THE tenth annual meeting of the membership of the Pacific Press Publishing Association was convened in their assembly hall at Mountain View, California, on Monday, January 26, 1914. While this was the tenth meeting of the reorganized company, it was in reality the thirty-ninth meeting of the Pacific Press corporation.
There was a good attendance from different parts of the Pacific coast. Among those present were Elders E. E. Andross, president of the Pacific Union Conference; E. W. Farnsworth, president of the California Conference; C. L. Taggart, president of the California-Nevada Conference; H. W. Cottrell, president of the Western Oregon Conference; W. C. White, of Sanitarium, California; E. J. Hibbard, instructor in Bible at the Pacific Union College; George Thomason, M.D., superintendent of the St. Helena Sanitarium; J. J. Wessels, manager of the St. Helena Sanitarium; A. J. Sanderson, M.D., from El Reposo Sanitarium, Berkeley; L. J. Belknap, M.D., from the Garden City Sanitarium.
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Reports from the president and treasurer showed that the past year was one of the most prosperous in the history of the association.
Good reports showing splendid prosperity were also received from the branch offices at Kansas City, Missouri; Portland, Oregon; and Calgary, Alberta, Canada — all three of which have recently purchased land and erected suitable offices and warehouses.
Our association prints a large number of books, pamphlets, and tracts, not only in the English language, but also in several foreign languages.
The report from the book department showed the largest sales last year in the history of the institution. The manager of that department is at present on an extensive trip to the Old World and parts of South America, particularly in the interest of our foreign publications.
In addition to this journal, the association publishes the Signs of the Times Magazine, monthly, and Our Little Friend, an 8-page paper for children.
The time of the meeting was principally devoted to hearing the reports of progress for the past year and to discussing plans for aggressive work during the year upon which we have entered.
The following-named persons were elected as the board of directors for the ensuing year: C. H. Jones, H. G. Childs, H. H. Hall, M. C. Wilcox, James Cochran, B. M. Shull, W. E. Whalin.
The board organized as follows:
President and general manager, C. H. Jones;
Vice-president, H. H. Hall;
Secretary and treasurer, H. G. Childs.
APPOINTMENTS OF THE BOARD
Auditor, J. J. Ireland;
Manager of book department, H. H. Hall; assistant, James Cochran;
Manager periodical department, G. C. Hoskin; assistant, W. V. Sample;
Art director, F. H. Gage;
Cashier, T. F. Culhane;
Manager of Kansas City office, S. N. Curtiss;
Manager of Portland office, J. F. Beatty;
Manager of Canadian office, J. M. Rowse;
Editor Signs of the Times weekly, A. O. Tait; associate, L. A. Reed;
Editor Signs of the Times Magazine, L. A. Reed; associate, A. O. Tait;
Editor Our Little Friend, Kathrina B. Wilcox; associate, Mrs. Vesta J. Farnsworth;
Book editor and literary critic, M. C. Wilcox.
