Cardston, Canada.

A cold wind blowing.

I remained indoors until 11 A.M., then went down town and saw Sterling Williams about temple blessings &c. Called at the temple block and inspected the temple surroundings including the hot house and flowers. In the afternoon I accompanied Pres. Wood and members of the family to the Cochrain Ranch, in an auto.

Cardston.

Am Well

Cold wind.

I attended the conference meetings At the 10 A.M. meeting I occupied 35 minutes, Complimented the people for their faithfulness & accomplishments. and reminded them that they would not be perfect until they had all acquired the habit of paying their tithing, keeping the W of W, &c. I enlarged on honesty, pay your debts though your debts may have outlawed.

At the afternoon meeting I occupied about 45 minutes on the subject of Genealogy & Temple work. Did not read from notes. After the afternoon meeting I attended the School meet. The contests in sports being by grades. Juniors, Intermediates & Seniors.

I mailed letters to Mother, to Ruby and to Edna. In the evening I went to a concert by the Cardston Orphius. [page break]

Cardston

Am well

Beautiful day.

At the morning session of the conference I occupied 40 minutes. Subject. Service, the main theme. At the after-noon I read notes on genealogy & Temple work and spoke on the subject of Bearing false witness and recited, Gossip. “A woman to the” &c. I occupied about 50 minutes. After the meeting I ordained John Forbes Anderson a Patriarch and set him apart to labor in the Alberta Stake. I also met a number of people and answered questions pertaining to genealogy and temple work.

I went through the temple again and from there walked home to Pres. E. J. Woods home.

Cardston

Am well.

I awoke at about 3:00 A.M. & after lying awake until 5:30 A.M. I got up and after shaving as I do each morning, and otherwise arranging my toilet for the day which usually requires, including my gymnastics, about an hour, I wrote up my journal and studied my commentary, &c. The population of the Alberta Stake is 3552. The attendance has been: 439 = 12%; 579= 16%; 709 = 20%; 633 = 17%

I visited the temple before taking the train at 8:10 A.M. Arrived in Lethbridge at 11 A.M. [page break] I was met at the station by Pres. Hugh Brown and taken to his home where I stayed over night. I was the speaker at a special meeting held in the Ward house. I occupied 60 minutes with good liberty. I defined the gospel, showing to what man may attain and how to attain it. Under the Heading Gospel, the first paragraph furnished the meat for the meal.

I received a few lines from my son George enclosing in triplicate some papers for me to sign assisting Sister Reunie to get into the country.

Lethbridge, Canada

Am well

Good weather

I rode from Lethbridge to Ramwell in Bro. Osterlund on our way to Taber. Here we had a flat tire and Pres. Brown took me on to Lethbridge arriving at 10 A.M. where the Lethbridge Conference was held. At the morning session spoke upon the subject of Genealogy and being the last speaker & having but 30 minutes I did not finish the subject. At the afternoon session I was the first speaker and took up the subject where I left off at the morning session and occupied 45 minutes with good liberty. At the close of the meeting I attended a [page break] funeral service of a grand daughter of James Bowden & a daughter of Warren Bowden both of whom are deceased. Her name is Rhoda Bowden. After the death of Warren’s his widow married a man named Smith of whom it is reported that he abused her awfully.

I was the last speaker and occupied about 20 minutes. I stayed over night at the Home of Bishop Haynes. A letter from Mother mailed to Raymond had been delivered at Raymond and forwarded to Lethbridge, thence to me at Taber. I was informed that Lucena’s Delph and Willard have the mumps. Nerva’s boy Joel has been sick.

Taber, Canada.

I am well

Attended 9 A.M. High Priest’s meeting and answered a number of questions on temple and genealogical work. At the 10 A.M. conference meeting I was the concluding speaker and treated the subject of duty vs. privilege as treated by Bro. Palmer of the Stake Presidency. I also spoke briefly on honor parents and recited the poem, “A Mother to Her Son.”

I took dinner at the home of former bishop of Taber Bro. Vanormen. At the afternoon meeting I [page break] occupied 60 minutes with good liberty upon the subjects of gospel principles and made extensive reference to commentators to the Bible. Bp. Haynes said it was the best sermon on the First Principles he had ever heard. Others expressed them much the same. The Lord surely helped me. I administered to a sister Fairbanks at the meeting house and to a sister Wood at her home where I took supper. Bro. Hyrum Smith & Bro Ostlund assisted me and we came to Lethbridge together in Bro. Ostlund’s Nash car, Sisters Brown & Ostlund accompanying. Brother & Sister Ostlund have a daughter Mary attending school and boarding at Mrs. M. J. Davis’ home at 564 or 544 13 East. Phone H 3649. Call her.

