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Prizes for Club Leaders Will Be Offered in 1924 Omaha Bank to Duplicate 1923 Gift of $700 to Aid in Training Teachers of Boys and Girls. Agricultural College, Lincoln. March 30.—Local leader* of boy* and girl* dub* of th# agricultural exten sion service and the atate champion dairy judging team of club work will receive the aarne encouragement of *700 In prize trip* for 1924 work of fered by tli* Omaha National bank through Walter W. Head, it* presi dent. as they received In 192S. It ha* been announced here. Three hundred dollar* of thl* money will be offered to the *tate champion dairy Judging team at the Nebraska state fair to help defray their expenses to the national judg ing contest at the National Dairy show. This award was won by the Adams county team last year and was used by them on their trip to the national show at Syracuse, N. Y., last October. Prize trips worth *25 each to the annual club week at Lincoln are of fered again to the local leaders who train the state champion demonstra tion teams In each of the four divi sions of club work, the animal, crops, home economics, and rope and farm accounts divisions. Two hundred dollars more will be divided among the highest 10 local leaders in the state to pay their ex penses to the club week at Lincoln. A prize trip worth *75 to the annual club congress at Chicago In Decem ber Is offered to the best local leader in Douglas county and another prize trip of *25 is offered to the second best leader and one member of this flub in Douglas county. Good Leader a Problem. Mr. Head feels that the problem of obtaining a good local leader la the greatest one confronting the club work with the boys and girls of' the state. His encouragement with these trips will make It possible for the state extension agents to gather enough of these local leaders together in Lincoln at the time of the annual c lub week to make It worth while to offer a short course in club leader ship. The 11 winners of the 1923 prizes will attend the coming club week in June of this year and the first of these local leaders short courses ever given. Miss Mary Way of Dakota City receives the trip for training the best demonstration team in the home economics division. Mrs. J. J. Donahue of Inland cornea to club week for training the best animal demonstra tion team. G. A. Speidel of Waverly gets the trip for the best crops demon stration and Earl Nelson of Weston comes in for winning the farm ac counts and rope division of the state fair competition. Miss Way’s team represented Ne braska at the Interstate fair at Sioux City and won second there in com petition with the state champion home economics teams from 13 other central western states. Mrs. Dona hue's boys, 10 to 12 yearb old, won third at the same contest among the livestock and crops demonstrations where 13 other states competed. To Select Dairy Heads. The seven other local leaders of dairy calf clubs that are entitled, to the trip to club week for their 1923 work have not been chosen as yet but they will all lie at the training school. Dairy calf club leadership may lie a three-year job with the same club since this project Is so planned that the boys or girls take a calf and raise it to maturity and keep it through the first freshening period. One of the conditions under which a j leader may win the trip is that he or she be a local leader again the suc ceeding year. In this way. It is hoped that the local leadership of boys and girls clubs may be Improved. God of Theology Fails to Satisfy Orthodox View Stultifies Con science. Says Unitarian Pastor. "As a rule people who are sensa tive of conscience and thoughtful of mind do not find the orthodox Idea of God to be satisfying," declared Ralph E. Bailey In preaching at the First Unitarian church Sunday , morning. His address was the third i of a series of sermons on ths sub ject: ‘‘The Good News of liberal Christianity.” Contending that the traditional doctrine of God ie Inadequate In the light of modern learning, and that the Interpretation Jeeus taught con cerning God meets the demands of the human mind and conscience In every way, Mr. BaJley said: "Many who hold the traditional view of God fall by a great deal to find complete satisfaction In the view. Their sense of the suthorlty of the Bible Ie such that they feel they must believe in the God of theology and the creeds, but their thought of deity lias logical Implications and conse quences that they would like to be able to escape. , "It Is small wonder that the faith does not always satisfy Its believers, for In It there Is more of darkness than of light, more of evil than of good. Whether the orthodox thought of God be true or not true, It Is, for us In our present age. In many ways an unfortunate belief. “For. this orthodox .view of Oml stultifies our conscience. Our moral sense cannot accept it as enlighten ing or reassuring. Whatever may be the causes of