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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

books and accounts OF the presiding
bishopric. they found them in excel.
lent condition. The committee stated
that the accounts gave "full, frank
and intelligent statement of all re.
ceipts and disbursements" and added
that the church was to be congratu.
lated for the business methods and ef.
iciency shown by the work of the
lirst presidency and the presiding
bishopric.
As on the opening day, the ad
dresses made to the conference were
IF an optimistic and happy nature.
Each speaker talked OF the excellent
condition of the church affairs. and
pointed out the matters which he be-
ieved should show an Improvement
IN the coming year The musical pro
grams were Thoroughly appreciated
The famous tabernacle choir was at
It's best. Fully 10000 people crowded
very available inch OF space in the
great tabernacle at each OF the two
general sessions.
After every one Of the general au-
horities of the church had been sus.
tained by unanimous vote. the last
session of the eighty-fourth annual
conference of the Mormon church
closed Monday afternoon. The many
visitors departed for their homes with
he blessing of their president, who
attended every session of the confer.
once. and with the assurance that the
conference just closed is the best and
most promising in the history of the
church
The great tabernacle was comfort
ably filed Monday morning when
President mith called the meeting to
order.
Seymour b. Young, senior presi
dent of the first council of seventies
made the opening address. He gave
some interesting information regard
ing the spreading of the gospel among
the nations of the earth.
Elder Brigham IL. Roberts of the
first council OF seventies followed
with an interesting resume of the
churchs history as il taught the les
sons of sacrifice and service to hu.
manity. He recalled the sacrifices
made by the pioneers to bring the
people from Missouri to Utah and
of the early labors of the missionaries
throughout the world
Rulon III. Wells of the first council
OF seventies was the first speaker at
the afternoon session. He said that
the Latterday Saints ought not to
preach anything that they did not at
least make an attempt to practice
He urged the Saints to be engaged in
fighting sin, but told them that at the
same time they should be full of love
and charity for their fellow men.
Joseph w. McMurrin. another mem.
Der of the first council of the seven.
ties, said he was glad that the Saints
after attending conference, always
said that the conference In question
was the best ever held" lie said
this feeling indicated sustained in
terest and progress on the part OF
the church members.
Levi Edgar Young took up a discus
sion of some of the things which VIII
liam James and other noted philo
sophers had said about the need OF
religion. He said he was glad that
Joseph Smith was not schooled man
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10
Secrets OF the Wardrobe.

When Winston Churchill was run
ming for the governorship of New
Hampshire, his opponents became pes
tiferously active, making speeches
writing letters and distributing cam
paign buttons. One morning a friend
sent this telegram to Churchill:
Have you no buttons for your sup
porters?"
The candidate was out of town and
did not get the telegram, but pretty
girl stenographer did.
She sent this answering wire:
No We use safety pins.
WINSTON CHURCHILL"
Popular Magazine.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10
dSter \
Ceremonies
ofToday
and
of the Past

ysszs-'.<nzN It'll the coming OF Easter
TX All interest is always aroused
| wv in the ancient belief,
ceremonies and observ-
F~TrSyT ances that are brought
lesSASEGIh together in the celebra-
e@sn~@as.EA's~ ton OF the modern festi.
val These include such things as
eggs, cakes, flowers, presents and the
Easter hare, to say nothing of other
items obsolete in our times. Individual
notings of one or another of the cere-
monies or observances have there
been. but 1t is by no means easy to
lay hand on any assembling of them
Authorities agree that the remote
ancestor of Easter was a ceremony OF
pagan worship. Distant as are the
origins of the old religious forms and
lntertwined as are the threads, con-
Meeting them with the present, II Is
not now easy to disentangle them, so
that 1t may be said that Easter OBJ
servances among the people include
remnants of the ancient worship of
the sun, the moon and fire and water.
The keynote of the festival has been
from the very beginning resurrection,
the re-awakening of the vernal world.
The name is that of goddess OF
spring, and certain of the emblems
have had n correlation that Is remark
able, and through thirty centuries
they have come down to us together,
preserving the early significance OF
resurrection, although the faith that
originated the ideas had ages ago
been forgotten. The idea of Easter
sprang truly from a tomb; that tomb
was, however. the tomb of winter
The strong angel that rolled away the
stone from the door of the sepulchei
was the April sun.
Although Lent has the claim Of
Christian origin, there are antiquar
| ians who assert that il is of far more
| ancient origin. 1t arose, as nearly az
has yet been determined, in the fast
| ing that was customary among the
| Babylonians, whose worship formed
The starting point of Easter. The fast
was one of sympathy with the goddess
| VI reproduction, who mourned her con
| sort, and the period was marked BY
| fasting and an abstinence from mirtf
/ snd social festivals. Fasting has beer
a widespread custom, Humboldt not
] ing fasts IN Mexico, where curiAusly
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

