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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-16

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tain, and . finance committee ap-
pointed. The committee consists Of J..
]. McGrsw, I. Huntsberger and F. A..
Flanagan. 1t is proposed TO make
extensive improvements on the base.
bali grounds the coming season.
From Fridays Daily
Native bromus inermis seed, Sc. per
pound, at Benton Hardware Co.-Adv.
Girl wanted for general house work.
Apply to Mrs. A. E. McLeish.-Adv.
Ball and bat free with auy boys
cloth suit in the store. T. G. Power
& Bro. Ltd.-Adv.
B. q. Vaudeville, who arrived last
evening" from the upper Shonkin, re.
ports q backward spring 10 that 10.
cality.
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk of the district court tod az to
James Nichols and Margaret Reece,
both Keuilworth.
John A. Hackshsw, Of Floweree, is
visiting with friends IN this city. Mr..
Hackshaw reports . large number OF
new settlers 10 the Floweree country.
Among the business transacted BY
the commissioners today was the ap.
pointment of Martin Dshlstrom, Of
Big Sandy, as q member of the Chou
teau county fair commission.
A declaration Of intention to become
q American citizen was filed in the
district court today BY Charles r.
Wellington, q native born American
who lost his citizenship by e~migratine
s Canada.
Frank MCGOWAN, who arrived to-
day to attend the county commission.
ers' meeting, reports hat remnants of
the past winter are still ia evidence In
the Highwood country. Many of the
coulees are packed with snow.
T. G. Power & Bro. have just re-
ceived their new spring line of wall
paper samples, the most complete line
ever shown in Fort Benton. Also the
largest assortment of dining and
rocking chairs ever shown. Ooe solid
cAr.--Adv.
Local stockmen are 10 receipt OF in-
vitstions to attend the. twenty eighth
annual meeting of the Montana Stock.
growers association, to be held April
Is and Is at Miles City. The business
men OF Miles City have prepared an
attractive program OF entertainment
for stockmen and other visitors.
The county commissioners met In
special session tod ay with all members
present, to take action upon the county
high school petition aud other matters.
The board made an order that the
county high school proposition be
submitted to the voters, as required
by the state law, the election to be
held Saturday, June q.
A news item from Great Falls re.
ports thai Mrs. Charles Northrup.
fifty years old, was burned to death
early yesterday morning while alone
in a shack she occupied. The appear
ance oflthe building after the fire had
been e~x.inguished. indicated that the
blaze vas caused by a lamp setting
fire TO a window curtain and that the
blaze then communicated to Mrs.
Northrup's clothing.
Herbert Strain, the we'll known
Great Falls merchant, died yesterd ay
at his home in that city after an i'll.
ness OF several months. Mr.. Strain
had been q resident of Great Falls
about twenty years, and in addition
to bis activities As q successful busi-
. man was prominent in many pub.
lie movements that have contributed
to the welfare OF the general commu-
nifty. The news of his death will
cause sorrow among q large number
OF friends in all parts of northern
Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-16
House For Rent.

For rent, q fve.room residence, con veniently
located on upper Front street. Apply at River
Press Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-16
A CONTINUAL SALE

Of Staple Hosiery for every member of the family. Rugs, small and large.
scrims. Examines and swisses Complete stocks, ready for the spring
house cleaning.
Cotton Voles, Welt Piques, Ginghams and Egyptian Tissues, Pophns,
Cotton Crepes. daAateas, Flaxon Dimites and White Lawns. Staple
Sheetngs and Linens ready for your inspection.
Fine fabrics from which to fashion your spring qarments-Shimmer-
ing Silks and Fashionable Suitings. Charmeuse Silk 40 in. wide Crepe
DECLINE, r1esaine, Tub Silks, Silk Crepe, etc.
Cream Suitings. Whipcord Serges, Diagonals, black and white striped
Serge, Wool ChaNe that will launder.
