The recent death of Miss Emma Horning at Pingting meant a keen Joss of one of Its very able workers In" the" Church of. the Brethren Mission, Miss Horning, an American, come to China in 1908 with the first putly of workers for that Mission' and has these 29 years been working In Shansi. 'Though past 60 years of ge she was young in spirit, full of ideas for. her work and had' a keen understanding of those among whom she laboured. The China Inland Mission recently lost one of its pro-rising young workers at Changchih (Luanfu) inthe person of the Rev, James E, Koster, 'Dr, Harry G. Wyatt of the English Hospital in 'Taiyuan is recovering slowly from typhus fever. He became ill at the time when Dr. Menzies Clow from Sian was visiting' his mother and sister in the same city. Dr, Clow who had had experience with that disease fortunately was able to see Dr. Wyatt past the crisis before returning to his station. "Dr. Ronald 'SUL from Shantung was then called to assist in the hospital work for several months unfit Dr. Clifford V. Bloom returns from furlough England. Dr. and. Mrs. Bloom with their two young, daughters are expected to arrive in Taiyuan within a fortnight, The Northwestern Industrial Ca, practically a government concern with eleven different kinds of fac~ tories, suffered heavy personnel losses reconily, one in the death of Mr. Tung Fong-hsien, head of the, sted works, Mr. Tung studied metallurgy and sieclmaking at Pittsburg University In America, and within the Inst few years spent several months in Germany and England. We was regarded both by Chinese and foreign engineers as a very competent man, and Marshal Yen depended greatly upon him to make the stoot plant a Success. "Another loss by death was fu Important German engineer, Dr. Ing Gopfert, a man of wide engineer Jing experience in. his own country, in the United States and in Japan, before coming to the Northwestern Company In Taiyuan three years ago.
Agricultural Institutes The Agricultural Department of the Shansi Oberlin Memorial Schools (Ming Hsien) at Taiku is rendering valuable service to the rural communities of central Shansi in more than one way. Besides experiment Ing and demonstrating in seeds and farm animals of different kinds, which are being scattered here and there over the province according 10 definite plans, it also conducts agricultural Institutes for rural workers, fand farmers themselves. This train: ing offered isa great boon to churches which are attempting to meet some of the rural needs in their own territory. Just recently such an me stitute was held with marked success. One village sent two representatives which indicates on awakening to improvement that should prove signi Me. Raymond 'T. Moyer, head of the agricultural department of Minghislen School, and Dr. Tong, in charge of the animal husbandry, have just made an investigation trip into Sule yuan, Ninghsia and perhaps Kansu under. the auspices of, the. British Indemnity Funds Committee in order to look into the possibilities of introducing larger wool producing sheep into those extensive sheep raising sections. It is thought that the excellent "foreign sheep which Mr. Moyer brought from America which proving a hardy, large mutton animal as well og a large: wool producer, may prove suitable for the Improvement of the wool and. sheep Industry int the expansive northwest.
Mr. Wang. Ching-wel's visit to Shansi and Suiyuan caused consider able excitement in both the capital cities. Prominent officials met him at the airfield near Taiyuan when he arrived in his chartered Burasia aeroplane. 'The elly was fittingly decorated and the main streets from tone end to the other had mottos and appropriate sayings on paper' and loth strung across the street every few yards. Such a display of sttest decoration hag seldom been seen by' old residents of Taiyuan. He spoke to a huge crowd in the central park: the: following day. With Marshal Yen accompanying him he chose a calm early morning instead of a windy afternoon, to fly to Suiyuan for. the Memorial celebration for those soldiers who had lost their lives there.
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