▁to ▁the ▁President , ▁invited ▁him ▁to ▁family ▁supp er , ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁pleased ▁to ▁learn ▁that ▁her ▁guest ▁was , ▁in ▁fact , ▁a ▁mission ary ▁bishop ▁in ▁the ▁rural ▁north west . ▁ ▁Ret irement ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁Well s ▁retired ▁as ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Sp ok ane , ▁recomm ending ▁that ▁a ▁younger ▁man ▁would ▁be ▁much ▁more ▁su ited ▁to ▁the ▁rig ors ▁of ▁horse back ▁and ▁stage co ach ▁travel ▁that ▁was ▁so ▁much ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁position . ▁ ▁His ▁report ▁read ▁as ▁follows : ▁ ▁" When ▁I ▁first ▁came ▁to ▁Eastern ▁Washington ▁as ▁a ▁mission ary ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁I ▁found ▁only ▁six ▁communic ants ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁and ▁nothing ▁more ▁in ▁this ▁whole ▁district ; ▁no ▁cl erg ymen , ▁no ▁institutions . ▁ ▁Now ▁we ▁have ▁three ▁thousand ▁communic ants , ▁twenty ▁cl erg ymen , ▁with ▁twenty - two ▁lay ▁readers , ▁minister ing ▁to ▁si xty ▁churches ▁and ▁miss ions . ▁ ▁We ▁have ▁in ▁successful ▁operation ▁– ▁three ▁board ing ▁and ▁day ▁schools ▁with ▁twenty ▁teachers ▁and ▁two ▁hundred ▁pup ils , ▁a ▁hospital ▁with ▁fifty ▁b eds ; ▁a ▁Church ▁home ▁for ▁children ▁with ▁room ▁for ▁twenty - five ▁or ph ans ▁[ … ] ▁I ▁doubt ▁if ▁any ▁one ▁of ▁our ▁mission ▁fields ▁can ▁show ▁a ▁more ▁remarkable ▁growth ▁toward ▁self - support ." ▁ ▁Bishop ▁Well s ▁and ▁his ▁third ▁wife , ▁Jane ▁Sh eld on ▁( Hen ri