Show C L bean heard from joliet ill sept 10 1903 editor reaper it aou ou will spire spare me i a I 1 little ittle space in houi 5 out paper I 1 want to let the people of richfield and sevier county know nat it I 1 in still a alive I 1 ive this i f fib at NI writing to the reaper 0 0 I 1 there is 13 a little pace due me E eleven months have malsed ela sed since I 1 left richfield to perform missionary ary N work ork in the northern I 1 was assigned to the north illinois conference to labor arid and while chicago liar has been the center of my labors I 1 have visited mana man ot of the cities citie of this state it has alvias been claimed by the 0 opponents of mormonism that the missionaries were N ere afra d to carry then docte rines to the educated communities in the various missions and that it naj idaj only the ignorant and illiterate I 1 ho io were approached to offset this every effort of the mission ines is made toward leaching the better dais claca of people as we well I 1 as the poorer classes and the gospel as taught ba u the missionaries sion aries is 13 now being preached to tile the best informed leonle who ho can be reached isearl cery business and professional man in this field his has been visited and the doctrines of the church laid before them I 1 am now la in joliet a city of about trill inhabitants ibi tants we hive have a branch here and hae cry comfortable quarters in which to meet there are many good friends encountered here ind and ds ab a the opposition is NN working all theard cheh rd er lat lait catardi night vc no had a member of the re ra organized d charen in make ake an ail attack upon us after our meeting he tal talked ed for an hour a ind I 1 al a half and the principal part of his add id dres was deott d to abu ibue c and slander iander of the mormon people his tirade tirado did little good as lie dealt in abuse whish ahn h no american audience eer as arrum argument ind and I 1 am ain of the opinion that it will result in some good for the cause as many have been investigating the gospel since his unwarranted atack in conclusion let me say that I 1 appreciate preci precia ate tc the reaper iery ery much arid and watch atch anxiously for its arrival each week I 1 am pleaded x with ith the stand you have taken in politics and wish you every success respectfully C L BE BEAN X |