The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-21
Successful Gathering of Mis-.
sion Representatives Is
at an End.
APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED
FOR THE ENSUING YEAR
No Changes Are Made in As
signments for Salt
Lake.
President-Henry James Talbot.

fTeSlOent-fcnTy James IalDOtt.
Richfeld distrlct-Bmil q. More. pre-
siding elder. Mt. Pleasant.
Mantua. Brigham and Beaver City -
Rev. II. I. Hanson.
Ephraim and Spring City-E. e. Mork.
MarysYale and Kimberley-W, l.. Dex-
ter.
Mt. Pleasant and Moroni-E. E. Mork.
Ogden, Five Points, Huntsville and Sla-
teryille-H. H. Fleer.
Richfeld. Elsinore and Monroe-W. l..
Dexter,
Norwegian and Danish. Salt Lake-Hans
l. Hansen.
Norwegian and Danish mlsslon-To be
supplied.
Salt Lake City dIstrict-Henry j. Tai
bott, presiding elder.
Beaver-Carl L. Anderson
Bingham Canyon-CharIes II. Lewis
Eureka and Silver City. J. Danks.
Logan and Hyrum-Martin Thomas
Mercur and Ophir-To be filled.
Milford, Frisco and Newhousee-D. e.
Carter.
Murray and Bingham Junction-To be
supplied.
Ogden. First church-Samuel Blair.
Park City-Robert l., Wiley.
Payson. santaquin and Nephi-Samuel
A. Allison
Price and Helper. NJ Burk.
Provo, Spanish Fork and Heber-R. H.
Johnson.
Salt Lake City-First church. Benja-
min Young; Ilifi church. D. NJ Helmick;
Liberty Park, e. C. Parker; Waterloo
and Heath. ]. II. Murray; Tooele and
Stockton. T. p. Cook.
To preach the missionary sermon-Rev.
w. l.. Dexter.
Closing Session Held
The closing session OF the confer
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opened at 8 clock a m Monday with
n devotional service, conducted by Rev.
III. /. Hansen. An invitation TO the
conference to hold its next session at
the First NJ, e. church was presented
by Judge George F. Goodwin, and was
accepted, Rev. Mr. Young assuring the
conference that his church then would
have the best organ in the city. 1t
was voted that Rev, Mr.. Talbot at
tend the missionary board session at
Buffalo if practicable. Rev Samuel AL
lison presented the statistical report,
which showed some decreases in some
departments and gains in others. The
notable increase is in the amount of
church property, which shows an in
crease of $1S,600. The mission schools
showed healthy gain, which is re-
garded as a hopeful indication. The
number of Sunday"school pupils showed
IN increase, bupIlSUlS are aCCIeQlLSU
with a gain of twenty-fOur.
Rev. Mr.. Johnson reported the for
eign missions as being in an cncour-
aging state, but more funds were need
ed to carry on the work Rev. Mr.
Cook reported for the committee on
church extension, Attention was called
TO the aid given TO the churches in
San Francisco after the big disaster.
and also how tho work in Utah had
been put on solid basis by the help
ing hand of the board of church cXten-
sion. Education was reported upon by
The chairman, Rev. III. |. Hansen Spec
ial stress was put upon the advisability
of pushing the educational work. Work
in the higher grades was urged TO be
provided for, More buildings should
also be provided.
Rev. Mr.. Dexter reported for the
committee on reforms. He spoke of
the liquor traffic and recommended the
establishment of temperance societies.
Bishop Moore asked if there was more
or less iutemperance here than in
strictly GENTLE communities. it seemed
to be the opinion that a great deal of
intoxicants were consumed in this
State by fishing parties, or hauling it
out of town to drink, 1t was the con
sensus of opinion that an effort should
be made in the line Of temperance,
and not to let tho Utah question over
shadow it, II was hard to get the
cooperation Of Mormons on the TEN.
pcrnnce question, they saying that they
believed in temperance. but wanting TO
do as they pleased, Some effort in that
line was made in Logan, and an
"clder'' made some investigation
among both Mormons and GentiIes to
find who the Incorporate were; and it
was his conclusion that the Gentiles
in Logan were the temperate class
lie proceeded To give his people IA tenn.
perancc lecture. The keeping of the
Sabbath was urged, and members, il
was said should abstain from secular
work on the Sabbath
Need of Good Literature
The report of the committee on the