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conference convened in the tabbernacleterlernacienacle logan city at 10am on saturday the 3rdard lust

therathere were present of the apost-les president john taylor 0 CCL

richIlich lorenzo snow rrfranklin DRichanis and counselors john Wyoung and D H wells i

of the presidency of ahethe stakemoses thatcher wmwin B prestonand milton D hammendhammond aisoalso10 el-der

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A M musserpresident M thatcher called the

meeting to order thetho oli sangbangand elder lorenzo snow offeredprayer singing again by thechuinchoirthe bishops were called upon to

report verbally theilia condition oftheirthein wardswarda and the following wererepresented

WARDwarb logan cityolty baaB Mlewis bishupbishop the condition ofhisbis ward was good thoiththee peoplemanifested a readiness to supportpublic enterprises the unitedorder foundry and Machinei black-smith

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and wagon shop which hadbadbeen in operation some eighteenmontlis had done very weliwell con-sideringsiBl the difficultdifficultieslesies all suchensuch en-terprisesterprises had to struggle against

and2nd WARD henry ballardbishopbishoIF the late organiza-tion he could perceive quite an im-provementpro in hishiwardawardsward the U 0manufacturing and building com-pany which was incorporated twoyears ago was doing a good busi-ness it had lain connection with it asmall store

UA WARD robert davidsonbishop the members of his wardwere imbibed thibthe spirit oftempletempie builbullbuildingdingi and their appor-tionmenttion ment of labor in this directionwas performed willingly the cocoioperative jairy started two yearsaga was now connected with theand2nd ward enterprises

arh WARD thomas H 8smithmithbishop some of the farmers hadmade a move towards combiningtheir labor which hadbad given satis-faction the people telefelt moreannd gailzealous of good works than ever bedrewhich waswag manifested in the desire

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they evincedto shareshard iniii the porkVOrkof building tthed arii andaud othotherbrrequirements

atu varrWARD win hyde isbon 1

improvement iinn faithfilth and workswas very apparent amp g thete peo-ple of his ward meeting jebet-ter

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attended and acontribute to the building of athitheetemple sustainus lain the poorpooh etc wigwasgeneral among the peopleN a

HYDEhybe parilPARK 16robertbobertubertlbert diatiadailiesinesidesbishop he had nevennever known theilippeople of his ward manifest bytheir works so goudgood a feelingng Asource of strengthihildhadbad been openedup jbfthroughcougil the of ahthothe

priesthood thetho y menacquitting themselves very credit-ably the female belief societywas aliveallva 0o aits duties by gleaningand otherwise it liaahadbad stored thisfall seventy nivefive bushelsbushel4 of wheat

smithfield S boskelly bish-op the ward bidbhehardharff alxaixan excellentsabbath school and awotwo doloolin successful 0operationarail tiotieaaaaronie zedyin cobileconnectionconnecteafonfonion yawith store oiofgeneral merchandizedize abethey taa atannery employing faveaefive adabandsbboot and shoeshue shop employingnine journeymen and twotivo apprent-ices

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harnessharness shop employing twomen all of indich were doingWelldoing wellwelialso withifthith thetho institutionvaswas ahafi agricultural departmentconsisting of five companies ofmen who supplied it with grainreceiving thereto ll11stockt0ck in the in-stitutionatitution the proceedspr froni athreshing mihmibmachinelalue wele appropri-ated in lne samebame way 1 the black-smiths shop and sabsataaa mill werdwere

I1also a success

RICHMOND M WMerrill bish-op the ward consisted offamilies numbering 1000 personsthe people were pretty well tini tedand as it whole their condition wasfairly good their crops this yearsuffered from the ravages of grass-hoppers which hadha somewhat crip-pled them finansfinanciallybally they hadthree good schoolhousesschool housesbouses two dayschools and one standibundaysundayy seboacbooli afemale reliefbelief society atandaudd a youngmens mutual improvement stsoclety their cooperativeoperativeco acore wasstarted 13 years hgoago with a capitalof 1300 now it represented 9their cocoopop sawmillsaw mill butcher shopand shoe shop were doing wellthey hadbad subscribed 2500 towardtowardsthe building of the temple ardand al-ready paid 18001600 of it

