The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-03
MISSIONARY LETTER.
An Interesting Communication
From Charles NJ. Malln
Of Hoytsviiie.
POULAND,. Arkansas, JAN. 20. 1859
EpIoR TINES;

As aletter from this part Of the Lord
vinyard may be Interesting to the man!
readers Of 1uE TINES. will endeayor Il
pen you iew'iines, II you.wtll allow ms
tpaee IN an out Of the way corner o
your valuable paper.
In company with Elders P. NJ. Hixsor
Of wanship. Geo. E. wilkins Of Peoa
and James W. Welsh Of Coalville, Utah,
I boarded the east bound passenger
train on the Denver & Rio Gianae rail
road April IL, 1905. bound as an EN-.
bassador ofthe meek and lowly Jesus,
10 that part Of the worlds population
residing in Arkansas. Az conference
was just breading mp At Salt Lake City,
the train was crowded and We oblaipsd
fret class seats In the smoking car.
The DARK shadS Of nigh, overlook Ne
coon after leaving Salt Lake, hence put
sstop TO sight INDULGENCE therefore the
tiiesome hours were spent In stretching
ourtelves upon the seats and VISITING
the land OF "Nod." We arrived at
Grand Junction Colo. at 5 O'Clock q. ~.
April ~ and after making a short stop
for the purpose Of changing crew.. we
again rolled OF towards our destination
and were soonl Lost to view, IN the ~
cesses OF the Rocky Mountains. A
number Of small cities lie along fhe line.
GIenWood Spring. Leadville, the eisy Of
the clcads aud oolsrsio's gseavmininu
camp, and Canon Cry being the. prinsi.
pal ones, A stop VAS made at Glen.
wood Springs for breakfast which ado.d.
ed US an opporlunityio visit ihe woyld
renowned bathing resort, for be 1t known
that Glenwood Springs is one Of the
famous edniiariums OF the world.
Shortley after leaving GlenWood we
entered the Grand Canyon oitne Colo.
The sights we say The massive walls OF
solid rock Of the Canyon as they tower.
I'd heaven ward eieven or twelxe~AArd.
red feet, made tho train apPear 70 BE
passing through a natural tunnel. The
Jay was spent In taking In the sights
,long the road and in pleasant CONVEX.
70 Ion until wewsre just entering Pue. [
bio. Here We stopped a while aud walk.
ID around the town.
iata sd
The familiar cry "All aboard" inform.
u Ne our stop in Pueblo was ended I
md sgain the train was hurfying " on
o oui Geld OF labor Leaving Pueblo
se entered he.broad rolling prairies Of
iAstern Colorado apd western Kansas.
Nothing could be seen Of them however
IS night soon fell. in pleasant dreams Of
ZONE. Change cars" coming from the
'orter nroused ~ from our slumbers as
We we're enterir Geneseo, Kansas. tn
un was just making his appearance and
ooked like a great ball OF die coming
'ut OF the ground. We looked At our
watches and lolwe were one hour be-
lind.
Nothing further OF interss. occurred
n our journey aud We arrived at Brad
ord, the headquarters OF the Eas, Ar.
ansas conference, April IS, 1893, at
AS, am. The time was spent in pae'
ne up and down the railroad platform
ntil Daylight, when we hit the trail
though the woods for saints house
bout three miles away onr con.
srence President, john II. Peterson
act US as we were slowly making our
'ay along tie road and conducted US 10 {
ur objective point. We were observed !
cry closely by the people who thought
70 were the advance guard Of the no.
srous Mormons wpo were going to take {
,ep by storm apSi conqucls them to /
'tah, ESPECIALLY the women. Arriving
: sister cooper's, we were given a
early welcome aud after an -.hour's =,
leasant conversation, we ate ouf fret |
ieAl 10 Arkansas, consisting OF corn.
read, bacon and molasses; quite a
mango to those Of Ne who had never 1
ben cornbread, letalone eatngitG but I
. were beglnning to realize where
o were at, and 1 tell you VIZ iet
thankful for what We got, Dinner over I
resident Peterson took Us about a mile !
irlher To where preparations were go
% on for the building Of a meeting