We arrived in Lethbridge at 8:30 P.M. I stayed at President Brown’s home and after writing up my diary for the day returned for the night, tired. I ordained Albert L. Wood a High Priest and set him apart an alternate member of the High Council to day.

Attendance 222 = 8.6 Per Cent of stake Pop.; 326 = 13%; 490 = 19%; 600 = 23%

Lethbridge.

I took train at 9:30 and at Sunburst, Mont. I left the train [page break] and by previous appointment I met Dan Livingston of Salt Lake City and a Mr Drake of Conrad, Mont. and I went in their auto with them down through the oilfields from Sunburst which is 10 miles south of the U.S. Canadian Boundary South through Kevin, Shelby, Fowler, to Conrad a distance by rail of 62 miles. A farther distance by auto. We called at the Ohio Co. oil wells where six wells were being pumped at the same time with but one engine. The same operates apparatus & engine is capacitated to pump at one time, 56 wells in any or every direction and a considerable distance from the plant. The engine is run by natural gas obtained nearby. Trucks are operated with gasoline made on the ground. It is a wonderful plant. We went by the 960 acre tract in which my sons and I are interested and at the Fowler well on the south and within three miles of our land lease we took supper and saw the workings of the Fowler well which is now 1870 feet deep. They are about 50 feet into what they think to be the cap stone and while they might break through at any time and get a flow of oil they may have to go another 30 or 50 feet ac[page break]cording to what others have had to do. It is fully expected that in the sands underneath oil will be found in quantity. The tailing or washings from the drilling show oil now in beautiful rainbows of color. The casing is down into the solid stone and the gas and water which has given them some trouble in the past is all shut off. The machine seems to be working nicely so that the prospects are encouraging. Our anxiety is due to the fact that if they get a good flow of gas oil in the Fowler well our 960 acres would at once become valuable. My sons & I have no other interest in the Fowler well. Other wells are being driven about the same distance on the N.W. of our land as the Fowler well is on the S.E. &c, about 3 miles and if the oil is found on the north it would mean nearly as much as if found on the south and if found both north & south we would have a bonanza. Our holdings are about seven to ten miles south of Shelby where there is on at present a veritable boom. No oil has been found yet south of Shelby, i.e. in quantities to operate. No wells have yet been sunk deep enough to reach the oil sands. The Fowler [page break] well is the deepest.

I occupied the same room in the hotel at Conrad, with Mr. Don Livingstal, separate beds.

Conrad, Montana.

I took 4:40 A.M. train for Gt. Falls where I got 8 A.M. train for Butte, so that I lost no time by reason of my stay over in the oil fields. Arrived at Butte on time 3:00 P.M. and got train out for Salt Lake at 5:10 P.M.

At Butte station I wrote up my journal for yesterday, and wrote a two page letter to Charles & Edna, at Eugene, Oregon.

Arrived in Salt Lake from Canada at 8:30 A.M. and went directly to the temple where I was very much occupied during the day looking to my mail &c. I attended my prayer circle meeting and visited Bros. Samuel F. Ball and Han J. Christensen and administered to them, assisted by my son George who took me in his auto to see them. They are both quite ill.

I spent the day and evening until after 10 P.M. at the Temple. Attended weekly Council meeting [page break] from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. Attended a Board meeting, sealed up a number of couples &c.

I took 7:20 A.M. car for my work at the temple. Had a busy day. Preparations are being made for extensive improvements to be made about the Temple and the annex. Mother and I attended the Conan Doyle lecture in the Tabernacle in the evening. Some of his advanced ideas correspond with our ideas of the afterlife.

I took 7:20 A.M. train to Nephi. Conference opened in Nephi Tabernacle at 2 P.M. with an attendance of 270 or 8% of the Stake population which is, 3543. The Religion class students had graduating exercises occupying about 45 minutes, 23 graduates were furnished with certificates of graduation. I occupied 50 minutes on the subjects, duties of Parents to children & of children to parents. Read the poem, “A Mother to her Son.” & “Which shall it be?” No evening meeting so I retired early at the home of Pres. Thos. D. Rees.

Nephi.