the fact, we have cer tain moral convictions which we hold wltfi confidence, and many of the deepest of these convictions are either weakened or denied by the doctrine of God which orthodoxy would have uy hold. “Recording to Jesuy, God does not require of men the acceptance of any cre^d or membership in any church. The' Nnzarene taught that God holds •ach person responsible for his own Sinl and his own character, and thatj » j there can be no vicarious atonement lor Imputed rtithteoiienee*. Christ In eluted that goodness and mercy and justice and truth are the character istics that God approve* on the part of human life. That Clod In as Jesus Interpreted Him to lie le the good news liberal Christianity le proclaim ing to this generation that has so numerously ntmndnned the religion of Christ." Corn Belt Farm Work Backward Corn of Low Germination Test. Says A. E. Anderson of Federal Department Lincoln, March SO.—Farm work Is backward In the corn belt states. This Is the assertion of A. E. Anderson, head of the bureau of crops and live stock estimates of the United State* Department of Agriculture, In a state ment made public here. According to the federal statisti cian winter wheat^was damaged by alternate freezing and thawing, #and Hessian fly threatens damage to some of the western corn dielt states. "Corn," says the statement, "Is of low germination test. Clover and al falfa winter-killed In some of the eastern states.” The Hessian fly threatens mainly Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri, the report continues. Cold weather and excess moisture have delayed preparation of ground and seeding of oats, eays the statisti cian In support of the assertion that farm work is backward. There has been severe damage to winter oats In some of the southern states. Poultry and egg production has In creased greatly, the report concludes. and In some areas there la some fear that it may be overdone." In reporting farm land values, the estimates bureau head declared that values declined very little during the last year, indicating that the heavy dbop since 1920 has been checked. “Cash rents are unchanged," the re port states. Supply and demand for labor are about equal, says the report. In a statement of comparison of the Nebraska and Argentiife, South America corn crops, the statistician's figures show that last year Nebraska produeted 272,052,000 bushels of corn while the South American country produced 153,000,000 bushels. Ac cording to a survey of planting inten tions in Nebraska, the statement says, Nebraska will have about the same quantity of corn as Argentina this year. CLAY COUNTY HAS PURE SEED PROJECT Clay Center, Neb., March 30.—On 24 ClOy county farms this year will be planted 275 acres of kafir, in a pure seed raising project encouraged by the county farm bureau. Prac tically the Rgme acreage of milo maise will be planted, according to County Agent Joe Clabaugh. No definite acreage has been set for milos, as there is plenty of good seed available. The kafir seed will be imported from certified stock in Kansas. The acreage is being sown this year as the result of variety tests conducted in the county last year, which showed that both these varieties had a higher yield than corn in the county in 1923. At least two variety tests will be run this year as a check. According to these tests, the Dawn variety of kafir yielded the highest amount of seed. 80 bushels to the acre, and was second in tonnage of forage with a dry weight, minus the grain, of five and one-half tons per acre. This variety was also early in maturing. Advantages for New Settlers on Virgin S. I). Soil 30,000,000 Arrcs »f Arable band Awaiting Immigrants to State. State Of ficials Maintain. By AMorlatnl Mr*. Pierre, 8. !>., March SO.—Few stales cffer prospects for the new settler which In any degree approximate those In South Dakota, according to a statement prepared by the Depart ment of Immigration showing that on the basis of comparative expenditures this state Is in*a favored position to profit from settlement work. ‘‘8outh Dakota has 2,700,000 acres of state-owned land, lying in nearly every county of the state and repre senting sn aggrekate value of $54,000,000,” the statement said. ‘ Nearly five-twelfths of It In area and more than two thirds In value lies west of the Missouri river. "If advertising can add 1 per cent to the value of this state-owned land in 20 years, the entire cost of the immigration department will he returned. This, however, is merely incidental to the securing of new set tlers to develop the vast total of 30,000,(100 acres of arable land in.the state as yet untouched by the break ing plow.” The statement recalled that new lands in the adjacent states of Minne sota, Wisconsin and Michigan are mainly cut-over forest lands, requir ing many years to transform Into farms, while the new lands of South Dakota are open, rich prairie, ready for the plow. It presented figures of expenditure