The Nome nugget., 1920-12-04
MOVEMENT UNDER WAY TO HONOR NOTED
 ALASKAN CHuRCHmAl

A movement which will arouse ma tipn wide interest as well as in Alas ka has been inaugurated to observe on November 30th t.c 9th anniver- sary of the missionary episcopate of the Rt. Rev. P. T. Rowe. D. D.. Bishop of Alaska. and, as fitting thanksgiving and memorial for his bish<nric and testimonial of the ad- miration and love in which hn is held by the rank and file of the Church as well as countless friends everywhere to establish "The Bishop Rowe Found ation Fund" of $l00.o0O. the annual income from which will go to some special object in the missionary work in Alaska which :he Bishop has es- tablshed.
 The suggestion has met with en- thusiasm and the heartiest response and will appeal to not only the mem bcrs of the Church to which Bishop Rowe belongs, but to many others III The States and in Alaska who knew or the Bishops part in the development of Alaska.
 SKETCH OF BISHOP ROWE
 Deter Trimble Rowe, was born in Meadowvale, Ontario, Canada, and IS a graduate of the University of Toron- to. From 1877 to 1882 he had charge of the missionary work among the Indians and white people along the shores of Lake Huron, centering a. Garden river. and from 1882 to 1895 in the Soo country. Northern Michigan. Few men had training in their earlier ministry which so thoroughly fitted them for their hfc- work. In 1895 when the Church determined to send a bishop to Alaska. he was called to be the first bishop to that great coun- try.
 Bishop Rowe began lis work in AL asIR with the same practical devotion that had marked all his former minis ITN-fl cOHtliiuous iiiiiAiS'iH '''' twenty five years in Alaska, If the most strenuous devotion which has made him known as the friend of every man-white, Indian. or Eskimo and the best known and best be- loved citizen of Alaska.
 Tn the dangers Of rhe Arctic winter lt.o1n nf a thousand or two thousand miles before there were any steamboat lines or railroads or many trails-journeys involving snowshoe trips which exper fenced men had thought impossible. hiiltiing his own boat and shooting the rapids; and, as the strikes of gold caused rush of white miners here and there--at Fairbanks, Nome. Cor dova, Or elsewhere--he had not delay ed. The Church has been there as soon as the saloon. som e:imes getting there first: erected hospitals, schools clubrooms and churches: placing nurses. teachers. and missionaries in charge: himself an expert with ham, mer and saw, or seeking out the lonely prospector, the sick and distressed. or following up the Church's children who have emigrated from every state in the union and from many parts of the world.
 .Amonc Indians and Eskimo. also, the Bishops name is a household word and they rejoice at the news passed along that he is on his way for visit with. thcm-their friend and Father-in- God.
 One touching letter comes from an isolated point in the interior: When you come to please you make big church and help all people get straight in God way. I wait here for you all summer.
 You come here then all this coun- try you make light. and then be glad. All children and every one wan: to see you.
 Sure you make light this country if you come. and if you no come every one be too much sorry.
 You help me. Your friend.
 NATIONAL COMMITTEE
 X national committee will have charge of the celebration and of the raising of the memorial fund. Of this committee. the most Rev. Daniel S.. Futile, D. D.. Bishop of Missouri and the Presiding Bishop. is Honorary Chairman: the Rt. Rev. w. r. Nich- ols. Bishop of California. Chairman ; and the Rt. Rev. W. T.. Summer Bishop of Oregon, Secretary.
 The Alaska Committee includes the Hon. Hudson Stuck. Archdeacon oi the Yukon: Very Rev, G. D. Chris- :