President Smith said he left with others on Saturday morning for Iosepa Colony [Utah]. Reached there in time to attend the morning meeting. The gathering was in honor of the 28th anniversary of the settlement of the colony. The music rendered by the Hawaiian string band was the best he had ever heard anywhere. The house was crowded, many standing. Among the speakers was a young Samoan student of the Brigham Young University, who delivered a very remarkable oration. His subject was the mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith. At the close of the morning meeting the congregation, consisting of all the members of the colony, and about fifty from Grantsville, repaired to the new bowery and partook of a feast. After the feast outdoor games were indulged in and a musical concert was given at night. The natives, President Smith said are getting along better and are more contented than ever before, they have good crops and their store is doing very well. The ratio of children born in the colony is far ahead of any Hawaiian colony on the Pacific, one woman has had as many as thirteen children, eight of whom are living. ...
[Source: First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]
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