Home.

Stormy day.

All usually well. Stormy.

I attended to several items of business about town. Filed names for baptisms for tomorrow. Wrote letters to male members of the family asking for assistance in getting temple work done.

I spent the afternoon at home looking over my journals to get data for extending my biography. Spent the evening at home. Played rook with Mother and the Children for an hour before retiring.

Home.

All well.

Stormy in the forenoon.

Mother & I went to the temple. I was baptized for 41 males and she for 20 females, Bp. Bird did the baptizing. Joel came in just as we got through and he and Mother acted as proxys, Bros. Peter [Brunson?] and Hans Peter Christiansen as witnesses and I solemnized thirty-five marriages, sealings for the dead.

I was at my office in the afternoon. I finished extending my biographical sketch for Vol. 3. of Jensen’s Biographical Encyclopedia and after reading it to the Historian Andrew Jensen I turned it over to him with my photo taken last, while in England. [page break]

Home.

All well. Stormy & cold.

I wrote letters and attended to other business at my office. Attended meetings of the Gen’l. Boards of R. Class & YM.M and my Circle.

Home.

All well Cold day.

I was in Council meeting all day and in the evening attended a show with George, Edith, Joel, Georgina, & Mother.

Home.

All well Cold day.

I had papers prepared and sent to Pres. Chas. M. Layton of Safford, Arizona with my check for $2002.50 which with $500. previously sent makes half payment for 120 acres of land and 18 shares of water, equal to 90 acres land, all in Ashurst, Graham Co. Arizona. George, LeGrand, Joel and I are buying it together.

In company with Elder Melvin J. Ballard, I left S.L. City for Logan i.e. He had gone in 2 P.M. car and I followed on 4 P.M. Electric car. Arrived in Logan at 8 P.M. and was met at the train by Pres. George F. Baliff and my brother Fred. I went [page break] with my brother to his home where I made my head quarters while in Logan.

Logan.

Am well. Cold.

I attended and spoke at 10 A.M., 2 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. meetings, the latter being a priesthood meeting.

I had unusual liberty and satisfaction in my work and speaking.

We counseled with the Stake Presidency between the meetings and looked over the ground of the 6th & 7th wards in Logan with a view to creating a new ward.

Logan.

Am well

I attended and spoke at the three public meetings viz. 10 A.M., 2 P.M. & 7:30 P.M. The attendance was large the house being inadequate to accomodate the people.

Attended a meeting of the people of the 7th and 6th wards at 4 P.M. in tabernacle where it was decided to create a new ward out of the 6th & 7th ward to be known as the Logan 11th ward. A Bishopric was selected, sustained, and set apart by Elder Ballard & me, the Presidency assisting. Other ordinations were attended to. [page break] I think I have been as richly blessed from first to last during the meetings of this Conference more perhaps than at any other. May the Lord be praised. I ate a meal with Sister Josephine West & husband and had most pleasant associations.

Logan.

I left Logan at 8 A.M. Arrived in Salt Lake at noon. Attended to business at the office of my Son LeGrand and at the temple.

I went down to Sarahs’ at 6:15 P.M. and spent an hour with Alice and my daughters. In the evening I worked at my desk.

This day I learned of a new ruling by the temple authorities by which our kindred dead of whon it is not known how old they were at death may not only be baptized for but they may be endowed also. I went back over my papers and found more than 30 sheets of 20 names each of males for whom baptismal work had been done and now those lists can be used in administering endowments. The boys of the family are [page break] coming to our assistance with their means and the work is going forward.

I filed two lists of 20 names each of males at the temple to-day for baptisms tomorrw.

Home.

All well. Mild day.

I spoke at the temple 9 A.M. meeting and after meeting I was baptized for 40 males.

I set apart two missionaries. Attended to genealogical work &c.

This being the 38th anniversary of our marriage I got 18 tickets to the Hipodrome theatre and invited the married members of the family to accompany Mother and me making a family party. My Sister Nerva was included, also Alice’s Sister Annie also Oliver making 19 in all.

Home.

Am well Stormy.

I spent the day in my office. Attended M.I.A. Bd. meeting at 5 P.M. and my Circle meeting at 6:30 P.M., 21 present. Bro. Samuel P. Ball was present the first time for a year or more. He is recovering from a long and serious illness.

My son George took him home in his car, Mother Estelle & I accompanying [page break]

Home.

I was in Council meeting in the temple from 10 A.M. to about 4 P.M. I spent some time in my office before and after the meeting

In the evening, Mother, Ray and I attended the picture show in our ward house, “Daddie Long Legs.”

Home.

All well.

Cold weather

I spent the forenoon at my office and left on 1 P.M. train for La Grand, Oregon to attend Union Stake Conference.

On Train.

Am well

Cold weather

I arrived at LeGrand at 8:10 A.M. I was met at the Station by Pres. Hanks and went with him to his home where I made my headquarters while in LaGrand. I attended 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. meetings and spoke at each.

