--- 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: 22 number: 10 published: 1919-08 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Passing Events," *Improvement Era* 22, no. 10 (August 1919): 925–930.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera22010unse 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: improvementera22010unse start_page: 925 end_page: 930 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1919-08) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera22010unse publication_year: 1919 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 1919, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Passing Events PASSING EVENTS 927 New Bishops— Blanding ward, San Juan stake, Wayne H. Redd succeeded Hanson Bayles, address same. Deweyville ward, Bear River stake, George C. Dewey succeeded James E. Dewey, address same. Springdale vard, Cassia stake, Niels P. Rasmussen. Pleasant View ward, Utah stake, Ezra B. Walker succeeded George S. Taylor, address same. Minersville vard, Beaver stake, George H. Eyre succeeded George R. Williams, address fame. Trout Creek ward, Bannock stake, Michael Mickelsen succeeded Nephi Peterson, address Lago, Idaho. Emerson ward, Granite stake, Joseph F. Lloyd succeeded George Arbuckle, address 1518 South 11th East, City. President Wilson arrived in New York, July 9, on the army transport George Washington, escorted up the bay by the battleship Pennsylvania and more than a score of destroyers and smaller navy craft. On the Jersey side of the river he was welcomed by thousands of school children. In New York he was greeted by an official reception committee, and vast throngs of citizens who lined the streets, and from the windows of the "skyscrapers" showers of confetti rained upon the President and Mrs. Wilson. In Carnegie Hall, crowded to its utmost capacity, the President received an ovation, and welcoming speeches were made by Rodman Wanamaker, Mayor Hylan and Governor Smith. In his address, President Wilson expressed his gratitude for the privilege of being at home once more, after months of strenuous labor in France in the cause of general peace. He pointed out that the treaty agreed to at Paris guarantees a just and lasting peace for all, and that the great task now before the statesmen is to preserve inviolate the covenants entered into. The great worldnvar was ended June 28, when the Treaty of Peace was signed at Versailles by the plenipotentiaries of Germany and the delegates of the allied and associated governments. The Chinese delegates did not sign, owing to the attitude of the congress on the Shantung question, and General Smuts, representing South Africa, signed under protest. The treaty will become effective when it has been ratified by Germany and three of the — following powers France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and the United States. And then it will be effective only as the ratifying nations are concerned. According to Mr. Andrew Bonar Law, there were a short time ago still twenty-three wars in full flame, and this statement gave newspaper writers an opportunity to point out the utter confusion that still exists in the world. The Italians are fighting the Jugo-Slavs, the Germans the Letts, the Poles the Ukrainians, Ruthenians, and Germans; the Egyptians are hostile to the British, the Greeks to the Turks, and the Koreans to the Japanese. And then, over the innumerable battlefields of the stricken world hover the revolutionists, as birds of prey, inspiring loathing and terror, as they noisily circle about and attack the wounded, bleeding nations. Seemingly the era of peace has not yet come to the world. Adeline Knight Belnap, thought to be the last surviving member of the Latter-day Saints who dwelt in Kirtland, Ohio, died at the home of her daughter, Lola Belnap Coolbear, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 10, 1919. Her parents received their patriarchal blessings under the hands of Joseph Smith, Sr., June 8, 1830. She was born May 4, 1831, and was a daughter of Vincent and Martha McBride Knight, Vincent Knight being the counselor to the first bishop of the "Mormon" Church. She was married December 21, 1845, to Gilbert Belnap, who was a member of the body guard of the Prophet Joseph, and who slept with him on the floor on the night he was martyred. She passed through practically all the experiences of the Saints in Nauvoo, and in pioneering Utah. She was president of the Relief Society of Hooper, Weber county, Utah, for thirty-six years, and for twenty-five years, she practiced midwifery in Weber county where she was appointed to pioneer by President Brigham Young, having ar- 928 IMPROVEMENT ERA rived in Salt Lake City, September 17, 1850. In 1869, the family moved to Hooper, where her husband, who has been dead for some years, was for many years presiding elder and bishop of that ward. Eleven