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Journal of Mormon History Volume 23 Issue 2 Article 1 1997 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 23, No. 2, 1997 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation (1997) "Journal of Mormon History Vol. 23, No. 2, 1997," Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 23 : Iss. 2 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol23/iss2/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Mormon History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Journal of Mormon History Vol. 23, No. 2, 1997 Table of Contents CONTENTS LETTERS viii ARTICLES • --Mormon Sugar in Alberta: E. P. Ellison and the Knight Sugar Factory, 1901-17 William G. Hartley, 1 • --Ellison Milling and Elevator Company: Alberta Wheat with Utah Roots Gregory P. Christofferson, 30 • --Friends Again: Canadian Grain and the German Saints Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, 46 • --"The Grand, Fundamental Principle:" Joseph Smith and the Virtue of Friendship Steven Epperson, 77 • --Zina Presendia Young Williams Card: Brigham's Daughter, Cardston's First Lady Donald G. Godfrey, 107 • --Ernest L. Wilkinson's Appointment as Seventh President of Brigham Young University Gary James Bergera, 128 • --The Mechanics' Dramatic Association: London and Salt Lake City Lynne Watkins Jorgensen, 155 • --"Every Thing Is Favourable! And God Is On Our Side": Samuel Brannan and the Conquest of California Will Bagley, 185 ENCOUNTER ESSAY • --Keeping Company with Wilford Woodruff Thomas G Alexander, 210 REVIEWS --Martha Sonntag Bradley, Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists Becky Johns, 221 --Frederick S. Buchanan, Culture Clash and Accommodation: Public Schooling in Salt Lake City, 1890-1994 E. Vance Randall, 231 This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol23/iss2/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY FALL 1997 Staff of the Journal of Mormon History Editorial Staff Editor: Lavina Fielding Anderson Executive Committee: Lavina Fielding Anderson, William G. Hartley, Jeffery O. Johnson, G. Kevin Jones, Lynne Watkins Jorgensen, D. Michael Quinn, Patricia Lyn Scott, Jean Bickmore White Editorial Staff: Susan L. Fales, Kenneth A. Hansen, Janet Jenson, Linda Lindstrom, Marti S. Lythgoe, Marianne Perciaccante Book Review Editor: Richard L. Jensen Letters Editor: Jean Bickmore White Editorial Manager: Patricia Lyn Scott Business Manager: G. Kevin Jones Abstracts Editor: Kenneth R. Williams Compositor: Brent Corcoran Designer: Warren Archer Board of Editors Mario S. De Pillis, Amherst, Massachusetts Susan L. Fales, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Roger D. Launius, NASA, Washington, D.C. Dean L. May, University of Utah, Salt Lake City Isleta Pement, Temple School, Independence, Missouri Marianne Perciaccante, Arlington, Virginia Susan Sessions Rugh, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah The Journal of Mormon History is published semi-annually by the Mormon History Association, 2470 N. 1000 West, Layton, UT 84041 (801) 773-4620. It is distributed to members upon payment of annual dues: student, $12.50; regular, $15; sustaining, $20; Friend of Mormon History, $50; Mormon History Association Patron, $500 or more. Single copies $10. The Journal of Mormon History exists to foster scholarly research and publica- tion in the field of Mormon history. Manuscripts dealing with all aspects of Mormon history are welcome, including twentieth-century history, regional and local history, women's history, and ethnic/minorities history. First consideration will be given to those which make a strong contribution to knowledge through new interpretations and/or new information. The Board of Editors will also consider the paper's general interest, accuracy, level of interpretation, and literary quality. The Journal does not consider reprints or simultaneous submissions. Papers for consideration must be submitted in triplicate, typed and double-spaced throughout, including all quotations. A preferred length is twenty pages, but longer manuscripts may considered. Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition (see a recent edition of Xhe Journal) and be prepared to submit accepted manuscripts in IBM-DOS format, WordPerfect or ASCII. Send manuscripts to the Journal of Mormon History, P.O. Box 581068, Salt Lake City, UT 84158-1068. JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY VOLUME 23, No. 2 FALL 1997 CONTENTS LETTERS viii ARTICLES Mormon Sugar in Alberta: E. P. Ellison and the Knight Sugar Factory, 1901-17 William G. Hartley 1 Ellison Milling and Elevator Company: Alberta Wheat with Utah Roots Gregory P. Christofferson 30 Friends Again: Canadian Grain and the German Saints Richard Neitzel Holzapfel 46 "The Grand, Fundamental Principle:" Joseph Smith and the Virtue of Friendship Steven Epperson 77 Zina Presendia Young Williams Card: Brigham's Daughter, Cardston's First Lady Donald