Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-20
Iowa
SAINTS ASSIGN MINISTERS
Conference at Lamont, Ia, AppOrtiOnr
Work for the Year.
FINAL SESSION HELD MONDAY
Address of venerable President of the
Church IL Feature of the Clos
ing MeetinE-Tears and
Smiles.

LAMONT. Ia, April 1s.-(special. The
| worlds general conference Of the Re-or-
ganlzed Church of Jesus Christ OF Latter
/ Day Saints, which has been in session
here since April 6, adjourned Monday after
the reading of the appointments of the va
! rious missionaries.
The feature Of the morning business ses-
sion was the address of the venerable
| president Of the church. who spoke ex-
! temporaneousy and for nearly an hour,
covering a great many phases of church
work and venturing a prediction that death
would make few inroads on the officers
Of the church this year. This prediction
| by the aged churchman reminded a num-
Der in the audience that a few years ago
at the adjournment of conference he pre-
dioted that death would make serious in
roads in the staff of the church officers,
which prediction had a veritable fulfill
ment.
Conference adjourned amidst apparently
the best Of feeling and the reading OF the
| appointments proved to be, indeed, a Sc
! rious affair, bringing tears to the eyes of
many and smiles to faces of others, &C
eording as to whether the appointment was
a difficult or pleasant one. The appoint
ments follow:
Of the Twelve by the First
Miss,oe 1%issiVH no 3d. >, W rNighIi
No, 4, r, &, Russell; Missions Nos. 5 and
sion No Z, G. T. A GTriffiths MISSION Idn Mo- i
Peter = anderson I! s; Mission No. G.. A. But
Mission No. H. Frederick A. smith
., AS was the case last conference year.
U r III Me VIII be s Of 5Ss
s Tss t fed to be in Shargs being left
n,Sor,, 10 asslst oIL Si mempers OF the
gelical MinistersrJ. J, Bailey, Miehigan
Grove and Des Moines district: Joshua
Garlic, Pottawattamie district f. Keller,
Ontario. CSnada; ' William n Lewis ve Far
Ammon White. Independence stake.
district; Richard Billiard, referred to pres
bishop, T. W. Chatburn, Spring River;
J. G. Christensen, south Missouri; NJ II.
S eTS RSTtHnd district g cFs6b north
81 Ei. a. EV6Shn fo Ontario ont E and Quebec j.
Greenwood, Manchester and Sheffield; V.
GSSdrfG s Far Wss A HG% IgSs
| la; William johnson, Seattle and British
Columbia district; John Jones, Australasia;
England; c. Fl. Lake. Society Stands in
charge. with leave, Of absence for one year;
George Lewis. Australasia; r. G. Long,
burst aTn on1tari0i MScLean sHgthes;s5
G6S5is s,,5s fsrkini nSrthsFn caliOFRiS
Tho%as TsSiSf' shstfieiS nH and RIE@isS:
= t.. TFks omss, : south ut lS Wales; a Samuel
1IwaaIm6ly, =! Coloradoi .. J. Waller. Hawaii
| Appointments nv the Of TVaIVa
Seventies-Arthur Allen eastern Michigan;
Joseph ATber. Kewanee; William Aylor,
central Oklahoma; A. NJ. Baker, south Mis-
souri,; Richard Baldwin. England; A. c.
Barmore, Australasia; Alma Booker New
York; w: P. Bootman, Montana; Samuel
Brown, Virginias; Charles H. Burr, north
east Illinois; Hubert Case western okla
ihoma; f. ]. Chatburn. southeast Oregon;
Amos M Chase, Utah; s. d. Condit, east
Cooper, Nauvoo; ]. ]. Cornish, Michigan;
lC. f. Crumley, California; J. D. Curtis,
Colorado; John Davis, northern Utah and
southern Idaho; j. w. Davis, Australasia;
j. Arthur Davies Spring River: william
Davis, eastern and southern Michigan; j. T.
Davis, northern Arkansas; H. ]. Davidson,
Michigan; Jasper D. Dutton, Wisconsin;
| w d. Ellis. western Michigan; Il. A.
