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Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-21

cypress trees that mark the Chapel Of
Elijah, built over tine cave where tra-
dition says the fleeing prophet pros
trated himself and listened to the
voice Of Jehovah.
The Egotism of the Pious
Good people, and especially the in
Prospective, ,pious sort Of good people,
are prone to the same sort of egotism
that made the fugitive Elijah cry ont
to the Lord, "I have been very jeal-
Gus for Jehovah :. /, even l only, am
left" To call this morbid mood sim
pie conceit and seltcenteredness may
seem harsh; but that is the truth.
Everybody knows this type Of Chris
tian sensitive, spiritual, consecrated;
and yet distrustful of the Church and
of fellow disciples, and sure that there
is little spirituality left except their
own. They pray much, but they are
more absorbed in the fact that they
are on their knees than in the exalted
truth that God is on His throne.
They have become fenced in by
barricade of personal pronouns; it is
"I" "I' "I" with them, as it was
with Elijah. They are defeatists Of
Gods army AS one has said, "They
have sky-lights but no windows
When one begins to slump into this
depression he needs to so fishing or
frolicking or to big Christian con-
vention.
All over the Near East, and espe-
cially in Gilead, Elijah's homeland,
ono finds the caves Of ancient Chris
tian hermits. I once examined one,
cut out Of solid granite in the wilds
Of Kurdistan. We understand nova
days that this Observation-Disclosures
conception Of religion was wrong,
even as Elijah was wrong. From the
first, the religion Of Jehovah has been
social and active" What doest thou
implying, "What about the work that
waits to be done7 Here you are hid
ing your talent in a napkin. There
are two kings and a prophet to be ap-
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-21

is not spectacular; and God expresses
Himself in quiet ways and thru indi-
vidual understanding. First came the
wonder of the wind land seem to see
the giant red boulders hurtling down
the craggy sides of the mountains !;
then a fire; but God was not in these.
"And after the fire a still, small
voice." and God was in it, speaking
to His servant.
Not by mighty organizations, or con-
ventions; not by magnificent demon
strations such as the International
church World Movement; but by the
''stiIl small voice" of God speaking
to the individual heart does the king
dom of heaven come. And in world
affairs it is by the quickened and en-
lightened conscience and resolute pur-
pose Of men and women, rather thar
by the elaborate functions Of state
craft, that the era of righteousness
and peace is to be brought to pass.
What one bashful Sunday School boy
is now resolving in his heart may pos
sibly mean more to mankind than the
invention of the submarine and air.
plane or the Paris peace conference.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-21
THE PUEBLO CH1EFTAIN

pointed, and deal Of f1rst-class pro-
phetwork to be done and here you are
off in the desoate mountains, incoming
and moping!"
The Test of the Mountain
There were still seven thousand in
Israel who had never bent the knee
to Baal, as the Lord reminded Elijah.
Seven thousand and Elijah thought he
was alone! How absurd our cater
wauling conceit must seem to heaven
God never leaves Himself without his
seven thousands. There are myriads
of times seven thousand faithful ones
scattered over the world today; and
more of them are in our own commun-
ity than perhaps we, in blind egotism,
have been able to see. Amid all the
depressing talk from the host of
Christian Jeremiahs that fills our land
today, we have need to keep in mind
Gods reinsurance to Elijah.
On the mountain Elijah was given
demonstration that corrected the i'm
preston he had evidently carried from
Carmel. There God had vindicated
Himself by fire from heaven. But the
normal expression Of the Divine will
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-21
Critcher Th eater Today

Beautiful Eileen Percy will be the
star at the Critcher theatre today in
her famous play THE Tomboy-'
Miss Percy Is right at homo romping
around the country village in oyeralls.
and she put much spirit and life into
distinctly original play.
In the story she is the leader OF tho
boys and the Babe" Ruth of the local
baseball team. She knocks the ball
over the fence in every game, and she
puts pep into the team and carries 1t
to victory. While she is having this
happy time n stranger drives up and
watches the game. He, not knowing
Minnie is a girl, becomes enthusiastic
over her accomplishment. He offers tc
drive her home. This is the beginning
of a pretty romance.
When Minnie arrives at home she
finds the bootleggers have sold her IA
thcr whisky. She tells the stranger she
intends to run the booteggers out OF
town. He declares he will remain and
help her. She gets the local newspaper
to start sporting page, of which she
becomes the editor. In this way she
hopes to got acquainted with tho sport
ing element. who in turn she believes
Will lead hcr to the bootleggers.
She gets" them, too; though the
leader of the bootleggers gives her
hard fight. at the same time trying
to force his attentions on her.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-21
lP|DEM|C CEASES
SCHOOLS REOPEN