testimonial. - Mrs. LAWRENCE MAR
TIN, IL King St, Westbrook, Maine.
Mansion, Wis. -" the Change Of
Life suffered with pains in my back
and loins until / could not stand. also
had night-sweats so that the sheets
would be wet l tried other medicine
but got no relief. After taking one bot
tie of Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound 1 began to improve and
continued its use for six months. The
pains left me, the night-sweats and hot
flashes grew less, and in one year was
different woman. ! know I have to
thank you for my continued good health
ever since. - Mrs. M. J. BRowNELI.,
Mansion, Wis.
The success of Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled in such cases.
IL yOu want special advice write to
Lydia L. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter viii
be opened, read and answered by n
woman, and held In strict confidence.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10


OF the church and of the differen
pnases OF the Mormon religion
wherein IL Is different from other de
nominations.
A feature of the conference wa,
the excellent musical program, man,
oil the leading musicians of the state
and the west, being present.
| Two overflow" meeting were
necessary Sunday afternoon to accom-
Dlodate those who could not even find
room In the doorways of the thronged
tabernacle. One overflow meeting
was necessary in the morning. Mo-.
Ders or the council Of the twelve amos.
ties were prominent among SUNDAYS
speakers. .
PRESIDENT Joseph f. Smith presid.
eu al the sessions In ,he tabernacle
PRESIDENT Francis NJ. Lyman of the
apostles quorum, Apostle George F.
Hichards ana Apostle Orson Il. Whit.
ney were the principal speakers in
sne tabernacle at the morning meet.
ing. Apostle A. w. WINS was in
charge OF the overflow meeting In the
morning at the Assembly hall.
Vital principles of the Mormon saith
were expounded at the morning sec.
sion of conference on Sunday. Reve.
.a.ion' the performing of miracles and
the healing of the sick were oLiaP
among the subjects discussed.
AT the afternoon tabernacle meeting
sermons were delivered by APOSTLE
David 0. Mckay, Apostle Joseph r.
smith Jr,, and Apostle James b. Tai.
mage. Apostle Heber j. Grant con.
lucted the overflow meeting in the AS. |
semply hall, with Charles II. Hart
Joseph b. Geddes, l.. n. Marsden and |
water +. Monson as speakers. Elder
5ehJamin Goddard was in charge of .
ne open-air meeting, with Andrew
'ehsen, Samuel O. Bennion and Ger.
nan IL. Ellsworth assisting. The
Murray First ward choir sang AT the
horhlhC assembly hall meeting and
oe Osden tabernacle choir at the af.
eilioon meeting. The tabernacle
hoir rendered the musical program
the tabernacle.
Al the afternoon session. an exposi.
ion of the gospel and the word or
'lsdom, advice to teachers. with
ORD of caution regarding the respon.
lolllty that devolves upon them. the
utles Oh the church members and a
sinlallon OF those who seek to decry
ls Bible and to cast doubt upon the
ospel were subjects dwelt upon by
he speakers.
Among the interesting features SIM.
~ afternoon was the reading. at the
quest OF President Smith. of a state !
ent from the church auditing com.
lttee' The statement was read by ,
postle Joseph r, Smith, Jr. The {
,inmlttee reported that, after a care. I
and searching examination of the .
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10
General Kelley In IaiI

accommodation" Charles Ke,,ev
who started last month on a proposed
march to Washington, ID. c., at the
mead OF an army" of about / 400 un-
employed pen, was sentenced TO six
months In the county jail for yag.
Tancy.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10
Not Much

