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tttt: mobWg oregontax, Monday, December 22, 1913. 12 The wonderful new talking machines make CLUB FOB POOB 10 BE AIM OF LEAGUE EPISCOPAL BISHOP, WHO TELLS PROGRESS OP - SOCIAL SERVICE LEAGUE WORK. superb Christmas Oitts All the different makesthe latest achievements of Edison and of the Victrola and uratonoia maM.er&cc uuiaumu at Talking Machine Headquarters, Eilers Music House. The only place where all the different makes may be fouird side by side and where one make may be Episcopal Church Organiza tion to Promote Social t Service Institution. exchanged after purcnase ror any omcr that mav be desired WIDE SCOPE IS INTENTION A new $150 design.- ftishop &cadding Says It Is Desired to Get Away From Parochialism -, and Be of Advantage to ' ' Greatest Xnmber. ' The organisation in the Eplaccopal Church for a social service league is being brought to completion, and this league is expected to perform an im portant function in the service which the church renders in the community. Bishop Scadding. of the diocese of Oregon, speak Lag of the progress in this work and the part it is to play in the future, said yesterday: It is evident that the Episcopal Church is desirous of realizing its re sponsibility for taking Its share in dealing with the modern problems of human society, economic and spiritual, because of its eagerness that the cur rent of its religion should pour Itself Into broader channels of social pur pose. - Surrey . Is Made. . . "On the basis of a stirring report made by the social service commit tee. Rev. II. R. Talbot, chairman, it was felt that one of the first things to do was to establish a city mission or church settlement house, somewhere in ' the North End of Portland, for the purpose of cheer, good fellowship and . ministry to a great many who will value and use such a place and who are not connected with any church. The Rev. F. K. Howard, chaplain of the Good Samaritan Hospital, was en gaged to make a survey of conditions and to give personal ministration In the Jail and other institutions. Four men of " the Episcopal Church have generously met the expense of this during the past year, and now an or ganization has been formed called the Episcopal Social Service League for the purpose of providing workers and funds to establish this city mission and put It on a practical working basis, and also to further other community in terests. ' " "This, organization will be completed : In a few days. "The dues are $1 a year' to allow . for the admission of every person In terested In doing social service work along Christian lines. "The bishop and directors will sub mit plans to the nt meeting in St. Stephen's parish house, January 13, 1914, for putting the league into ac tive work along the following lines: "1. Social service ministry in the . Good Samaritan Hospital, with the J principal object of establishing' a con valescent home. Hoaieless Be Seaght, 2. The same ministry, as need re- ' quires. In the city generally, with the chief purpose of establishing a reading-room or other agency for getting in touch with the homeless and church less population of Portland. "J. To provide the services and oth er ministrations of the church in the city and county public institutions and elsewhere as opportunity offers. "4. To maintain a fellowship which - will befriend and. protect the stranger. ' especially of our own communion, un til he or she has been transplanted and lias taken root In the church in Port land. "5. In brief, this league Is organized to make the ministry of the church and all that It stands for. not the un ; meaning, empty name that It Is to ! many, but a real and vital fellow . ship, 'unto the least of these the hun- arry. the thirsty, the naked, tile sick, the -prisoner and the stranger our unfor tunate brethren whom the Master bids ' us to minister to in his name.' ; In Indorsing the movement. Bishop ' Scaddlng acknowledged that there are ! thousands not reached bv organized