The history of Z.C.M.I, Jan 30, 1891

-- Jan 30, 1891
[Apostle Abraham H. Cannon Journal] After some little discussion it was decided that it will be best for Z.C.M.I. and other corporations to cease paying tithing on their earnings but leave the stockholders to pay from their dividends. The custom, however, of deducting the tithing from the wages of employees was not discontinued. It was thought proper in some instances to induce eastern Gentiles of respectability to take stock with us in some of our large corporations. They would thus feel interested in protecting us in case of attack on our institutions. It was reported that there are many thieves working in Z.C.M.I. whose thefts have been discovered. Whether to make public examples of them or merely discharge them, was referred to the Board of Directors. (1)

-- Jan. 30th, 1891
[Apostle Abraham H. Cannon Journal] ZCMI deducted tithing before paying wages to employees. (2)

-- Feb 13, 1891
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 13 I signed 13 Recommend. I received 14 Letters. I wrote 1 Letter to Sarah. I signed 26 Stocks of ZCMI. I Met with Clawson & Trumbow. (3)

-- Feb 16, 1891
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 16 I went to the Gardo and Signed 19 Recommends. I received 20 Letters. I met with Clawson, King & several other visitors & with the ZCMI Board. (3)

-- Mar 16, 1891
[Apostle Franklin D. Richards Diary] Attended a meeting of 2 of presidency 5 of the 12 and several of the ZCMI Directors where it was considered whether to become part owners in the Salt Lake Times concluded favorably if it can be carried out safely as a Republican paper. (4)

Footnotes:
1 - Diary of Apostle Abraham H. Cannon
2 - Abraham H. Cannon Journal Excerpts
3 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
4 - Diary Excerpts of Franklin D. Richards, 1887-1897
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Nov 17, 1890

-- Nov 17, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] Nov 17, 1890 I went to the Gardo & signed 22 Recommends. I received 18 Letters. I met with Z.C.M.I. Board. I had a Letter from R H McDonald Presidet of the Pacific Bank. He sent me his Photograph & Card. I had an interview with Mr Mitchel & Paid a Bill. (1)

-- Dec 16, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] Dec 16, 1890 I signed 10 Recommends. I received 7 Letters. I met with the Board of Directers of Z.C.M.I on the 15 & Decided to Pay the Execetive Committee $500 dollars a year Besides the $200 making $700 each. I was Notified to Connect the valley House with the sewerage which I aranged for. (1)

-- Dec 19, 1890
[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] As I was starting away from the meeting of the Directors of ZCMI Pres[iden]t Woodruff called me aside and said "God bless you Bro[ther] Grant You shall be successful" and I shall hold onto his promise [has received discouragement in Chicago, heading for New York]. (2)

-- Dec 27, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 27 I signed Notes on the 26 Dec for Z.C.M.I. to the Amount of $113,000 in the Eastern Country. Distance of the day yesterday 60 m.

I spent the day at the farm on my Journals. Was visited By Clara in the Evening I signed 10 Recommends & 10 Letters. (1)

-- Jan 15, 1891
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 15 A light snow last night. I signed 11 Recommends. I received 7 Letters. I wrote 6 Letters to David Sylvia Susan, Bleak, Thompson, & Atkin. I met with the Savings Bank board & with ZCMI Board. Br Grant made his report of his visit East And the Money He borrowed. I got a letter about my Son David accidet. He was Kicked by a Colt & broke his right thigh near the Hip Joint which is a Dangerous break. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
2 - Diary Excerpts of Heber J. Grant,
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Thursday, Jun 5, 1890

-- Thursday, Jun 5, 1890
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Beaver City

I met my son George Albert here. He is traveling for Z.C.M.I. and is feeling very well. (1)

-- Jun 16, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 16 I met with Brother Cannon at the office this Morning. I signed 57 Recommends. I reed 48 Letters. I wrote one Letter to Nellie. I met with Z.C.M.I & Trombow. (2)

-- Sep 2, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 2 I signed 26 Recommends. I received 10 Letters. There was a subpena issued by the Court for me to attend the Court, but being absent it was not served. I held a Meeting with the board of ZCMI & with several other men. I spent the night at the farm. (2)

-- Sep 29, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 29 I signed 65 Recommends. I receivd 60 Letters. I met with Z.C.M.I. Board. I met with [Jacob?] Carter & Hall on the Sale of the lease of the valley House. (2)

-- Oct 15, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 15 I signed 42 Recommends. I receivd 22 Letters. I signed saline Stock. Met with the board of the Bank & with Z.C.M.I & with Nephi Clayton on the Salttair works. I took a vary severe Cold in the night. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Apr 8, 1890

-- Apr 8, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 8 We Met with the stock Holders of Z.C.M.I. to increase the Stock of the Institution but done Nothing. 6 M.

Met with John W Young & wife on Divorce. We held an interview with J R McNeal & furnished him with $6,400 to save the Town of Ramah in New Mexico. Had an interview with Isaac Trombow about Meeting with the Assessors & County Cort. 6 m. (1)

-- Apr 9, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 9th The Twelve Met at the Historians Office. We also Met with the Stock Holders of Z.C.MI. I signed 3 Recommends. I Received 9 Letters. Met J W Taylor. Met with ZCMI with Trombo & Zion Savings Bank. 6 Mils. (1)