Easter line of Neckwear and Gloves. Trimmings, Laces and Embroideries
for the spring gowns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-16

For April are o ready. There is no fuss and bother about Butte
patterns; no complicated directions to confuse YOU. Thousands of high Sc
girls use them. You can't make a mistake, whether you have a seanstres
whether you do it all by yourself.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-16

by poison weeds, but will investigate
the matter.
The Office Of the state veterinarian in
Helena Is receiving many inquiries
from stockmen aud farmers in an
swer to a notice advertising free
vaccine for blsckleg for cattle. AL
ready the of1cie force has sent out
1920 doses Of the vaccine to different
parts of the state which are admin
istered the spring crop of calves to
prevent all possible chance of the dis
ease getting hold.
A dispatch from Culbertson reports
q die astrous fire at that place Tues.
day, in which the Evans hotel and
several other buildings we're de-
stroyed. Many Culbersson people
were at Antelope, As miles away, at
tendiog the funeral OF Sheriff Court.
ney and Deputy Dick Burmeister when
q message stated that Culbertson was
burning. The Culbertson people re.
turned in automobiles to find their
finest buildings in ruins.
Arrangements for the baseball eea.
son were made At q meeting held las,
evening, at which there was a good
attend snce. An organization was ef'
fected. with James NJ. BARLEY 81
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Of being wholly unorthodox. Tho new
declaration should prove that they are
unanimously agreed about historic Chris
tianity. unanimously and fervently loyal
to first principles, unanimously convinced
that there Is common ground for the unit
ing of all believing people, with liberty of
judgment on every side. Was this the
purpose of the declaration?
Perhaps they are right. Perhaps moth
ing is more needed today than positive
confessions of faith. Literature teens
with heresies, Misrepresentation like the
last by Winston Chuchill haze and
Vagueness like Maeterlincks There are
new versions of Christianity abroad from
Sir Oliver Lodges to that of the Texas
Holiness convention, formulated every
other day. Generally speaking no dozen
Christians can agree as to what the gos-
pei is, though they can all worship with
one heart.
In circumstances and times like these
it is good to utter our deep personal con-
victions in language that will express also
the deepest convictions of others. though
on other points they might radically diff
fer from ourselves. To have a positive
message, to be unashamed to confess it,.
unafraid to propose it as a real basis of
Christian unity and fellowship--this Is
worth while. If the churches are to lead
men to the Unseen Reality they must
have.a strong and positive conviction, a
real confession of faith. The new confess
sion has cleared the air.
Moreover Congregationalists generally
have been tolerant towards the new Bib
lical learning, which we call the higher
criticism. The new expression of faith
proves that men can still honestly preach
a superhuman gospel while they shed
much traditional opinion about history
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l may be expected to reflect the Eng
lish nonconformist attitude.
l. 1t is remarkable enough that at
this time the body of evangelical
Christians who are most averse to MAX
ing formal expression of the creed
held by all their churches should at
tempt to utter their confession of faith.
Perhaps never in the history of west q.
ern religion has the population of the
world been more intelligent than now
or more uncertain of its religious opin-
ions. This state of mind has been re-
flected in the churches. We all recite
the apostles creed and go on about our
business This vague state of popular
opinion has recently found reflection
In the answers to an inquiry issued by
a college dignitary to the graduates of
a single year $4,000 of three typical
universities. Harvard, Wesleyan and
Illinois. The inquiry embraced nine
points: "a Church membership, (2)
of God, tD HIS omnipotence, (5) the
Trinity, co the divinity of Christ, %
the inspiration of the Bible, (S) the
power of prayer, and (9) survival after
death. The answers of these college
graduates after Is years of business
and professional life, indicate all shades
of belief and unbelief, orthodoxy and
unorthodoxy. but constant and con-
siderable patch in every diagram shows
black, an utter reputation of the doc
trine in question. The graduates of
1900 are fair representatives OF their
fellow citizens.
Now, was 1t this general uncertainty
and this frequent disbelief that impeled
the Congregationalists to assert their posi-
tive beliefs? [ think SO. Very many peo-
pie have suspected Congregationalists
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and authority; so the new confession
proves positively useful by clearing the
horizon.