Christianity and that there was a gen- ; eral falling off of church attendance, and that the churches had been too I self-centered and parochial, and had , overacrentuated the' individualistic ' claim of religion to the neglect of Its social aspects: but In this awakening of the church to social service he aw the arid wastes of modern life being slov.lv flooded by an incoming tide of religion, which will In time irresistibly bear away many impedi ments now blocking the path of social progress. W AHItiTOX MKTHODIST C Hl'RCH TO MPPOKT ID1A.X WORKERS. , Plan .tioiycJ la for Aaserleaa District tm rnd imds Dlreet t Misstoa arles of Lahore. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec 21. (Spe clal From the earliest Aryan settle ments In the Punjab district of India to th Vancouver district of the Metho ' diet Church is a long cry for help, but ' It has been beard and has been an- f wered. The Vancouver district has taken over the support of the native ' workers in the Punjab district, begln nlng with January 1. and all money contributed for foreign missions, ' reDt special gifts la other districts, will ' go towards the support of 40 native workers In Punjab district. This is the first time that a district In this country has taken upon itself , the burden of the support of foreign . missionaries. It is expected by Rev. J. M. Canse, pastor of the Vancouver " church, and district missionary secre tary, and originator of the idea, that - In two years the Vancouver district will not only support the native work ' era there but will be able to pay the . ulnrr of Rev. J. C. Butcher. M. v.. superintendent of the Punjab district. Heretofore. It has been customary for the churches and church organtza- ' tlons to contribute to the "foreign mis sion" fund, something rather vague and uncertain. With the new Idea, now sanctioned by the general board of for eign missions, of New York, those who ' contribute will know exactly where their money Is being spent and actually know of the members of the church who receive It, as they will report from time to time. Interest in the work will be kept up by Interesting reports from the great work being done In the Far East It was In Lahore, with a population of 110.00. the political capital of the Punjab, that Rudyard Kipling, the author, was educated. The native workers, who are able to do more good in many ways than a ' missionary, as they live with their own people, cost from $30 to $:00 a year to support, an average of about 40 each. A nirdlne h"n Invented vbiih writes the uiuical characters. I r i, - , - - j1- , - - i5 t t v i - - I r -'- v ' ""4 I A-v '.r-. -v. jt n 4 vwt: -xv-Xytv, Ar-jV' It ' It' " r N x If" I ' ' 7' , - -Vl j, . I ; . 3 .it' v .-V-v-3& ' ' " i'Vi Vv -J 1 w ' I I i , i - " 1 I - vr v I I ' . ' x c- J ill RIGHT REV. .....' "CHRISTMAS CAROL" TO BE REVIEWED TONIGHT Attractive Programme Arranged for Rendition at First Presbyterian Church House Activities of Varions Churches. A SPECIALLY attractive programme is announced for this evening In the First Presbyterian Church House. The Bible hours will be from 7:30 to 8:15, the self -improvement hour from 8:15 to 9, with a review of Dick ens' "Christmas Carol!" he social hour from S to 10, with a Christmas party given by the San Grael Christian En deavor Society. Each person is re quested to take a gift costing not more than 15 cents, and to leave it at the door with the committee. ? The superintendent of the First Pres byterian Church Sunday School talking of Sunday schools, says: "It Is interesting to note the re markable growth of the work of the Sunday schools of our city. We are rapidly taking a foremost place In this line as In many othera. The First Presbyterian school has Increased more than 100 per cent in the last year. "Starting with an attendance of 450 last Fall a year ago, its growth has been steady. First a campaign was launched for '750 twice." By enthus iastic and efficient effort this stake set was reached and then Immediately