Respectfully submitted. A bill for $1000 was submitted by P. L. Williams for legal advice. In the matter of the claim of Hanlon & Benson for $700, for alleged damages caused by the cancelling of a contract on the Fifteenth District school building, the bill was ordered paid on the recommendation of the attorney for the Board. Treasurer Walden submitted the following report: Amount in treasury January 1, 1899....$21,901 93 J B. Moreton, credit Fourteenth dis- J B. Moreton, credit Second district.. 15,0.0 00 257 25 3.40 307 49 5,000 60 ..$33,470 07 21,662 44 ...$11,807 63 The committee on general supplies reported in favor of appointing John Lamont as janitor for the Allen buildAuditor Public Accounts, Utah Territory. ing, in the Sixth district, at $15 per ARTHUR PRATT, Treasurer's Report. To His Excellency Arthur L Thomas, Gover nor of Utah Territory: Dear Sir.-I respectfully submit herewith my report of the receipts and disbursements of this office from March 15, 1890, to December 31, $413,318 27 1890: OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 3, 1890. Hon. Arthur Pratt, Territorial Auditor, Salt Lake City, Utah: Dear Sir:-Yours of the 29th inst. 18 received wherein you report the sum of $270,000 Territorial school tax money arising from the three mills tax for 1890, now subject to distribution. In accordance with Section 2 of the new school law I now report that I have made the following apportionment of said sum to the respective countios, upon the basis of $4.43 per capita, of persons of school age throughout the Territory, the total school population of the Territory being 60,959: Popula Apportion Counties. tion. ment. $ 4,248 37 month; James R. Hall in the Whitney building,in the Fifteenth district, at $15 per month; also that extra work required of the janitors in the Second and Third districts merits a raise of salary from $15 to $20 per month. The report was adopted. Superintendent Millspaugh reported that Prof. Stephens had resigned his position as music teacher on account of ill health, and the superintendent_rec ommended the employment of Prof. Wolf, late of Indiana. Mr. Stephens was satisfied that Prof. Wolf was com7,278 97 petent for the position. 3,293 51 The resignation of Prof. Stephens 2,787 79 was accepted, and the application of 3,519 70 1,650 00 Prof. Wolf was referred to the com184,685 41mittee on teachers with power to act, 22,464 01 15,299 83 and the superintendent was instructed 4,000 00 to advertise for other applications. 1,614 20 5,451 39 25,987 40 1,536 66 50,500 00 Superintendent Millspaugh recommended that the following persons be employed as teachers at the monthly salary set opposite their names. W. F. Chase, Twentieth school...... $ 1,500 00 H. P. Burt, Fourteenth school.............. 10,122 55 Tooele County... 23,292 94 Davis...................................... 2,243 Utah County 9,936 49 Uintah County 1,545 6,844 35 .... Weber County... Grand.... Wasatch County 3,752 21 860 . $396,117 37 Juab. 1,424 6,308 32 FINES AND FORFEITURES. JURY FUND. TERRITORIAL BONDS. 2,333 10,335 19 1,220 5,204 60 4.075 60 Utah...................... 7,761 34,381 23 Series 2, 128 sold 128,000 00 Total......... Weber..... 6,079 26,929 97 DISBURSEMENTS. Totals............. 60,959 198 30 The committee on school work recommended the purchase of a microscope for the Fourteenth District school. Adopted. Mr. Young stated that the steam $529,930 28 heating apparatus put in the Fourteenth school by P.J. Moran was an excellent piece of work and was entirely satisfactory to the board. The reason for the previous adverse report was the ignorance of the janitor, who did not understand the apparatus, and his report misled the committee. He felt that this state nent was due to Mr. Moran. $270,048 37 Ex-Auditor Clayton's warrants re- JACOB S. BOREMAN, Commissioner of Schools. Heretofore the school found has been allowed to overdraw the amount realized from school tax at the experse of the Territory; for this reason I have only reported $270,000.00 As soon as I get a full report of the rebates and compensation of the counties, I think th re will be about $30,000.00 more school fund to apportion. TERRITORIAL BONDS ISSUED. NOTE.-Series 1, 150 bonds sold; rate of interest 5 per cent; denomination $1.000; issued July 2, 1888; sold same day for $1,001; payable July 2, 1908, at Salt Lake City or New York City, at option of holder. Series 2, 128 bonds sold; rate of interest, five per cent; denomin ation $1000; issued July 1, 1890; sold July 30, amount sold for, $1,001.01; payable July 1, 1910, at Salt Lake City or New York BOLIVAR ROBERTS, The following report of receipts and disbursements was submitted by Secretary Moreton: the Board of Education: THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. .$150,000 A warrant for $151 from the school DISBURSEMENTS. General expense of the board.... Interest paid on overdraft. School expenses— Teachers' salaries.......... Janitors' salaries................................ Janitors' supplies....... Fuel and lights........ Mamtenance school property........ School rents and incidentals..... $16,177 75 Total school expenses.. School buildings (repairing School furniture and appa ratus.. Miscellaneous (extension of water)..................... 874 22 995 88 $31,577-66 Paid liabilities of the old districts— Second district......... .$ Seventh district.. Twelfth district...... 190 00 235 80 21 35 ...... 1,115 00. Thirteenth district.... Fourteenth district 765 55 $ 7,992 76 70,000 00 ment officials, acting under instruc- poor, consisting of two-year-old Texas tions from the Interior Department, cattle, one for thirty people; this was have exercised such watchfulness to bad enough when beef was fat but too prevent newspaper men from inter- bad when poor. Years ago the beef viewing the delegation, the Washing- used to be good, but last year the agent ton Star of last evening contained a only turned out one poor beef animal lengthy correspondence from its rep- for sixty people. Indians could not resentative at Pine Ridge who suc- stand this and they made trouble about ceeded in getting together most of the it. Many of the Indians left the head chiefs and from their own lips, agency believing if they made a big through means of interpreters, heard noise the Great Father would hear their complaints, and as five of these themland rectify the wrongs done them. $77,992 76 same chiefs are among the present del At one time they collected enough egation it will perhaps be interesting money to send himself and Red Cloud to your readers to be made ac- to Washington to see the Great Father $ 3,474 88 quainted in advance with their about these tings, but Big Belly (Agent grievances as told by themselves. The Galligher) would not let them go. Infollowing is a synopsis of what each dians, he said, can't stand to see their chief said at Pine Ridge on the 23rd women and little children suffer for inst., the correspondent having suc want of food. Makes them feel bad. ceeded in getting them together to talk. 20 87 $36,885 05 $65,184 33 $12,807 93 YOUNG-MAN-AFRAID, BIG ROAD, (also an Ogallala). His remarks were chiefly confined to the character of the (so called for short) complained of ghost dance. People, he said, do not $20,878 08 the last two agents, they would take understand this dance because the away wagons and harness and farming truth had not been told them. Most implements whenever it suited them of the Indians belong to the church, in because, perhaps, the Indian that used fact they had many church houses. them would not exactly please them. This dance was like religion. It was and would give their farming tools to religion. Those who introduced this other Indians; this made the Indians dance among them from the west said feel bad. The Indians that went away the dance was 1.ke going to church. with Buffalo Bill to make a little White people pray because they want money were not allowed to keep to go to heaven, so do Indians, and their work cattle and wagons they prayed for food enough to keep which had been given to them them out of heaven until it was time sometime before they went, they were taken from those Indian families and given to other Indians, which had caused bad feelings among the Indians themselves. If an Indian misbehaved himself, or if these agents thought he 88 75 $3,925 25 misbehaved himself, they would take up the Indian's ration ticket, so that he could get no rations, and the conse quence was that he and his family suffered, and this would make them feel bad. Young-Man-Afraid conceded that Indians were not always good, neither, he said, were white men. When an Indian was bad he ought to be punished, but he held that because an Indian might have trouble with the agent, who perhaps did not understand what had led up to the cause of the Indian's misbehaving himself, the The Indian delegation arrived here Indian's family should not be punished today, consisting of Young - Man- and starved in consequence. When Afraid-of-bis-Horse, Spotted Elk, an Indian had his ration ticket taken American Horse, Two Strike, away from him, then he and his family Little Wound, Hump, Big Road, were thrown on the good Indians to Spotted Horse, He Dog, Fire Light- keep until it was restored to him, and ning, Fast Thunder, High Hawk and as all the Indians did not have half High Pipe. They have been specially enough to eat, this kind of thing only selected by General Miles as represent- tended to aggravate the troubles. They ing all sides of the Indian grievances. got their rations once a week, and what They have traveled in a special car, they got only lasted three days. When the doors of which have been closely they had a feast, in consequence of the guarded all the way to prevent news- scarcity of beef, they had to eat boiled paper men from interviewing them, the dog. He said all Indians were very high officials being determined that saving of their rations, so that their the government shall be the first to women and children would not have hear what the Indians have to say. to suffer too