--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 20 number: 9 published: 1917-07 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Messages from the Missions," *Improvement Era* 20, no. 9 (July 1917): 836–837.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2009unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2009unse start_page: 836 end_page: 837 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-07) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2009unse publication_year: 1917 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Messages from the Missions 836 IMPROVEMENT ERA able to do before for several years past. We read the Era with much inter- est. We are grateful for the success that we are having." Bookkeeping Class, Maori Agricultural College Arthur W. Wilkinson sends the Era the above portrait of one of the Church school classes in New Zealand. These bright young men are mak- ing excellent progress and are studying the same up-to-date bookkeeping *eh£ sl - 4Bb jS--» ft L*L * • • y ' y V w ■ re PP * L!L * 3 4 • EDITORS' TABLE 837 great size. In the picture the missionaries are standing in front of the tfuddha. They are, from left to right: Harold Kingsford, C. Ralph Amott, Sister Lillian L. Broadbent, George A. Turner, Val. W. Palmer, Bryan L. Wright. Middle row: Varsall L. Cowley, J. Vernon Adams, Sister Ei Nachie, President Joseph H. Stimpson and Sister Mary E. Stimpson, Sister Pearl M. Lee and child. Bottom row: Jos. Ray Stoddard, President Stimpson's child, and A. Ray Olpin. From Kamakura they went to the seashore and ate their lunch, and then went on to Enoshima, or Picture Island. This little island is separated from the mainland in high tide, and then it must be reached by a pile bridge about three hundred yards long. The island is only about 1.3 miles in cir- cumference, but is covered with little shops and scenic spots. In the shops all kinds of shells and things made of shells are sold. After going around the island all returned to Tokyo having had a very enjoyable outing. The conference as a whole has resulted in much good for the work here. The reports that have come in since conference all show that the mis- sionaries are doing all that they can to spread the truth. During the last month a good record has been made in the distribution of tracts, and pros- pects are that this good work will continue. The missionaries all enjoy reading the Era and await its arrival anx- iously. Nearly every number is read from cover to cover, and therefore we know that it contains good, uplifting material.