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GENERAL SECRETARY MAKES REPORT TO STATI SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION Rev. J. A. Alford Gives an Accounting of the Wprk Done by the Association During the Past Eleven Months-- Much Progress and Advancement Shown. '"Slnqe Our Last Convention" was the title that Rev. J. A. Alford gave to his rleport to the Sunday school con veiltnon here.',This report was one of the tImportant events of the day. It rends as follows: "It is only 11 Ahort months since ve l let lIn our convention at Helena. 'The'se 11 months have been In labors natithulant. I have not the time nor the disposistion to give In figures the num her of miles I have traveled by 'rail * way train, electricity and stage; suf flh' it to say that all Journles have h,.cn free from accident. I have been Mnowbbotind In the mollntains, have traveled before and after the ava luntches of February anti March, have ridden on trains that were sandwiched in between wrecks, and even had the experie'nce of engpunterlng a brokit. tall on the way to this convention. Yet, throulgh it all, I have been providen tinily lIprotected. Those few words of Paul. 'hy the mercies of God,' have a wlrt'hl olf meaning. Ills merciles are negative as well as positive, iand we sMhtlll he as thankfttl for one as fn the other. "The month of May was spent, In the inlin, lit Hlelenai, yet visits were mtade' tio llittn and Anaconda. IDuring the illonth I gave three addresses, precllhed five times, taught four Sun dtay school clasne' s and atddressed f*l. Sullndny slchools In sessilan. After get ting well settiled In lour new hone in May, I had greater opportunity to give ntyself to the work during the month of June. Silver low and Gallatin countles were first visited and then a stafge ride of 78 miles was taken over the Ielt mountains into Meagher county, and from this county I passed Into the countles of Fergus and Cas cads, In Julne I preached seven ser olons, gave 13 addresses, taught one class and addressed four schools. "July found me In Teton county, tak. Ing a. stage ride of 60 miles for, the round trip and spending the first Sunday at Dupuyer. During the re mninder of the month I put In time over Jefferson and Lewis and Clark collntles, giving seven addresses, lpreaching five sermons teaching one class andl addresing one Punday school. This was the rest month of tile year. "Aglust was taken up doing work in Silver Bow. ,JefferPon, Gallatin, Madi son and Choutelau countles. I visited three annual, denominational gather ings dlrln'g August and preatched seven times, gave nine addresses and spoke before two schools. "In September the county convention work began and during the month con Sventions *worc held in Lewis and Clark anld ergus counties. At the former we encoiuntered a'rainy season and at tihe lttter the attendance was Interfered with on account of the state fair. In both conventions, however, the spirit of loyalty was present. Besides holding these conventions, I visited three more of the annual denominational gather ings, which made eight In all, as the two visited in June were not mentioned In tile foregoing report. Work in the interest of the organized Sunday schoeol work was also done In Ravalli, Mis sollal, Silver flow and Meagher countles. The record shows 19 ad. dressesI seven sermons, one class taught and talks before five Sunday schools. "fluring October T was at home blut three days and held county conven tlions in'ltosehultd, Custer, Dawson, Yel lowtotne, Park and Gallatin counties. In tils mnlonth I made 3I addlresses, lr'oac'hd t11 sermons and talked to eight Sunday schools. Local conditions lprevelnted hroling conventions in Car lion nd tl Sweet Grass counties. "I was out from home 18 days dur itg the month of November and held conventions in Valley and ('ascade 'oullnties and did institute work in C(h;liteautl county. This latter county has such widle proportions that It is next l it illposssille to hold It county conven tioll with the plresent number of schools. The November records shiows 21 addrosesses, 15 serL'ons andll flve talks tefore schools. "In December the counties of Jeffer son and Beaverhead held their annual conventions and I dlid work also ini hllver Bow county. Tllis month shows six sermons, 11 addresses, three talks to Sunday schools and two cla.lpes tautght. "I spent three weeks at home dur ing tile holiday season. In January I' did institute work in Sanders county, but did not organize the work there as a "county association. Held con ventions in Ravalli and Missoula counties, besides spending a