much. He complained Since the arrival of the delegation the also of abuses the Indians had to suffer same vigilance has been kept up, no from white people living in the vilone being allowed to approach the braves. They are now undergoing a LITTLE WOUND, process requiring the services of bath (another Ogallala chief), spoke next. attendants, the skill of the barber and His people, he said, were served rations perfumer and that of the tailor, and it once a month and what they got only is said in one week the noble reds will lasted them two weeks, the balance of be turned out in the best prevailing the time they had to go hungry which styles, some wearing entire suits made the Indian heart feel bad. This patterned after civilized classes, while was strait talk. When the rations others will appear in a combination, were all eaten, with no crops (from partly Indian and partly white. failure), and no game to kill they felt In face of the fact that the govern-mighty bad. The beef they got was INDIAN CHIEFS IN WASHINGTON lages. for them to go. Indians believed heaven was a nice place for white man wanted to go there, white man liked everything good, so did Indian; we prayed and danced that we might go to haven, and that we might live forever, and that everything we planted might grow up and give us plenty and happiness. There was no harm in the dance. The Messiah told us to send our children to school, to work on our farms all the time and do the best we could. He also told us not to drop our church. We and our children could dance and go to church too, that would be like going to two churches. I never heard that the Indians should be supreme or that the white man were to be killed, we never pray that the white people may be destroyed. The dance was not a war dance, for none who went in it was allowed to have a scrap of metal on his body. The interpreters it was who told the lies about the dance. I never believed that bullets fired from guns could not go through shirts. There might have been some foolish Indians who did believe such things, for there are some foolish Indians as there are foolish white people, but I never heard such a thing as an Indian in he dance say that his shirt would protect him from bullets. Agent, Royer and the Indian police were the cause of the dance trouble, because they lied about it. God made the Indian as well as the white man, and we want the white man to live a great deal more than the white man wants us to live. I get rations every two weeks, but they only last five days, the rest of the time I starve very much; am careful with my food, I eat a little morning, noon and night. We never waste our rations at a feast or dance; there is not enough even for a small feast; we eat dog, wild turnips and cherries at our feasts now. Five years ago we had better beef and more of it; we have been promised more but the promise is like the wind. We don't like old, and 1 lame, and big-jawed cattle when we know we are entitled to good beef. We know the difference between good and pour beef. LITTLE WOUND nounced description, but in that year he surrendered to General Miles and has since fought with the army against the Nez Perces. have less school houses and more to eat; better have a satisfied stomach and know little of school learning than to starve half the time and be very wise. Indians can't learn to be happy Big Foot, he said, left Cheyenne corroborated what Big Road said about and good on an empty stomach. In- river because he wanted to dance. Red the dance. Policemen, squaw men dian don't feel good when he is hung- Cloud and others had been writing and other Indians had lied about them.ry. The agency farmers would often him to come to Pine Ridge, and Big Those Indians, he said, wanted to be take away their things and give them Foot thought there would be fighting chiefs, and they hoped to get to be to other Indians which makes us very there. There was a great deal of dischiefs by lying and making trouble mad; sometimes a mare or ox would content among Big Foot's Indians at and talking with the agent. get hurt by no fault of the Indian, and Cheyenne river agency. Rations Mention of the word agent again the agent would put the man in the were issued once a month and they brought Young-Man-Afraid to his guard house. We have tried to com- were very small, consisting of a little feet. We want, he said, a soldier plain to the head agent about these flour and beef, sometimes there agent, maybe, after a time, we shall things but he wont hear us; his police- was a piece of bacon as big as my want a man who is not an officer; we men keep us out of the agency. These hand; annuity goods were not as much as don't want any more Indian police things make us leave Rosebud. Big promised and they did not come till either, they always make trouble. Road, he said, told the truth about the late in the winter. The agents all the Scouts can do the work and they won't dance. We did not want to fight the time keep on promising to give more make trouble, because they