Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-03-22
BISHOP VIM. DILLON
OF the Pacific Coast United
Brethren Church.
He TALKS ABOUT OREGON.
Warning His People Against Specu-
Iatiys Real Estate Schemes.
he TALKS ABOUT OREGON.

United Brethsrn church, aud hnds
him an interssti0R aud intelligent
talker. The Bishop came 70 Oregon
some two years ago, and has charge VI
the work Of his Reconciliation on tIe
entire Pacific coast. He has spent hi
life 10 the work Of the church and II
still n very active man--iravellirg
nearly all the time. He Is now enjoy.
ing his prime, In what he considers Que
Of the best states be has eyer lived ib,
and he has spent more or less tine lr
nearly every section IN the Union
The Bishop hopes to see the day whcn
the church Ia Oregon will consiiiui'
one Of the strongest conferences h
their body. He is very hardy worker
and eI Joys seeiag bis people prosper A.
they do, even though their NUMBER
are not yet what he would like TO te'
here.
Bishop Dillon was asked what b.
thinks Of the immediate future Of hi'
church 10 Oregon, when he responded; /;
III believe as the newspapers ano
railroad men are predicting, that one
Of the great emigration movements
which occur among the thrifty yet
restless American people about every
d"zsn years II about upon us. can
remember several such epochs, whsD
the young men Of the east found TIER
old homes too crowded, aud took the
advice Of the great philosopher, Horace
Greedy. aud went west. Al flrst these
movements occurred from the extreme
east to the western reserve. Later they
populated the rich Mississippi valley,
aud still later movement OF this kind
filled the wild prairie states Of Kansas,
Nebraska aud the Dakotas. History
is bound 10 repeat itself, and there now
renains no land Of promise except the
Pacific coast states. Nothing In my
opinion. OF what lands ARE still open for
occupancy equals the state Of Oregon,
aud particularly the rich western por.
tIoD, Of which this Willamette valley
II veriiable paradise. You ask what
has this 10 do with my church, Well,
thousands Of our PEOPLE will be among
the vast thr0ng that N coming. They
are ~ rule intelligent aud thrifty,
and they will select the best homes
they can nnd aud that ars 10 be had.
Copss auently We shall SEQ them here,
aud thousands more will follow when
they are Informed Of the condition Of
Thugs, and as fast as plans are made
for their convenience aud COLOMBIA.
ilon.n
RKpoKTER Would II not be well
for your people To consider the oolOnis-
alton plan, aud secure lie benefits of
protection aud mutual
comfort"
Hisuor DiLLOs. "l am sure our
friends will secure this benefit, aud n
not b. ioTs hey leave their old homes,
they have lhe sagaeliy ~ get together
after they yet here, hy Il they can ~.
eurp the benefits of lower pTloos On
lands ~ we'll ~ every other commodity.
Az the ltlls town NJ NswbeFg Just
down the liver from halsn, where
fgsgnenlly visit, tbla plan has basn sue-
uesslullY tested by the Quaksfs, aud .
church of b0 mennbeTp has been the
result. A. SCOTS Mills, Ia thls ooualy,
the same result has besn experienced,
and another nolony lasl south VI iialsnl,
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