They Fed the Horses What?

While on route to his mission, Truman Angell mentions that he and the other elders encountered a snow storm. The storm dropped so much snow that the horses could not get at the grass below. What did the elders feed their horses to keep them alive?

a.      Bread

b.      Hard tack

c.       Flour and water

d.      Carrots and apples

Yesterday’s answer

C.   President Joseph F. Smith

The disease [Spanish Influenza] effectively shut down much of the United States, including Utah. For example, on October 10, 1918, the Utah Board of Health banned all public gatherings, including theater performances, school classes, and religious service. Public health officials advised Utah citizens to wear protective masks over their mouths. Whole cities were quarantined. Some cities, like Ogden, allowed people to enter only with a doctor’s certification of good health. However, even after the ban on public gatherings, the disease spread within Utah; 1,500 cases and 117 deaths were reported in just the four weeks after the prohibition of public gatherings.

     On November 19, 1918, President Joseph F. Smith died of pneumonia—a lung inflammation caused by the influenza virus. Religious services were still banned at the time of his death, and no public funeral was held. Heber J. Grant was not sustained until June 1919, the influenza epidemic having delayed the Church’s semi-annual general conference in April.

Justin R. Bray, “The Lord’s Supper During the Progressive Era, 1890-1930, “ Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 38 no. 4, Fall 2012, 102-3.