I spoke at the 10 A.M. Session [page break] where the most of the time of the meeting was taken up with graduation exercises from the Senior seminary. I occupied about 15 min. at the ending. I told the story of Abram & Zimri, Mother & child.

At 12:20 I attended the funeral services of Sister Nancy Carver, aged 89 and occupied about 30 minutes. At the afternoon session I continued the subject of the Resurrection, &c. I was the first speaker and occupied about 45 minutes and then left & took train for home. Mother & I called on Geo. & Edith and Geo Joel & Georgina & LeGrand & Ina came in while there.

This is the 59th anniversary of my wife’s birth. I went shopping with her and bought her a 9 x 12 dining rug for which I paid $88.00. I also bought a Hoover carpet sweeper for $64.00. I paid the fares of ten of our family to the Pantages at 4 P.M.

I attended Priesthood meeting of the Granger ward, Cottonwood stake at 8 P.M. where I presented to them the question of organizing a new stake on the west side of the valley and of making the Granger ward one of the units. Twelve of the local brethren spoke and all expressed a willingness to do and have done as the authorities might indicate. When it got home at about 10:30 P.M. I found [page break] most all of my family assembled showing honor to Mother.

I went to the Temple as usual. Was busy all day and left for home at 5:30. Spent the evening on my personal books.

I took 7:20 car for my work at the temple. I had a busy day. Sealed about 20 couples of living and a number of children to parents along with other work. Attended my Circle meeting in the evening & left the temple about 9 P.M. I sat for a photo to be enlarged and to be placed in the Cardston temple with others of the brethren.

I took 7:20 car for the temple. Attended to the work of the temple and attended weekly council meeting of the Presidency & Twelve in the temple from 10 A.M. to about 23 P.M. At this meeting it was unanimously decided that the garment may be worn without the collar, with buttons instead of strings, with the closed crotch, with elbow sleeves, and with legs between the knee and the calf. All of the presidency, seven of the Twelve Apostles & the Patriarch were present. [page break] Later I called upon the Presidency, who appointed Bro. Ballard and me to organize the New Stake on the west side of the valley comprising the wards of Granger and Hunter in the Cottonwood Stake and the wards of Magna, Pleasant Green and Garfield in the Pioneer Stake. I proceeded to make arrangements for meeting the people and effecting an organization. Arranged to meet the brethren holding the Melchizedek Priesthood in Granger ward Saturday and the people at large in Pleasant Green Sunday. Alice & I went to the show with George & Edith in the evening.

I took 7:20 A.M. car for my work at the Temple. Presided as usual at the 8:30 A.M. Temple meeting. I set apart eleven of our Temple employees, janitors, typists, cooks, waiters &c. Elder Jos. F. Smith set apart other seven. Later I set apart another. Attended to a number of sealings &c.

I left the Temple at about 8 o’clock and went home and made ready and boarded the 11:30 car for Shelley, Idaho.

Arrived in Shelley at 8:30 A.M. and was met by Bro. Mickelson, Stake Clerk who took me to his home where we rested until meeting time. After meeting I went home with Bp. Miller Christensen where I slept at [page break] night and ate my meals.

At the 10 A.M. meeting there were 244 present or 7% of the stake pop. of 3446 I was concluding speaker and occupied 45 minutes. I reminded the people that for last month but 14% of the people attended sac. meetings, 62% of families visited. How get 100 percent Attend meetings, read the Scriptures &c. At the afternoon meeting I occupied 30 min. Subj. Sacrifice and service.

Attended 10 A.M. meeting, attendance 605 = 18%. I occupied 45 minutes. Subject. Service. At 2 P.M. meeting the attendance was 617 = 19%. I occupied 55 min, First Principles. In the evening I spoke at the graduating exercises of the R. Classes. These three meetings Sunday were held in the Theater building.

I called together the Stake Presidency, H. Council. Bps & Counselors and explained the changes in the garment made admissible by the General Authorities.

I took train at 7:30 P.M. arrived in Pocatello at 9 P.M. where by phone appointment my daughter Nerva, her husband & two children met me by auto & I went with them to Inkom their home and got the same train or car at Inkom at 1:40 A.M. for home.

Arrived in Salt Lake at 7:30 A.M. Went home for breakfast &c. [page break] Attended to important business at the U.S.N. Bk.

Received from the Oregon Portland Cement Co. for 3 2/3 shares of preferred stock, being retired by the company to bearer of $440.00. A 20% accumulated dividend is included. I receive a new certificate for 20 shares preferred.

