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Maracaibo. Venezuela,
June l.'.th. 1919.
Editor Herald:
Will you permit an erstwhile nov
ice, long since relegated to a jungle
limbo, and thus without authority to
speak, to break a protracted, lazy
silence, and for the moment, in
emerging from a tropical trance, ex
press his approbation of the new
Herald"? When the wide band of
the Equator swathes you in its gen
tle wrappings, ambition is all too
well confined; energy Rip Van Win
kles constantly; and poor old ex
pression, succumbing to the power of
suggestion, seeks a like level of pro
found and lethargic inertia.
Anyway, all of you arc to be con
gratulated on the civic spirit which
prompted the combination of the
two papers. One well nurtured tree
is now growing where two ill-fed
plants previously struggled vainly
Cor sustenance.
What a good example you have Bel
for the churches and the "movies.'
The fat surely seems to be in the
fire. In that altercation, your Civic
Tribune, in leaning towards the cin
eomatograph, did well to Interpret
the spirit of the times aright. It is
a far cry from customs a half cen
tury old to the new day now break
lag, and there is much to be said for
the attitude of Bishop Burgess of
New York in commenting on the in
ception of Sunday baseball la that
great city, when he held that we must
•ease looking backward 50 years and
that the church, if it is to exist and
function, should prepare to enter the
new era in the spirit of the times.
Continuing, he said. "The church is
to be tried. If these buildings of
Bod are left unused save by a few
old women and children, then the
socialist will order them taxed as an
encumbrance to the. city's growth,
and the socialist will be right."
"The church must accept the chal
lenge and pick up the steel gaunt
let. It must show it has a part to
play in the national development.
Mighty changes have come in men's
estimate of religion through the ex
igencies of a war which brought Into
bold relief the stern realities of life.
None the less, men have been yearn
ing and waiting and praying that
they might hear the voice of the
Sen of God and live."
Is there not, then, an analogy thai
■•an be logical!) and profitably drawn
between New York's Sunday amuse
ment problem and that of Pullman?
I am not an enemy of the church —
quite the contrary; neither am 1 a
converted "movie" fan. Surely the
church must take stronger ground.
Pews will not and can not be tilled
by the expedient of abolishing the
moving picture or the athletic game.'
Rather is it to be supposed that by
"picking up the gauntlet" and meet
ing the problem in the spirit of the
time, i. c.. combination or fusion
with the desires of people every
where, the church in appropriating
the picture sermon, or the sermon
by deeds well done, in place of the
purely spoken and often dogmatic
one. will find that it can not only
lead tens of thousands of men to re
ligious'waters, but F.tat those being
led. will of their cv.n accord drink
deeply and happily thereof.
The question undoubtedly goes
deeper than an argument about the
average man, his lack of pleasure ve
hicles and his (therefore) inability
to enjoy the blessings of life, al
though these too have their relative
Importance. Should the average;
man possess his super-six, he would
get to church much less often than
lie does without it. It is a question 1
la my mind, then, whether the aver
age church leader would condemn a
man any quicker for an apathy to
wards the church, due tO his "movie '
1<- ing propensities, than he would
should this apathy arise from his
olstssiou in touring tho countryside,
leaving him no time to attend the
Sunday sermon or the Wednesday
sight prayer meeting.
Providing the pictures are clean
*nd educational, there is just as
much to be said for them (and In
"•me cases more) than there is tor
the average sermon, and surely they
are us beneficial as studying nature
at from 25 to 50 miles an hour. Why,
then, can not educational ami clean
Sunday amusements, moving pi.c
ttires'! athletics, or what-not. especi
ally when they do not monopolize the
"sua! hour for the Sunday spoken
sermon, be made an adjunct to the
religious and educational side of the
church?
In turning our eves from BO years
backward, and looking at the pres
ent, is it very essential that we re
member that because of the printing
press and tin moving picture, we can
and do get sermons, and good ones.
too, without going to icuurch for
them. The pupi.t has given way
(perhaps forcibly) to these two great
present-day educational agencies.
"People today receive the.'r impres
sions, not through the ear, but
through the eye" (Outlook). Preach
ers, therefore must change the form
of delivering their message to meet
these conditions. Religion is not be
littled thereby, and the church can
not be wholly blamed for the aver
age contracted and small congrega
tion. "Worship is more and more
expressed in works and list' and less
in liturgy, and sermons are listened
to in proportion as they tell, not
what to believe, but what to do"
(Outlook i. If re accept this idea
as being true, is there not, then,
meal advantage to lie gained from a.
church viewpoint, by co-operating
with the right kind of moving pic
tures? And of course, the right kind
of moving picture, educational and
clean, can be had by regulation on
the part of civic authorities;
A paragraph clipped inn Harvey's
Weekly, herelnunder quoted, shows
only too clearly that some I arm is
being done to the church from the
Inside, ami it is such, utterances by
some preachers that make 'hi' aver
age man prefer the movie or the
written word (which he can always;
select to tlie dissertations of that
kind of minister. * The preacher to
day must enter the new era in the
spirit of the times. Prohibition of
clean Sunday amusements will brin-.;
him no listeners. The secret lies in
tho kind of message lie is prepared
to give.