2. Is there no credit due to the able
men who prayerfully formulated this
symbol, in that they kept their feet on
the solid ground OF historical confession
and experimental fact? They catch
strain from the verblage of the Mayflower
heroes; they will walk in the ways Of
the Lord made known or to be mado
known" to them. They look with rsver-
ence on all past transactions between the
soul of man and its God. They define
their allegiance to the eternal God as to
a Triune Majesty and the Holy Scrip
lures as the test OF all revelations, or
supposed revelations of the Divine Will.
Historic facts as Interpreted by the saints
of the ages are the subject of their faith.
so that the first half OF the confession is
a very echo of the earliest creed. This
Is psychological age, not a metaphysical.
and facts are more to us than theories;
but facts interpreted by experience and
blent with the faith OF multitudes are in
comparably precious.
3. When we come to the last character
istic of the new confession It will still
be seen emphatically adapted to the
genius of our age. These men have a
wholly modern conception of the mis-
g" of tNe chnrrh" wholly practical
wholly ideal. ITO proclaim the gospel
.."n4and' uOes not indicate what
the gospel is. but we gather an impress
sion thereof from what follows. II ex-
alts the worship of the one true God,
leads men to labor for the progress of
knowledge, the promotion of justice, the
triumph of peace. and the realization of
human brotherhood" The consequence
of this is expected to be "the transforma-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
MOST RECENT CREED-By George Eaves, D. d.

clusion. Here democracy met with the
loftiest and most spiritual autocracy,
as of the unseen throne of Christ.
am venturing thus to introduce
the creed which has recently been
adopted by the modern descendants of
those pilgrims. Gathered Prom every
state in this union at Kansas City,
they have confronted new conditions
and have boldly adjusted the maehin-
cry of their churches to the new age.
Centralizing their activities. they still
preserve the self reliance of each or
ganization, and they have made one
more step toward the coming federation
of Professionalism. 1t Is In this aspect
of the Kansas City council that the
new creed becomes widely significant.
1t Is more covenant of faith than a
creed, but II Is the nearest that a body
of free men can come to expressing
forms of religious conviction. As a
mutual confession. not as a procla-
nation to the world. the utterance now
stands 1t Is, briefly and sufficient,
what the oldest denomination in Amer
lea believes.
I'VE believe in God, the Father, in
finite in wisdom, goodness and love;
and in Jesus Christ, his Son, our Lord
and Savior who for us and our saliva
tion lived and died and rose again
and liveth evermore and in the Holy
Spirit, who talSeth of the things of
Christ and revealeth them to us, re-
newing, comforting. and inspiring the
souls of men. We are united in striv-
Ing to know the will of God as taught
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monument to her. She has been there
II years. Jersey City is a sort of back
door to New York. She has labored under
terrific disadvantages. Lots OF people
who are earnest IN their desire to help
tie submerged. have the human desire
OF wishing to labor in field where they
can sttract attention. 1t is not diff
cut to get workers in big field like New
York or Chicago, but 1t is hard indeed 20
get them to work In a back yard like Jer-
sey City. The settlement house in Jersey
City has been one of the most difficult
of any in America to get support for. Ali
the burder of Whittier House has been
carried by this woman. She has been
under the great handicap OF laboring with
little money. She has been under the
greater handicap of having been an I'M
valid for 10 years. The greater the diff
Guilty. the harder she has worked. Sne
has made tremendous fight and she has
triumphed. She has her field districted
and now it compares favoraby with that
of any in America, and she has done it
all without recognition, or without desire
for recognition, satisfied with the knowl-
edge OF the good that she has done.
Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon of Evans
vile, Ind, has wrought q revolution in
her native state. Not only that, but she
has made an impression upon the nation
Through her individual work she has
brought about revision OF the housing
laws of Indiana. She has made life bet
ter for tens of thousands of people She
has done much to improve health and
added to the happiness and the welfare
of those who were unable to help them
selves. The laws which she devised for
Indiana are today the models upon which
other states are planning their improve
ments for the housing of the poor
The most picturesque of all the use
full women in America is Oklahoma Kate,
as Miss Kate Barnard of Guthrie, Okla,
is known the country over. To Oklahoma
she is what Jane Adams is to Chicago
its first citizen. She is wee bit of a
woman about 80 years old. She has snap
ping black eyes, sallow complexion,
dresses In striking colors. wears gigantic
earrings, is extremely vivacious and looks
more like music hall artist than wei
fare worker. She was born In Nebraska.