another was put in for a '900 twice attendance. Each of these achievements was celebrated by a unaay bciiuui i party of moving pictures, etc.. and the , , ja tn.n,A,ahlji hv n n old-I last was made .memorable by an old- fashioned Sunday school picnic "When the Fall work opened up this year, the slogan was .'1000 attendance in the Sunday school lor a nrisiiu Dresent to the church! By dint of the . v i..n. ..j .n.iinniMig iflort same enuiuBiaovtv ... I . . , , u.l vail came . i ,ktB a ma rv ws realized Lit I O I W ua--u, v a " December 14, when the attendance reached 1025. The Christmas party of the Sunday school which takes place Tuesday evening will indeed be a Joy ous one for this group of earnest work ers and scholars. "At this time each class In the school will bring gifts for the needy to be distributed the next day. and in the bringing of their gift to the church house the evening of the entertainment each class win ao a siuni th-ir irift It la expected that the evening will be replete with fun." 1. ..mniol In tr and com 1 I1C w-Jin. v. . - nioting the auditorium of the Central Christian Church, corner of East Twelfth and Salmon streets, iiso in progress for several weeks. it it nriu-tically completed and will be dedicated today. Every one la de lighted with the cnanges maae ana is expected that there will be an un usually large attendance at the ded icatory services. The public is cor dially invited. This service is com bined with the. annual Christmas serv ice. The choir will give its special programme of Christmas music. The .. , , IT I. I. vlll tlMVA pastor, nev. o. -".... - " ---- charge of the services, and will also nnrnrh the evening discourse, the sub ject of which will be "Why Christ Came Into the tvoria. mere win u -Christmas tree and Sunday school party in the basement of the church Tuesday evening. The Young Ladles' Guild of St. James' Lutheran Church at the reg ular meeting at the home of Miss Em ma Bracher, 303 East Forty-sixth North, test Monday evening, after the usual business session, perpetrated a pleasant surprise on Mrs. Leas, the wife of the pastor, and gave her an old-fashioned Christmas shower. It hi,. K-iHta I shower with the bride left out. Mr. Leas was also In- nrauni and iolned in the enjoyment of the occasion. Among the presents were many useful and pretty . . . The Christmas exercises of the c . - .4 - r'ntncn-Afrntinnsi Sunday school will be held in the lecture room of the church Tuesday evening. An excellent programme of good cheer and happiness for young ana oia nas been prepared. As a special feature Miss Fave Stelnroetx will tell Dr. Henry Van Dyke s "Story of the Other Wise Man, wnne me same win Illustrated with a special set of stere optlcon slides. Parents and friends are very cordially invited to attend. The Jewish Toung Men and Young Vomen's Association Is gradually be coming a potent factor in the social and educational work of the commun ity. It is steadily progressing on more modern principles, and is receiving the enthusiastic support of its numerous members and friends. The association enables its members to co-operate and work harmoniously and thus vitalise the objects of this association, which are for social and Intellectual advancement of the Jewish young people of Portland. Oppor tunity is given the members to en large their views and concept upon current events, and to develop In each member his or her own powers of thought and expression by literary ex ercise, debates and other Intellectual efforts. At the semi-annual meeting Thurs day evening at the GevurU Hall, the CHARLES SCADDIJIG. fntinartn nttinmr ivari elected: Presl dent. Sam Weinstein; vice-president. TtAiin fi l n n m secretary. Joseph si. Tonkon; treasurer, Bessie Labbe; edl' tor and publicity agent, Meyer Cohn mmi.r. at a rm'a ' Til 1 1 1) H HflriOff. The Jewish. Young Men and Young Women s Association meets every nrsi and third Thursday of the month at t-le Gevurtz nail, f ront ana uidub ntcww. w a MurLaren. general superln- and