-- Wednesday, Apr 9, 1890
[Apostle Abraham H. Cannon Journal] Very nice day. From 7 a.m. till 10 o'clock I was busy at the office looking over the mail and attending to other matters of business. At the latter time I went to the Historian's office where all the brethren met who were present last evening. After the singing of two hymns and prayer Pres. Snow arose and expressed his pleasure at our fasting (which we all did this morning) and our meeting. He said: Everyone of us who has not already had the experience must yet meet it of being tested in every place where we are weak, and even our lives must be laid on the altar. Brigham Young was once tried to the very utmost by the Prophet, and for a moment his standing in the Church seemed to tremble in the balance. Wm. Smith, one of the first quorum of apostles in this age had been guilty of adultery and many other sins. The Prophet Joseph instructed Brigham (then the Pres. Of the Twelve) to prefer a charge against the sinner, which was done. Before the
time set for the trial, however, Emma Smith talked to Joseph and said the charge preferred against William was with a view to injuring the Smith family. After the trial had begun, Joseph entered the room and was given a seat. The testimony of witnesses concerning the culprit's sins was then continued. After a short time Joseph arose filled with wrath and said, "Bro. Brigham, I will not listen to this abuse of my family a minute longer. I will wade in blood up to my knees before I will do it." This was a supreme moment. A rupture between the two greatest men on earth seemed imminent. But Brigham Young was equal to the danger, and he instantly said, "Bro. Joseph, I withdraw the charge." Thus the angry passions were instantly stilled. John Taylor also was similarly tested by the then Pres. B. Young at the time the St. George temple was dedicated. The United Order was then a favorite theme of Pres. Young, but in his views John Taylor did not fully coincide. Because of this the
latter was most terribly scourged by the tongue of Pres. Young in the temple before all the people. Bro. Taylor was then President of the Twelve. It looked for a time as though these two great men would separate in anger, for Pres. Y. had forbidden John to travel through Kanab and Panguitch Stakes and organize them with Bro. L. Snow, as had been intended, and said he had better return home and make wagons until he knew what was right. Bro. Snow saw the danger and knew the disposition of the two men. He therefore visited Pres. Taylor and after considerable argument induced him to go and visit Pres. Young. They were coolly received at the latter's house, but as soon as Pres. Taylor said, "Bro. Brigham, if I have done or said anything wrong I desire to make it right," every feeling of anger vanished and these two men were reconciled. Thus the Lord will try us wherever we seem to be strong and those who today seem to be very prosperous financially may meet constant reverses unti
l they will be forced to acknowledge that in and of themselves they are nothing. Thus it becomes us to be humble in every particular. Apostle F. D. Richards spoke next. He said: When some of the brethren in Nauvoo were sent out to collect funds for the building of the temple part of their collections stuck to their fingers. Because of this Bro. Joseph said he thought it best to put the brethren under bonds to make correct returns and this plan would be commenced with the apostles. Bro. Brigham arose and said he did not propose to be thus treated. If the brethren could not trust him he would not go out to collect. Nothing further was said in this forenoon meeting concerning the subject, but in the afternoon when the assembly again met Bro. Brigham took a seat in the congregation. Bro. Joseph after going on the stand looked about and not seeing Bro. Y. in his accustomed places inquired for him. On being told that he was seated below, the Prophet called out, "Oh, Brother Brigh
am, come up here; we want you." Improper feelings were soon allayed, and the brethren were sent out under bonds, Bro. Brigham among the rest. Bro. Richards reported his feelings and condition. He had been married to 10 wives, one of whom has left him. He is not wealthy but in comfortable circumstances. His love for the brethren is very great. Apostle Moses Thatcher felt well in the work and desired to be pardoned for any offense he had ever given to the brethren. He feels that the great danger to this people lies in the accumulation of wealth in their disunited condition. To the people it looks as though the authorities were divided in business matters, for they stand at the head of rival businesses. For his part, he would be glad to be relieved of all business responsibility and lay his property at the feet of the apostles. Bro. F. M. Lyman was the next speaker; he felt that he had failed in many particulars to do as he ought, but he desired to improve. He had felt very a
nxious to do something for his father who had died out of the Church. He had labored very hard and for years before he succeeded in releasing his own mother from the errors into which she had fallen by the teaching of his father in regard to Spiritualism. Now, however, he had succeeded in winning nearly all the family back to the Church. He wept in talking of his father. At this juncture Pres. Snow arose and said he had been thinking last night before retiring as to the condition of Amasa Lyman, and he felt convinced in his own mind that he would be permitted to associate with the Prophet Joseph to whom he was a true and devoted friend during his life. Of course, he would be required to pay the penalty for his sins, but this being done he would be rewarded for his good deeds. When Bro. Lyman completed his remarks it was 2:15 p.m. Bros. Thatcher and Grant were now excused to attend a Z.C.M.I. directors meeting, which occupied 1 1/4 hours. The remainder of us stopped in the ro
om. When these brethren returned we clothed in our robes and F. D. Richards prayed as we knelt and Pres. Snow at the altar. We then dressed in our usual clothing and prepared to eat the Lord's Supper in the same manner in which the Prophet Joseph said it was eaten by the Savior and His disciples at Jerusalem, and as Joseph and the brethren did occasionally at Nauvoo; we had several loaves of bread and bottles of wine. The former was broken and we ate and drank till we were fully satisfied. I took a very small quantity of wine. About 5 p.m. our speaking was resumed. Bro. John Henry Smith and Heber J. Grant each spoke concerning their financial and family affairs and expressed their love for the members of the quorum. It now being 7 p.m., an hour's intermission was taken for exercise. When we again convened Bro. Merrill spoke second. He related how wonderfully God had preserved and guided him in youth and watched over his advancing years, so that he was able to remain as the o
nly representative of his stock in the Church. John W. Taylor spoke first; he related how he received a testimony of the divinity of the work while engaged at his father's saw mill some years since in Summit County. In a vision he saw the place where he had been at work cutting logs gradually lit up by a brilliant light which seemed to emanate from the east. This light continued to increase in intensity and with the increase he seemed to be pushed further away from its source. Finally he clasped his arms around the stump of a tree for the purpose of keeping himself in position. He saw the Son of God appear in the brilliancy of the light and then his hold upon the stump began to slip and he knew that should he release his grasp he would be thrust back with such violence that he would be dashed to pieces. As he was holding with grim desperation, he awoke. His father told him that the interpretation of the dream was that the bright light was the truth which would banish all tru
th haters from before it, and the tree stump to which he was holding was a similar representation to that of the rod of iron in the Book of Mormon. Bros Taylor related several other manifestations of God's goodness to him in answer to his prayers. Bro. Anton H. Lund told how he
joined the Church when a mere child and was sent out to preach and distribute tracts when 13 years of age. He labored thus as a missionary for 5 years before emigrating. One day when the Elders were being sent out to sell tracts none wanted to go with "the boy," but the results of the day's labor proved that the child had been most successful. The Lord blessed him abundantly in his labors. I spoke about 20 min. and told the brethren I felt unworthy of my high calling, but hoped the Lord would assist me to magnify it. I hoped to overcome my disposition to speculate, and place myself in a free position as far as finances are concerned. I envied the patience of Pres. Snow; the ability to say only good things of every person as Bro. Richards; the financial talents of Moses Thatcher and H. J. Grant; the winning manners of F. M. Lyman and J. H. Smith; the inspiration of John W. Taylor; the humbleness of M. W. Merrill and A. H. Lund; the suavity of John W. Young and the goodness of
all. I asked for the patience of the brethren in my behalf. Bro. John W. Young spoke of his family affairs which had not been and were not now agreeable. In fact, his family troubles (doubtless the suing for a divorce of his favorite wife Luella) during the last three months had done more to humble him than anything else in his whole life. He believed that good would come of his seeming misfortunes. We adjourned at 11:30 till May 29th to convene in this same room. After tying up my horse's bridle which she had broken while standing by the office, I drove to the farm and got to bed about 1 a.m. very tired but pleased with the labors of the day. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
2 - Abraham H. Cannon Journal Excerpts
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Feb 8, 1890

-- Feb 8, 1890
[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] [After telegraphing again on the 7th using ZCMI and other men's names] Clark and I were notified by Bancroft that he had received word from Dodge to give us all the information we wished. We took the book containing the names of those in the Second Precinct and checked those that we understood had registered along the line of their road and Bancroft promised to have them compared. I learned this from Clark I did not go to the depot myself . . . The book of registered names was handed to Bancroft yesterday. Today Clark and I called and learned that all the checking which had been done was on the construction pay rolls and that there had been no checking done on the regular pay rolls of the company. We were told that it would take days to do anything of that kind. The permission to examine the rolls reminds me of a death be repentance. I hope that our merchants will teach the Rio Grande a lesson by having nothing to do with them in the future . .
. I called at the Herald office and the question was being considered as to whether we should publish the names of Hymes and Mcallum or not as being the two person who had gone down the Rio Grande road and registered the men on the line. I did not favor the publication as to my mind there was not sufficient evidence to sustain us in so doing. (1)

-- Feb 15, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 15 I met with Z.C.M.I. Board. The presidency Decided to Buy 50 History of Salt Lake City & 50 Utah Northern of Tullidge at $5 each to help him. 32 Recommends signed & 36 Letters. (2)

-- Feb 19, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 19 I signed 10 Recommends. I received 10 Letters. I wrote 2 Letters to Phebe A Snow. Met the ZCMI Board. Was sick at night. 6 M. (2)

-- Mar 31, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] March 31 1890 I signed 6 Recommends. I Received 9 Letters. I was vary sick for several hours. Was administered to By the Apostles & was soon Better. I met with the stock holders of the Bank & with Richards & Penrose on P[etition/olitic?]s & with Z.C.M.I & Badlam & Trombow. There is now some prospet of M. Thatcher Taylor Preston & Co fulfilling their Contract with the Calafornia Company and saving the Awful Catastrofee that seemed to await us through their folly. (2)

-- Apr 1, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] April 1, 1890 I signed 19 Recommends. I received 19 Letters. I met with ZCMI Board. I wrote 4 public Letters. I went to the farm. 6 M. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Diary Excerpts of Heber J. Grant,
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Jan 18, 1890

-- Jan 18, 1890
[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] I met Capt[ain] Bonfield of Chicago at the Herald building today. I met with the City Central Committee. At 2 PM met at the Gardo with a number of the brethren and it was agreed that free schools be provided for during the present legislature. At five PM attended a meeting in the ZCMI office at which the subject discussed was as to what would be the best course to prevent the frauds being successful that had been perpetrated by illegal registering on the line of the Denver and Rio Grande Western RR Co. Webber, Rowe, Dinwooday, Young, Clark, Romney, Thatcher and myself were present and the feeling was that in case there was no action taken by the Denver and Rio Grande to prevent the voting of their men who had no right to vote that we should get the merchants to withdraw their freight from that company. (1)

-- Jan 20, 1890
[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] At ten AM attended a meeting at the Gardo. After a long and a full talk it was decided by those who were present that under the circumstances that the best thing that could be done in case it were possible to effect it would be to have a fusion ticket for the coming City election . . . At 4:30 attended a meeting at the ZCMI office of the same parties who met there Saturday to discuss the D&RG freight question and the best plans to prevent the voting of men on that road who had been illegally registered. We hoped to meet Mr. Dennett of that Road at the meeting but he is out of the city. (1)

