INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE
EVCNTCENTH YEAR
CHURCH PEOPLE
NINTH ANNUAL 8ES8I0N WEST
WILLAMETTE ASSOCIATION.
BRINGS MINISTERS GALORE
FROM ALL SECTIONS OF ASSO
CIATION TO FIND WARM WEL
COME IN HOMES OF CITY.
The ninth annual session of the
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West Willamette Association was hel
at the Baptist church In this city, be
ginning on Monday of this week at
1:30 p. m. and closing on Wednesday
at noon.
The moderator la Kev. W. J. Craw
ford of the Spring Valley church near
Salem. The clerk Js pastor F. C.
Btannard of Newburg.
IN POSSESSION
. , a ..... ...,u.i.nn t',.rU.i n,.v V. C. W. Tarker of Port
i lie kiuwu u ...
The Kingdom of iod", and the mot-
to. "Lift up your eyes ana too on
the fields".
There was a goodly company pres
ent at the very beginning. The open-
ln .Invntlnnal service at 1:30 D. m
was led by Kev. Arthur Leonara great because uuiu in
Wadsworth of South Iasadena."Pray- and in the buildings of a great unl
er That Has Bower" was the theme, verslty. It was a great achievement
The scripture was Matt. 7:7-8 and the hands of great men. Dr. Jud
Acts 4-23-31. I'rayer for the presence Bon and Dr. Bitting, behind whom s
and power of the Holy Spirit In the a great organization whose work to
i. i -i .,t,., .!.. n.nnniori the hmmianini with the years until U
HBHUUiaiiuimi buh7iiiii
,mo.
The preacher of "The Annual Ser
mon" Is Pastor George A. Martell of
McMlnnville. Gal. 2:20 is the text.
The theme Is "Christ for Us and
Christ In Us". Paul's conversion Is
the seed plot of his life and doc
trlnes. Mystical Is the union between
Christ and the believer. The cruci
fixion of Paul with Christ involves
death to law and alive to God and
death to sin and alive to righteous
ness a strong, thoughtful, doctrinal
sermon.
The sermon was followed by the
reading of the church letters. All the
churches sent letters. These letters
were well written. They gave the
real history of the churches during
ih naat vear. The record shows con
siderable progress In spiritual and
material things. A hopeful tone per
vaded the letters.
A pioneer preacher of Oregon, the
author of "Baptist Annals of Oregon"
Rev. C. II. Mattoon of McMinnvlIle.de
livered an address on "The Associa
tion and the Kingdom". The dear
brother.whom all know and love, gave
reminiscences of churches organized
and of workers in the days of long
ago. Brother Mattoon is an interest-!
. v. . i . v. ...nrtiitr nfl-
Jng cnaracier no m mo
triarch of the Baptist ministers of
Oregon. We deiignt 10 ao nuuw
. . i. . a .irKot ha has
our aged brother for what he has
been and has done. Then we pas
introduced. The only Bap
tist pastor who was on the field at
USl ptisiur wuu wo
i.t v n stnna"rd of
me association woo . .
. i f tha ma.
Newburg. ine perBimnci w
i a ...ui,i tho vear.
trnt has changed within the year
F. A. Gregory of Amity, J. B. Mur
phy of Dayton, G. A. Martell of Mc
Mlnnville, A. F. Bassford of Corvallis,
W. S. Stewart of Independence each
spoke a few words.
lose a lew wutuo.
thnra wna
On Monuay BvcutuB w..v..v.
good congregation. Pastor Stannard
Field Editor,
Wadsworth. stated a few facts con -
cernlng the Pacific Baptist and made
...krlixtm f?ev-
onnpnl for new
subscribers. Sev
eral responded at once ami more fol
lowed later. -
fastor Aioen t.""""'" :
,i oiivprort a fine address on "The,
Pastor Albert F.Bassford or corvai
Vision of our Denomination". The
supreme value of the vision in prog-
ress in character, in achievement was
clearly shown. There is a vision of.
deficiency in forces, in finances, in
mot A call to advance was
TinrlnElv sounded. The essence of
Christianity is to give, not to get.
. Rev Albert Ehrgott of Portland de
" livered an address on "The Unfin
Task". By way of introduction,
o
Pastor Ehrgott traced uie
0PfThrlsUan1ty through the Christian
pastor Ehrgott traced the progress
centuries. He showed m aevau w mr oe
unfinished task of missions in ther of Mrs. Taylor.
modern world l.Ouo.Ooo.wiO Inhabi
tants of the -arth unevangellicd. Two
out of every three babies look up to
the faces of mothers who cannot tell
tin! fines of mot bera who cannot tell
them the sweet story of Jesus and
his Iovb. Comiucrclulli.ni I" America
Is Hie Kreaf'tt hindrance to the mak
ing of Christ known to every person
In the. world. The hom-rul signs oi
student volunteer movement of Sun
day schoels and young people's socie
ties, women's slrcles and laMly the
reat laymen's missionary movement.