FRANKLIN ii H Hhatchharchatch jrbishop the majority of the peo

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pie of hihis swardward who belonged tothe church were trying to liveilvo theirreregiongionglon the crops had failed butno difficulty had been experiencedinid subscribingg 1300 ortheforthe templemuch good had resulted from thelabors of the beliefbelleff society thesundbysundaygunday school and the youngmens and young ladies improveImpimprove-ment

rovsocieties

MINXMINK creel bishopthe settlement was two years oldoidit consisted of 50 farnfainfamiliesflies a schoolhouse was nearly finished whichbesidebesida making themselves hhomesorneswasilwaswaa nilall the people had done bbyv wayof public enterprise the saintsfelt well and were willing to do allthey could to meet any call thatmight be made upon them

MOUND VAIEX IL H wil-liams bishop thetibo faintsalnas werescatterscatteredeuleil they had a schoolhouseschool houseand aWSsunday wellweli attendedby those livingming a convenient dis-tance to it A Ccoopcoo op saw mill hadbidbeen commenced there were someveryry goododd people associated withtemhemhim wwhgh labored willingly buildup theibe

CLIFTON harry dixon bishopagoapo op store and a saw mill hadbadbeen started which were doldoidoingngfirst rate the crops hadbad failed thelast two years but the faith of thepepeopleopleopie was good referred tota thegood thattiethatthab the relief society waswaadoing f

lielir wm H lewis bis-hop A splendid feeling existedamongr those who belonged to thechurch nearly all ohp9 heads offamilies were young men whoavailed themselves of the opportu-nities afforded by the YMY M M 1Iassociation which was doingmuch good the relief societywaswab storing grainkrain and doing many

worksWESTON A LIA alienailen bishop

the people were infaith unity andarid good works and awillinwillingnessgnessghess was manifested to as-sist

as-sisto in buildingg the tetempletempiehiple hebenevernaven bernrdbefore had witnessed theircoopco op was in an exexcellentcelent con-dition andhild doingdolne a good bosn essththee grasshoppers hhadad dope thethemcconsiderable0n ableabie damage

jphn jordan bi-shop A blnewow momeeting heusehouse wasailsnilibuilt nearly readyleady to be dedicatedandaud ththe peoplepeole young and oldmanifested jaa cited Cenergy whiledoingduing this work that was trulycharacteristic of the united orderth ecung men conducted them-selves wellweil and he had great hopesof hembem thethothelastlast ttwo years crops

failed but the faithfalthwo of the peo-ple vasyas increasingincreasing

I1 newton WM F littlewoodbabishopihiba their meetingsmee tinga were wellattended and they had an excel-lent sabbath sohschschoolgoigol tho wardWwasI1as small consisting only of fortydavefive fiasili es much of thir build-ing

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mitmaterialerial had lo10 be haulehauie a fromfifteen to forty miles and they hadto16 make a resreservoir tto rireserve waiterltertenter for irrigating purposes the

af crops had chusedcaused mbamo ofthuhethe brethren to go from home toarnr breadstuffs thehelalerellebelie soci-

etyt kiikifaliand I1 pr Sosocietyclety wewereriadoingoid goodoo00

BENSONso VARDWARD alma harrisbishop it was composed of nine-teen families whwho0 had settled alongjebejibe banks of bear river and wereverescattered over a ekrlargege district ofcountry they ad an interestingsandayaday school during the summerbutr none now having no meeting-house the ward was quite latelyorganized had somehome very good peo-ple jnlaitit

Henry hughes dishbishopopthe large majority of the peoplehad a desire to build up the king-dom ofor god the beliefrelief societywa saving grain ministering com-fortforatoto the sick and needy theyhad a good store connected withwhich was a butchers shop doinga successful business also a DU 0farm from which was raisedbunbusbushelsIs wheathea had it not been forgrassgrasshoppers0 e bushels wouldhaveave beonbeenean raised thehe proceeds oftthis farmr weree a devodevoteded to templebuilding this yeayearyeat the sundaySchoschoololandand relief society were to

pparturtart of the land the benefitsofor whichch would go to these institu-tions

wellsville W BH maughanbishop crops had suffered severe-ly the sunday school and youngliiLitladiesladlesdies and YoungMensMena improve-ment societies were doing muchgood their cooperativeoperativecoeo businessrepresented siouogo it was luvinvestedstedinalnain a store butbutcherybutcherscherycherl shop sheepherd saw mill and threshing ma-chine the people were interestedin building the temple and thewoolen factory and sustaininginide thekinhinkingdom lodiod A N

