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Show THE BlkJJU1UETIN : : 4 . ESTABLISHED 18SJ - FORTY YEARS OF CONTINUOUS COMMUNITY SERVICE ' , i , J Vol. 40 . J&iii Bingham Canyon,' Thursday, April C, 1930 ' ,,. h v Neu 14 - - . S EVEN hundred thousand members of J a I , t ' i ' 5 j a , "yj: ,'?! f' " All aj-- r: ' ' Wr'AawjaAr-r.!- . liV 11 r - , , i y T'- - ,J II " --" t ' I r A J - . ' "II fmffmm the Church of Jesus Christ of Lai-- i ter-Da- y Saints, commonly known as M the Mormons, will observe the one I hundredth anniversary of the organ- - lzatlon of their church In a celebra-- tlon which Is to begin Sunday, April 6, 1030, at Salt Uke Cliy, and which VmmJ w1" ,Bst a week. The celebration will be probably the largest religious event ever held In western United States, and will attract more people than any other religious gathering In America, with the possible exception of the recent Eucluirl.stlc congress of the Komnn Catholic church in . Thousands of visitors .will attend the major cel-ebration to be held in Salt Lake that week, com-ing from all over the Union, from Canada ami from Mexico, while representatives of congrega-tions of the church in foreign lands will also be present. Daily sessions will be held In the great Salt Lake tabernacle, and every evening a pag-eant will be given there, depicting the r'se and progress of the church. Taking part in this pag-eant will be a ciihI of scores, and tbe tabernacle choir of 350 voices, heard during the winter over national radio broadcast, will sing under the direc-tion of Prof. Anthony C. Lnnd. accompanied by the great tabernacle organ, played by Prof, Tracy X. Cannon, This pageant will be repealed nightly until all who desire to see It have seen It. The tabernacle will accommodate about 0,000 each night. On the opening day of the celebration, April 6. every Latter-Da- y Snlnt community In the world, Including those In all European countries, in North and South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, the South Sea islands, and tbe Orient, will hold simultaneous gatherings cele bratlng tbe event. At enclt of these giithoringii will be heard read a message from the presidency of the church. In order to accomplish this, the message will be translated Into a score of Ian guages. One feature of tills world-wid- e celebration will be the Illumination by use of huge flood lights of the seven temples of the church. Most of tliesi structures are situated on the hlgliest or mosl prominent parts of the cities In which they stand and when Illuminated thus at night will be vis lble for miles around. These temples are located at Salt J.nke, Logan, Alantl and St. (leorge, Utah: at Mesa, Ariz.; (.'ardstnn, Alberta, Canada, and Lale, Hawaiian islands. President Hcber J. Grant will be In general charge of the celebrations. On April 0, lfi:!0, six men assembled on the fane of Peter Whitmer, near Fayette In Seneca county. New York, and there formally organized' tbe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Da- Saints 1. This It a view of th famous Salt Like tern-- . pie whlth is In the grounds where the centennial celebration of the Latter-Da-y Saints church will be held. This structure was built in pioneer days and required 40 years In the construction. It was built at a coct of $4,000,000. 2. This le the interior of the Salt Lake taber-nacle. Ite seating capacity Is 9,000. At the far ond Is shown the great organ, one of the moit famous organs cf the world; an Instrument that lias been frequently heard on national radio broadcasts. 3. This exterior view shows the tabernacle st Salt Lake City, the building In which the princi-pal gatherings of the centennial celebration of the Mormon church will be held. This structure is :50 feet long nnd 150 feet wide, and has a dome-shape- d roof. 4 'Ion," an cplo In American history of heroism, .Mitlios and loyalty to an ideal. If this migration Is an epic, no less n one Is the '.tory of the colonization of tiie Interniountuln eglon by these people In n wilderness filled with ravage trlbos of Indlnns of uncertain temper, and carried on amid all the hardships nnd privations ' of pioneer life. But their triumph over all s Is written In the history of the state of one of them Is operated by the church today. Not only have those projects been encouraged In the Kooky Mountain area, but In other states as well. Also In Hawaii, the sugar cane and other plantations have benefited by Latter-Da- y Saints church assistance. A large part of the Hawaiian Island population is Mormon. All money spent by the church In lndustrlul