Protective Society, in speaking of ten organization s wurjt biuhuk poor at Christmastime, says: GnmAtlmaa n UttlA RarrASm lS di rected to social workers who promise Dig llllllS. X vpjCxi IW JVU give our work your kind consideration tnnt,.h.nlr nvl thlt 1 A t flVA V&r8. review the press clippings before and after Christmas, and you will see thit, true to our promises, we have fed thou- BnB Af l,n,nalocs m n r, nrnvfdpri a din ner for mothers and poor children and also sent a box dinner to every inmate of the city, county and state prisons and penitentiary, also fruit to the ln mat.B nf thn trnlnine school. "We are issuing a complete report as the produce and cash come in. and we will issue a full report of the ex penditure a few days after Christmas. -rnere are a numoer w wives wi prisoners in the City of Portland and thA Rtftte of Orp fcrn Ti who need assist- ance, and we will provide for them. tions and humiliations have been great enousn wunuut puuiiouins men uamco, as they have, many of them, about as miwli as thev can bear. If vou know . , , , a r, m r .nnH man wanta In T. u to help these truly deserving ones, who axe auiiennfr inrousrn no muu oi (lien own, we will give him the address of one of these families on condition only that he t'oes not make public their names and -nfortunate circumstances. QUEST OF CHRIST TOPIC DR. DYOTT SAYS OJfLY ASfSWER TO OUR DEEPEST DESIRES IS GOD. Knowledge ef Supreme Facts of Rella loa Admitted to Be Imperfect bnt Consistent. Following a Sunday school Christmas service in which several hundred mem beraof the Bible school of the. First rnn prp cm t i nnn 1 Church narticlnated. the Rev. Luther R. Dyott, pastor of the church, preacnea a tunristmas ser mon yesterday morning on "The Quest of the Christ." "The visit of the wise men from the East Is indicated, he said. "Dean de al... Imn.r.if akt irnnml .wl tr m n f roll . ious facts, glimmerings of true faith and offerings of sincere worship, ail finding their ultimate In Jesus Christ nH ihAt which Christ subseauentlv un folded In this life. Christ is the em bodiment of that which the human race needs and that which humanity in its deepest desires find no perfect answer save In God. "Our knowledge of the supreme facta of religion is still imperfect, but some how it connects with perfect facta and in the- facts rather than in the knowl edge itself Is our hope. Worship means ship that God is worth all we can give mm, wnne mo wunn ui ma iiuhuii race thus increases through spiritual values. OI wnicn an material liiiuss, nam. bv the BDiritual. are but shadows. -XI..I.K..U. la a orarila- Chrlat is the life on the side, and some day the human race will show its highest wis dom in coming to the place where haavan and earth meet In Christ." Alio v i, , ,,-,.,. ...... - ....... , onmhlnad with the church, held Christ T1. Pk.Utl.n Rnilaavn. antlatlaA mas services at :30 P. M. and at 7:45 Christmas praise services were held in the church auditorium. The Bible school - a L. P..v.amtlnnB1 fhlltvh will !- VI VtfuaitB'vu, . .... -. - member more than 100 familiea of the poor with gifts and Christmas cheer this week. JIurderous Attack Allegation. Tinniam nil r f C A CiranA aavanua ;UI 111, CBI11 J 1 ......... . " himself in his room to avoid the alleged - . l. T .. v , a, a v mafnlnc lru1r muroerous assauns VI f laua muiiaj, who nosaessed an ax and a knife. When x ( .. .. ..' t t-u . U ..n th Hnnr haiTatna too strenuous, Ott drove nails Into the edges of the door, iasiemng it ugm- ... a . v. . ? m It innlr him tan minutes to open It when Patrolman Lee Martin arrived on a hurry-up call and arrestee Murray at ine loot oi iue stairs. Ott said that he had caused the arrest of Murray recently for threa tening his life and ononis promise to refrain from such threats. Municipal Judge Stevenson released ilurray. 