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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1927 IE FIRST CHICK It Marl Its Inception at Meet ing of Fivfi Missionatir, in Missouri Jt ,Th introduction of the offic ial pi'iicram of the 7 Mb ses.-iou of ihe Oregon conference of th" f. thodist eburch wat; written, up on request by W, TV Uipdon of Salem. It is different, it departs from routine cuntoni. The ...heading ia. "The I'tist M. K. Church of Sa lem, Orton; Hn Inception, Ov'ik i nand progress in a Nutshell," and it roads as follows:) "The Columbia, ri.cr. is the greatest natural force in all the Oregon country. What is the ourcp of that unlimited power The rivulet that starts in the mountain unnoticed by Hie world ni large struggles for an existence nntll it. mighty swwp ir absolu tely irresistible. Let us liken this Minilo to the First M. K. chnrh of Salem. t)n April 2. 1 s :i 4 . five n.fn at Independence, Missouri, knelt on the margin of civilu.i tion. llu-ir faces toward the great unknown west, on bended knee, with civilization at their barks, barbarism in front, the canopy of heaven overhead; , they prayed to God for His blessing upon their organization of a church to be planted somewhere near the wat er of the mighty Pacific. With di vine, assistance they sealed the mountains, floated down the Co lumbia, paddled up the beautiful Willamette, set up their battered tabernacle at Chemawa and r dedhvtted their lives to the scr vte of the preat King. Hishop Km ft tv absent. ,1,-inn T.ee presided: Panief I.pO, fi:-tr:ct -U rfrin tendfiit Courtney Walker. btyman and st"vard. timf the whole constitut inr the official hnn'-d. Thus on n. tdir "Hi 1K.14. tlie first church organization in tlie northwest he ran to function. "In 1840 the first church soci ety was organized in Saiem, with I'-v. ilavid' Leslfe as pastor. In Jf f.l the first churVh building was erected, which iu turn gave plac to thp present eel if iee in 1K72. First church has been the kinder garten for the Oregon country for churches and schools, and. thru Willamette university, she is the motht-r or ti grandmother of ev ery Mot hod i r church and Metho dist school in the Oregon country. Iiko the great Columbia, Hhewas of modest origin, yet she gather ed l'i r on ti. way until tier b-'wer a n. I energy is now irresis- j ii'-jle. orn in on. iirity. nourish, d ' in poverty, buffet ed by the storms j of u-iioranoe and j.-alou:. harass- ! ei by (!''. -el iers ai d l,ii 1 , 1, lied by j he lukewarm. Mil', like I in rb:,ra l-'rilchie.' .-he waves :r t riu m pi; n t ' t. ig over a eoiitetited and (Jod t'earing people- and her b-nigii iu ii'itHie. like the waters of the mighty rver. mingles and, com mingles with the narioiis ir the world through iter representatives who have permeated the utmost puis (,f a civilized world. Amen! I - Mrs. Hattie B. Patterson j Resident Here 4 Years! ! Mrs. ITattie H. Patterson, who: i died hero last Monday had lived j in 'Salem 24 years, having come ' here from Oklahoma with her hus-i band. J. A. Pat torson. "in 10u3.j Vlr. Patterson entered into busi-j ness here at that time and both he and Mrs. f'atterson identified! themselves with the business and staiul life of (ho town from the j start. j Mrs. Patterson was born in Il linois February 10, 1S5M. In 1SS9 she moved to Oklahoma where she met her future husband. She and Mr. Patterson spent 14 years of their married life in that state and then moved to Oregon, locat ing in Salem. That was in lf0S. This was her last move and she settled here to make the hundreds of friends, large numbers of whom were present at the last riles Thursday afternoon to attest to the high esteem in which she had In en held. Mr. Patterson was a member! of the Methodist chjirch and a member of Sab-m kehelah lodge. She haves to moiii'n her loss a husband. .1. A. Patterson, two sis ters. Mrs. Kmma linker and Mrs. Jessie Hubbard of. Wilmore, Kan sas;' and two brothers, William and Kdward Powell, now living in Texas. i con A! Smith Endorsed After Heated- Opposition From . Numerous Factions Read the Classified Ads i HK1KUHV HOTEL.' OdPEN', j Ptah. Sept. 24. AIM- Having j completed the objects for which i they wore called together the dele sates to t Ik western states demo cratic conferences adjourned suh ject to the call of the chairman, with invitations to meet in either lititte. IViont.. or iJenver. Here is what they did: Kn.iorsed the candidacy of Al fred P.. Smith, governor of New York, for l tie 'nomination for pres ident next year. Kffected a permanent organiza tion of the "Al. Smith for presi dent association of the Rocky Mountain and Pacific stales.' Adopted a resolution declaring that "if a tariff is an economic ne cessity then the advantages should be equalized and made of uniform benefit as far as possible to all sections of the country." The other subject contained in the call, that of considering the two thirds rule, effective in demo cratic national conventions in making nominations, and responsi ble for the disaster in the 1 24 convention, got no further than the committee room where the committee on order of business promptly killed it, declaring later that this was considered a matter for the national organization to handle. The endorsement of the candi dacy of Smith was not obtained without opposition from 1'I.ih dele gates. All others attending the meeting and representing at the final session, nine states, favored Smith. John II. Moyle, Salt Lake City, national committeeman, and former Judge Joshua Greenwood, Salt Lake City, declared that. tTiey could not endorse the candidacy of Smith, and Moyle expressed the opinion that none of those present were voicing the unanimous senti ment of their state, adding, "so why kid ourselves and try to tell the east there is a great wave of sentiment in the west for Al. Smith for president?" f California, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon. Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota., Montajia and Utah went represented at the conference. W, II. Ilornabrook, Salt Lake City, who acted as personal repre sentative of W. li. King, the Ure- pou national eommitbfenian was i unable to state the sentiment in that state as he attended, tlie meet ing at the telegraphed request of King, a personal friend. MONEY'S PART, CHURCH WORK, DEEMED SMALL (Continued from Page One) the first place. "I have very little sympathy with any kind of an evangelism program that does not oblige fi nancially every man and woman brought into the church. That was what kept the rich young rub r out of the kingdom it was his money." Courage Said Xeel Rev. li. J. Hoadley, another Portland minister, believed that the nioiiey iiestion should be faced squarely. "We ought to have more ourage and venture concerning money. The trouble with so many people is that they are hardly worth saving." Rev. A. I... I laworth. superinten d nt of the Portland district, felt differently about the matter": "All be eliminated," ne declared. 'Many times we rind ourselves going into a matter of tbls kind because we think it will help us rai.- more money, but I tell you If. we start in with this thought of material gain, we will rob onr-selve's- of -snceess at the be ginning.'' Ir. C. C. Riirick felt that the memorial under disens-don was not bein.g treated properly. The inmpaigH goal, he said, is "to se vnrv for all menvbers and friends of our churches a knowledge of Cod, of bis forgivenesa and grace, .through personal experience, which experience shall be evi denced by home religion, church loyalty, and winning others." ' The memorial which aroused the discussion stated In part: "that we, the district superinten dents, do in reality reconsecrate ourselves to the chief task of the ministry and in, truth repentance and heart searching prepare our selves for the task of winning men -to Jesus Christ and' that we call our ministers and laymen to join u.s in the consecration, and plledge ourselves to follow the leadership of our bishop, in pro moting a revival of religion throughout the area that shall i each the individual in our mem bership and constituency with the message of spiritual fife and hope through Jesus Christ, our Iord and Master." The memorial was passed. . t bought of material gain should During an executive session at 11 o'clock from wnlch newspaper men were excluded, the financial program of the Wesley hospital at Marshfield was discussed. A campaign o secure $65,0001 for its support will be launched in southwestern Oregon in the near future. J. B. Coan of Eu gege, was reelected field secre tary. Rev. Krank James, Spokane, will serve as executive secretary with headquarters at Marshfield. A "Minister reserve pension plan," was disapproved by the conference, when members objec ted to several of its provisions. The plan was presented in the form of a memorial to the general conference. Dr. Kdward Laird Mills, editor of the Pacific Christian, advocate, was invited to transfer his mem bership from the Montana confer ence to the Oregon conference. FIRST PLEDGES MADE TOWARD LEE MEMORIAL (Continued from Page One) lion of a fund to maintain the Lee mission cemetery also were made. All proceedings will look to the celebration in September, 1934, of the hundredth aniversary of Jas on Lee's coming to Oregon. Every annual conference in the original territory will be asked to take ac tion supporting the celebration movement. An airplane circled and banked while the gathering at Jason Lee's while the gathering, at Jasn Lee's grave Hstened-to - Dr; 'Yonngson compare the present Oregon, with the condition it was In when; Ja son Lee first came. Then It was land of forests and prairies, peo- pled only by savagesi- ' ',". Dr. John Parsons, secretary of the historical society, one of the oldest pioneer ministers In this sect'on. still living, told of the dis tinguished men who lie in the cemetery, and Dr. Walton Skip worth, naftated the genesis of the movement to remove the remains of Jason Lee from Its rearing place In Stenstad, Canada, to Ore gon. The removal was made in 1908. After ceremonies at the grave of Oregon's founder, graves of other pioneers were visited. Dr. Corliss P. Hargraves, of Chicago, and Dr. Ralph S. Cush man, of New York, visitors at the conference nere, asked that the slab on the grave of Vyrus Shep ard be restored, and the bill sent to them. This work will be ar ranged for by the Methodist Sun day school children in Salem. Shepard founded the first Sunday school in Oregon. Plans for placing a great bould er in the cemetery at Clatsop plains where the first frame church building was erected, "and torestore the first dwelling-built on the site of Salem, erected by Jason Lee for his first home, which stands on Broadway street are also talked of. INTERNATIONAL PEACE - PLEADED f OR, GEPJEVA V (Continued, fronvPage. .Oae) ..i-;- . - i w . .