NORTH PACIFIC T. & M. SOCIETY.
By William L. Raymond
The State annual meeting of this Society was held at Salem, Oregon, June 10, 1880. The meeting was opened with singing; prayer by Elder Haskell. The Secretary read a report on the financial standing of the Society. Eld. Haskell made excellent and practical remarks on reporting, after which the President announced the following committees: On Resolutions—W. L. Raymond, R. D. Benham, and A. W. Benson. On Nominations—John Donaldson, Jas. Chitwood, and J. B. E. Young. The second meeting was called June 15, and opened with usual exercises, and reading of the minutes of previous meeting. The committee on nominations reported: For President, I. D. Van Horn; Vice-President, W. L. Raymond; Secretary, A. P. Van Horn; Directors—No. 1, J. C. Bunch; No. 2, T. H. Starbuck; No. 3, R. D. Benham. The report was accepted, and the officers named declared elected. The committee on resolutions reported as follows: Whereas, We see the urgent need of labor in the T. and M. work of this Conference, and that we are hastening to the Judgment wherein we shall be judged according to our works; and Whereas, We have the means extended to everyone of us to do something in this work with our publications and periodicals, therefore Resolved, That we work with the might the Lord has given us to put our periodicals and publications into the hands of all whom we can prevail upon to read them, and Resolved, That we follow the rules of the T. & M. Society in keeping account of such labor, and report the same at the regular quarterly meetings of the Society. Resolved, That we raise $1000 for a reserve fund for the T. & M. Society, to enable it to carry a stock of books, tracts, and such other material as the Society may need to keep up the interest and funds of the Society. Resolved, That this Society purchase the stock of books and tracts which Eld. Haskell has with him at this time. The resolutions were considered separately and adopted, and the meeting adjourned. By order of the President.