fo^ immigration work in varous states. i "South Dakota appropriated last year $21,400 for the use-of the De partment of Immigration," the state ment said. "Minnesota appropriated if 8,000 for immigration and in addi tion benefits settlers largely through its agricultural department. Wiscon sin spent $23,000 In this work, Colo rado, $21,150, and California epproxi mately $125,000. "In Maryland, an appropriation of $20,<yi0 annually is expended in draw ing settlers to only four counties, while the states of Washington, Mich igan and New Torik each further set tlement work through their depart ments of agriculture, which are given average total funds of $500,000.” The statement likened the need for settlement work In South Dakota to that existing In many parts of the Dominion of Canada, where. It said, a total of $3,320,190 was appropriated for various phases of immigration work in 1923. * Woman Buys License Biit It’* for Hunting \ Newcastle, Neb., March 30.—Miss Hazel Sullivan of T^ttirel has the dis tinction of being the first woman in Cedar county to apply for a leap year license, but it was a hunting and fishing license. It being leap year, officials were suspicious Vls to what Miss Sullivan was going to hunt, but a search at the records dis counted their suspicions as It was found that Miss Sullivan has secured a hunting and fishing license every year for several years. School Superintendent Receives French Medal Western, Neb., March 30— G. W. Hildreth, superintendent of schools here the last four years, announced that he has received a medal of honor from the French government In rec ognition of his services as first-class sergeant In the medical corps during the world war. r —---— 1 With the County Agents >•---a✓ Nehawka—The first of a series of meet ings for Instruction In home care of the sick was held here with seven women's clubs of the eastern half of the countv represented. Miss Martin, of the state home economics extension service, con ducted the Instructional work. Weeping Water—Thg county agent has advised girls of the countv who are In terested In sewing clubs that this is the time to enroll and that an soon an schools are closed this soring work of the dubs will be opened. A large enrollment in the clubs is expected. Weeping Water—In addition to provid ing places to hunt rabbits, brush Piles In this countv are being found practical as soil erosion prevents!!ves. the countv agent said. The farmers have Installed the "brush dams" in small gullevs or ditches which rains and snows have made and which have been carrying away rich soil. The brush stops the noil and holds it back In the land. Straw Is placed on the upstream side of the brush to stoo the dirt. Then when the dams sre filled —which often takes nlace within a vest —the deposited soli Is sown to tough sod so that It will not he washed out again. Seward—The countv agent announced the farm bureau program for 1124. It Includes the following protects: Assis tance of several women's home economics clubs in the countv: a lunlor fair In con nection with the countv fair, to promole Interest among farm bovs and girls In further participation In farm life: ad vancement of sanitation In swine housing snd quarters and work of boys and girls In their pig clubs: Improvement of dalrv cattle: further development of the ac credited farm flock protect: continuation of hat construction and clothing schools for women of the farms: variety tests or crop yields: improvement of orchards: and continuation of fere consultation with farmers on any or all problems thev mav have. Blair—Tn* local chamber of commerce gave u abac la I noondav luncheon, at. which the farmer* of Washington countv who are Interested In bovine tuberculosis erad ication were the guests. Two farmers from each precinct In the countv. the farm bureau board and 40 business men attended. Following several speeches In advocacy of the Institution of the state and federal tenting for tuberculosis. It was decided to circulate the petitions reoulred by law. to bring the work Into the countv. These axe now In the hands of farmer* and it is hoped that the testing work < mi soon he started In this countv. Syracuse—In hi* note* to farmer* thl* week A. H. DeI«ong, the county agent, give* mean* and method* of treating potatoes to bo used for seed, against scab, rhlzocitonlfl. etc. A nolutlon of corrofllv* sublimate is recommended, with warning that the mixture Is poison, and should be kept away from children while being used. Geneva—The county sgent has ssk^d *11 farmer* who are Interested In observ ing the actual • ost of talslng their corn to take up the cost sheet* provided bv the stale agricultural extension service and keep them during this year’s corn eisson According to the agent, two farmers, who each raised 41 bushels of corn per acre, on their cost sheet record lest year, showed wide ran|»# of colt* in thl* production. Dakota City—The county farm bureau has opened Its corn