- dure "unles3the duty of. general disarmament was discharged. i DrV'Stresenjann; M. Paul Bon cour - of France, Dr- Loudon of Holland, and Senator de Brouck tre, a socialist parliamentarian of Belgium, all spoke when 'the dis armament plans were submitted to t the assembly. . " Reporter Speak :' It was the powerful address of Senator de Bronckere. who. acted as reporter for the disarmament" committee, which challenged the most attention. With years' of ex perience in the league's disarma ment efforts he solemnly 'warned his hearers that the road to suc cess would be long and perilous ' yet he eloquently painted a picture ol fervent faith-tbat tke-goaV'Wil finally be reached. "I do not say that peateTiow isf assured," he exclaimed. ,v "I do no', say that the wolves of "'War have ceased howling in the forests. But . I doay that under the auspices, of t the league forces are being organ- ized which will clear the forests of p. these wolves; -that we .-have re- alized some pajt of'ourjhopes and that the number of men of good' will in all countries is' steadily in creasing." - j ,. Read the Classified' Ads l Mem IN DIRECTORS GREAT Till HIM ill III III illTTTIMIIIHIIPllWLI)lJIOIUXIL-iJJJJ'iJJJLLJ. Bag (SoSs 1 J Hr lis We have planned to make the cominp week a record-breaker for values. Kvcry department of the store will. hate ready each day a list of bargain:; that will establish new records for low prices. IT'S VALUES SUCH AS THESE that are making the Anniversary Sale the most talked of selling event in Salem's history. (Jlance over the items listed below! 9 Che New Fall Hats Hats sucHT a. any 'store would mark to sell up io $".0U. Smart, attractive models in close-fitting bapeH and in the Heading colors. See these wonder ful values. . i KK4'O.M I LOOK Dresses A sensational "-low price! Ijresses in this group easily worth up to $29.r.f. it will pay you to buy two or three of these smart frocks! SK oi I l,M)It Women's Coats Smart, stylish coats that will appeal to the miss or matron who wants something dur able for fall and winter. Sport models with fur shawl collars. A phenomenal val ue! skiomi vi a am Stamped Pillow Cases Stamfi'ttV hemstltcnrd pillow cases Pt firooU quality tubingi ChoiVe of..Mev uitiiuy stamped ; designs. -Buy ppy. for'holitiay gift making 79c Women's $1.49 Gowns i - .&imw t" i Coo! nights ahead' Warmer sleeping garments are now in dematid. These gowns are run cut and Weil made in every particular. White outing flannel. $1.49 values at 89c BARGAIN BASEMENT SAVINGS i' W: WOMEN'S SHORS onc hlK )ot drastically underpriced. Pumps in plain and strapped T)s, black or-ta-n. Variety of wmart styles ir" ti-svlot. ItuTaV values to . do Qft 16-50. Anniversary Sale p"0 IMI.V COATS Special assortment offered M a ridiculously low price rl TX) "uV- "0,'- special SI'ITS For'boysand young men. Neat, at tractive patterns and good colors. QC Valaes to J1S.06. Special Sale 33 HW HATERS For women, misses and child ren. Slipon and other good" styles. Regular vawis to ?3.0. Anniversary Sale f!fAXKICTS A real bargain you cannot af ford to miss. Good weight, heavy nap. Se these extra values at ..... $1.00 snnot af- Z 98c : Ten-; m mUi mmcm m m&mmm- W u'JiM,i;,rt ,win4 ') ir: For Sfe. "li V - .. :-- ' ; - ,' . .. " " '. " ' Our Fall Opening Reveals the Most Elaborate Selection of Style Shoes Ever uxnioitea in Oregon WE OPENETJ our new store at the time of the Spring Opening last Spring and, after six months of the most wonderful business that -ve have ever experienced in our twenty years in Salem, we are now ready announce the: opening of our Fall season, and after you have seen our .if splay we are -sure you will say that we may be justly proud of our Fall showing of Exclusive Styles. Our perfect organization, which includes .he bringing together of only the most unique and ; outstanding "3; fitters who Understand their business, a high class doctor at, the Jiead of. our Chiropody department, expert repair men, to turn out the finer wottc, a refined atmosphere in which to make your purchases,' a' jiew hosiery, plan that saves you money and at the same time giyes you better hose are some of the things that are bringing us our onderfuUy increased business, artd . drawing trade from every corner of the state. We show every new novelty as fast as it is produced Reptile Shoes, Im ported Hose, Imported Scotch Grain Men's Shoes, Unique Importations of Slipper Buckles, Wonderful Slippers and Mules made, m France. . ;J Ask about ojr new hosierV plan finer and better HOSEIN , ACCORD WITH OUfc FINE SHOES. LATE STYLES IN GALOSHES , , r - ; ' - Dr. John M. Gronholm Foot Specialist