THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPXER. ORE., THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 1914
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THE RURAL PASTOR
Intelligent and Consecrated Leader
ship the Need of the Hour.
By Peter Radford.
Lecturer National Farmers' Union. ,
The rural pastor has greater possi
bilities than any other factor in our
national life. The rural civilization
of the Twentieth Century has opened
bp a new world of activities for him.
There lie before him unexplored con
tinents of usefulness, unemployed
forces of civilization and tremendous
responsibilities such as have never
before confronted the pastorate.
The need of the rural communities
today is intelligent and consecrated
leadership. There must be a marshal
ing of forces that build life, strength
en character and broaden vision. The
pastor should deal with living prob
lems. In addition to the service be
now renders he should help us lift
the market basket, hold out a help
ing hand to the farmer and develop
the potential energies of the commu
nity he seeks to serve.
A More Useful Ministry.
The farmer needs the personal
touch of the pastor. He seldom
comes in direct contact with his hal
lowing influence, except when he is
baptized, married and buried. We
need to further extend Christian in
fluence in the homes, as well as to
spread the gospel in China; to In
struct our children In the art of liv
ing, ae well as to convert the barba
rian and the Hottentot, and we should
devote our energy and talent to the
solution of problems of our own lo
cality, rather than consume our en
ergies in fighting vice and ignorance
beyond our borders. It is as impor
tant that we discuss from the pulpit,
the building of macadam highways
from the church to our homes, as
that we preach of the golden streets
of the New Jerusalem. It is as much
a part of the duty of the pastor to
exhort us to own a home while on
earth as to inspire us to build a man
sion in the skies and that we should
construct Christian character in our
own community, rather than that we
fight foreign sins In other lands. We
want a religion we can farm by as
well as die by.
Christian Influence Needed.
There Is an emptiness In the life
of rural communities and we want
preachers who can weave into" the
social fiber, educational pastimes,
profitable pleasures and instructive
amusements. Too often we find the
games of our young people a search
for a suggestion in immorality and
a stepping-stone to sin. The pastor
should supervise the growing lives of
young people, approve their amuse
ments, create expressions of Joy and
pleasure that makes for Christian
character and bless their lives with
Christian modesty.
The, farm Is the nursery of civili
zation, and the parsonage of all re
ligious denominations. Too long hae
the farm furnished the cities with
their great preachers, until today the
rural church is the gangway to city
pulpitB.- The current should be re
versed. The power of the pulpit is
most neededv in the country where
the fundamental forces of human life
originate. The farm is the power--
house of all progress and the birth
place of all that Is noble. The Gar
den of Eden was in the country and
the man who would get close to God
must first get close to nature. Many
communities are church-ridden. We
frequently have three or four churches
in a community with a circuit rider
once a month preaching to small con
gregations and all fail to perform the
religious functions of the community.
In many Instances, more harmonious
effort might result in a more efficient
service. The division of religious
forces and breaking into fragments of
moral effort are ofttimes little less
than a calamity and defeat the pur
poses they seek to promote.
A pastor in a neighborhood, study
ing the economic social, moral and
educational problems of the commu
nity, presenting fresh visions of poten
tial possibilities and native power
with beauty and new meaning, inter
preting the thought-life of the com
munity and administering to their
daily needs, will contribute more to
ward the advancement of a locality
than a dozen preachers who occupy
the pulpits at irregular intervals,
preaching on subjects foreign to the
life of the community.
Church prejudice is a vice that
saps much of the spiritual life of a
community, and wasteful sectarian
ism is a religious crime against so
ciety. Denominational reciprocity
should take its place. Non-support
of church institutions and religious
lethargy can often be traced to causes
inherent with the church. There
should be co-operation between
churches and co-ordination of moral
effort along economic lines, and there
must be If the rural churches of this
state are going to render a service
which this age demands.
Wins $100 Prize.
C. N. Jones prosperous young far
mer of near Heppner, was a pleasant
caller at this office on Friday after
noon, and poured some oil on our
machinery. Mr. Jones has been
farming a portion of the W. P. Dut
ton ranch for the past three years,
and this Fall has his summerfallow
In excellent shape in such fine con
dition In fact, that M. Button made
him a present of $100, cold cash, as
a reward for good work. His sum
merfallow is absolutely free from
weeds and now in excellent condition
for putting in the fall grain.
BUSIES COLLEGE IS
LIKED BY HOI GIRL
Miss Josie Kskelson lg Pleasantly Lo
cated at Copitol City.
Editor Gazette-Times,
Heppner, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
On leaving home my intention was
to take a business training in Port
land, but friends persuaded me to
come to Salem and enter the Capital
Business College, which is considered
one of the very best in the northwest.
After having attended the college
for one month I 'feel that I have
made no mistake lnmy decision. I
would like to tell the people of that
locality that this is the proper place
for any ambitious young man or
woman to secure a thorough and
practical business training.