testing station, chsrg Ing farmer* of the county 76 cents per 100 ears to te|«t tliPlr seed cot,n for germination. If this amount proves more than sufficient to in**<-t expenses of the station a refund will he made, the county agent said The testing station was opened after announcement wa* made that Nebraska corn Is of doubtful germi nation quality this season T.eilnglon — The county agent advised farmers thot one Dawson county fnirnsr had found alfalfa very successful ss » soil erosion pi • \ ent a t|\ e and also as a soil builder II* advised fxrnv ri to plan th**lr e»»|y spring garden* now. "on cardboard^' so that they would have a good plan of planting tii* early truck befor* timt to seed. Then, he said, "plan the later crop*' layout In time to have the garden all mapped out before time for planting." • Lexington—During the next few weeke each community In the county that hax asked for organisation of "H" clubs— agricultural Improvement club#—will have a definite date for meeting and organisa tion, the county agent announced. Can ning, cooking, sewing and clothing clubs have already been assigned dates to meet wish th.* agent to form their organisa tion. Omaha—At a conference of boys' and girls' club Isaders at Elkhorn, L. I. Fris ia. .head of the boys’ and girls* club work for the state addressed the leaders on thslr work for the coming year. Omaha—Five sewing clubs and one dairy club have been organised so far In Douglas county, the agent announced. A dairy calf club le In process of organi zation at Elkhorn. The county agent has sent out a call for all boys and girls In terested In the club work to register for It. Tecumseh—It has been estimated that if all the soil annually washed sway from the surface in the United Htates were to be placed In one place, It would cover a state as large as Iowa to a depth of eight Inches, the county sgent declared. ’ Every rain carried tons of fertile soil to the Platte and Missouri rivers, where It flows Into the Mississippi and simply en larges the delta In the Gulf of Mexico.’* he continued. "All soil washing Is not preventable, but It can bs stopped to a great extent by construction of brush dams and building terraces.” Tecumseh—A "ton litter contest" Is to he staged In this county. The contest Is one in which the farmer having the Utter weighing tho highest, over on* ton at the .lose of the contest, receives an award. Pigs must be farrowed between February 20 and April an, 1P24 Wfthoo—About 1,100 head of cattle were tented during the week In Clear Creek precinct, the county agent an nounced. Thle teat la part of the county area antl-tubgrculosls campaign. Kigli men heud.^r 2 per rent, allowed a tu bercular reaction, the county agent an nounced. The testing work will continue throughout the county Wanoo—The Thirnblina Hewing club has been organised at Colon. eight girls are members of the dub. which la spon mo red by the home economics extension service A new rope club baa also been organised In this county. Poultry and pig clubs are contemplated. Fremont Township meetings for die ruaslon of eradication of bovine tuber culosis, under the federal-State Indemni fy atlon and area plan, were held during the week at three points In the county. A representative of the atste agricultural college addressed the fsrmera attending the meetings and moving pictures were exhibited One precinct In the county bus already perfected Its organisation fet entry of the "T. H." work. Fremont Ten or 12 county agents and HgrlculturHl extension service workers arc scheduled to attend a district conference here April I. which will also he at tended by officials of the extension ser vice The work for this aeasoln Is to be outlined and discussed, Fremont More than 1.000 pounds ef sodatol, it government war explosive, t»e ing used now for farm purposes, has be-n received by the Dodge county farm bureau, which ordered the supply for farmers. Fremont With Mprlng farm work ee ter ng Its first stage* many farm hsnds have applied to th- county agent s offlr e for employment The call f«*r ichi bunds, however. Is not t ery brl"k the sgent reported Fremont The Dodge <'ounty Honey Producers' uasot "Hon held lt« annual meeting her* today The meeting we* called for election of office's and Iran* action of huslneee Films of honey pio du'tion were shown. POULTRY DEALERS WARNED IN IOWA Ilf AsMwIsted Trrmm. lies Moines, la., March 80.—A gen ernl warning to all dealers In egg* was leaned today by Secretary of Ag rlculture R. V. Caasndy. The warn ing nlnn applies to poultry men and all others who handle eggs In any stage from the henhouBe to the con sumer, Mr. I'assady stated. The state agricultural secretary’s warning included the following: "It is unlawful for the farmer to sell nr offer for sale bad or heated epgs to his patrons or to jobbers. "It is equally unlawful for mer chants to offer such eggs to jiatrons or jobbers. The state agricultural department requires dealers to candle all eggs bought or sold. “Poultrymen have no cause for complaint if merchants refuse to buy eggs without candling. Such refusal protects both merchant and raiser." Hav Prices Rise; Demand Grows Snow and Cold Weallier Aids Tone of Market—Eastern Receipts Larger. IJncoln, March SO.