---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 16
number: 7
published: 1913-05
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, *Improvement Era* 16, no. 7 (May 1913), cover, masthead, and editorial contents.
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1607unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera1607unse
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and editorial contents retained. Advertising leaves are omitted. Pagination follows only printed folios visible in the source; unnumbered editorial plates are kept as separate unpaginated records.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1913-05)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1607unse
  publication_year: 1913
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1913, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# *Improvement Era*, May 1913

*Improvement Era*, vol. 16, no. 7 (May 1913).

## Editorial contents

- Opposing Tendencies in College Life.
- Little Problems of Married Life: XX—The Ebb-Tide of Love.
- Customs and Legends of Utah Indians: II—Joshua Terry’s Story.
- Ice Cone on the Snake or Shoshone River.
- Energy.
- Poem.
- Wild Rose.
- A Baptist Minister and the “Mormons”.
- Faith and Works.
- Midnight on the Desert.
- Sermonets.
- In Lighter Mood.
- The Gospel to the Lamanites: IX—Hope for the Lamanites Almost Gone.
- Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Translator.
- Voice of the Intangible: Chapter X—A Trail of Flour.
- Messages from the Missions.
- Editors’ Table: Order of Government in the Church.
- Priesthood Quorums’ Table: Report of the Committee on Priesthood Outlines.
- Mutual Work: Annual M. I. A. and Primary Conference.
- Passing Events.