The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-25
The TNsoLgNT INTRUSION.

That the Mormon MeIch.seGek priest
hood claim TIE night 20 control in ma
csrlzI a. well as spiritual affairs was
probably never better Illustrated than
ia At incident which We shall here de-
scribe
L was n the year 1905 that certain
Government lands n rae Cintah couu-
.-y were thrown open 90 settlement. As
usual, the ecclesizscs Of the dominant
church here greediIy desired 70 40 con
-roI the drawing of these lands as %
create advsntazs and fa7oritisn for
their own supporters. This they
proceeded % 10 II TIE most brzzsc and
iusoLent manner. as letter printed n
the Box ELDER Views. published ~ Brig
ham City. disclosed The cor1u1CEisz-
rIo1 vas Al authoritative one. signed by
william H Smart Joseph r 1l1rdoek.
James C. Jensen, Wasarch stake presi-
is1cy-'' II the course oE shat letter tie
following statements were made.
We are zcg-1sl-tlzz ourselves with
tracts u ard uti-n wz lezI are a1os-
Desirable fc~ settlement ar! which
caroGzE LaEd osGcz connections being
formed ~ Ea. car - c!.oss1 By those
VITO may Re u torcA Vttt gs-
Izasa-uch as the Ulatza reservation
territory q nearly al within the con
fires of Wzssrcn coUGty and over which
5L- scc!esLssrlczi jurisdiction =x-eCds. Il
"a desired 5y the a-s- presidency rhat W
-ss oEr zIdc Offices II 5ersS q Cur
EenrLz who may wish % settle tc=-=-
II order 90 facilitate their officiouz
and obnoxious Intrusion into this ALTO
I z=tEer public marter. the sccIesizscs
named requested that interested SAINTS
knowing q intending settlers .'in :
I Systematic way get us Il touch with
I them b. correspondence a. the very ear
lest date possible" Ard u i observed
that this DeuieIoUs activity was
prompted ~ the first presidency of IKE
cau-eh. "a -Ee Ietter extracts show The
fraud thus SET 1z foot II that dms las
beer pursued % % The present day. and
3 being prosecuted now, William z
Smart beng particularly active n the
narrsr- The etu-ch treasury hza fur.
nished money For the purpose of carry
irz out ths scheme, and Il has SET apart
mer % lend tEeir 1zres "a settlers II
order 20 zrzh al the desirable lads n
that region Numerous frauds are open
" said q have oee1 pe-petrzts3. and Il
is well known fact tha1 the crowd 6t
l1-erfsrlrg and iupuGeu1 zcclesias5s 81
I CEe Waszcch stake, Who seem 20 ina ins
razS Their right CO I1trUis les II tHt
fart rha- the CI1tah country Is within
rh=r- church Jurisdiction. have ouIY beer
following OUT the instructions q tht
first presidency ot tns Mormon organi
zztior. Ttis impuiene claim zzd atru
si0n were exposed and rssisred By Th'
Tribune az the tine of irs manifesto
tion
: r. VII he recaIIed that The Tribune
. zLou- rhree months zz5. gave = brle.
account OF part of the proceedings of ;
: nesting OF the Salt Lake stake priest
hood. - rha5 gathering, as We rhsu r
|. cited. Joseph F. Smith cold the eldsr
present -1a5 = vas no longer the desi-
? 5f she church shat Mormon young Ilei
= seek homes n other communities, 5u
: thar they remain N Utah- aud especial,
!: pointing % the fact that EXCEPTIONAL
i .aivantz rzous opportunities ware prs
Z seu-ed % them IN the Clntah c0unrr7
: President Smith knew rhac il vas no
] &C al necessary for hin 20 state th
: uac1er arr more plainly because th
= neu crescent had previously been Il
O formed n secret Of the scheme carTyln
out n the CIntah district Joseph +
: rerelv desired 70 rsnaI1G them CT II an
: % urge them 20 clay into rhs hands Q
= she hierarchy through The medium O
g William z Smart who continues
5 rhrust every obstacle possible IN the va