Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-24
ANNUAL REUNION
OF WEBER STAKE
Prominent Churchmen and Stake
And Ward Officers Banquet
ed and Entertained.
TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY
Dcc,are in Favor Of School Bond Issue
Investigating Particulars of
Miss Molc's Tragic Death.

ogden. June 24.-The annual reunion
cs the priesthood of the Weber stake.
held IN the stake academy auditorium
Yesterday was attended by members of
The First Presidency apostles and
other Church officials and more than
zoo members of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
At II o'clock In the morning the
meeting convened IN the assembly hall
of the academy The Weber Stake
academy band rendered n number of
selections and brief address of well
como was delivered by Elder David
o. Mckay
The meeting then adjourned to the
auditorium where q splendid banquet
was served by the ladies' of the stake.
While inc ladies served the banquet
the tabernacle choir, under the direc-
tiUn of Joseph Ballantyne rendered a
number of selections as did the school
orchestra. Duets were also rendered
by Mr.. Jed Eallantyne and Miss Title
Hancock and by Misses Myrtle Bal
linger AMI Maud Belnap.
Tho guests were welcomed by Judge
Henry II. Roialp in one of his char
aclHcistic speeches. in which he told
, of the great love and respect of the
the Church. President l.. w. Shurt-
lin also extended hearty welcome to
the visitors. Gov. John C. Cutler ex-
presseo his great pleasure at being
present and meeting with the people
of this stake. President Joseph Il.
smith spoke of the growth of the
country and The truly great men of the
Shurch easant Green Taylor gave
some inNtesting "reminiscences of the
PTODuHLXTngnnh nd lie hyn har
HyrupW He, also told of the assassina-
ton (vthe prophet and his brother and
closed his remarks with recalling Incl.
dents of crossing the plains. Elders
David Q. Mckay, Clawson and George
Albert Smith of the quorum of the
twelve. Presidents Lund and Winder
and number of others delivered brief
a, resses which we're greatly appre-
ciated.
The afternoon was spent In speech
making followed by q general recep-
ton The academy halls and rooms
were beautifully decorated for the oc-
c1flon The banquet was enc of the
In1st tempting and best served ever
attempted by the ladies of the Church
in this stake. Among those present
We're Gov. Cutler, Congressman How
ell, Presidents Smith, Lund and Win
der, Apostles D. o. Mckay, Rudser
Clawson, George Albert Smith. Patr-
arch John Smith, Presiding Bishop q.
w. Nibley and others.
FAVOR SCHOOL BOND ISSUE.
At the session of the Ogden trades
and labor assembly held Monday eve
ming q resolution was unanimously
adopted declaring in favor of the pro-
posed bond issue for a new high
school building. The resolution was
prefaced by the declaration that tho
present crowded condition of tho
High school and the demand for a
more fully equipped school made
II imperative that money should be
raised by bonds for the building of
the new school.
The matter of a Labor day celebra-
ton was brought before the assembly
and 1t was decided that n proper OBJ
servation of the day should be held.
a committee was appointed TO make
the general arrangements for the day.
All labor unions of the city will be in
vited to join in the celebration and to
take part in the mammoth parade 10
be held on that day.
a communication was received by
the president of the assembly from
the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company, announcing that the strike
of the linemen OF the company had
been settled and the company was
ready to put back TO work all the old
hands at the new salary schedule. II
was announced by the assembly that as
the strike had now been settled with
the Bell company. the assembly would
have nothing to do either one way or
the other In the matter of the con-
tention of the doctors and dentists In