The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-09-01
EDWARDS NEWS NOTES.

mE. AunQDia0, VINO owns the Edward
nrm. mas been here to look up the fresl
FULLY satisfied with the outlook and it i,
possible we may, in due time, have an in
dustry started here that will be Of genera
In my last communication reference
vas vas made NJ to the bad condition Of . por
uOn OF the main county road which ex.
tends like great artery through the isl.
ana from Lopez to Mr.. Sperry's plact
near the southeast end. The bad part d
this road is not in our Edwards road dis
tr1ct, where our roads are fairly good, but
IN the district directly to the west Of us,
It seems that since Richardson was
opened, about all the road work in thai
District was put onto the two branches
leading to that place. The supervisor OF
that district in his zeal to have good roads
70 Richardson has nearly left the main
county road to take care Of itself. A plea
Tor not doing more work on it is set up
that this old county. road, laid out by
order OF the commissioners, surveyed BY
County Surveyor Gillett and chained by
James Nelson and County Commissioner
J. A. Merrill. and used for more than
twenty-five years, is not q legal road.
Being asked why 1t has lost its legality,
the answere is made, that though the
road was recorded, the book containing
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make the record of road rs important as
will, deed, or other legal writing.
Here we have q road that was ordered
opened by the commissioners; that it was
located by two county officers, and that
for over twenty-five years it has been
known and worked as q county road. If
that doesn't legalize it, what will? II the
its legality, what would happen if those
road records now at the county seat were
destroyed Why, then every road in the
county would have to be surveyed, re-
plated and recorded again. But our
worthy commissioner has promised, now
that Richardson has got good roads, to see
that this neglected part Of the main road
tended to without delay.
For over week Faith Cure Mr.. and
Mrs. johnson, aided by Mr.. BOynton, all,
we believe, of Seattle, have been holding
faith cure and revival meetings at the
center of the island. Saturday night the
service was kept up till midnight, so full
Of holy zeal were preachers and believers.
Unfortunately, two worthy citizens pres
ont became SO earnest and boiling over
with fervor that they came to blows. This
little scrap, however. was brought to q
hasty conclusion by the smaller Of the
two taking to his heels and seeking safety
U041I1u LIS OWI OAEI6O 0OOTSs UOC I8T
from the preaching place. How many
converts have been made and how many
faith cures effected we are unable to say.
As to the services, we have been informed
that they are both long and boisterous.
The speakers do not deliver set logical
discOurses, but rather expOSitOry and ex-
perimental remarks. Much attention is
given to singing, shouting, clapping of
hands, ETC., SO as to work up the audience
into state of holy excitement. To cure
the blind, lame, halt and afflicted. the
hands Of the saints, especially of the chief
apostle, Johnson, must be laid upon the
person while fervent prayers are being
made. As an an example of what wOn-
derful cures are effected, the case Of lady
her late visit to the Faith Cure hospital, at
Seattle, it is reported she had been unable
to walk for about q year, and that after but
brief stay in Seattle she returned home
fairly cured. We saw this lady when she
left for Seattle and when she returned. As
to whether she had been relieved of all
pain or not we are unable to say, but it
was evident she could not walk without
the assistance Of q person at each side
when she got off the steamer at Richard
son. A gentleman who has lived in q
heath6h land remarked after being at one
of these faith cure meetings, that for ami
NAL excitement and apparently irrational
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it among the so called benighted heather.
He also said that these faith curers, or
apostolic healers, as they are called in
some sections, have two missionaries at
Yokohama, Japan, and that the few con-
verts made there are much of the same
class Of followers as those here. The in
telligent better class Of Japanese do not 60
an existance, have small school for ma
tive youth. It is said that when pupil
complained of being annoyed by severe
toothache, the head missioner Immediate
" proposed that they would pray God to
take away the pain. After praying, to
please his teachers, the pupil asserted that
the pain was all gone, but on leaving the
US bad as ever. This gentleman tells an
other story about those Yokohama Amer
lean faith cure missionaries. An Ameri-
can who lived some distance from YokO-
hama had gone to the city on business.
Just before returning he had bought
complete suit Of clothes, hat, shoes, etc.
On his way to the railroad station, Deing
and see the faith cure missionary. The
bundle of clothes was removed from the
jinrikisha to the school room. Only
single pupil was in. This pupil saying
the teacher would soon be back, the gem
tleman left the bundle in the school room
and went to make another call. When ne
came back he was surprised to find the
missionary Just trying on the suit, which
was supposed to be Q gift from the Lord
i'm answer to prayer. The pupil had gone
out before the teachers return. =. :
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
The clearing house reports for the
week lust ended show that businese
was over 20 per cent better than last
wear. and 28.0 per cent better than IN
2892. heretofore the banner year.
Merchants, manufacturers, bankers,
railroad presidents and in fact all men