Show missionary REPORT I 1 left my home borne parker fremont county idaho april alta 1 1898 and attended the dedication of the salt lake temple on the afternoon noon of april ath I 1 left salt bait luke anko city april letb at 8 am buthe on the U P train tr tharel aveld id vla via agdens cheyenne denver KAng kinbac sli city chicago and cincinnati to chattanooga in company with eight other ciders arriving in chattanooga april A was waa appointed to labor in north alabama conference labored with elder john black jr one month in monroe county miu miss next live five months with elder eider geo 0 waite in la fayette Ea yette union and panola counties miss min then with elder N W miller abut seven banthi in Obe cherokee and dj di kalb counties coun ala bama then four months in the latter county with elder bird murphy appointed president of the conference in june 1894 then my companion after our annual conference for six months was wag elder eider F M belnap november 1894 elder david hubbard came to labor with we me while elder belnap went into limestone county with another new elder elder david hubbard and I 1 closed de da kalb county in january 1895 and labored in colbert county ala until eider joe JOB W came to take tny my place I 1 was waa released april and arrived in bait lake city on the 27 in and expect to got get home may ch while on my mission that is ia from april 1893 to tj april 24 th tb 1896 1895 1 I traveled by rail railroad toad miles walked miles in connection with my several companions held meetings received letters lette rewrote wrote received reo elvea aud and spent bought and gave away 1550 tracts and three voice of warnings sold eold two books of mormon one doctrine and covenants and one mormon doctrine baptized five adults blessed one child assisted in the ane confirmation fir of nine members our improved form of weekly report shown that we have my companion asid aad I 1 in the last eight walked 1559 1659 miles hold held 37 87 meetings mee 1714 ia milies been refused entertainment times distributed 1632 tracts fou found ad ot those who rejected the testimonies of elders families revisited baptisms soo 2 during the last two months thO we could not labor much bauch ail aa elder hubbard had bad typhoid fever and was bedaar over a month I 1 can say with other returned note mis sio narles ion arlea that the experience gained is io valuable I 1 enjoyed good health not of the time and was treated well bythe by the people of the southern states considering the great amount of brej udice that exists against our peoples people and the great lack of correct lu tu forma forms tion about the normans norman J MB an we are commonly called in the parts I 1 have labored JAMES T B MASON q BALT LAKE CITY april 1895 |