Show EXCELLENT conference L R martineau chief speaker first ward choir furnishes excellent music up to date topics dwelt upon the M 1 I A conference held here on last sunday ft was as a verb er interesting e ebent ent and the instructions were worth hearing the visitor 6 from the general board was L A martineau and ami he was a rem gem in his hia addresses to the young men and women engaged in 11 1 I A work the first meeting was held in the firt ward relief society house this was devoted to office ceis s of the stake associations and reports from the different associations were ere gien by the visiting officers offic rs among the reports from the boune oune men the complaint was general geneal that it is hard to get the attention of young men in the M I 1 A work elder martineau Mrtin eau made mad this the theme of his remarks cind and gae good practical instructions as to methods of inar inducing icing attendance SUNDAY bunday AFTERNOON the services in the afternoon were held in the tabernacle and they were unusually interesting the music was furnished by the first waid choir under the direction of mrs lizzle lizzie han hansen en and the singers did themselves proud the music rendered was ex e cellena and the fust ward is to be congratulated on the excellent hor choir which has been raised up since the di dision ision of the wards ards airs hanlien is an efficient director and her work on bunday d dserve served i credit on h taid stand were seated the he RIPSI dency of the two stake organizations of ane M I 1 A together with the litake aides and secretaries ecret aries also the stake presidency pie sideney and L R martineau of the general boari board the services opened with the hymn should you feel inclined to censure and prayer wa offered by mrs amelia ence an anthem Sum sunbeams beams was sweetly sung sang by b the choir the names of the general and local officers of the M 1 I A were ere pre presented ent by C P christensen and sustained elder jensen principal of the richfield high school was the first speaker and he delivered an interesting address on evolution which was listened to with marked attention by the john hood was pressed into ervice erv iee and ang the mighty deep deeo two special musical numbers promised for the afternoon failed to materialize and mr hood responded to the call of the stake officers as a substitute L 11 martineau consumed the bal ance of the afternoon meeting with a splendid talk on practical in building up home and country he began by tossing a few bouquets at richfield and sevier county and the excellent opportunities for material advancement he had not visited this portion ol of the state before and he was struck with the opportunities for the erection creation of a commonwealth second to none in the intermountain region he commented on the evi dences of pro prosperous crous growth in richfield of the climate and soil the splendid eplen did water syi tm m the electric estem i stem the splendid newspaper the reaper the splendid school houses tie the banking and mercantile houses and the homes of the people he urged the young and middle aged men I 1 to begin the habit babit of savings accounts in the banks and warred them that if they did not do this that men would come here from the cast and west who would be prepared pared financially to take advantage of the opportunities which rightfully belong to the young men of utah he then launched into a recital of the evils of loafing and characterized it as one of the greatest evils which utah has to contend with and urged the young mn men to use usa their spare time in beautifying the homes and surroundings roun dings urged the married men who had time to loaf to spend that time in helping their wives around the home urged the young men to help their mothers in the making of home comfortable and beautiful he pleaded for a better attendance at the M 1 I A met mec tings tinge and inveigh ed against intellectual lazinsk lazin la tea each man have an outline of work for each day and anclade in that some time to be devoted to the home and the children lie he urged the simple life tor for t the he men and woman of the morino church toil is not lot a thing to be ishamel of that tem perince perance pas and loafing and intemperance and the deadly sucking of cigarettes do not pay ile he told the young men to read tudy study think and get at bui bu i 3 and to rf remember member that idle ness was a curse he saw in alvier county the found aaion of a great commonwealth and urged the people to continue to grow and expand to improve surroundings until railroads fac fa etnes tries cream eries cries mines and other industries established producing matt rial wealth fur for the people the service closed by the choir 1 singing I a an nan anthem them shepherds divine lead us SUNDAY EVENING the evening service opened with the grimn dmn ill praise semy my maker and anc prayer prater was offered ba b george A beal jr the choir sang school thy feel ing after which si sister ter flora bates preen presented ted the subject of the crucifixion in a most interesting manner al mrs rs bates adae an c e cellena impression with her conception of the subject anil and tier her recital of il if e cond tiong eions was most interesting mrs albert bird sang a solo the heavenly choir judge chidester Cb idester x as the next speak erand hi hf gae a description of the meager opportunities that joseph smith had hid hd in his aou auth th for acquiring an education and that in spite of the difficulties he had attain ted a marked degree of scholarship ti bi diligent and study the choir then sang all hail the glorious dal dai L R martineau cons aimed the balance ot of the time lime along the same practical line alnea as in the afternoon devoting much time to the home and the lie he urgel urged bos to make their homes the first consideration and to be kin I 1 to patents nd ind also urged the parents to throw the very best influence around the bivs vho aho A ho were crowing up H is f v q s me ie avle id ioe t men as to keep heep ng late hours which should be of much benefit ile he urged the bo bos s to be of the first step in wrong doing and to avoid it on this depended much of the future career of the boy pleaded for higher stand ads arda in life and honet honest endeavor for the useful in life the services clos closed edwith with an anthem by the choir and the benediction was pronounced by president christian peterson the first ward choir azain again furnished the music and gave splendid singing which aided greatly in making the services interesting |