We can pray-r-we can give. Hut a
man csnnot love without loving. ijve
Is the costliest thing In the world.
Love cost God the giving of ll.s Son
to the world. We can all be mission
ary Christians. This was a stirring,
stimulating address.
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c K . links of Independence. Mr. an
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A ftne violin solo was remicreu u
Mrw v. C. Staunard of Newburg sang
a duet. The first day's meetings were
very lnl el sting.
It was Mill cool and cloudy on
Tuesday morning, June 7. The 9
o'clock devotional service . was lead
by pamor K. A. Gregory of Amity.
'Helievir.-t Prayer" was the theme
Karncst and definite prayer was oi-
.i..... .......
land gave an interesting talk on trie
,.r.rw nf lite Orison naptist Conven
tion. Prtident U-onard W. Riley of
M"Mlnnvtllo cr-l.tge reported on the
Northern Baptist Convention recently
held In Chicago. The convention was
M1 u D -
.now represents an me
mankind. The convention w
great In the actions taken and In the
rn,.rt nrmBpnted. Rev. A. J. Hun-
..i,., nf McMlnnville spoke of Mc
- f
MlnnvllleCollege and its place in Bap
tist work in the Pacific Normwe.
He declared it was the biggest thing
. ,m ...Hnn An earnest discus-
III VlllO Uv. v-. .v.--.
foimwerl this address. Financial
la r,eded Just now for this Inst!
tution. Where is the Baptist man
who will give $25,000, $50,000 or $100,
nnn MMlnil ville?
vuu vu
On Tuesday afternoon the service
otin wa led by Pastor J. B.
Murphy of Dayton. Sunday school
Missionary J. D. Springston of Port
land delivered an address on "Sun
day School Work and Methods".
During an hour devoted to wuutcU .
work, Miss Carrie O. Millspaugh of
Portland delivered a splendid address
on "The Sunlight Mission" among
the Hopl Indians in Arizona which
she had recently visited. Mrs. B.
Northrup of McMlnnville gave a re
port of the last year. Mrs. J. Sher
man Wallace of McMlnnville spoke of
..... i, tho home field. Rev. J.
E Rhode8 of McMlnnville, a returned
m88tonary, gave Incidents of work
. l TnaArinv afternoon
llie W
jn jjurman. mo
work closeii with the transaction or
nacesBary Dusiness.
( a nnnlna
KWO" Jf ww
m..o ovmitnir was devoted to
UOCUUJ "
a praise service, an aaaress on . t
Making of Men" by Prof. J. Sher
man Wallace of McMlnnville College,
j man vvaiio.v.o
.-j ...omroiiafin sermon by fi,van
mm ttu oibo" -
.. . t f McMlnnville.
gelist ti. vye
I , ralm nf the associa
Nisi n. j .
it aprvice of the associa-
tion was held on Wednesday, June S,
Pastor Walter S. Stewart led the
half hour devotional service. Evan
gelist H. Wyse Jones conducted a
coniereuue uu
S1. . ... HP.CUring 1UOI1-
conference on -javangoiwui
ing tne new uwui -
fQr slate evangelistic work on the
' ThA three agencies in
1 evangelism "The .Truth, the Spirit,
th Cnurch" were discussed by
. m,-tQn v A. Gregory
i n A Martell. f . A.
LUIO VI. rr.1,Q
and A. S. Bassford, respectively The
. ,.rt,miH(JPR reoorte. uniin-
ished business was transacted. Final
ished usinesa w "
. came at 2:30 o'clock,
The association was a good one,
hospitallty olthe Independence
peoplQ was hearty. AU had a good
Written tor the Independence En-
4m . Rev Arthur Leonard
, Wll(,worth. fj
Wadsworth, field editor of the Pacif
ic Baptist.
vr .nd Mrs.Elvin Carter of Bickle-
whlneton. visited this week at
wu, - TB.V.
the home o Hr. J
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10,
NEWS ITEMS OF
OTHER CITIES
122 GRADUATES FROM OREGON
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
C. BROWNELL IN SPEECH
GEO
AT MILWAUKEE DECLARES AS
SEMBLY SCHEME IS A
AGAINST GOVERNMENT.