activity such as here mentioned comes right back to members of the church who are the principal beneficiaries, the church itself not participating to accumulate profits for Itself. Proselyting through a large missionary system has been a feature of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Da- y Saints ever since Its organization. The system us at present carried out Is as folf lows: Young mpn nnd women are called by the pres-idency of the church to go to some of the various missions of the church. These missions are to be found In nil parts of Kurope, in North and South America, In South Africa, New Zeulnnd, Australia, Hawaii, Sunion and other South Sea Islands', In Palestine, Armenia, nnd missionary work has been carried on In Jnpnn and China. The time lenglh of missions fulfilled by the men and women called as nbnve mentioned varies from two to five years, although recently a six The men who signed tbe paper which legalized the church as a religious body in that state were Joseph Smith. Jr., Oliver Cowdery, Hyrum Smith Peter Whitmer, Jr., Samuel II. Smith and Davii' Whitmer. In December, 1830, the founders of thr chinch decided to move to Ohio and they settled .near-Kirtlan- In that state where the first organ (nation of a first presidency took place on Mnrcl 18. 1883. with Joseph Smith as president ant' ' Sidney Itlgdcn and Frederick C. Williams as conn actors. In June of thnt year the first temple of tin church was begun nt Kirtland. The history of the church has been one o' steady growth and repeated moves westward Soou after building the temple at Kirtland nnd th body of the church was moved to the Missouri Illinois region with headquarters in the town o Nnuvoo, 111., a city which the Mormons practl call' built up themselves and In which they erect ed their second temple. Rut religious persecu tlon forced them to move westward again and in 1840 the movement to the Rocky mountains was projected. . In the spring of 1847 the Mormon Pioneer com peny was organized by Rrlgham Young and on April 14 of that year set out for the Hocky moun-tains. The party consisted of 73 wagons, 143 men, three women and two children; 148 persons in all. i.'tnh and it was aptly summed up by Theodore lioosevelt when he once sufd: "Here lu this state lie pioneers and those who came after them took tot the land that would ordinarily be chosen as 'and that yields return for little effort. You look i territory which nt the outset was called after he desert, and you literally not figuratively nade the desert blossom as tbe rose." So It Is this achievement, as well as the annl ersary of tbe founding of a religion, that Is being nlehrated In Salt Luke City In April. There Is 'Iso helrg celebrated h social order which is, per-haps, unique In the history of mankind. Tbe Mor-no-church litis nlweyg held the principle that eople who are contented vocationally make bet er clllzens and church members. In order to assist Its membership to be con . ented In Its various vocations, trades nnd Indus-rles-the church has fostered several Industries, md promoted agriculture and manufacturing as s ueans of insuring pro'llnhle employment for Its members, and to help build up industrially the localities where the church members settle. This 'lOllcy has resulted In occislonnl charges being hurled at the church thnt It is being "cotiimer-lallxed,- but the church, in carrying out the lhove mentioned policy, has had only the welfare of Its members nt heart. months mlsHlonary term has been Inaugurated for persons having previously filled a longer term mission. The missions rles for the most pnrt are young people, ranging in age from eighteen to thirty years of age, nil hough there are a few older men and women In nwt groups. AH the missionaries pay all of their own expenses for travel, board ami room, and even for the literature which they distribute. They receive no salary or any kind of financial remuneration from the church, and give their time and service, ns well as their expense funds, us a free will offering to the church. When a .missionary Is called, whether he comes from some Utah town or from some city In some other state, or from Canada or Mexico, he comes to Snlt Lake to receive preliminary instructions, and to be onhilned as a missionary. He then is assigned to some missionary territory. There are seven of these missionary districts or "missions" In the United States, one In Canada, and, until the Calles regime barred missionary work In the southern republic by there was a mission In Mexico, The missionaries distribute much literature