Show IN N OHIO conference cleveland ohio july 9 1897 calved d my call in the early part ff and was assigned to labor in city as companion to elder burton of panion to J G evans of ho 0 and george W badger utah while there we visited a great many families and allayed considerable brej prejudice udice and no doubt sowed bowed seeds that will yield fruit hereafter on march 27 and 28 we held the missouri conference at jefferson city in the representative room of the state capitol we had a spiritual feast such as only elders know how to appreciate preci ate our meeting had to be held in the senate room on account of a misunderstanding but this did not make any difference the capitol is a fine building situated upon the hill or bluff overlooking the missouri river over the entrance are these worp words erected anno domini 1838 L W boggs governor P G glover secretary of state H H I 1 1 barber auditor public accounts W B napton attorney general generah gene raf A M mcclellan treasurer commissioners S hills architect salus su prema lex est many were the reflections of the changes that have taken place in this state since the people drove the saints out of her boundaries but truth Is mighty and will prevail after conference we received much good instruction st at the priesthood meeting from president kelch and appointments to our fields of labor my lot was to go to the state of ohio I 1 arrived at crestline crawford county on the ath of april crestline is a railroad town of about inhabitants I 1 labored alone until the time of the northern indiana conference which we held at logansport Logan sport indiana here after holding conference on may I 1 and 2 president kelch informed us that it was wisdom to open a conference in ohio accordingly elder david 1 davis was called and sustained as president of ohio elder W F mayhem of nephi utah appointed to be my traveling companion we returned to crestline and visited the families and then came to cleveland have met some warm friends also the opposite but that is the lot of all elders the weather is quite warm here we almost long for our utah canyons to cool off we feel like pressing on have gave found a member of the old philadelphia branch here WM F BUTT 39 sibley st cie cleveland veland ohio |