very pleas anlt half week on the Ilathead reserva. tion at the Jocko agency. In the two weeks I was out In January I preached 11 times, gave 17 addresses, taught three classes and addressed three schools. "I was out In the field about two thirds of February and held conven tiol,; In Silver Bow, Granite, Powell and Lincoln counties, besides doing in stitute work in Cascade and Teton counties. In addition to this, a trip was made to tallatln county, so as to be present at the dedication of the Presbyterian church in Bozeman, which If You Pay High Prices for Your Shoes it's your own fault. Our styles are the leaders. Our prices lower than eastern prlces-75c to $2.00 saved on e;ery pprchase. SINGLE BAR PUMPS ANKLE TIES 0m He STRAP PUMPS LACEV OkFORDS BUTTON OXFORDS IN ALL LEATHERS. ECLIPSE TIES $3.60, $4.00, $5.00 QRADE ..................... ....4165, 42.95, 18.25 Sample Shoe Store, 322 HIggins Ave. to date is the best-arranged Sunday school church in the state. The Feb ruary record shows 21 addresses, five talks to schools and seven sermons. "March was the busiest month of the 11. Sunrlse on the 1st found me at the county sent of Lincoln county, but before the day was over I was at work In Flathead county, where during the remainder of the week I held institutes in three place's, besides looking after other matters pertaining tct the ad. vancement of the work. Local condi tions would not permit'holding acounty convention In March, but prospects are good for a good sessilon of the Flathead association in September. During March I held the annual convention in Anaconda ftnd did work in Lewis and Clark, Silver 1ow, Mlssoula, Dawson. (c:ster, Rosebud, Yellowstone and Gal latin counties. In order to reach these counties I was obliged to pass through Teton, Cascade, Jefferson, Powerh, Granite, Broadwater, Park and Sweet Grass counties. It will he seen that during the month I was in 19 of the 28 counties of the state and actually did work in 11, preaching six sermons, giv Ing 27 addresses teaching two classes and addressing three schools, besides sending out over 2,500 packages of mail. The total record of the 11 months shows 80 addresses; 86 ser mons, 44 addresses before Sunday schools and 13 classes taught. In ad dition to this, I gave 21 talks and ad dresses before the pupils of public sheools. "Twenty-five os the counties received work during the 11 months. The counties not visited were Broadwater, Carbon and Sweet Grass. sweet Grass county has never been organized and the associations in the two other counties have been active during the year only In a rmall degree. The other unorganized counties are Chouteau, Te ton, Madisonand Sanders, making 21 of the 28 counties organized and in work Ing order. In some of these unorganize& counties we believe as much good can be done at the present without the county organization, owing to the scarcity of schools and the distances to travel. "I have done nearly all of the office work alone, paying out less than $10 for help, though I will confeds that various members of the family have been called to the rescue more than once to assist In stiaking on the $131.42 worth of postage' stamps and the fold ing and mailing of three bulletins, be sides the other general matter. I have hdd good board, comfortable beds and received the kindest of treatment from all responsible people. "In the main, people have answered letters, but still there are a few scat tered over the state with whom writing is a lost art. 'Would it Improve nhat ters if failing to answer a letter was made a penitentiary offense? "The very failure to answer letters has made It impossible to give a com plete statistical report At this conven tion. Blanks were sent out to every schoq In the state known to the gen eral secretary during the first week in January. About 1150 replies came in from the nearly 500 blanks sent out. In February we sent out a second call to. over 8350 schools and about 60 more responded to the second call. Nearly all of these blanks were sent direct to the superintendents, though some were sent to pastors and some to secreta ries. The following table will show that the office has a record of 460 Bunday schools in the state and but 202 reported on the blanks sent out. This table is nearly correct as to the number of schools, except the column marked ,'union schools,' which is a fluctuating column, though we are confident it would not contain, at the most, more than 100 schools actually doing busi ness. tatilstlcs In growing Montana may be correct today and subject to revision tomorrow. No denomination gathersras complete statistics as does the International Sunday School asso WOMAN IS CERTAIN OF GIRL'S IDENTITY Denver, April 7.