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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-02-09

Lon Meyer reports the snow fall on
Limekiln hill about the same - here
10 town.
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Mrs. Chester Chrk Of Oakridge,
park, was visiting town friends, Mon
day.
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F. 8. Yocum, who for several years
has been In the employ Of the D. 4 r.
G. railroad ~ train auditor, has sew
cred his connections with that COM
pany and accepted the position Of
manager for the general merchan-
disc store Of the Colorado and Utah
Fuel Company 1t their mines in Dr.
ana. Wyoming. He Is moving his
household effects this week. Mr.. Yo-
cum gave up = very good position to
accept what he considers = much bet
tar one, especially from lucrative
standpoint. lie rather lost his desire
for railroading last summer when he
WAS In IN accident which resulted in
enc Of tho passengers being killed and
fifty injured. when the train was de-
rallied and two Of the coaches turned
over. one Of them being the one Mr..
Yocum was in. The narrow escape
gave him such a shock that he rather
lost his nerve. and began to think Of
getting cut Of the railroad business u i.
the first opportunity that offered.
While they will be missed In Arvada,
where they own their home and have
many friends, yet best wishes will 90
with them in their new field.
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sEs1owIHa GIFTS M SECRET


Christmas stockings have come
down to ~ from the good st. Nicholas,
who was Q saint Of the fourth century
Of the Christian era and was born De-
cember q 842 In Lydia, Asia Minor.
He was regarded ~ especially the pa.
tron saint Of children. young girls aud
sailors. The Christmas stocking Gus.
tom arose ~ follows: '7'3s
Il seems that 81. Nlcholah who WAS
the archbishop Of Myra. lived In the
same towA with - .impovkishea no.
bleman who. because he had no por.
lions to give his daughters and, In
deed. no means with which to support
them, was about to sell them into .
life Of sin. Ct. Nichols, who was &C.
customed to dispense his large for.
tuns In gifts Of charity. resolved to res.
cue the young women. As he ap-
preached their house. wondering how
he should proceed. the moon shone out
and displayed an open window. In.
stantly 81. Nicholas threw . purse Of
gold Ia at this window which, failing
at the feet Of the father Of the Girls.
enabled him to portion his Oldest
daughter. The second time st. Mich.
olas visited the house he also was able
to throw . purse q gold through an
open window. thus providing for the
portion Of the second daughter. On
the third visit the father. watching for
~ beaefactos, cast himself at the feet
Il the saint and cried:
/, -OA, 81. Nicholas, servant Of God,
Why Geek to hide thyself1"
The saint made the father promise
not to reveal his benefacti0ns. From
tAls habit Of bestowing Gifts In secret
and under the cloak VI night arose the
practice Of putting out shoes Of stock.
lngs for the younger members Of the
family - that the good saint would be
able to all them without bcing spled
o..
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MIKE II 4 MERIT CHRISTMAS


C4fi0tmeoy
Every year Il eomes and every year
~ love Il e1d weoder. why W haven't
made The spirit Of It last all through
the yeaf. writes Margaret Mott Cor.
don. Perhaps We do not have the
umeS But to what do we give oul
time1 And why IL It that at Christmas
We Ill take time" to do the many lit
tie thoughtful things that we have
bsen postponing for months and
Inonths1
One Of the things We seem to forget
Il that the more we give to others the
more We have ourselves, and the mort
we have the capacity for giving. It 4.
q wonderful thought and one that We
should carry around with US all the
time. For We always feel 10 tinglins
and Joyous when We have made a sac
rihce or see that We have really made
someone else unusually happy.
This year for most Of ~ 10 very dif.
ferent than any We have Jet lived, be-
cause, even though we are not all &C.
tuaily on the firing line, We are there
In our hearts and the thought cannot
but give ~ a strange exultant feeling
TO be In the front ranks. marching
with the muslci
After oil, that u Just what the spirit
Of Christmas 10. During the Yuletide
We are all in the front ranks and tri.
umphantly moving forward. for We arc
thinking, not Of ourselves, but Of
others. And that very sense which
loves and therefore serves, which un-
derstands and therefore sacrifices, 10
the true spirit Of Christmas. 1t is tho
real thrill Of life. 1t. IL the greatest
and most far-reaching emotion in the
world, and Just to know that we are
capable Of that feeling. even though Il
should come only oace a year, would
show that there 10 tn right spirit with.
In ~, and with q little cultivation We
might make It last all through the
year.
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Local 'Lore:..
J. B. Mailing made flying business
trip 10 Omaha, Nsb., the lsttsr part Of
the week. F:
Mrs. George Walker has bssn suf-
fering from IN attsek Of rhsumatism,
but is sosnswhat improved.

