The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-06-10
CITY ENGINEER IS
CHURCH OFFICER
Jerusalem Today
SYLVESTER G. CANNON NAMED
BY PRESIDENT GRANT AS
PRESIDING BISHOP
Served City of Salt Lake for Twelve
Years AS Official; viii Resign
AS City Engineer
At Once

II Salt Lake City.-Sylvester @. Ca
| non, city engineer and president {
| the Pioneer stake Of the Church {
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wa
named presiding bishop of the churc
to succeed Charles w. Nibley, VIII
was recently elevated to the first pres
idency. The appointment was mad,
by President Heber J. Grant and con
firmed by the members of the first
presidency and the council of the
twelve apostles.
Mr.. Cannon announced that the ac-
ceptance of the position would neces-
state his leaving the position of city
engineer. He will take up his new
duties Immediately.
The new presiding bishop comes
from pioneer stock. He was born in
Salt Lake City in June 10, 1877, the
son of George O. Cannon and Eli
zabeth Hoagland Cannon. They came
across the plains and settled in Utah
IN October, 1S47, only a few months
after the first settlement.
Mr.. Cannon's boyhood was spent
on the family farm just outside the
city limits. He was educated at the
l.. ID. S. university and attended the
University of Utah in 1895. In 1896
ne entered the Massachusetts Insti-
tute OF Technology at Boston. After
completing a four-year course he
graduated in 1899, with a dergee of
Dachelor of science in mining engin-
eerlng. During the summer of that
year, he worked on a Canadian irri-
cation colonization project and in the
faL returned to Salt Lake.
After few months he was called
on his first mission TO tbe Matthew
lands and Belgium. After ten mon.
ms ne was appointed to preside over
lne mission with Headquarters at
totterdam, Holland. After the com.
'letlon of three years he was select l
~ 10 make a survey of the oriental
MISSIONS of the church, in companv
VIII FRANCIS M. Lyman, president of
he european mission. On that trim =
e visited China, Turkey. Greece !,
italy, Palestine and other countries ,,
on MS return to Salt Lake. Mr. 81
annon was appointed first counsel. n
OF the first Pioneer stake organi- d
''ion, he married Winfred Saville Ell
SAT- Lake on June Is. 1904 In at
'oo' he was engaged with the state
isineer in charge of the HYDRO
apnlc and irrigation survey of the We
eber river system. er
', cannon was called on his seq. Gil
~ mission to Europe in 1907. He LIE
% paced in charge of the Belgium 5.
III Netherlands mission field ond L.
IRE especially assigned tbe tos,, - ur,
Diishlng translation of the Dor. gal
ne ana Covenants in the Dutch Ian Ali
age On this trip he spent two
MS III The field and then returnod
Salt Lake to resume tho nroo.,o .io'
MS profession. iro
u u 'he spring of 1912 Mr.. Cannon sob
- accepted city position. On wo,
uate he was chosen water sunnlv ill.,
,neer and in 1913, promoted TO citv nod
i. .neer "a position he holds at nre. CON
g ro, ben
B a record of his twelve wears &c tbe
engineer, he points with nrido -
rovement of the city's water sun B.
1t is pointed out that that sup. Idat
has doubled under his admins p of t
on That all the storage ona dam
.li1ation reservoirs have been bell,
sned and built under his dirao defe
that the paving and gutterius The
q tne past twelve years totals STAG
.han IN the previous history ~ men,
'ity' and that the total extent ~ -, ris q,
rs laid in that period donh,o .. for
laid previous to ths.
Inc sewer system has haan DO
Y improved in 49, mas oeen ment
ewers and numnin Wy oi out Spry
piants. office