-- Jan 21, 1890
[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] At ten attended a meeting at the Gardo. There were present the members of the City Central Committee and they desired to learn the wishes of the brethren as to the proper persons to be chosen to run on the ticket of the Peoples Party. There was a long chat but it was voted as the sense of the meeting that the matter be left entirely in the hands of the Delegates to the Convention. It was considered best not to give any instructions. At Two PM our Rd committee met at the ZCMI office with Mr. JH Bennett of the Denver Railroad. We explained to him that there had been a car run down on his road as far as Pleasant Valley Junction and that there had been men on the different sections of his road registered who had never so much as seen Salt Lake. He said that he had no knowledge of the matter and that he would do all he could to prevent fraud on the line of his road. Said any of the men on the road who came in to vote who were not entitled to do so wo
uld be discharged. . . . This evening attended the 10th Ward Political Club. Cha[rle]s W. P. Penrose and Myself were the speakers. (1)

-- Feb 3, 1890
[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] I called at the Gardo and told the brethren there as to the success of the trip to Denver. Clark and I called this afternoon on Mr. Bancroft. After reading the letter from Mr. Dodge he said that he did not feel that he was authorized to allow us to examine the company's pay rolls. We telegraphed to Mr. Dodge that Bancroft construed his letter to allow us to examine the pay roll only for the list of names shown to him in Denver and asking him to instruct him to allow us to examine the November and December rolls. This evening attended a meeting of the members of the Legislature in the ZCMI Shoe Factory. A school Bill providing for free schools was read and talked about to some length. I confess that I regret our inability to have Church schools in our territory. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Diary Excerpts of Heber J. Grant,
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Wednesday, Oct 2, 1889

-- Wednesday, Oct 2, 1889
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

Presidents W. Woodruff, G. Q. Cannon, J. F. Smith, L. Snow, F. D. Richards, B. Young, F. M. Lyman, H. J. Grant, J. W. Taylor and myself met in Council. President W. Woodruff presented the names of M. W. Merrill, A. H. Lund and A. H. Cannon to fill the Quorum of Twelve and all present did endorse them.

Saturday, Oct. 5, 1889 - Salt Lake City [general conference]

I attended the Stockholders meeetings of Z.C.M.I. and the Gas Co. and was only a short time at the Conference. I spoke a few moments. (1)

-- Friday, Nov 8, 1889
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

I was busy about the City all day.

I borrowed $5,500.00 for one year at 8 percent per annum and gave $6,500.00 Z.C.M.I. & Coop. W. & M. stock as security. (1)

-- Nov 30, 1889
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 30 We have a Decision By Judge Anderson that No mormon Need Apply for Citizenship for it wont be granted. This is a high Handed Measure. I signed 25 Recommends. Receivd 20 Letters. /Met with ZCMI Board./ (2)

-- Dec 2, 1889
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 2 Recommends signed 19. Received 19 Letters. I wrote 2 Letters to Newton & Sarah & co. I met with the ZCMI Board on S. W. Sears on his stock affairs. He finally turn over his stock to the Board as trustees which closed a bad Law suit in prospect By Sears. (2)

-- Jan 7, 1890
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 7 I signed 7 Recommends. I signed received 4 Letters. I wrote 5 public Letters. I signed 10 sheets of ZCMI Stock. I met with the Desert Land Company. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Thursday, Mar 14, 1889

-- Thursday, Mar 14, 1889
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

The parties who are organizing the Home Life Insurance Co. met at the Deseret Bank and opened the subscriptions for the stock. They agreed to pay $115.00 per share for Z.C.M.I. The Livery Stable Directors met and concluded not to go into the wagon business. (1)

-- Apr 5, 1889
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 5th April 11 of the Twelve Apostles met in Council and we organized the first Presidency By Apointing Wilford Woodruff President & George Q Cannon & Joseph F Smith Councillors.

After Meeting with the Twelve Apostles and Organizing the first Presidency I met with the Stock Holders ] of the ZCMI and My Report as the President of the institution was [read] and a Dividend of 5 per cent for the half year Declaired. We then adjourned and I then went into a Meeting of the State Board of Education and transacted such Business as was necessary. I Called in the Evening at Judge Elias Smiths and returned at [to] the Gardo & had an interview with Br Charles O Card. (2)

-- Apr 10, 1889
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10 I signed 9 Recommends. I received 5 Letters. I wrote 2 Letters. I met with the Board of Z.C.M.I. I had a great Deal of Company and Many Questions to Decide. (2)

-- May 10, 1889
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] Friday May 10, 1889 All well this morning. I signed 24 recommends and 12 letters. Approved of the organization of four new wards in Star Valley Wyoming and the selection of Bishops therefor as per letter from Prest Wm Budge. Brother Geo. Q Cannon & myself attended a meeting of the Directors of Z.C.M.I at 2 p.m. Attended to the distribution of the Stock of Z S. B & T Co which formerly belonged to the Church. I took 125 Shares. I drove to my farm this evening. /I attended a Theatrical Exhibition at Brother G. Q Cannons residence by his children./ (2)

-- Jul 10, 1889
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10 I signed 17 Recommends. I received 11 Letters. I signed 64 drafts on Liverpool. I Attended a Meeting of Z.C.M.I. Board. I attended a political Meeting. I went to the farm. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, 1888

-- During 1888
(George Q. Cannon) Director of the Bullion-Beck and Champion Mining Company (from which most of his wealth was derived), Union Pacific Railroad, Co-op Wagon and Machine Company, and Grant Central Mining Company; vice-president of ZCMI and Zion's Savings Bank and Trust Company; and president of George Q. Cannon Publishing Company, Utah Sugar Company, Brigham Young Trust Company, and Utah Light and Power Company. (1)

-- Jan 10, 1889
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10th I signed 38 Recommends. I wrote 4 Letters. I Received 21 Letters. I Attended the Z.C.M.I Board Meeting and went to the farm & spent the Night.

My Brother Azmon Woodruff has Been in a Dying Condition for a week past and [I] have looked for him to Pass away any hour. (2)

-- Feb 11, 1889
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] Feb 11 1889 I signed 77 Recommends. I received 41 Letters. I wrote 5 Letters 3 Public & to Horatio Stanley & Sarah. I attended the Z.C.M.I. Board Meeting & spent the night at the Gardo. (2)

-- Monday, Feb 25, 1889
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

I had a short visit with President W. Woodruff. Eighteen Elders were set apart for missions today by H. J. Grant and myself.

I sold five thousand dollars of my stock in Z.C.M.I. and bot the same amount in the Home Fire Insurance Co. (3)

-- Tuesday, Mar 5, 1889
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

We were busy all day at the Wasatch going through Papers and Deeds.

The Estate is valued as follows

Wasatch and Groesbeck block 222,000.00

Stocks, bonds, notes and

sundry other things 78,000.00

Deeds were made from the heirs to the incorporation.

We owe to Goldberg for ours due forty-five thousand dollars and twenty thousand for William and John Groesbeck. We also owe to the Deseret Bank five thousand dollars. John and William have our bank and Z.C.M.I. stock collated for $10,000. It is worth about $22,000.00. We have taken a lien on John and William Groesbeck's stock in the Groesbeck Co. to secure us for their debts. (3)

Footnotes:
1 - Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
3 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Sep 6, 1888

-- Sep 6, 1888
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] Sept 6, 1888 {Horace S Eldridge Born Febuary 6, 1816 in Brutus New Y Died Sept 6, 1888 At 7.30 AM Aged 72 years & 7 Months} His Funeral was held at his house sunday Sept 8/88.

Horace S Eldridge died this Morning at his residence in Salt Lake City at 7.30 AM Aged 72 years & 7 Month. He was one of the seven first Presidents of the seventies. He was supposed to be the most wealthy Man in the Church. He was the President of the Deseret National Bank and Superintendet of Z.C.M.I. His loss will be felt by many. He is the Last of a list of rich Men who have been associated to gether in S L City viz Wm. H. Hooper, Wm. Jennings, Ferrymore Little & Horace S Eldridge. The rich must die as well as the Poor.

I had an interview this Morning with Asahel and Isaac M Wardell On business <while his [-] esteem differently for the present.> I signed 36 recommends. I received 25 Letters. I wrote 25 Letters 22 public & to Sarah Mary & M E Teasdale. (1)

-- Sep 10, 1888
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10 I went to the Gardo house & signed 91 Recommend. I received 58 Letters. I wrote 7 Letters 6 public & 1 to Jaques. I had an interview with Badlam & Trombow also with M. Thatcher. I held a Meeting with Board of Z.C.M.I. in the Evening I felt quite unwell. (1)

-- Friday, Nov 9, 1888
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

I borrowed from the Deseret Bank today $5,500.00 for one year, interest at 8 percent payable quarterly. I paid $2,500.00 at bank, $1,400.00 to G. H. Taylor and $1,600.00 to H. J. Grant and Co. For the money borrowed at the Deseret bank I put up as security 40 shares of Z.C.M.I. stock and 50 shares of Coop. W. & M. Co. stock. (2)

-- Nov 10, 1888
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10 I spent most of the day Choring. I attended a Board Meeting of ZCMI at the Store in the Evening. 6 M. (1)

-- Dec 10, 1888
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10 I went to Brother Wm. B Dugles to spend the week. I signed 35 Recommends. I received 33 Letters. I wrote 2 Public Letters. I attended the Z.C.M.I Board Meeting at their office And returned to my room. Judge Zane has undertaken to break up the Settlement of Dyer with the Church But I heard to night the Lawyiers had used Zane up & the farce was Ended. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
2 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Jan 10, 1888

-- Jan 10, 1888
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10 I signed 15 Recommends. I receivd 8 Letters. I wrote 7 Public Letter.

I Met with the board of the Z.C.M.I at their office. After the business was over we heard a report of Arthur Stainer on the Manufacture of sugar from Sorgom. We apointed [a committee] of three to investigate it who were Romney Grant & Winder. I had an interview with Folsome & [James ?] J. (1)

-- Feb 10, 1888
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10 I signed 23 Recommends. I Receivd 28 Letters. I wrote 4 Letters to Jaques, Webber Beebe & Emma. I attended Meeting with the Bord of Directors of ZCMI. Went to the farm & spent the night. 3 Miles. (1)

-- May 11, 1888
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 11 I signed 65 Recommends. I received 35 Letters. I wrote 18 Letters 18 Pub & 1 private to Jaques. Sent $10. I attended Z.C.M.I. Bord Meeting. Went to the farm & spent the Night. 3 Mils. (1)

-- Jun 11, 1888
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 11 I signed 20 Recommends. I received 22 Letters. I wrote 8 Letters to Jaques, Whitney, Lambert, Beebe Henry Levi L. Thompson Malinda W Hatch & Atkins. I held a Meeting of the Board of Z.C.M.I. Called at the Theater and spent the night with G. Q. Cannon & J. F. Smith at Wm. W. Riters. 5 miles. (1)

-- Jul 9, 1888
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 9 I went to the Gordo in the Morning. Metwith several Banking Men. Then Met with the StakeBoard of Education. Then Met with the Board of ZionsSavings Bank. We closed our U.S. suit with Peters& Dyer. I signed a Note for $157,666.15. This Notewhich I signed had to be paid by the 1 Sept. This Law of Congress to take all the Property ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day Saints is themost Ungodly and unconstitutional Law Ever Enacted byany Congress since the foundation of the American Government. The following is the list of the Propertytakeing by the receiver:

Gass stock $80,000

Interest on the same 1,600

Street Rail Road Stock and interest 51,000

Constitutional Property 36,241.15

Wells Lot 42,925

Provo Stock Coop 22,000

30,000 Sheep at $2 60,000

Alfales Young Lot 5,500

Personal Property &c 75,000

Deseret Telegraph 22,500

Church Farms Estimated By Dyer 150,000

Coal Mine 100.000

Total of Property Taken $646,766.15

/Also the Theater 25,000

/Thus the United States Governmet has taken from the Latter Day Saints the Above Sum under the Law Created By Senators Edmunds & Tucker. It has been a hard peace of work to form this settlement with Peters & Dyer.

Besides holding 3 Meetings to day & Consulting with the Lawyiers and settling with the Government I signed 42 Recommends. I received 31 Letters & wrote to Phebe & Susan & sent her $20.

July 10. 1888 I signed 30 Recommends. I received 20 Letters. I wrote 6 Letters to Jaques, Emma Mary, /<sent> 15 <dollars>/ Bleak Cottam & Wm. H Thompson. I attended the Z.C.M.I. board Meeting in the Evening. 5 Miles. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Aug 31, 1887

-- Aug 31, 1887
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 31 Received 10 Letters wrote 1 Letter to Sarah signed 20 Rec. We spent the day in Council & Met with H S Eldridge in the Evening upon Z.C.M.I. Decided to Appoint the same office[rs] Except Wilford Woodruff was to be presidet. (1)

-- Wednesday, Aug 31, 1887
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

The following brethren met at 10 a.m.: Wilford Woodruff, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow, F. D. Richards, Joseph F. Smith, Moses Thatcher, F. M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, H. J. Grant and J. W. Taylor.

Some appropriations were considered. The question of the Directors of Z.C.M.I. came up and the management of the concern was talked over.

It was decided to employ Broadhead of St. Louis as our Attorney in the Church property Suit. (2)

-- Thursday, Sep 1, 1887
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

The Council met at 10 a.m. and D. H. Wells was present with us. The Savings Bank business was talked over. The board of Directors of Z.C.M.I. were agreed upon with one exception.

The State movement was talked over and letters and telegrams read. Bro. Lorenzo Snow read or rather gave a verbal report of his trip north into Idaho. Bro. M. Thatcher said the Oneida Stake had been organized with G. C. Parkinson, S. H. Hale and M. H. Cowley as the Presidency.

Bro. Lyman reported the Manti temple business. Report accepted. (2)

-- Monday, Oct 10, 1887
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

Armstrong, Farnsworth and Co. met and agreed to distribute $40,000.00 Z.C.M.I. stock, the dividends arising therefrom to go to the Syndicate.

E. D. Woolley and I are making arrangements to borrow some money. I agreed to give one thousand dollars to the State movement. (2)

-- Dec 12, 1887
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 12 I arose at 6. Came down to the Dining room. Found the Looking glass that had hung there 10 years had fallen to the floor & brok all to peaces. It affected Emma as a Bad omen. I road to Brother Clarks and spent the day. I signed 25 Recommends, Received 20 Letters. I wrote 12 Letters Private to Jaques, Sarah & Delight. I met at Z.C.M.I with the Board Meeting and heard a report of the business of the instituion. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
2 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Jul 3, 1885

-- Jul 3, 1885
Apostle Heber J. Grant records that First Presidency authorizes half-masting of American flags on Salt Lake city hall, court house, and at church-owned ZCMI on Jul 4. This causes near-riot by non-Mormons. (1)

-- Jul 4, 1885 (Saturday)
The flag on the City Hall, County Court House and Z.C.M.I., Salt Lake City, was placed at half mast, in token of mourning over the condition of affairs in Utah. Great excitement ensued, and threats of violence by anti-Mormons were made. (2)

-- Sep 23, 1886
[Marriner W. Merrill Diary] Sent an order this day to Supt. Z.C.M.I. for 25 or 30 gallons best olive oil. (3)

-- Monday, Nov 8, 1886
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

We returned to the City and I was busy about town. I finished paying for my single harness. I paid $17.50 watter tax. I paid G. G. Bywater for fixing my watch. I paid Tom Little three dollars for painting roof to shed. I paid Z.C.M.I. $70.00 in an order. I endorsed a thousand dollars in Kanab Cattle herd stock over to Zion's Savings bank for money borrowed. The evening I spent at home. (4)

-- Feb 4, 1887
About thirty riveters at Z.C.M.I. Shoe Shop go on strike over change in work assignments. While not first collective bargaining strike in Utah, it is first against church business. DESERET NEWS says: "The movement savors too much of the dictatorial style of some of the labor organizations, and should not exist among our people." (5)

Footnotes:
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
3 - Notes from the Miscellaneous Record Book, 1886-1906: Selected diary notes from the journal books of Marriner Wood Merrill
4 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990
5 - http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.html (cached)
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Oct 5, 1883

-- Oct 5, 1883
John Taylor: Elected president of ZCMI 5 October 1883. (1)

-- May 15, 1884
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 15 We had a rainy night. Clear this Morning. I Called upon John Turner and administered to him He being sick. I Called upon Brother Teasdale who was sick at Br Turners. I then Met in Council upon the Dedication of the Temple. After Dinner I met again in Council at 3 oclok. J F Smith returned from Bear Lake Conference. I received a letter from Charles A Munch. I wrote him a letter in return. The temple was in Debt to the ZCMI some $20,000. I took Cold at night at Br Ricks and took a severe Cold. (2)

-- During 1884
(Karl G. Maeser) August 27: Sixty-seven students attended the opening of the Brigham Young Academy on Center Street in Provo, Utah. The school house was "a grim non-descript structure without beauty or grace or any other aesthetic feature calculated to invite a second look. The lower floor was made up of two large rooms at the front, and two small ones at the back. The upper floor had been designed for use as a theater. It consisted of one large room and a stageâ€"both so utterly bare and gloomy as to make inappropriate any form of entertainment except tragedy."

