| 421 "The following resolutions were adopted:-
"That Brn. Calvin A. Beebe and Benjamin H. Ballowe be ordained elders, and travel under the direction of Bro. W. A. Litz.
"That Dexter P. Hartwell labor in the ministry in connection with W. A. Litz, and Leonard L. Crapo in connection with Bro. Walden, in Cass County, Iowa.
"That the Southern Nebraska district be attached to Wheeler Baldwin's district. . .
"That Amos Chase labor in the ministry in connection with S. W. Condit.
"That the mission to Minnesota be continued.
"That Peter Murie be appointed on a mission to Colorado.
"That Moses Nickerson's ordination be reconfirmed.
"That Mary Valoir be received into the Reorganized Church, she having been a member of the old organization."-True Latter Day Saints' Herald, vol. 8, p. 164.
It will be seen that provision is made at this conference for the extension of the missionary work to other Southern States not yet reached by the elders. Elders W. A. Litz, Calvin A. Beebe, B. H. Ballowe, and D. P. Hartwell were appointed to prosecute the Southern mission.
At the time the General Semiannual Conference was in session, the semiannual conference on the Pacific Slope was held at Washington Corners (now Irvington), California. Apostle E. C. Briggs presided, and J. M. McLam was clerk. Encouraging reports were presented by Elders E. C. Briggs, Harvey Whitlock, Elijah Webb, Glaud Rodger, Hiram Falk, L. S. Hutchings, Joel Edmonds, Daniel P. Young, D. Bonar, J. M. Newman, and Henry Burgess.
The following business was transacted:-
"Ten members were confirmed, and three children blessed during the conference.
"Resolved, that local and traveling elders have no right to interfere with the presidency of a branch.
"That this conference acquiesce in the measures adopted in the General Conference held at Amboy, Illinois, with regard to the European Emigration Fund, that we will contribute
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