Bess-Do you think much Of jim
mic?
Tess-No. only about twenty-four
hours a day.--Judge. *
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

Tomorrow never comes. but the
morning after the night before always
shows up.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

He Understood.
And observe that we never let him
play except in the minor"
Il understand; he is SO young! -
lie Rire.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured hy
Dr. Pletce's Pleasant Pellets The fayorite
family laxative. Adv.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10
WOMEN FROM
As TO IS TESTIFY
To theMerit of Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Com
pound during Change
of Life.
Westbrook, Me. -" I was passing
through the Change of Life and had

pains IN my back
and side and was SO
weak / could hardly
do my homework.
l have taken Lydia
f. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
it has done me a lot
of good. / will re-
commend your med
icine TO my friends
and give you permits
sion TO publish NV
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

And many a man who claims to be-
self'made was made what he is by his
wife
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

Marriage is never failure--but one
or both parties to II may be.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

Most OF the fun we have is in the
anticipation. which never causes
headache
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10
Undoubtedly.

Did your vaccination take?"
fes-my last dollar. "-Baltimo
American.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

But many a slip occurs soon after
the cup has been to the lip.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10
Very Different.
EE

Were the fish biting on your last
country trip?"
No, burt the dogs were."
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

a Rio flffer WIN send yoS complete instrpctions
plk uttSt for manufacturing six articles, big
sellers, you can sell by mall and through agents, ro-
peators. send dime 20 pay postage and packing ana
get In touch with o her dollar coming propositions.
HOME PUBLISHING Co, Box 200, Idaho Falls, Ida.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the
brightest and fastest. Adv.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

No man can hold his own who can't
hold his tongue.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

Plans for the publishing of the of.
lciai organ OF the Society Island I'll.
uers association OF the Mormon
church In Salt Lake instead of In the
islands were perfected at "A meeting
OF eighteen returned missionaries
Sunday afternoon.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

pecause tne little pedag0gIc pf1hcf.
pies would have stunted his being.
lie was not schooled," said the
speaker. That is why he was great
man"
Charles w. Nibley, presiding bish.
op' said that the world for some
years past had been looking for an
easy religion, but he said the Nor.
mon religion was not that kind He
saiu the gospel as taught by the Nor
mon church was an exacting thing
ana urged men to live up to Il.
Man cannot be saved except by his
own eXertion,' said Bishop Niblev.
NO one can bless your soul unless
you are willing to help yourself The
Loru cannot help man who will not
nelp himself. We have a lot to do
Ior ourselves. We are working IN.
waru a united order. II will come in
time out even then the individual will
sui nave to develop himself"
rresldent Patriarch Hyrum q
Snilth aihrmed the things which had
peen SAID during the conference and
auuressihg himself to the young peo.
PIE OF the church, said that he wouId
'eXhort the youth of Zion To follow
more closely in the footsteps of tho
oider leaders of the church and NOT
W forget the Lord and their parents
anu the duties they owed to them
Apostle A w WINS then read tho
report OF The church auditing commit.
tee winch was read at the Sunday
heellng, and asked the conference |
what IL would do with the report. ON |
Ine notlon OF President John w Hart |
OF Rigby stake the report was accent |
eu ana vote OF thanks extended m
tne committee. The authorities were
then presented by Apostle WINS ana
unanimously sustained.
reel certain that the spirit of the
conference is pleasing to the Lord >
salu president Smith In closing the
meeting i am satisfied that He an
proves OF the counsel and admoni.
tloiis given here. May God bless Is.
raei ana may the blessing rest espe.
cialiy on the presiding officers of the
tons" e"ni""'
ihirty-seven of the veterans who
'ither pulled or pushed handcarts
icross the plains and into Salt Lake
'aIiey IN the years between 1856 and
.ooo, with many of their descendants
ma friends, held an enjoyable reunion
n SAT- Lake during the conference
meeting of the Holland Mission.
Try society was held on the 4tb inst
mere being an attendance of about
w elders and friends. The meeting
vas presided over by Joseph II
ninth, secretary The members ne.
ened to several interesting and IN.
tructive addresses.
STATISTICS compiled by officers Of
le ulnerent wards and stakes of the
'eseret sunday School union show a
,'ai enrolment OF 1888, a net gain
o'4So over last year. At present |
ne largest Sunday school in the
hurch Is the Forest Dale ward, with
total enrolment of gOt
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-04-10