will be whites. The police at Rosebud lied and gave less. Only one crop in three under the army. We want the gov. about the dance. He complained also is good. I think Big Foot came to Pine ernment to do what they promised-about the lateness of the arrival of the Ridge thinking to get better treatment give us plenty of beef. Our blankets annuities, and about the agent refusing or to fight. I don't like the govern. and things, too, ought to be here when to pay them cash for hauling goods to ment to change good agents. the leaves fall; a woman on her way the agency; he pays orders on the store, we know a good man he is taken away last winter for her annuities was frozen and the post traders get too much and and some man not so good put in his the Indian not enough. Years ago place; would rather have a soldier officer they received one beef for every ten for agent, because soldiers when not people, now they receive one beef for fighting the Indians treat them good. thirty, and not so good beef eith-Indians are willing to work many ways, Texas two-year-olds are small and but agents say they must farm whether poor, Indian don't like 'em. Spoke they know how to or not. The agent highly of Captain Jesse M. Lee as the only gets his favorites among the Inbest agent they ever had. If he (Crow dians to freight goods in from the rail. Dog) had stayed at Rosebud it would road, and that does not give as many have resulted in a fight, therefore he Indians a chance to work as would came to Pine Ridge, for he and others like to. We want more rations, more were very mad especially the way their wagons, more tools and more ways to young men were acting. He denied work. All white men are not farmers that the Indians had destroyed furni- even where the land is good and grows ture and schoolhouses. Half-breeds much. Our land is not good. We and bad white men did it and said it must have something to eat while we was Indians. He asked that the half are working and waiting for the crops breeds and whites who always try to that so often do not come. There is get them in trouble be charged, and no hunting, and many of us would men be given them such as Captain like to be soldiers. Lee employed. to death. We got our blankets in time twelve years ago, said Fire Thunder, not since then. In answer to a question, Young-Man-er. Afraid said, Yes, some of our children ran away from school, but that is not strange, white children often do the same, but we want them to go to school. Little Wound said that at Medicine Root school the children are often very hungry and their clothes poor; that many left the school because there was less to eat there than at home. I have asked the teacher to send to the Great Father for more food and clothes. Little Wound also said that his people would rather have red and white and blue and green blankets, and not all the time have black blankets; that Indians like bright colors, and it hurts no one if they do have pretty blankets; LONG BULL, When G. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29, 1891. and then, he said, we ought to have aa Sioux who escaped from the battle JAMES H. JENKINS SICK IN PRISON little tobacco as we can't raise it. This was, the correspondent says, ingenuously put, as it was the sign for another smoking bout. This ended the talk of the Ogallalas, and the Brules were next heard from. TWO STRIKES, so named after knocking two of his enemies off their horses, complained of four of their young men conniving with the agent, half breeds and police to have the agency moved from the Rosebud some twenty-five miles nearer the Missouri River, where there was less timber and less water, simply because the agent wanted to do it, and he worked these young men for that purpose. This was the reason he left the agency. Information has reached us that James H. Jenkins, of Goshen, Utah County, who is serving a term in the Utah penitentiary for infraction of the Edmunds-Tucker act, is in a dying condition. His son, John L. Jenkins, of Nephi, received a dispatch to that effect yesterday, and has come to the city in order to be near his father in his expiring moments. The case is one of surpassing sadness. of Wounded Knee, told how the Big Foot Indians came to leave Cheyenne River. After telling about bad treatment, short rations, etc., he said Red Cloud sent word for them to come to Pine Ridge, where they would perhaps get better treatment. They were at their home when a white man came to them whose Indian name was Red Beard, and told them the soldiers were coming to fight, so we better get out. Then we came to Wounded Knee and had that fight. We did not want to The offense of which Father Jenkins fight. The soldiers said we must give was adjudged guilty was adultery with up our arms and some of us did. his plural wife. He was sentenced by no gun. Then the I had sol- Judge Blackburn to a term of two diers tepees years' imprisonment. At the time and kicked the beds about and upset judgment was passed upon him he was everything a great deal. Some Indians