A 1 institutes because one floor la divided into class kooim used ly 11 ic sunday and association and at timm for public in alic ward die of allx contains alio pins looms and alio au lal imal in alie ward abd tbd rear part of alin L chii building athla purpose in the third ward and fifth ward alio nrc build in 8 the abc in the athlia alio and serious duties nrc roada to po liand in hand the being and chasteney chastened chast ened ly th latter and the latter n the church h and in the Y L M I 1 A the mormon sunday h an organization which inkes hold of the wing people of bogli sexes and strives 0 o ikuko good and useful acen and women there anre twenty eight such school in alio stake with nn enrollment it each presided over oy a super of three in turn presided vcr by a stake of three with their officers and aids supervision per vision over all sunday school work bein exercised by a general enoy in alio church with their officers and aids known as the sunday school union board the president of the church is general superintendent of the sunday schools the sunday school enrollment of the church is estimated at alio hour at which school i held is 10 sunday morning throughout alin the officers and teachers of each hold a board or officers ro cetin each week as do the improvement associations where he class work is prepared and tho affairs of the school discussed A union meeting of all the sunday school workers in the stake is hid each second sunday in the month the stake board holds ita weekly meetings as well the religion class it another orsan which one day ench week holda i session at the close 0 the public school chourp for the of reli doctrine and principles each class haa a and teachers each stake haa its superintendent eera and aid and there ia also a general church su over all relief society H nn organization of sisters existing in even ward of tha labor is to visit the and look after the rick and needy and to ascertain and aid in relieving the want of the anor they are over by a of flirea and regu tir anre held evry two alie visiting tins soc bety teachers reporting report their there i a presidency dency fl well oa a craI chucci arr of hia the of alic priesthood alo hold sen erfil lv weekly in ahia stoke the laish ingrum ineeta monthly n daei ilo the aih council alie si ventie in boguc ward met weekly and in others thal pame applies to tle buo ruin odthe oriler lecclier i and diacona dc acona each keep a sK pirate ref of its so that it anav readily be plenty of aalur i provided for alio cra fit alie church in attendance ofa t and in record a well ni in alio of the manifold butic blaed nf them continuously within the of their authority we the mind and hand of faeh who n to work anro alius na to do and all the even in ii ritual matteis it ewt b remembered ha a direct practical brieff on avery day wf alic anerd nerd of and S not fori potro reason it i fondd that f ta burdi of cn it ft ata or liall S fot the younst nid nd are provid ed coccar coc dancoe twit ju bilpo etc fall f aleh tend to in crenno alio zeal and enthusiasm willi which clift luord detje 0 ife anre c e halli ac knori ftc lightened and sweetened by the former the stake tabernacle was erected in 1853 but was remodeled and chanced into ita present in 1807 the stylo 13 that of a concert hall it being alio intention to use the structure for that purpose as poon as a new and diore can lo 10 erected it liaa a seating of 1500 is used for scar sundae afternoons except on fast sunday for conferences which arp held on sunday and monday once each quarter and for or special conferences of alic auxiliary organizations tho bishops linao entire of the collection of tithes all roem bera nho arc in good standing jay one tenth of their income to the maintenance of alic church ind its leois including alio f temples and wonderful labor per i are il tn alf i fax w tw eu up y complete and detail cil on the winch urn compiled by alid artuko tithing clerk into anc tor tho aholo alii i for to ding bash opa att shii lalo city where fall staka depotts araan bof alic till besides tho amount of gulics collected ahn of nil tithing m ll ft inventory alio ul altin tin of the cifu giop tk r J i OF FIFTY I 1 t A JOURNEY f I 1 YEARS TO A presidency i 4 y life story of robert C dowry head of tha western union telegraph company for which he began to work in 1852 as a messenger boy and worked for without any compensation the toilsome upward plodding of a roan who always did his best and whose chief ambition in life has been to keep his position when romance jean be added 0 o hard facts in telling the life story of a man such a narrative becomes more pointed