About 200 Germans met Sunday az.
ternoon In Barrett hall to hold their
conference reunion. Those who
spoke at the reunion were Albert
Brandy OF Alberta, Can, and Philip
Iadge OF Salt Lake. The German
choir OF liberty stake furnished the
mVsts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-17
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAvENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth District

scientific management in strong terms
as inhuman, the force of its decision
would do much toward abolishing this
horrible treadmill business system,
even though congress and the states
followed with no legislation prohibit
ing II. Public opinion can do much. 1t
is surely abolishing child labor. and it
could abolish the Taylor system.
Scientific management is fine for
everybody except those who have to
work under 1t. Mr.. Taylor himself. in
his handbook for manufacturers, gives
some of the reasons why scientific
management is a calamity for labor.
At one place in this book he says:
For the success of the system the
number of men employed on practical
ly the same class of work would be
large enough for the workmen quite
often to have the object lesson of see
ing men laid off for failing to earn
high wages, and others substituted in
their places"
For refined cruelty there is nothing
in modern life to equal this. One can
easily imagine the value of the OBJ
ject lesson on John Smith, who has a
sick wife, perhaps. and three or four
little children who look to him for
bread and clothing. We will say that
John Smith is not so deft of hand as
his fellow employees in the depart
ment under scientific management
He drives his clumsiness to the ut
most to keep up and earn a living
wage. He cannot afford to lose a sin
gle halliday of work. Then he sees
other temperamentally slow men laid
off or discharged for an object lesson
to him. The torturers of the middle
ages missed something in not know
ing about scientific management and
its "object lessons"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-17
Fate of Marshal Ney.

1t has been maintained by many that
the famous Marshal Ney. whom M
pOlecn called the "bravest Of the
brave" was not executed. as history
makes him out TO have been. but snc-
ceeded. by the help OF friends. I'm max
ing his escape 10 America. where he
lived TO an advanced age. dying I'm
peace in his own bed. The theory as
advocated by many Is that Ney wentto
North Carolina. became a school teach
er and made many friends. 10 the more
Intimate Of whom he con6ded his Sc
eret. But there j. not much 10 the
story except its nOVelty.-New York
American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-17
THE COST OF vERMIN.

Many popular beliefs on medical
subjects seem 60 be based on instinct
without any facts to justify them. yet
increasing knowledge in new fields
frequently justifies opinions which
have been held for centuries. Rats.
mice. flies. mosquitoes and the various
forms OF body parasites have always
been held in contempt and disgust.
and always and everywhere have been
regarded as vermin. Growing knowl-
edge OF the important role played by
these lower forms OF animal life in
the transmission OF disease is ample
Justification for this feeling. The at
tention which has been called TO para
sites and scavengers of the human
race has resulted in demonstrating an
other reason why mankind has always
abhorred them They are an exceed
inEly expensive luxury. The Journal
OF the American Medical Association
comments on a recent article in the
Farm and Fireside, which discusses the
amount OF damage done in this country
by rats, and estimates that there are
in the United States at least 100000
OF these animals. alike destructive to
property and dangerous to health.
Rats are said to destroy a hundred
million dollars worth OF grain every
year in this country, or enough to feed
one hen for every man, woman and
child in the nation. The annual cost
OF rats TO the nation is estimated at
$3.50. OOO, 900. In addition, the rat pop
ulation OF the country forms a fertile
field for the dissemination OF bubonic
plague, which only needs a starting
point in any of our seaports to spread
throughout the country and cause the
loss of thousands of lives. In the same
issue Of the Farm and Fireside, but in
different department. appears an ar
ticle on the cattle-tick. in which II is |
estimated that the difference between 1
the market value of an animal free |
from this parasite and one infected 1
with it is about IS per COW. and that |
the cattle-tick is today costing the l
stockmen of the country a billion dol
lars each decade, or a hundred mil
lion dollars each year The discovery
and development OF bacteriology show
ed that man has been carrying on for
centuries an unconscious struggle with
the lower forms of vegetable life. Re-
cent additions to our knowledge of the
habits and characteristics OF vermin
show that an equally relentless strug-
gle has been going on between man
and the lower forms OF animal life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-17
SECRETARY REDFIELD'S
WORK

