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Show 35,000 Visit Mormon Hill In Less Than a Year Palmyra Thirty -five tihjeuwand persons hax-e visited the Mormon monument on Hill Cumorah, near Palmyra, since its erection last July, estimates Elder Reed Brin-ton Brin-ton of Palmyra. Those visitors are from practically prac-tically ex-cry state in the union. Tlie hook for visitors' lists leaders of various religious denominations. Mr. Brinton said. During the ixast year, ftiJlowine erection of the "monument Mor-monism Mor-monism in this locality has been stimulated;. An increase of 10 lxr cent in Palmyra branch membership, member-ship, formation of a new branch in Ca.nandviigua, and the distribution c.f 400 Books of Mormon point to a steady though slow rise of the religion banned from this area. 100 years ago, Mr. Brmton said. "Elders are stationed on the Hill to explain tho relation of the monument mon-ument to Mcrmonisni and the purpose pur-pose cf its erection." A tveo-voar program, costing the church $90,000. is being carried out on tho Hill. A new lighting system sys-tem to line the oomlploted 25-foot reading hading up the hill will be .installed; water will bo piped to the top of the h 11 for shrub irrigation irri-gation and caretakers quarters; and a chapel and bureau of information infor-mation will be completed this year. The contract for construction of the information bureau has been let to H. E. Wadsworlh of Woloott. Rochester Times-Union, Rochester, Roches-ter, New York. |