Show RETURNED MISSIONARIES The friends of ot Elder W AV F 10 of ot o f are art happy to greet him at athis athis ati his h i home again 1 after an en absence of a R l little ittle over oer two to year years III In the Call ornia lt t mission ml lIe He wa was vas set aCt nvart Jan Jail 8 I 1902 and returned March Murch 10 of this year y ear havIng labored In the tho and n nI San alln Francisco lr conferences l Ho J Ia re reports ports portIS p orts the mission ns os being prosperous pro many some Homo ellece e but not much opposition He lie has k opt ept well veil and amid has hils returned with alth added testimony t of the great KwH work In which he h th e and so many are so vitally Interest Interested ed td edin In InElder InI Elder I 0 O C Thurber of ot RIchfield evier S county has just returned from tram fromn n II two years ellla course In the missionary ml field h eld He lie labored red In the Ohio con coil f when It WU ns part Of tit the Mid Middle lId lie dle e States mission and of course co r e It liter itter l became become part of the lie Southern States tates S mission lie He left leCt home homo March 19 I D 1902 1002 and returned March U 12 1904 1001 enjoyed e good health his hl labors Jabors were enjoyable e The people whom om he met were kind courteous and considerate ind nd a he has hI a 11 very vory high opinion of oC the hospitality I of ot the people of the th south March 8 of this year Elder I Ernest P 1 h of ot Holliday returned return from Germany German there Iere lit lie has sojourned s Ince the of t June JUlie IDOl 1901 ns liS a n travel Ing l rig ag Elder EUler hiM labors lobor were er confined to 3 and and was wan twIce t tice served servel with banishment notices but on umi a whole was well ell trot l He Ito enjoyed excellent health and his labors were were pleasant pl Elder Eider en re returned reo returned turned by WRY way of Home I Paris arl and London and was thus permitted to see sea eo considerable of the tho world worldOn worldOn worldOn On the lUh of or February 1902 1002 Elder Gordon jordon 0 O was Ivas set net apart and shortly thereafter left for the Wo Southern States lie He wan WM detailed to the Virginia conference c und nind later inter to the Ohio con conference terence ference Elder Is III an organ orlan l 1st t and musician of or Ability and In III this capacity he made many both for tor or himself and amid the tho cause he lie represents lie He Is of or tho the opinion that the Smoot In Investigation Is la of ot benefit to the Elders Elder rather than a II detriment nt nil It open opens up UI opportunity opportunities for tor a IL hearing Elder Eider returned on March 9 The Avon l rd In Cache acM county wel welcomes comes collies homo home Elder Eider J Ider Unroll Carter who hits hlis HIS Just returned from a mission to he th Northern States whither he left lert on Jan 14 H 1002 1902 Eighteen months of his tine time was scar nil spent In the time Iowa conference and the tho remainder In iii the tho Minnesota conference He Ito says ns he had the aver average average er age experience of the Elders that the work Is prosperous nail and that he has hail had fine health I enjoyed his hll Inborn labors and re returns reA returns I turns not only to meet lila his Utah friends friend hilt but also his lila parents parent whom he left l ft In England over oer 10 years ago aO and who during his absence came to tl an and have settled In Forest t Dale It vaa as Indeed a Joyful meeting Elder John H 11 Hill of or Mill Creek hns has returned from his hili mission mill 1011 field neld In Great He Is II full of enthusiasm In Inthe Inthe Inthe the great work of ot salvation Elder Hill 1111 was wall set et apart on Nov 25 24 1901 and WM W wa assigned to the Leeds leed conference where ho hit remained until released ed home on March 5 3 of this year Ills health has hall been en excellent and h hr reports the success of or his hili efforts an as R being fair but eminently helpful for himself EI El Elder EIder der Ilet Hill says the Leeds LetI conference still lends leads the lon In Its record of bap hap reported Another of or favored olla nouns re ref returns turns home from the missionary field ld bearing with lIh him the tho knowledge that he Is favored Reference Is II made mado to tol Elder l Thomas Thomal Taylor Jr of Elba Ida Idl who was set impart apart for tor a mission to t Groat on Oct 15 IB lOOt 1901 He 10 re To returned turned March 10 IDOl 1001 Elder Euler Taylor la In labored bored In the tie Scottish conference during the time entire time and divided his hili work between the cities of and Dun Dundee Dundee dee Ilee For a 11 portion of the time line he act acted acted ed ell as ns clerk of lit the tho conference rot Ho lIe ro re r reports ports the work as M II being somewhat din dime heartening us he tho people ro so o cold tow tOll seeming to take much Interest In religious leaching There SO 10 0 Eles I ehl In the tho mission ml loll looks for hett bettor results re In OH ama a It better under In Is being had of oC how lm w Jo 10 r the tho h 11 h art fit l I Elder Euler H II A Davis a II young yating man fin ot of atthe the time Center ward In this stake take has hall Jun Jutt returned from an nil mission lIlon to the till Northern State Slates where he labored in the tho Minnesota conference slum the tho hat 1st of July Jul 1902 1002 Ho lie returned on 01 March 14 H having enjoyed his labors very ery much had fine health 1111 an nn expert experience euro ence that Is III not always hat In III the tho United States State Early In W In this year lie ho with Elder Ehler H II Ostlund C worn laboring In n a 1 town of MOO population raIled called Al AI Albert Albert bert Lea from tram which four omit Elders Ihler had been b driven out omit some ome four femur jears ers niro 10 Elder J Ostlund hints has a 1 number of ot relatives In this town anal nM noon HOOl rs begun began br ln to como come that trouble wax tas In store for tor forthe the thc Elders 1 lder They The brgan to worry torry tho the matter und urged time hiders to leave lell They were averse to thin hiM how however howe ever evOr e r until tho the 14 H ministers ID In that town became united milled In III the cry to II put them out The TIme 1 remained until n a gang RAnI was waa actually formed were fO preparing to 10 commit cini an net nd of ot violence when wh they the received won word bitt It were CC unsafe tn to longer remain They then lieu left letl Just jusk In iii time timeto to 10 t what lint would have Ii 11 e born u a 1 public disgrace for fee tIme the of at f Minne Minnesota sota rota and could bo lie directly charged c to the ministers of that town Tho Time following letters HerR Ie have lineve teen been b en re reo and are arc herewith present being baing self elf s sId Heber it Jan Jn 25 5 Pre Ident Id ent Joseph Josfph F Smith Salt Halt Lake City Ity Utah ti was released from fromn my m y labors In the missionary field on tha tho 1 of January 1904 1901 on nn account of or lit ill health h having hail had the chills and fever prior p to my lilY e I 1 set apart to 10 labor labor la bor In lit the Southern States mission on o n July 1 1002 1903 1 I cnn can say It vas ns the lie happiest h Bt lays days of ot my m life lIe while white per permitted rn to engage In my work I la Ia labored 11 bored ored b In the tho states of Ohio and Ken Ien Kentucky l en ricky tucky tuck t The Elders are doing a me 1 great work w ork A 8 S Logan Utah March 17 IT D News Salt Snit Lake take City Utah Dear D ear Sir Having returned from a IL mis IIla ilon mu Ion on on the Ih of this month mouth and not having h nn tin to call at nt the t 1 I 1111 trill give Ie you time fol tot following lowing lo ving I passed pUKed through Salt Lake LakeIt City C It ity on the of March was o set ret part a Ca for tor a loal to the Southern States tates S on the lit of or January 1902 1002 My M y fields of labor were nero In the th North A MA Alabama labama Middle Tennessee and Ohio c conferences The work of the Lord Is making aking m good progress In the south I ond much good Is being done I T I 1 STEWART |