p. 18 | Pacific Press Notes by C. H. JONES

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 14, 1907

Pacific Press Notes

By C. H. JONES

WORK on our new factory has been delayed on account of our not being able to secure material as fast as needed, but the building is now all enclosed, and the inside finishing and painting is nearly done. We hope to be able to move in the first of next month. All who have seen the factory pronounce it a model, both for convenience and for economy. In many respects it will be better than the old building, but will not cost half as much. We are studying how to economize in every way we possibly can.

For the past few weeks we have had very cold, stormy weather, and this has hindered the work more or less. The hills and mountains on either side of us have been covered with snow,—a thing very unusual for this part of the country. It has been impossible to keep the temporary sheds in which our work is now being carried on warm enough to be comfortable, but all seem to be cheerful, and are trying to make the best of the situation, hoping soon to be more comfortably housed.

Thursday, the tenth, steam was turned on the new factory for the first time, and this will help dry out the cement floor.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pacific Press Publishing Company and members of the Pacific Press Publishing Association will be held here at Mountain View on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1907. At this meeting directors will be elected for another term, and plans will be laid for carrying on the work during the year.

We are glad to say that the subscription list of our pioneer missionary paper, the Signs of the Times, has been increasing quite rapidly during the past few weeks. The first of November we were printing only about fourteen thousand copies, but we hope that before the close of the year the list will call for one hundred thousand copies. This can easily be accomplished if we can have the hearty co-operation of our brethren and sisters, and this we have been promised.

We have just issued a little booklet setting forth what the next volume of the Signs will contain, and we would like to place one of these in the hands of every Seventh-day Adventist. They can be had free, either from the Pacific Press or from your tract society.

We are bringing out a series of church-school readers to be called the “True Education Reader Series,” a full description of which appeared on the second page of the Signs under date of January 16. Book No. 2 is now ready, and others will follow immediately. This series was adopted by the General Conference at its educational convention held in College View, Neb., June 29 to July 10, 1906. The books are intended not only for use in our church-schools and colleges, but in every family where there are children.

Volumes VI, VII, and VIII of the “Testimonies” are just off the press, and orders can now be filled. The other volumes will be pushed to completion as soon as possible.

It must be remembered that we have only two cylinder presses in operation at the present time, and the Signs and Our Little Friend have to be printed on these, as well as all the book work. For several weeks—yes, nearly all the time since the fire—we have kept these presses running night and day, but have been unable to meet the demand. Soon we shall have more presses in operation (those being restored from the effects of the fire), and then we can get out work more promptly.

Brethren H. H. Hall and E. R. Palmer have just left for Walla Walla, Wash., to attend a canvassers' institute and bookmen's convention to be held at the college, January 15-22. After this convention Brother Hall will go East, attending meetings in Montana, Nebraska, and Minnesota. He will return by way of Alberta and the Canadian Pacific Railway, stopping at points of interest on the way. This northern territory is becoming quite an important center for our book work.

C. H. JONES.