in feeble health, being barely able to had guns under their blankets, hiding walk to the train with the aid of a them, for Indians think much of their staff. He is on the verge of threescore also complained about the agent taking guns.' The soldiers used the Indians and ten years, being in his 69th year. away from them plows and wagons very roughly and made them mad, He is now in the fifth month of his and things to work with when bad until by and by Sits Strait (the Medi- imprisonment, from which he is soon Indians would tell him lies, also about cine Man) gave the signal to shoot. to be released by a power greater than the lack of food. Nine years ago there Big Foot did not want to fight, he was that which placed him in "durance was enough rations all the year round, sick. We were prisoners all the night vile." now they did'nt get half enough, and before in our tepees and we talked no game in the hills. The beef too he peace. Indian like white man gets complaned of, it was often poor and mad when white man hurts him and tough, and it was a common thing to tears his clothes and takes his gun away. have bigjawed animals and bulls That made the fight. CROW DOG White turned over to them. went into our HUMP'S ACCOUNT. taking some action on the matter of A new committee for the purpose of defenses of Norway was organized recently at Christiania. Sigrid Arnoldson, the great Swedish Hump is said to be one of the best songstress, appeared lately at the Indians in the Northwest. Previous to Leces Theater, in Barcelona, Spain, 1877 he was a hostile of the most pro-and made a grand success. A FEBRUARY VALENTINE. O February, you are keen! The months in glad procession go, "Tis April the first violet brings, Of drifting snow and dazzling spell west end being the widest. It is sep- Only a small portion of the people The Menan townsite comprises 320 acres of land and is part of section 33 in township 5 north, range 38 east, Boise Meridian. It is 17 miles, by way of ferry, north of Eagle Rock and about sixteen miles south west of Rexburg. In a straight line it is only two Sweet month that brought my Love to earth! miles north of Louisville. (See map No month is ever twice the same, Whatever warmth your hands deny To sullen earth and sullen sky, Whatever hue or gift or grace, For all the ills the winter sends The sunniest of her sex was born! Lucy C. Bull. THE BANNOCK STAKE OF ZION. BY ANDREW JENSON. MENAN WARD. William Nephi Stephens, Bishop; Oscar William Greeley Green, First Counselor; Spencer Vaness Raymond, Second Counselor. Menan Ward, the oldest "Mormon" settlement in the Bannock Stake of Zion, consists of the Saints residing on the west end of Poole's Island, thus named in honor of John R. Poole, the first settler. It is also called Long Island. The ward extends east to the Labelle Ward or to the township line between Ranges 38 and 39 east. It is nine miles long with an average width of three miles. The whole island, which is one of the choicest spot in the upper Snake River Valley, is about twenty-five miles long and ranges from one to three miles in width, the on Page 130). About two miles east of the Menan townsite stands a peculiar oblong hill known as Cedar Buttes, also called Little Buttes to distinguish it from the Big Buttes, or Craters, on the main land. The "Little Buttes" have a height of about one hundred feet, and is about half a mile long from north to south; it is covered with small cedars. A deep depression in the middle gives it the appearance of two buttes. The ascent from the west is quite steep, while the slope is more gradual from the opposite side. VOL. XLII. attracted here by reports of wild game in great abundance visited the island, after which he proceeded to Ogden, Utah, where he resided, and reported what he had seen and knew of the country to Franklin D. Richards, who gave him a letter of instruction, authorizing him to induce settlers to come here and he was to preside over them. During that year (1879) that part of the country was surveyed by the government. In March, 1879, Joseph C. Fisher moved his family to the island and located near the "Little Buties." This was the first Latter-day Saint family on the island. Previous to this a few non-Mormon stock men had located temporary ranches there. In April, 1879, John R. Poole again visited the island and set teams to plowing at a point northeast of the "Little Buttes," which was the first plowing ever done on the island. In a letter which he, under date of April 20, 1879, sent to Apostle Franklin D. Richards, he writes: "I left Ogden April 1, 1879, and arrived in Blackfoot the same day. After visiting my railroad camp I, together with others, proceeded to the vicinity of the forks of Snake River and thence to the mouth of the South Fork Canyon, where we encamped for the Sunday. On Monday, April 7, we procured a boat and crossed the South Fork. On that and the following day, in company with Frederick Garner and others, I prospected the country between the two forks of Snake River, as far as we could within the limited time we had at our disposal and the means of conveyance in our possession; HISTORY.