The Mental Defective Home just
west Of Arvada has been having . ~
rious attack Of influenza and the doc
tors are having . hard time getting
voluntssr. nurses 70 care for the an
fortanatsa Mr.. L. A. Stewart who
has bsen rendering valuable service
In this vicinity, hes also volunteered
to 70 to the home 70 assist In nursing.
Moro than seventy eass among the In
mates were rsportsd Wednesday NOR
ming. nt
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srAR.sGAMs.

While the stars Of Christmas shiNe.
Lighting the skies.
Let only loving looks
Beam from your eyes.
While The bells OF Christmas ring,
Joyous sad clear,
speak oaly happy words,
All mirth and cheer.
Give only loving Gifts,
And IN love take:
GLADDEN. the poor and sd,
rOe loves dear sake.
-ChIcago Daily Neva
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ADJUSTMENT DAY NOTICE

Estate Of John Cramer. deceased.
I No. 1899.
All persons having claims and de-
mands against said Estate are hereby
notified to present them for ADJUST
ment to the County Court Of Jeffer-
son County, State Of Colorado. At the
Court House in Golden, on the 23rd
day Of December A. D. 1918.
KATHERINE CALLAHAN,
Executrix Of said Estate.
Published Nov. Fl to Dec. IL, inc.
c-;h o.. Th> EuternrisA-S2.
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MUST GO TO LOWER ALTITUDE.
Will sacrifice my two and one-hslf
acres for cash, or will divide and sell
half with improvements Of bungalow,
garage. outside cemented cellar, COW
barn, chicken houses and private
pumping plant, separate and on easy
terms or at a big bargain for cash.
b. 8. MARSHALL, College avenue,
first house east of Wadsworth ave-
nue..
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MUST GO TO LOWER ALTITUDE.

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Gard Of Thanks

We wish to express our sincsreest
thanks to our many friends for the
beautiful floral offerings and for
their kindness and sympathy extend
I'd to u In the loss Of our beloved
husband and father. .
Mrs. Anna Crooks and Children.
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Miss Elisabeth vanv oorhis, who
has been attending the Parks Business
School, has bssn confined 70 her home
The past wesk With . severe cold. but
u mueh Improved ut last report.
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ing Sunday evening with forty jack
rabbits, which they distributed very
generously among their friends, the
editor included. They went to the
district about twenty miles east Of
Bennett. They report that there il
still considerable snow on the ground.
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Infsusasa hes invaded Golden
and taksa three Of her prominent cit
isens. Thsy srs Chas. Nolin. Jr..
lust week and his brother Oscar, last
Friday, also Henry Foss Of the Foes
Drug Company. waess death eeeur-
red at $50 Tuesday morning Of last
week.
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Mr.. and Mn. Adam Stuckart Of the
Fang ranch, near Broomfisld. are re-
joicing over The arrival Saturday
night Of fine baby daughter.
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We elvs the Christ.habs his crude
Ia our hearts, and afterwards be arts
sp hls cross 10 our hearts. and 10 ous
hearts ~ plants ~ tAroAs.
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a Nsal osed Psltew.
4 roa1 go fsllsW = . MAJ VIE
Keeps seasthiae q the Chsistmas apir.
= 81 ~ Ieqf s11eA ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-07

