Show THE IIOOS1KK STATE A Ilscti Where the IlMTfpipHaM ITro Against lorlllo181lod trlrnd sound rCftnVILIE I lid Match IlS97 To Ibo Editor lu looking tbrouen the reprl from the Various ullilonary Galas we see but llllle frcm the Haoiler state ao we think a few lines might be of Interest lo the leaders your valuable paper which to ui Elders li I an over welcome Tlltor Tire opening of spring acema to be about to dawn upon ut In all Its plo dor end after > o long a delay I doubly welcome For Borne time part we have tied almost one continuous rainfall 11 and nt a oootijuence the river and a terns bove du st vat amount 01 lame to this country at much ofAi I ha teen under water and much rotor > bat been cud I property aud 3 llv < lock But roads Were alo badly damaged I dam-aged Hut It look al the present as If spring were here to stay What le I reported as being In excellent excel-lent condition but the acreage IN I light Ila compared with other someone Aa to our labor In a spiritual way Ai missionaries there have nol been a a fruitful aa we could have wished them to have been This li I anew Gold as were the Grit llldera to bar the privilege ol openlnic up the way for the pad ot the Gospel In this county We arrived here on Ibo 6 b day of November last To travel without purse nr Grip as liar Intruc tlona given Us at 1 our conference by our provident Elder Samuel O Hprnter The first thing we did on our arrival wag te bunt up a place to tore away our big crlpi whlcU we found voy easily We then filled our hand rips with tract and slatted We learned that the court house Was torn down and a new one wa lu course of area lion Every available place was taken up by the county aud city ofllolaif Bo we Started delivering tracts and talking to the i eople 1 whenever opportunity op-portunity was ettjrded al Uu Out requet to hoU micellnKa we were refuted on every hand but kind friends were raised up to admlnliler 10 I Our comforts Then 00 our return 10 the city for mall Bud a fresh supply ot tracts we were met by The etarilitik announcement the paper that Iwo Mormon Diets haj Invaded Ilia quit county of Boon for proailytlu purgrees Ats ouasthmtlovvsof our arrival wa given ne were mol by reporter re-porter desirous of having an Interview Inter-view which resulted In the print I log otaomeof our Articles ol 1 Faith lu tot mrolug Popere Whims also Tried the people agalual giving ue any en couregomn In Out labor In behalf 01 a butch which the Congrea of the United Bute bai been correct upon to I enact > iclal law again lo I title room Into the Hue of muderu clvltlza UOU01 But they were considerate tnough to late that we should not by abuied or receive bjdlly harm That wa better than the way tome of lbo I citizens sprJ themselves Bluce Loan the Culture have kept 11 I UJ but we are here Mud are mkln sum it audit Mud tile Jjjrd baa bUiatU UI We have lot be eil at le to bold Buy meeting for we have been le luiej upward ot thirty houses wblcb we sought to secure for that purpose During the bad weather we lound I It ueotssry to rent a room to Ior sod Study ludurlug the worst of the sell I Car Till wa much Against our WiI We have bad pretty good health ave a came of tlie grip which look bold of Elder Jones lu Joint wi hope to be table lo I hold 0 few meeting If Possible now that the Sahara have closed We bay distributed oval 10 tuoaiaod Uv > pe Iraola anil agon lly number of Vole 01 1 Wolo We ban sovirn Saw I d h1u 001 mU1 II IT I 110 Increase My II bl Ilia obI 11 eta 01 lb hidery that the dead 01 the oveflot ngUopelmey be Be it red far a Dd wide anti yu a bjunlaiu hntl hat U light we > are tearing to lb I people may be welcomed by Ibm and easy panelists the darkness and MUlolb pool Into tnebarbii 01 telA and SlItly JoOBlER W JONFA WILLIAM JICNICI |