Show DUCHESNE STAKE conference the quarterly conference ot at the duchesne stake of zion was held at roosevelt satu saturday aday and sunday september and 1918 tile the following general authorities of the church were in attendance elder stephen L richards ot of the council ot at the twelve elder horace 0 it cummings Cummi general superintendent of church schools and member of general board of religion classes elder lyman R martineau member general board of Y al k it 1 I A and sister katherine stayner member general hoard board ot of the Y L al 1 I A stake authorities present were stake presidency most of the members of the high council bishops from many of the wards also a good number of people from all parts ot of the stake the attendance at the llie first meeting was small but increased with each meeting until at the sunday afternoon session there were people present president william 11 smart presided at all the sessions ot of conference during the saturday morning meeting lie he gave a brief report of the condition ot of tile the stake saying in part that the people were loyally preparing to meet the fourth libe liberty r loan as they had done with the other issues and all other patriotic measures in line with the general spirit of conservation the monthly llly priesthood meetings had been cut down and only the heads ot of quo rums arums and departments and representative members ot of bishoprick bishoprics bish had been required to attend during tile the summer months but greater emphasis had been placed upon tile the local work in the wards home missionaries lionar sion aries les and other stake slake workers had been active during the last quarter and the work in general was in good condition elder richards speaks elder stephen L richards expressed his great pleasure A fi being behig able to be in attendance at tilts this con ference said tins tills part ot of the state had now become an important factor and was deserving of better transportation por poT tation facilities ile he expected to see the automobile become an im w factor in transportation it was already displacing railroads to some extent in certain parts of the country and would furnish a good means ot of transportation tor for this blasin basin at least until a railroad could be built elder richards commented with pleasure upon the high state of development of conditions as he saw them paid a high tribute to all pioneers and their leaders in talking with eastern colonization men he had found that they recognized in tile the mormon people the best colonizers this was due said elder richards to the faith with which our people undertake such enterprises enter prizes and the devotion to their religion which afforded them contentment under adverse conditions in speaking of the conditions in the world elder richards said we could expect expect na no more wonderful th angs to come to pass than the things predicted in the doe doc and cov he read the ast 1st section which depicts conditions as we now find them in the world at the saturday evening meeting held under the direction of the mu duals elder richards delivered a very impressive arid interesting discourse on the value and wonderful opportunity afforded the young people in the mutual improvement associations the people of the world he said were seeking to bring about such opportunities but did not have such an organization at the afternoon session on sunday elder richards preached the I 1 gospel to t the people in fit an able aud and impressive manner pointed out the I 1 great danger of leaving the faith for the various things offered in the realm or of science urged all to maintain a balanced discreet attitude in politics pol atles during the coming fall election and to heartily support the fourth liberty loan with great force elder richards appealed to the he mothers to raise their daughters to become the kind of mothers that they were and not allow them to fall into the customs 0 of the world in having childless homes elder Cut innings elder horace H 11 cummings throughout the various sessions 0 of the conference at which bespoke he spoke out with great emphasis the dirking danger in the path of 0 the student and the absolute necessity ol of 0 of his studies in the past attention has been placed solely upon ills his being guided durina 0 tile the course training the head the heart had been neglected now the greatest educators were recognizing that truth honesty virtue tind and so on were as much a part 0 of true education as any other subject and more emphasis was being placed upon religious education to supply the latter tile the church had established religion classes for the district schools and seminaries for the he high schools elder cummings strongly urged the parents to see to it that ther children had advantage ot of what the church was doing in this regard elder martineau Martl neau and sister stayner both gave splendid instructions along the line ot of mutual ampro improvement ve work which brought forth the comment for elder richards at the close of conference that he could see that their visit would result in a great blessing to these organizations the business features of the conference were as follows the organization ion of the alteria alzebta ward out of 0 the former indian dench bench branch of 0 the bennett ward with josiah P rudy as bishop asa D reynolds as counselor and andrew as 2nd and counselor the reorganization of the myton ward bishopric with wit charles J Wa lilquist succeeding fredk S 1 mugger flusser as bishop the counselors to bishop 11 ahlquist are isa isaac ac W and william 11 gagon jr the release of isaac W as a high councilor on account of his being called into the bishopric the release of a number of home missionaries sion aries ot of douglas 11 todil todd jr as 2nd and assistant in the stalie slake Y AT im 11 1 I A release of clem christensen as 2nd and assistant in tile the stake sunday the release of george al iless as a member of the stake board of education tho jhc release ol of cleber C miller as a member of the council of the alie quorum 0 of seventy the release of john P madsen as president of the 2nd and quorum of elders the appointment of ray E dillman as 2nd and assistant aasi assi sant in the stake slake tendency of Y al al parley farley G eckelson Ea EsUe kelson lson wm win H allen alien john C jacobs as of religion class with lita eskelson as secretary sunday evening elder richards richard s and sister stayner attended a meeting I 1 at duchesne A meeting was held at roosevelt by the alutha 1 s where an interesting program pr was rendered with beever several it good musical numbers the work of prof hood and the roosevelt choir chair during conference brought forth high praise from all D al todd jr stake clerk |