Hallo List:     The following article is translated to the best of my ability.                                                        ------------------ Page 3, Die Welt-Post, Thursday, March 6, 1924   >From Colorado and Russia   Ft. Collins, Colo, February 27, 1924   Think upon the words of our Savior: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." I want to let the readers know that I, thanks be to God, am still among the living and am still preaching the Gospel. We held almost 3 weeks of Revival Meetings where many souls found forgiveness of their sins in the Blood of the Lamb. The windy weather also played its part in the success of the meetings and drew in so many people that sometimes the church proved to be too small. You must forgive my mentioning it here, because: What fills ones heart comes out ones mouth. And why should one not speak of the work of the Lord, who said: "Work as long as it is day, since night is coming when nobody can work."   I just received a letter from brother Carl Fritzler in which he told me that Peter Ehrlich and David Asmus are returning to Fort Collins. You will always be welcome here dear friends. You need not worry about work because there is plenty of work here. More Beets are to be planted this year than ever before and as I hear it, Beet workers get $25 per acre. Besides Beet work there is still much other work. The Union Pacific Railway Company is laying new tracks at the depot and at the freight warehouse and is building a new 18 mile long rail line for which it will need many workers. They say that the Gas which was discovered here will make Fort Collins as large a city as Denver.   Since it brings me joy to see here and there reports of my dear village comrades, then I know that it is likewise a joy for others to read something and it is why I take the trouble to write, not only for the sake of Brunnentalers, but for everyone who is happy to hear from me. This report is owing to a person from Grimm by the name of Philipp Schuppe in Fond du Lac, Wisc., who recently sent me a donation for postage. Thank you brother Schuppe! And also brother Christian Fritzler has already made (a donation) which I highly treasure.   Thank you friend Moechlinger for your report, from which I saw that the wife of the deceased Georg Hill has gone to her eternal rest. Mr. Adam Mueller can also be heard here and there, that is wonderful.   I just learned from a newspaper that my brother, Pastor Jacob Hergert died and I assume that many of you do not know of his death. So I will only briefly report that it was in Portland, Ore., and that his funeral, on Dec. 5,  was heavily attended. He reached the age of 64 years, 3 months and 16 days. He was married to Christine, nee Lehrei, who grieves with 3 sons, Alexander, Salome and Johannes. The forest of flowers and the huge attendance at his funeral are testimony of the great popularity of the deceased. Also dying recently in Portland, Ore., was old brother Georg Ditz, born in Brunnental, and the wife of Heinrich Melcher, who came from South Russia. May He who is risen comfort the survivors.   Here is a copy of a letter from Pastor Grasmueck from Brunnental:   Brunets, Nov. 26, 1923 Pastor Elias Hergert   Much esteemed brother clergyman:   From the 120 dollars that you addressed to me in April, I received in August at the local Post Office 100 dollars. In Russian Rubels at that time, 22,600 Rubel (distributed in 1923). After the payment of fees amounting to 543 Rubel, this money was distributed among the relatives of the donors and the poorest widows.   The Distribution Committee was composed of: 1., Joh. Peter Becker, president of the Village Council: 2. Heinrich Weber, vice-president of the Committee for Mutual Aid: 3. Georg Hergert and Konrad Eckert, representing the relatives.   I also took part in the distribution and strove to represent the interests of the poorest.   In the name of those you helped by your efforts in this emergency, I bespeak to you and the kind donors, my deepest thanks.                                                            Greetings,                                                 J. Grasmueck, Pastor of Brunnental     I still have $35 on hand which I will send off in the next few weeks, because after the sowing the emergency will be greatest and it will go directly there. How would it be, beloved Brunnentalers, if more of you would contribute so that I could send $50 again? Brother Geo. Hoffman in Hastings says: What $50.00? Let us send $100.00 again. Yes, dear brother, if our Brunnentalers all had as loving a heart as you, there would already have been much more than there has been up to now.   Last week I had a visitor in the person of Mr. Conrad Beck from Billings, Mont., who recounted for me the following occurrence: He and Johannes Hein were sitting with Mr. Jakob Kaiser in the Shoemaker's workshop. A man entered with a rather nice coat over his arm which he wanted to sell for $6.00. Mr. Beck inspected the coat and said it was still good and worth the money. He said, "my son has such a coat." Mr. Hein bought the coat for $1.50. In the evening when Mr. Beck's son-in-law came home he asked Mr. Beck where his jacket was. Yes, he was searching for his coat! Then it dawned on Mr. Beck and the next morning he went to Mr. Hein and paid him $1.50 and took his son's coat home with him.                                  With greetings,                                    Elias Hergert, Pastor                                                                      --------------------------   Hugh Lichtenwald, from the farm in Monetta, SC VC, Wiesenmueller