The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-23
CONFERENCE At REXBURG
Great Crowd in Attendance at
Each Meeting on Satur-
day and Sunday.
Especial to The Herald.l

Rexburg, Jan. 22.-The quarterly
conference of the Fremont stake was
held here on Saturday and Sunday.
Large crowds We're in attendance at
each meeting, An overflow meeting
was held at the academy on Sunday
afternoon. In spite of the cold, snowy
weather, many people came long dis
tances in sleighs Apostle Rudger
Clawson' and President Joseph McMur-
rim of the seventies quorums were in
attendance during the conference. The
meetings were presided over by
Thomas z. Basset, presiden- of the
Fremont stake. Elders Mark Austin
and Albert Heath of the stake pres1-
dency were unable to be present, the
former Icing away on business and
the latter on account Of i'll health
The local wards and the academy
choirs furnished the music and did it
so well that it called for comment by
the visiting officials. Reports from the
various bishops and President Basset
showed a very prosperous condition OF
the people and of al organizations.
The people are loyal to their country
and to the church. President Basset
admonished the people not to go into
extravaganza as it was the general
impression among the leading finan-
ciers of the country that a change
would come in few years. He also
stated that the tithing had increased
q per cent over last year, which was
better than all preceding years.
Elder Joseph A. McMurrin's princi-
pal theme was the priesthood, the rel
active duties of C-cI- quorum, but es-
pecially the seventies organization. He
urged the bishops and presidents of
stakes to see to the promotion of prop
erly qualified brethren in order that
each quorum might perform it's MAXI
mum amount of work He said that
calls were coming in from all parts of
the world for missionaries. He urged
the people to get out of financial bond
age.
Elder Clawson referred to the COM
pleteness of the organization of the
church and there was sufficient within
the church without seeking outside
fraternal alliances. He was also much
interested in the report Of tithing, and
said that there had been an increase
of many thousands of dollars in the
general tithing fund. This was due,
the speaker said, to the enemies of the
church, who are forcing the people to
unite and be loyal to its requirements.
He spoke Of the handling of the tith-
ing and the Stri-t account that was
kept Of all money s received by the
church.
Professor Ezra Christensen, princi-
pal Of the Kicks academy, gave a re-
port shown the excellent condition
of the academy and what it is doing
for the young people of this section
The keynote Of the meetings seemed
to be, get out Of debt, avoid extrava-
gance and be loyal to the government
and to the church.
On Saturday night the local talent
gave a high class concert for the ben
eft of the First ward choir. 1t is the
general verdict that the entertainment
was superior to anything given here
before.
The Mutual Improvement cssocia-
tiOns had their quarterly meeting Sun
day night in Flamm's hall, where an
interesting programme was rendered.
Several days last week, in common
with the rest of the western country
we had our January thaw, but the
weather changed on Friday night. on
Saturday morning the mercury
dropped to zero. The few DAYS of
thaw was marked by a high south
wind, but no damage was done by the
wind.
There is a movement on foot to or
ganize a commercial club. Such an
organization would do much to pro-
mote the interests of this little city.