WHY CHURCH-GOING DECLINES'
And I did hear of one very fat.
but fashionable woman who found
it utterly Impossible to negotiate the
unusually high step of a street car
and who finally solved her problem
by sitting down on the platform and
pivoting in. greatly to the diversion
of the strap-hangers and smokers on
the rear end. * * * Beyond any
question, there is a direct connection
between these extreme and Immodest
styles and the Increasing prevalence
Ol vice."—The Rev, Dr. Roach Stra
on. Pastor of Calvary Baptist
church, in a Sunday sermon.
"Beyond any question, there is a
direct connection between the cheap
silliness of certain preachers and the
increased prevalence of Sunday
golf."—Harvey's Weekly.
May all the Sauls, then, be trans
formed into Pauls, and may the com
unity surely see the advantage of
permitting the right kind of (Sunday
afternoon moving picture shows.
At least I expect Karl Allen to
agree with me. In the old days
I though I say as shouldn't I neve'
knowingly wrote anything that lie
didn't heartily second.
Edna and 1 expect to get back »o
those "berrle" trees about the mid
die of September: we expect to glee
felly solicit large numbers of those
Famous Tally-hos, button's; we ex
pect to study nature at not less than
7? miles per hour: we expect to wit
ness all the Perils of Pauline; and,
last but not least, we expect to at
tend church regularly. This by way
Of proof, and in view of the forego
ing, that 1 am not the least mite
prejudiced.
And if the good editor and news
editor will permit, a talking har
angue instead of a written one « ill
be your lot. Need 1 confess that
'.hen this epistle was begun I had
net the slightest Idea of its ultimate
length? However, 1 have consumed
wlr-.t otherwise WOUld have been ,\
vejry tiresome Sunday morning. And
what better or softer adjective could
1 use to describe your own day upon
receipt of this incoherent batch of
jargon?
Will both the editor and news ed
itor accept my most hearty compu
ments, and 1 trust that you will
surely be able to forgive, if not for
get.
Most sincerely yours,
ROY W. MBRRITT.
BAPTIST rut litit
John A. Shaw, pastor. Sermon at
11:00 a. in Sunday school at 9:45
•'. m. Union young people's meeting
at 6:45 p. m. Union services and
sermon at 8:00 p. m. The public
cordially invited. Place of worship.
Paradise street near Main street.
Fresh vegetables always. Sanders'
Grocery. jly 4
"THE RI^Tj^NTEiSN^
' AT GRAND THEATRE
Nazimc/va, the distinguished Rus
sian star, will be the feature in the
powerful Metro super-feature, 'The
Red Lantern," at the Grand theatre,
on Monday and Tuesday next. In It
she is seen in a dual role, which gives
her opportunity for the most power
ful characterization of her brilliant
career.
The two roles which she enacts aro
as widely different as the poles— one
"is hat of the Eurasian girl, Mahlee.
and the other Blanche, her English
hall' sister.
The story tells of the life of this
half-caste girl, who. born In a coffin
shop In the Chinese quarter of Pe
kin, is at the death of her grand
mother, taken to the Christian Mis
sion and brought up amidst Euro
pean surroundings. The conflicting
blood which, surges in her veins
causes her passionate .restlessness —
she fells the lure of China, the mys
terious and passionate land of her
mother, but the inheritance of her
English father, the ideals and intel
lect of the West, are strong within
iter and she is like a ball in the hands
of Pate —flung from one extreme to
the other.
How she becomes the powerful
War Maiden of China — the Goddess
of the Red Lantern— is shown in this
pipy of remarkable and startling hap
penings where all the mysticisms an I
gnrgeousness of the vivid East is
woven into a powerful and fascinat
ing dram. The lure of the Purple
Forbidden City—the customs and su
perstitions of secret China the gor-
mis pageantry and pomp which sur
rounds the Orient with golden glam
our is shown with a touch of magic
which brings romance to life.'
NOTICE OF SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned referee appointed by the
superior court of Whitman county,
Washington, in the case of George L.
Burton, plaintiff, vs. Edwin George
Burton, et al., defendants, and in
pursuance of the order of said court,
I will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, on Satur
day, the 9th day of August, 1919, at
the front door of the court house In
Colfax, Washington, the following
described real estate situated in
Whitman •county. Washington, to
wit: Lot four iii of block thirty
one (31) of the original plat of Pull-
man.
Ten per cent (Hi'; i of the pur
chase price to be paid at the time of
sale and the remainder to be paid
when the sale is confirmed by the
court.
Dated this 2nd day of July, 1919.
M. J. CHAPMAN.
I Referee.
Ji'lyt-Augl
SIMMONS
In the Superior Court of the State
of Washinscon, in and for
Whitman County.
John W. Bricker, Plaintiff, vs. Annie
R. Bricker Defendant.
State of Washington, County of
Whitman, ss.:
State of Washington, to Annie R.
