The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-26
LATTER DAY SAINTS.
Apostle John Henry smith Sub
 mitS to an Interview.

Apostle John Henry Smith, who is now sojOurning in Arizona, was recently iu Phoenix. and while there was inter viewed br a reporter for the press, and the Gazette printed the following arti- cle as the result:
 : John Henry Smith and John ". Taylor. Of Salt ! Lake City apostles of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, who gre making tour Of the vari- ouS stakes in the territory, were in Phoenix Wednesday, arriving from Mesa City in the morning, whese they held a conference on Sun day and Monday. They left Wednesday even ing for Snowflake and St. Johns. the ofic al des- tgnations of the two stakes yet to be visited
 Mir Smith is large portly, full-bea ded man, forty-nine years old, of forid complexion and commencing to turn quite gray He is a pleasant talNer, and is evidently a man of con siderable penetration. He is a second cousin of the founder of the church, Joseph Smith, who was killed at NauvO0. III. in the early days of the new movement. and was taken to Utah by his parents in 1Si9, when c child barely year old
 T have seen Salt Lake City,. he said Wednes day evening, ct the Ford hotel, grow from a mere hamlet of mud huts into d large, splendid metropolis
 Our church, he continued in answer to a question. has 1,5O0 missionaries scattered all over the world We do not locate converts a any particular place in this country, but advise them as to desirable places for homes There is yet considerable unoccupied land in Wyoming and Idaho and many are going there Of course you understand that people emigrating to this country naturally desire t. locate in the same community with the missionary who induced them to join the c. urCh"
 Are many of your church people Ioca.ing in Utah and Arizona ?'' he was asked.
 Well, there is not as much vacant land here as elsewhere, but under intense agricultural methods your lands can sustain a much larger population thal they do now We think in Utah that ten acres is a pretty big farm fam fly can live on three acres. predict that Ari zona Willin me have a population of upwards of million people,"
 'Nonld not greater water supply for irrigat- ing be necessary ill this event?'
 Not necessarily. We have found in Utah that when large areas are reduced to cultivation less wuterpCr acre is required X small patch Ci irrigated ground iu the midst of huge OK panse of desert is like a wet shirt hung up with q row of red-hot stoves encircrugft
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 This touched upon an interesting point in the theology of the Latter Day Saints church The r-d men are supposed to have compose6 the ten st tribes of Israel, and Christ, when he was on earth. it is asserted, visited end conferred with them Lew Wallace's story of "A Fair God" was referred to by Mir. Smith in conformity with their doctrine. Children eight years of age and upward are baptized and admitted into the churches as members
 ~ find our people in Arizona prosperous and contentcd," said MT. Smith. ""We teach the doe Urine that agriculture is the natural vocation for man. and we want every adherent of the church to own the roof over his own head We believe that man without home is lacking in the es- sental elements of patriotism. He ilust bu rooted in the soil 10 make good citizsn'