LaGrand. Ore.

Am well Cold & snow.

I attended 9 A.M. Local Priesthood meeting, 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. Conference meetings and 4:30 Seventies Quorum (1 & 3d) meeting and spoke at each meeting. No evening meeting held. I took 8:10 P.M. train for home and had a good trip. [page break]

Charles Rich Lyman and J. Morgan Grant of Big Horn Stake, Patriarchs, were in attendance and assisted in the Conference. Good meetings were held. I arrived home at 5:30 P.M. Mother met me at the Station and we walked as far as LeGrands’ office and he brought us home in his car.

I spent the evening at home

Did some writing and played rook with Mother and the children before retiring.

Home.

All well

I attended to some business at the City & County building & spent the remainder of the time from 9 A.M.to 6 P.M. at my office and setting apart missionaries & instructing them. &c.

Home.

All well

It commenced snowing at an early hour and snowed all day.

I met with my Council members in the Evans Case from 9:30 to 1 P.M.

Attended the funeral services for Bp. Osborn Widtsoe held in the Assembly Hall.

Attended to correspondence

My son LeGrand and I in[page break]dorsed a $2500. note with my son-in-law Geo. L. Tate.

I attended Circle meeting in the evening.

Home.

All well

I attended weekly Council meeting in the temple from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. Met with Elder R. R. Lyman on Committee work, investigating charges of crooked work on part of contractors and others in Construction of the Belvedere Apartments on corner of Social Hall Avenue and State Street. I was appointed chairman of a committe on the revision and correction of the Book of Mormon; the other members being Elders Ivins, Talmage and Ballard. In the evening I took Alice to the Show and later took train leaving Salt Lake at 11:55 P.M. for Lund, thence to Cedar thence to Parowan to attend Parowan Stake Conference.

On Train.

Am well.

I arrived at Lund about 10 A.M. and left on Auto Stage at 11 A.M. for Cedar, 35 miles distant. The roads were muddy and rutted but we went through safely and arrived about 2:30 P.M. Stake President Henry W. Leavit [page break] meet me at the stage terminus and I accompanied him to his home which was made my home while I was in Cedar.

On the stage were seven other men and much profanity. I protested and it had the effect of cutting most of it out.

After dinner I went with some of the leading brethren and looked over ground on which the people of Cedar are going to build a hotel. A part of the ground belonged to the Church and I understand that the Church is letting the Hotel Co. have their land at what they have to pay for land adjoining. Now the Stake Presidency and others think they should have a building for the Stake Presidency and the High Council and for the bishops of the wards in Cedar also to answer as a bureau of information and are all united on a piece of grond three rods frontage road & the Hotel property on the South. I told the brethren I thought the Church would be willing to pay what the Hotel People are to pay the Church for what they get from the Church. Any excess of cost to be met by the hotel Co.

The City desires to secure the property owned by the Church known as the tithing lot, no [page break] longer needed for that purpose. They want to use it in connection with a City park as a camping ground for autoists. The property is about 16 x 20 rods and faces on Main St.

I attended a meeting of the Stake Presidency for about 1½ hours in the evening and gave them much instruction per taining to their official duties. A profitable meeting.

Cedar City.

Am well Fine day.

My daughter-in-law Edith was this day taken ill and threatened with misscarriage, she being about 3 mo. along.

I left Cedar for Parowan to attend Conference in the morning with Pres. Lunt & wife and the two counselors, Myron D Higbee and Frank B Thorley the latter driving. The steering rod broke when we were near a culvert and we narrowly escaped what might have been a very serious accident.

I attended the Conference meetings at 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. and a stake Priesthood meeting in the evening and spoke at all the meetings and was much blessed in so doing. I also attended a meeting of the High Council. While in meeting in Cedar yesterday evening I set apart Frank B Thorley 2nd Counselor [page break] to President Henry W. Lunt in the Stake presidency after ordaning him a High Priest.

I stayed at former President L Marsdens’ home while in Parowan. He and I administered to a Sister Maltuson.

A good full day.

Parowan.

Before going to the morning meeting Bro Marsden, Pres. Higbee and I went in Auto about a mile or more to the home of a grand daughter of Geo. A. Smith and administered to her son who had Pneumonia. I attended and spoke at the 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. meetings which were well attended by attentive listeners. The Choir under the direction of Elder Durham was a special feature. There were present in choir Saturday 29 females and 16 males and on Sunday 50 females and about 30 males. I assisted others in administering to a sister Beatby between meetings.

I had a talk with Morgan Richards a patriarch whose name had been dropped from the list of Stake authorities because he would not or had not worked in his calling and persuaded him to commence his work he consented to do so and made that known in the con[page break]ference and his name was reinstated.

With the Stake Presidency, I returned to Cedar for evening meeting where the East Ward bishopric was reorganized, the old bishop having moved out of the ward. He was set apart a high counselor by me. Francis Parsons Webster was sustained and by me set apart High Priest and Bishop.

