Those not in his church, summed up their of opinions of Creffield and his creed by tapping a finger on their foreheads. That was a better reaction than the Salvation Army received when they "opened fire" in Portland sixteen years earlier.

When the neighborhood of Fourth and Burnside was both a residential and business section the first services of the Salvation Army in this region were held October 3, 1886, in an old frame structure at 92 B Street, now known as Burnside, between Fourth and fifth avenues, according to The Oregonian of October 17 that year, and also the present Portland commanders of the Salvation Army unit, Major and Mrs. C. O. Taylor, who came here from San Diego, Cal.

A religious worker named Robinson, and employed here as a laborer, determined that the north end of this city, and especially its sailor population, required the ministry work of the Salvation Army, and he wrote voicing his entreaty to Captain Levins, stationed in San Francisco. Mrs. Stillwell came here and took charge of the work, assisted by Cadets Bernhardt and Whittaker.

When street parades began to be held here, street loungers greeted the Salvation workers with hostility and bad language and threw rocks and eggs.

An east side branch of the army was roughly treated for having broken the city ordinance which at that time forbade religious meetings in the streets and street parades without first having secured city permits.

Gradually public hostility against the army died down. Another and later army headquarters station was opened at Tenth and Taylor streets. Today the up-to-date Salvation Army citadel at 527 southwest Ankeny street and Sixth avenue cost about $60,000. Expenses connected with it are partly paid for by tithes of its congregation and public offerings. It is only partly paid for and additional funds are required.