-1 now feel certain that Ellen Jensen was the woman who was murdered on Mount Tamopais and the woman who said she was Ellen Jensen and claimed the girl's trunk at the San Francisco warehouse was In structed to go there simply to avert after suspicion, said Mrs. Anna Lyttle, head of the Young Woman's Friendly club of Denver today. "I knew Minss Jensen well and havj written many letters and made every effort to find her in San Francico or elsewhere," continued Mrs. Lyttle. "Some of the letters have been re turned and others have not been re turned." The theory of Mrs. Lyttle is that the murderer either took Miss Jensen's trunk check off her body after the crime, or that he obtained It from among her effects and sent a woman to claim the trunk." clation, as far as the detail of the school is concerned, yet the blanks sent cut are simple enough to be compre. hended by anyone who does Sunda) school work. We are not alone In this, :a the difficult problem of gathering statistics confronts the Christian En deavor, the Epworth league and kin dred organisations, even to Uncle BSam, who spends a fortune every decade grilhfring facts and figures. Statistlcs ore important, and we hope that by another year the Sunday schools om M1ontnna will learn this fact. We sub nlit the following incomplete report: Beaverhead .......... 2 . ... . 3 2 r5 Broadwater .............. 1 9 , Carbon ....................... 2 7 3 6, 3 2 22 3 ('artcade( ....... ... 3 2 I : 1 17 . 2 I 311 12 (,houteau ...... .... .. .. 1 4 9 4 . Ix , C'unter .......... 1 1 2 1 I 3 4 1:1 4 )awson .......... . .. 7 2 . 2 :1 17 6 Deer Lodge .......... 2 1 . 1 1 . 7 :1 JIergun ......... ....... 2 2 1 2 I I I 29 11 Plathead ... ....... 4 2 .. 1911 I 2 . 12 (uallatin ........ 4 . 1 7 2 2 1i ( ranlte .................. ... . 4 2 . x 7, Jefferson .................. I. 1 4 I I 3 11 i Lewls and Clark .... I 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 17 7 Lincoln. ........... ... . 3 2 . 1 7 3 M hidlMun ............... ... . . . 1 4 Io 2 . 17 Meagher ............... 1 1 2 1 2 . M linoula .................. I 1 1 1 3 1 2 9 21 14 Park ................. 2 4 4 3 I 1 11 9 Powell .................. 1 . I . 1 2 . . 8 4 Ranalll ............. 4 2 2 3 . 4 ! 27 1! R o lehbud .................... 1 .... ... 2 . 3 . .. 11 3 14anderM ....................... . 2 1 3 . 3 Slver Bow ............. 4 1 .... 3 1 II 2 I; I 1 3o 14 Sweet GIral ............. ... 2 1.. . . I :3 Teton ................ ....... 1 1 . . 2 9 : Vulley ............... .. 2 1 . . 1 211 13 Yellowstone ........ 1 12 2 t* I1 I 1 1 31 14 Totali .............. 37 21 46 49 6 163 1] 14 6 510 460 20. "In the July bulletin we will endeavor to give a complete statistical report of all schools that have responded, showing the number of adult Bible classes the teacher training classes and other important work connected with the Sunday schools of Montana. The past year has shown great gains along these department lines. There is much room for growth, and we are going to grow. Watch Montana grow along Sun day school lines, and not only have the pleasure of watching her grow but have part In the effort that brings results. The department superintendents of the state are above the average and have done splendid work during the past year and have ably assisted 1n conven. tlon work whenever It was possible. We wish the state funds were large enough to pay the way at least of one of these able superintendents to county conventions all over the state, that the departmental work might be more vig orously pushed. "This brings us to the interesting subject of finance. Illinois not only helped us last year to the extent of $800 but Is standing by Montana this year asio, and, while the full amount of last year has not yet been received, We are assured, with the prayers and efforts of the general secretary of that state, W. B. Jacobs, and the loyal help from his co-laborers, we wvill receive yet more. FJrom the depths of our hearts we should thank Cod for that noble state, thb mother of organized Sunday school work, for the help she has given in bringing the organized work in Montana to a self-supporting basis. Many individuals and schools in Montana have done nobly this year in giving financial support. Custer and Rosebud counties were the first to come up with the full apportionment paid, and we are sure that when all of the reports are in we will be able to report others paid in full. We are anxious to increase the number of annual pledges. The pledges prove to be