1884. Tragedy struck when the school burned to the ground. Classes reconvened in the ZCMI warehouse, which was used until 1892, when Education Hall was dedicated on University Avenue. (3)

-- Tues., June 30th, 1885
[Apostle Abraham H. Cannon Journal] Attended court part of the day where Bro. F. A. Brown's case was called. The forenoon was occupied in getting a jury, and in the afternoon at his own request he was sworn as a witness. He was then permitted to read a paper in which he gave a short review of his past life, admitting his marriage with two women and saying that he would rather have his head severed from his body than to deny his religion and his God. After his testimony the case went to the Jury who brought in a verdict of guilty with a recommendation for mercy. . . . As I was returning home I went to the Co op store where a large crowd had gathered. By suggestion of some of our leaders the flags over which the "Mormons" had control were mostly placed at half mast in mourning for the sad persecution now going on in our midst. The flags at the city hall and court house had already been raised to the masthead at the command of a few anti Mormons, and now, at 5 p.m. they had asse
mbled at ZCMI with threats of using force in hoisting the flag. The police were there in numbers, however, and no attempt at violence was made. Finally Wm. Jennings and Thos. G. Webber came and had the stars and stripes raised, to the utter disgust of the many staunch Saints. Threats were then made to raise the flags on the Gardo House, Presidents Office, Tithing and Es. News offices, the Temple and Tabernacle, but a number of friends assembled at my home and we had an exhibition of fireworks until quite a late hour. At the celebration in Ogden today Apostle Moses Thatcher threw a bombshell into the camp of the Liberals by reciting some of Utah's sufferings because of religious bigotry. His statements were too true to rest easy on the minds of the anti Mormons and he was reprimanded by Judge Powers, the orator of the day. Gentiles are really beginning to think that the Saints are in rebellion. (4)

Footnotes:
1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
3 - Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons
4 - Abraham H. Cannon Journal Excerpts
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Wednesday, Nov 16, 1881

-- Wednesday, Nov 16, 1881
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Provo and Salt Lake City

I borrowed three hundred and twenty dollars for mother and signed her name and mine to the note. I paid Z.C.M.I. $96.90. I returned to Provo and received telegram from Prest. J. Taylor asking about Charles. I answered that he was better. I met S. S. Smith and had a visit with him. I sat up with Charles again tonight. (1)

-- May 4, 1882
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 4 I was visited By two Jentlemet this Morning one by the Name of Dr E W. Kellogg from Hartford Ct and the other from Callafornia. I went with them to Z.C.M.I the Temple & Tabernacle & Musium. I received 2 letters. I took Cars. Rode to Smithfield at Midnight. 100 Mils. (2)

-- Thursday, May 4, 1882
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

I got $50.000 order from J. Jack. I paid Z.C.M.I. $65.00.

I baptized my son Don Carlos and J. F. Smith confirmed him. (1)

-- Jul 25, 1882
[J.D.T. McAllister Diary] John Taylor selects carpet for Temple

Went with President Taylor to Boiler Works to look at Caseing and pen stock Made of heavy sheet Iron, for the paper factory, then to Z.C.M.I. where he selected a Carpet for the St. George Temple. (3)

-- Jan 13, 1883
[Francis M. Lyman] Before entering into our meeting I took bro[ther] Moses to one side and labored to get him to see that he was in error in striking out in politics on his own hook. He would not see with me on that matter. ... Pat Lanan's request to see the Presidency, to get assurances from them as to whether gentiles and particularly our enemies would receive fair treatment if Utah is admitted as a state in the union. It was decided on motion of Pres[ident] Cannon as follows: "I move that these brethren, F. M. Lyman and John Henrey Smith be authorized to say to Mr. Lannan for the Presidency and Apostles that we are willing to make and pledge which honorable men could be asked to give, or honorable men be willing to receive that whatever influence we may have will always be exerted in favor of the equal rights of all classes of citizens before the law. and that we feel fully warranted in giving the strongest pledge that no non Mormon whatever his past attitude towards the M
ormon people may have been shall ever be disturbed in his person of business in any way whatever in the event of our territory being admitted into the Union." Armed with a copy of the above with Bro[ther] Smith and B[isho]p Clawson met Mr. Lannan in ZCMI office and deliberately talked the situation over. Lannon was not satisfied with the above so concluded to formulate a list of questions to be answered concerning the "Kingdom of God," which he will let us have later on. He says statehood is coming and no mistake and he and his friends are very much frightened. He says they will pack up their means and get out of the country. We reported to Pres[iden]ts Cannon & Smith the result of the interview. They were pleased. (4)

Footnotes:
1 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
3 - Diary Excerpts of J.D.T. McAllister
4 - Excerpts of Apostle Francis M. Lyman Diaries
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, 1880

-- During 1880
[ZCMI] A wing added in 1880 doubled the square footage of this landmark in Salt Lake's business district. (1)

-- Feb 04, 1881
The Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution store (ZCMI) in Ogden is dedicated. (2)

-- Feb 4, 1881 (Friday)
Z.C.M.I. store at Ogden was dedicated. (3)

-- Friday, Jun 3, 1881
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

I met in Council with President J. Taylor, George Q. Cannon, J. F. Smith, F. D. Richards and myself. It was decided by the Council that the various wards of the several stakes of Zion should Incorporate in order to hold Church property in their wards. I got my pay from the City $16.00 and an order for $50.00 on Z.C.M.I. and ten in cash for expenses on my trip south.

I spent the evening at home. I am suffering from rheumatism. (4)

-- Sep 13, 1881
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 13 I wrote 4 Letters to J. G. Bleak John R. Stewart L. L. Fuller & Allexander Findley. The three last to go on a Mission to St John Arizona. Presidet Taylor wishes me to Call men to settle that Place which I am doing as I have an opportunity.

Sept 14. 1881 I attended the funeral of David John Taylor son of President Taylor's who went to New York to buy goods for Z.C.M.I. Was taken suddenly sick & Died there Aged 28. Left a wife & 2 Children. Bishop Thomas Taylor Joseph F Smith W Woodruff & G Q Cannon addressed the Meeting. We had a large assembly. (5)

Footnotes:
1 - Utah History Encyclopedia: ZCMI, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/z/ZCMI.html
2 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
3 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
4 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990
5 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Sep 11, 1880 (Saturday)

-- Sep 11, 1880 (Saturday)
An electric light exhibition was given in Salt Lake City, in front of Z.C.M.I. (1)

-- During September 1880
Electric light exhibition takes place in front of ZCMI, Intermountain West‘s first department store. (2)

-- Wednesday, Dec 8, 1880
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City I was at the office during the forenoon, and in Council with the Twelve during the p.m. I paid ten dollars to the temple fund in a G.T.O. [General Tithing Office] Provision Order.

I also got an order of Thirty dollars on Z.C.M.I. The evening I spent at home reading the evening paper and Kent's Commentaries on American Law. (3)

-- Dec 15, 1880
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 15 I received 2 letters from Sarah & Sarah M Coomb.

I attended Council & Prayer Circle in the Afternoon. D. H. Wells Circumstances was presented to the Council at length. All his property was liable to be sold under Mortgage. The Church and Z.C.M.I. had already advanced $3,000 to Pay interest and $1,500 dollars more was needed to Pay the interest or the Property would have to be sold. The Council voted to raise $750 & Z.C.M.I would raise the rest. (4)

-- During 1880
(Heber J. Grant) Formed a syndicate to purchase $350,000 worth of ZCMI stock. Later he served as assistant cashier at Zion's Savings Bank and Trust Company; vice-president of the Salt Lake Herald Company; director of Provo Woolen Mills, Deseret National Bank, Oregon Lumber Company, and ZCMI; and president of the State Bank of Utah, Home Fire Insurance Company, Salt Lake Theatre Company, Co-op Wagon and Machine Company, and the Heber J. Grant Insurance Company. (5)

Footnotes:
1 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
2 - Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984
3 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990
4 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
5 - Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Feb 17, 1879

-- Feb 17, 1879
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 17 We arose in the morning from our Bed on the ground and Cooked our Breakfast from a fire made of Dead Joshua's a species of Cacktus 12 feet high, 12 to 16 inches through which when dead makes a good fire. This desert abounds with the greatest variety of Cacktuses I ever saw. The Joshuas here are ownly 12 feet high. In Calafornia they grow 50 feet. We also have the Common Cacktus 6 feet high, the Devils pin quishim 3 feet, the snake Cacktus 6 feet, The yankee pin Cacktus that is Covered with Regular pins with heads on that answer for use as well as sale pins. Then we have the Common Leaf prickly pear.

