Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-01-30
M0RM0NS ALARM CANADA.
The Fear l. Expressed Tint The,
May Control Paris Gf the
npn4iGion.

Some people In Cuuafa are becoming
~s,iously nlarW1d ~ the iapiu .p-.ad
81 &crIhoui "a Ia parts or The Domin-
iUa, especially in the northwest. The
Morn .u- iie. .,!r asstItilwt Within
TIE asst Year they have Lrauaht IL
ii 'r t3un .iH1 ,H'rr.lt, ..am Utah
t.Drr. N ilis mu,,rtut /. ccniinuru.
sgys The NV YORK sun. taIasian ru.-
liz men fear ihai the Ma,nra, will.
'lngily cnniryl lurgr districts 81 tl,
'uUulry. NJ the hulk Of The laupic
la southern AlbDrtn have ccWr from
ltah. ARD IL the VI rm,n- iaye - tLrr-
5ugh organization. it j., jaWu'n az upon
Me country That hey NAY L,coEc Il
s,rinus mrnaCe 10 The stale, cen. chilly
as thc;' is a suspjcirn tha, p lyrauy
is pract,ccd cr,tly 10y ih,n,. Suuc
II the cld,rs IN Alhcrta assert Glat
f1tFaamy is one Of 'hc chief privileges
e The communion. and il is stated that
IL some eases the privilege has been
aoN ont ms n lait 10 attract converts.
Consequently The attention Of The gov
'rumcnt OF the Dominion is biting
called 10 these Mormon colonies.
Outside Of Alberta and the other
northwest province Of Canada, thr
Nprmons say they have 10 less than
lD.at0 mlmhprs in the province oi
Ontario. The Mormon uis. icparirs uu-
'aNrr 60 obtain q footing ia r,w c,u.
ers hl Keeping tic pDcu!.ar aDctrin,N
u HE M3IalsH cLUgcA yDgy much 90 he
background until th,y g'iu thc can-
aG,urr OF their converts. TiCy use
very effort iH tA1.r pov,r go lrrsriNi-
2c. They keep q cl.sr wate, Otyrthoir
r0EuT people, & ciully ti..g who 90
AWAY from loI.e. Some of she rjrS IN
be- northwest 70 into towns of souih-
,-a Alberta and ret empl,, l.ut, hui
they are not allowed To stay very long
III, cLmch sends for them to come
home again. lest the Influences az Chris
lian teaching should ALLEVIATE them
from their own faith.
In the Caradian northwest the Nor.
mons ARE following the same course OF
communism and segregation which has
made them a power in Utah. About
ten years AGO "A small body of them
formed a settlement on Lees creek,
about 80 miles from Lethbridgc and ij
niles from Mcleod. From that small
beginning has grown the large and
thriving community known as "the
state of Zion in Alberta of the Church
# Jesus Christ Of Latter aySaints."
lust as in Utah they have their town
,ites with central church and dance
hall, surrounding wards, church coun-
Ill. local bishops, elders, high conn
ills, etc. They are already accumuIat-
ng considerable wealth. are doing all
n their power TO get rid of AZ their
ientile neighbors. are carrying on a
active propaganda and are send
ing out missionaries to all parts Of the
country.
AS an instance OF what an enterprise
ng corporation the Mormon church in
Canada is. il may be mentioned that
when recently n ditch 10 miles long
had to be dug for irrigation purposes
forihe Alberta Irrigation company, the
Mormon church took the contract for
Logging ii and offered To take pay in
and. So much attention is attracted
10 the matter by the phenomenal in
'rease of these people that. according
10 the politicians, the federal authori-
lies will have to take some action.