by a house-to-hous- e canvass method, also at meet-ings held In hulls, chapels nnd on streets where open nlr meetings are conducted. Iu cases where After a trying Journey of three months across the grent plains this party arrived In Salt Lake valley on July 24, 1847, and camped on the prea ent slto of Salt Lake City. Word was sent back to the other traveling camps that a resting place bad been found nnd the site for a new temple selected. During the next few years the work of coloalsa tiou went forward rapidly. In 18,"i.'i and 158 bflO dreds of Kuropeims were fleeing from their na-tive lands because of the Crimean war and tbe high cost of food. Among them were ninny wa tad joined the Mormon church nnd who wanted to reach the "ZIon" which had been established in the western wilderness. It soon became a Strl-ou-s problem for P.rlgbam Young how to get these eople from the Missouri river to Utah. Most f them were poor and had no money with which to bar wagons and oxen. So he devised the plan af having them build hnnd-enrt- s and use these to transport belr belongings across the plains. Tbe result was ths now-fnmo- "Hand-car- t emlgra As a result of tills "business policy" of . the church, the lenders of the church have assisted 'is members In the construction of ninny miles of rrlgntion canals. In the building of railroad lines, nd In the establishment of factories. Before tele-rrap- h lines were well established In the mountain llstrlcts by commercial companies, the church 'milt Its own telegraph lines to serve Its members ind other pioneers of the region. Among the kinds of factories established by th church ore several woolen mil'; 5S has assist- - ed In opening np tho sugar beet business in the mountain regions, nnd nsslfting In the financing of construction of severul large sugar factories sad beet grinding plants. Flour mills were estab-lished with church assistance even In pioneer i days, and 8t least one ralrond line was partially financed with church funJs because It was being built through a region where members of the ehsrch would be greatly benefited by such con-struction. Two of l be Inrget.t and finest hotels In S.ilt Lake City were built by the church, sod Americans go on missions to foreign lands, they leiirti the lungusge as quickly as possible after their arrival in that foreign land, but in the mean-- ' time they do much In the line of distribution of literature. . Each territorial district known ns a "mission" is presided over by a president, mid subdivisions of these missions are presided over by district presidents. In encli city or other locality within u district branches are organised with one of the - resident members vf tho church usually acting as the presiding otflcer there. Iu thee orgnulml branches and districts within the missions, nil of the work of the church Is onr-rlc- d en ttuoiiq; the members of the church there.'' Just as it Is carried on In Suit Lake City among the members of the church In thr.t city. Sundny schools are orj'.nnl;:ed, nutt'cil improvement nssu-- " clatlons (which are young people's societies) nnd primary associations, which hold weekly week-day tneeilngs for little children. In which the k children ate taught principles of Mortnonlsnw ADAMS MADE DIRECTOR OF LEGION PLAY i :i:'r 5. . ... i ' Ray Adams Ray Adams, adjutant of Cypnn poat No. 38, American Legion, hat been appointed department di-rector of the American Legion " junior baseball program in Utah for Hie year 1930. The American Legion baseball program during 199 interested 3500 boys in the great national pastime and it is expected that more than 5000 youths of the sfate will participate in the pro-gram in 1930. The legion planf a more extensive program thif year than ever before providing more games for each team in the various districts. ; . Utah is divided into nine dis tricts. Each dstriet will, select a ' champion and they will meet foi the state championship. The state champion will compete for regional honors with a chance of , recognition. A meeting will be held April C with representatives from the fif e legion posts in Utah for- - ' multating final plans for the year. Ray Adams is well qualified foi the post of director of baseball activities having had several' years of professional baseball ex-perience as well as handling sev-eral ball clubs in the capacity of manager. Adams is a former stu dent of the University of Idahf and Valparaiso of Indiana. His professional experi ence came with Detroit in lh( American league, Omaha in the Western league, Augusta, Ga., ir the South Atlantic and two sea