The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon September 29, 1908 REV. WIRE COMING Appointed To Fill Methodist Pulpit Here Was One of the Leadin(g) Young Men of the Oregon Conference The Rev. M. T. Wire has been transferred by Bishop Hughes from the Oregon Conference to the Columbia River Conference and appointed pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in The Dalles. Mr. Wire is about 33 years old. He was one of the leading young men of the Oregon Conference. For a number of years served in one of the Portland churches and attracted much favorable attention in the Portland Methodist preachers meetings. At the time of his transfer to The Dalles, he held the responsible position of secretary of the Oregon Conference and the district superintendent of the Portland district seriously objected to the transfer of Mr. Wire on the ground that he was so thoroughly and closely identified with all the important interests and work of the conference, and that his services in that conference, were of such value that the thought of his removal could hardly be entertained. Mr. Wire graduated from Garrett Biblical institute, one of the greatest theological schools in Methodism with the Rev. Dr. Fletcher Haman, now President of Willamette University. Bishop Hughes has given careful thought and consideration to The Dalles Methodist church and has favored it in the appointment which he has just made. The Methodist here have reason to be encouraged, and after the deep sadness which has come to them, to take up their work again with heart and purpose being assured of the personal character and qualities, of the abilities and leadership of their new pastor. Mr. Wire is a single man, but Phillips Brooks, the greatest preacher of his century, was never married. A. S. Hunt, of New York, one of the bright luminaries of Methodism, was a bachelor. Bishop Asbury, practically the founder and great leader of early American Methodism, lived all his life in single blessedness but Rev. Wire is only a little past thirty. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy