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The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25
THE town BOARD
SUBMITS FRANCHISE

At an adjourned or recess session of
the town board held last Monday night
the petition of Chas. II. King. repre-
senting the Mutual Light, Heat and
Power company. was again presented
and for the first time read to the board
Since the last session of the board q
committee had met with Mr.. King and
discussed the various features of the
proposed franchise and it was thought
that there would be little to do at this
meeting except to ratify what had been
practically agreed upon in committee
meeting.
As soon. however as the petition had
been read Trustee Smith expressed him
self in favor of submitting it to the
people for their ratification or rejection
because he sad 1t would relieve the
board of a great deal of responsibility
which he did not believe they should as
sume. If the people said by their vote
that they did not approve of the fran
chise then the board had nothing far
ther to do.
McKissack and Meadows both spoke
in favor of passing the matter up to the
people. but Howard was against it al
though he said ordinarily he was op-
posed to the granting of franchises to
corporations he thought this was ease
that was out OF the ordinary. He said
1T was an opportunity for the town TO
own its own Light plant by granting II
franchise to the new company: it was
Just like the town granting franchise
to itself although he failed to explain
wherein the franchise sought by Mr..
King granted any favors to the town
that 1t has not had for years under the
-
Howard seemed afraid to trust the peo-
pie and insisted on railroading the mat
ter through and granting the franchise
without an election.
Then the mayor called on Barnes and
Barnes straddled with a slight leaning
toward submitting the matter to the
people. He. thought it would be an
easier way out for the council and per-
haps better way.
When the matter was submitted 20
the town attorney, Major DeLan said
the law seemed conflicting in that a
law passed subsequent to the Bucklin
act appeared to give town boards the
right to grant such franchises although
it did not repeal the former law He
and the mayor thought the safest plan
would be to submit the question to the
people as they thought the proposition
would carry without any doubt.
When a vote came to submit the mat
ter to the taxpaying electors at tine
coming election Smith, Meadows,
Barnes and McKissack voted aye,
Howard voted no and Cross refused 10
vote although urged by the mayor 20
do so. The franchise was ordered pub-
lished and submitted to the people at
the April election
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Official List d Nominations 10 Office
STATE OF COLORADO
of Garfeld
Town of Genwood Springs
STATE OF COLORADO.
County of Garfield,
Town of Glenwood Springs,

