Show Sends Contribution Fo For r Hospital I III note with keen interest and pride that the good people of Manti intend to build a n hospital in the Ule near future writes D. D H. H Christensen president and Manager Manag r of the Ule Christensen Christensen Christensen Chris Chris- Construction Co general contractors contractors contractors con con- tractors Felt Building Salt Lake City His letter was addressed to I The Honorable Cit City Commissioners and he enclosed a check of 25 as a contribution to the hospital fund Should I try I would find it im impossible impossible impossible im- im possible to detach myself from Manti I I Iwas was born there March 28 1869 Herman J. J Christensen and Anne Poulson Christensen were my parents My father is buried in the Manti cemetery cemetery cemetery cem cem- and my mother in the Salt Lake City cemetery My mother and her family moved by team ox-team from Manti to Ephraim Colorado in 1881 Part of the family returned to Manti in inthe inthe inthe the early eighties for several years and then went back to Colorado I came back to Salt Lake in 1887 to enter the University of Deseret and I have remained in Utah since that time with the exception of several years spen spent t in Germany as an L L. D. D S S. S missionary mis mis- But Manti holds a tender lender place in my heart It is my home town Good wishes to you in your laudable efforts the letter concludes |