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 1ith OF Octo-
Der. 1897. He labored the first year and
a half in Denver, Pueblo and other
places In Colorado, and was then sent
TO open up a new field in New Mexico.
He 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-
perlenees in the field, 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
labored In Louisiana and Kentucky,
though his health, he says, was not
the best at all times. He returned home
on the 10th Of this month.
Elder G. Morris Matthews, OF Grants
vile. Tooele county, returned on Satur-
day, December 9Th, from a mission In
the Southern States. He was set apart
on August IS. 1897, and left the next
day for the South. He labored very
successfully in the North Alabama con-
ference ard Mississippi, travelling for
some time past as assistant TO the pres
ident OF the conference. lie reports the
work In this field in prosperous and
fiourishing condition.
Elder Z. L. Reese Of the Sixteenth
ward, Salt Lake City. was set apart on
the 3rd Of November, 1896, for a mis-
sion TO New Zealand and Australia. He
returned from there on the Goth Of
November last. Brother Reese first la
bored In Auckland about one year and
was then called to go 10 Melbourne.
Shortly afterwards he was sent to open
up the mission az Ballarat, where he
labored nine months. From this place
he went to Adelaide, where he labored
six months and then back to Melbourne,
where he remained two months, The
progress. he says, In these parts Is
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
tune.
iElder VIM. A. Chadwick. OF Park VAL
ley, Boxelder county, was set apart on
the 10th Of November. 1897, for mis-
sion 10 Minnesota. He states that he
made many friends there and some con-
verts: He returned home on the 7th
OF. this,nonth.
Elder p. J. saadberg. 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 18th Of November last. |
Elder Sandberg labored the first five |
months In the Skone conference. and |
was then called TO preside over the |
Stockholm conference The outlook. |
In Sweden. he says. Is good. There Is |
no persecution TO speak OF. and the mis-
sionaries, as a rule, are treated with |
kindness. There are frequent access
slons TO the Church. Elder Sandberg |
has enjoyed his missionary labors
greatly.
Elder Barton Brough OF Nephl. Juab
was set apart on the 18th Of
Augnust, 1897. for missionary labors In
the Southern States. He was assigned
10 the Kentucky conference. where, he
says, he has greatly enjoyed his labors.
He returned home on the 18th OF this
month
Elder +. A. Rodgers. OF Lewiston,
Cache county. has also been laboring
IN the Kentucky conference. He was
set apart on the 18th Of August, 1897.
md returned on the ilth instant.
Elder William b. Hali.of the Twenty
irst ward Of this city, returned In CON-