6EMBLY SCHEME IS A CRIME
Fifty cars of strawberries have been
hipped from Hood River, a record for
early shipments.
public exercises In honor of Flag
Day will be held In Salem this year
under the auspices of the Salem
Lodge of Elks on June 14.
The State Railroad Commission will
hold a hearing on June 14. at Monro.-.
Or., to Investigate the service fur
nished by the Corvallls ft Alsea River
Railroad Company.
Pumping water from Crooked River
to the tablelands 600 feet above the
river is sn experiment being tried at
Redmond.
The third annual meeting of the Ore
gon Society of Mutual Insurance Com
panies wss held In McMlnnville June
7 and 8.
The Forest Grove Council has re
pealed the ordinance recently passed
prohibiting the selling, keeping for
sale or having In possession of any
comnusume .
Eugene win notu n
exhibition Jun. 11 and 12 at the Lane ,
County fair grounds. Whipple S. Han
will be there at that time with a Cur-
tlss biplane. '
Percival H. Dennlson, a prominent
sheepman of Spray, Wheeler County,
committed suicide by snooting him
self through the heart with a revol
ver. In the final high school debate for
the championship of the State, held
under the auspices of the University
of Oregon, Pendleton won by unani
mous decision over Eugene.
The Booth-Kelly Company has
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e.d. "6 ; eve; floaied
Hi... - 1ftnnft.,Y. p. u. at 7:15. Everyone Is cor
a o w ii uiv dw - -
nnn ft in th drive. It will take
uvu v
almost a month to bring it to Co-
burg
,rg- . . rnmnanv
The Oregon Valley Land Company
has awarded the contract for the con-
structlon of the Drews Valley dam in
Lake County to E. S. Burney, invoiv-
ing $125,000. The work is to be nn
ished by May, 1911
The dairy industry of Coos County
une unity iuuuoi..j
last year yielded the farmers $385,000,
and 405 tons of butter was shipped
j MfMurOV
out of the county. i"
creamery led in point of production
of butter, turning out over 100 tons.
In the same district 356 tons of cheese
was produced
t wni hflvfi a banner al-
nciuiiDiwii -rf - - (
falfa crop this year. From tne e&u-
mDta of those who are now cutting
ho,, it is Rafe to state that fully 5,000
tons of hay will be cut this year. The
first crop will go to 2,000 tons, ine
acreage Is being increased each year
and without a doubt the tonnage wm
h doubled another season. ,
Vice-president L. B. Wickersham, of
TTi,ri Tjoiin-avs Comuany, nas
ilways Company, nas,
submitted a proposition to the County ,
Court of TiHamook County to expend
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"IZIZIZIZZII I---- 7 t- -i
THE ENQINEEEDTO BUILDING ON THE 0. A. C. CAMPUS, THE
THE " F0E THE CELEBRATION JUNE U.
1810.
:iO.00 to Improve the WlUon River
rosd. making It sultuble lor automo
biles, provided Tillamook and Ws.h
Ington counties would contribute each
$18,000.
Declaring the proposed assembly
scheme to bt a crime sgalnst popular
nv.rnment and an Insult to the Intel-
llgencs of the voting public, George C.
of ,r, , nieniber
of the State Senate from Clackamas
County and at one time president of
that body, addressed a meeting in the
Milwsukle town hall.
The conference on me um
in the Oregon revenue collection dls-
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trlcts came to an sgreemeuv "
the salary oi me cuumw.
will be 13.000 with not over $300 for
shortage, and the Willamette District
will be renamed the Portland District,
with a salary of 16,000 In lieu of ah
fees and other allowances.
The largest graduating class thsl
has ever left the University of Ore
gon will receive Its diplomas here at
tho annual commencement day exer
cises. June 23. The class comprises
elghtyelght members, not including
th deDartments of medicine and law,
In Portland, whose gradnatlng exer
cises already have been held.
Horticulturists are Interested in a
new species of strawberry which has
been developed by C. A. Benson of
Kilverton, Mr. Benson, who Is a large
. . -k.. anxr-aoripfl In nro- .
rt.ielns a fruit that has all the flavor j
of the wild strawberry ana me size
f hp domestic berry. He obtained
the new fruit production by crossing
pollen of the wild berry blossoms and
those of the cultivated berry. The
new addition to the berry crop will
be known as "Benson's Oregonian."