children survive her. She was a woman of strong character and ideals, and possessed to a great extent the pioneer initiative. The International Association of Rotary Clubs, held its tenth annual convention in Salt Lake City, beginning June 17, in the great tabernacle with an organ recital by Edward P. Kimball, assistant organist at the tabernacle. At eight o'clock a. m., the tabernacle, notwithstanding the early hour, was nearly filled with Rotarians. At nine a. m. President Will G. Farrell, called the convention to order and gave an address of welcome, which was responded to by President John Poole of the International Association of Rotary Clubs. President Heber J. Grant, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, offered the opening prayer, whose eloquent words and clear enunciation attracted the attention of the delegates from the East and the South. Immediately after the prayer, Indian Chief Willie George spoke without hesitation, seemingly deeply appreciating the meaning of the convention. President Grant was also later invited to speak and gave a felicitous address in response to the many good things that had been said concerning the "Mormon" pioneers. For the days following up to Saturday night the city was alive with Rotarian activity. Seldom if ever has Salt Lake City had a crowd of visitors so well behaved and cheerful. Their cheerful and dignified conduct endeared them to the citizens of all classes. In the parades among other interesting objects were a number of camouflaged pieces of heavy artillery from the battle fronts of France. The Utah Rotarians, on July 1 installed the following officers: James W. Collins, president; C. B. Hawley, David A. Smith, first and second vice presidents respectively; H. M. Chamberluin, treasurer, and L. H. Harding, secretary. The Peace treaty, signed June 28 at Versailles, the 5th anniversary of the murder of archduke Franz Ferdinand, with the covenant creating a League of Nations, was laid before the senate of the United States July 10, by President Wilson, who, at the same time, made an address in which he gave a detailed account of his part in the negotiations at Versailles. The President pointed out that the treaty, while not all we may desire, will bear the test. He emphasized the immense changes that have been brought about. "In all quarters of the world," he said, "old, established relationships had been disturbed or broken, and affairs were at loose ends, needing to be mended or united again, but could not be made what they were before. They had to be set right by applying some uniform principle of justice or enlightened expediency. New states were to be set up which could not hope to live through their first period of weakness without assured support by the great nations that had consented to their creation, and win for them their independence." He said that the statesmen of all the belligerent countries were agreed that a league of nations must be created to sustain the settlements that were effected, but at first there was a feeling among them that the formation of such a league, however desirable, might not be practicable. Gradually, however, the most practical, the most skeptical, turned to the league as the authority without which it would be difficult to give effect to the peace treaty, or any other treaty, upon which they were to depend for the maintenance of peace. The whole world, he added, demanded of the conference that it should create such a continuing concert of free nations as would make wars of aggression and spoliation forever impossible. The Americans, he said, were welcomed in Europe as disinterested friends. They had gained the confidence of the nations of the world, and this, he thought, would give our country the opportunity "in PASSING EVENTS 929 which the new hope of the world is to be fulfilled or disappointed." Referring to the nations of the world he said: "We have not exploited them; we have been their friends and have sought to serve them. There can be no question of our ceasing to be a world power. The only question is whether we can refuse the moral leadership that is offered us, whether we shall accept or reject the confidence of the world. The stage is set, the destiny disclosed. It has come about by no plan of our conceiving, but by the hand of God, who has led U9 into this way. We cannot turn back. We can only go forward, with lifted eyes and freshened spirit, to follow the vision." The great address was delivered in open session of the Senate, and was listened to with deep interest. Waste Reclamation Service. The importance of this division of the work, which the Government is taking up, is emphasized in the following statement. What is being done in the West, and in the settlements of the Church in regard to these important points? The "Clean-up and paint-up" campaign is an ally of the Department of Commerce in the war on the