The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-05-13
fnator Cottenll and Billy Sunday
Address Crowded Houses

+ Rev. William Ashley Sunday, bet
tel known as sBilIy' Sunday, the
g4at baseball player evangelist, and
IA party of forty-flve arrived here
frtm BellinRham on the steamer Is-
lahder. at eleven O'Clock Monday fore
MON They were escorted to Grange
h4l where the Ladies' Aid of the NJ.
FL church and the Ladies' Guild Of
tip Presbyterian church had prepared
fd them lunch which. according to
BILLY Sunday. was worth coming ell
| TIE way from Bellingham ssto 60 MP
adainst. Before one o'clock. the hour
appointed for the Sunday meeting.
ODD Fellows hall was flied to it's ca
pAcity and not person present was
disappointed at the close. all agree
ing that they had listened to one of
the most masterly addresses ever de-
liVered in the interests of the temper
ance cause. He talked for just one
hour and in that short space of time
quoted statistics and presented areu-
ments SO conclusive that there we're
few twet'' votes in the house when
be had finished.
The Bellingham Reveille of Tues
llsaa+ May 10. under the caption 'Sa
;sloank Men at Friday Harbor Take to
The Woods" contained most excel
lent report of the meeting from which
Ne quote as follows:
1.-THE Sunday party left Bellinaham
Iat Z o'clock yesterday morning on
the steamer islander. At Olga the
passengers other than the Sunday par
ty. the freight and the mail, we're
transferred to the steamer Buckeye.
which picked up the Islander's run
md relieved it to take the party di-
rect to Friday Harbor. In order to
do this Captain Andrew Newhall.
owner Of the islander and Buckeye.
put the Buckeye in commission for
a day, cleaned her. repainted her. hired
! crew, and practically ran the Is
lander at q dead loss for the day.
What 1t cost him he alone knows. and.
be won't tell The return trip from
Friday Harbor was made by the Is
lander with only one stop, and just
twelve hours had passed between the
time of departure and return.
"Whsn the party had dissipated q
large portion Of the excellent dinner
provided By the Ladies' Aid OF the
M 3. church. the the Ladies' Guild
of the Preabtyerian church Of Friday
Harbor. Judge Jeremiah Neterer rose
and proposed vote Of thanks for the
hospitality ana warmheartednes Of
the San Juan citizens. and the gener-
osftv OF Capt. Newhall. President
Othc H Williams of the Bellingham
Ministerial Association started laugh
by saying be was almost too full tn
put snoh ! motion. but he did. with
due sobriety, and the 'sayes' came
with = shout. Capt. Newhall rose
and modestly stated We expect to be
benefited ty the visit Of Mr.. Sunday
and his friends. We are going to
make Friday Harbor dry. That's
eno1ah reward. without your thanks. =
in order to conserve time the party
hurried to Odd Fellows' hall. where
the crowd sang .sAmerics. = .aThe
Battle Hymn Of - Republic, =
sefer. Ny God, to Thes. = and r.
G. llcher aud Miss Annie MoLaren
of ~ Sunday party sans A Little
Blts q Love. = IN dnet. Rev. Ohio
q. Williams offered the invocation
praySE.
Rev. s. g. Jones, 81 the NJ. E.
Ohurch at Friday HarboE. introduced
NJ Sunday. recalling that fourtssn
yeazs ,aaY thsy wers toeether 10 slim
flar csmpatan "a lows.
lth his uqual h0murono satirs.
"a. sunday established good follow-
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