We drove to day through the Canyon and on to Santa Clara Settlement. I stoped with a good kind friend who gave me a room by my self with a good fire, Bed, furniture, and a Plenty to Eat. I took a good supper then a Bath and Change of Clothing which I much needed after wandering in a dusty desert for a week. Brother David left for home. I went to bed and had a good nights rest. 25 M.

I dreamed in the night there was a large fire in Salt Lake City. I thought Z.C.M.I. Coop was on fire. (1)

-- Feb 7, 1880
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 7 I wrote 5 letters to Sarah, Sylvia Newton Mary, Thompson. John W. Young wife & 2 Children arived to day & Mortenson for a load of flour.

This is Continued in the next Journal.

{= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

A Synopsis of Wilford Woodruffs Travels and labors taken from his Journals by Himself from 1834 to 1878 inclusive Making (44) Forty Four years of Labor in the Ministry as a Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. This does not include any of the year 1879. Neither does it report the dedications recorded in the Begining of this Journal. If any Historian wishes to Record or publish this synopsis of my Labor, He will have to Blend the two accounts Together the forepart of this Journal as well as this Account and add the labor of 1879. It may be thought Strange why a man of as busy a life as I have lead, Should spend as much time as I have in Journalizing. I have been inspired and required of the Lord to do it. There is no portion of my time do I Consider any better spent time than in Journalizing, and writing History and keeping an Account of the dealings of God with the Latter Day Saints.

Wilford Woodruff

See first Page

I travelled during this Period as my Journals will show (120,905) One hundred and Twenty Thousand Nine hundred & 5 Miles

I held 3,298 Meetings

I Preached 2,633 discourses

I Attended 103 Conferences abroad

I Attended 67 Semi Annual Conferences

I Attended 296 Councils with the Presidency & 12

I Attended 30 Meetings of the High Council

I Attended 130 Meetings of the Elders Quorum

I Attended 800 Meetings of the Prayer Circle with the First Presidency and Twelve Apostles

I Attended 305 Meetings of my own prayer Circle

I Esstablished 77 Preaching Places

I Organized 51 Branches of the Church abroad

I Added to the Church 1,800 Souls in seven Month Labor in the South of England in 1840, among whom were 200 preachers of the various sects of the day, 50 of which belonged to the United Brethren

I ordained Priests and Elder to Baptize

I ownly Baptized 1,039

I Confirmed 3,328 Assisted in Confirming 4,499 others,

I Ordained 12 Patriarch, 73 High Priest 21 High Council 19 Bishops

I Ordained 47 Seventies, 660 Elders 444 Priests, 64 Teachers and 13 Deacons

I Assisted in Ordaining while others were Mouth, 82 Patriarchs, 7 High Priests 67 High Council, 4,349 Elders Living and 4,932 for the dead

I administereed to the sick to 817 by the laying on of Hands many of which were healed by the power of God

I Blessed 175 Children

I set apart and Blessed 916 Missionaries And assisted in setting apart while others were Mouth 4,131

I spent 603 days in the Endowment House S L City and A portion of 2 years in St George Temple In giving Endowment. There were Baptized during this time for the Dead in the 2 places 84,282 The same number Confirmed. We gave Endowments for the living and the Dead during this time to 40,411 persons for living & Dead

I sealed at the Altar 11,388 /Couple/. Others Sealed during the same time 21,991 Couple most of which I was a witness to. This includes Both the living and the Dead

I was sealed at the Altar for 325 Couple of Dead friends

I was Baptized for 443 Dead friends. This in Connextion with the rest of my family wer Baptized for 2,705 of the Woodruff Thompson and Hart family In the Baptismal font in Temple Block Salt Lake City /And St George Temple

/I got Endowments for 1,634 of my dead Friends in St George Temple during the years 1877 & 8 & 9. This was through the Assistance of my friends

I had 42 Men Adopted into my family And I was Adopted to my Father Aphek Woodruff

I Administered in Adopting /or sealing Children to parents/ 72

I Assisted others in Adopting 92 persons men to Men

I Adopted 4 Persons to others

I Assisted others in sealing 1,004 Children to Parents I had 154 dead women who died single sealed to me mostly of the Woodruff and Hart family. This includes the year 1878, And on the 29 Jan 1879 I had 39 Dead single women of the Heart family Sealed to me And on the 1 day of March 1879 I had 74 single dead women sealed to me. Total dead single women sealed 267

I Gave second Anointing to 470 persons and assisted Others in giving Second Anointing to 590 persons

I received Second Anointing for my Father Aphek Woodruff, And My uncle Ozem Woodruff and the Prophet Robert Mason. My Daughter Phebe A W Snow was Anointed for Bulah Azubah and Hannah Woodruff, and 3 wives of Robert Mason On the 9 April 1877. Ezra Carter Jr. And Sarah Fabyan Carter, Ozem Woodruff, Acksa Merril, and Hannah Hart Woodruff, And Robert Mason and 3 wives were all Adopted to Wilford Woodruff sen and Phebe Carter Whitmore Woodruff On the 13 day of April 1877. On the 10 of April, 1877 Samuel B. Hardy, and wife and Josiah Hardy and wife, were Adopted to Wilford Woodruff the first person Ever Adopted to me on Earth

I Organized 16 Branches of the United Order

I held 21 Meetings with the United Order

I Preached 38 Funeral Sermons

I Attended 24 Meetings of the school of the Prophets

I Assisted in Confirming or setting Apart 27 Midwives for service in Utah

I was Elected A Member of the Legislature of the Territory of Utah for 22 years. I served as A Member of the Council 21 years and spent 783 days in the Legislator

I Officiated two years as a Member of the board of Directors of Z.C.M.I

I Officiated as Presidet of the Deseret Agricultural & Manufacturing Society for 14 years and Attended to the business of the Same

I wrote 3,031 Letters, And Received 2,217 Letters

I reported and Recorded in my Journals 30 of Joseph Smiths Sermons And 81 sermons of Brigham Young & of the Twelve Apostles

In addition to the dedications Recorded in the fore part of this Journal I dedicated the Cornor Stone of Z.C.M.I. Store Nov 25 1875

I dedicated the Relief Society House in the 2d ward Feb 28 1875

I dedicated the Z.C.M.I. Store after it was finished March 13, 1876

I dedicated Mill Creek ward Meeting House May 21, 1876

I dedicated the St George Temple under the Direction of President Brigham Young in Connextion with Erastus Snow and Brigham Young jr Jan 1, 1877

I Attended the Dedication of Laying the Cornor Stone of Logan Temple sept 17 1877. The Twelve Apostles laid the South East Corner Bishop & Council the South West Cornor The High Priest the North West Cornor The Seventies & Elders the North East Cornor.

I Paid Tithing $3,216.60 cts

The number of my friends Baptized for who was dead to the End of 1878 were 2,705. Of this Number there were of the Woodruff family 152 Males, 201 Females Total 352. The Hart family Males 614 Females 621 Total 1,235. Of the Thompson family Males 10 Female 18 Total 28. Of the Carter Family Males 3, Femals 2 total 5. This leaves 1,084 of Other names who have been Baptized for Mostly Friends married into the Woodruff and Hart Families. 1,639 of the above persons have received their Endowments in the Temple at St George. This leaves 1,064 to get Endowments.

- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Apr 5, 1878

-- Apr 5, 1878
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 5 I Received a letter from J Bleak Containing 2 drafts $1,075 for Tithing and $61.80 on Manti Temple. I wrote 1 Letter to James Bleak. Sent Recept for the Money. The Z.C.M.I. declarded a dividend on the stock of 2 1/2 pr cent for 6 months. I spent the day in Council and Meeting. The Quarterly Conference met to day. See Council Record. (1)

-- Apr 10, 1878
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10 I Received 1 Letter & wrote No 6. I sent 2 Bills & order to Bleak for Chair. This 10 day of April 1878 is a vary important day in the History of my life and the Church. I was Appointed at the last October Conference as the Chairman of the Auditing Committee to Audit the Accounts of the Late Presidet Brigham Young Trustee in trust of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and all other Church Accounts And after 6 Months of hard Labor we find the Esstate of the late Presidt Brigham Young indebted to the Church on Trustee business to the Amt of $999,632.90 And never have been Enabled to form a Settlement of the Esstate with the Executors untill to day when all Accounts were setled and the following properties turned over.