William
certify that the the list nominations certife
municipal election be held within and
town Tuesday, April A 1911. viz:
party ticket space
hereunder the the wish t
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And hereby business and Post Office
address each all and every
Seal of said Town of Genwooi Springs
OF
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No news has vet been given out rs
to the Hotel Colorado except that it
has been planned to open the house
about June J.
The harmony of the double quartet
of the Glee club is seldom eqtaled. 1t
will fill you with an inspiration. At the
Odeon, March 2s.
Wells B. McClelland. a pioneer attor-
ney of Steamboat Springs, spent Sat
urday in G'euwooG while on his way
home from Denver.
Seldom do the people of Glenwood
have a chance to attend a high class
concert. Remember the date, Tuesday
evening, March IS.
Quite a number of the Carbondals
and Roaring Fork people came down
to Glenwood Monday afternoon, after
attending the funeral of Mrs. Gardne~.
Receiver W. +. Wallace of the land
Office left last sunday for Washington
to consult with department officials on
matters connected with the office here.
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| Special rates for teachers this suut-
mer. Write us for particulars.
| HOEL'S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Grand Junction, Colo.
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| The spring session of the district
court will convene in this city Monday
April 3. Jurors have been subpoenead
for Tuesday the second day of the
| term.
Arthur kopp of Fairview, Kans.,
spent the first of the week here visit
ing with his cousin, +. A. Mechau, and
then went on to the Pacific coast where
he may locate.
| w ii. Lea county surV, ~ 7 of Eia a
acty, came down f.om Gypsum the
first of the week and has been bus,
is week dong some work on the
l,nwood ditcn.
- = -
Mrs. +. w. korn who some time ago
went to Galveston and later to San An
tonia, Texas, with her son, Harry. who
was suffering from heart trouble re-
turned last Saturday evening, leaving
Harry in San Antonia where he is i'm
go about and take light exercise and
he greatly enjoys the mild climate of
the southland.
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toward literature. His first book,
1.-The Manager of the 3. & A." was
brought out by Harper G Brothers in
their American series. By this time
he was living in New York, where he
held two jobs-one as member of the
staff of the Cosmopolitan. and the
other as reader for the Harpers. The
Kesters lived in most interesting
and picturesque place known as the
Big White House, which occupied,
with it's grounds, the block between
Min ety-ninth and One Hundredth
streets and Riverside drive and West
End avenue. Its windows commanded
uninterrupted views OF the Hudson
river and the palisades for miles in
either direction. The house, when it
imposing country seats about New
York. It contained twenty-five rooms
and had a sweeping double-decker
porch supported by huge Corinthian
columns. During the seven years the
Kesters lived in the Big White House
it was a center where many persons
well known in the literary and artistic
life of the city might be met. Here
came w. d. Howells and John Cecil
Clay, the artist. also a cousin of the
Kesters- Booth Harrington came be-
fore the production of Monsieur
Beaucaire'' to talk of the play with
Paul Wilstach, then associated with the
management of Richard Mansf1eld's
affairs and the Kesters. Here, too,
came Charles Major, whose immensely
successful novel, When Knighthood
Was in Flower" Paul Kester had just
transformed into an equally success
full play. And here might frequently
be met Charles Henry Meltzer, who,
with George Peabody Fustis and the
Kesters. were the active workers in
presenting the series of modern plays
with which the name CT John Stair,
another intimate friend. became iden-
titled. Richard Hovey came frequent
~ in the last years of his life, and
Richard Risley was another near
neighbor who often happened in.
Curtis Hidden Page came with James
Macarthur, who also brought Norman
Hapgood, the fighting editor of Col
lier's Weekly, then just beginning his
career as dramatic critic of the Com
mercial Advertiser Here also came
the interchangeable Miss Holly and the
graceful southern girl, Hallie Erminie
Rives, now Mrs. Post Wheeler. whose
books were just beginning to be spok-
en- Of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
sometimes happened in to dinner, and
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NEWS AND NOTES.

A bronze tablet was unveiled in All
Hallows church, London, recently
concentrating the christening in
that church of William Penn, the
founder of Pennsylvania.
The growth of the Boy Scout move
ment in England is shown by a re-
view of $4,000 members under the
command of General Baden Powell
held by King George in Windsor park.
The recent editor-in-chief of the
Salvation Army literature in England
has published for the first time it is
said, the statistical statement of that
organizations enrolment. Their pres
ent number is over 100000, with near
~ half of this in England and $4,000
more in the United States and Canada.
An American Red Cross First Aid
car, equipped for rescue work after
great disasters, has been given to the
society by the Pullman company. 1t
has living quarters for the staff, stor-
age rooms, and a demonstrating room
which can be quickly converted into
an emergency hospital
An interesting anniverSar-r in New
England this month was the 250th of
the New England Yearly Meeting of
Friends which was held in Provid ence.
A practical recognition of fellowship
without fusion is the recent action of
the Reformed church (Dutch) in turn
ing over to the PreSbyterians six
-. OAieS NAi1SA AIS I'll z III ChLe14AOlAlea'
with property worth $4,000, for rea-
sons of efficiency of oversight.
The New York Association for the
Blind is undertaking to raise $780,
600 to erect the first modern trade
school and settlement house for the
blind in the world. A letter signed by
Bishop Greer and David H Choate
calls attention to the fact that while
New York provides ample settlement
houses, gymnasiums and athletic
fields for the seeing of ell ages, there
IS not a single modern building de-
voted to the social ard Industrial
needs of the many sightless.'
Dates have been arranged for a tour
of the Pacific coast next autumn by
the English evangelist Cripsy Smith.
This will occupy the time from Octo-
Der till about the middle of March.
Several cities are putting up temper
! arY auditoriums as it IS required that
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The death of Vaughan Kester at his
home in Virginia-Gunston Hall, on
the Potomac river-and the subse-
quent burial of his body at Mount
Vernon, Ohio-shocked thu reading
world so recently awakened by 1.-The
ProdigaI Judge to the full realization
of Mr.. Kester's gifts as a novelist. In
THE Prodigal Judge Mr. Kester told
in the epic leisurely manner of an
earlier day a story vitality American
in theme and large and noble in spirit;
it is something by way o. consolation
to his friends to know that its success
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SUMMER CONFERENCES.
Young Women's Christian Associations
Arrange Meetings.