guages.
rev. D. C. Jordahl of Ridgeway, Ia,
opposed the change, because it would
be looked upon with disfavor by the
large country charges, which have
been the back, bone principally Of cur
church body.
REV. o. Kerkeberg, Dallas, Wis,
thought it was throwing fire brand
into the assembly to take up this
question at present. He declared that
we were not treating Norway fairly
by declaring that we had received our
greatest blessings from America. He
also prophesied that in few years
some people would wish to strike the
name Lutheran" Gle was sharply
called to order by the chairrnan).
Rev. H. .Bjornson, Kratka, Mimi,
also opposed the change. He pleaded
for. the love Of Norway.
Rev. J<-C.sK. Prens, Byran, Mimi,
called attention to the fact that as
long as the word Norwegian" re-
mains - are known as a foreign
church. She should be distinguished
as Lutheran, not a Norwegian
church. The financial support OF the
future must, come from those who
want the name Norwegian" eIinin-
ated.
The convention proceeded to take q
standing vote. The vote carried by
an overwhelming majority. A hand
full held out against it. The count
showed the vote to be 53S to 81. It
was moved to make the vote unani-
nous. Two votes were cast against
this.
The committee on nominations was
instructed to appoint a committee Of
five to take under advisement the fu-
ture name of the church body and
bring in their recommendations to
this convention. =
Thursday Afternoon.
The opening exercises Thursday
afternoon were conducted by Rev. M.
II. Hegge Of Stoughton, Wis. The
Rev. Mr. Hegge has been appointed
permanent chaplain Tor the conven-
ton.
The credentials committee report
ed the presence Of 5S1 lay delegates
and 277 pastors.
At the suggestion of Rev. I'D.
RunsvoId OF the Fargo church the
sessions will be held regularly from
8 to IL a. m. and to s p. M, and
where evening sessions are required,
1880 to 1890 o'clock. . sr
DR.. H. G. Stub read the presidents
annual address and report. The re-
port contains a survey Of the work
OF the church at large and also
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-07
LITTLE LEFT OF
RUSS EMPIRE