and interesting than the rarest beani he ani of a therefore tho true story of a man who has made himself cannot fail to bo instructive as well as interest ing no other man in the united state today can look back on a more remark able career than that of colonel dowry who was recently appointed president of the western anlon telegraph company mr dowry was delivering for eliat company in 1852 with but one object in view to hold hiis position iio is the busiest man perhaps in america today and has little time to spend with an interviewer he dislikes the notoriety that the world v rs to nian who fight and win but the nv of such a man ia of more than agins interest it h an important uplifting factor in the greisofe compound that luarca t la longa to tha it ia for ute to crofit by and with thia one condl tion on mr clowry to tell what bo knows alfont himself hagre X began lay telegraph career on 4 lie aej 1 I shall apul never ana 1 walked into forget Ti ulso bunot and 3 telegraph comra nyi nt joliat ill ancl told the operator that I 1 had the buina I 1 chojno ltv can ce talc acty hui ldina rick now anil the rit surp ex on the looked at inc faial iwa acs 1 y ty HE WAS SO POOR UK HAD TO DO HIS OWN COOKING 1 I had been living with my brother on n farm in will county not far from joliet nal having reached the age of I 1 thought it time to start out in the world for myself ever since I 1 first bieard of the I 1 mas fascinated with ita workings and at that tima c hift ambition waa to be able to my nic over jhc thc a irei what kind of work do you want to do alifi operator naked inc I 1 replied that I 1 suppose I 1 wag capable of boins anything but carry well he said we dont pay boby any ahing the first six months but if you want to work you will hive a chance to icorn the business when youre in the you can easily pick up the knack of operating ho keys and eventually get an office of your own 1 I expected to earn any money at first 0 o I 1 told him I 1 was ready to be gin work at once that ana the begin ning of roy experience a the telegraph but if you received no money for six months liow did you live in joliet during that timot I 1 asked colonel dowry c 1 I was able to earn money by doina various odd jobs around town and of course my expenses were every low for a y alno I 1 used to get my own meal I 1 had learned to do plain cooking at home and it was no hardship for nc to fry an egg or broil a piece of bacak joliet was a very small town in 1852 and I 1 had never bacu accustomed to luxurious liv s ing at home I 1 bad to work long hours at the office I 1 only messenger and had all the work to do 0 o I 1 hardly had time to be homesick after my if on the farm joliet was a regular metropolis tro polis in my eyes and I 1 found anch to in f crest in c of course I 1 was dh at times I 1 was very young to be away from home and dependent tin my own resources and it was only jia tural that I 1 should occasionally get he blues but for the most part I 1 was wrapped up in my work and occupied with ambitious plans for the future were you able to learn telegraphy ir a short time yes it gecmen to come natural to me I 1 always liked mechanics and fest until I 1 knew th function of every key and lever connected with the instruments in the office within two months I 1 was able to send and receive a and in four months I 1 was ate na na the operator air ans at alie readiness with which I 1 learned and remarked buo ouo day that I 1 remain a messenger long this encouraged gnp of course but I 1 had nor hoy soon I 1 should bo 1 given an onice of efty own 1 I had various unpleasant as a I 1 learned thal no matter how zealous I 1 was in my work it ard impossible to picaso and 1 I was frequently 1 accused of loitering cheni reality I had hurried as us possible the telegraph was I 1 P institution in days ami doubtful of its success raw actually brhen a roer arns without delay rr IS WELL TO KNOW ME ibave ta the T acs e atry a wan scolded TOO and fetid faulty ant after A 1 realized that etwas to lo 10 ft orrica I 1 wag doing my very brat and adnew that 1 my were y in ruso 5 f I 1 THE MORMON CHURCH j g continued J M Contini iti froia paga 4 officials over me when I 1 had been ft six months as a I 1 tt delighted one day by the antonna that alio office it lockport d cwi id that I 1 was to bo placed tn charge I 1 ft as not yet sixteen cat but amt took mo to be or twenty and the lent baid hint cac ud nt count ability lockport isi ia tha cinc bounty an joilet so I 1 ans stationed iconic find rov was delighted at alio llio i biad at such an age you must have frit the of having tins entire fica in conr yc paid colonel dowry 1 I think |