Young Women's Christian Associations
Arrange Meetings.
The national board of Young Wom-
United States of America Will hold
nine conferences during the summer,
an early spring conference having al
ready been held in California. These
conferences are chiefly for members Of
student city, rural and industrial assoc
cations but any young woman would
De made welcome The program in
cludes Bible and mission study, teen
nlcai councils on association work and
lnspirational platform addresses.
Detailed information can be had
from the department of conventions
and conferences, 125 East Twenty
seventh street, New York city.
me Following are the dates and
places of the conferences:
southwestern general conference.
June to 10. Asheville. n. c.
southwestern general conference,
June 3 to %, Eureka Springs, Ark.
western general conference, June 20
to 80, Cascade. Colo.
Northwest general conference, June
ton.
Eastern student conference, June 20
to 80, Silver Bay. N. Y.
Eastern city conference, July 1 to
10, Silver Bay. n. Y.
East central student conference,
Ohio.
Central city conference, August Is
to rs. Geneva, Wis.
Central student conference, August
26 to September 4, Geneva, Wis.
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RELIGION IN THE FAR EAST.
Question of Prosperity Not Considered
a Fair Test.

EdIr Test.
One often hears Professionalism and
Catholicism compared, to the disad-
vantage of the latter because the
Protestant countries are more prosper
Gus, weather., more powerful. This
same reasoning is used when cOmpar-
ing Christianity with Brahmanism,
Confucianism Buddhism, but the ar
gument does not lie, as the lawyers
say. 10 the Hindu mind it is no ar
gument at all. His ideal is to get out
of the world, not to get what he can
out of it and stay in it.
That ones beliefs should be scien-
ti1cally true or that they should pro-
duce in an individual Or a nation pow
ers OF wealth getting and comfort
making is not only not required of
his faith by the oriental, but he looks
upon such tests as preposterous If
plague or famine comes to a whole
province or loss or illness comes to
him individually or the will of a ruler
whom he believes to be divinely guild
ed brings disgrace upon llim-all these
are accepted as inevitable. 1t is part
of the mysterious and incomprehensi-
BILE divine plan and leads to no ques-
tioning, criticism or even complaint of
the ways of God with man.
We recognize self sacrifice and I'm
selhshness as spiritual graces to be
cultivated, but the great majority of
Christians look upon an unsuccessful
Christian as lacking in some essential
manner the full dover of his faith. II
the Hindu believed that his faith for
babe working on Sunday or forbade d.
vorce, for example, he would sacrifice
himself rather than disobey. We, on
the contrary, have allowed laws OF
economics and laws of health and free
dom to override the dicta of the priest.
I am not deciding between the two
though I believe we are right. I am
merely noting differences which must
be kept in mind by the student of the
east if he wishes to gain something
more Of an understanding of the situa-
ton than the mere superficial con-
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was Enthusiastically established before
its authors death Mr. Kester, who
was only approaching middle life, was
a brother of Paul Kester. the play
wright. and both were members of a
rare literary circle. Vaughan Kester
was born in New Brunswick, N J.,
but later was taken west to Ohio.
where he spent the formative period of
youth. He used to say himself of this
time that he learned to smoke clay
pipe and to chew tobacco back of the
barn. The success of his brother in
the literary field and his relationship
to w. D. Howells of whom he was
a cousin, doubtless had much to do
with the bent of his own aspirations
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edihces having a minimum seating ca
pacity of 5000 shall be furnished in
each place The evangelist viii reach
America in time to sIen1 Sunday,
September II, in New York. preaching
at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian and Rut-
gers Presbyterian churches
Five thousand men participated in
the recent Sunday school parade in
San Francisco when the thirteenth in
ternationaI convention was in session
IN that city, each carrying a Bible sup
piled by the Gideons, to be placed in
the hotels of San Francisco
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prise the population of the country
Churches, colleges ana theological
seminaries are the outgrowth of the
missionary work in Burma
When Carey went to India and Jud-
son to Burma practically all the
world was closed against foreign mis-
sions; now. practically ali the world
is open to them, with the Bible trans
lated into more than four hundred
languages and dialects. covering the
vast majority of the people on the
globe.
The caste system of India presents
great hindrance to the gospel. Origi-
mating probably in the conquest of
aboriginal races by more powerful in
vaders from the north it grew to
have a four-fold division Brahmans.
soldiers, merchants, laborers and low
est of all. those without caste, the
Pariahs.
Thirty-five American societies are
at work in India at the present time.
The work of Pandita Ramabai for the
child widows of India, includes a
school for the high caste widows at
Poona, as well as a mission for child
widows, deserted wives and famine or
phans, where two thousand are shell
tered and cared for by this devoted
Christian woman who began life as
the daughter of a Brahman priest, be-
coming herself a Hindu widow early in
life. Because of her own experience
came the longing to aid the millions
of girls whose lives were wrecked
through the wrongs done to the child
widows.
India is by far the greatest Mo-
hammedan country in the world Two
thirds of the people are Hindus, while
100000 are Mohamme dans. The
population is strangely complex. IN
Guiding Burma and Siam. the India
empire uses three hundred distinct di-
alects and languages.
From Africas teemine tribes, from
midas perishing mult'tudes, from
China's mighty millions from Jap
ans throbbing life. from every soul
among the thousand millions that
know not God, the cry of despair
its inarticulate cry for help goes up.
This weary world, in all its CONT
nents, with all its nations, wants to
know more of Christ's message, and
of the love that stoops from heaven.
China has no sorrow that His mes
sage cannot cure; India has no prob
lem that it cannot solve Japan no
question it cannot answer; Africa no
darkness it cannot help dispel. -
hudson Smith
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Methodists in India.

