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PROSPECTS AND LABORS IN ST. GEORGE.

The following letter from Elder David H. Morris, superintendent of Y. M. M. I. A. of St. George stake, was read to the General Board at its meeting on November 28. It was resolved to publish the same, since it is a

sample of the great amount of work being done in some of the stakes, and may act as an incentive to other superintendents to report occasionally to the General Board, who would be pleased to receive similar letters from every stake superintendent, say twice each season, so as to become acquainted with the work being done, and to be kept in touch with the labors of the brethren. The work performed in the St. George stake will be better appreciated when it is known that to make the visits reported by Elder Morris, it was necessary to travel over five hundred miles by team

Dear Brethren: — Thinking it would be agreeable to the General Board to learn what we are doing in mutual work in the St. George stake, I make a brief report thereof so far this season. On Sunday, October 14, we held a conjoint district conference at Pine Valley, the district embracing the western part of the stake including Gunlock, Harmony, Pinto, Enterprise, Hebron, Panaca and Pine Valley. On Sunday, October 28, we held another conjoint conference in Rockville, embracing Leeds, Toquerville, Virgen City, Grafton, Springdale and Rockville. On Sunday, November 18, another was held in Bunkerville, taking in the settlements of Littlefield, Mesquite, St. Thomas, Overton and Bunkerville. These settlements include all of the stake with the exception of St. George, Santa Clara, Washington and Price, and the White River settle-

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ments. I attended all the conferences, also attended meetings of the associations in Virgen City, Washington, Santa Clara and St. George, and can say that there is a great interest taken in the work. The prospects look very bright for a good winter's work. Of course, there are some young men who do not attend, but our experience convinces us that the young married men are the ones who do not come out to our meetings. Our subscription to the Era and Improvement Fund may not be what we would like, but when you remember the great drouth we have passed through, it will not be strange, for I know our young men are patriotic in the cause of truth. Brother Frie is on his way to visit the White River settlements,and to organize the associations there. He expects to be gone three weeks. I will visit Price in the near future, as soon as the river has gone down, and the nights are light. Then we will have finished visiting the stake, either in the wards or in conferences. Nearly all our wards were represented at our conferences, at each of which we held a good officers' meeting, instructing them on all the points contained in Era, No. 11, Vol. Ill, besides making it very plain that the resignation of any officer who could not, or was not willing, to observe the Word of Wisdom, pay his tithing, and attend to his prayers, would be acceptable. The latter instruction we received from the presidency of our stake, and I believe was received by the young men, as agreeable with the mind of the Lord. The envelopes were delayed in the mail, but I think we will be able to get them distributed in time for the first week in December. In conclusion, I may add that myself and counselors and secretary work unitedly in the interest of the Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations, since we are holding all our conferences together. The young men furnish vehicles and accompany the ladies to the conferences and ward meetings. Trusting I have not imposed on your time, and with kind regards, I remain your co-laborer,

David H. Morris.

EVENTS OF THE MONTH. BY THOMAS HULL, GENERAL SECRETARY OP Y. M. M. I. A.

Local —November 14—Governor Wells called attention to the ninth session of the National Irrigation Congress, to convene in Chicago on the 21st inst., and appointed as delegates from this State the following: R. C. Gemmell, George Q. Cannon and A. F. Doremus, Salt Lake; Charles W. Aldrach, Clear Lake; L. B. Adams and F. J. Kiesel, Ogden; Joshua Terry, Draper 15 — Clyde Sharp, son of John A. Sharp, a lad eleven years old, was killed by a freight train Emeline B. Wells was chosen one of an investigation committee to look into the conditions of social and domestic life in the Philippines, by the National Council of Women, at Minneapolis The Utah Sugar Company decided to raise the price of beets to $4.75 per ton, and to take steps looking to the erection of a factory in Sanpete 16 —During the fiscal year ending June 30, Utah paid $718,365 in internal revenue Governor-elect Yates, of Illinois, visits Salt Lake City Isaac Sutton, a Provo pioneer, born England, February 17, 1822, died — 17 Edward Partridge, president Utah stake, born Independence, Mo., June 25, 1833, a son of Bishop Edward Partridge, a pioneer of 1848, a trustworthy Latter-day Saint, and an excellent citizen, died in his home in Provo 19 —Messrs. Judd and Wright of the State Board of Agriculture and Professor Close of the State Agricultural College have held a number of meetings in Southern Utah in the interest of agriculture and the college President A. W. Ivins of the Mexican mission reports that the rumors of Indians killing the "Mormons" are not true. 20 —Messrs. David Eccles and Charles Nibley have considered a site just south of Logan on the Wellsville road for the new sugar factory 21 —The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Co., capital $25,000,000, withW. A. Clark, Montana, president, was organized; Utah directors are Thomas Kearns, Reed Smoot and W. S. McCornick

