The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-04-05

of the question when we become
members of the presidency OF the
church, The presidency have signed
the notes and they will have 10 an
swer to the Lord for the moral part
OF IT, Will you sign the notes. or
will you not?" They declined. Then
I had this conversation with the vol
untary signer Of whom have re-
ferred. He lived in Ogden and was
worth more than any ten men who
had signed the note--when he died
his estate was worth fifteen to TWEEN
~ millions of dollars. He had been
writing letter and after the two
men had declined. he said: "Heber.
have heard your story. Is my name
on the list?" No. there are only
Salt Lake men on The list" re-
piled He said he would like to look
at the notes | handed them to him,
and he wrote his name on the back
of each one without even reading the
notes. He handed them back with
the remark: II don't think my name
will hurt them" Then he said to
me: "Heber, tell the president OF the
church that any time he wishes those
notes paid, II he will notify David
Eccles thirty days ahead always
keep from one TO three hundred
thousand dollars in the bank. on GER
tificates of deposit. SO that on thirty
days notice can draw 1t QUIT will
be glad to pay those notes, and the
church can pay me In one year. or
five years, or ten years. or when
convenient" Maybe you think | did
not want TO hug this man about that
time. (Laughter)
Then Mr.. Eccles added: Tell the
president of the church that If ne
wants my name on another hundred
thousand dollars OF notes. just TO
send you up to ogden You have
never been in my house. I will give
you supper, bed and breakfast: and
we have pen and ink" BY the way
I went up some time later and got
his signature for another 100000.
(Laughter.) When he told me the
street on which he lived. said:
Don't tell me what street you live
on Step across the road to my Office
and I will show you q plat OF your
house. have It insured"
have referred to some of the
buildings erected by the Latter-day
Saints, among them the great Salt
Lake temple. When was boy
they erected a temple also at st.
George. three hundred and fifty
miles south OF Salt Lake City, at a
cost OF several hudrcd thousand dol
lars. Later. when was young man
of twenty-six, they completed a tenn
pie at Logan. costing several hun
dred thousand dollars. Some three
or four years later the erected an
other temple, lust as large. at Man
III. Utah. Last November. on M
birthday. was In the Hawaiian Is
lands and dedicated q temple there
which cost over two hundred thous
and dollars. This coming summeI
we will dedicate. In Canada. a TEN
pie costing over six bundled ,hous
, and dollars, We have spent million
vi uOildio III tue tlcNNiOh Va "ei'
chapels and district meeting houses
also Mullins OF dollars in erecting
church school buildings, from Can
ada TO Mexico. During the presen
year we will supply, for mainten
ance of church schools alone---to sa
nothing of erection of buildings
/. three quarters of million dollars
Time will not permit me to spea
4 In detail of the part the church ha
. played in establishing and fosterin
institutions for the good of the pee
= pie. ! have referred to lions coor
> erative Mercantile Institution and t
3 the beet sugar industry. The latter
the first year produced only one mil