—A continued firmnefs in the hay markets of the country is reported by the United States Department of Agriculture in its review of the week of March 17 12. made public here. The report states that receipts of hay in eastern markets were some what larger during the week, but fell off in the central west because of storms and bad roads. “The increased demand In practical ly all markets caused by the snow and cold weather," says the report, “advanqpd prices on the best grades. Because of the scarcity and higher prices of the top grades, lower grades were firmer and moved more freely than for some weeks. Clover mixed hay also moved freely in the absence of good timothy.” The report follows in pert:. "The small movement of hay from the alfalfa producing areas to mar kets west of the Mississippi river ad vanced prices on these classes of hay. This advance was caused by the de creased receipts prUfcipally, rather than any material Increase in de mand. There was a good demand for alfalfa at Kansas City ffom the south, but the feeding trade In the surrounding territory bought rather sparingly. The demand at Omaha was somewhat better because of the bad weather that prevailed in that territory. There vai a good demand for the beet grades of prairie at practically all markets and prices remained firm. Tha stockyards at Kansas City were again in the market after being In active for a few weeks. On March 1 there were 3.000,000 tons less hay on farms than at the corresponding time a year ago. This shortage was prac tically all In the tlmotliy growing states. Baaed upon reports from a large number of farmers, an Increase of 4 per cent la Intended In the acreage of tame hay that will be harvested this year, only a few states showing decreases in planting intentions. The prospective increase Is 3 per cent In the eastern states, 5 per cent In the south Atlantic and east north central, 6 per cent in the west central and 8 per cent In the south central state*. Fourth Wool Pool Nets Gain of $630 Huron, S. D., March 30.—The busi ness management of the 1923 wool pool of the South Dakota Sheep and Wool Growers' association, the larg est of the four annual pools tha as sociation has handled, was conducted at a net gain of 1*30. according to the report of M. R. Benedict, secretary treasurer, resd st the annual meeting of the association hsra today. The pool marketed 1,520,000 pounds of wool contributed by 535 shippers, the report Bald. According to Mr. Benedict's rsport. the growth In membership over thst of the previous year, which was 820, and the fact that triple the amount of wool was handled than In 1922, are indications compared with tbs chang ing fortunes of ths venturs In Its first two years,'that ths association ia now moving forward on a perma nent basis. — As an Incident to the report, Mr. Benedict said that approximately 12,000 worth of woolen goods were placed In the hands of growers on a barter basis through the hands of the association. Dairy Calf Club Bring Organized at Elkhorn A hoys’ and girls' club leaders' con ference was held at Elkhorn. I* 1. Friable of the extension service In charge of boys’ and girls’ club work In the state was present. This meet, lng Is held for the purpose of giving assistance to local leaders In the mat ter of carrying on the club work. Five sawing clubs hove been or ganized this ijprlng and one dairy calf rluh. A dairy calf club Is In the process of organization at Elkhorn. Boys and girls between the ages of 10 ami 19 years In that territory In terested In the calf club work should get In touch with Mr. Moore of the Farmers' Htats bonk at Elkhorn, or with the county extension agent. Co-0|>eration of Farmer Need of Livestock Men Must Stand Together to Achieve Success. Says Pres ident of Wool Grow ers’ Association. By AuifUlwl I’ rfii Huron, 8. D., March 30.—Farmers and live atock men have common In t**reata and muat atand together or they will never achieve aucceaa in a world in which every other claaa haa become a unit, J. O, Rogers of Mid land, 8. D., president of the South Dakota Sheep and Wool Growers as sociation, told members of this or ganization here. Mr. Rogers declared the need of unified effort to be imperative. Speaking of "the cry that comes from every quarter to diversify,” he point ed out that while this plan haa much in its favor it also has its disadvant ages. Specialized production, rather, U the ideal way to conduct the farm ing and live stock raising Interest of the country, he said. "In some states where farmers and wool growers are Intermingled the two Interests are conducted In co-op eration,” Mr. Rogers continued in sup port his plea for unity. "In other states where a