Residue Russia" Is
| the name given to what is left of the
Russian Empire by Prof. Paul Rohr-
back, the German historian. Lectur-
ing before a large audience in Ber-
lin, he said:
'Petrograd, shorn of the western
provinces, the Ukraine. and Bessar-
abba, Is only a residue. Danger from
Russia in any shape is no longer to
be feared by Germany. GUussia is now
a mere geographical conception and
nothing more. And it will never be
anything else. It's powers Of cohesion.
reorganization, and reconstruction,
are gone forever.
LAS q world power Russia, has
ceased to exist, and all the talk about
the great nation which has not vet
been destroyed is simply sentimental
rubbish. The nation no longer exists
save as an inchoate mass. Residue
Russia may still have 100, 200, 900 in
Eabftants. This looks gtupendovg, but
1t contains no. element Of danger. The
great resource and reliance Of Rus
STA used to be her export Of grain.
Rssidue-Russia does not possess this.
All the talk OF Russia's inexhaustible
resources iS legend. Residue Rus
sia will be a community Of peasants
80 per cent Of them with not too
much fertile soil. It will be thickly
peopled, huge in area, but politically.
economically, financially, and milf
tariiy weak-a stupid apathetic state
OF peasants.
"In contrast to Residue Russia the
sundered territories are capable of
high development The Ukraine has
the best prospect Of developing in
strength and economically. Her har-
vests could easily be multiplied
threefold.
CAS- regards Poland, the less said
the better, but it might be we'll If
Polish energies could be diverted to
Residue-Rugaa, where they could
Polonise, Catholicise, and agitato to
their hearts content. That would
be a matter of indifference to US
The laying low of the Russian wall
may be, regarded by US as q master
" breaking through Of the encircling
policy pursued against Germany. We
have now the other great task to ac-
complish-the bursting Of our sea Inn
prisonment in the west"
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obtafnabIe for the making OF mar
Tgarine.
Farming All But Stopped
The intensive farming which made
the Danes great producers Of truck
has all but stopped because the en-
bargoes keep out all OF the needed
fertilizers. f.- D.. e.. 49, H.....
Clothing is scarce and mono is be-
ing made to speak Of because Of the
shutting off OF the wool from Ice
land
Railroad equipment has retrograd-
ed to the point where schedules
and service are on par with what
they were fifty years ago.
DIR. Egan feels that any fears that
food is going out of Denmark into
Germany are unfounded;, He be-
lieves that mono would go out even
If embargoeB were lifted and the
Danes were allowed to import food
They could hardly get more than
they themselves could use, he be-
lieves.
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New York. May 27.-(special)
"A nation in the dark, idle. In fear
Of the Prussian heel-but still cling
ing to its love Of liberty and freedom
and cleaving to the faith that the
great American people can be made
to see how they are harassing q
friend. That Is Denmark.
Denmark's story has been brought
back to the United States by DR..
Maurice Francis Egan, who Is rest
ing up here for a short spell. after
years Of service in the little country
to which he has been ambassador
for the past twelve years under vari-
GUS administrations.
The Danes have always been in
fear of German oppression. Since
the war broke out they have con-
tinually feared that their land would
suffer the fate of Serbia. or Bel
gium," says DR.. Egan. "They have
been pro-ally every step Of the way.
They have been pro-ally since 1884,
when Schleswig -Holstein was taken
from them and torn up to fit into
the Prussian empire
Pictures Danes Suffering.
DR.. Ugan pictures the country's
sufferings in its neutrality as being
almost as pitiable as those Of the
little nations at war with the Hun.
Some Of the conditions in brief which
he outlined follow:
There is no benzine or oil in the
country because of the embargoes.
Fishing boats are confined to the
sailing variety and fishing Is almost
a dead issue in the nation Of fisher
men; there are no moro taxicabs, a
few diplomats having the only auto
mobiles which are operated; there
are no lights in the trains or in the
cities.
There is no coal to heat the coun-
try except a little low grade coal
which Germany has sent in in an
effort to curry favor and which many
OF the Danes refuse to burn; the only
heat they get is from the peat they
can cut from the boys.
The margarine and butter indus
tries have been practically killed as
the milk COWS are being killed as
cattle and there are almost no fats
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makes recommendation Tor the work
throughout the coming year.
Nominations COMMITTEES.
The committee on special reports
recommended 1S men, two from each
OF the nine districts, from whom the
committee on nominations was ci1os-
en-. The COMMITTEES consists OF nine
members, one chosen from each dis
trict. The result Of this election was
as follows:
Eastern District-Rev. o. shefvoe-
land.
Iowa District-Rev. N. g. Peterson.
Southern Minnesota District-Rev.
L. 2. Torkveen.
South Dakota District-Rev. L. G.
Jacobsen.
North Dakota District-Rev. A. e.
Lien. ~
Rocky Mountain District-Rev. P.
j. Danielsen.
Northern Minnesota District-Dele-
gate Sven Johnson. .
Pacific District-Rev. H. A. Stub.
Canada. District-Rev. M, j. West
phal.s IT,, -.
Yesterday evenings session was Of
q devotional character. The formal
addresses were delivered by Rev. G..
.Smedal or ROLAND, Iowa, ana rev. y.
c. Hotter, associate editor OF "Luth-
eraneren" Among other speakers
were Rt. Rev. H. c. Holm, president
Of Iowa. district; Ole Quill, Rev.
o.. T. Ness. MackinocS, N. D., Rev.
John Peterson, Clinton, Wisconsin.
In, the report OF another local pa
per there appears very misleading
statement in the report on the school
situation as follows:
1.-THE school question also promises
to be a warm one at this convention.
The younger element Of the church is
opposed to the maintenance Of higher
institutions of learning by the
churches and favors the state educa-
tional system. They favor a plan, un-
der which the church maintains only
a theological seminary"
The representative of The Forum
has. failed to find any member Of the
convention, layman or clergyman,
young or old, who has given utter
ance to such views. either privately
or publicly. The church body, as
such, believes without qualification in
'@the UNCONVENTIONAL college and
Christian institutions OF learning"
Indications are that the education
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will require two-thirds majority ITO