About $4,000 persons were baptized
in Methodist churches in India last
year, bringing the Methodist commu-
nifty in Hindustan UP to nearly a quar-
ter of a million souls.
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tempt and cobwebby experiences of a
self satisfied traveller
The conversation of the thousand mil
lion brown and yellow men of Asia by
the 100000, 600 Christians is so far away
in the distance that no eye. even of
the imagination, can see so far down
the aisles of time--Scribner's Maya
zine
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CHURCH NOTICES.

Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopa
church, preaching by the pastor, DR.
Astounding Riches" and at p. m. or
1.-The Staggering of Unbelief."
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German Methodist Episcopal church,
corner Tyler and Fifth streets, John
Koehlers pastor Services on Sunday
at the usual hour. Rev. A. J. Ross. of
Lawrence, will have charge of the meet
ings. After the morning sermon the
holy communion will be administered.
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Services at Central Park Christian
church. corner Eighteenth street and
Central Park avenue as follows: IL a.
m, communion service and preaching.
s D. m. preaching. In the absence of
the pastor, Albert T. Fits, the pulpit
will be filled morning and evening by
Rev. Davis of Winterset, Iowa
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First Nazarene Revival mission,
Fourth and Jackson streets. Preach
ing by Rev. ]. G. Pittman of Kentucky.
All day meeting Sunday, prayer meet
ing $50 a. M, preaching 1920 a. M,
2:3O and 7:30 p. M, assisted by General
James L. Delk and wife.
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Grace Cathedral (EpiscopaD, corner
Eighth avenue and Polk street. Holy
communion 1880 a. m. Morning service
and sermon at IL o'clock No evening
service during July and August.
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people than the yellow sensationalism
of the press Mr.. Riis is undoubtedly
an example of one who has seen and
conquered this devil.
A c. McClurg & co. announce for
publication this fall one of the largest
and most attractive lists of books they
have ever brought out. In the depart
ment of fiction it contains - new
stories, the titles and authors Of which
are as follows: MY Lady of Doubt"
a story of the American Revolution, by
Randall Parrish; 'As the Sparks Fly
Upward" a tale of modern Adam and
Eve in a South Pacific paradise. by
Cyrus Townsend Brady; 1.-THE Blood of
the Arena" a translation by Frances
Douglas of Senior Vicente Blasco.
Ibanez's powerful Spanish story of
bull fighting; "Dr. David the power
full story of influence of z strong per-
cfal atmosphere, by Marjorie Benton
Cooke; 1.-The Texican." a cowboy story
by Dane Coolidge; "Out of the Prin
tive" by Robert Ames Bennett; THE
Quest of the Silver Fleece a strong
story of modern life IN which the
groes, by william e. B. Dubois.
Something Else" a stirring story Of
life in New York in Civil war DAYS
by ]. Breckenridge Ellis; THE Fusine
Force" an Idaho idyl, by Katharine
Hopkins Chapman; THE Smile of fbe
Sphinx" sweet love story Of the old.
fashioned type, by Marguerite Rouvet n
'Emerson's Wife. and Other Wester,,
Stories" by Florence Finch Kelly. ans
"A Vikings Love and Other tales 80
the North by Ottilie A. LiIjencrant,
the latter being a memorial volun3s
dedicated to the memo-Y of its tel-
ented author. who died recently.
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First United Brethren church. o. H.