G. Godfrey 107 Ernest L. Wilkinson's Appointment as Seventh President of Brigham Young University Gary James Bergera 128 The Mechanics' Dramatic Association: London and Salt Lake City Lynne Watkins Jorgensen 155 "Every Thing Is Favourable! And God Is On Our Side": Samuel Brannan and the Conquest of California Will Bagley 185 iii CONTENTS ENCOUNTER ESSAY Keeping Company with Wilford Woodruff Thomas G Alexander 210 REVIEWS Martha Sonntag Bradley, Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists Becky Johns 221 Frederick S. Buchanan, Culture Clash and Accommodation: Public Schooling in Salt Lake City, 1890-1994 E. Vance Randall 231 COVER: Abstraction of the window tracery, Salt Lake City Tenth Ward. Design by Warren Archer. Articles appearing in this journal are abstracted and indexed in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life, published by ABC-CLIO, and in Religion Index One: Periodicals, published by the American Theological Library Association. © 1997 Mormon History Association ISS 0094-7342 After publication herein, copyright reverts to authors. Copies of articles in this journal may be made for teaching and research purposes free of charge and without securing permission, as permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the United States Copyright Law. For all other purposes, permission must be obtained from the author. The Mormon History Association assumes no responsibility for contributors' statements of fact or opinion. LETTERS BRUCE VAN ORDEN: Response to 1996) is not and never has been that "Writing European History and volume. Building the Church in Europe" by Wilfried Decoo's review essay a- Wilfried Decoo bout Building Zion (Journal of Mormon History, Spring 1997, pp. 140-76) also For many years I have eagerly sought discussed numerous issues in writing means to promote more widespread European history. The editors of the social scientific and historical investiga- Journal decided to give an unprece- tion of the internationalization of the dented thirty-seven pages to this, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day first review essay it has published. I'm Saints. I sincerely feel that I have been pleased that my aim, and of course the open and honest about every issue per- aim of many others—that international taining to all aspects of the globaliza- Mormonism be investigated as devot- tion of the LDS Church and its at- edly in our historical circles as, say, tempts to gain a foothold and to grow Nauvoo or Missouri—is gradually com- in all nations. At the same time I have ing to pass. But I'm saddened that my explained to colleagues and students response was not published with his re- that I do not apologize for being em- view in thejournal of Mormon History. ployed by the Church and for my at- I'm pleased that Decoo contributed tempts to build the kingdom of God his insights that aid our common un- upon the earth. derstanding of the history of the LDS Many readers of the Journal of Mor- Church in Europe. Everybody gains mon History will remember that, in the when we carry on this scholarly debate, early 1970s, a sixteen-volume history of especially when we can all be brothers the Church was planned to commemo- and sisters in the same work. rate the Sesquicentennial in 1980. One Decoo's essay took on my book with of the proposed volumes dealt with the gusto. I recognize that when I entered history of the Church in Europe. My the public arena in publishing this Building Zion: The Latter-day Saints inbook that I should expect critical re- Europe (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, views. I want to go on record that it has ^•Editors' note: We appreciate the author's regrets, which we share; but as a practical matter, the editing sequence that must be completed before a final version of a review would be ready for a response does not leave time. In the past, responses to reviews (or to other articles in thejournal) have been published as letters in the following issue, a policy we will continue to follow. LETTERS always been my belief and policy that nor to cover thoroughly the rise and critical reviews are healthy in Mormon growth of Mormonism in every Euro- history. Even though I received a nega- pean nation. It was designed only as a tive review in this instance, I still believe one-volume popular survey. I thus be- this. We must surely recognize that all lieve that Decoo was unfair in stating, historical books and essays are but "These fascinating topics [a host of so- "preliminary reports." Historians of cio-economic factors involved in the the Mormon movement will improve conversion process such as socio-eco- these reports when they are subjected nomic class, family dynamics, prospec- to honest critiques. tive emigration], which should have I believe that Decoo was wrong by been at the core of the book, are pain- explaining what he thinks should be fully lacking" (144). He claimed that my the scope of such a work as mine.