-The beautiful and fertile for the boat with which we had to cross island now known as Poole's Island the river was too small to take our anilay "for many years as if lost to the mals over. In the evening of the 8th busy world, except when visited by we re-crossed the liver to camp, and in some trapper in search of such wealth the evening of the 9th we arrived at the as he might occasionally find in beaver "Little Buttes," or mounds, standing on and wild animals,,which were found in the south side of the river, directly great numbers along the banks of the south of and within three miles of the Snake River, or perhaps some nor- forks of Snake River. On the 10th, as matic stock owner who had located sisted by Brother Garner and others, I here for the convenience of water and selected a section of land lying west of pastures which nature seemed to lavish and adjacent to the buttes for a townin bestowing upon this lovely land. It site. Afterwards we selected and lolay here as if hidden from the outside cated lands for farms, all of which world by the protecting hand of Provi- was Jone agreeably and to the dence for the future home of Latter-day entire satisfaction of all present. Our Saints, those of God's children who may little company consisted of fifteen choose to locate here and sanctify the souls, among whom were three brothland by keeping the statutes and judgers by the name of Wilson, of West ments of the Almighty, until February, Weber, Utah, Brother Fred. Garner 1879, when Elder John R. Poole being and brothers, James Pincock, my son and others. We were all pleased with gether with all books and school fixthe appearance of the country and the tures, was burned early in 1882. Nofacilities it presented for agricultural vember 25, 1883, the school was reorpursuits, as well as for stock raising.ganized with Albert L. Ellsworth as The climate, also, seems more con- superintendent. Also a Y. M. M.I. A. genial than was at first anticipated. was organized in 1881. "I continued my labors of exploring until the morning of the 17th, when I returned to my grading camp. I am informed by a Brother Heath, who is living in Willow Creek, that he and others raised corn on that stream last year, and in fact they showed us Some which was well matured. There is a fine tract of country along Willow Creek, and also in the forks of Snake river, along the Teton and other streams, as well as on the north side of Henry's Fork. There are facilities in this country for hundreds of comfort able homes. During the remainder of 1879 several other families came to the island and located upon various pieces of land as choice led them to select, and began building and improving the same. Among these settlers was Alexander N. Stephens. In July, 1879, Joseph C. Fisher moved into his house which had been erected near the "Little Buttes." This was the first log house finished on the island by Latter-day Saints. Some time during the fall of 1879, John R. Poole called all the people who had located on the island together in the house of A. Wright, a non-"Mormon," and held a meeting with them, which was the first Latter-day Saint meeting ever held in that part of the country. In December Elder Poole moved his family to the island. In 1880 the little settlement was strengthened by the arrival of other families seeking for homes. July 10, 1880, the first child (Alexander V., a son of Alexander N. Stephens), was born on the island. In August, 1881, Susannah R. Poole taught a term of school, which was the first school taught on the island. The canal through which the people of Menan get their irrigation water, and which taps the main branch of Snake River, was constructed in 1880-81 by the settlers, who have since incorporated under the name of the Long Island Canal Company. The canal is about eight miles long. In 1882 a few more families arrived, who, with those already upon the island, put in some grain and a few potatoes. In the fall it was ascertained that wheat, oats and barley, as well as all the hardier vegetables, could be grown there in abundance. In February, 1883, the Cedar Buttes townsite was surveyed by Andrew S. Anderson. It contained a mile square, but has since been reduced to half that much on account of trouble in securing title to the land. This is the same site that was located by John R. Poole in 1879. In May, 1883, the sale of city lots commenced. The townsite was originally entered under the desert act, under the advice of government of ficials, but it was afterwards thrown out owing to a technical error, after proving up on it, and after a final receipt had been obtained. The money expended has never been returned. Afterwards the townsite was entered by the probate judge under the townsite act, but only half of it was secured, because not enough settlers located on it within the time specified by law. The whole trouble in this connection was caused by misrepresentations