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Show r sorre SPECIAL MISSION IS NEW WORK 1 INAUGURATED BY THE CHURCH I Hagbert Anderson to Serve in the Scandinavian Countries a ;iinai Year or More He Will Accompany Dr. Ezra Rich and 1 Family on a Tour of the Northland. 5. Hagbart Anderson, night desk scr- j geant of the Ogden police depart j ment. arrived home last night aflei spending several days in Salt Lake City, in conference with the leading officials of the Mormon church. Mr. Anderson received a call about three weeks ago to serve the church as a missionary in the Scandinavian mis sion. He accepted the call and will leave Ogden for his post of duty next Saturday, on the Pacific Limited. Mr. Anderson's call is in a furtherance further-ance of a new policy which has been Inaugurated by the authorities or the Mormon church, to send men or ex-perlenco-on" short missions to allay any ban feelings that nay exist in the dffferent mission Hclda -and- -to .assist the younger elders' to make more and better frlends The purpose pur-pose of this Is also thatthe people or the world might be made aware or the civic and educational conditions condi-tions In Utah through statistical reports re-ports "with which the special missionaries mis-sionaries have ramiliarized themselves. them-selves. The giving out or this" information in-formation it is belijeved will result In much of the prejudice against the Mormons helng removed. In speaking of tho trip which he will make to Europe. Mr. Anderson said that ho would leave Ogden on Saturday for Chicago. He will remain re-main there only one day and will go from there to Buffalo. In Bufralo, he will visit with Mike Ragan, su perintendent of police in that city. He has known Mr. Ragan for many years, the two having become acquainted ac-quainted while the Ogden man was a sailor on the Great Lakes, and Mr. Ragan was a dock-hand on the Bufralo Buf-ralo docks. During his stopover in Burfalo, Mr. Anderson will take a ride on a suburban electric line to Hill Cumorah. the spot of historic memory To "tho Mormon people, which is near Palmyra in Sharon county. From Buffalo, he will go to New York City to visit for a few days with the Browning and Ecclcs Tamllies and to meet other rriends. He will sail from St. John, Nova Scotia, on April 29, Tor Christiania, Norway, via Liverpool. Liv-erpool. His mission will last from one year to firteen months. Prior to the leaving or Mrs. Dr. Ezra Rich and daughter for Europe, Dr. Rich had talked with Mr. Anderson Ander-son about accompanying himselT and family for a trip through Norway, Sweden and Denmark during July, 1914. Dr. Rich expects to leave Ogden Og-den in Juno ror Europe, to meet his family, and. while in Salt Lake, Mr. Anderson received permission from the church authorities to take a leave of absence, so that he could meet Dr. Rich and his family In Copenhagen Copenha-gen In July and go with them through the Scandinavian countries. It is probable that Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Browning and Miss Carrie Browning will also he in the party. This trip will occupy about three weeks' time. The party will go from Copenhagen to Stockholm and from there to Throndjem, Norway. From there they will sail to Hammorfcst, Trcm which city the midnight sun may be seen. Returning, they will sail back lo Bergen Ber-gen and trom Bergen to Christiania on the new railroad, which Mr. Anderson An-derson states Is one of the most remarkable re-markable in the world, in that It has 1S3 tunnels in a distance or 300 miles. While In Salt Lake, he secured valuable statistics on Utah's resources resour-ces and will also take a quantity of literature on Ogden for publicity purposes. pur-poses. His desk at tho station is at pres-ont pres-ont being occupied by L. II. Carver, who will probably retain tho position until Hagbart returns from his mission. |