General Notes

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 1, 1902

Brother Cady reports that the school home has been finished at Tahiti, and they have already begun work in it.

Elder William Covert reports the organization of a church at Hillsdale, Wis., June 7, 8. Seventeen members enrolled, all but two of whom had recently begun to observe the Sabbath. Several others expect baptism. A lot upon which to erect a meetinghouse has been purchased, and part of the material is on hand. Pledges to the amount of $200 have been made, which sum will be about half the amount needed.

Reports from Indiana state that good progress is being made toward the establishment of the industrial school, which it has been decided to locate at Boggstown. The site for the school has been selected, the spot chosen being a grove on the farm of Brother William Applegate, about three miles from the village. The location is thought to be a choice one. From $6,000 to $7,000 will be needed to build and properly equip the school, and of this amount $3,046 has already been pledged in the Indiana Conference.

Tent companies in Ohio will be located this summer as follows: R. R. Kennedy and John P. Gaede, South Point, Lawrence County; C. A. Smith and Virgil Fisher, Hamilton, Butler County; W. W. Miller and Francis M. Fairchild, Wauseon, Fulton County; C. C. Webster, B. L. House, and Robert Thurber, Burton, Geauga County; M. C. Kirkendall and F. H. Henderson, Duncan Falls, Muskingum County; J. O. Miller and C. T. Redfield, Fleming, Washington County; Kenneth R. Haughey, W. E. Bidwell, and Fred M. Fairchild, Lebanon, Warren County.

A brother in Chile has offered about fifty acres of land—all that he has—for a training school for workers, he himself planning to labor as a colporteur. The land is productive, and part of it is covered with heavy timber. As labor and lumber are cheap, a few hundred dollars would be sufficient to erect a building. The brother who devotes his time to translating articles for the paper has taken one hundred subscriptions during the last month. Thus far during the year the paper has been self-supporting, and three thousand copies are disposed of monthly.

Elder G. A. Irwin, president of the Australian Union Conference, writes that they have recently organized a conference in West Australia. During the past two years the Lord has blessed the efforts of the brethren who have labored there, and as a result there are three churches and four companies, with an aggregate membership of one hundred and fifty-two. They have just held a good camp-meeting. The donations more than covered the expense. This included a large forty-foot splice for their tent, and the purchase of several new family tents, besides all the timber and stakes necessary. Thirty-five tents were pitched on the grounds, and more than one hundred Seventh-day Adventists were in camp.

The South Lancaster Sanitarium is to be moved from its present location to Melrose, Mass., which is within a few miles of Boston. Among the reasons given for this step are the lack of proper sewerage and recreation grounds at South Lancaster, the impossibility of enlarging the present quarters of the institution, and the isolated situation of the village, one or more changes being required to reach it by rail from most parts of the surrounding country. In the new location there seems to be presented a providential opening for a sphere of much greater growth and usefulness. The situation is in the midst of Middlesex Fells, a park of three thousand five hundred acres, which has been reserved by the State for public use, in order to preserve its wonderful natural beauty. Upon the property selected is a hotel, which is well known to the people of Boston and vicinity, and upon the grounds are golf links, tennis courts, beautiful lawns, groves, and meadows, with an orchard, farm, and garden. The front lawn overlooks a beautiful lake, and from the highest point on the grounds a view can be had for miles over towns and woodlands, to the ocean. The buildings are ample and substantial, and fully equipped with all modern facilities,—electric lights, steam heat, water and sewer connections, etc. Trains run to and from Boston at frequent intervals, and there is also connection with the city by trolley. Other cities are within easy reach. The property was valued at $100,000, but was offered to the sanitarium managers for less than half this amount, and on easy terms. Mr. Thayer a well-known resident of South Lancaster, offered to buy the property at South Lancaster, giving full value, and yet allowing the managers to retain possession for another year, and then to remove the entire plant, including the buildings. The buildings on the new location will be fitted up at once to accommodate the overflow of patients from South Lancaster.