DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE AT MANTI. IT has been decided to dedicate the Manti Temple on MONDAY, MAY 21, 1888. The dedicatory services will commence at 10 o'clock a.m. The Quarterly Conference of the Sanpete Stake will be held on Satur- day and Sunday, the 19th and 20th of May. It may be necessary to continue the service of dedication more than one day. This will depend upon the number of persons who may be pres- ent, and who may desire to witness and take part in the proceedings. At Logan the number of persons pres- ent was so great that it required three days' services to enable all who desired to be present to get admis- sion to the Temple. The facilities for reaching Manti are not so good as they were for reach- ing Logan. The Utah Central Rail- road runs from the north and south to Nephi. At that point the Sanpete Valley Railroad connects with it and reaches into Sanpete as far as Ches- ter, a distance of about fifteen miles from Manti. From this point convey- ance will necessarily be by teams. While it is desirable that all the offi- cers and members of the Church who can possibly be present at the dedica- tion should be three [there], still it will be necessary for all who go, to make their own arrangements for transpor- tation from Chester to Manti, and also for their entertainment while there, either at Manti or some of the adjacent settlements. The accommodations at Manti are limited; but on such an oc- casion as this, no doubt, everything will be done that is possible by the residents to make the visitors com- fortable and to furnish th the nec- essary entertainment. By addressing letters to the Presidency of the Sanpete Stake —President Canute Peterson and his Counselors, Henry Beal and John B. Maiben—or to Super- intendent William H. Folsom, of the Manti Temple, arrangements, doubt- less, can be made by visitors both for transportation and accommodation. Admission to the Dedication services will be by ticket. These tickets will be given to the Presidents of Stakes, and, in their absence, to their Coun- selors or the Bishops, and by them will be distributed to the members of their Stakes and Wards who are in good standing. It will be well for the members who desire to go to Manti on this occassion to ascer- tain beforehand whether the Presi- dency of the Stake or the Bishop and Counselors of the Ward to which they belong will be at the Dedicaton ser- vices; for if none of these should be present, they ought to provide them- selves, before leaving home, with let- ters of recommendation, so that they may be admitted to the Temple with- out question. Special rates on the railroads will be made to all persons going to and returning from Manti on this occa- sion. WILFORD WOODRUFF, On behalf of the Council of the Apostles.

16 I signed 15 recomds I recd 10 letters 16 I arose unwell this morning I Met in the Temple & had the prayer read for reception or rejection we also org[a]n[ize]d the Temple company we Met friends & Afternoon I Met with qui[te] a Number of the Broth I suffered much during the night with Azma [Asthma] hard work to breath