The following property was Turned over to day By George Q. Cannon & Brigham Young and Albert Carrington as Executors of the Esstate of Presidet Brigham Young to John Taylor Trustee in Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This property turned over was Church Property or to Pay Church Debts.

- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

$ $ ct

The Empire Mills 40,000

Two offices of Presidet Young 7,000

Gordo House 100,000

Theater 125,000

Various lots of Land 28,648.50

Washington Factory 60,000

Z.C.M.I. Stock 118,000

Provo Factory 50,000

Utah Southern Rail Road Bonds 16,000

Street Rail Road Bonds or Stock 55,050

Salt Lake City Gass Stock 80,000

For Mary Ann and Amelia Young 20.000

Total 699,698.50For Services Rendered the Church

for 30 years $10,000 300.000

Total of all Claims against the Esstate $999,698.50

- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

I will say for and in behalf of the Executors of the Esstate of Brigham Young viz George Q. Cannon, Brigham Young And Albert Carrington that they have done all in their power to settle this Esstate in Justice Equity and Righteousness. (1)

-- Aug 10, 1878
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10 I Attended the Board Meeting of Z.C.M.I & met with Brother Pettit Judge Smith & 2 lawyiers. Wilford oldest Sun Wilford is vary sick with the fever. We administer to him daily. (1)

-- Sep 9, 1878
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 9 & 10 I spent the 9 Cutting up Corn & at the field. The 10 I met with ZCMI Board & not being a Cuorum Adjourned till to morrow. (1)

-- Sep 11, 1878
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 11 Met at ZCMI at 11 oclok. Held a Meeting. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, 1876

-- During 1876
[J. Golden Kimball] After his father died, Golden, only fifteen but the oldest of three children, left school and became a mule driver while is mother sewed for ZCMI and kept boarders. As a mule skinner, Kimball perfected his famous swearing to an art. In 1876 he and his brother Elias took up a ranch in Meadowville in Rich County where, according to Golden, they had nine months winter and three months late fall. While living in Rich County, he helped cut timber during the winter for use in the construction of the Logan Temple and also worked for a time as superintendent of a lumber mill. (1)

In 1876 many of the several departments were consolidated under a single roof. The impressive three-story brick-and-iron facade of ZCMI stretched long down Salt Lake City's Main Street. (2)

-- Oct 7, 1877
John Taylor: Elected director of ZCMI 7 October 1877. (3)

-- Dec 10, 1877
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10 I received No 51 and wrote No 57. I met with the Board of Z.C.M.I. at the Monthly Meeting for the Transacting of Business. (4)

-- Jan 3, 1878
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] Jan 3d 1878 I Attended a Meeting of the board of Directors of the Z.C.M.I. at 10 oclok And at 2 oclok Eleven of the Twelve Apostles met at the Council Room and discussed the subject of setling the Accounts of the Esstate of President Brigham Young. Nearly all the Quorum expressed their views upon it. /See Council Journal.

/Received 69 & wrote 85. (4)

Footnotes:
1 - Utah History Encyclopedia: J. Golden Kimball, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/k/KIMBALL%2CJGOLDEN.html
2 - Utah History Encyclopedia: ZCMI, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/z/ZCMI.html
3 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
4 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Jun 25, 1875

-- Jun 25, 1875
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 25 June 1875 I met at 8 oclok in the Evening with O. Pratt C. C. Rich & A Carrington to lay the Corner Stone of the New Building of Z.C.M.I when W Woodruff laid the Corner Stone & offered up Prayer & dedicated [it] unto the Lord. (1)

-- Mar 31, 1876
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 31 We met this Evening in the Centre of the Z.C.M.I new store there being the presidency Twelve & many others present for the purpose of Dedicating the building unto the Lord. We had singing. Then President Young Called upon me to offer up the Dedication Prayer which I did.

There had been some misunderstanding Between Presidet Brigham Young & Joseph F Smith about the notifying of the Twelve to be preset at the meeting, and Brother Joseph Smith Asked President Youngs Pardon for Contradicting him in the matter which Pardon was granted By Presidet Young. We were then dismissed & returned to our homes. (1)

[Wilford Woodruff] Dedicates ZCMI building (2)

-- Apr 1, 1876 (Saturday)
The new Z.C.M.I. building on Main Street, Salt Lake City, was opened for business. (3)

-- Oct 5, 1876
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] Oct 5 I spent a part of the day in the Endowment House. J F Smith sealed 58 Couple & W Woodruff 29. I attended a Meeting of the Stock Holders of Z.C.M.I. in the afternoon and herd a report of the same. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
2 - Kenny, Scott (editor), Wilford Woodruff's Journals 1833-1898, Chronology Signature Books, Midvale, Utah
3 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, 1872

-- During 1872
[Moses Thatcher] Moses mostly worked in the family businesses, which included serving as director and secretary of the Utah Northern Railroad, and as president of Thatcher Brothers Banking Company. He was also the superintendent of the Cache Valley ZCMI and organized the Cache Valley Board of Trade. He later set up similar boards throughout Utah. In 1872 he was a delegate to the Utah constitutional convention. (1)

-- Aug 13, 1873
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 13 I accompanied the Editorial Excursion party of New York to Presidents Youngs office, to the Tabernacle, through the Musium & Z.C.M.I. Mr. Henry T Williams agricultural Editor New York Independant & Horticulturist, was the President of the Party. (2)

-- Apr 10, 1875
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] April 10 Prayer By W Woodruff. B Young Jr spoke one hour & 12 minutes. G Q Cannon spoke 25 Minutes. At noon the Stock Holders of the Zions Cooperative Merchantlie Institution met & appointed a Committee to Buy a peace of Ground & build a house upon it so they Could own it & not pay rent. I was appointed one of the Committee.

Afternoon. E F. Sheets prayed. G. Q. Cannon Presented the Authorities and when He Came to the Twelve John Taylor & Wilford Woodruff was put before Orson Hyde, & Orson Pratt, upon this principle. John Taylor was Ordained to the Apostleship Some days before I was & O. Hyde & O. Pratt had both been out of the Church and had returned to the Church & been ordained into the Quorum of the Twelve apostle Since Brother Taylor & W. Woodruff had been Ordained so we both stood ahead of them in the Quorum. President B Young spoke one hour & 19 Minuts. (2)

-- May 11, 1875
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 11 I met with the Presidency & Twelve to take into Consideration the Z.C.M.I. We expressed our feelings upon the Subject. (2)

-- May 13, 1875
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 13 I met with the Twelve, Bishops, Missionaries and others at the City Hall & after discussing the Subject of Z.C.M.I. we voted unanimously to Sustain it. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Utah History Encyclopedia: Moses Thatcher, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/t/THATCHER%2CMOSES.html
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Mar 1, 1869

-- Mar 1, 1869
Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI), a cooperative business system, began in Salt Lake City. (1)

Opening of Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI). (2)

-- Mar 1, 1869 (Monday)
Z.C.M.I. commenced business in the Eagle Emporium, Salt Lake City. (3)

-- Apr 6, 1869
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 6 April The General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of L. D. S. met in the New Tabernacle at 10 oclok. Was Called to order By Presidet Young. G A Smith opened By Prayer then spoke to the people 12 Minuts. G Q. Cannon spoke 55 minuts. E.T. Benson spoke 25 Minuts. Afternoon. Prayer By J F Smith. F D. Richards spoke 30. G Q Cannon Presented the report of the Zions Cooperative Merchantile Associations, Also the Female Relief society Association. The list of the Missionaries was then read & Excepted. Presidet Young then spoke 27 minuts. (4)

-- May 01, 1869
President Brigham Young dedicates the first Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI) store in Salt Lake City, Utah. More than 150 retail cooperatives are later established in LDS settlements throughout the Intermountain West. (5)

Footnotes:
1 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
2 - http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.html (cached)
3 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
4 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
5 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, Oct 3, 1868

