The Lamar register. [volume], March 31, 1920, Image 6

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In2oooCounties This Month
The Forces of the Church of Christ
Will Gather To Face the Facts
IN 2000 counties in the United States the pastors
and laymen of 30 great denominations will meet
in conference this month.
It is the kind of conference that generals hold
before a critical engagement; that business men
hold before entering a new market. A conference
of judgment, not emotion; a clear-eyed facing of
the facts.
A Survey that Business Men Must Admire
For more than a year hundreds of workers have been
quietly engaged in making a scientific survey of the mission
fields, and of America county by county.
The facts developed are startling. No such picture of
America’s religious situation has ever before been drawn.
On the basis of these surveys thirty Protestant de
nominations are uniting in a «
Nation Wide Cooperative Campaign
Each of the thirty denominations has its own “For
ward Movement” organized and officered. The Interchurch
World Movement is the clearing house for all of these.
It is the agency which the churches have created to
avoid duplication, to foster cooperation and make sure that
every man and dollar render the utmost service possible.
The month of April will be devoted to making
the facts of the survey known to America; in the week of
April 25th - May 2nd, will come a united simultaneous
financial campaign.
Whether You Are inside the Church or Out
To every man and every woman who loves his country,
these 2000 county conferences are vitally important.
For the facts developed by this great survey show
* vividly what forces are at work in America -and what kind
of a country this country is to be.
See that the pastor of your church appoints
delegates. Any pastor can tell you tl.. con
ference place and date. Or write direct to the
Interchurch
WORLD MOVEMENT
♦3 WEST 18th STREET, NEW YORK CITY
Tha publication of tin a advertiaement im made poamible
through the cooperation of 30 denominatione.
I Draw Interest on
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S You are probably earning a little more
E than your lining expenses.
E l*erhap« you hate a little surplus every
= year.
S Hut what do you do with it? Do you
E Have a little year by year to tide you
= over a hard year when you come to it?
E Old age comes to every one and to pro
— \ tde for it is one of the duties of
E youth. It will not require m very
5 large annual s;.vin? to provide a mod-
E crate income in old age, but you will
= have to begin NOW to make that sav
-5 ing.
5 Our Having* department pays interest
E at the rale of 1 per cent annually.
25 compounding the interest every six
~ months.
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Crooked
Trails
and
Straight
By
William MacLeod Raine
i?l > OUUmW* ooinaan*
“(’nine up and help the fellow out.”
“Sure “lie would. And If he was
hungry—ns he likely was—she would
cook her quail for him.”
"And then? Why didn’t she come
home?"
Lock turned a gray agonized face on
him. M ltoy. don't you see? The man
was Blackwell."
"And if you'll put yourself In Block
well's place you’ll see that he couldn’t
lot her go home to tell where she had
seen him." I-Vndrlck explained.
"Then where la she? What did he
do with her?”
"He may hove shot her when lie got
a good chance, but 1 don't think so.
lie would keep her for a hostage ns
long us he could.”
"That’s the way I figure It." agreed
Culilscn. "He daren’t hurt her. for he
would know Arizona would hunt him
down like a wolf If he did.”
"Then where’s he taking her?" Sam
asked.
“Somewhere Into the hills. Ills Idea
will he to slip down and cut across the
line Into Sonora. He’s a rotten had
lot, hut he won't do her any harm un
less he’s pushed to the wall. The fear
"f Luck Callison Is In hi* heart."
"That’s shout It.” nodded l.tick
“He’s somewhere In these hills utiles*
lie's broken through.”
"There’s a chance he'll make for
one of my sheep camps to lay In a sup
ply. Wouldn’t It he a good Idea to
keep a man stationed at each one of
them?**
"You’re talking sense," Cull Ison ap
proved "Sam, ride hack and get In
touch with Curly. Tell blm to do that.
And rouse the whole country over the
wire. We’ll run him down and feed
him to the coyotes." *
(Continued Next Week.)
BETTER THAN
GOOD
By RALPH HAMILTON
(Copyright. I#»*. W astern Nowspsasr UslM>
She would not forget him io her
dying day! She said It fervently to
herself and believed It. Kor ouly a
fleeting moment had bis eyes flashed
down Into her own. had his arm en
circled her, but. though the peril of
death menaced. Arllne Drury treas
ured Its memory raptly.
Her home was au old cablu at the
lower edge of a bigh cliff. Site bad
wandered along Ita apex gathering
wild flowers, when her foot slipped.
Over the edge of the yawning preci
pice she went, her body dangling In
space, her descent only checked by
hand* clutching at ex|>oM*d tree roots.
As she sought to And a foothold
against a projecting rock. It loosened.
She heard It land far below with a
crash. Her heart sickened. Then at the
chug —chug! of an automobile she ut
tered a frantic, despairing cry:
"Help!"
Fifty feet away the driver of an
automobile holding three young men
like himself checked the machine with
a shock, traced the cry. caught sight
of the white, clinging hands, flung
himself flat, reached over and dragged
the imperiled girl to safely.
He supported her. half fainting. In
his arms, his senses thrilled as that
lovely face was lifted to hla own. He
released her gently. Her beautiful
eyes were swimming w-lth tears of
gratitude.
"Oh! how can I ever thank you!"
she began, but he siuiled reassuringly.
“Can I help you further?” ha asked.
M\ home I* near at hand." she
murmured. He lifted his cap courte
ously. regained the automobile. C’hn —
chu! lie was gone out of her life as
swiftly as he entered it.
"Your aunt I- ill again. Arllne.’
sold the father, "and the folks sent a
messenger over early this morning to
n«* you come and spend a few days.’
It was the third day after that wheu
n • ><*nng man who had come to
scut rettppeand In ii" - ' !i In ly
Walter Noble made inquiries concern
: the girl he had so tragically met
id teamed her name and tin- lo«niSm.
