The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-25
INTAKE TOWN, IDAHO
The improvements and the En-
terprise there Displayed.
THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD.
The Stake Conference Glorious Climate and
Good People Timber Plentiful
Other Notes.

ing that you like good news, thought he
would send you few items, that youl
many esteemed readers may know some
thing concerning this land we love.
Tie stake conference was the chief Oh
ject of attraction in this country last Sun
day and Monday. From nearly all the
towns, villages and hamlets of Bear Lake
and Rich counties rolled out buggies and
wagons laden with devout humanity to at
tend the great gathering of the season at
Paris, Idaho. Just previous to the time OF
the convention the weather clerk had given
us some oopious rainfalls, and then dry
"spelp' for day or so, which made our
roads all that we could ask for; and a
drive around the shores of
OUR BEAUTIFUL LAKE
was one Of the most lovely things of life.
The days of conference were likewise sal
ubrious. The days were quite warm and
the nights cool enough to make blankets,
thick and warm, positive luxury.
The tabernacle is not quite completed,
so the conferences are still held in the
First Ward school and Westinghouse,
which was comfortably packed on Sunday
morning, and the assemblage increased till
on Monday afternoon, several hundreds
failed to gain an entrance.
Apostle John w. Taylor and Elder James
E Talmage favored us with their presence
and gave the people some excellent spirit
ual and intellectual food.
l think that no previous conference eX-
ceeded this in interest and utility. The re
marks were listened to with marked
attention and strangers and saints alike
must have felt the influences and power
manifest upon the occasion.
A healthy and neat appearing people is
always present at our Bear Lake confer
ences, and comparison with older and more
favored peoples would not cause US to
blush.
There are in the Mormon church, in Bear
Lake stake, 1.03O families, aggregating
1851 souls. OF this number, 1857 are
under eight years, , 1865 are lay church mem
bers, and 1929 are official members as fol
lows: pGtriarchS, one: seventies, 235; high
priests, l2S: elders, 52S; priests, twenty
nine; teachers, fOrtN-nlne, and deacOns,
1862; or, in round figures, about one officer
TO two members: and less than one to five
of the entire church population. This
being but a sample of the church, at large,
what becomes of the priesthood one-man-
denOmination-bugabo sOreheads:
The bishops reports were quite interest
ing. These showed there had been a little
sickness among the children.
THE GENERAL HEALTH
of adults was good. There was a great
deal Of material progress in the stake,
which was spiritually fiourishing.
Those Bear Lake bishops are wonderful
rustlers-just the right kind OF a crowd to
build up country such as ours. The boys
all feel like helping them.
Paris booms to the front with a fine
court house, and two mercantile institu-
tions carrying the signs of Paris Coop, and
Hoge, Davis 81 Company. Both these had
the sand" to close during conference. OF
course they would close during Sunday
any way, but when they shut up on Monday
because of conference, I could not help say
ing ''good for theIz." l admire integrity
and self-sacrificein Gentle, Jew, Christian,
and especially in a Mormon. hope some
of the rest of our merchants will ''go and
do likewise, - even if they should lose mine
and the noble six hundreds nickels for
peanuts.
The stake tabernacle is a very fine build
ing rapidly nearing completion. 1t will
cost S50, 900, about forty thousand dollars OF
which is ROW paid up, and 1t is expected
that next August conference will be held
in it and it will be dedicated if the people
will respond to the call for the remaining
$4,000 necessary to finish the work.
Paris private dwellings also are by no
means to be shifted at. Every time
quarterly conference cOnveneS some one or
more OF its rustling citizens have new
houses, and each tries TO see that the last
house is best and prettiest. Thus Paris
becomes and remains what she ought to be-
the chief city of southeastern Idaho, and
her neighbOring southern county.
Spelling reform has not lost its hold upon
some of the people, even in that locality
A sign reads, DRESS making dun here
What we say Of the growth Of Paris, ap-
plies very much to her southern Idaho
neighbors Bloomington, St. Charles and
Fish Haven.
TIMBER Is PLENTIFUL
and many nice, neat, domiciles and meeting
and schoolhouses have been erected, and a
God-fearing, honest, Industrious people in
habit them. In short, were l to merely
itemize their virtues and good deeds you
would have to issue special edition for
Bear Lake.
Crossing the line between Idaho and
Utah, three miles south of Fish Haven,
which by reason Of its many trees. nice
dwellings and its being so close to the lake,
is one Of our prettieSt towns we soon reach
Garden City. This town is truly named
No nicer garden truck on earth of the
kinds than they raise here The people
live upon the produce of their gardens more
than from farming, and they make the best
success of the former industry of any town
in Rich county. Beautiful for situation,
many people now come and spend summer
weeks and months there. A citizen in
IOrueu me JudG 1dSJ year JuS uuulD6r OI
visitors was double that of the year before,
and that further doubling was expected
this year. 1t is right on the road from
southern Idaho to Logan, and the climate
during the summer, the delicious small
fruits ard garden sass' that abound in
the land have fan attraction that farmers
soon recognize, and good thing always
gets well advertised. Coming from thence |
our soul leaped within US when we read on
the outside of a little log cabin in the lane.
posted so that she who runs may real"
the following:
Notice
MEDICINE TO CURE ALL
COMPLAINTS. ALSO
ACHES AND PAINEs. ALSO Gu
RE FOR DRoPsY AND CANCER
Being slightly impecunious, and the good
cure-al doctor not having stated how he
sold his "aches and paines," whether by
retail or wholesale, 1 was compelled TO
abstain from investing in his panaceas.
Beers valley, owned by E. S. Risbing &
Company, is a charming place about mile
south of Garden City. Those gentlemen
have recently put in force OF men and
doubled the water supply in