Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-10-18

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crease in value of real estate.
MInot was voted as the next place
for holding the state conference.
| By vote of the conference Hon. G..
H. Shields of Edgeley was made a
deacon In the church. Il.
Oh motion it was decided to peti.
tion the board OF bishops to have the
conference meet next year on Wed
/ nesday instead OF Thursday as the
conference MAS grown so that it is
difficult to accomplish the business
in the time allotted.
Some idea of the enormous profits
of the Methodist book concern can
be realized when it is known that
Bishop McCabe presented the confer
ence with draft for SITS, this con-
ference's share of profits for year.
q. NJ. Rumsey was received from
Free Methodist church and G. S.
Powell and Samuel Halfyeard from
the M. E. church Of Canada.
! The character of d. G. Jephcott
passed and was asked to either as
sumo active relations and take a
charge or retire. He was stationed
here at one time.
] MN. Young OF Casse]ton, president
of the Cass county National bank,
chairman CT the laymen's committee
of the Methodist publishing house of
Toxic was introduced and addressed
the conference on the needs Of the
establishment and the work 1t is do
ing 10 Japan. ~.
Rav. W. A. Weiss of Minneapolis,
of the German Methodist church was
introduced and made brief address
before noon Saturday. Judge Pol
lock of Fargo was also introduced and
spoke briefly on the foreign citizen
problem. Mrs. Allen B. Thom pson OF
the Children's home at Fargo also
addressed the conference and thanked
them for the work done for the school
! by the Met hodists.
Bishop McCabe delivered his lee
!ture, the "Bright Side Of Libby Pris-
on'' to $50 people. The lecture was
popular with the audience. -
/ Rev. Jas. Anderson the local pas
! tor, suggested that a movement be
started to elect Bishop McCabe chap
lain of the g.. A. 4. next year. The
matter was taken up and the crowd
voted unanimously by rising vote
to petition to the North Dakota COM
. mandry to launch the bishops can
didacy. ~
| The annual M. e. Conference closed
Monday at Valley City after one of
the largest and most satisfactory.gath-
erings of the ministers and church
workers ever held In the state. Re-
markable progress was reported in
church extension work all over the
state and a gratifying increase in
membership.
One of the incidents that charac-
terized the conference was the taboo
ing Of political resolutions which
we're sought to be adopted by certain
opponents of the republican state
ticket. "A pc sistent effort was made
by lo,al parties at Valley City, recog-
nized as irreconc'lable insurgents,
to get the conference to report a
! resolution hostile to Gov. Sarles and
to generally reflect on the state tick
ct Of that party, such as was worked
through the Congregational confer
ence helu at jamestown. But the
effort was unsuccessful as the minis
ters Of the conference were. unani-
mously opposed to dragging political
4 personalities into conference proceed
ipgs OF to take up and advocate the
cause OF the insurgent faction, or of
any other political faction in state
! politics. 5s ltss *%s
3s There were no changes in' the lead
ing appointments. either Of the pre-
siding elders or OF the ministers.
The membership Of the church In
the state is 1924, an increase Of 234.
!, OF these 2ls come from the Minot
district. n Il II @ 5 u
~ Tho pupils In tho Sunday schools
number IL ,a2s, 40 increase of So
The churches Of the district are
i worth s1s, ,27O and the parsonages
Sl3, ,O994
4 The total amount raised this year
for preachers, presiding elders and
1 the bishops salaries was S1O2, ,874.
55. The report Of the treasurer showed
I that the conference had raised for
s beneYolent purposes s27, COS. OF this
amoantS the Fargo district raised 81
4 Oo7, Grand Forks sl4, ,069 and Minot
u, $50: sI VI
saturday evening Judge Pollock
addressed tbe:: nierence % the:work-
I inRs of tile prob lbition la il the
4 state and the sentiment regarding
the Law itself. The speaker was in-