Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-18
FROM
APOSTLE GRANT.
Travels and Experiences in the
Land Of the MikadO.
BOARDING HOUSE INCIDENT
Nine Hundred Vile Journey. Best
sioteis and Fine Treatment for
so Yen or SO.
Especial to the News" y

Especial to the "News.)
Yokohama, Japan, Sept. 2S-I have
pleasure in sending you a letter telling
a little Of our movements In this far
off land l should have written you
by the last mail. but | had just re-
turned from a trip Of nine days in the
country when 1t was time for the
United States mail 10 go. l found In
the Japan Mali long article OF two
columns OF abuse and falsehood about
our people, and spent my time writing
an answer and this prevented me from
writing to the News 1t was my in
tention to have written you yesterday
but | was engaged once more with a
newspaper article 20 refute some sland-
ers regarding the "Mormons"
| have done almost nothing In learn
ing the language as my time has been
taken up with chatting with those who
called to learn OF our faith in visiting
Tokyo a number Of times 70 arrange
for permit to preach In this land,
which, by the way / finally found was
not needed, and all that was required
was a statement Of where and when
we would preach and what, also the
manner Of presenting our doctrines
My companions have made some |
progress with the language, but 1t Is |
very difficult one, ana J will give you |
some examples IN my next letter, 70 |
show that we win have to learn to |
think anew as well as to learn new |
language before we can hope TO do |
justice to this language.
We have been very kindly received |
by all Of the Japanese gentlemen with |
whom we have come In contact. Some
Of the papers here have been fair 10
us, and others have attacked us, but
we feel that good win come out Of all
the efforts which may be made to re-
tard the work In this land
] regret to say ! have not had
chance to do any singing since | came
here. | brought a lot of music, and
although there is a piano In the house
where we are stopping have found 80
much TO do, and when not busy with |
other things have been reading up on
number OF points that We're neces-
sary In writing articles In answer to
published ISLANDERS that singing has |
had TO be allowed to rest.
IL seems that some one made a mis- |
take In wiring about our being put out |
Of q boarding house. The Incident has
furnished the papers here a goodly
amount Of material to talk about First
the japanese Herald" made all man
ner Of fun Of the Christian gentleman
who refused us, and the Japan Mail"
defended him and claimed that no ho-
tel on boarding house should entertain
Mormon / wrote an article or two
70 refute the SANDER that "Mormons"
were not worthy TO be admitted to
hotel or boarding house, and the IN
cident, taken all i'm all, feel sure has
really done US good and has had the
effect Of making us friends with fair
minded men and women More than {
one gentleman has expressed himself as /
feeling contempt for the narrow mind G
ed individual who has refused us ac- :
and also for the argu- 4
ments that had been made In the s
Japan Mali In it's efforts to defend "
his action, n
The weather for the past two weeks S
has been very pleasant and a most
change from the excessive o.
heat that we had 10 endure when we :
lrst went with Mr. Walter G. Stone, a -
Of Mr. Ingalls,. chief en- Il
5ineer at the sugar works at Iehi ~
brought letter TO Mr. Stone from Mr..
ingalls,, and have been very kindly | :
reated by him. He had his main Jap
,nese employe with him on our trip.
Mr.. Sato. We travelled a little over
100 miles and stopped at the best ho-
els and the total cost OF my nine days
rip was eighty yen, or forty dollars
II our money. II seems almost too
hna 20 IL. L., Al. 4
lay twice this amount for railroad fare
ilOne as the charge is ten cents a
nile In United States gold coin. We left
lere at night, taking a sleeper. The
leXt morning We came into an open
ountry with some rich rice fields. 1t
vas the finest farming district that /
ad ever seen IN Japan and was really
magnificent farming section. Soon
fter seven we ran alongside lake Biwa.
he place where an attempt was made
o XIII the heir 10 the Russian throne.
The assassination was prevented by |
wO 'Tlkisha' men. These two men were |
eWarded by gift Of one thousand doll
irs each and one OF them has made
UGH good use OF his money that he Is
ow doing well and progressing in life
at the other squandered his
While riding along the shore Of this
Ike and glancing at the high noun
lins In the distance and the green
eles which interviewed, / could almost
naglne myself at home riding along .
he shores OF Utah lake between Provo :
nd Lehi. The scene was quite similar. :
ith the exception that the japanese
ountains were green 20 their SUBMITS. :.
place Of being barren and rugged as 4
lrs are. Soon after leaving lake Blwa 4
4 - ~
III travelled some distance up q canyon
e came through a tunnel and I saw
10 Of the most picturesque sights that
has ever been my LOT 10 look at In
e distance was the bay Of Tmruga
ID then the Japan sea adjoining. The
alter made almast q half circle and on
e shores were pretty little villages
Ith rice farms IN the rear and the
were terraced and cultivated
most 10 their SUBMITS We would be
thousand or fifteen hundred feet
'ove these villages. and as ] looked
wn on them | exclaimed u wish
I'm Hafen was here 20 paint a picture
that scene We went through "A =
mber Of tunnels. and as we emerged :
lm them we would get a sight OF the
I'D scapo below us from the different
lnts OF view and ! have never en-
'ed a short ride more than I did this
e. and as stated the scene was one
the most picturesque that have
er beheld
me Of the things that impressed a.
Z upon my mind more than anything
q while ] was travelling IN the coun- /
was the wonderful way that every
" of SPACE Is made use Of. and the
~ high state 81 cultivation that the 4
intry Is under. The rice farms. u one
! call the little patches farms.as some
them were not moro than Eve by
e feet although this was the excep. !
h. and would say the average would
from fifty 90 one hundred fect d
lare. Notwithstanding the fact that &
h patch was cultivated by a different