To discuss a constitutional amend-
... AM ive 8Uthorlty to the
, .
counties of the State to issue bonds
for the Improvement of State high
ways, a meeting in Portland or ine
county Judges of Oregon will b
called within the next week. This is
part of the programme of the Good
RoadB Association. Immediately after
the meeting the proposed provision
will be circulated for signers to an
Initiative petition, and it will be sub
mitted to the voters In the fall eleo
tions.
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Baptist Church
Preaching services at 11 a. m. and
8 p. m. Sunday school at 10, and B.
dially Invited to all the services.
Calvary Presbyenatt Criurcn
At faivnrv Presbyterian church
next Sunday; evening, the service will
o o,cIock as
j detained at a cer.
, function until that time.
i , service and Sunday sch(
Morning service and Sunday school
at the usual hours,
j United Evangelical Church
..Li- 11 a .ii F!vpn-
Morning worsuty, xi
! Jng gervce at 8 p. m., theme, "Bene-
j alctlon of Triar- AU are cordially
! . . i .-. Kin wt"V llfi
! invited to come ana wui'1
Christian Church
Regular services at the Christian
d evening, C. F.
Swander occupying the pulpit. Bible
fit.hool 10 a. m.. prayer meeting wea
nesday eveutug.
Methodist Church
Regular services will be held next
Sunday. Sunday school at iu a. m.
i . . - rrhn T TP I,.
ana V "' " , E
at 3 ip m. or all the
, woiu.- -
ing at 8 p. m.
Baldwin and wife of Win-
"- visiting rela-
H. A.
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NUMBER 2
WOULD ASSIST
LOCAUFFAIRS
FAVORS CREATION OF STATE
COMMISSfON
WOULD REMOVE PREJUDICES OF
PEOPLE AGAINST PUBLIC UTIL
ITY CORPORATIONS AND AS
SIST LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS.
One of the most progressive ad
dresses ever made before a body of
public utility men in the United
SUtes was that delivered before the
National Electric Light Association,
at its 28th Annual Convention, May
1910, by Arthur S. Huey, vice-presi-deut
of the H. M. Byllesby & Co.
No utterance by a public utility op
erator of Mr. Huey's prominence
within recent years has caused so
much discussion and comment. The
address dealt with the subject ol
commercialism in electric lighting anti
old fashioned methods in the opera
tion of electric, gas and railway sys
tems. In many ways Mr. Huey s ad-
dress defined and formulated the progs
-
ine the leaders in public utility oper
ation throughout the country.
As is well known locally ,H. M. Byl
lesby & Co., whose head offices are
at Chicago, acts as the general man
ager and operator of the Willamette
Valley Co. Mr. Huey Is in charge of
the operation department of this large
organization and his remarks are
therefore of particular Interest to-the
people of thig city.
Mr. Huey told the National Electric.
Light Association that he believed the
hostility and prejudices against utili
ty companies throughout the country
is largely undeserved. In his opin
ion it is caused by a great deal oC
misunderstanding, but he admitted.
that a percentage of truth entered.
into it.
"It is absurd to blame the agitator
and disgruntled and the avaricious
for everything" said Mr. Huey. "Some
of our ills originate within them-
selves and the apex of folly Is to ig
nore our own shortcomings.'
"I venture the assertion that at.
least 75 per cent of pnblic ill feeling;
acainst. utility organizations has been
caused by the failure of operating
companies to take pains to please
their customers.
"In communities where companies,
have exerted themselves to render
full value to consumers and have
made some shifts towards educating,
the public to the facts underlying the
central station business, the public
is awakening to a new sense of jus
tice toward utility corporations.
"People are realizing more than ev
er before that there are two sides tc
these questions. The public owes as.
much obligation to a progressive pub
lic service organization as the corpo
ration owes to the public.
"I regret any opposition to the
growing tendency toward the creation,
of state commissions empowered
with regulatory authority over utility
companies. Personally I welcome
this movement, because I see in it
great opportunities! for good to pub
lic and corporations altse.
nhviniislv utility commissions nwy
be good or bad or may be neither. Sc
may the courts; so may every depart
ment of government and it make
little difference what style of govern
ment is in vogue. We nugnt as w
. hi at th name of a thousand
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imaginary dangers as to regard tat
tendency toward governmental regula
tion of utilities with dread, ana bpi-
hension.
with nil nroner regard lor tne sen
sibilities of others, I am a believer
in plain speakng. I believe in admit-
ting that things are wrong,
are wrong, in order tnat cmox
measures may be applied without- loss
of time. ,
"Our companies should play active
parts in the whole commercial struc
ture of the municipality. They should
(Continued from page six.)