1 fe IrlV mgfT ' XVI Model, J l! v :t hfSS Edison iittt) lYYiiW A dainty Victrola style, $75. Whether it is to be a little $15 superb $200 Victrola, or one of nolas in library table style, or Edison s crosmmg achievement, the new Diamond Point Phonograph, prices $150, $250 and the special model at $450, or the olPi.trira.11v onerated S500 Graionoia uaDy urauu, ju will find the greatest variety, best most satisfactory terms oi payment ters, Eilers Music House. Eilers Building, Broadway at Alder Street The Ideal Christmas Gift for All the Family - CHRISTMAS IS KEPI irst Methodist Church Has . Day of Celebration. SACRED CANTATA GIVEN Rev. Benjamin Toung In Sermon on Message of Day Tells of Su periority of Christianity Among Religions. . th manv ohurchea of Port land in which Christmas exercises and sermons were given yesterday was the First Methodist Churcn. wnicn uevuu practically all the services of the day to Christmas programmes, closing with a sacred concert in the evening. Tha nrogramme of the concert was divided Into two parts, the first con sisting of an organ recital and Christ- -, v i , nrl nuartets. The second part was a sacred cantata, em bodying in song me oiuijr hem." m ... r, T1..an,ln VnnnC. Oastor Of the l.C ' . tJLlI JU1." ' " ' church, preached his Christmas sermon at the morning service. """" school will hold its Christmas pro gramme at the church tonight at 8 'clock. "Menage of Christmas' Topic. ,T.l Hra,aao era, ft fhllRt TT1H.S" WAS til 8 J. Liaj -,..0 w wa, subject of Dr. Toung's morning sermon. "The cause lor deepest reju.ums irfiTni " ha said, "is In the fact that God has come to the raws. Life is such a strange thing, mind Is so great, hearts are so needy and burdens are so heavy that it is titling mat wis uico-b should be given special emphasis today. "The manifestation of God In the flesh Is full of mystery. The incarna tion story Is baffling to reason, but sup ported as it Is by Indubitable evidences and answering to the need of the hu man heart, it is natural to faith. "Life is full or mystery, uooa. "n into the face of the night and the as tronomical record brings a dizziness to the head. There is so much here wnicn I. i . A - Tf vnn nllinm into geo logical story it is the same mystery that baffles you. bensation seems iu simple thing but around that word sci entists and metapnysicians nave un tied for centuries and the end is not yet. A famous London club of savants, ,Am T-l' n.lav Ttnrwln and RU8- aiiiuii iucui i. Tannvtnn aa v not One Of ugiaiiuci J " - .T. them could give a satisfactory definition of metaphysics, how ao you anuw. -v, . n vnnvf With each Ques tion we are plunged into mystery, it QUea ILVL iUll,," wnusw religion are difficult that they are un- orthy of credence. xrkrlatlanltv Best." He Says. "Th. PhHellan annrantion Of God o-lvas It suneriorltv over the ethnic systems or tne worm, mnaooism. uuu dhlsm, Mohammedanism have nothing UUIC t.u v"io..,, of the personality of God. The Chris tian system brings God down to men or down among- men. God is not far .ui. v. Ph. .t an lnrtrln "It is the fact of God coming down to men wnicn gives io power auu song to the Christmas message. No A V. aanv D h V. ttlA WUIIUCI LUC cuBjClo Bethlehem hills; no wonder the magi traveled tronx tne i!.asi, no wonuer m-j a,Ka,nhArac 1 i H 'T Jlf 1, Pfl f Ct Bfithle- oitcfua-ut, , ra- , . j i i.t. Ufa. y.ir wav nf iiein. vjuu Luiuijie . , , . " j j Bethlehem, the stable, the manger, the temple, tne matter oi iaci. me, ine n- Jaan RalhumflllP tha CrOSS. that God Mln-k ha 'Uh 1, u' In OUPrV 1 DPT lfTCG and emergency in life and that being in us his love migni oe in kii uw wuiu. ' T haa ....ma than wa ahcil tall I. .hie rhwiatme,a tlma in VlndllT WflTfi spoken, in helpful thought given, and In blessing disseminated to those who are In need. Let God come again in your II. 1 .. haa. tha Tnlialf nf.tha angelic choir and others will hear the message of feace. gooa win to men. Holiday Skies Overcast. week weather .will be. unsettled over Victrola or the the $225 Grafo- record service, and ai lammg uvu- , much of the United States, Weather Bureau experts say, and frequent rains are predicted for the