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Show . - _,. "';'" .. __ ,r-- .. :. ..... --.". - - _ ...... ,. ... -'" - " .. .. _. . ..... - , -- ...... ·high. dee'''? .U·.::8icinciy •. ", Ixf ·the··sotherftpa'rt· 'a-t' 't1i -s'tate,''''t"he pctd at t._ ,armel -and perhaps elsewhere; and- the.un1,e Oder wa those W18ing t 0 mor neelY approach the "Lew of ConsecratIon" esteoll-ehe'd' themselves at Ordervll. It is notable' that 'in 'the' later 'experlment-'in the e .. coloI'edo colonies, eXperienced Little , the Arizona them. settlements, perhaps men froD10rderville at times visited for the purpose of encouraging and instructing Another very noticeabl& feature in ,connection wi th the experiments in" ani Arizona is Utah ,both hat in no case was the me tter considered '8 general The practice was not church commandment. general throughout the church eet";' ' , - tlame.nts---church leaders, perhaps encouraged the procedure in the places'where it came into use; but, aside tram the Little Colorado settlements end Lehi, with perhaps 8 little attention to the system at Mesa in Arizona, end at the places ebove mentioned in Utah, there was very little, if any, active attention given the matter. In the Mormon settlement of the Little Colorado valley, the United Order with the had its or colonization. One early writer, himself hese 1sa1onaries were called one of the co on sta, says upon by the First Presidency ot the church, through the bishops of the different wards in Utah, to make permanent homes in the Territory of Arizona on the Little Colorado riv er or its tributaries, with instructions the t they were to 1a bor in the united Order---none being wanted who were unwilling to live and labor in the United Order". incept1ioni t'beginn1ng . II Although it may ha'Y8 been sanetime after the arrival of the colonists', the formal organization ot United Order companies was effected in each before labor andproperty were pooled, perhaps at the beginning. of the settlements, Men were assigned either to work of their choice or to such labor as they were most might et. needed tor--thus, be busy with the while some might be working on ditches and dams, others or preparing and planting the land. canpany's livestock. . During the earlier years of the colonization project, the use of' the camdining hall in each canmunity was greatly encoureged by church leaders. The objective seems to have been to engender better feeling and more union ong the members· but other results may be noted--at Brigham City, Bishop George Lake a saving ot some eight pounds ot prOVisions tor each person per month. It has been said that too much familiarity breeds contempt; and atter a few years st. Joseph the "big table" appears to have 108t its popularity to quite an extent. did not use the common dining hall after the first sllIlXDlGr; Obed and the Taylor setof' their short tlement 'West of st J'oseph perhaps used it during most if' not all tor a 01 ty, and especielly sunset practiced this group eat1n6 lives; and much longer period than the other settlaments. mon reported I I Brigham· 1be Un! ted Order at st. Joseph when so JD.811y of the settlement Ur. J'emes E. Shelley, lfh' was lett ill c ha rge their the urpOS8 of' getting ot the first settlers made the trip to utah autumn ot 1876, hes tnfor.med families. or tor other purposes, during the "We at st. Joseph tram the outsel, the wr1ter that the Un1 ted Order was practic it". at Formwent "but just didn't take the'te to organize", says this can jUne 5, 1877; and for.mal e al organization ot 8 United Order company was · er an :d pi::d \': binat10n ot property was 1878. not msde before ,i I,l ! .II'l). It' |