great deal of the sheep business ia carried on as a spe cial line the wool interests feel that their needs are not identical with those of the farmer. “However this may be, we must not forget that Ideal co-operation de mands that wool men must work In harmony with all other farming and livestock Interests.” Must Hold Down Supply. The speaker maintained that the truth of his contention has been amply demonstrated in results ob tained by the American Federation of Labor, with Its diverse faetlbn, and machinery, lumber and coal produc ing interests. He referred his hear era to the fact that success of the coal operators lay In holding down the supply of mined coal to a point where It was never sufficient to flood the market. "This Is the only way that farm ers and stockmen will ever have any thing to say about the selling price of their product,” he continued. "They must hold control of It until it is needed by the consumer and then furnish It only in such quanti ties as the trade demands. They will be objects of specula tion and profiteering Just as long as they continue to deliver their prod uct In excess of market demands. The plan of regulating production may help, but It is not a panacea for all of our ills. We must learn to conserve our Veoduct.” Control Selling Agency. Mr. Rogers emphasized the need for co operative marketing enter prises to control the selling agency. There must be money and facilities enough to handle and hold the pro duct until an expedient time to sell, he said and declared that such an organization must Include the whole country If it Is to gain maximum tesults. t’ntll It reaches these pro portions there will continue to be competition Instead of protection of mutual interests, he said. Speaking in opposition to too sweeping an application of the bene fits of diversified farming, the speaker pointed to the necessity for a wide knowledge, endless variety of tools and farm help under this plan. If di versified farming is carried on with out help It la impossible to mitke much more than expenses, he said. "Specialized production, on the other hand, does not require such a variety of knowledge and equipment and gives greater opportunity for leisure on the farm,” he continued. "Furthermore, each Individual la nat urally best adapted to one line and each locality Is best adapted to cer tain products. I>et each produce that for which It Is best fitted.” I Demonstration at Every ' Meeting of Canning Club Ohlowa, Neb., March 30.—Glrla of (he Wide AwaJce Canning club here plan to stage a club demonetratlon at every regular meeting of the club thle summer, according to Mrs. Gil bert Muir, their leader The girls, working under a leader appointed hy the state home exten sion service, are learning to take care of homee. This Is one phase of their work. Mrs. Muir states that a Judging contest. In which the beet girl* or girl at the canning work Is chosen, would probably be staged at each demonstration. This offers an Incen live for harder work on each girl's part, she declared. FVult, vegetables and meat are ad\ r.imsKMK.vr. Heals Old Sores Peterson’s Ointment ' To the mllllona of people who use Peterson’s ointment for plies, ecremn, salt rheum, pimply akin, sore feet sod chafing, Peterson says. " Tell any euf ferer from old sores that lta mighty healing power le wonderful end hun dreds of old sores and ulcers have been healed. Ask your druggist, SRc, Me. li M. That cough that is breaking your rest • • waattagymiratrength i ao that in the morn- fl ingyoufeelmoretired f than when you went to bed -get rid of it liefore it rouaea you more serious trouble. , For more than fif- 1 ty year*, thousand* offamilie* have kept Dr. Ring * New Dis covery m the medi cinr rlowt to break up i'oiikIi'. It ilor* thin tinturitlly, quickly. I>y •tiniulatiuglhtinucou* tnrmbrann ( oitfAl that keep ym awmkt at niaht ran ha at>>ppcd quickly Opitk Ihtt aimpla hi itahi-Ui r*™*'y to throw off the se cretion* t hit t are clog ging them. Harmless ly, anil without an; bad after effect*, it • tops the violent throat and lung spasms and gives tha irritation a chance to heal. It has an agreeable taste. All druggists. Dr KING’S NtwniscovEitr 1 1 canned by the gu ts. In addition, the dent on strut ion work connected with the club gives the girls ability to appear before an audience without the customary stage fright, according to their leailer. All but one of the girls com* from farms in this county. The captain or president of the canning' dcm^istratlon team, Faye Burt, wus winner of a free trip to the Boys' and Girls' club congreaa at Chicago In December. Koch year the Club bolds Ha "Achievement day" celebration, during which a banquet of the fruit, meats and vegetables j canned Is prepared by the girls. Unity in Church l rged by Smith Congregational Pastor Sug gests Declaration of Faith for United Church.' Dr: Frank G. Smith, pastor of First Central Congregational church, gave the fourth of his Sunday evening