Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-09

REV. GILLIAN GLAD
TO Be BACK IN THE
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
Jormer Boise Pastor Home
From Six Months Tour Of
Orient Sailed From Toxic
Feb. 12.

Rev.. j. d. Gillian, former superin-
tendent Of the Boise Methodist district
who has been touring the Orient the
last six months on missionary quest,
has reached home. In final letter to
the Capital News Rev. Gillian de-
scribes his journey from Japan to San
Francisco and the last days Of his So
journ abroad. TheSletter follows:
Editor, The Capital News: Back to
the beautiful country as the Chinese
style America. or to the rice country
as the Japanese say it, 10 all the same
to me. The Chinese say. May gwah,"
and the Japanese, Be koku, and each
respectively means as above given.
I'VE left Shanghai Jan. Is and land
ed in Nagasaki, Japan, two days later,
after a voyage that sent most Of the
passengers to their closed cabins. Few
and short were the meals they ate on
that trip; but your writer did not miss
meal or his place at the table from
the time he left Seattle till he landed
at San Francisco, just six months, and
the weather was not careful as to what
1t did all the time either. We learned
to walk on moving hillside, for such
the slippery decks We're very much of
the time, and were able to reach over
the table-racks to get. our food in pref
ty good order after few trials.
AT Nagasaki we saw Miss Hettie
Thomas, sister of one of our well known
townsmen, and visited the school where
she makes her home, the Kuassui 10
Gakko, the words meaning the Living
Water Girls School; 10 is girl.
"After visiting the orange planta-
nd r<;n m En- l,o IL
canic regions of Kumamoto and Kago-
shima, we returned to the main island
of the Nipponese empire at Shimono-
seki of which have already written.
where the fuss was once between the
occidental English, Dutch. American.
and the oriental Japanese.
RAvAGED BY "FLu."
1--WE (Prof. Soper of Madison, n. j.,
and myself went to Toxic to await the
arrival of ship for San Francisco.
While there during about two weeks we
visited the great Buddha at Kama
kura, that ancient Shrine and image
dating back to the ninth century, made
OF bronze ana weighing approximately
$50 tons.
when we left Toxic Feb. IL the "flu"
was carrying the people Off at the rate
OF more than 80 uaily. and the crema-
forums HAD sent word to the public
through the meoium of the DAILY press
that their capacity was SO taxed by the
corpses already collected That they
would receive no more bodies until the
supply on hand Was exhausted. these
furnaces were running day anu night 20
keep pace with the terrible rayages OF
the dread disease.
THE voyage over was uneventful as
came thus the lord OF the isles.
ligntful day in Honolulu on Washing
tons birthday, winch we spent IN see
Ing various sights, such as the world
famed aquarium, the Waikiki beach,
where we 'swimmed' little in the de-
Ightful surf seeing the surf-riders
coming in shore standing on their
boards; the day was hot and swim
was relished thoroughly. We saw also
the noted Pail, where King kamehame-
ha thrust the hordes of his opposers
over the great precipice in 1895 and be-
I'VE locked our mammoth boat, the
IDAHO PREFERRED.
1T is perpetual summer in Hawaii
but l would rather live in a temperate
zone. preferably Idaho.
"Our passenger list and crew num-
bered 1l01 people. OF whom 594 were
steerage and mainly Japanese headed
for the islands and the main land, for
many Of them came on to San Fran
cisco. There were several Koreans, !
too. for the islands, and many Dutch
from Java, many Portuguese from Ma
Gao. and some Spaniards and small
intermixture Of Chinese. These last
four nationalities were all first cabin
passengers. The Dutch were very rich,
three Of them at least. being million
aires, who had become wealthy in the
tobacco industry of Java and Were on
their way home to Holland for brides
lew locked our mammoth boat, the
Siberia Maru, In the harbor of San
Francisco March 1. having had the UNI
usual experience Of seeing 20 days in a
February which was not leap year.
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