Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-11
OUR OWN STATE.

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celebration held In Salt Lake City last
| October and the local one which was
being observed. were given by Edw. II.
| Anderson, this was followed by a his
torical sketch Of the schools from 1879,
| which was read By Sister Ethel Clark,
| followed by paper on the sunday
school movement. Illustrating It's growth.
| by Sister Lottle FoUlger. Brother An.
drew Kerr. a member OF the theological
class, IN a few well chosen words gave
an apprecative address 90 the officers
! and teachers, and showed particularly
| that the labor of the Sunday school
teacher was a labor u love, which re-
qulred sacrifice to accomplish accept
ably.
| Bishops Counselor II. w. civilian
| introduced the officers and teachers OF
the school 20 IN number; he also stated
that they were entirely united IN the
/ great cause Counselor Hyrum Belnap
| spoke on the mission OF the schools
| followed by Elder John NJ. Mills. a
member Of the Union Board who gave
an Interesting talk. dwelling especially
| upon the necessity OF those who have
talents. making use Of such talents for
| the good OF others: ne referred TO the
| satisfactory condition Of the Sabbath
| schools OF Weber county. and the repu.
| tatlon which they had Of being IN ihe
I lead. expressing also his satisfaction
| with the general officers Of the Stake
| Assistant Superintendent C.. II Green
well followed thanking the parents for
| their interest In the Sabbath school, al
20 the teachers for the noble work they
| were establishing.
Among the leading musical exercises
| u the afternoon was the singing Of 20,
my Father" by Sister Lizzie Blair.
The DoXology was sung at the close,
and the benedictiOn was pronounced by
Elder Fred Foulger
Among the banners that decorated the
hall was the first banner prepared for
the Sunday schools Of Weber county,
In 1917. which was painted by Dan
Weggeland: 1t Is a picture Of Jesus
blessing the little children, with a motto
from the Bible: suffer little children
10 come unto me, for OF such Is the
kingdom Of heaven
The day was beautiful and the eXer.
cises, because Of their impressive ma,
ture and the good snlrlt that prevailed,
will long be- remembered by the children
who were In attendance and win serve
as an inspiration TO the parents. officers,
teachers, and children, for many years
20 come
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
All arrangements have been made for
the funeral Of APOSTLE Franklin y.
Richards, which win take place on
Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock In the
Tabernacle The remains may be
viewed al the family residence 2i4S Lin
coin avenue on the morning Of the
funeral from a. m 20 Il noon. Friends
Of the deceased invited. II Is expected
that the quorum Of the Twelve Apostles
and the presidency Of the Church and
many others from salt Lake viii be In
attendance.
FIRE IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
Yesterday morning at II O'Clock a fire
alarm was sent IN from the corner of
Adams and Twenty street The
fire department responded quickly, and
found the Presbyterian church on fire
hut through able work OF the fire boys
the blaze was soon eXtinguished, the
principal damage was done TO the floor.
The damage WIN amount TO about 500,
covered By insurance. 4 defective fue
was the cause Of the condagratiou.
As the department was making the
turn from Twenty-hfth street on 10
Washington avenue the chiefs buggy,
going al n rapid rate, slid around on
the icy street and struck a telegraph
pole. throwing Chief Riser and his
teamster Mr. West. out: they struck
the ground very hard. the chiefs wrist
was sprained and he was bruised up
severely. Mr.. West escaped with a
badly bruised leg.
DELIGHTED WITH ALBERTA
Thomas Rackham returned last Fri
day from Alberta. Canada, where he
was called on a mission and fulfilled
the same and was hOnOrably released.
He Is delighted with the country and
says he intends moving his family there
to live next spring.
PAID THE JUDGMENT
Saturday afternoon Sidney Stevens,
through his attorneys, paid the iudg
ment held by the Deering Harvesting
Company against him IN the amount OF
S,56L6l. and costs Of suit Sl53,66.
DANGEROUS ICE PONDS.
The ice Is not yet frozen thick enough
TO be safe for skating. and n care is
not used by parents in cautioning their
children about the danger there is In
going upon the Ice some OF them viii
be getting drowned besides the boys
spoil the ice by cutting il to pieces and
spelling IL with rocks Yesterday Mr.
Jones drove number OF boys from his
ice pond several times, but they con-
tlnued to return. so he reported II TO
the police and Captain Shaw arrested
nine lads about Il to IA years OF age,
and took them 20 the city hall. They
were severely reprimauded and let 50.
but II boys and girls still continue TO
80 on the various Ice ponds tney viii
be prosecuted for trespass.
NEwsY LOCALS.
Apostle Brigham Young was In ogden
yesterday
Miss Martha Thomas has gone to Salt
Lake City 70 spend few weeks
Mrs. Pearl Decker who has been
spending a few days In ogden with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs John Gay, has
returned 20 her home In Salt Lake City
George Cline has been found guilty Of
horse stealing in the Second district
court He viii receive sentence on
Tuesday morning az 10 O'clock
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PROVO.
Probate Matters Child soalded 10 Death
sunday school jubilee.
Special Correspondence.
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