Passing Events

Passing Events Elder John Leonard Hill was killed in a railroad accident at Dickerson, Virginia, on the morning of January 9th. His home was in Springville, Utah county, which he left fourteen months ago on a mission to the Southern States. He was laboring in the Virginia conference. John Carver, pioneer of Plan City, died at his home January 10. He was born at Dorstone, Herefordshire, England, August 6, 1822. He came to America in 1850, leading a company of pioneers across the plains in 1853. He was a life-long builder of Weber county, and was closely identified with many notable negotiations between the settlers and the Indians of that region. A Carnegie Library was dedicated at Manti, Utah, January 2. Ail places of business were closed and a general holiday was observed. Governor William Spry, Superintendent of Schools A. C. Nelson, Professors J. H. Paul and Howard R. Driggs, state officers, were there. Eight hundred persons were present. In the evening a reception was held at the high school. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans died at his home in Washington, D. C, on January 3, 1912. He was born in Floyd county, Virginia, sixty-five years ago, and entered the naval academy at Annapolis when a mere boy, being appointed by Wm. H. Hooper, Utah's representative in Congress, in 1860. He took part in the civil war, and in the destruction of Cervera's fleet off Santiago, July 3, 1898, and he recently conducted the Atlantic fleet around the world. He was known the world over as "Fighting Bob." The Oregon Short Line Railroad, in sending out their New Year greetings, name a few products originating on their line during 1911, and the list is very interesting, as showing what the new west is producing. The figures represent carloads: coal, 18,553; canned goods, 783; 2,015; fruit, 1,442; grain, 7,645; hay, 5,372; livestock, flour, 12,167; ore and bullion, 4,050; potatoes, 3,173; salt, 973; stone, 526; sugar, 1,432; sugar beets, 5,229; wool, 1,064; all of which goes to show that the country adjoining the Short Line is prosperous, and the year's increase will be greatly enlarged as the development of the country progresses. Doctor Sun Yat Sen was elected president of the republic of China, December 29, by a convention of fifty delegates chosen by the revolutionary leaders, but notwithstanding this action, the peace commission is still continuing to make arrangements for the national convention to decide on the future form of government, and observers in Peking regard the election of Doctor Sun as only a strategic move on the part of the revolutionists. About the middle of January, it was expected daily that an edict would be issued announcing the

PASSING EVENTS 381 abdication of the throne, and the establishment of a republic, the people to elect a president. Dr. James X. Allen, a pioneer physician of Utah, died at Ogden, December 27, 1911. He was born November 19, 1830, in Yorkshire, England, and baptized into the Church at the age of twelve. In 1853 he came to Ogden. He returned to St. Louis and joined the Union army, and served from 1861 to 1864. He graduated from the St. Louis Medical College, in 1867, returning to Ogden, where he was ordained a High Priest by Lorin Farr, in 1879. He was medical director of the Department of Utah, G. A. R., at his death, and at one time local commander. He is not unknown to the readers of the "Era," having contributed a number of articles for its pages. "The Great Temple" is a pamphlet of 40 pages, paper cover, gw ing a description of the Salt Lake Temple, and the purposes for which it was built, written by D. M. McAllister, and published by the Bureau of Information, Salt Lake City. The new edition just issued is richly illustrated with fine cuts, not only of the exterior, but also of thp interior of the Temple, and the text is full of interesting doctrinal and descriptive information, valuable to strangers and Latter-day Saints alike. Through courtesy of the Bureau of Information, the "Era" presents six of the interior Temple pictures in this number in connection with Dr. Talmage's article, "The House of the Lord." Send orders for "The Great Temple," 25 cents, to the Bureau of Information, Salt Lake City. Biographical Sketch of James Jensen. No monument erected to the pioneers of our commonwealth is of such lasting value, both to the dead and the living, as the printed testimonies and life-sketches of the pioneers. If one were to choose a memento, and have his choice between a great stone monument and a printed book, the wise man would choose a printed book for himself. His posterity would likewise select a printed record as the most fitting, lasting and beneficial monument of any that could be produced. Hence, it is a pleasure to note that a number of the pioneers of our commonwealth are printing, while they still live, their experiences and thoughts, and leaving them to their posterity as monuments to their labors. One of this class of books, recently issued from the presses of the "Deseret News," is the biography of Bishop James Jensen, of Forest Dale, written by Dr. J. M. Tanner. In the space of 190 pages, the leading events in the life of this estimable character are set forth. The subject matter is interesting from beginning to end. Here is a man who came to this land with a handcart company, in 1857. His struggles and experiences in early life in Utah, on his missions, and in his official capacity in the Church are repeated in such a way as to create faith in every person who reads. The adventures on some pages are almost as interesting as a novel, and the accounts of the hand-dealings of the Lord with the man are wonderful. An appendix contains various official acts of the bishop, in his capacity as leader of the Forest Dale ward, testimonies of his worth by his friends, and a family genealogy.