The business courses here are very
complete and cover a large field
adaptable to any modern office. The
stenographic course has been en
larged by the addition of Stenotypy
which is the machine method of
shorthand. While this method is de
signed to take the pla;e of short
hand, both are taught here, which
goes to show that Mr. W. I. Staley,
the Principal of the school, is alert
to the constantly growing require
ments of business men, and conse
quently endeavors to keep his school
abreast of the times.
The faculty are affable to all and
personally interested in each Btudent
and his progress. They are always
ready to lend their assistance in ev
ery possible way that will aid their
advancement. This tends to make
the students feel at home and gives
a congenial atmosphere to the whole
school.
I trust that this letter may be the
means of further investigation on the
part of those who contemplate taking
a commercial course in the future
with a view of becoming a really val
uable asset in the business world.
I find Salem, the capital city of
Oregon, a most delightful place. The
city is beautifully located on the
east bank of the Willamette river.
Its streets are wide and lined with
beautiful shade trees. The business
section of the city has the appear
ance of being substantial and pros
perous; and in the residence section
are many very fine homes. There
are some thirty-five miles of streets
paved with hard-surface pavement.
Fron a friend and former resident,
JOSIE ESKELSON.
UNIVERSITY OFFERS
110 TEACHERS
All teachers in Morrow county
have been offered assistance from the
University of Oregon in covering the
required work from the new State
Reading List, the offer having just
been received at the office of County
Superintendent of Schools S. E. Not
son. The superintendent, under sec
tion 24 of the school laws of Oregon
for 1913, may not register any teach
er until he is satisfied that at least
one of the State Reading List books
lias heen covered. The state univer
sity suggests that because of pressure
of other work county superintendents
may find supervision of this sort dif
ficult. It has therefore prepared
study helps, and is ready to assist the
superintendent and the teachers in
any of several ways, as indicated in
the following letter from the secre
tary of the Extension division:
"1. If you care to utilize the fa
cilities of the Extension division of
the University, we will communicate,
with your cooperation, with every
one of your teachers, advising her of
the legal necessity of doing the work,
urging her to make selection of the
book, and telling her we will send
her questions and suggestions and
aid her to get the most good possible
from the book. When she has com
pleted the reading we will give her
a card certifying the fact, which card
she shall file with you when she reg
isters her certificate, as evidence that
the work has been done.
"2. If you wish yourself to make
the selection of book from the list,
we shall advise the teachers of the
choice and take the matter up in
the same way.
"3. If you handle the work
through reading circles, we shall be
glad to furnish to your office or to
the teachers direct, if you request,
copies of the studies, helps on the
books which are to be studied. We
are also willing insofar as we can, to
send men from our departments to
address those reading circle groups
The amount of such assistance, how
ever, is strictly limited by the num
ber of men available and the amount
of funds on hand.
"4. If you wish to employ both
methods suggested above and group
some of your teachers into reading
circles under yourself or supervisors,
with or without our aid, and require
the others wjio are too remote to at
tend the circle meetings to do their
reading with us, we sail be glad to
undertake the work on that basis.
"As the University of Oregon is
part of the public school system,
there will be no expense to any of
the teachers except, of course, that
each teacher will have either to buy
or to borrow a copy of the book
which she reads."
Harry Turner, who farms in Sand
Hollow, was a business visitor In our
city last Friday.
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BIOGRAPHICAL Native of the State of Maine. Res
ident of Umatilla County, Oregon for 42 years. Have
held the office of Mayor, Councilman .and Chairman of
the "Water Commission of the City of Athena and School
Director of the Athena district for many years. .
Member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly two terms
and Senator for the 19th District one term, now a candi
date for re-election.
"With the experience already had in legislative mat
ters I believe I can render valuable service to the people
of the District and State. Have for many years been
engaged in farming and in the farm implement business
and know the requirements of the farmer and business
man.
State Interests I favor an amended tax law by which
the burdens of taxation shall be distributed equitably
and the time of tax payments fixed at dates when there is
ready money in the country, one half payable May 1st
and one half Nov. 1st in each year without interest or
penalty.
I favor such legislation as will assure a lower tax
rate and to that end there must be rigid pruning of ap
propriations and the abandonment or consolidation of
public offices and commissions wherever possible.
I favor such amendment to the Corrupt Practices Act
as will make it clear, reasonable and effective and give
it teeth to punish where its spirit is not observed.
I favor the enactment of such statutes as will insure
law enforcement without recourse to martial law.
I also favor the placing of initiative petitions in the
hands of the several County Clerks and registration of
ficers of the several precincts and prohibiting the em
ploymnt of paid circulators. I favor the amendment of
the Direct Primary law so that candidates for public
office may have the election either to circulate petitions
or to pay a reasonable election fee to the County or State
as the case may be. The petition is becoming a nuisance
to every registered voter.
(Singed) CHARLES A. BARRETT.
(Paid Advertisement Authorized by J. D. Plamondon,
Athena, Oregon.)
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CHARLES
A.
BARRETT
ATHENA, Umatilla County, Oregon.
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR
State Senator,
19th Senatorial District, comprising
Morrow, Umatilla and Union
Counties.
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