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MUTUAL WORK 177 Y. M. M. I. A. Efficiency Report, October, 1924 5 a a. •M *s S "3 © s _© o a ^ en STAKES .0 i u PS a S C/2 S e OS © •a a 9 03 « teg c •a B © 5 10 1 6 1 3 6 1 3 2' 1 53 Benson | 4 7 5 6 | 3 6 3 3 6 4 47 Box Elder 9 10 10 10 1 3 10 9 3 10 10 84 Cache 9 10 10 10 | 8 10 6 10 10 83 Cottonwood __ | 7 10 9 10 | 9 10 4 4 9 9 81 Descret 9 10 8 3 | 4 8 5 5 4 56 Emery | 3 10 | 10 10 | 8 io i 2 10 5 68 5 6 10 10 9 10 9 j 9 7 10 9 10 3 2 2 1 9 10 9 10 74 Grant 76 Hyrum 6 10 9 10 2 6 5 4 10 10 72 Jordan 4 6 8 4 5 9 - 6 2 9 9 62 Juab 9 8 7 5 6 7 6 3 9 10 70 Kanab 5 6 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 29 Liberty _ _ _ 7 10 10 10 10 10 5 3 10 10 85 Logan 8 10 10 10 8 10 8 3 10 7 84 Nebo 2 6 5 10 4 8 3 8 4 6 2 10 1 7 3 2 3 10 3 8 30 North Davis _ 75 North Sanpete .. 5 10 10 5 5 10 6 3 8 8 70 North Sevier. 6 10 2 3 1 5 5 1 2 8 4 46 North Weber . 8 10 7 7 4 8 5 10 10 8 77 Ogden 8 10 1 1° 10 10 10 6 6 10 10 90 Oquirrh 8 7 10 4 | 6 10 9 10 10 74 St. George 10 10 8 4 | 5 8 3 3 5 6 62 Salt Lake. . _, 7 10 1 9 10 | 10 10 3 1 10 9 79 San Juan. „ 9 8 10 10 | 3 10 5 5 10 70 8 6 9 1 10 10 1 10 3 | 1 6 | 6 10 10 5 7 5 1 7 10 9 10 67 South Sanpete- 76 5 5 5 10 | 5 10 5 10 6 1 ! 2 1 1 o 3 1 6 5 5 1 4 2 3 2 1 0 3 5 3 4 3 5 38 Uintah - 37 Bear Lake... 44 5 5 10 1 8 10 | 3 4 1 3 2 I 1 8 1 4 3 1 1 1 7 4 5 4 54 Barley 35 10 7 10 6 10 9 4 10 3 1 io 10 6 10 6 8 10 10 10 74 Franklin 75 Fremont 9 10 10 6 5 8 4 3 10 10 75 8 10 7 8 7 5 5 5 4 4 10 5 4 6 5 2 10 5 10 3 70 Lost River 53 Pocatello 7 7 8 10 8 8 1 5 5 8 8 74 Rigby 4 10 10 3 2 10 5 1 10 10 63 Shelley 1 4 10 4 2 3 4 3 3 1 3 3 39 Twin Falls 1 8 9 9 1 8 4 10 5 2 j 10 9 74 Alberta . 4 10 10 5 10 10 4 10 10 1 3 10 1 7 2 5 8 I 5 10 10 4 10 10 2 9 5 5 10 10 3 10 10 37 94 Lethb ridge 90 Los Angeles _ __ 10 10 8 I 7 l 10 10 5 1 io 10 80 Sncwflake 8 10 10 | 10 | 4 4 2 1 5 1 4 6 63 Star Valley 8 1 10 8 1 10 | 3 9 | 9 j 10 1 9 j 8 84 Woodruff 4 1 8 4 I 5 | 4 4 1 3 1 2 1 8 4 46 Young 7 1 io 2 1 — 1 2 | 5 | 2 | .... 1 4 1 4 36 Calif. Mission 1 4 1 io 7 1 2 | 5 1 9 | 7 | 4 1 2 1 7 57

17ft IMPROVEMENT ERA Y. M. M. I. A. Statistical Report, October, 1924 STAKES S ■a 11 •a © - - O <v J s *© teg .2 e U -<6a ° "o o "£ S3 B ■a" a a LB .2-3 •^63 0 H s i § rt < 2 0 << s .2 § i 1 << 03 a a •2 a 0 EH Alpine — 949 18 12 106 79 117 9 208 519 88 55 76 8 159 386 758 756 13 13 8 13 69 98 48 229 67 112 35 40 106 189 325 668 47 86 30 138 42 77 18 24 65 135 202 Box Elder 460 520 672 8 10 8 10 80 50 150 139 200 191 480 473 60 79 30 39 125 105 150 145 365 Cottonwood . 