Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-02-09
TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE.

part of Salt Lake Stake, and is COM
posed of Mill Creek. East Mill Creek,
Big Cottonwood, South Cottonwood,
North Jordan, Hunter, Sugar House,
Granger, Farmers, Forest Dale and
Mountain Dell wards.
The organization was formed by
Apostles Francis NJ. Lyman aud An.
thon H. Lund.
! Frank y. Taylor was elected presi.
dent and his counselors are Joseph h
Miller of Mill Creek and Edwin Ben
MON of Granger
Instructive speeches were made by
| Apostles Lyman and Lund, concerning
the duties of the Latter-day Saints whc
| held the priesthood, practicularly those
| who were called to be officers in
stake and ward capacity, but the chief
lesson of their talk was the strict en-.
forcement of the word of wisdom,
! Apostle Lyman going 50 far as to say
that no person would be selected rs an
officer in the Granite stake who would
not keep the word of wisdom strictly
] which forbids the use of tea, coffee, to-
bacco and liquors of all kinds. He
further said that if any persons select
ed for any office had not lived up to
these requirements they would have
to pledge themselves to do SO, and if
they did not then live up to this re-
quirement, they would be removed.
Apostle Lyman then presented the
name of Frank Y. Taylor for president
of the Granite stake, which was sus-
tanned without a dissenting voice. A
very unusual method was followed to
secure list of names from which tho
other officers would be selected. Each
person present was given a slip of pa.
per and asked to write five or six names
thereon of those whom they would like
to see made officers of the stake, but to
name no office for any one, and De sure
to write only men they knew to be up.
right and honest, and who kent the
word Of wisdom. On the back of this
slip of paper each was to write the
name of the ward he lived in, but moi
sign his own name. A committee 0.
five was appointed as tellers. Richard
R. Lyman, Francis NJ. Lyman, Jr
Thomas Ahlston, Joseph w. Mussei
and George M. Cannon.
At 1920 the meeting adjourned t
give the apostles time to select from
the lists prepared by the tellers thu
various officers to be named
At p. m. the meeting recontinuet
and the names selected were presente,
for the approval of the meeting, all re
ceiving unanimous support. The Sc
lections were as follows:
Counselors to Stake President
James h. Miller of Mill Creek and Ed
win Bennion of Granger.
High ouncilors-George Crismor
Sugar; ii. G. Carlisle, Mill Creek; Jess
Wheeler, Charles Holme, South Cotton
wood; f. f. Hintze, Big Cottonwood
Horace Cummings, East Mill Creel
George M. Spencer, Taylorsville; lobe
Filkin, Granger; John NJ. Cannon, Foi
est Dale; James Bertoch, Hunter; WI
liam Bradfor, Martin Christophersor
Farmers.
Alternate High Counselors-H. s
Saunders, South Cottonwood; Josep
A. Cornwall, William J. Butterwortl
Mill Creek; Arthur Cummings, Sugar
Henry Mathews and Henry Harkel
Taylorsyille.
Stake Clerk and Historian and Cler
of the High Council-Thomas Ahlsto
of Sugar.
John Cook of Mill Creek presider
of the High Priests quorum with \
v Jones and CHILEAN Miller as h
counselorrs.
Stake President of Sunday schools
George NJ. Cannon, Forest Dale wit
Richard Horne of Mill Creek, Ashe
Woodruff of Farmers assistants.
President of Y. NJ M. /. A.-Williai
C. Winder, Mill Creek; Uriah Mile
aud Joseph Musser of Mill Creek, a
sistants.
Farnk Y. Taylor the president ,
Granite stake, is a son of Presider
John Taylor. He was born in I'll
Fourteenth ward Of Salt Lake in N,
vember. 1861 He was educated in ii
common schools of that city ana I'll
University of Utah. graduating frol
the latter in 1880. While at the I'm
versity he took course in surveyin
which profession he followed for abol
two years after leaving school. In fss
he was appointed assistant archite'
ON the Manti Temple, which positio
he held until the temple was finished
Since leaving school he has Away
been more or less interested in minin
and was superintendent Of the Bullion
Heck in 1898. For several years he hi
been engaged in the real estate an
brokerage business He has alwaJ
been quite an active reIigionist, part
culiarly in Sunday school and Mutu'
improvement association work. an
when selected for president of tn
Al.