Show missionary WRITES WHITES HOME hamilton ontario On tailo april 25 1929 roosevelt standard dear editor I 1 want to express my gratitude tor for the privilege I 1 have of laboring in the Cana canadian alan mission I 1 have enjoyed my work a great deal thus far barit it Is d a pleasure to meet now new people every day and compare religious beliefs as well as pro promulgate mulga e the restored gospel I 1 am receiving the local news weekly and it is most interesting to me as I 1 am always interested in the home folks and ami their welfare it has been just seven months since I 1 left the old home town and many things have happened since then my bly trip coming east was most enjoyable and educational on leaving salt lake city and the state stata ot of utah we came to wyoming in passing through we ne found a great deal of waste land soon we were in nebraska crossed the missouri ri river and into low iowa which is a very beautiful state crossed the mississippi rarer and into illinois we stopped over a day at chicago and made a visit to the stock yards and went through armours packing plant here we saw the entire method of procedure from tile the time the critter Is s brought in and killed until it was a as packed daway away and ready tor for use we also visited the marshall field dc department part ment store which is the largest of its kind in the world it is thirteen stories high and covers one complete block we then took a 40 mile sight se ing trip around the city and I 1 will endeavor to enumerate some points of interest which we saw while on oil this trip we went through the negro district of the city and it might be interesting to know that there are ne negroes roes and irish people in chicago the population of the city being three and a quainter ter million people we saw the beautiful borne ot of arthur frank the little boy who was mur flared by leopold some years ago saw the university of chicago chic which consists of fifty seven buildings gs chere is a ball diani diamond ond on the campus where twenty four teams can play at once without conflicting with each other we made a visit through the conservatory of chicago which is the second largest in the world the largest being located in berlin germany passed through the lincoln park which covers one gone thousand acres saw the chicago river and lake michigan and many other beautiful and interesting te places which space will not permit me to make mention of leaving chicago and the state of illinois we came to ohio whish I 1 is S EI a large grape district crossed the corner of pennsylvania and into now new york we took a side trip to niagara falls while here we wont went I 1 through the oldest museum I 1 in n the united states then we crossed the border and came into canada I 1 am at the present time in hamilton ontario canada which is located on oil the shore of lake ontario I 1 am greatly enjoying my missionary labors here in canada and chopo that I 1 will be able to help erry crry on this great marvelous work in a way which will be beneficial not only t myself but to the many people with whom I 1 come in contact with prayerful desires tor for the welfare of the people at home and the pro progress ress of this great dominion I 1 remain sincerely yours PEARL NELSON |