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PARADISE orson smith bishopthe people felt well they werebuilding a meeting house sixalx 59 ofrock which will costcoat between 25002500and bow they had subscribedyearly towards the templeuntil its completion of whichwas paid they had a sunday schoolyokingyoeng mensmena improvement associ-ation anandd a female beliefrelief sodSedsocietyletyonly 2000 bushels of grain wagwasraised this season the men werecompelled to go from home to euirnearn

1 james mcbride act-ing bishop the majdmajorityrity of thepeople tried to live according totheir profession the farmers onlyraised a quarter crop their storenow represented they hadbadaei steam sawmillsaw mill uandnd a water millymilla shingle mill dairy and butchersbutchershop all successfully managed

minville geo 0 pitkinu bish-op the peorlpeople hadbad improved oflate a good feeling prevailed mostloll10110 them were desirous to do theirportion towardtimber wa crtcut and piledPlied for a newmeetinghousemeeting house andaud tithing officetheir crops werewerd a partial failure1e

providence melvillemelvi ilelle M ham-mond bishopbi they had a coopco op

ststorebreandand sawmillsaw mill dodoinglilg1139well sunday and day schools wellweilwelweiattended the chilehllchildrendien as well assthe people donated willingly to-

i wards the temple the relief iiotioclety was a great aid and manyha their attentions

PREST M thatcher then readthe statistical report of the stakealso an exhibit of the receipts forwildingbuilding the logan temple show-ing that had been receivedfrom cache valley stake from bearlake and from box elder

he said that considerablerablerabieof this means had been expended inmaking new canon roads to thetimberlimber in mgmakingringI1king and supplyingthe campscampa and in purchasing asaw mill the milimill howeversawedd tilethe nirfirfirst8t baboard1rd 0ona ttheh e addinst and the results of this expen-diture would soon be apparentalso readfead a financial statementshowing that during thelastthe last tenyears persons had paid tith-ing amoamountingtinting to dloalsothatthat had been donated to PFedundaund andiand paid on itits indebted-ness and 3 tol70 1 donated to templeebuilding the condition of bothsabbath and day schools had great-ly improved arndarid the interest ineducational matters both religiousandond secular waswab most encouragingthe improvementt associations andthe relief Fsocieties were 11rillingfillingtheir missions and the peaple gen6brally ware man resting a spsplendidd ispirit andi

hohe could testify to thefact thathatt the work af god was on-ward

the choir sing the anthem i

jerusalem I1 my gloriousI1 hohomee

closing prayer by prestpreat D 11wellsWellst w1 0t- t t

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afternoon 2 pmp mservice commenced by the hoirchoirc

singingelder PF D richards engaged in

prayer i

choir sang t 1

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ani angangelelftonrombom on highthe long brokebroko

residentPRESIDENT WELLS referred withpleasure to the report given durinduring0the forenoon on which hibbihhebib based aninteresting discourse showing thenature of the great latter day workto be decidedly practical as well asadspiritual incorporatingone with another and every act ofoutlivesour livesilves as well as laws and go-vernmentvern ment and everything neces-sary

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for tthehe gathering together ofa people ofpf every kindred and tribeand tongue and making of them anation and kingdom in the earth

