Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

and at the fail conference he was an.
signed 70 labor In on City With fhrss
companions lie laboged there unt,i
February 3, 1900, In March Of the same
year. he was chosen second counselor
to Elder Hanks, and In May, first coun.
sel0r which position he held untIl be-.
leased He returned home Noyember
2gth of this year lie says he enioyed
hls l0bors very much while In the mis-
sion field and had the privilege of AL.
sisting In bapiizlng 20 persons.
V Elder Thomas G. Reese, g. Beaver
city Beaver Co., returned ON the leth
Of this month from the Northern
States mission, for which he was aet
apart on the 9Th day Of January, 1889
He has been aboring In the Wisconsin
conference all the time, he says he
has met with good SUCCEEDS having Wit
n%sed q good number of baptlsms
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' Elder Harry Hill Bowler, OF Gunlock
Washington county, returned on tho
18th OF this month from a mission 10
the Southern States, where he has been
laborlng In the state OF Texas, lie was
set part on the 18th OF October. 1899 He
says the mission IL prospecting In Texas
The Elders are well treated He and
companion baptized thirteen persons in
various places.
Elder r. u. Olsen OF Iona, Idaho was
set apart on the goth Of December, 1899,
for the Southern States mission, whore
he has been laboring IN the state OF
Kentucky, lie returned to this city ON
the 18th Of this month, and reported
that the work Is progressing very well.
a good work can be done there by the
Elders.
V Elder Joseph ], Gil, OF this city. re-
turned on the l3th Of this month from
the Eastern States, for which mission
ne was set apart on the 9Th day or
July, 1890. He labored the first xix
months IN the western part OF New
York, eighteen months IN Philadelphia
and 1--WE months as first counselor to
Elder McQuarrle, the mission president.
He says the work Is progressing very
we'll.
Elder Joseph n. Dye, Of Basalt, Ida,
was set apart on the 18th day OF No.
vember, 1899 for the southern states
mission, While there he labored in
the state Of Kentucky with very good
success He speaks well of the hospl-
tally Of the people. He returned home
onfhe 1Sth Of this month.
Z Elder Brigham Y Baird, Of Kanab.
Kane county, returned on the 10th OF
this month from the Southern States
mission. He was set apart on the 18th
OF July 1899 and he has been laborlns
IN the South Alabama conference ala
the time. Part OF the time he labored
as a tanvassing Elder, and the rest OF
the time he visited among Saints and
Elders. The conference Is In good
condition. There have been numerous
bapisms lately,
' Elder Seymour H. Neff, Of East Nil
Creek this county, returned home on
the 18th Of this month from the East
orn states mission for which he was
set apart on the 9th of October 1899, lie
has been laboring IN the New England
conference. and he says the work there
Is prosperous.
Y Elder w, Gale, of Duncan Graham
Arizona, In letter dated Dec.
10, reports that ne mas JUST fetuVheA
home from a mission to the Southern
States. He was set apart on the 18th
day Of July, 1899, for missionary la
bors, and on arriving In Chattano6gt
he was assigned to labor In the South
Alabama conference. The first eighteen,
months were spent as canyasslng FL
der. and the remainder Of the time hu
acted as the superintendent OF the SUN
day schools, which are doing a good
work. He enjoyed good health most OF
the time, and had his testimony
in many ways. He was alb
sent from home about twenty-nlne
months and had the pleasure of Wit
Messing the baptlzlng OF twenty-elght
souls. En- route home he visited lnde-
pendence, Missouri, also the Temple lot
and had conversation with Mr.. Hart
lev, who is the leading man of the
owners OF the Temple lot, He treated
the Elders with all kindness.