I addressed this meeting. I spoke on the calling & mission of the Prophet Joseph.

Some of the subjects which received my attention in Conference were: Profanity, Tithing, Sacrifice, Service. No resignations justifiable Bps. should see that young people are informed as to qualifications necessary to receive or be promoted in the priesthood, attend temple &c. before the come to ask for such blessings. Have them on probation.

Returning from Parowan to Cedar we ran short of gas and were stranded for about an hour in a cold wind and rain.

Cedar City.

I had a conversation with former Stake President Uriah P. Jones now a patriarch, he being in a similar condition to that of Morgan Richards. His name having been dropped. H desired some time to think it over. He said he did not blame [page break] any one for dropping his name but that he thought that it was not done in the right way as he had given some blessings and had not been consulted in the matter.

I left Cedar at 12:15 P.M. on Auto Stage for Lund. The roads were muddy and rutted but we got through in three hours.

I got 6:17 P.M. train about 9 P.M. for home. I met Pres Roberts and Frank Lee on train. The former returning from Moapa Stake.

Arrived in Salt Lake at 6:30 A.M. I found all well except Edith. I have learned that she had taken ill Friday the 19th and had been taken to the hospital and Sunday morning had misscarriage. She now seems to be getting along well. The children are at our home and Edith is to be removed to Nina’s home today, all being favorable. I got to my office about 10 A.M. A stormy day.

At 2 P.M. I attended a missionary meeting and assisted in setting apart missionaries. I attended two committee meeting. In the evening Mother and I went down to Nina’s with George to see Edith. Ruby, Ray, Josephine [page break] and Franklin accompanied us, after which we took Ruby to the hospital. I received to-day letters from Pres. Geo Albert Smith of Liverpool, from Senator Reed Smoot and from Arnold G. Holland, the latter announcing his marriage on the 17th inst. in Logan Temple.

Home.

I had a meeting with the Twelve hearing a charge against Heber C. Buttler of Garland for performing an illegal & plural marriage in 1917. The evidence was insufficient to convict.

We had a meeting in the forenoon and from 1 to 6 in the afternoon.

I attended my Circle meeting in the evening and as I boarded the Street Car to come home saw Elder Harry E. Clarke and his Mother Mary Clarke of Birmingham who arrived in Salt Lake about two weeks ago. I had not heard that they were here and was glad to see them.

I wrote letters to Elders Reed Smoot at Washington and Geo Albert Smith in Liverpool.

Edith is improving. Others well. [page break]

Home.

I attended weekly Council meeting in the temple from 10 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.

Worked at my office before and after meeting until after 6 P.M.

I had the plumber in the evening doing some work. Repaired three taps.

Home.

I spent the day in my office. Set apart two missionaries to Eastern States

When we awoke this morning the trees were breaking with the weight of snow & it was still snowing and continued all through the day, heavy wet snow.

The phone lines were down all over the town including our own. Surely we are getting a good supply of moisture in the valleys and in the mountains.

I am to take 11:30 P.M. train for Elco, Idaho.

On train.

I arose from my berth as we reached Pocatello about 7 A.M. and was surprised to find the ground dry. Elder John [page break] Wells and Sister Jane Crawford of the Primary Board were along. We reached Arco 59 miles west of Blackfoot at about 10:30 A.M. and went direct to the meeting of the Lost River Stake Conference. The Stake population is 1675 and the attendance was 155. There were 204 at the 2:30 P.M. meeting.

We decided in the Conference to organize a new ward out of Arco and Moore wards and call it the Lost River Ward. This necessitated making three new Bishoprics as both Bp. Meichalson of Arco and Bp. Sorensen of Moore ward will be in the new ward. I set apt. all the three Bishoprics and spoke at all meetings.

I stayed at night at the home of Stake Supt. Bro. Boyer.

Arco. Ida.

Bishop Thomas Chamberland took us up to Moore Ward 8 miles in his car. We had three public meetings and I spoke at them all. Attended Council metings between.

We had a good conference. I lunched at the hall.

Had supper at a Bro. Duke’s.

Stayed the night with Bp. Counselor J. Wesley Anderson’s.

Cold dry weather.

I am well. [page break]

Moore, Ida.

I spent the forenoon reading the Book of Mormon with a view of detecting errors to be corrected in the next edition. Took train at 12:50 and arrived home at 10:45 P.M. Bathed & retired abt. midnt.

Home.

All well.

I attended Quarterly meeting of the Twelve in the temple from 9 A.M. to 5;30 P.M. I had buttons put on my overcoat while I waited.

Rode home with George and he cut my hair.

I wrote up my journal & read the paper before retiring.

Home.

All well

I spent the day in my office except when attending meetings &c.

Attended Gen Bd. Meetings of YMM & the R. Class, and later my Circle meeting

My son LeGrand came home with me to supper.

Mother and I and George & LeGrand spent a couple of hours at Joels’ in the evening. Retired late. [page break]