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
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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.
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A! Smith Endorsed After
Heated- Opposition From .
Numerous Factions
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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
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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
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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
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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 ,.
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IN DIRECTORS GREAT
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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!
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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