Show conference AT LAIL prosperous condition of the sand island mission LAIR LAIE october 15 ift editor deseret news the semiannual semi annual cont conference brence of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints on the Sandwich leb islands convened oft friday oct ath all the white elders now BOW labori laboring ag on the islands were present recent viz president william king and ad elders E H W davic elihu bar barrell rel a J F GAWS fred beesley Bee siev matthew no noall sil E farr fair jr ir and M P F eakle the latter latter only arrived by the last steamer and Is therefore hard at it trying bryin g to pronounce ho haa haaland hookiekie hoo kie kie the conference was one of the best attended hold held in years a great many new members especially from hawaii heir g here friday and saturday morning were devoted to hearing reports of 0 the representatives from tic different branches on saturday afternoon the relief society coat conference arence was held at which was reported a membership of 4 7 1 although societies tiava been gan ang iced in many branches on effery nearly ar all the is islands lauds little good Is by b any of them except laase on this island where the white sisters have opportunity port unity to visit and instruct them thein sunday forenoon was taken up by the sunday school conference which was one or of our most interesting and instructive pee meetings tings A large representation sen tation from lour four sunday schools on this island was present to compete for a 11 st at and second prize consisting of a life size aiza bust oil painting of tae president of the sunday sanday schools throughout the world viz our beloved brother george Q cannon and a book of oi mormon map by the way these prizes were executed by elder E fan yr jr and aad would do credit to a much lucli older and a much more experienced artist the portrait was painted on a pale blue satin banner trimmed with heavy cord and tassels cassels tas sels the my iliad vau neatly trained by eider M noall the exercises consisted mainly of singing and iund repeating repeat lna singly and in unison lessons efrom the catechism the late laie sunday school which had been under the personal and mile able direction of elder fred beesley walked off triumphantly with the banner and Kane kaneohe otie with wiatt the map sunday af afternoon hernoon wo was mostly occupied by the winte waite aderin F instructing and encouraging the scots elder eider J F gates read a translation of the letter which recently appeared in the millennial Milen nial star atar giving an account of the manifestations in the manti temple the native brethren were very much interested and felt to praise the lord for his acceptance of the house built to his holy name the general authora les ies were presented and sustained and appointments were made fir the following term as follows folio ws elders ellhu birrell barrell president of the districts of kona kau and puna on the island of hawaii fred beesley president 81 dent of kauai matthew noall fe president resident of bahu oahu maul molokai and lanai anti and J F gates pres president ident of the districts of kahala and hilo on hawaii none of the elders exoe except t brother M K noall expect to be able le to leave tae plantation but have ent native helps appointed who will travel and labor under their direction elder beesley was sustained as president res of the Y M M I 1 A and elder elder matthew noall president of the sunday schools sister lucy king kha g was chosen president of the belief socie ties elders E W davis barren barrell gates and beesley continue their labors here at lale laie as engineer bookkeeper book keeper sugar boiler and school teacher respectively friday bah and Satur saturday dav evenings were coti pied by the y M 1 I A toe tae tol fol lowing lowan subjects were spoken upon libraries and course bourse of reading by E farr jr study of the book ol of mormon J F gates music in the be associations F beesley study of the doctrines of the gospel E barrell science in the associations blittle Matt hevy noall and government in the associations prest wm win king the financial nn ancial report of the mission shows the following amounts donated by the saints viz mission fund tithing temple 20 00 t for the honolulu meeting meet lne houa hona for the sale of tracts and books making a total of the statistical report shows un an increase of by baptism the tem temporal por al part rt of the mission has prospered eg exceptionally I 1 well this season the weather has as been propitious copious rains having fallen during the summer months thus keeping our cane growing finely we have just closed down par our mill after a short but successful success fal run of about a month and expect to begin again on and grind till march or A april ril th the health of the utah elders and their families is generally rood good whooping cough is very pr prevalent evalen in honolulu and other places adjacent out but as yet ket we baye escaped elder enoch farr arr jr r has been re le leasell oed to reter hobie by next steamer he has labored kere here faithfully tor for three years and returns with the love and respect of all tits his brethren and sisters all the colony join in aloha a nut nui loa to all the saints in zion J F GATES clerk of conference |