Pacific Coast. Temperatures will be below seasona ble averages generally and the sky will be overcast almost entirely throughout the week. "A disturbance now developing In the Southwest," the weekly bulletin said tonight, "will advance northeast ward, attended by rains or snows, and cross the great central valleys about Tuesday. "Another disturbance off the North Pacific Coast will cause general rains and snows on the Pacific slope In the next few days. It will reach the mid dle West Thursday or Friday and will be preceded by a general change to warmer weather and be followed by considerable colder weather." 'ACE PASTOR'S THEME REV. W. F. REAGOR THINKS DAIS OF DISASTROUS WARS OVER. Clergyman Polnta to Antagonism From Economic Standpoint, but Gives Credit to Christianity. Rev. W. F. Reagor, pastor of the First Christian Church, in his sermon yesterday on "International Peace, the World's Most Imminent Achievement," predicted the accomplishment in the immediate future of the predictions of the prophets oC a time when nation shall make war no more against na tion." ... , One of the most nopeiui signa the times," he said, "is the increasing antagonism to war, a new enthusiasm for the llmlntatlon of armaments. The whole civilized woria is Itself as never before in the moral and economic damage of war. ' "Men everywhere have awakened to the waste and weight of militarism. Nearly 100 years ago we naa .uhu . awakening in this Nation, when the , , t cn.i.iv vm organized ana John Bright, one of its leaders, ex- a - m .a.l.k. lnar CV V b1 pressed the oenei tnai we . war that would ever . iaa Kinra then we nave naa w.cn i. . witnessed half a aozen Breai. the Russo-Japanese war so i r., raarful their de- tneir aimiea . .v.- .. :.naaa with modern guns that sit m .1 . -. , . all former battles seemed iikc bjs.ii: -:v a in "nmnarison. ill lDllt.h ass " tr , In spite of this discouraging fact i i. ..It. rtf tha annrmAUfl sums Of money militarism Is demanding,, yearly from the nations oi tne eartu, ui. gor maintained that the awakening hi.h a-ni raanit in world Deace has come and that the dream of 100 years ago is soon to De realizes. "These facts ana ngures imrun u ...in. -,inii1 " ha said, referring to the cost of maintaining armies by the greater nations. "Tney are arousing men everywhere to the absolute folly of man going to war with his fellow 'Furthermore, the peasant Is tired of carrying a soldier upon his back; tha fartta-v h.TlH la WPH TV Of Stagger ing to his work with a sailor riding upon "his shoulders, in a wora me workingman everywhere has become angry and irritated over the heavy ... . rnha vlptlmi of W&.r hAVB C11S- covered their power to stop war. so it is beginning to look as If the civilized 1.1 in ata-ht nf tha dav when nation shall no more make war against nation. -. "Aa tha aantnrv nlant suaaeniy blooms, after spending iuu years in building Its trunk, so success has come at last to tne cnampiona ui pe.es. rrhaa 1a In tha alVlliZftH WOrhl IlOW but nna nnivaraal Interest, namely, the new .atna.anlam In wa' Hnth a-nitai slid laDor. nfl ieciareu. are fftidlng war unprofitable, and working with these forces has been the ataaa.- .nrcaH nf the nractlcal doctrine n rhriatlanllv which, he held, has done more toward bringing about a desire for universal 'peace man may other force. The school teachers of Kansas are In favor of a reorsaniration of the school sys tem The district plan at present In force im not approved of. and It i hoped that I cobuis; 't'.J w . ... r . - - sards a township as a unit, or if possible. a county a unit, with one board or educa tion that will have charge of all the schools. Thus Westward the star of standardization taues u wax, t ll'''' l 'i ' ' Jjj Q ' " V"H' ICtCnew mission frrafonola, m iMi ' : m Price $225, GHURGH COST NO FACTOR REV. MR, MARCOTTE SATS POWER FOR GOOD ALONE COUNTS. Westminster Presbyterian Pastor In " Anniversary Sermon Reviews Sig nificance of Christmas. - "It is not the money that we shall put into our new church, and we shall have more than $139,000 of value there, that counts, but the power for good that shall come out of it," was the statement of Rev. Henry Marcotte at the morning services yesterday in Westminster Presbyterian Church. . The subject oi tne sermon - Christmas Message for Our Tenth An niversary." Tt waa nnt a review of the past iu years during which Rev. Mr. Marcotte has been with Westminster, duc a m- 1 .. 