382 IMPROVEMENT ERA A Mild and Wise Answer Turneth Away Wrath: Fremont, Ohio. To "Collier's Weekly": By official action today of the Colonel George Croghan Chapter of theDaughters of the American Revolution, membership one hundred, am authorized to express to you the chapter's disapproval of I your course in opening your columns to the "Mormon" cause. The "Mormon" religion, with its consequent polygamy should be suppressed. Sincerely yours, OLGA SMITH WALTERS, Sec. November 2, 1911. Mrs. John F. Walters, 1028 Garrison Street, Fremont, Ohio. My Dear Madam: I beg to acknowledge yours of the 30th, and regret the view taken by the chapter. It is hardly necessary for us to say that we disapprove of polygamy, but your proposition that the "Mormon" "religion" should therefore be suppressed seems to us to reflect the view of those who have not studied "Mormonism" very closely. Polygamy is not only a minor part of the system, but it is a rapidly decreasing part. "Suppressing" a religion is a very delicate matter to undertake in a free country though, of course, it is right and proper to suppress illegal acts, whether they are done in the guise of religion or not. Yours sincerely, NORMAN HAPGOOD. —"Collier's Weekly," Nov. 25. New Wards and Changes for the Month of December, 1911, as reported by the Presiding Bishops' Office: New Wards. Liberty ward, Uintah stake, organized with Chas. and Parley Goodrich, ward clerk; Penrose ward, B. Bartlett, bishop, Big Horn stake, organized with Seth A. Johnson, bishop, and Wm. Blackburn, ward clerk.

Bishops. James A. Christensen sustained as bishop of the Redmond ward, Sevier stake, to succeed Martin Jensen; Jos. F. Killburn, as bishop of the Millburn ward, Woodruff stake, to succeed Jos. Horrocks; Thomas R. Wilson, as bishop (acting) of the Pratt ward, Teton stake, to succeed David E. Rigby; John H. Kemp, as bishop of the Greenville ward, Cache stake, to succeed N. W. Crookston; Wm. P. Fullmer, Jr., as bishop of the Wallsburg ward, Wasatch stake, to succeed George P. Garff.

Alfred R .Meeks appointed to be ward clerk of the Ward Clerks. Kanab stake, to succeed Francis L. Porter; John H. Orderville ward, Boehme, ward clerk of the Geneva ward, Bear Lake stake, to succeed Edward Bischoff; Victor E. Gustavesen, ward clerk of the River Heights ward, Cache stake, to succeed John Anderson; Charles Chris-

PASSING EVENTS $83 tensen, to be ward clerk of the Pratt ward, Teton stake, to succeed J. Arthur Home; James M. Forsythe, ward clerk of the Garfield ward, Pioneer stake; Nephi O. Perkins, ward clerk of the Sunnyside ward, Carbon stake, to succeed Albert E. Hopkinson; Peter Marion Mortensen, ward clerk of the Sanford ward, San Luis stake, to succeed Job H. Whitney; A. E. Peterson, ward clerk of the Mt. Pleasant South ward, North Sanpete stake, to succeed Albert W. Winkler; James E. Hoyle, ward clerk of the Union ward, Union stake, to succeed L. W. Morton; Harry Hackwell, ward clerk of the Indianola ward, North Sanpete stake, to succeed George Bradford; James A. Facer, ward clerk of the Cherry Creek ward, Malad stake, to succeed Wilford O. Nuttle.

Scrap Book of "Mormon" Literature. It is remarkable how the principles of the gospel may be set forth in a new way by every person who undertakes to present them, and yet remain the same principles in basic tact. In the eighty-two years that the Church has been organized, many elders who have proclaimed the gospel have written its primary principles, and each particular elder has had a following of converts to the principles thus set forth. One can easily see that in these many years an accumulation of splendid papers on the subject has resulted. It has been the effort of President Ben E. Rich, of the Eastern States mission, to make a compilation of these religious tracts used by the eiders in the different nations of the eartn, and to reprint and present them in uniform, bound volumes. This effort has resulted in two books, of 553 and 567 pages respectively, making a total of 1,120 pages. These represent, of course, a gleaning from the vast field of the gospel tracts published, and it has been no small task to select out of the great number the best and most appropriate for preservation. No matter how well the work has been done, in these two volumes, there must be some selections which perhaps another editor would have chosen which are left out, and also others chosen which other editors would have omitted. It cannot, therefore, be said that the compilation is complete in every respect, but we must all agree that, it is so well done that no person pretending to be familiar with Church literature will wish to be without these two splendid volumes. One of the excellent characteristics is the doctrinal index, which covers many leading items of doctrine revealed in the great latter-day gospel plan. The reader will find much in these volumes to remind him of his missionary days. His children willbe able from these books to become acquainted with the fundamental doctrines of the gospel; and the youth of Zion will find much to prepare them for the missionary field, while the general reader, who has been converted to the gospel, will find pleasure in perusing the arguments and facts which are here gathered, and which were perhaps the means of converting them to the gospel of Jesus Christ. A characteristic of the book also are selections of striking sentiments from the Prophet Joseph Smith, and later presidents and leaders of the Church.