se ries of lectures on "The Faith of a Modernist," Sunday night. The spe cial theme was: "What a Modernist Believes About the Holy Catholic Church and the Holy Spirit." *Dr. Smith said he was not sur prised to learn in various ways that many people thought he was going to talk about the Roman Catholic church. He said that was an lnter tlng subject, but It was not his pur pose any more than it was to talk about the Baptists or the Methodists or the Presbyterians. He called at tentiAi to the fact that catholic means, general, universal, and that every Protestant church that repeats the “Apostles' Creed" expresses faith in the Holy Catholic church. While he was on that phase of the subject, however, the speakr paid his respects to certain individuals and in stitutions Who seemed to feel that the only way they could express their religious fervor was by fighting the Roman Catholics. The speaker said he held no brief for Roman Catholicism, but he did honor them for their fidelity and loyalty to the teachings and requirements of the in stutlon. He said as a rule the people who were shouting the loudest about the Roman Catholics were Protest ants, so-called, who had no vital con nection with any Protestant church and took no part In its program of work. He said the need of all re ligions today was for more reality and less formality, more brotherhood and less bickering: more practice and less theory; more light and love and sympathy and fellowshinp and less controversy: more of a determination to love truth and still be charitable, to loathe wrong and yet lie guiltless of Injury, Injustice or malice. Dr. 'Smith said he believed the cause of Christ was suffering great loss by lack of unity, actual organic unity, among his followers; he be lieved this was wrortg afjd unneces sary; that an expression of faith and a program of organization could be worked out that would be simple enough and yet comprehensive enough to include all who love Jesus Christ and want to catch and incarnate hts spirit and manifest it in the world. He even went so far as to suggest a declaration of faith for a United Christian church. The following is nis MJffKeation: In uniting with this church I espres* my falih in Ood. a supreme, spiritual being, who In holy love create* and con tinuously sustains all things, and who is the loving spiritual father of every hu man being I believe(tha t Ho has a vray He wants me to live and that peace, satis faction and fullness of life will come to me only as I find Hi* way and walk in it. and i:now Hi? will and do It. I be lieve that God has fully revealed the kind of life He wants u* all to live In tne life and words »nd deed* of Jesu* Christ. It in therefore my greatest de atre and determination to follow Him: to increasingly know Him and to catch and incarnate His spirit and manifest it every day in all my relationship* with all the world. That I may be helped and blessed in^the accomplishment of this purpose InBhiy own Ufa and that I may help to bring the benediction of such and under standing nf the Origin and the purpose of life to alt mankind. I heartily and gladly enter Into tie fellowship. service and work of this church with the understand ing that thla simple statement of faith and purpose shall be the sole test of fellowship and that all elaa necessary to the prosecution of the work of the church as to organisation, forma, ceremonies, politics and policies be determined by the rotes and vote of the people who con stitute the organisation through such delegated authority and machinery as thev have set up and established. The next lecture in this series will bs on the subject: "What a Modernist Believes About Sin. Salvation, and Kternal L4fie." 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P, March JO — Spring work in North Dakota, should be In general progress by the sec ond week In April, according to a re port of the 1S24 outlook in that state, received here from the federal divis ion of crop end livestock estimates at Grand Forks. Present activities are largely con fined to those of repairing farm ma chinery and equipment and cleaning of seed together with some late haul ing of last year's crops, the report stated. For these activities weather and road conditions have been fa vorable. As affecting spring work the amount of spring plowing accom plished last fall will he a favorable factor over the eustern third of the state where the bulk of spring’ seed ing goes on In this tillage practic?. Fifty-five per cent of all farm lands were estimated to have been plowed last fall, compared to 41 per cent In 1922, according to the report. Further expansion In the hog in dustry is anticipated by the report, going hand In hand with the Intended curtailment of spring wheat acreage and the increase in acreage of feed grains and com. Cattle have win tered well with less than average winter shrinkage and lighter winter losses. An adequate supply of labor is anticipated m \ Adele