| Show RETURNED 11 elder john L ellertson called at the news office last saturday when he stated that he had bad just returned from a mission to the northern states he 1 left his home in mona juab county on bjune june 29 1898 and was set get apart tor for his evangelical tour on july 2 a few days II 11 later in salt lake city ills his missionary experience was gleaned K from the north indiana conference r where he traveled for ten months with gout ou purse and scrip and he reports that g during that time he be enjoyed eri joyed splendid rha hi ralth Kh and generals general good ft feeling eling elder W R andrew of lo 10 logani n city alap made a brief call at I 1 ahia fa a omee office ilke ellertson Eller teon 0 n he fit iad hari blei been laboring in the northern states totes mission principally in the northern part of the hoosier state in the towns towne of angola petersburg indianapolis and logans port he started for his field of at operations on october 7 1896 breaking the journey in salt lake city where he was set apart three days later his expert experience coincides with that of the majority of the noble army of young men who are devoting time and best efforts towards spreading the work of the lord to the effect that he had bad obtained testimony and priceless experience elder D J davis avis of the tenth ward started fo for the eastern states mission where he be had been called to bavor lato or on april 23 1896 he remained in new york until september let lat of the same year when he wa was s transferred to the northern states mission where he spent his time traveling and preaching the gospel through the states of indiana and ohio on may 1st ast 1897 he was del delegated legated to fill the position tion of president of the conference eonta contained ined ift the buckeye state and in conjunction with five elders he proceeded with his labor of love with the result that there is ie now a flourishing branch in the city of dast liverpool and eighteen elders are now spreading the principles of light and truth broadcast throughout ohio elder davis who returned on the dinst reports a very promising outlook from that field elder W J 1 of union salt lake county returned from a to great britain Brit aln on monday last his voluntary exile from his home on october 10 1896 for the first year of his stay in england he be labored in the liverpool conference among the mill hands and also in the town of south port on october alth elder asked for a change which he obtained being transferred to the london conference fe rOnce there he concentrated his energies principally in the town of southampton and dun Iun dunstable stable where his labors labor were crowned with success three months before elder re his release to return home borne he was joined by tits his wife who spent the time visiting vial ting relatives in albione Alb ions isle elder mark austin who As was elder Pan traveling companion in ift the british bielson field profiting by practical example deemed it was not good for man to be alone so he sent for his wife also who labored by her husbands side in the town of dunstable they both returned to utah ut a last monday elder austin halls hails from the sugar town of lehi left there on october 10 1896 and upon his arrival in liverpool england was assigned to labor in the manchester conference his labors in the city of perpetual rain were blessed to a marked degree he reported having enjoyed good treatment good beal health th and a good tane generally incorporated with the carty that were elder austins akstins Aus tins companions across the rolling roiling deep were six elders and five returning saints the latter having been on a visit to the lands of their nativity and incidentally had bad been engaged in the work of genealogical research among those who did not favor this office with a call were mrs rebecca johnson and daughter from ogden miss emma johnson of salt lake city elders alonzo E hyde jr of the seventeenth ward ard and thomas thomaa Let Lel ehman of logan alty for eor the last two years the members of the twenty first ward have missed elder william J heckmann from their midst on october 10 1894 he be left lef this his and journeyed across land and sea to the beautiful swiss city of berne where he was detailed to labor in m the Ger german marr and subsequently irena trench acton q called into intone ae head dace office at t the h e swiss capital where he put in his time early and late in sub editing the church publications ti hat eTna nate from that office and otherwise attending to the general mission basi ness nesa in the capacity of secretary elder heckmann Heck martn reports having enjoyed good health and as having been ben by his labors he returned to the east bench on monday last when there was rejoicing chez la ia femme elder ed E pike late of the amne nineteenth ward was seen by a news rrean mian last friday he left the center street home borne on sept 19 1896 1894 upon being called to fulfill fulfil a massion mii selon to great britain where he labored the entire en tire time in the cheltenham conference principally in the towns ot of stroud croUd Sf cheltenham and bristol where he indulged hi stirring times alt the hands bands of ca a cert certain aln class of individuals who essayed to elevate the moral tone of the ancient city made famous uy by se be bastian bast lian cabot elder eldar pike returned to ogden where lie now resides on november 21 1898 having grown considerably in knowledge experience and last but not least ebba stature ture he reports having experienced experienc pd a gnand time during his absence from the vales and dellson dell U baah another returned elder who has grown out of knowledge almost ts Is alonzo E hyde jr who since april 18 1896 has been from his home in hi the seventeenth ward being engl engaged aged in mis missionary non ary work in the land of the kaiser elder hyde returned tast monday from his field of action was concentrated in in the ettle cities 8 of breaid breace u I 1 stettin At ettin and berlin he be being president of the latter conference for the last few months of ibis his mission aion he reports the work to be apace in Gerr germany nany and that there we are my many friends to the elders there who while they may liay differ on