El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-08
N0RN0NCHURCH
buying BONDS
Church Subscribes $3.50,
600; Big Conference of
10000 Is Held.

Salt Lake City. Utah, Oct S.-For
the first time in the history Of the
Mormon church, tithinE funds are to
be used for purposes outside the
church It is announced that $3.50. 600
Of the tithiug funds will be spent for
Liberty bonds.
Twelve thousand Latter Day Saints
raised their right hands in the taber-
! naele yesterday afternoon when the
announcement was made and an
proved the action OF heads OF the
church At the morning session Of
the conference, presiding bishop C. w
Ni5ley gave effective promotion TO
the Liberty bond campaign. when he
said:
Don't let your husbands separate
themselves from their money for
something they know nothing about
II you have any surplus money. ana
many OF you VIII have Il in these
times q prosperity. buy a Liberty
good for all time"
10000 Mt Conference.
WensE thousand persons are at
lenuing the S6th semi annual confer
shce- Joseph +. smith, president Of
the church, presided.
President Smith in his Introductory
ADDRESS touched upon the subjects TO
pc discussed by the speakers and en-
larEed on his remarks. This custom
OF the president outlining the eneecb
= making program has always pre-
vailed. Members Of the council of u
me council OF fe's and the presiding
bishoprlc. besides mission presidents
and stake presidents, VIII speak.
10000 Children Aid Soldiers.
This year. 10000 children of the pri- 1
Us So e. So
made supplies for the American SOL ]
diers- There IS huge display Of the I
work Of the children gathered from % 7
stakes in the salt Lake CITY district o
Besides the general conference
mere was O conference Of the priest
hood quorum Of the church. October G. I
The Relief society Of the church held
ITS annual netting two days before the /
general conference began.
History OF the Church.
In 1880 On the Big Blue river in
Missouri, so church officials and non
churcn members met and celebrated .
the first birthday OF the church. Three
years later, on April G, 1888, in the
little town Of Fayette, y. Y. the first
church conference was held. In the
next eight years conferences were
ned irregularly and they were al
Nays 50 arranged that one of the con-
ference days would fall uuOu the sixth
or the month In this period confer
r.
but not until 1871 were they held reg
ularly in April ana October
The first conference in salt Lake
City was held August %, 1S47, three
days after Brigham Young arrived in
Utah Al that first conference here
the city and the valley Of salt Lake
were named also the Jordan river.
hich runs through the city. and
creeks emDtyinE into the stream. Fol
lowing this conference, Brigham,
Young returned TO Missouri returning
here the following year with many
more MormOns who described Utah as
Zion and also as the prom ised land.
With few exceptions the conferences
have always been held in salt Lake
City since that time. One exception
was in April 1857, when the confer
ence was held al st. George. Utah. up
on the occasion Of the dedication Of
the St George temple.
This year. as in former years. I
church Members who used 10 live in /
Titan. cnd who come from every sec 7
ton - Tho United States, are renew +
ing ol. friendships here. Every Nor
mon home has been thrown open 20 =
the visitors and hospitality viii be
manifested.