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Waikato Conference
WAIKATO CONFERENCE, or District, of the New Zealand Mission, embraces all that part of the North Island of New Zealand lying immediately south of Auckland. The south end of the district embraces the so-called “King Country.” It was organized Dec. 31, 1882. The total Church membership in the district at the close of 1930 was 985, including 222 children.
Wairarapa Conference
WAIRARAPA CONFERENCE, or District, of the New Zealand Mission, embraces all that part of the North Island of New Zealand lying east of the Tararua Range of Mountains on the south end of the island and northward as far as Woodville. It includes the famous Wairarapa Valley, one of the finest valleys in New Zealand. The total Church membership of the Wairarapa District (organized Feb. 4, 1888) was 456 at the close of 1930, including 134 children.
Wairau Conference
WAIRAU CONFERENCE, or District, of the New Zealand Mission, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing on the north end of the South Island, New Zealand, or the Marleborough and Nelson provincial districts. The district receives its name from the great Wairau Valley which extends inland for about 100 miles. The Wairau District had a membership of 156 in 1930, including 36 children. It was first organized April 9, 1893.
Wales Ward
WALES WARD, Moroni Stake, Sanpete Co., Utah, embraces the little settlement of Wales, situated on the west side of Sanpete Valley, near the base of the mountains, a short distance west of the Sanpitch River. It consists of an agricultural district, while some of the inhabitants are engaged in coal mining. Wales is five miles southwest of Moroni and 18 miles north of Manti, the county seat.
In 1864, at a conference held at Fort Ephraim, attended by Pres. Brigham Young, an Indian walked up to the stand and showed Pres. Young a black lump, claiming that it would burn. This led to the discovery of coal on the west side of Sanpete Valley near the present site of Wales, and a settlement was founded there in 1869 by John E. Reese and others. They were Welsh people who had been engaged in coal mining in Wales, and the mining of coal by them was soon commenced, which industry has been carried on to a limited extent ever since. John E. Reese was the first Bishop in Wales, the saints there being organized as a ward when the Sanpete Stake was organized in 1877. He was succeeded in 1903 by William R. Davis, who in 1925 was succeeded by Fred R. Major, who in 1929 was succeeded by Søren Jacobsen, who acted as Bishop Dec. 31, 1930, on which date the Wales Ward had a membership of 281, including 48 children. The total population of the Wales Precinct was 270 in 1930.
Walker War
WALKER WAR. A Ute chief named Wahker, or Walker, had previously threatened the settlers in Utah County. In 1854 an Indian squaw visited the cabin of James Ivie of Springville and traded three trout for some flour. But the woman’s husband was angry that she had not made a better bargain and began to abuse her. Bro. Ivie interfered and struck the Indian a blow which felled him to the ground and soon afterwards the Indian died. Trouble with the Indians ensued, and they demanded that Ivie should be [p.919] delivered to them. This the settlers refused to do, and raids were then made by Chief Walker and his band upon various settlements in southern Utah, which caused the deaths of at least nineteen of the settlers. Peace was finally restored.