Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-18
Summit stake Conrerence.


The quarterly conference Of the
Summit Stake Of Zion was held
Saturday and sunday, Feb. End and
8rd, 1895. The meeting opened atlO.ij
a. M, vita Tue stake presidency,
members II High Council and Bishops
on the stand.
Bishop Jahn CLARK reported the
Upton ward, Bishop William Sargent
reported HOytsvillo, Bishop J.. II.
Young reported Wanship AMI Bishop
John Puskoit reported tho Hunnolct
ward. Elder William Archibald also
addressed the conference. Before tho
close Of the meeting PRECEDENT dc0fgs
a. Cannon aud Elder Arthur Wiutuh
OF salt Lake, came 10, and the former
made a TOW remarks.
Tho afternoon services were opened
with music BY she choir aud prayer ~
Elder Ward y, Pack.
President George q, Cannon then
Addressed the meeting nld ugpfc.Hcl
his gratitude at the change iu tuu iuc'-
ings towards the Latlui-lay Saints
that exists now from tuAt 0i Low
years ago among the people 81
tho country. they wufu now
looked upon with favor lie
had noticed this On every hand
IN hiH extensive travolp. Mono but
God could work such change; tlu
work a Buccofs If tho Church would
progress " tho Sainis but ili tuult
duty. Ho dw0lt at length ON thoEub.
jCct OF prayer, anj referred % tho dan
pof thbt arises from neglect Of This
duty. Ho spoke nt longth and furclUly
upon tho subject Uf irfigatl 10, AMI
referred 10 hiB visit IN tho Eait NJ the
meeting % tho Irrigation Congress.
lie also spoke on thosutltotof homo
Industries, and pointed Out the benefits
60 community in sustaiuing them,
He said II was not only 10 thoir Inter
cot 10 foster nud tusiaiu home in1ua.
ties, but It wa the duty Of tho people
10 20 do. The meeting adjourned 900
10 O'Clock Sunday morning. with bone
dicti0n by Elder Arthur Wintor
On SUNDAY mornlug-Eidur itlf.
hand reported tho PARK CITY branch;
1874 children under eight years Of ago
ana memburship Of ~, total, 20
noui; o. families anu an enrolment of
1873 IN tho Sunday school.
PRECEDENT Cluil then slated that the
business Of the consolidation uf tho
Coalviilo north and souihwhrds should
DO attended 10, and stated that % a
meeting Of tho High Council 4. "A.
Wright was usnimously Sustained 10
DO the Bishop Of the Joint warIs. Tho
conference sustained Brother Wright.
President George q Cannon again
addressed the meeting ut length.
Tho Bishops Of tho C1Alvillc north
and south wards were thun h1noubly
released; n. II. Wight -Kptc sod hii
willingness TO accept tho pOsiti0u aB
Bishop ot the now ward, anu ho was
ordained BY President Cannon.
A the afternoon BOsulOn the sacra-
ment was administered aud after this
tho general authorities Of the Church
and the authorities Of the Stake were
unanimously sustained, being presented
by Ward u. Pack. Bishop James
BOwn, Of Evanston, reported his ward |
nnd the organization OF a branch tfI
that ward at Fort Brldgef, both being |
In n prosperous condition. Bishop |
George NJ. Pace, Of Parloyd Park |
ward, reported property spiritual and
temporal.
Piesidsnt W. W. CluG addressed
the conference and dwelt at length on
the subject Of dancing; no thought u
the dances were properly con
Quoted they were not harmful, but
beneficial. He was followed by
Elder W. Il. Pack, who In brief ad.
dress referred 10 tho interest that should
DO taken In tho erection OF the Pioneer
monument nj Salt Lake.l
Elder Cluu announced meeting OF |
the High Priests OF this stake, 10 DO |
held at Hoytsville on February 2iih, |
at IL am. Alter singing, conference |
adjourned Tor three months; benodic- |
lion by Joseph A. Fisher.
In the evening the Y. NJ. NJ. 1. A.
and Y. l., NJ. /. a. held services Ia the
Stake house; hrst after music by the
choir was an address by Alex Fiddler;
instrumental music by Miss Tilllo
Wilde; address by J. a, Smith; duet
by Frank Evans ANA Il. NJ, Plnneo; In
htrumental music by Frank Olson anu
Mrs. Mark Hopkins; singing by the
choir bonodiullOA by w. "A. Branch.
H.. IL. RIWAD,
Clerk urD fam.