Erwin, eastern Oklahoma; r. Etzenhouser,
Fred b. Farr California; r. w. Farrell
| eastern mission; s. o. Foss. western
Maine; Levi Camel, north Nebraska and
~ III a
NJ. F. COwell, Utah; Fred Gregory, Ontario;
W. II. Greenwood, Manchester, England;
f. f. Haden, Fremont, la; P. NJ Hanson.
ern Michigan; II. N. Hansen. Scandinavia;
Charles e. Harp, Texas; John Harp, Nau-
VOC; o. ]. Hawn. eastern Michigan; w. j.
stake; r. l.. Henson, far west district;
l.. f. Hills, western Iowa; L. G, Holloway,
lColorado; Leonard HOughton. Minnesota;
George Jenkins, southeRstern Illinois; Rees
Jenkins Palestine; J. r. N. Jones, Austria
lasia; John Kaler, Independence stake; F.
IC. Kock. southern Kansas; James E, KEEL
Hills; 7. c. Kelley, Washington; Alvin
Knisley. Fremont; H. A. Koehler. western
Maine; A ]. Layland, eastern Idaho and
M MgcSmmsu ~ Kirt iS W. : McCres
Clinton, Mo-; Daniel McGregor, eastern
mission; James McKlermsn, eastern Iowa
and Nauvoo; r. NJ Maloney. Texas: w. II.
Mannering, Mexico; ]. w. Metcalf, Ohio;
o. r. Miller Pittsburg; j. F, Mintun, Des
Moines; II. f. Moler, southeastern mission
katchewan; Peter Mucous, Scandinavia;
10. w. Okerlind, northeastern Kansas: d.
s. Palmer. southwest Texas: Jesse w. Pax
sas; w S. Fender Mexico: J. W. Peterson,
Saskatchewan; A. B. Phillips, eastern mis-
sion; James Pycock' Ontario; Leo Quick.
Moinss: B. f. Renfroe. Arkansas and
Louisiana; J. 7. Riley, Arkansas and Louis
RADIO; BENJAMIN st. John referred TO min
lister in charge OF Canada and presiding
bishop; 8. w. l.. Scott. southern Michigan
and northern Indiana; Columbus Scott Pot
Itawattamie: Walter NJ Self southern Ne
braska: n. V. Sheldon. southern California;
1T j. sheppard New Mexico; c. NJ Shippy
Ontario; A. c. Silvers. Nodaway; Jesse M
simmons, Arkansas and Louisiana; s. w.
Simmons, northwest Texas: F. NJ. Slower,
southeastern mission; S. S. Smith, south
eastern mission; II. o. Smith. Massachu-
sets; d. Smith. Ontario; w. Smith. Little
Sioux and Galland's Grove; l. n. Smith.
Montana: Joseph w. Smith, South Dakota
and Minnesota; w. R. Smith, south Mis-
souri,; c. L. Snow, Independence stake;
Henry Sparkling, Spring River; j. D. Stead,
Oregon; A. e Stone, New York. j. M.
Stubbart, Utah j. r. Sutton. Nebraska
SVEN Swenson. northeast Missouri; o. B.
Thomas Colorado: C. W. ThoTburn Seattle
and British Columbia; d. E. Tucker. Ohio
and the Virginias; j. f. VandeTwood. Art
IONA: r.. T. Walters. central Illinois; Conner
r. Wells Lamont stake; c. f. Wiley.
Seattle and British Columbia: ]. f. Wilder
muth North Dakota; J. 3. Wildermuth
ca stern Iowa: James r, Yates. central Ok
llRhoma: A. l.. Whitaker Wisconsin.
| Elders-William Anderson Philadelphia :
/ Arafat Society Islands; ]. r. Baker west
ern Oklahoma; j. w. Bailey, east Okla
homa: f. Bates Texas; J. II. Biackmore
northern Michigan; n. l.. Booker. Ohio
| Fred Brackenbury. western Michigan;
Henry Braun. southeastern Missouri; Leon
BuTdick Kirkland and Pittsburg: A f.
Burr central Michigan; G. w. Burt, cen