Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27
ONEIDA STAKE REUNION
s,,Lr and Ward Omccr- Meet AMI
celebrate TwcntN-hith Anniversary
Of Organization of stake.

- H..I no
stake oih''I- reunion ''
The stake house at Preston, Id'1'. I''.
%, teos Cd. celebrate the a.th luuIy.rs-
........ .r tt. Dp.d.
any 'l ''' - d..
stake of zion an'ul -'' I''-'
Attendance and every ORGANIZATION ITO
f ..,. -.r,r.aeUt.d
tn. ....f.. ...t.
hlfh ''u'''I''' '''
81 8. master of DoI'in"hl'- 'I'N '''
follow ing program WIS I'l'u.l ,.so
General reception Ii"ih ''.', ''
uI.. the academy hFind disoouI -'u Iii"-
fiD while the people were ass'in"ilhs
a. 1880 the congregation sang 'i''
hymn. Praise to ihn man WHO ''''
uurad with Jehovah
Prayer by High 'ounDl'l "'"" '
Daley. ........,.
Double quartet 0'i''i guy
An address on ~, s.,gI,s,n Who
by President George q. i'ai >li' s3' '
reviewed briefly lne ""lN ''','. ',....r.I-
don" m tne I'd lv'I3 -. 81 tbe
z1t'n OF 'h' 7''N'' CIV .t.., I'd ,,l-.n
valiant mon ahd women WA, ''' 10
part iu the dcNc.opm'nt my 49, ,l,.t
the stake. let'Fi'u TO 'l' 'i''''7 49,
had taken place ".I ''.
which now sirr'uh' ''' a.. pisb.
a happy rcspous" was given "s l
Oh Denmark Jensen nI MlbN'l
Nal. quartet by meilp.IH "' '''.
envy faculty ana 9iu",.'' ....i... .,,,
President Joseph b. 80. o.,
'Iht 'ne.d1 l'lN' "a 90 ,.l. .l,,,,.
and reviewed The ml-sl'HaiN "''N
M nome by The presidency "i 'u' S'"H.'
BY the stake high c"un'h' h''"' ",
-iouaries. after Whl,n n' l''" "l Wy.
vorl, of 'ue elders ln io'tl-H
and submitted the tol""l"E 7u NINA.
which Dc had made from inc Hui.
records The oneida stake mas iul
cd 621 missionaries 10 q" ul'g ~
missions during the 20 yours - no
90 1905 10 has been tet ,s ,l,'t,,.. '.,l5
nations. and in II church mlo-''ils az"
among hcr elders Il represents ID Iih-
elagas spoken II has had an 9Neiasy
or so elders constantly iu the helu slllt'
1881 who have accomplished lNe l"i
1,v.iuc 1abors. CunscrFatiNely eS'lui1'-
ed.
Miles Travelled Ca ana from lle lli9
sion field. G.Sl2, 500. miles lraNeIeu "iil'e
i'm the mission service -.l32'5oo' laiilllie9
visited. 5,42500o tracts dis't ill W.
g-0 Oo0. testimonies borne, 4oon5Vo' ser
mons poached. 49, $50; children blessen'
1880. baptisms performed o.-'Y' .-c
f,s.d entrrtainment and rejected, boo.-
ana times. nights without shelter l-'V'
President Charles u. Goaslma taN'
am interesting sketch Of the stake ms
fnrg as follows. Tho oneida start
v1s organized ln the spring or lNot
ana COMPRISED n wards with popu-
1sti,, Of a.2sS souls by Marcn' loo''
tbs stake had grown TO ~ wards men
tbe Nalad stake was organized, Whlch
took away four of the Wtrds. iea ,ll7
Inn n las al first In 1898 the Baker
branch al Baker city. Oreeon. was
attached 90 the oneida stake, ana ln
1895 the oregon and NorthWesterl,
mission. which included the states OF
oregon. Washington and Idaho. wa
nrrauizad. and the presidency OF tne
oneida stake placed I'm charge Of tHe
mission. by this time the Baker
hrarch had been organized INTO
,,ofl So that in 1895 the stake hao
q,,ovn To- "A wards and branc ee.
,,ben ID WAS again divided ANA la
,,,rls taken into the Bauuock ana
pnCatalIo stakes. leaving as again win
iut a wards. In 1899 the mission was
,I...d in charge of President Bran
t,-.u ANA I'm 1901 the Baker ward Wa5
,,rt ipfo thc Union stake. Notw.th
st.udIpr these divisions. tho oueid2
s,-l.. has maintained an average pop
,l..iop of 1905 souls.