The daily Alaskan., 1913-12-01
A ONE MAN
 CRUSADE By M. QUAD / Copyright. 1913, by Associated Lit erary Press.
By M QUAD

| lStry Bruce stevens spent lO'Al ''''' in the town of Newborn as a part Of his vacation.
 1 Mr. Stevens found political boss and a political ring in the town.
 He found one-half too many saloons for a town of its population.
 He found the sheriff of the county and his deputies and the constable ln cahoots with the tough element
 The justice of the peace was the keeper of saloon and passed drinks over the bar, and he protected his own sort when it came to legal troubles.
 "Why don't you do sonething| he asked of merchant of the town who was a representative of the better ele- meut
 And get boycotted and driven into hankruptryT" was asked in return.
 "Is it as bad as thatY'
 "Thr guug has us by tbe neck and has Us scared We have no leader"
 4 few weeks later, when ready to take up his ministerial duties. Mir. Ste vens asked to be sent to Newbern.
 But we huvp a minister thpre." was replied.
 "But he has lost nearly all of bis con grcgauon
 "YeS tEe reports from that partsb are not at ull cheering, and l believe Brother Baker would welcome a trans fer You know it's one of the hardest towns in the state"
 ''l have spent fonr days there"
 "The cause of rpIigOn Is reported as very lukpwurm
 "I didn't know that there was any there at qII." smiled the minister.
 Well yon'U he appointed to tbe place. 1 hope you may stir things up.'
 The Rev. Nr. Stevens arrived. He started out with a sermon that jclted and iarred. He spared neither Chris. tiun nor sinner While he criticised the former for lack of backbone, he plainly told the latter that the crisis had come. The crisis meant decency and reform without any shame about 1t. After the sermon he Fingered to talk with mehlUerS of his congregation. ae found them looking forward with great rimidity. If be started a crusade he umSt not expect any active help rrnm them They were thoroughly COwed.
 This is to be a one man crusade" be answered them. ''I- did not expect your aid. and so I'm not disappointed"
 Monday morning the crusade open cd Mir Stevens visited the sheriff, and. without any beating around the bush, he said:
 "SheriG, am the new minister"
 "Yes?'
 "I am going for your crowd tooth and toe nail"
 Why do yon call Ii my crowdT was asked
 "Recuuse it Is. There are violations of the law every hour of the day, and you stand by without interference. You drink in every saloon, and you comrade with every lawbreaker. It's the same with your deputies and the roustabIcs It's got tO stop. You have got to do voug sworn duty"
 "Anuthpr refOrmer struck the town. ehg" was the insulting reply.
 The sheriff went from saloon to sa' loon and laughed at the reformer and sad there should be no interference from him Within two weeks he was removed and another man named by the minister was iD his shoes. The citizens of Newborn were stunned. U seemed incredible
 The Rev. Mir. Stevens visited the jus tice in his saloon and sold:
 "Its for you to enforce the law. and here you are among the Iawbreakers' The others are depending upon vOn to dismiss any complaint made against them What course are you going (" take?"
 None of your business" Tue next day the minister complain. ed of nine saloons which had violated the law. Each one of them was dis, missed. Inside Of twenty days the old justice was out and a new one in
 There were ordinances against Sun, day sports They bad not been en. forced in i've years They came to the front now Nc more baseball or horse racing
 Beat the meddler upT' w2s whisner' ed. and a shake purse was made nD to reward a scrapper for doing it. He started out with great ardor to make a two minute job of 1t, but It lasted only half that time. The min ister knOcEcd him out with a jab on the jaw and then had him arrested and fined for diSorderlv conduct Then a public u,g%,ing was called at hall. and the mipisSaV did some tall talking He put heart into the decent citizens so strongly that they came out boldly to his supporr, and the oD- position saw that their cause WAS lost One thing more. The Rev. Nr. Ste vens from his pulpit raked tha citi- zens Of Newborn as they had never heard a minister talk before They owed a duty to God and to man. They must show up at church, whether they were Christians or not The Sunday school must be resurrected- There