I attended to my desk work at the Temple as usual. By consent of President Ivins I called the members of the First Council of Seventy, accessible to gether and explained the ruling of the Presidency & Twelve in regard to the garment.

At 10 A.M. I attended a meeting of the Temple workers in the Temple and at 12 o’clock attended a meeting of services for Bro. Fred Nelson who died suddenly Sunday. I was one of the speakers.

Spent the evening at home. Estella had a severe vomiting spell in the night. I administered to her.

I attended to the work at the temple as usual. Last evening at home I wrote to Orin and to Ruby. Spent the evening after 9 P.M. at home.

I called on Hans J. Christensen, one of our Temple hands and administered to him. He is very ill. Attended my Circle meeting at 6:30. Attended to business at Z.C.M.I. Garments. [page break]

I took 7:00 A.M. car for my work at the Temple taking my satchel &c with me prepared to take train this afternoon for Thompson, thence by stage to Blanding to attend San Juan Conference. I attended regular weekly meeting Council meeting in the Temple.

I set apart Sister Matilda Wilcox Cummings a Temple worker assisted by Bro. Horace H. Cummings after having consulted the First Presidency & others concerned.

I took 4:40 P.M. D&RG train for Thompson and arrived there on a belated train after 3 A.M. Sat up in observation car. Got bed at hotel in Thompson.

Thompson, Utah.

Am well.

I took stage Auto driven by a Mr. Fish and leaving Thompson at 7:20 A.M. drove to Monticello & from there on to Blanding 25 mi. making 135 miles by stage at a cost of $12.25 one way. At Moab I found Prest. Lemuel H. Redd who had been brought from Blanding the day before. He was afflicted in his head, a swollen face and head and ear discharge. Assisted by one of his sons & Bp. Hammand I gave him a blessing. At Monticello I got dinner at Pres. Geo. A. Adam’s home and at Blanding I stayed at Bp. Wayne H. Redds. While there Bp Redd gave me a [page break] small Navaho blanket and at the store I bought other two, one of $10.00 and the other at $16.00

Blanding, Utah.

Am well.

From 9 A.M. to 12 noon was spent in Stake officers and Priesthood meetings. I addressed the meeting as a whole and after separation into departments, I met with the Stake Presidency, H. counselors, Bishops & counselors & instructed them in relation to the changes made permissible in the temple garment.

I spoke at all meetings, both days. Sat. Eve. held a social free where refreshments were served.

Blanding, Utah.

Am well.

I attended a Seventies meeting at 9 A.M. Set apart three presidents of the 125th quorum and addressed the meeting on missionary work within the Stake for Seventies especially. At 10 A.M. meeting I occupied about 25 min. Subj. Honor earthly & Heavenly parents.

At 2 P.M. I occupied 60 min. Subject, Pre-existance and how it becomes a key to unlock a number of principles which to the world have not been understood.

I rode over to Monticello with the Stage Auto where I spoke of the evening meeting and treated in past the Subject, Bearing False Witness [page break] and Self Reliance. I slept at Pres. Adam’s home.

Monticello, Utah.

I took Stage Auto at 7:20 A.M. and rode to Thompson where I took a room at the hotel and spent the night. Going through Moab we stopped and rested a couple of hours. I took dinner with a Brother McConkie, a counselor in the Moab Bishopric. He & I called on Pres. Redd at the hospital and assisted by him & a son of Pres. Redds I administered to him a blessing.

Thompson

I have taken some cold. I got train at 4:10 A.M. for home. Arrived at Salt Lake at 12:30 P.M. I went home & changed my and went to the temple where I considered my accumulated mail, wrote some letters &c. I later in company with my son George called on Dan Livingston to learn from him what was possible of the status of our oil lands investment. Alice & I went to Auerbachs where we got her a cloak. She & I attended also the graduation exercises of the L.D.S. School where 303 certificates of graduation were presented to Students for merit.

This being “Decoration Day” My son George took Mother & me & Hyrum [page break] and Estella Lee in his car to Tooele where we decorated the graves of our dead with flowers. We returned to Salt Lake and I attended and spoke at the funeral services of Bro. Hans J. Christiansen in 17th Ward chapel, attended to sealing work 20. In the evening Mother & I and Nina accepted invitation of LeGrand & Ina to accompany them to a show.

Mother & I rode to the Temple with our son George. I attended weekly Council meeting at Temple from 10 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. except while I was attending to the sealings. Left for home about 7:30 P.M. with Nina in her car. Spent the evening at home.