ties that bind the hearts of Sunday school workers to the state association. Ten cents per capita may be a little over the average gift to the organized work, as compared with other states, yet the price of an ice cream soda or the ad mission to a moving-picture show is a very small sum for each Sunday school pupil in Montana to give once a year for the advancement of the greatest in stitution on earth-the organised Sun day school of the 20th century. These per capita offerings from the schools of the state, supplemented by the per sonal gifts, will bring Montana Into the front ranks In Sunday school work. Our bludget for the coming year should be no less than $3,000, and we have faith to believe it will be. Improve the Sunday school and all lines of church work advance. There is not a religious investment that pays such large dividends as money invested In the Sunday school. Pennsylvania leads, with a $29,000 budget, while other states are making rapid strides. Montana is the coming state of the west. "No other state in the Union is de manding the attention of the people of our great nation like Montana. The people are coming to our common. wealth by the thousands. The cattle and sheepmen are being driven to the hill and mountain country like Abraham and Caleb. Possibly not from choice, but from necessity. People from the east are coming In and taking Lot's choice. Our prayer is that they will not exemplify his character by forget ting things spiritual. In the main, the new comers are of good blood by nat ural birth and many of them have been born again, not of corruptable things, but of His blood. The testing time has come. The church in Montana has a work to do in the few years ahead that will shape the destiny of our state. Will and can the church do It? "Thousands of church letters are being issued by pastors in other states and many of these letters are finding their way to Montana. Will they be brought to the light in Montan'a at mosphere or will they remain In dark ness in the bottom of trunks? Many of these letters will not tall Into the same denominational hands that issued them. As tear as posible, they should, We firmly believe in denominational loy alty, but have no place for a sectarian narrowness which keeps the light undet a bushel rather than to affiliate with another denomination. "There may be a few apots In Mon tana that are overohurched, but these spots are few ndI far between,. ton. tana has not church- seatinlg capacity for one-tenlth ,f her population. We believe we are conservativte in making this statement There are far nmore communlities that need a friendly de nomilnationtl Inrmpetillon than nelt less of It. The deadesl t plurc spiritually in the state, . a rllte, nr tlh li llir where one ilth .lininatlin has had its own wny. '"rh state tIhas many unanved boys and girls nll ii ncoinveirted men and women. Thl Siundaytl' ehlls aIind churches of Mlnlltnlia lhave a task, in deed, to reach the lasses that are out side of any church. Build up your Sunday school from this outside mass. To coax children from one Sunday school to another Is not of the Lord. The Master said. 'By their fruits ye shall know them,' and In this day we know a Sunday school or a church to be truly evangelistic that gathers its membership from the world, but wt. also should know and give no quarter to those so-called religious movements that build up a membership at the ex pense of already existing churches. The field Is the world, and not the church. "Denominational co-operation does not mean less of denominational loy alty. That person who is loyal to no denomination in particular is usually good for nothing in general. This is a day of co-operation, rather than a day of organic union. The great laymen's missionary movement of thile present year, the marvelous work of the Anti Saloon league of the past decade, are but specimens of the co-operation we mean. Tile 9ihurch members In these great movements are no less Presby terians, or Bq3ptists, or Congregational ists, or IMetidisos, or any other de nomination I might name, but better Christians, in that they harmoniously work together for the building up of the kingdom. The International Sun day School association is the greatest co-operative association on earth. It has in tile past 40 years been in the vanguard of this modern Ilovement. The coming together of Christian forces is largely, due to the wise pluan ning and the zeal of the great Sunday school leaders of the world. It is doing a work that no one denomination can do, and yet, at the same time, is build ing up every denomination that