city dump. The campaign greatly stimulates the flow of waste material in the community; it is but necessary to divert the flow of the usable waste from the dump to industry to make the "Clean-up and paint-up" campaign one of conservation as well as one for civic betterment. These materials should not be moved to the dump because in practically every center a program can be so developed that the items of valuable waste can move direct from the home to industry by means of the local dealer in waste. Usable waste can be classified as paper, rags, rubber, bottles, and metals. In describing the organization of a waste-reclamation campaign, it is impossible to lay down rules that will be applicable to all centers and all conditions.Therefore, these rules are purely suggestive in nature. Waste-reclamation councils have been organized in some centers. Where the city executive has not taken such action, the local "Clean-up and paintup" committee can organize a committee, placing the names before the mayor with the request that these persons be designated as the waste reclamation council, and the "Clean-up and paint-up" committee should forward the names to the Department of Commerce. Waste Reclamation Service, Washington, D. C. It should be the function of the now established waste reclamation councils, as well as councils which are newly appointed, to take up the program for the conserving of the material secured through the "Clean-up and paint-up" campaign. In working out a system for the sale of waste material direct from the home to industry, it will be found that the Thrift Stamp is the best stimulator of such sales. The waste reclamation council should communicate with the Salvage Bureau of the Savings Division, First Federal Reserve Bank, 95 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., and secure their literature dealing with the program for the sale of junk for Thrift Stamps. What to Save. Plain white cotton or linen rags, linen sheets, collars, cuffs, pillowcases, etc., unbleached cotton or linen scraps and small pieces and cuttings, old table linens, dress goods, damasks, towels, old awnings, canvas, soiled or clean colored rags; books, magazines, newspapers, wrapping paper, paper bags, pasteboard containers of all kinds; iron, steel, copper, brass,, tin foil, rubber. Elder Herbert E. Williams, of Holland, at Gronningen, 48 a Agricola Straat, writes June 5: "May the Era long thrive and also be a welcome visitor to the elders in the mission fields, as well as at home." Improvement Era, August, 1919 Two Dollars per Annum Entered at the Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah, as second class matter Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on July 2, 1918 Address, 20 Bishop's Building, Salt Lake City, Utah Heber J. Grant, \ Edward H. Anderson^B usiness Mgr. l ors Edward H. Anderson, \ Moroni Snow, Assistant TABLE OF CONTENTS Portrait of President Heber J. Grant Frontispiece All Together for a Sacred Sabbath 839 Inspiration and Integrity of the Prophets Prest. Hebert J. Grant 841 The Home-Going, from Hawaii. A Poem. Minnie Iverson Hodapp 854 First Nephi and Archaeology Nephi Jensen 855 Temple Work at Logan. Illustrated Dr. M. C. Merrill 859 Discharged. A Story Henry Nicol Adamson 861 Thou Supreme, Sweet Evening Star. A Poem Minnie Iverson Hodapp 865 The Peace Conference at Versailles Alfred Lambourne 866 Modern Spiritualistic and Latter-day Saint Views.. ..Lieut. Calvin S. Smith 868 What of Yesterday? A Poem A. C. A. Dean Hewer 870 "This is the Place" Illustrated John G. McQnarrie 871 The Heroic Age. A Poem Maybelle T. Davis 877 The Bride. A Story Elizabeth Cannon Porter 878 A Prayer. A Poem O. M. Sanderson 880 Rubber from Rabbit Brush. Illustrated J. Cecil Alter 881 Consolation. A Poem G. G. Meldrum 883 Who Appreciates? George H. Maughan 884 Baby Moose F. H. Sweet 886 My Theme. A Poem Linda Kartchner 888 Noise in Worship F. S. Harris, Ph.D 889 How Beaver Paid. A Story George C. Sutherland 890 Died in Service 893 The Force of Example Joseph Conrad Fehr 895 The Test of Efficiency Nephi Anderson 897 Teacher-Training Classes David O. McKay 899 Comparisons 908 — Editors' Table Rights and Obligations 909 Messages from the Missions 911 Priesthood Quorums' Table 915 Mutual Work 920 Passing Events 925 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM [The Utah Agricultural! | College | = THE HOME OP EFFICIENT EDUCATION W Announces its Fall Opening J September Fifteenth J With Courses Especially Designed to Meet Post- War Conditions, 1 H Utah's Big School of the Practical Education Looks Forward to 1 H the Greatest Year in Its History. = | LINK UP YOUR AMBITION WITH VALUABLE TRAINING | AND PREPARE FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAREER Select Your Vocation from the Following: j The U. A. C. will prepare you to fill it. 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