ELDERelden LORENZO SNOW was higbighigh-ly

ftpleaplempleatedeokeck with the reports refer-

red to and considered that theyindicated thatthab the kingdom wasonward and the hearts of thepeople represented were beingmoved to a temporal as well asspiritual union he traced thehistory of the children of israelshowing that in consequence ofdisobedience they suffered in diversways and that moses because oforhisbis devotion to his mission and thecommon interests of the peoplewon for himself their conffconfidencedence aswell as power to prevail with godthelitheir experience in the wildernesswas referred to as having a directbearing on the livesilves of the latterday Saints serving to show howbow wemight shun their errors and avoidtheir misfortunesmisfortune also howbow thatthe bishops might by emulatingthehe acts of moses enjoy the loveandiand confidence of the people and

power to prevail with the

heavens and succeed in estableestablish-ing

shin our midst the zion of god

BROTHER GEO 0 LAMBERT re-presented the Inferinterestseks of the DEs

NNEWS andA juvenilereretEKET eva an J I1

trthe choir sang and the meetingadjourned I1

prayer by elder C C richeichsunday 10 am

choir siangfiangjoy to the world the lord will comeprayer by elder lorin farrthe choir bangsang an anthemA portion of the time wiswas occu-

pied by ELDER JOHN W youngwho read the revelation on thewordvord of wisdom and spoke onthat subject

ELDER C C eian followedspeaking on present or every daysalvation

the remainder of the time wasused by PPRESTAest JOHN TAYLOR onthe subject of the priesthood set-ting forth the duties of the variousquorumsqu he also referred to theopsubject of marrmarriageJage and as a mat-ter of local interest intimated thatproper arrangements would bemade so that this ordinance mightbe performed at homehomo instead ofhaving to go to st Ggdorgegaorgeorge

an anthem was sung and themeeting was with prayerby coucounselor john NV young

2 pmp Pchoir sang L

direct is thathe workork my goddod my kinkins9prayer by elder george F gibbschoir sang

nearercarer to theotheepresident Maa thatcher presented

to the congrecongregationkation for ap provat ornon approval the general autho-

ritiesgitles of the church they wereunanimously sustained

president F D richards thenpresented moses thatcher as presi-dent of the cache valley stake ofzion and wm B preston andmiltonmllton 0 HhammondammoDd as his coun-selors which vote alsoaiso carriedunanimously

president 11 thatcher then pre-sentedented the following namesname whichVaichwere sustained without a dissent-ing vote

members of the high councilcyrus WV card hanghana andeandersonalvin crockett james leishmangeorge T behsonbelison ezra D carpen-ter charles B bobbins geo WehatThatchrehr H K cranney 0 Churt nellsneils hansen and simpsonbimpsonM molen

As president of the high priestsququnius0etim george ii farrell withtebaubahariesbarlesriesrles 0 card and thomas Ericks as his counselors also allthethy bishops and theiri

counselors ofthee stakeslake Tamesnames will ap-pear pioprobablybablybabiy next conference bywhich time it is expected theaaronie priesthoodd will be fullyorganized I1

charlesocharles 0 card as superintend-ent of construction of logan tempie

john parrymrry blastermaster aisanmasonjames Qquaylee mastermasier carpencarpentertertruman VA0 angellgelgei jr Aassistant

architectjames A leishmanirishman cerkclerk of

the stakemoses thatcher as superintend-

ent of sabbath schools mithwith C JO0card and 0 C ormsby his assist-ants

also the following as home mis-sionariessioslonsion ariestharies john B Thatcher FrankbensonbensoniBensonisori james hymers charrescharlesreese wm A nobienoble AlonaionalonzozoGGbarber A C brower wm waddop robert baxter charles Cshaw james bullock C H

juddy blair frederick lund-berg thomas Dudurrant hezehatch Hfhezekiahzekiah H peck J FbalHalhalkmankinan J H clarkdark wm santstBUjonas N beekbeck henry yates

ELDER GEO F gibbs spoke ashort timelime and the remainder ofthe afternoon was occupied byELDER F D RICHARDS who aaactdrdressedeissed the congregation quitelengthily on various subjects ofinterest and importance

confconferenceerence was adjournedadjournid untilI1

feb 2 andund 3 1878 the choir asangangan anthem and Councounselor M Dhammondham M ond pronounced the bene-diction reported by

GEO F gibbsGIBES

A watervilleWaterville girl worked up themotto 1tI need thee every hourand presented it to her chap heiesays hohe cant heiphelphelpbelp it it takes himtwo hours to milk and feed thepigs morning and night and busi-ness has got to bobe attended to