shows a spirit of fellowship. "One of the greatest blessings that could come to Montana would be a house-to-house visitation. Thills should be done along Interdenominational lines, under the auspices of the Mon tana State Hunday School association. Secure a leaflet and get posted in this important work. If this work was done throughout the state, every denomlna. tion witllin our borders would find that its particular field was white unto the harvest. Nearly every family has a de nominational choice. Let tills cholct be made and there would not be a de nomination in the state but that would find that the laborers in the church would be altogether too few in the gathering of the harvest. "Montana must be won for Christ. Nothing is more Important. To do tills, professional evangelists, some of theml genuine and some of them only 'pro fesslonal,' will be imported, as in the past. The genuine are always wel. come to our field. Better than this, every pastor in tile state should be an evangelist, not only for a short re vival season but for 52 weeks In the year. The continual revival is what we need. Every Sunday school super intendent should be evangelistic. Every ,teacher a personal soul-winner. This is the most important of all. We should keep the children in the king dorn. Every home department should be alive along soul-saving lines and alert in the gathering in of church let ters. By all of these means, and many I more, Montana must be won for Christ. The strongholds of satan are built high, but the promise of victory is to the army of the Lord. 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Poplins at 25c Yard Nyanza Sylx 35c Yard Every sprlng shade In vogue for' tiH scason rep- A 27-inch wash fabric that cannot be dlstingulehed resented l it tl ls p ipulr fl bric for dri'HW s and walitsH. frii ti h fall usl "Ritjaiii silk." Ilghly mnercerised Iand intlls in all colors. Satin de Luxe 35c Pique at 25c Yard Neares'1'.t approacih to K4enIine satin ev\r made to A I(ry pileasing materinl for outing skirts, lnow wash; all good spring ullles; 27 Iches llwide. whit, and laudlers beautifully. Lace Curtain Specials Remnants of $1.25 Nottinghams at 49c Pair Table Oilcloth ,i.oo.sie l, c 1urtglus, in good patterns L '' 3 l,,,,'ial, 18c Yard value; cone'il in whie onily. $7.50 Damaged Curtains $3.50 Ends of rollse left front our best sellers. Therefore, every one is a Blightly soiled, but at tIhorough iunderinig will miiiake iab r and may e had n thi hi lll 1114l desirable li iis Iw. nly fourlli, but lsir colr a lu be had in a splendiid lbigaini. lengths l from 1i yard to 3 yards. A 12PAI 'AIU$2.50( N(II'TTIN(tI1AMSN--PA' I ........... $1.98 lspliil endid blrgli itll l chance to 4 .I $ .5 I N1I N T ( II'I' 4tA -l AlI,$3.50 v, l, yi rd t ........................... 18 DONOHUE'S erX, the gamKblers andtl tt inhatbiltants lof the restricted districts cannolit be won for c('rist, so that thety quit be ca'le* they are c(onv1erted, they moust be put out orf busines by the power of illin who shall reign until all entemies shall be put benetatlh is fIet. The fitnal trillnlh J. at hand. 'iTh vi'tory Is to be ou(rn. 'his vhitory will coin only as boys and girls unitd men IIand women are nade to know Jesus." CLAIMS MAY BE MADE. Washlngton, April 7.--''Thie senliurie of the Lark undIt El'.llIero, the Arloillan owned vessels cllapturedt recently oill the cliuast of Nch'liargua by Ipart ies cliillll Ing to be acting in the Interests of Dr. Madlri, i~ likelly to form the Ialt. for clullls agaulnst the N il'araganlli gov erannent. A ccordingl't to I Informatillon received at thIe Istate dtlepartmlent, the vessels whein iseiziedt were engIaged in legtitiiate coastwisel trade. SCORES PRITCHETT. Syracuse'i, N. Y., April 7.--In a corl - runieati'it l to the Post Stanldtard C'hancellor Jaiiniis R. Ilay of Hyracuse university, scorilns Dr. H. M. Pritchett of the Carniegie foundation for class ing the ulili\lversity sil sect(tilalu within the neanling of the foundltion's charter, and thetl'refore nt entitled tI, share in the fund. Special $1.750 \vwll buy 10 arews In Orc)lard Hlulllmes, Third strer it. First -class tll fr-t of sta les. No troublle to show you. I hatv one of the pe tttitst horme On S1outh Si-loe, Just coimplettld. Thu consltructionl, finij.Hl a1m style of arl hita 'ture aire strtictly first class atud has to be .lea-. Two cement cellars, 8 ruins, Y2 lathrouines, pan try, etc,. PAUL GERBER, Room 19, Masonic Building. Owl Creek Coal We do not suhstitute. PERRY-E88ELSTYN COAL CO. Higgins Block, Phone 262. 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