The Gospel Messenger Oct. 15, 1898 page 653 Vol. 36 No. 43

Dos Palos. – We met in council Sept. 26, with elders P. S. Myers and J. S. Brubaker, who organized us as the Dos Palos church. One deacon was chosen and we are now in charge of Eld. J. S. Brubaker, at Merced, Cal. – A. Julius, Sept. 27.

The Gospel Messenger Dec. 17, 1898 page 798 Vol. 36 No.

A Trip Up the Coast

Wife and I thought it good to take a little outing by visiting the members in the North. We stopped a day at San Francisco, and found it difficult to get passage to Eureka and from there to Coos Bay and Portland. We took passage on the “Walla Walla,” for Victoria, Seattle Olympia, and were on the water for about ten days. We stopped but a few hours on British soil at Victoria. The boat then steered south for Seattle, Wash. There we stopped part of a day and at night took a smaller boat for Tacoma and Olympia. We found a few members at this place and had a little meeting in their home. Here would be an excellent opening for some enterprising young minister to make a record for time and eternity. Souls are starving for the bread and water of eternal life.

We next went south to Centralia, here Bro. Allen Ives had his home until recently. He is now at Englewood with his son. There are a few members and plenty of material for more. Here is an abundance of room for missionary work without going out to the United States. Land is cheap. And one desiring information may address Sister Alice Christlieb, Centralia.

Our most objective point was the Dalls, 110 miles east of Portland, Wash., but we were intercepted at Lyle, ten miles west of Dalls, by Bro. J. U. G. Stiverson, who has charge of the mission work there. In leaving the river we go up-grade for five miles to the summit. The country lies high and undulating. It is mostly timbered. We were taken out eighteen miles over hills and valleys, to the Brethren neat and commodious churchhouse. Here, as per arrangement, a feast, dedication and organization were to be attended to. On Saturday Bro. Stiverson, with a number of others, and three candidates went ten miles to administer baptism. On their return the organization was attended to. In the evening the feast was celebrated with a fair attendance of friends and neighbors. Some cane a distance of eighteen miles. On Sunday the dedicatory services were conducted by Bro. Stiverson. The church is named “Stiverson.”

After our return to Portland, Ore., our next stop was at Macleay. Here we stopped with Bro. Bosler, with whom we spent some time eleven years ago. This is in the Salem church. The ministers here are Eld. M. M. Bashore, and brethren J. F. Ebersole and Joseph Early.

Our next stop was at Bro. Aaron Baltimore’s near Lebanon. He the Lebanon church flourished eleven years ago, when Baltimore, with myself, labored among the members of that little flock.

Our next stop was at Talent, in the Rogue River church. Bro David Brower has had the oversight here, assisted by brethren Nininger, Quinn and M. Brower. The church is in a prosperous condition. They have two meetinghouses, and tie writer held meetings in both. Next we took the train for San Francis co. the road ascends the Siskiou Mountains, and it takes three engines to take the train upward. On the summit there is a grand view south. Soon we see Mt. Shasta with its towering snow-clad peak. The melting snow rushing down the mountain-side, forms the headwater of the Sacramento River. There is a strong soda spring near the railroad and the train stops to give the passengers time to get a drink. It is rich with soda. From this point the journey to San Francisco is made after night.

Our next step was at Ingomar, the home of H. L. Kuns, the only son of Bro. David Kuns of Lordsburg. From there we went to Dos Palos, a part of the Merced congregation, but as the member have nearly all moved away from Merced, we thought it best to change the name to Dos Palos. There being a growing interest at this place, the church elected several officers who were duly installed. The work is largely under the care of Bro. A. Julius and we trust that, with God’s blessing, the little flock will grow and thrive.

We arrived Sept. 27, having been away from home about two months. We had a pleasant trip and feel to enter the work with renewed vigor. P. S. Myers, Los Angeles, Cal.