Her early life was one of hardship ana
poverty. She worked on a farm-a lonely
farm in western Oklahoma. Instead OF
embttering her life. this awakened her
sympathy for the unfortunate, especially
for the children of the poor. She was
In convent for awhile after this, and
then she taught in the public schools She
gathered around here a lot of her girl
friends and started a charity organization
Of her own. one OF the first things she
did was to start bureau for furnishing
employment to the hundreds of stranded
people who had flocked to the newly
opened lands and the newly built towns
of Oklahoma. Most OF them were in dis
tress. She started a campaign which, in
one day. brought to her 10000 garments
and 1000 pieces of furniture. She clothed
in one day 400 children, most of them liv-
ing in tents and almost destitute and al
most naked. She has worked for tenn
perance and has worked for the Indians.
lThrouSh her individual efforts she saved
100000 for the Indian children of Okla
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|, in the social welfare field to discover the
cause of conditions that affect the health
of mankind and the well being of the
people. Having discovered the cause they
point the way 20 remedy the evils. Aside
from this welfare work, she has beer
very liberal in her gifts to women's col.
leges, to Princeton university and to va
rious educational institutions. The mil
lions that Russell Sage accumulated are
being handed back to the people by this
good woman.
Every woman who is working for the
public good declared, when questioned by
the writer, that ono of the most useful
women In America is Maude Adams, the
little Mormon girl who Is Americas great
est actress. They say that Miss Adams
has done more by her representation OF
beautiful characters on the stage to carry
the impress Of beauty of life, purity of
spirit and elevation of purpose than any
other player who has ever trod the boards
They say the effect of Peter Pan alone
has been OF incalculable value. They
go into raptures when they talk of Miss
Adams. They speak of her not as an
actress but as q teacher. They say She
reaches people they cannot reach.
But then, Miss Adams is an unusual
actress. She lives a life of austerity. Rich
as she is, she prefers to have her home
surroundings nun-like in their simplicity
room of nun. 1t would not be sur
prising to some OF those who know hei
best If she gave up the stage one of these
days and took the veil.
Mary Mcdonald isn't heard of much out
side of her own city, but ip Chicago she
has done as much as Lillian Wald has
done in New York. She is the head OF
q great nurses settlement there. Her head.
quarters are In the stock yards district
She has broadened her field until now
it embraces the whole of Chicago. She
is fully as capable as Miss Valid and Is
liFe her in many respects.
Mrs. r.. II. Hartman has spent more
money in good work than the public
knows about. She has been very wise
I'm her gifts. Her money has made pos
sible sthe extended work of the bureal
of municipal research and the school o
municipal Improvement. Through thes,
institutions the Standardization of munc
| ipal governments may be brought abou
and many of the evils under which cite,
are burdened today may be removed. Hel
| husband was interested in the preserya
tion of the highlands of the Hudson Sh,
| gave large plot of land for the fur
therance of this cause and in addition
gave S1o00,000 to the men who have th'
/ work in charge. She has a good business
| head, and plays an intelligent part n
| the affairs of the great corporations will
which her husband was identified. Lik
Mrs. Sage. she gives her money for con
structive enterprises and for public good
| She believes in going to the cause ans
working out the remedy. Attacking th
result is only a palliative. removing th
cause is working a cure. 1t Is slower
| but more effective and does the create
| good in the long run.