Bricker, defendant:
You are hereby summoned and re
quired to appear in the superior
court of the State of Washington in
and for Whitman county, within 60
days after the first publication of
this Summons; to-wlt, within BO
days after the fourth day of July,
A D. 19 19. and defend the above
entitled action in the above entitled
court and answer the complaint of
the plaintiff and serve a copy of
your answer upon the undersigned
attorney for plaintiff, at his office in
Tekoa. Whitman, county, state of
Washington, and in case of 'jour
failure so to do, judgment ami de
cree will be rendered against you
according to the prayer of the plain
fit's complaint which has been filed
with the clerk of said court.
The object of the above entitled
action Is to recover a decree of/
divorce rom the defendant on the
grounds and tor the reason of In
ci cable dementia.
Dated this 28th day of June. A. D.
1919.
J. D. McMANNIS,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
l'ostoffiee address:
Tekoa. Whitman County,
Washington. jly4augl6
FOUND—One black gauntlet
glove. Owner may recover by calling
at The Herald office ami paying for
this notice. jlyt
Hills Bros. Coffee is as good as
e'er. At Sanders Grocery. Phone 39.
j!y4
Farmers, don't forget the great
reduction on grain insurance. See
Geo. N. Henry. jn27July4
INSURANCE—TaIk with Downen.
THE PULLMAN HERALD
DR. SPILLMAX'S TALK
INTERESTS FARMERS
(Continued from page five) j>
is more profitable than wheat, but
one man can care for only 40 acres
Of corn. The same man can take
rare of the ground and plant and
do all the harvest time work neces
sary in the raising of 60 acres or
wheat. A Missouri farmer can not
afford to remain idle from the 25th
of July until the last of October and
then remain idle again, so ho grows
wheat. This wheat does not cost
much. He lies his horses and his
plows and his harrows he has to
have them for his com. Much of his
time would be utterly lost if he did
not have wheat, if he can make only
10 cents an acre by growing wheat
he is just that 10 cents an acre bet
ter Off than nothing. When he sells
bis wheat at 80 cents he is making
25 cents per day and it Is fair to
say that he is losing $1.25 a day.
Hi: time ought to bo worth $1.50 a
day. I am considering conditions,
of course, as they existed before the
war. This is why it pays to grow
wheat at a cost of $1.25 r.nd sell it
at 80 cents a bushel This is no ar
gument in favor of selling it at so
cents a hushe', of coune.
Now, are you farmers going to get
the cost of production for what you
sell? You sell poultry and eggs be
low the cost of production. You r.re
doing this and making money out of
it. Your wife and children are do
ing the work. If the chickens were
1101 there tbby would not be getting
it' cents a day, which they get by
having the chickens. They ought to
have more than that, of course, but
Itt cents is just 10 cents more than
nothing.
Let us get together now that we
know how to get (lie cost of produc
tion.
Let us get our state agricultural
production figures authoritatively
from you people. How are we go
ing to get the figures? .
There may he a set of people who
say that farmers are a bunch of liars
and we do not believe them. Well,
then, let a college man, a disinter
ested person, get these correct fig
ures, Your agricultural college can
easily send a man anions you and
ascertain the cost of production ex
pertly, correctly, and then publish
the cost of productolon and if you
find that you are getting less for
your crops than he firgues is costs to
produce them, that is the very best
argument in the world for raising
prices. I have seen it work.
I saw in New pYrk city when the
dairymen went on a strike Cornell
university publish a•> formula which
enabled anybody to calculate the cost
of producing 100 pounds of milk.
The dairymen took the formula, in
serted the prices in it and figured
out the cost of producing milk, and
said. "l ask only for the cost of pro
duction. We are not asking for any
profit."
These city people who are being
asked to pay iT .cents a quart for
milk which they used to get for nine
cents. "It looks like we have not
been treating the farmers right,"
they said.
Then the dealers came across mid
the farmers in New York for the
first time in the history of the dairy'
industry are now getting a price
equal <>> the average cost of produc
tion.
However; as you see, some one, in
this case a disinterested person, set
out to determine the cost of produc
tion. Let us t,et together now and
help our agricultural colleges. See
that we get something for this work
and when their representatives come
around to you and ask you what
sounds like a lot of fool questions,
answer them civilly. Tell them
what you know. They are going to
ask you questions to which you can
give an expert, answer. They will
figure out the average cost of pro
duction for the whole region. When
you are armed with these* figures you
w ill have no trouble in giving the
city people and the city dealers the
price to which you are entitled and
to which you can prove you are en
titled.'
Farmers today are in very much
the position In which organized labor
was 10 years ago. Every different
kind of labor bad its own organiza
tion. The different organisations
were not working together. Now
they are united. Labor is a power
ful, effective organization due to the
fact that it possesses organization.
la Washington city when an impor
tant legislative action is contemplat
ed, the labor representatives of the
country are there and they are con
sulted. Labor Is consulted because
Mr. Samuel Gompers is there and
the lawmakers know that unless la
bor is consulted upon these things
that concern labor (tampers will raise
particular hell. That is the reason.
Already we have pretty nearly as
large a proportion of the farmers
of as country organized as there
Is labor organized into its union.
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(, the sale of farm lands and farm leases. *,:
\ I have some good farms for sale and some prospective i
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i, Phone or call Downenjs Insurance Office.
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