-- Oct 3, 1868
Salt Lake City School of Prophets votes again to sustain Brigham Young's proposal to boycott all "Gentile" merchants, including Jews. General conference publicly sustains this boycott, which continues until 1882 and leads to esttablishment of ZCMI. (1)
-- During October 1868
Brigham Young: Elected president of ZCMI October 1868. (2)
-- During 1868
(John M. Bernhisel) He became vice-president of ZCMI, which was established in 1868 by the Council of Fifty to combat the anticipated economic threats of the transcontinental railroad and William Godbe's "New Movement." (3)
[United Order] In 1868, Brigham Young founded Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, a church-sponsored retail trading system that he hoped would drive out non-Mormon merchants and be profitable enough to provide the capital needed to foster local cooperative industries. With the Salt Lake City ZCMI as a central wholesaling facility, Young encouraged the establishment of some 150 retail branches in almost every Mormon town and village. (4)
-- Mar 1, 1869
The Church-owned ZCMI opened for business. It was the forerunner of several cooperative business ventures in Utah territory. (5)
Footnotes:
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
3 - Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons
4 - Utah History Encyclopedia: United Order, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/u/UNITEDORDER.html
5 - Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html
Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

The history of Z.C.M.I, 1846-47

LDS History Chronology: Z.C.M.I

-- During 1846-47
[William Clayton] In March, while camped on the plains of Iowa, he wrote the words to "Come, Come, Ye Saints." He spent the winter of 1846-47 at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, and was with the vanguard pioneer company that crossed the plains to Utah in 1847 and selected the site for the new Mormon gathering place in Salt Lake Valley. His published pioneer journal is the most well-known account of that expedition. He also prepared and published The Latter-day Saints' Emigrants' Guide, a meticulous description of the entire route from Winter Quarters to Salt Lake City, with suggestions for camping places. It became an invaluable guide not only for Mormon migrants, but also for thousands of pioneers bound for Oregon and California. In Utah, Clayton became a prominent and well respected citizen. He continued for a time to help keep the records of the church, and he also engaged in various public and private business activities. He became auditor for the Territory of Utah as well as r
ecorder of marks and brands, holding both positions until his death. He also worked for a time as treasurer of the Deseret Telegraph Company and secretary of ZCMI. His private ventures included collecting debts, filing land claims, acting as an attorney, lending money, merchandising, farming, and mining speculation. He also continued to participate in cultural activities, particularly those associated with music. (1)

-- During July 1847
[Wilford Woodruff] Woodruff was a member of the Mormon pioneer company that arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in July 1847. In addition to his ecclesiastical responsibilities, he worked hard to support his family on his farm in Salt Lake City which consisted of a garden, orchard, and herds of cattle and sheep. Products from his soil repeatedly won awards at the territorial fair. Besides farming, he enjoyed hunting and fishing, and helped popularize fly-fishing in Utah. He served in a variety of community capacities including the Utah Territorial Legislature, the board of directors of Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI), and president of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society of Utah, the Utah Territorial Horticultural Society, and the Universal Scientific Society. (2)

-- During January 1868
The Utah Magazine begins. Founders are Church members who are disaffected with Brigham Young‘s economic policies (especially the Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution). Abandoned in 1870, with launch of Mormon Tribune by same founders. (3)

-- During March 1868
Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution, known as ZCMI, the "People's Store," is what one historian called America's First Department Store, and was founded in March 1868. By that date the Latter-day Saints had lived in the Great Basin for little more than two decades but had already foreseen a new threat to their peace and prosperity with the coming of the railroad. To combat the inevitable change that territorial growth would bring Brigham Young gathered a group of community and business leaders to form an organization of community-owned merchandising dedicated to the support of home manufacturing and to sell goods "as low as they can possibly be sold, and let the profits be divided among the people at large." (4)

Footnotes:
1 - Utah History Encyclopedia: William Clayton, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/c/CLAYTON%2CWILLIAM.html
2 - Utah History Encyclopedia: Wilford Woodruff, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/w/WOODRUFF%2CWILFORD.html
3 - Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984
4 - Utah History Encyclopedia: ZCMI, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/z/ZCMI.html

Mormon Timeline: Z.C.M.I
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

Z.C.M.I

The new topic at LDS-Church-History is Z.C.M.I.

Now a retired department store, the history of Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution is surprisingly interesting.

Setup up by the political organization - The Council of the Fifty in March, 1868 as a "co-operative covenant" its purpose was to sell goods "as low as they can possibly be sold" with "the profits be[ing] divided among the people [Mormons] at large."  Concerns over the economic impact of the transcontinental railroad and economic tensions with non-Mormons prompted its creation.

Brigham proposed a boycott of all "Gentile" (non-Mormon) merchants, which was sustained by the Salt Lake City School of Prophets, and later sustained in General Conference.  The church opened the first store in 1869 and the next year began a manufacturing enterprise which became known particularly for their boots, shoes and "mountaineer" overalls. 

Prices were fixed, and remained constant even when goods were scarce.  Church leaders told members it was their duty "to sustain" the institution with the hope that profits would be widely distributed to church members through stock ownership, as opposed to the more typical approach of just the wealthy owning stock and further increasing their wealth.  About 150 retail branches eventually expanded throughout the territory in most Mormon towns.

Eventually Z.C.M.I. became known as America's first Department store.  The facade of the old downtown department store is set to return in the downtown Salt Lake reconstruction project.

Over the next couple of months, the history of Z.C.M.I will be traced through, covering the period from its creation to its recent demise.

To read through posts on this topic, click "newer post" below.

Thanks for tuning in

This ends the topic of DREAMS at lds-church-history.blogspot.com.

I will work on a new topic and start it up in a few days. Suggestions are welcome (email to todayinmormonhistory@gmail.com).

Dreams in LDS History, 1961

LDS History Chronology: Dreams

-- During 1961
[Dream Mine] The mine continued in fits and starts under the leadership of Quayle Dixon for twenty-three years. In 1961, a new company, The Relief Mine Company, succeeded the Koyle Mining Company and continued to do the minimum $100 per claim annual assessment work. (1)

-- Feb 20, 1977
In Monterrey, Mexico President Spencer W. Kimball preaches: "I mentioned to your brothers and sisters in Mexico City last week that in 1947 I was in Arizona at the temple. As thought and prayed and studied, I had what I thought was a dream, maybe a vision. There were many Mexican people in the temple on that same day. As I looked into the future, I saw that the Lamanites were going to grow and develop. As my vision continued, I saw great numbers of Lamanites and Nephites now in beautiful homes with all the comforts that science can give. I see you Lamanite people grown to cover a thousand hills with your flocks and herds." (2)

-- Jan 24, 1980
[U.S. Religious History] On this night, William Murray (son of American atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair) had a dream which he interpreted as a religious vision from God, leading to his conversion to a fundamentalist brand of Christianity. He gave up drinking and smoking and engaged in efforts to undue the separation of church and state which his mother had long struggled for. (3)

Footnotes:
1 - Utah History Encyclopedia: Dream Mine, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/d/DREAMMINE.html
2 - This Day in Mormon History, http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.html
3 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline

Mormon Timeline: Dreams
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

Dreams in LDS History, 1929

LDS History Chronology: Dreams

-- During 1929
[Dream Mine] Koyle's dreams continued. He predicted the First World War and the economic crash of October, 1929. (1)

-- Oct 23, 1946
BYU campus newspaper reports that professor of religion Richard Thomson, announced in a class that "during a vision last night, it was made known to me that 'you bet' is the anglicization of "hubet," the pure Adamic word for "you're welcome." Either the word has survived relatively intact for many millennia, or else it was revealed to the true Saints in the nineteenth century as part of the restoration of all things. Personally, I support the latter view." This announcement leads to the creation of the "Hubet Society of BYU" (HSBYU), which in turn leads to an attempt to create an Adamic 101 course. The entire movement is crushed when Jesse Wright, Provo Central Stake president, speaks at a BYU fireside and calls Professor Thomson, who lived in the stake, "insane," "an apostate and a heretic." Professor Thomson soon disappears from BYU. (2)

-- Jan 8, 1947
DESERET NEWS publishes John H. Koyle's repudiation of his former claims regarding "Dream Mine," in which he urges his followers and stockholders to "regard this mine as a business venture without any religious significance." Despite this statement, Koyle is soon excommunicated, due to pressure from Apostle Mark E. Petersen. (3)

-- Apr 18, 1948
[Dream Mine] John Koyle negotiated a repudiation of his claims, in 1947 and then reversed himself almost immediately and was excommunicated from the Church 18 April 1948. (1)

-- May 17, 1949
[Dream Mine] John H. Koyle died 17 May 1949 in Payson. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Utah History Encyclopedia: Dream Mine, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/d/DREAMMINE.html
2 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
3 - This Day in Mormon History, http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.html

Mormon Timeline: Dreams
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/