Many have not heard of Miss Corneli
I'll. Bradford, but she is a worthy worke
| for the common good. She lives in Jerse
City. Whittier House settlement is
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In the first act. scene 4, OF the Merry
Wives of Windsor, we read. He hath
- but little wee face. with little
yellow beard, a Cain-colored beard"
What Is a "Cain-colored beard" and why
is it SO designated? In medieval times
1t was thought that mans tempera
ment or character could be indicated by
a color, and the allusion is to that old
conceit. So Armada, in Loves Labor
Lost, says, Green, indeed, is the color
of lovers Yellow had no place In the
ecclesiastical colors. White was the
symbol of purity; red was used on martyr
days, as symbol of blood and fire; vio-
let, or purple, was used as a symbol Of
penitence and sorrow; green was reckoned
"a color of peace, etc. yellow was con-
sidered sign of treachery. Hence in
the ancient tapestries, Cain. and Judas.
were given yellow boards. In ancient pic
lures Judas was painted in yellow garb.
In France, long ago, 1t was customary
TO daub the doors of traitors with yell
low. In several countries the law re-
quired that Jews dress in yellow, because
they betrayed Christ. The dress of the
executioner in Spain, used to be red and
yellow. The red symbolized iiis office of
blood-shedder, and the yellow indicated
the crime for which the blood was shed.
In Christian symbolism gold, though yell
low, represented faith. st. Peter ancient
ly was clothed in gold vestments. think
wherever we find yellow In Christian
symbols, we may conclude that 1t repre-
sents, not yellow in ITSELF but gold and
this statement applies so Heraldry, as
we'll In other places, besides the one
quoted the plays use yellow with allusion
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ton of the world into the Kingdom OK
God"
True mystics and born theoiogians VIII
regret that there Is too much pragmatic
dogma in this ideal, too little confession
of sin and too remote a sense of the in
effable goal which is God Himself, not
anything on earth. But here comes in the
saving fact that this is not to be re-
garded as a complete or cinal statement
of all the faith, but OF the things that
need to be reiterated at this time.
So regarded, has anyone any objection
to offer? l am aware that many dear
men. of the denominations which seek
first the defense of their own lives.
deprecate all attempts to bring about tho
Kingdom Of God on the earth. In their
view 1t Is nearly blasphemous to pray that
it may come. Some of them have refused
to use the Lord s Prayer as being unsuited
to this dispensation,
On the other hand there Is a mighty
hunger among men, outside the churches
as well as inside, for a chance to do
practical work for the promotion of well
fare, and for the sake of the Lord. 1t is
part of the social awakening which has
flowed from many religious experiences.
Perhaps this Is not an age of quiet or
prayer, but rather an age of restless do
ing, the age of Martha rather than of
Mary Perhaps we are shallower than
we ought to be. But is it not as though
a voice We're speaking to modern churches
, and all modern believers. shout for the
Lord hath given you the city, Why
cannot we all join with those of Kansas
! City and elsewhere in making the pos
session of the whole earth for love and
service. for justice ard brotherhood, our
most immediate and pressing religious
! business?
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in the Holy Scriptures, and in our pur-
pose to walk i'll the ways of the Lord
made known or to be made known to
us. We hold it to be the mission of
the Church of Christ to proclaim the
gospel to all mankind, exalting the
worship of the one true God and la
boring for the progress of knowledge,
the promotion of justice, the triumph
of peace. and the realization of human
brotherhood. Depending, as did our
fathers, upon the continued guidance
of the Holy Spirit to lead us into all
truth, We work and pray for the trans :
formation of the world into the king
dom of God; and we look with faith
for the triumph of Righteousness and
for life and glory everlasting"
Three points of special interest may
be Indicated:
Creed confession or covenant, this
Is catholic in a real sense of that
great word; for it states what has been
believed everywhere, always, and by
ALL in the church of the ages.
Again, it wholly avoids metaphysical
debate and theoretical disquisition, af-
ter the manner of certain famous SYM
bols. 1t utters conviction and exper-
ience.
And further, the new confession is
most positive concerning the way of
duty here and now, rather than EN-.
phasiZing the expectation of personal
bliss In another world hereafter. In
deed eternity is assumed rather than
human souls Here, if anywhere, is
deficiency.
Grouping these impressions and con-
sidering this latest efflorescence of the
modern American spirit as real con-
tribution to ultimate Christian unity,