religious matters at the same time take bake a genuine interest intercept int in the ebora of the elders there the majority of elders who recently have filled missions in europe will re member elder emmeett J howell of parts paris idaho who turned returned re from a suc mission in hi england some months ago having labored in the nottingham and london conferences with e energy he first visit to sar sait lake dake city CI ty since bis return on thanksgiving day since returning home he bad gone into politics land and was theslie the ae democratic democlia tic candidate tor for assessor anid and collector of bear dalce ty idaho idiano during the last ele tn elder alexander faddis his home at Oo alville on 10 1898 having fulfilled lan an felsa slon sion in great britain duant the afat portion of his nil salon he labored in aies irish conference tn in the cities of belfast colerain Coler aln and RV baty money later he was transferred the channel to goot scotland liand where he was waa blessed in Ms hils labors in the old town of erlin lg he returns the picture of df health after ats long absence ib from uliah since april 1 0 1896 the gio ahead little town of 1 I has experienced an addition to av afi census roll elder george H dandle returned to his home there on Nov november eigler loth last having spent the time sue quent 0 to o october 30 1896 to lim artma urais Ufa iS ft mission across the water in the foht little isle elder dancle labore la bore d aisse the edmire time of his I 1 A ka gret britain in the Chelten lS e the first few months montha eha innel islands eliere hey atey J awde m W ate cabbages ten feet high at a chute A ke c to the th a where jre he preached the dospel in the fifles of bath cheltenham add bristol ue he reports having enjoyed od health shad ad spirit together with a prom ladus JOW euf clook bok for the little amenth in am the city of BrI britol etol the pretty little city of american fork has had two representatives in the california mission field elder john B miller left his home in that city on december 1896 and was assigned to labor in the northern portion of the golden state where he traveled half the time without purse or scrip his hie efforts were later concentrated in the cities of stockton sacra liento ra ento oakland and san francisco there being flourishing branches in the three latter towns on april of the present year sister louisa R miller joined her husband in sacramento and together they undertook to hold outdoor meetings upon the streets of that city at first they encountered discouraging times at al the hands of the local police tout bat upon laying their case and cause before mayor land he told them to go ahead and anyone who molested them would be liable to a fine of 50 from that tha t period they enjoyed splendid times proclaiming the principles of eternal life un deethe under the blue canopy of the heavens to large and attentive audiences both bath elder miller and his wife enjoyed excellent health during their absence they returned nov 1898 the westbound union pacific train on nov brought elder L S mecham of Ri verdale idaho home from his mission in the northern states he left his domicile for the nebraska conference on nov ath th 1896 and was set apart in this city the following day he labored in bryans state for twenty months with good results although he was afflicted with indifferent health during that period subsequently hie was assigned to break virgin soll soil in the south dakota conference aher he traveled for two months entirely depending upon the lord for temporal necessities he reported having stayed at seven or eight n hotels at the pie solicitation of the prop free of charge during part ot of that period elder mecham proceeded to his idaho home last tuesday two years yeara ago august idt last elder T S bess left his bis home in granger salt lake county and proceeded to fill a mission in the eastern states where be had been assigned to assist in the spreading of the gospel he spent a year in the state of pennsylvania while there them he had the privilege of seeing some twenty three souls baptized into the church from the direct results of the laboi labors s of himself and co laborers awer later he was transferred to the state of wow now york fork his sojourn in the empire abate was rep replete leste with incidents Inc identa that every missionary experiences to a greater or less degree he reported on Ws als call at this office to have enjoyed perfect health good spirits and varied treatment elder david C mann of bountiful called cabled at the news office during the he has jut just returned from a to colorado whither he had journeyed in response to a call on january 4 1897 during his absence he has not enjoyed the beat of health white while tolling bo ting in me cities of denver colorado springs and pueblo he reports howo he work of the lord in the neighboring statie te to 0 be in a very prospero tm and tondi condition tion there being sever al I 1 and sunday in that comparatively new field 4 turned d alder from the ithe sandwich baw at 44 ibis bmat on an ma loftly am kar labb B low two awl r WOW diw ww boy wl nw wt the ogan suburb xv burb for uie land landof of aa op april he returned on november Nov emr 17 1898 lor for the first two years of his mission be traVie traveled led on the different islands of the group lati latterly terly he was called to preside at Hono honolulu luiu during duriac his sojourn in uncle sams latest latent colony he enjoyed xe ellent health and and reports the work to be progressing and the prospects of saving souls to be brighter each year franklin idaho has haa sent several elders into the mission field of lat eyears the latest to return was elder joseph S parkinson who since june 14 1896 has leen been diligently spreading the gospel in the north Oa carolina rolina conference of the southern states he arrived november 23 1898 the picture of heckh and con contento nent with his release rele aae in his pocket he reports having had a splendid time in the field and that tha t he had been bleser bleir sed in his labors and privileged to enjoy many valuable aible experiences per perien lences ces and testimonies on his return home hie visited many prominent cities in company with elder S R south 0 of randolph |