Garrison “My Husband’s Love” > _J The Way Mr*. Bird and Madge Fooled the Trailer* Mrs. Bird sat on the other side of the fireplace for two or three minutes after we had come In from the boat house. Then, after a shrewd glance at me, she rose and went to the door. ■'You'll be better off by yourself," she said, "and no one will come near this room. AValk up and down If you want to. That's my own recipe for letting off steam, and I suspect that It's yours also. I'll let you know as soon as John comes back." She closed the door behind her. and no sooner had It shut than I Sprang to my feet and began the swift ranging up and down the room which, as she had guessed, was my habitual outlet for extreme nervous ness. » But the swift motion could not ban ish the question beating against my frain. Had Lillian succeeded in spiriting away the Harrison children, or ^as the smaller boat—Griffin's. Mrs. Bird had named it—trailing them relent lessly? Over and over again the query re lentlessly pressed, and I raged at my own Impotence. If I only could be doing something to aid them. It seemed like a direct answer to prayer when Mrs. Bird again entered the room. "Now you'll have a chance to do something yourself," she said. “John reports that those auto* are still guarding both street* leading out of here. He will take my car and go down the back road and lead that fellow a merry chase, while you and I will go out the front way to the avenue. I'll kneel on the back seat and watch the trailing car. Are you good at quick turns at some one else'* direction? 1l doesn't matter. You’ll have to be. tlet your wrap* on. 'V< 1 atart a» aoon an I’ve telephoned Hhe went to the telephone, and O o one aided conversation which I hea I «•! crisp and short. •'Caroline? Yea. All right. Op< rt your front gate* right away, and l-e ready to clone them a* aoon an I get In. Ooodby.” 1 She turned to me, and gave me -'ini approving nod a* she saw that I wan fully ready for her expedition. She heraelf wan hatted and cloake t, but instead of going down to tho basement and taking the secret tuns nel to the garage, she ojiened the back door with no attempt at quiet, and led the way through the yard to the garage. •'We don't mind a little publicity on this stunt,” she said. “New- run your car out, then turn and ba> < into that court enclosed by the hedge, the entrance to the basement.” I obeyed her and she waited fop several minutes, busying herself wit ft seeing that the curtains were all ! tightly fastened down. I Intensely dislike a curtain next to my wheel, but of course I made no objection when Mrs. Bird asked that it be put on. "There,” she said triumphantly at lakt. "Nobody can guess how many people we have in here. Now 1 'i leave this side curtain down and run ahead and open the gates, and you leave this door open so I can jump into the car and close the tloor Just as you reach the gates. Ytai; 30 seconds before you starb Bet ter turn to your right when you go out. That watching car is on that side, and If you turn toward it, the driver will have to turn around be. fore he can take up the trail.' She was gone on the last word, running lightly around the driveway. I waited the second she had named, and then drove cautiously out of the « court and around the winding drUe to the open front gates. Just tyfoie I reached It, lijttle Mrs. Bird jumped upon the running board and with the agility and recklessness of-a young boy. swung herself Into the seat behind me and closed the door. "They've swallowed the bait,"' she exclaimed geefully as she buttoned the curtain over the door she had just used. "See. they've started the car and are coming this way. With a recklessness bom of ex citement, 1 sent my car diagonally across the street, compelling the ad vancing car to stop abruptly. Then with a swift turn of the wheel. I raced off into the direction from which the other car had come. "Lovely: Little Mrs. Bird's voice held an admiring note. "Quick, turn to the left down this street." I obeyed her and at the next cor ner her voice rose again. "They’re not In eight yet. Turn to the right and I think we have slipped them. For a half mlie following. I turned corner after comer at the direction of the little woman perched upon the seat behind me. Then as I turned once more to the right, her voice relaxed Its tense pitch. "Four houses ahead of you there s an open gate." she said. “Drive in." As I obeyed her I heard the gates shut behind us. At Mrs. Bird's di rection X drove the car to a position behind the big house where It could not be eeen from the street and m turned off the engine. « “We're in the yard of s friend of mine," Mrs. Bird explained as »i came through the gate. "We'll wait here for a few minutes, while I watch the street from behind the hedge to see whether or not we've thrown them off." She was out of the car before I had stopped, and was making her way to the hedge, while I. 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