Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-05
ANOTHER NEW
STAKE OF ZION.
Taylor Stake is Created at Confer
4 encc Held Recently at
Magrath.
IS TAKEN FROM the ALBERTA.
IIebcr s. Allen Is Made President and
Theodore Brandiey and John VIM.
knight His counsclors.
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence.
Raymond Alta, Sept. 1.-The Saints
OF Alberta Stake have been treated to
n spiritual feast by the presence In our
midst OF Presidents Joseph r. Smith
and Anthem IL Lund, Elders John w.
Taylor. Reed Smoot and M. f. Cowley
OF the Council Of Apostles, and other
Church officials. The general quarter
~ conference was held az Magrath Sat-
urday Sunday and Monday, at which
the above brethren gave some very
good instructions to the Saints, and
never was there better or even as
large, conference held In Alberta
stake. Among the important business
transacted was the dividing OF the Al
berta stake into two stakes, the west
ern portion retaining the old name OF
Alberta, while the new stake on the
east II TO be the Taylor Stake OF Zion,
named In honor Of our beloved Apostle
John w Taylor, who has been most in
strumental IN the development OF the
community The presidency OF the
Taylor stake are Heber :, Allen, presl-
dent; Theodore Brandey, first, and j.
VIM. knight, second counselors. or
the Alberta stake j. y. Wood IL presi-
dent, and Thos. Duce. FIRST counselor.
The removal OF Bishop Knight from the
Raymond ward left us without a bish-
Oprlc 80 a ward conference was held
here tonight, at which J. T. Anderson
was chosen Bishop, with T, William
Evans and Arthur u. Fawn as coun-
Helors. other quorums were also filed
The sugar factory Is nearly oomplet-
ed. II will be ready to grind beets
about Sept. 25
DEATH OF MRS SCOTT
Milton Scott, former general agent for
the News" Is called upon to mourn the
loss OF his Wife, Almeda Medora Baum
Scott on last "Wednesday evening at
their hime IN Raymond. The direct
cause OF her death was childbirth al
though she had been afflicted Tor sew
oral years with epilepsy. which disease
brought her to such stage OF weak
ness that she was unable to survive
through her confinement. The funeral
services were held at the Raymond
ward house on Thursday at D, M, Ell
ders Abraham Wild, Joseph s. Porter
and Bishop knight bore faithful testi-
monies to the worth and goodness OF
Sister scott, her devotion to the Gospel
and as a. loving mother and devoted
wife. Two beautiful hymns were sung
which were very appropriate to the de-
ceased, The remains were followed to
the cemetery hy large number OF We
hloles, and inferred with appropriate
ceremony Sister Scott, who leaves a
husband and two children in Raymond.
and a me ther and father and a host OF
relatives and friends in Provo at
which place she formerly resided The
dcceased's is the first adult death and
burial yet to occur In Raymond.
h. y. Hicks and bride have arrived
home from Utah, where they went to be
united In WedlOck
The binder is again herd In the land.
Quite rush for homesteads is being
made along the line OF the c., r. rail-
road In the Woodpecker country. over
80 new locations have been made re-
Gently In addition TO that number which
was made last spring. a small village
with store lumber yard and postofiice
has already been established, and the
prospects of two more towrs to be
started In the near future Most all
the settlers are Latter-day Saints.
We are experiencing some beautiful
weather and II II continues for about
three weeks nearly all the grain crops
will be safe, Harvesting Is now Ia
full blast and threshing will soon be-
gin.