Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-16
RETURNED MISSIONARIES

Elder John c. Houston. OF Pangultch,
Garfield county. returned home on the
18th OF this month. from a mission to
Colorado and New Mexico. for which
he was set apart on the 18th OF octo-
Der, 1897. He labored the first year and
n half In Denver. Pueblo and other
places In Colorado. and was then sent
TO open up new field In New Mexico.
lie succeeded very well In this. There
are now about eleven Elders In that
field and there are frequent additions to
the Church. as a result OF their labors.
The people are kind and friendly. Elder
Houston says he had some thrilling ex-
perlences In the Held. but he enjoyed
his labors and had splendid health.
& Elder Richard a. Robinson. OF Para
goonah. Iron county. was set apart on
the 10th OF December. 1897, for mission
AIRY work In the Southern States. He
laborcd In Louisiana and Kentucky.
where he met with some success, al
though his health. he says. was not
the best at all times. He returned home
on the 10th OF this month.
X Elder q. Morris Matthews, OF Grants
VILE. Tooelc county, returned on Satur-
day. December 9th. from n mission In
the Southern States. He was set apart
on August IS. 1897, and left the next
day for the South. lie laborcd very
ference ara Mississippi, travelling for
some time past az assistant to the pres
ident OF the conference. He reports the
work In this field In "A prosperous and
fiourlshing condition.
. Elder Il. l.. Reese OF the Sixteenth
ward, Salt Lake city. was set apart on
the 3rd OF November. 1896, for mis-
sion TO New Zealand and Australia. He
returned from there ON the 18th OF
November last. Brother Reese first la
bored In Auckland about one year and
was then called to go TO Melbourne.
shortly afterwards he was sent TO open
up the mission at Balnrat. where he
labored nine months. From this place
he went to Adelaide, where he laborcd
six months and then back to Melbourne.
where he remained two months. The
progress, he says, In these parts IL
rather slow. Anti-"Mormon" literature
Is met with nearly everywhere. and the
Elders are opposed on account OF the
false statements made. Elder Reese
came home by way OF the Suez canal
and Great Britain. He enjoyed his la
bors and had splendid health all the
TIME
lElder VIM. A. Chadwick. OF Park VAL
ley. Boxelder county, was set apart on
| the 10th Of November. 1897, for a mis-
sion TO Minnesota. He states that he
made many friends there ana some con-
vcrts; lie returned home ON the 1th
| OF thig,month.
| Elder u. ]. Sandberg, OF Western
ward, Oneida county, Idaho. was set
apart for a mission to Sweden. ON the
18th OF October. 1897. lie returned
| home ON the 2sth OF November last.
| Elder Sandberg labored the first Ave
months In the Skone conference. and
was then called to preside over the
| Stockholm conference. The outlook,
| In sweden. he says, II good. There Is
no persecution to speak OF. and the mis-
slonnrles, as a rule. are treated with
kindness. There are frequent ncces-
| slons to the Church. Elder Sandberg
has enjoyed his missionary labors
| greatly.
| Elder Barton Brough OF Nephi. Juab
| county, was set apart on the 18th of
| August. 1897, for missionary lnbors In
| the Southern States. He was assigned
| TO the Kentucky conference. where. he
| says. he has greatly enjoyed his labors
| He returned home ON the nth OF this
| month.
" Elder 7. A. Rodgers. OF Lewiston,
| Cache county. has also been laboring
| In the Kentucky conference. He was
| set apart on the 18th OF August. 1897,
and returned on the nth instant.
Elder William II. Halo the Twenty
] nrst ward Of this city, returned In COM