on the part of the Idaho officials, who, with a view to bleeding the people for money, took advantage of these technicalities of the law. As it now stands, the people have bought their lots twice. October 25th, 1883, William B. Preston, President of the Cache Stake, visited the place and authorized Robert L. Bybee to build a tithing office on the townsite and to collect tithing from the people. The foundation for such a building was laid November 25th and completed December 25th following. In December, 1883, the first private dwelling was built on the townsite. William N. Stephens built the second house. In the summer of 1884 a few more houses were built on the townsite and a proportionate number of families | were added to the slowly increasing population. În April, 1884, Robert L. Bybee set out 50 apple trees and 30 plum trees on his city lot south of the tithing office, which were the first trees planted on the townsite; he also fenced the first lot on the townsite. In November, 1881, Mariner W. Merrill, of the Cache Stake Presidency, and William D. Hendricks visited the island and held two meetings with the Saints. On that occasion John R. At a quarterly conference held at Poole was set apart to preside over the Rexburg, August 17, 1884, Robert L. branch then organized, and named it Bybee was ordained a High Priest, the Cedar Buttes Branch of the Cache under the hands of George Q. Cannon, Stake of Zion. This name was sug- Francis M. Lyman and George Teasgested by President Preston because of dale, and set apart to act as Bishop of its close proximity to the above- the Cedar Buttes Ward. mentioned buttes. On the same which was granted, but the name Cedar Buttes was objected to by the department because of its length. Hence a mass meeting of the people of the island was held in March, 1885, at which the name Menan was adopted, it being an Indian name for island. May 2, 1885, Herbert Poole, a threeyear-old son of John R. Poole, was accidentally drowned in the old river bed; his body was never found. In that year (1885) Bishop Bybee was appointed acting President of the Stake and William Nephi Stephens was appointed to take temporary charge of the ward. He acted in that capacity until August 21, 1887, when he was ordained a High Priest and set apart to act as Bishop of the Ward by Apostle Lorenzo Snow. This was done at a quarterly conference held at Rexburg. On the same occasion Oscar W. Green and Spencer V. Raymond were ordained High Priests and set apart to act as his first and second counselors. This Bishopric still stands intact. The first meeting and school house at Menan was erected in 1883. It was the second meeting house built in the Bannock Stake, the one in Parker, (Egin) antedating it. This house was burned in the fall of 1883. Previous to its erection meetings were held in a small log house, originally built for a private residence. A few years ago the present meeting house, a log building, 23x40 feet, was erected. PARKER WARD. Wyman Mynard Parker, Bishop; Francis Rawson, First Counselor; Arnold Daniel Miller, Second Counselor. Parker Ward, the most northerly ward in the Stake, embraces all the country lying north of Henry's Fork of Snake River, east of the Brighton ward. The line between the two wards is just three miles west of the centre of the Parker townsite. About half the population are Gentiles. Parker townsite, which embraces all of section 9 in township 7 north, of range 40 east, Boise Meridian, in a direct line, is only eight miles north of Rexburg, but the way the road runs, by way of the bridge at St. Anthony, the distance is about sixteen miles. It is also 30 miles northeast of Market Lake, the nearest railway point. Owing to imperfect title, and for other causes, only a small percentage of the people live on the townsite; the majority reside on their respective quarter sections. Parker vies with Teton in point of beautiful location, and the surrounding level country here in the spring of the year is literally covered with flowers of a yellowish hue, which is also the case wards. September 28, 1884, the following in the Wilford and Teton occasion Susannah R. Poole was brethren were set apart to act as ward The hardy weed bearing these flowers sustained as clerk of the branch, and Teachers: Alexander N. Stephens, is the natural vegetation in this part of Spencer V. Raymond, Homer A. the valley, while the country south of Pease, Charles W. Shippen, Luman the main fork of Snake River is generE. Shurtliff, Francis Gold, J. T. Cald- ally covered with a thrifty growth of well, W. F. Walker, Joseph H. Bying-sage brush. ton, Joseph C. Fisher. Joseph C. Fisher and David R. Carr The land in the neighborhood is very productive and particularly adapted for the raising of vegetables of all kinds. Water will run west and south. HISTORY.-That part of the country now included in Parker Ward was first visited by Stephen Winegar and two others, from Randolph, Rich County, Utah, in July, 1879. They came with a view to locating farms and ranches |