90| 53 368 Deseret 418 12 9 69 111 71[— — 124 375 53 77 48 69 247 Emery - 555 1 1 3 27 17 3 3 1 68 145 21 15 30 66 132 Granite 900 9 8 76 44 1 48 1 89 169 526 69 38 137 80 145 469 Grant 973 500 1064 342 222 1230 11 10 16 5 6 12 9 7 10 5 2 12 96 59 101 51 15 118 74 86 96 86 28 176 117| 43 65 . 89|..... 84] 28 44|... 214 80 145 86 22 294 544 290 431 335 109 789 71 39 62 40 9 100 54 64 51 54 23 112 88 1 38 51 L 511 37 131...... 147|._.-. 171 64 107 71 24 232 422 218 271 203 69 Liberty 201 591 608 972 1 1 15 10 6 105 46 77 58 115 66 178 82 475 252 79 32 56 31 94| 40|.- 106 71 335 Nebo 174 North Davis _ 519 7 6 61 50 73 88 272 50 32 45 65 192 North Sanpete 654 9 8 63 49 94 19 96 321 53 32 51 19 96 251 North Sevier 250 6 4 23 43 38 24 16 144 14 35 23 18 11 101 North Weber . 713 17 15 106 77 167 223 573 86 51 100 155 392 789 420 10 5 10 5 89 52 140 60 202 72 33 231 116 662 333 81 46 73 49 131 50 26 169 76 454 Oquirrh .__ ... 247 St. George 600 15 13 110 147 160 52 146 615 89 100 110 48 96 443 Salt Lake 1063 12 12 132 120[ 1291 66 251 698 116 95 104 62 210 587 San Juan 150 4 3 25 31 23| 34 21 134 17 33 22 18 29 119 353 468 6 7 6 7 53 59 42 53 54 79 9 25 94 74 252 290 38 50 33 31 32 60 9 18 64 47 176 South Sanpete 206 247 387 302 5 9 12 5 5 8 33 35 48 33 24 52 24 42 44 4 5 76 34 54 128 160 220 23 31 38 26 24 36 14 42 28 4 5 44 34 49 101 Uintah 154 Bear Lake 146 358 322 8 9 6 4 46 33 49 47 29 19 44 4? 187 156 36 76 36 33 22 7? 16 35 79 145 34| 22| 16 110 Cassia 168 5 5 38 48 53 177 77 41 16 15 37 136 Franklin 440 1 1 8 83 88 80| 100 351 49 61 44 50 204 Fremont 687 13 13 118 144 140| 81]13 5 618 92 103 103 59 102 459 Idaho . 211 q 5 39 5 23 160 76 36 ?7 89 Lost River ___. 120 4 3 35 26 33 ...... | 31 125 20 12 18 15 65 Pocatello 473 10 8 77 77 89 21 84 348 68 55 58 19 54 254 Rigby 500 13 fi 45 33 50 8 5? 188 3P ?4 38 6 41 148 Shelley 335 9 4 37 41 73 40 141 ?8 34 171 28 28 135 Twin Falls .... 194 7 5 36 55 25 35 151 30 43 25 35| 133 Alberta 346 11 5 42 33 52 25 62 214 32 22 36 17 45| 1 52 115 5 5 ?5 4P 50 1 5 47 186 ?0 38 45 40| 143 57|264 Lethbridge 223 9 4 70 121 43 73 87 394 50 90 25 42 Los Angeles. ... 400 14 14 112 140 235 175 662 90 125 195 150 560 Sr.owflake ... 280 9 5 31 50 15 19 56 171 24 43 11 13 45 136 Star Valley.... 360 11 9 88 52 63 ... 109 312 62 26 47 87 222 Woodruff 435 8 3 30 55 46 50 181 25 45 35 38 143 102 4 > 16 -)->, 16 94 79 1^ 13 14 15 54 Calif. Mission 794 34 12 92 116 80 51 339 86 89 78( — - 51 304 Nofe — Some stakes did not segregate the Juniors and Advanced Juniors, in which case all are counted in the Junior enrollment. This year 49 stakes and one mission reported for October as against 40 stakes for 1923. The number of wards reporting is 3 53 as against 271 for 1923, besides 12 mission branches in California.