sons in the Hutte Mines league He was manager of the Arthui club in the Copper league durinp 1927 and 1928. HIGH SCHOOL PLANS GO FORWARD Building1 Construction to Start Next Month The general plan of the new high cuool building has receiv-J- d ihe approval of the Jordan school board and the full detaih )f the plans and specification v in i lie hands of the archi .eetH, will shortly be submitted t is expected work will start or lie actual construction before ihe end of May. The new-- building when com ploted, will cost approximately p.'Mf),( 00 and will be adequate foi ill present and contemplated deeds for a number of years tc come. Construction of 'Tapes-try" brick with cement trim mings, this imposing structure will be thoroughly modern and fireproof. The budget of the Jordan Dis trict carried an appropriation foi new buildings last year which contemplated the new Bingham high school, but owing to legal obstalees placed in the way ol ihe bourd to prevent them frcm locating the building outside oi the Canyon, the appropriatiot whs used for building at Wesl Jordan and Draper. Thia year th budget contains the necessary ap-propriation for the construction of the initial unit of the schoo! buildiug. As soon as the plana are releas ed, bids will be called for and when the necessary preliminaries are disposed of the actual con-struction will commence. Arthur Brisbane 1,000 Eyes Too Few Gliding, New Sport Lindbergh's New Glider Mortnonism's 100th Birthday IT Agua Caliente, Mexico, and Juai xYnorth, across the border In San Diego, U. S. A., they show and tell you nor Interesting things than 1,000 eyes and 1,000 ears could see and hear ade quately, i On this new and amazingly success-ful resort, created almost over night, many millions have been spent to create conditions that will compete with anything In Europe. Sixteen miles from San Diego, one of America's most beautiful cities, the American finds here everything he would find at Deauvllle, Monte Carlo, Nice or any resort In Europe. The place la well managed, well policed, well patronised. This place is extraordinarily beauti-ful, with a perfect hotel, golf, all sports, hot sulphur and mud baths, famous In Asteo days, and the visitor Is In old Mexico, a land as foreign to him and as fascinating as though he were in Spain, yet near to his own land, no ocean to cross. Below this place, the peninsula of Lower California, property of Mexico, stretches for 1.000 miles. The wealth of that peninsula cannot lie exagger-- ated. Its beauty cannot be described. High rock walls, going straight down to the ocean, Innumerable shel-tered coves, with white sand beaches, great flocks of sheep on the round green bills, herds of seals ploughing through the water dose to shore, quail innumerable, a wonderful tomplrs. On Lindbergh Held, where Lind-bergh started bis Immortal flight, Frank Hawks gives an exhibition of ft gliding, towed by a heavier than air I ' plane. Smiling cheerfully, he sits in his long, j strongly-buil- t glider designed by Frank lin, a parachute strapped to his back, for "regularity." "But," says Hawks, "a parachute is not needed In gliding. Tou might as well come down with your glider and land on top of that" Pilot J. B. Jernlgln Jr. taxles his i.? Plane along the sandy field, dragging a light steel cable 500 feet long. Hawks bitches on to the cable towed by the airplane. The plane starts along the ground dragging Hawks, and soon both are in the air, going 90 miles an hour. Hawks keeps his glider well above the plane to avoid the air rush from its t propeller. Three thousand five hundred feet up, Hawks drops the cable, jernlgln reels it in. and the graceful glider goes oft on Its own account, flying upward, coming down, rising again, banking, turning on Its side. Finally coming down to earth at Hawks' command and landing more lightly than a swan on water. Lindbergh, who should know, says the gilder will train thousands of young , flyers, with a minimum of danger, and teach experienced men bow to build better planes. In the factory where the Spirit of St Louis was built, Hawley Bowlus, who superintended that con-struction, shows you a beautiful glider Just finished for Lindbergh. The new Lindbergh glider, pure white, much lighter than any bird la proportion to size, and more graceful, baa In landing a ratio of 38 to 1. This means that if Lindbergh were up In It only 1,000 feet, be could glide 3,000 feet In any direction before landing, and without any sustaining wind. The Boulder Dam employment Is as-sured. Private Individuals will prob-ably get the power. But cities