Deever, pastor, will preach morning
and evening. Subject at IL a. M, "Di-
vine Providence" Subject at s p. m,
Abiding in the Love of Christ"
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First Baptist church. Rev. Robert
Gordon, pastor. Morning worship II,
sermon, subject, 1.-The Bible, a Priceless
Possession" This congregation will
unite with other churches in the even
ing union service at the First Christian
church.
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German Baptist church, Second and
Madison streets, Paul A. Schenk, pas
tor. Morning services at IL o'clock, sub
ject, AN Offering of Thyself." Evening
services at 7:45, subject, Wells Re
dug"
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First Church of Christ, Scientist, cor
ner Huntoon and Polk streets. Services
at IL a. M, subject, Love
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29

Second Church of Christ, Scientist,
corner Of Harrison and Sixth streets.
Services at IL a. M, subject, Love
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The Book That Makes Nations
The International Sunday School Les
son for July 30 is 1.-The Finding Of the
Book of The Law" IL Chron- "a; l4-55.
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Third Presbyterian church, corner of
Fourth and Branner streets, Rev jay
c. Everett, pastor. Morning worship
with sermon at IL O'Clock. No Chris
tan Endeavor nor regular church ser
vice in the evening.
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SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

Thank God that when man does
a bit of service, however little it may
be, of that, too, he can never trace the
quences.-Phillips Brooks.
The tissue of the life to Re
We weave with colors all our own.
And in the field of destiny
We reap as we have sown.
Whittier
Duty, b it a small matter or a great,
is duty STILL and it is Only they who
do their duty in everyday and trivial
matters who fulfill it on great ocea-
sions.-Charies Kingsley
One has achieved heroic self-eon-
quest when ones habit of mind takes
it as thing of course, tina. the best
life is to be one of untnanked self
They the royal hearted women are
who nobly love the noblest, yet have
grace for needy, suffering lives in
lowliest places.-G Gorge Eliot.
Our lives they are well worth the
living
When we lose our small selves in
the whole,
And feel the strong surges of being
Throb through us, one heart and one
SOUL
Eternity bears up each honest en-
deavor.
The life lost for love is life saved
forever
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First United Presbyterian church,
corner Eighth and Topeka avenues,
Rev. J. A. Renwick, D. D., pastor.
Preaching II a. m. by the pastor.
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The doors of your soul are open on
others and theirs on you. Simply to
be In this world, whatever you are. is
to exert an influence-an influence, too.
compared with which mere language
and persuasion are feeble.-Horace
Bushnell
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Central avenue Christian church,
Mrs J. E. Mcdaniel, corresponding
secretary, will preach at IL A. m, Civ
ing report from Portland International
missionary convention, 6 p. m. Union
open air service at corner Park and
jackson streets. David Lyon will
nlah
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First Methodist Episcopal church,
the morning services will be conduct
ed by the pastor, Rev. Frank L. Love-
land, d. D. Subject: 1.-THE Sort of
Weakness That Shall Inherit the
Earth Union meeting at First
Christian church at 8 o'clock.