'arnra-H fnr fVf.t f P T th ill ITS. Dr. Marcotte gave a review of the signifi cance of Christmas ana wuai. event stands for In the history of civ ilization, and in speaking of the new church and the tenth anniversary oi his pastorate Dr. Marcotte saia. "Some one asked me if I was going to tell what this church has done in the past 10 years, the money it has collected ana spent, j uui j. rr., h.a haan a trPJI X reCOrd. DUt I am more interested in what Westmin ster is going to do in future and not what it has done in me past, uuuuiu it has done great things. Some 300, 000 or $400,000 was spent in the great plant of the Fourth rresDyierian Church or cnicago. ah euitui mi aa-.v. that It was not tne money mai nau j ha hiiillna-a and nlant that counted, but the power that would go out of it, molding tne cnaracier -jl nic" A Christmas Opportunity W;77 Your Table be Filled Christmas Day ? Will your children be clothed and fed? Will your house be warmed ? Will you know where you shall find the money that will feed and clothe and warm youand them during the Winter days that will follow? Yes? Well, there are many who are coming to us today, who will come Christmas day, and who will come in the days that will follow who are hungry, ragged and cold the sick, die deserted, the homeless, mothers with little children are our wards. If you have enough and just a little more, won't you share it? Christmas will mean a little more to you and infinitely more to them. Portland,. R. S. HOWARD. Treasurer. - Associated Charities, 411 Commercial Block. Portland, or The Oregonian, Portland. Enclosed please find Dollars as my Christmas gift for the care of the poor. NUIIC,M i'''iM.'MttMi Addi and women. So that Is the way we should regard our new churcn. ii should be consecrated to the work of Jesus Christ. It should make our boys and girls better than their parents. It . . . , . 1 , w T .hnulil will De a Deautiiui tjiiui-n. n a.,v. be. Nothing can be too beautiful that is devoted to the .work of Jesus Christ." Dr. Marcotte announced that tne money for the completion of the new nhnrnh IToat fiov.nt.anth and Sr 1 11 V 1 PT streets, had been secured and it would be dedicated March 2, notning pre- vantlna- Tha lnnTa.,tlnn 1.4 looking forward to the time when the beauti ful new church may he occupied. T.", .. tha rnrril'.. VOSlapHnT thft church had been decorated with holly .. .. A (-kvaa-an mrnrffrouli ' T ("i Tv i n IT closed the special musical programme wun tne Dass-oaritune nuiv, Out, Wild Bells." Mllwaukie Grange Elects Officers. Milwaukle Grange elected the fol lowing officers at the annual meeting Saturday: Master, C B. Hanson; over seer, R. Froman; lecturer, Mrs. Valeria Benvie; steward, Robert Goetz; chap lain, T. R. A. Sellwood; assistant stew ard, O. H. Hadden; treasurer, Mrs. M. J. Hanson; secretary. Miss Kate Casto; gatekeeper, R. O. Appleby; Ceres, Mrs. M.0. Oatfield: Flora, Florence Robins; Pomona, Lena Rict; lady assistant steward. Rose Appleby: trustee for three years. James Robins. C T. Dick inson, district deputy, was present and gave 'the instructions to the candidates and then addressed the grange. T. R. A. Sellwood spoke to the candidates who had just been given the degrees on the meaning of signs and purposes of the order. Some Improvements had been made during the year. State Mas ter Spence was invited to install the officers. - ' At the end of 1912 there were employed in- the gold mines of the Transvaal 24,334 whites end 208,488 natives, the aggregate wages paid out for the year being $63.- 881,758. . . ... . ....1913. rc"- " T)P