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There have been heavy rain and snow storms for a week over the State. Joshua Williams, of Morgan, formerly a pioneer fireman of Ogden, died — 22 The Articles of incorporation of the Salt Lake and Los Angeles railroad were signed 24—Roxana Montrose, a pioneer of 1847, died in Logan 26 —The State Canvassing Board began the canvass of the election returns Owing to -the prevalence of small pox, the Board of Education provide for the medical inspection of students Henry W. Bigler, who was present when gold was discovered in California, died in St. George, Utah, Saturday, November 24, of pneumonia. He was born in Harrison Co., West Virginia, August 29, 1815 27— City Recorder R.C. Naylor, Salt Lake, resigns to fill a mission in Germany The official canvass of the State vote shows: McKinley, 47,089; Bryan, 44,947; plurality, 2,140; total vote, including Social, Labor, and Prohibition, 93,064. President F. A. Hammond, of San Juan Stake, was killed in a runaway, in Bloomfield, New Mexico. He was born in Long Island, N. Y., December 31, 1827, and was prominently connected with the building of the State and Church, since 1848 — 29 Simpson M. Molen, a prominent builder of Cache County, died in Hyrum. He came to Utah in 1847 from Illinois, and was in his sixty-eighth year The Burlington railway surveyors have reached Bountiful The Short Line and Union Pacific offices in Salt Lake were practically consolidated. — December 2 The funeral services of the late President F. A. Hammond were held in the Ogden tabernacle, and the remains were taken to Huntsville for burial Sarah A. Snow, born in Ohio, November 29, 1826, wife of President Lorenzo Snow, died in Brigham City 4 — 0. Nystrom J. is appointed City recorder in place of R. C. Naylor of Salt Lake City, resigned The funeral services of Sarah Ann Snow were held in Brigham City, attended by President Snow and family. Apostle Clawson and Bishop Preston spoke — 5 The Utah land

office received instructions to withdraw from settlement, entry or sale,

about one million acres of land for a forest reserve in the interest of the water supply of Salt Lake City. The land is situated in the Wasatch mountains in D^vis, Salt Lake, Morgan, Summit, Wasatch, Utah, Juab, and Sanpete counties — 6 Janet McNeil, aged 80 years, who came to Cache County in 1860, died in Logan 8— Thomas Taylor, formerly a bishop in Salt Lake City, born in England in 1826, died suddenly in Los Angeles 9— The Sanpete Stake of Zion was divided into two stakes, the North and the South; Canute Peterson remains President of the South, and C. N. Lund was made president of the North.

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10 —Mary Ann Bosley Malin, a pioneer of 1849, died in Salt

Lake City 11 —The Supreme Court decides that the Salt Lake City water bonds are valid The Salt Lake City Council decided to vaccinate all applicants free; the Board of Education has decided that after January 1, no unvaccinated child will be permitted to attend schooL Laban Morrill, born Vermont, December 8, 1814, died on his eigty-sixth birthday, in Junction. He joined The Church in 1833, and came to Utah in 1852 — 12 The fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the Gospel to the Sandwich Islands was celebrated in Hawaii. President George Q. Cannon and Elder W. W. CluflP, who left Utah, November 29, were present and took part 13 Tne popu- — lation of Ogden is 16,313; Provo, 6,852; Logan, 5,451; Park City is the fourth in the State with 3,759 inhabitants Andrew Cahoon, born Ohio, August 4, 1824, a missionary of 1846 to England, and a pioneer of 1848,died in Murray 14 —A farewell reception was tendered Rev. T. C. Iliff prior to his removal east to reside 15 — Protests were filed with the House committee on public buildings against the Walker site for Salt Lake's federal building P. T. Nystrom, born in Sweden, 1844, who came to Utah in the early 60's died in Salt Lake City. Domestic —November 16 —Three hundred citizens of Lincoln County, Colorado, burned a negro boy, John Porter, at the stake for having murdered a little girl Hawaii elects an independent Royalist delegate to Congress, Robert W. Wilcox 19 — At a missionary meeting in New York, the Methodist bishops make a fierce onslaught on the Catholic church, one reverend declaring, in speaking of the pope, that the Methodists were more determined than ever "to wipe out a system which has created out of a former man of empire a cringing beggar with monkey and grind-organ." The Fairmont Park Association, Boston, has purchased C. E. Dallin's Paris statue 20 —Northern Mississippi and southern Tennessee are swept by a tornado which causes great loss of life and property Ex-rebels under General Macabolos will support the U. S. troops in capturing Aguinaldo 21 — Colorado Springs, Colorado, was visited by a and damaging wind storm terrific The National Irrigation Congress convened in Chicago 22 —Governor Roosevelt in a letter to the Irrigation Congress advocates government construction of storage reservoirs in the arid West 24 —The population of Nevada is given as 42,335 as against 45,761 in 1890 The coasting steamer St. Olaf was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, loss 26 lives 26 —Severe storms sweep over Ohio and a part of