Thrift and Economy

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Priesthood Course of Study

— — To the Bishops of the Church Dear BretJwen: As you are doubtless aware, the lessons for the High Priests, Seventies, Elders and Priests in their class and quorum work for the year 1920 is Gospel Doctrine, by the late President Joseph F. Smith. Sufficient copies of this book we hope you have already obtained from the Deseret Book Company. For a guide to the members of the Melchizedek Priesthood and the Priests who are also studying Gospel Doctrine, there has been prepared an outline which is very essential for the study of Gospel Doctrine. The price is 15c per copy. For the ordained Teachers, an outline has been prepared, consisting of excerpts from Old Testament history. This outline is very valuable to our young men who, no doubt, in the near future will go into the world and preach the gospel where a knowledge of old testament history is very neces- sary. This book contains 104 pages and costs 25c per copy. For the Deacons, an outline has been prepared, called "Incidents from the Lives of our Church Leaders," which consists of faith promoting inci- dents. This book contains 116 pages and the price is 25c. The outlines for the Teachers and Deacons and guide for the study of Gospel Doctrine can be obtained for the prices mentioned, from the Improvement Era, 67, East South Temple Street. • In consequence of the difficulty in securing paper, there was a delay in getting out the outlines for the Teachers and Deacons. This delay has reduced the demand for them. We fear you have overlooked placing your order for the usual quota of these books. If such is the case, will you please order immediately, from the Improvement Era, 67 East South Temple Street, sufficient books for the Teachers and Deacons, and Guides for the study of Gospel Doctrine; and encourage the young people to have these books in their libraries, and the class leaders to use them in teaching classes or quorums of the priesthood. Send your order in immediately on the slip sent. If you have already purchased them, state how many and return the form sent you, to the Improvement Era. Your brethren in the gospel, The Presiding Bishopric, By J. Wells.

Books

A volume entitled History of Indian Depredations in Utah has just reached our table. It is a graphic presentation of a tragic chapter in the early settlement of this region, and is compiled by E. P. Gottfredson, an Indian war veteran. Some of the accounts given have never before appeared in print. All are interesting, because they give us a faint idea of some of the difficulties encountered by the pioneers and so bravely overcome. The volume deals especially with the Walker and Black Hawk wars and closes with a reproduction of legislative acts relating to Indian affairs.