The material prosperity OF a modern
nation is measured chiefly by the
volume OF business which it does. II
IS chiefly the business of the depart
ment OF commerce to promote and "a
aid in developing and increasing the
I volume of business OF the nation
Aside from the department OF agricul.
ture IL may be said that the depars
ment of commerce IS the one big divi-
sion OF the government which deals
directly with production and with the
interests which conduct business.
Under its Jurisdiction are nine
bureaus each one OF which is immed-
lately concerned with production. or
indirectly with transportation which
is an aid to production. Only during
the year just past has the department
OF commerce been constituted as a
separate and distinct executive de-
partment OF the government presided
over by a secretary who is a member
OF the presidents cabinet. For II
years prior to March 4. 1913. when the
department OF labor was created, COM
merce and labor were combined as one
department. Now they are separated
and each comprises a department in
itself II has. therefore. been the dis
tinctiOn OF William c. Redfield TO be
the first to preside as secretary over
the independent department OF COM
merce.
The study OF successful business
methods has been the life work of
Secretary Redheld. says Frank b. Lord
in the National Monthly. Efficiency
has been his slogan, system his
watchword. With these two essential
elements OF business properly applied,
Secretary Redfield believes that Amer.
lean ingenuity and enterprise will
dominate the world OF commerce, high
tariff. or low tariff. and Secretary Red
field is conspicuously low tariff man.
In his own private business. along sew
eral lines OF industry. he has given
practical demonstrations OF the sound
ness of his methods. For the admin
istration of the business department OF
the government no man better
equipped with a thorough knowledge
OF business and an insight into COM
mercial affairs could have been Sc
Iected by the president. Secretary
Redfield has brought with him into
his Office the wealth OF his own expert
ence. a trained logical mind. an under
standing OF detail and an aggressive
ness which make his service invalu- |
able in the position which he occupies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-17
Just for That.


There's a lady outside wants to see
YOU" said the Office boy.
Didn't she give you her manner"
Yes, but 1 can't remember it,
That's NIGEL What do you suppose
I'm paying you for anyhow? Haven't
/ told you to always get the names
of people who wish to see me?"
Yes, si-; but thought you wouldn't
care this time"
"Oh, you thought I wouldn't care,
Ell? Well, I do care. You go outside
and tell her that I'm not here-that
went away an hour ago and that you
forgot about it."
'All right, sir
And don't you ever let anything
like this happen again.
Il won't. She's young and a peach,
but l s'pose-"
What did you say?"
81 said she was young and beaut,
but I'll tell her you amt here. I'm
sorry forgot her name. l won't ever
let it happen aga"
Hold on. Send her in. l haven't
much to do this afternoon, so I'll sus-
pend the rules for once-just to see
what kind of judgment you have con-
corning feminine beauty
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-17

are seldom destroyed by the fire. II
farmers would employ the same time
and Energy in cutting up their stalks
with modern machinery that they use
in ralNing and burning. the results will
be equally good for the next succeed
ing crop and UNNECESSARILY better for
those which follow.
At the present cost of fertilizers
scientists tell us that corn stalks from
an average stand OF corn are worth
IS per acre II restored TO the soil.
This is almost enough to pay for the
cultivation OF the seasons crop.