near It will at least get tbe extra water supply that a million more population will soon demand. And tbe increased power supply at presumably lower prices will stimulate the already remarkable growth of industries on this coast The people are cheerful here. . Y Remember that this Pacific Coast la as much a summer resort as a winter resort On April sixth, tbe Mormon Church will be one hundred years old. Plural marriage bas gone, but the church re-mains powerful, with numbers increas-ing, after a century of straggle and op-position. Nearly one million Mormons will celebrate the day, the main cele-bration at Salt Lake City, others all over this and nearly all European countries, and in Mexico, Australia, Hawaii sad the South Sea Islands. Few religions of modern times nave lasted, with strength increasing, for so long a time. The Shakers and Quak-ers have almost vanished, although the latter are represented In the White House. Thousands of religions have been started, few last long. Germany lost tbe war, but wins In other directions. Recently the German Bremen, lowering the record across the Atlantic, took the "blue ribbon" from tbe British. Now tbe North Oermaii Lloyd liner Europa beats tbe Bremen's record. The Europa, magnlficlent 50,000-to-n ship, according to builders here and la Britain, would be too expensive for American or British lines. The invest-ment of $60,000,000 could not be proflt- - Germany, beaten. Is able to do what T tbe winners of the war cannot da Educational Administrator' Conference The annual conference of Utah Educational Administration will be held in Salt Lake City, April 3, 4. and 5. under the ausnieea of the University of Utah. Superin tendents and principals of schooh from all parts of the state will be present. Dr. C. IL Morrison of the Uni versity of Chicago and Dr. E. S Evenden of Columbia Universitj have been secured as special visi tors and speakers. Dr. Morrisor is professor of education and sup erintendeut of the experimental school af the University of Chi cago. He has published materia? on secondary education which has received nation-wid- e recogni ation, and he is a leading author ity in this country on methods of teaching in high school. Dr Evenden is professor of education at Columbia University. He rankf high in educational administra-tion work and has devoted con sidcrable liine to specializing ir teaching methods in high schooh and colleges. Besides the special sessions foi superintendents and principal which will be held daily in the mornings and afternoons during the three days of the conference there will be public meetings each evening during the three days oi the conference at which the visit ing educators will speak. Ennnett Adams has received appointment from Sheriff Clif-ford Patten, as deputy sherifl and is stationed at Copperfield Phone 47. He takes the place oi , Oren Timothy ' who has beer transfered fo Highland Boy tc fill the vacancy there caused by the resignation of deputy Wm. C Young. COMMUNITY CHURCH NEWS Dr. C. W. Hancher, the Sup erintendent of the Utah Missior of the Methodist Church will preach at the evening service next Sunday at 7:30 o'clock. All the people of the community are ex tended an invitation to come and hear the message of Dr. Hancher There will be a "pulpit editorial'' by the minister. Church School session at 9 :4f a. m. MorningWorship and ser mon at 11 a. nt Epworth League meeting in the downstairs room at the same hour. Copperfield Sunday School at 1 :30 p. m. The joint luncheon and month ly business meeting of the W. H M. S. and the Ladies Aid Society will be held on Friday afternoor of this week, at 1 o'clock. The Boy Bangers of Lower Bingham will' meet at the church next Monday evening at sever o'clock. The Kiwanians entertained last Thursday evening, honoring the Jordan division basket ball chain pious and their coach Tommii iMcMullin. Coach Bomney anr1 assistant coach Bob Howard oi the B. Y. U. were also guests ol the club. Several musical num bers were rendered by a trio ant" quartet from the Bingham high school. -- . Mrs. Vaughn hristensen enter-tained the L. T. B. club at hei home Wednesday of last week at bridge were won by Mr (PrizesCountryman and Mrs. Mark The guests included Mrs Countryman, Mrs. Hansen, Mrs Mike Pearee, Mrs. W. II. Harris Mrs. Wm. Atkinson, Mrs. Howard Mc Coleman, Mrs. 'Frank Mead Mrs. Jane Jackson, Mrs. Charles Sullenger, Mrs. Heber Nichols Mrs. Theo Chesler and Mrs. liar ry Steele. . " ! Jack Martin, son of Mr. and jMrs. William Martin left last Thursday to enter tho service ol the United States Xavy. |
