Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-19
Jenson's Travels.
LKrTER NO. ny

land. Now, Rad not formed any in.
ten,ion Of getlils up any special meet
ing Of this people; but when ! was
az 1.ahains, numbers Of the Intelligent
and inilieniisl natives residing a Wall
uku, Nula and other places, came TO
Lahaul to foiicit me to gticnl Their
regular conference meeting, cunmenc-
ing on the Oh, which di1. ard took a
more active part IN It than lad ever
contemplated. will now pr,'clt you
with aOme potion OF tire Information
obtained duung this conference, and IN
the course # my own inv sstlg ,iiOas aud
those OF others with me.
The largtg; numbs. attending tbs
conference at anytime was about f,ooo.
of which 500 we're Mormon.
On Kauai, there are nine branches Of
the church and 457 adult members.
GA Oahu there are seven branches OF
the church ami $40 adult members.
ON MOlokai, lnerc are tgo branches OF
the church, aud 765 adult members.
on Maui, there are eleven hr'nChcs OF
the church, aud AS5adult incmbefs.
On Hawaii, there are five branches Of
the church, aud about 500 adult meni-
Dcrs-bu. this report Is no, positive.
IS5 adult members.
This amounts TO a total Of $50
adults: and add TO these unbapiized
minors, which designation does not IN.
clude little children, the whole force of
the church will amount to 4 500 persons
above seven years oil age. Nitnin two
months Just past, about 400 have been
baptized on Hawaii, 70 on Kauai, and 20
aN
conference az this place. The most OF
these new recruits come out OF the
missionary churches, and oight or nine
out OF the Catholic church.
will mcn,ion n few facts III relation
to the branch on Lauai. VITA the 1855
adul, members, there are "a children,
and oil with three exceptions born on
lauai since the establishment OF the
church there IN 1855. These children
are the offspring Of twenty'se"cn
marriages. One native Mormon, called
Pelio, has eight children by the wife
now living with him, another, Upai, mas
seven; aHoIher. Keawiamihi, has five
aud 30 on down to sing.e baby; and
they are all hearty, healthy children,
such ~ are not seen elsewhere on these
islands. The church a. been clubbing
tOHTsitF n ilstic tACsl~t sf'h HAS HoDth
to buy body Of land on this island,
from the government o. from the CHIEF
Haalslea. Ths latter agreed 10 sell
them tie Palauai district Tor the moder.
ate sum VI $500 In order to belriend the
poor church. However, this Palauai is
mostly unsillable lava, aud consequently
would not be as advantageous as might
at first be supposed from It's ex,eat.
Furthermore. there IS not a single stream
OF spriug in the district, and d, j. with
much difficulty that the people manage
to get enough OF drinking water. Some
times they have brought water from
Lahsina, and logged II Jour miles from
the beach to their homes In Palawai
valley. But with all these disadvantages
they have been particularly healthy, aud
all the church would rejoice II they
could be gathered together on Lauai.
In that case with large force OF labor,
| think the water could be brought pro.
iitably, to irrigate the valley, from a
little stream near the north western ex-
tremity OF the island-but | cannot be