. r 1 . me. lie appeared as nil ama
ear phot . rnplier milking some pic
Hires of the surrounding mining dl»
i. i ml seek Inc hoard and lodging
for a week or two.
"Mv only hrl|*er Is tny d*ught* r »”
VkPluJuetl )dr Drurjk "hyt tl yuu |tf
willing to bunk in rough and ready
and take pot luck, why. you might
make do.”
Tills arrangement suited Noble to
perfection. The second night of the
stay of his guest Mr. Drury took him
Into his observatory and pointed to a
large boulder lying on his table.
"I want to tell you -.omethlng about
a great discovery I have probably
mode,” he spoke. "I he other night,
while strolling near here, I observed
H n unusually brilliant meteor flash
acros the sky. It seemed to fall some
where near the bouse here. The next
morning I chanced to go up Into the
attic and there was a hole In the
roof, and lying upon the floor was
this boulder. I have made u study of
meteoric phenomena. Inspecting this
mans in mv crude way. I And that It
hears fossil residuum, proving that In
whatever planet It came from the
same organic life as our own has ex
isted. I have little money, but It' you
would take a specimen of the rock to
a city analyst and get me a report on
its constituents, I would try and
scrape up enough to pay for Ills la
bor."
Noble was glad to get into favor
with the father of Arllne. He started
forthwith for the city with the pre
cious specimen. It was live days later
that he returned to Brownville. As he
neared the cliff his pulses quickened
magically. Seated at the self same
spot where he hod last seen her, was
ihe fair being, whose loveliness had
attracted him hither.
She arose with a conscious blush
as he upprouched her. She swayed un
steadily under the Influence of his
magnetic glance.
"You —you are the gentleman who
has undertaken a kindly mission for
father?” she faltered confusedly.
• I fear 1 am bringing hack disap
pointing newa," replied Noble. "I In
fer you are aware of your father’*
hope thut the boulder is meteoric. Tbe
analyst told me It was not. But he
has sent an analysis,” aud Noble In
dicated a sealed envelope In his pock
et. "Why! the light suddenly dawus
upon me!" exclaimed Noble In au ani
mated tone. “The meteor stone must
l*e a fragment of the rock you loosen
ed that—that day I first met you." and
the speakers' face was rapt aud glow
ing. "It fell upen the roof below."
"The day you saved my life, which
I shall never forget." said Arllne In a
low. earnest tone, and then, aide by
side, each realising that mutually they
shared the same emotion, they went
io the home below the cliff.
A *hade of disappointment crossed
the face of Mr. Drury as he rend that
Ids wonderful meteor was only com
mon earth clay. Then Ills eyes brlghted.
"An analysis of the s|>e( Imen,” he
observed. "Rich In gold and coincident
ly an outcropping of a great vein of
metal. Why! If that Is so. and I could
ncqulre the means of expanding my
'dentine studies, wbat might I not ac
•oinpllsh?”
It wa« so aud riches came, but to
Walter Nnhte the love of the gentla
creature he had saved was the treas
ure he moat fervently cherished.
TAKE WIFE ON MOTOR TOUR
Writer Celle That Real Test ef Mar
rlage, especially If the Can
Drive.
Before belug taken en a muter tour
wives who themselves drive should
be anesthetized and all knowledge of
motors removed, Sinclair Lewis writes
In the Saturday Evening Post. For If
they know anything about the game It
Is so hard to explain to them why
when you are trying to pass u car on
the bill and suddenly see another car
bearing down you first step on the
accelerator Instead of the brake, then
retard tbe spark, yank the gear lever
Into neutral, grindlngly try to get It
Into reverse or low er anything that
Is handy, sound the horn, step on the
gas again. Anally get Into second—
and then kill the motor.
So dangerous a thing la a little
knowledge that in such cases women
have been known to doubt your hav
ing a perfect reason for all those clev
er maneuvers.
Motoring Is the reel test of mar
riage. After a week of It you either
stop and get a divorce or else—tree
from telephone calls and neighbors
and dressing for dinner, slipping past
flelda blue with flax and ringing with
meadowlarks In the fresh morning—
yoti discover again the girl you used
to know.
Triumphant Furnishings.
There ha* already appeared in the
market Victory wallpaper, hut It was
reserved for Bridgeporth In Shrop
shire. England, to weave a Victory
carper. This is uow displayed In a
window in London. The need for a
plethora of symbol lam would have de
stroyed (one would have thought) any
chalice of achieving artistic success.
But this ha* not proved to be the case.
The carpet in question, although a
him r.e of doves and olive branches,
anus and flag*. rn»es thistle* and
shamrocks, is really beautiful in color
.uni design, and a not too observant
p*T-..n c .uld walk across It without so
,„uHi a* being reminded ef the war
Ssu t rsoctfis 4r|ousut.
Ground Hogs.
In the American Hut Enos A. Mills
says: "Two siinnners while I was
guiding on Long’s peak, n ground hog
summered on the summit. A few
minutes aficr I arrived on top with
a parry of climbers lie showed him
self and waited for lunch scraps.
After he was better acquainted be did
not wail hut expected to have help
ings from the first table. His winter
den was 2.080 feet below the top.
i .round hog*, especially in spring,
wander in search of the first green
plants; usually, from their tracks
they know just where these are moat
likely to be found."
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Alfred Todd J. S. Underwood
Todd & Underwood
Attorneys at Law
Frit tice in all Courts, and before U.
S. Land Department.
Lamar, Colorado.
J. K. DOUGHTY
. Homey and Counselor at Law
LAMAR, COLORADO
Office in Bent Rlk. East Main Street
DR. JNO. D. PAXTON
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AND
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