Dedication of Portland Branch, Pacific Press Publishing Association
By H. H. Hall
A STRIKING indication of the advancement of the publishing work in the North Pacific Union Conference was given by the dedication of the branch office of the Pacific Press Publishing Association, Sunday, July 21. In January of 1904 this office was opened in rented quarters on Second Street. The demand of the business called for a larger building, and quarters were secured at 285 Salmon Street. In 1906, when the main office of the association was destroyed by fire, the directors felt it would be necessary to discontinue the Portland branch; but the various conferences in that union contributed $500 to its support, and it was therefore continued at 61 Park Street North, where still larger space was occupied. The business has continued to increase, until early in the spring of this year a lot was purchased at Twenty-first and East Flanders streets, and a beautiful concrete building 28 x 45 feet was erected.
The dedication service was a very pleasant one, coming as it did during the educational council held at Erroll Heights, in the suburbs of Portland. More than a hundred teachers, together with the union conference committee, representatives of the various churches in Portland, and other visitors, were present.
Elder H. W. Cottrell, formerly president of the association, presided. Elder C. W. Flaiz told of the advancement of our publishing work in his union, and expressed his appreciation of the fact that it had become necessary to build such a depository, and said he hoped it would speedily be found too small to accommodate the growing business. Brother J. F. Beatty, manager of the office, Prof. H. R. Salisbury, educational secretary of the General Conference, H. G. Childs, treasurer of the association, and H. H. Hall, also spoke briefly. Elder S. W. Nellis offered the dedicatory prayer.
Front view of our new branch office, Twenty-First and E. Flanders streets, Portland, Oregon
H. H. H.
"WE are not here to play, to dream, to drift;
We have hard work to do, and loads to lift.
Shun not the struggle; face it; 'tis God's gift."