384 IMPROVEMENT KRA New Fresident for the Swiss-German Mission. Elder H. W. Valentine has been selected by the First Presidency as the president of the Swiss-German mission, to succeed President Thomas E. McKay. Elder Valentine, with his wife, left Salt Lake City on December 15, sailing from St. Johns, New Brunswick, December 22, on the steamship "Hesperian." They proceeded direct to Zurich, Switzerland, the headquarters of the mission. Elder Valentine was born in Brigham City, Utah, March 4, 1873. His father dying on the 26th of September, 1877, left his mother with a family of six small children, one of whom was born six weeks after the death of the father. In the mid;t of poverty this wise and prudent mother reared .her children, teaching them frugality and industry. She gave them a good common school education, and Hyrum W. completed a high school course at Brigham City, then entered the Agricultural College, Logan, *n 1899. He received a call for a mission in January, 1900, and on the 12th of February that year entered the B. Y. College at Logan, where he took a missionary course, leaving for his field of labor in Germany, October 9, and arriving November 1, 1930. While there he presided a portion of the time over the Dresden conferrHYRUM W. VALENTINE' ence; occupying that position until his release, July 1, 1903. Returning home, he was appointed superintendent of the Second ward Sunday school, in October, 1903. In May, 1905, he organized the Valentine Fruit Company, and became its manager, which position he has held until the present time. On August 17, 1905, he was married to Rose Ellen Bywater, the accomplished daughter of James Bywater, one of the faithful pioneers of Box Elder county. For three years after his return from his mission he taught school. He has been a member of the County Board of Horticulture, Clerk of the Board of Education of Box Elder county, and County Superintendent of Schools, holding the distinction of being the first county superintendent to be appointed in that county under the consolidation of the schools. For four years past he has been a member of the Box Elder stake Sunday school board, and in 1907, when the Box Elder stake Sunday school superintendency was reorganized, he was made first assistant superintendent, and has now been released to fill his present call to preside over the Swiss-German mission. His varied experience will be of great value to him in his new responsible calling.

I II !!>

REMINGTON AUTOLOADING RIFLE. ONE OF BROWNINGS PATENTS WHILE THE OLD GUN IS NOT IN USE HAVE IT REPAIRED WE CARRY EXTRAS FOR ALL STANDARD MAKES OF THE ARMS AND OUR REPAIR SHOP IS THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED IN THE UNITED STATES. SEND FOR ESTIMATES ON ANY REPAIR WORK. 150 PAGE CATALOG FREE BROWNING BROS. CO., OGDEN, UTAH.

WE PAY 6°b PER ANNUM INTEREST ON DEPOSITS Commercial Savings Benefit Co. 201 Constitution Building, Salt Lake Cily. Utah D. J. WILLIAMS. Manager Get Ready ELECTRIC For the BLCCK SIGNAL Elk's Seventh PROTECTION Annual When You Travel Winter Convention TO EAST City Snows VIA Ticket Sunny Southern O.hce Holel to Utah February 3, 1912 'The Overland Route' Sunshine Round Trip $35 Four trains daily over one of the best ballasted tracks in the For further information eouutry in the most comfortand call onany Salt Lake able l„~s money and care can Route agent or address orovide W. F. CULMER, Sec. B. P. O. E. No. 85 Salt Lake City T>ls assures Flowers. J. H. MANDERFIELD, TRAVEL COMFORT A. G. P. A., Salt Lake City. TRAVEL SAFETY

(When writing to Advertisers, please mention the ERA)

MAKE KOFFE-ET YOUR MORNING DRINK -becauseff You need something at the beginning of the day that will give you strength to do the day's work.

^People who drink tea or coffee are handicapped. People who drink Koffe-et are helped.

IJKoffe-et is made of whole grains, fruits and molasses. It is a delicious beverage and makes rich, red blood. "It builds you up" in every part of your body.

Buy a package today and try it.

Your Grocer Sells It. 25c. a Package.

Made by College Pure Food Co., Logan, Utah.

We Make Loans on Real Estate For a reasonable charge we loan sums ranging from $200.00 to $5,000.00 on real estate. We also buy and sell mortgages, etc., upon terms that will satisfy the most exact. Come in and let us talk it over.

ASHTON-JENKINS CO. ,

Mortgage Bankers 47 MAIN STREET Choice Homes Best Building Sites "Insurance that Insures"

EVERYTHING FOR THE FARM Exclusive Agents for Franklin, Velie and Overland Automobiles.

ESSES * gs j * &wm*)jjms Eg < {i w *gn LEADING IMPLEMENT VJLHICLE HARDWARE AND AUTOMOBILE DEALERS Utah, Idaho.Yfyoming &Nevada GEO. T. ODELLGeneral Manager

(When writing to Advertisers, please mention the ERA)