Show OFFICE IN SADDLE A BISHOP WHOSE PARISHES SQUARE MILES dr paddocks remarkable mission and the work which he proposes to do in the backwoods of eastern oregon my office v be in the saddle this was the enthusiastic and busl ness like statement of the newly appointed bishop of eastern oregon when asked as to where his headquarters would be the vast empire ot magnificent distances and insurmountable obstacles which the church militant must overcome in its missionary campaigns Is mightier than any eastern man has any conception 0 rev dr robert L paddock of new york who was chosen at the recent episcopal convention at richmond va tor the post ot missionary bishop in the mining camps and cattle ranges of eastern oregon knew what he was talking about when he declared this work in the west is not 0 my choosing but just as a soldier Is ordered into battle so am I 1 ordered on to the firing line ot missionary work in this country my work there will bo totally different from that here there I 1 w ill be a sky pilot riding among the in diana and cattlemen my office will be in my siddle I 1 will have BO axed abode 1 bishop paddock was brought up la the great and bounding northwest bla father before him having beba bishop of washington at a time when condl tlona were more primeval than they are now going thither from brooklyn there are 75 clelea in the united states which have greater populations than the whole 76 square miles ot territory over which the new bishop will have charge take maine new hampshire vermont massachusetts rhode island and connecticut throw in maryland or the kingdoms ot bel glum or holland and lay them all down in eastern oregon and they would not overlap the border land ot his vast field of work little rhode island with its 1250 square miles area has thrice the of this territory cut rhode island connecticut and new jersey out ot the map of the united states and lay them on the map ot south eastern oregon and chev would not blot out an inch ot railroad or as large a population as lives today to day in the smallest ot the three states there la a region more than miles one way and miles the other in which there Is not a mile of railroad track laid surveyed or will be laid or surveyed within the next two or three years there are only a few hundred miles ol 01 government military and state roads in this undeveloped region which will be marvelously rich in resources once railroads enter there and irrigation projects are completed over the lona y stage roads in such counties aa malteur malheur and harney the bishop alb ba compelled to drive of ride a daiy diy at a time without seeing the curl ol 01 smoke from a human habitation 01 hearing the sound ot a voice than wild animals or his own it toot three weeks to get complete election returns from those counties last vear it has been some years since the rough and ready miners and ranch men have stood a tenderfoot ur against the wall and shot his booth eeli off to make him dance but the bishop or circuit rider must still mix with them like a brother and no matter whether he preaches to them in a barn in an open square standing on soap box for a rostrum or inside church or schoolhouse he has to suit his language to his hearers he must submit to rigid catechising catechi sing on ques alons of doctrine and dogma cow punchers and miners when the have not been fed on the sort of manna the missionary provides lor a long time sometimes beld to religious emotions as strong as they ara picturesque and their experiences related tn meeting well punctured with coarse and even profane language should net offend the min wha has headd the cry to Q over tote f i |