will require two thirds majority ITO
put the matter through. ,..
Rev. N. c. Brun of Lake Mills,
Iowa, stated that it seemed that the
time had come when we shall give
our mother" q kick. Because Of our
historical development as" a Norweg-
ian Lutheran church. He thought
we should not tear. ourselves away
from the church Of Norway.
Prof. L. w, Boo, executive secre-
tary Of the board Of trustees. Of the
church, spoke. in the American, Ian
guage. He asserted that he had a
little girl. that could speak nothing
but Norwegian, land that is more
than can be said Of those who fight to
conduct all church work" (The au-
dience broke into applause). Rev.
Boo spoke for the younger element
within the, church and urged the
change very. warmly. The sentiment
Of the convention was well expressed
at the conclusion Of the address when
the applause again broke out.
Ri. Rev. N. Boo, president Of South
Dakota district, also supported the
move. He reminded the people, Of the
fact that the proposed change in no
way affected the work in the local
congregations.
Prof. c.. K. Preus! president OF
Luther college. DEBORAH, Ia;
I'm the name Of our God let US set
up our banners" The word OF God
and our confession is our banner. II
we remove the name Lutheran"
then we strike our banner. The word
Norwegian or American in the name
Of the church body is immaterial to us
as Christians, as it has nothing to do
with our faith. The faith is the same
regardless Of language or nationality,
Faith Is International.
The speaker declared that in the
last four weeks he had delivered more
addresses in the English language
than he did in 20 years of active min
istry in his younger days. The speak
or declared that the name american
Lutheran" Is more fitting than "Nor-
wegian Lutheran" (Applause.)
DIR. s. *O.S Salbsrg, of st. Olaf COL
lege, Mortified, who has studied the
question thoroughly, supported the
change very warmly. The speaker ex-
pressed the opinion that by passing
the motion we, would do more than
we could in any way to gain the favor
Of our government. Let the governor
of Iowa know Of our action and 1t will
do much TO secure a change in the
ruling Of the Iowa safety commission
in regard to the use OF foreign lam
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BRITISH TAPPING
THE RESOURCES
OF EUPHRATES
Great Britain Profting By
Vast Farming Lands In
Southeast

With the British Army in Mesopo-
tannia-( Correspondence Of The As
ISOLATED Press)-The peaceful pene-
tration Of the Euphrates country from
FeIuja to Hilleh began in April last
year, month after the British army
entered Bagdad. Before the Turk
was finally routed on the Tigris,
Great Britain had begun 70 tap the
resources of the Euphrates.
For months during the hot weather
the roads from Hilleh and Museyib
TO Bagdad were obscured by the dust
Of camel and donkey conveys bring
ing in corn. Arab levies were raised
to police the roads, villages, and
towns, and the country was cleared
of bands OF marau6efs. This year,
owing to the success of the Eupkra-
tes irrigation scheme, the supplies
from the EuphrateS side Will be
enormously increased and the trans
port of the country will be hard put
to IT to bring in the grain. Tho Brit
ish engineers have been at work on
the irrigation scheme connected with
the Hindieh barrage, or dam, which
Turk neglected to profit by IT, The
CaualiZation work connected with It
was left incomplete, and the area to
be cultivated was never brought un-
der irrigation.
The Euphrates divides at Hindieh
into two branches. the Shatt-el- Hi
leh to the east and the Shatt-el-
Hindieh to the west, and the two
channels of the river meet again a
few miles above Sanawa.
The function Of the dam was to
provide water for the Hilleh branch,
which was filling with silt This
year nearly g. hundred canals on the
HiIleh branch which had fallen into
disuse have been dug out. 100000
acres have BEEN brought under Gull
ttyation, and there Is promise Of the
greatest harvest in the memory Of
days of ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
But the Shaft Hilleh develop
Tnents are only part Of tho scheme
For several years the land on both
banks of the Hindieh branch below
the dam down to Kifil has been out
of cultivation, as the canals provided
in the schemes to irrigats that area
were neglected. The British invad-
ers were not long in getting to work
at them. In May, as soon as the
TtgTtg operations were completed,
they began to open posts on the Eu-
pirates. The work on the canals was
started early in June; they were fin
ished by the end OF October; and the
ground they irrigate IL now under cul-
tfvation.
There was q gap IN the British
communications between Nasiriyeh
and Hilleh in the hot weather, but
the army has lately bridged It, estab-
u
Of Nasirtysh. so that 1t now admins
teFs the whole country from Basra to
Ramadie. It has been singularly
peaceful penetration.