The German bond issue was placed on the New York market Oct. 14, America's share is $110,000,000. It was oversubscribed in 12 minutes. France recognized Soviet Russia, and the Russian government, on Oct. 29, 1924, and agreed to send a delegation to Paris to conclude the negotia- tions. The attitude of the United States is unchanged. Lew Dockstader, the famous minstrel, died, Oct. 26, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Warren Palmer, New York, 68 years of age. The cause of death was a bone tumor in the leg, the result of a fall two years ago. The Mexican Consulates in Great Britain were closed Oct. 31, by order of the Mexican government. That marked the severance of the last diplomatic tie between the two governments. The action was the result of the break-down of the attempt to re-establish official relations. John H. Coombs, principal of east high school, Salt Lake City, died, Nov. 2, 1924, at his home in Salt Lake City, after an illness of three weeks. Death was caused by a blood clot, impeding circulation. He was 48 years old and has been connected with the schools for 23 years. The war on the Chinese government at Pekin was officially ended, Oct. 24, by a proclamation issued at Mukden by Chang Tsao-Lin. The proclamation stated that President Tsao-Kun had taken refuge in the legation quarter, and that his forces under Wei Pei-Fu were in full flight. Mr. George H. Dern was elected governor of Utah on Nov 4. He was the choice of the Democratic party. Except the Governor the rest of the Republican ticket was elected. The legislature is Republican. In the senate there is one Democrat. In the house there will be seven Democrats. Senator Frank B. Brandegee was found dead in his bathroom in Wash- ington, Oct. 14, 1924. An opened gas pipe from which the gas was flowing indicated suicide. He was 60 years old. For 20 years he has been a dominant figure in the affairs of his party, as a representative of Connecticut in the U. S. Senate. Lafayette documents to the number of 300 are to be turned over to United States museums. They were discovered in the collection of a family, and sold last year at Auvergne. They have never been published. It is ex- pected that some of them will shed additional light on the American struggle for independence. The retirement of Jules Jusserand as French ambassador to the United States was announced Oct. 18, in Paris dispatches. Emile Duschner was mentioned as his successor. Mr. Jusserand has held his position in Wash- ington since 1902. He has reached the age at which French diplomats are released from the public service. Six Utah hospitals met all requirements of the American College of Surgeons, according to a report published Oct. 20. They are Dr. W. H. Groves Latter-day Saints hospital; the Holy Cross, St. Marks and Salt Lake County hospital, Salt Lake; Thomas D. Dee Memorial hospital in Ogden and the Utah-Idaho hospital, Logan. A protest against religion in schools is embodied in a resolution passed, Oct. 26, by Congregationalists, in conference assembled in the First Con- gragational church, Salt Lake City. 'We do protest," they say, "against the use of the public school buildings for religious services of any sort,

180 IMPROVEMENT ERA and against children being taught any form of theology during the school hours of any school day." Elizabeth Jane Norman Empey died Nov. 2, at her home in Ogden, of apoplexy. She was born in England, Nov. 29 1853, and came to the United States in Nov., 1881. She was a Relief society worker for many years. Besides her husband, Alfred Empey, who is 84 years of age, she is survived by two sons, three daughters, a sister, Mrs. George Chappie of Ogden, thirty-one grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Clouds are dispersed by being bombarded with electrically treated sand, says a Washington dispatch, Oct. 29. The experiment was carried out from two aeroplanes at Boiling field, at an altitude of 13,000 feet, in the presence of numerous spectators. The dispersion of fogs by artificial means, if it can be done, would be of immense value on many occasions both on land and at sea. Six reclamation projects have been approved by committees that have reported to the interior department, as seen from a published statement, Oct. 13. Among these is the Salt Lake basin project in which 110,000 acres will be directly benefitted. It is stated that mixed crops should yield from $50 to $80 per acre a year. The lands to be irrigated are already colonized and settled on small farms. Modern youth rejects many of the historical accounts of the Bible, and also its doctrines, and this, according to Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard University, is "one of the most cheerful signs." He is quoted as follows: "The happiest age the world has ever known" does not believe in the creation or the garden of Eden. This from a lecture on religious concepts at Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 13. A fragment of the Gospel of Matthew was found recently, according to a London dispatch Nov. 12, in the British Museum. It is a papyrus, believed to date from A. D. 300, on which more than 30 verses of the 26th chapter of Matthew are written. In the 28th verse, where the English translation has, "This is my blood of the New Testament," the word "new" is omitted. Otherwise the text is said to be substantially as we have it. The annual meeting of the Utah Educational Association convened, Oct. 23, at the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City. Henry Peterson, of the Utah Agricultural college, Logan, delivered the president's address. Other speakers were, Governor Mabey, and Dr. Frank B. Cooper. At the second day's session, J. T. Worlton, assistant superintendent of the Salt Lake City schools, was elected president, and D. W. Parratt, superintendent of the Granite school district, vice president. Emma Goldman attended a banquet in London, Nov. 12, on which oc- casion she said, she had been approached by representatives of the American government with the question whether she would return to the United States on certain conditions. She added, "They do not know Emma Gold- man. If I go back to the United States, I will demand that all political deportees have a right to return there. If I ever go back it will be on my own terms." Leonora Cannon Gardner died, Oct. 11, 1924, in Pine Valley, Wash- ington Co., Utah. She was a sister of the late Presidents George Q. Cannon and Angus M. Cannon and came to Utah in 1849. She was born in Liverpool, England, in 1840, and came to America in 1842. Her mother died and was buried in the Atlantic ocean and her father died two years later, leaving her an orphan in Nauvoo at the age of 4. Surviving are a brother, David H. Cannon, of St. George, three sons and three daughters, and many grandchildren.