The Rye consolidated schools have
gotten back on their feet.
Several weeks ago the schools were
closed on account of scarlet fever In
the vicinity. Now they are reopened
there is but one known case in the
region, and that family is quarantined.
Two auto buses have now been plac-
ed in commission for the carrying of
the pupils to tho schools and back to
their homes, from the three former
districts of Rye. Abbey and Crow.
The union school board has rented
two additional rooms for school pur-
poses, to be used until the new addi
tion, for which bonds were last fail
voted, can be completed.
Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Pine visited
the schools there yesterday and In tho
afternoon attended a Parent-Teachers
associa ton meeting.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-21
In the Religious World
widows son, and that he later became
the propbet Jonah

widows son, and that he later became
the prophet Jonah.
Utterly spent, Elijah went of alone
in our black hours We want no COM
panion-and, reclining under juni-
per tree, or broom plant, prayed to
die. "It is enough; now, o Lord,
take away my life!" he cried.
"There are no liars like our bodies, -
says Kipling; for physical sensations
seldom tell US the real truth. Had
Elijah not been spent and weary and
Beaten, he would have been exultant
that day. He thought he needed to
die; what he really needed, and what
the angel gave him, was good sleep
and a square meal, repeated the sec
ond time.
l seldom bother my head about the
nature and work Of angels; but am
sure that Elijah's juniper-tree angel
belonged to that goodly company Of
wives and mothers and sisters who
feed the preachers and the prophets,
and make comfortable homes for them
and in general, minister to the Lord
by ministering to His servants. It was
the simple Bedouin meal, Of flat wheat
cakes and water, that was served Eli
jah; but we may be sure the bread
was well cooked!
A Personal Glimpse Of Sinai
Green amid the granite is tho ira
dtionA cave on Mount Sinai, or
Mount Horeb, to which Elijah fled
from Beersheba; and green is the spot
in my memory. The journey is less
than two hundred miles, but Elijah
spent f-rty days, like Moses and our
Lord. in his retirement and wander
ings. The figure recalled the forty
years spent in this wilderness by the
Children of Israel.
1t was natural that so deeply reli-
gious spirit as Elijah should turn to
the Mount of God for refuge. The
desert has grandeur of it. own; and
so has the deep forest; but the majes-
ty and awesomeness Of the rocky ra-
vines and peaks Of Sinai would i'm
press even the pagan mind with a
sense of the presence Of the supernat-
ural. There it seems especially true
that Mature is the art Of God"
Only the few travellers who, on cam
el-back have undergone the rigors Of
tho journey, know how soul-hushing
are the sublimities Of these bare crags.
From the height Of Jcbel Musa-7, 900
feet ono studies a panorama un-
matched in all natural scenery.
From the simple Greek stone chapel
which marks tho site Of the Theo-
phany, whero Moses bowed before the
visible presence Of the Invisible,
have looked half way to tho base,
where grow, in . stony plain, the few
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-21
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS

by WILLIAM Il. ELLIS
Altho he had defied an arrogant
king, and had waged long days
contest with priests Of Baal, and had
called down fire from heaven in vim
dication of Jehovah; and although his
spectacular victory had been crowned
by a rain that broke three years
drought, Elijah, the prophet of Israel,
took to his heels when vengeful wo-
man got after him.
y OF course, there was more to his
flight than fear Of embittered Queen
Jezebel, who threatened his life. Yet
the ma, who had withstood an apos-
tate on and hurled scorn at an
anG 2, could not endure this in
furit male devotee of Baal. He
was s, ng the reaction from an in
tense strain. Every public speaker,
every worker in great cause, can un-
derstand Elijah mood. How often
have men gone out, spent and per-
spring, from auditoriums wherein
they have moved large audiences to
nobler levels Of thought, only them
selves to toss sleepless upon hotel beds
in tortures OF self-reproaches and
consciousness Of failure and unfitness !
The experience is as common as great
service; that he was not self-compla-
cent after his mighty feat removes
Elijah from the class of popular"
preacher or lecturer, who has been
cynically described as ga pillar of
brnss by day and pillar Of gas by
night Such a mood as Elijah's is
the price that man must pay for
the possession of prophets soul.
Jesus Himself had kindred hours.
In Flight From q Woman
With the bitter and deadly hate of
Queen Jezebel to spur him on, the
hardy wilderness dweller performed a
wonderful flight. He had outrun
King Ahab's chariot on the fifteen
mile ride from Carmel to Jezreel.
Then, at the word of the queen (who
belonged to that dominant group Of
women who have ruled kings rs if
they we're abject slavcs) Elijah set
out on the ninety-tive mile flight to
Beersheba, on the desert s edge in the
South, later the headquarters of Gen
crd Allenby and the British soldiers
IN their campaign against the Turks.
Who was the serv.n. with tho ply
seal stamina to share the prophet IS
rapid journey to this wilderness spot 7
One legend says it was the Zarephath
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-21

But God pity the world if there are
not host of persons listening to the
still, small voice.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-21
A BIG MAN WITH
THE BLUES

The International Sunday School
Lesson for January % is "Elijah's
Flight and Return."-I Kings 1871
n
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15
L.AVINIA

Mrs. V. A, Hoar is redecorating
her home at Lavinia, this week.
Work has been received from Mr..
and Mrs. James Leister formerly of
this vicinity but now of Fargo, that
they will not get to spend Xmas
vacation with home folks. 49,
A nice program is being prepared
at Lavinia school by Mrs. Brandon
and pupils, to be given Friday night,
Dec. 22. Everyone welcome. 49,.
Bill Zieders of Wolford, N. D.,
but attending the A. G. at Crookston
has been visiting his sister, Mrs. H
A. Lester, over the week end. y
A number Of Xmas trees are be-
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15

In the year 1862, there was Christ
mas given, just as there is now, and
the tipping of servants On Deem;
ber Gath Pepys writes, "This even
ing Mr.. Gaudene sent, me against
Christmas, a great chine of beef.
(whatever that may be) and. three
dozen tongues. 4 did give S $. to the
man that brought it and half a
crown to the porters." ..-. =.
On Christmas Day Pepys heard a
1ermon on. the text, "Glory to God
on high, on earth peace, and good
will towards men" Later he says,
81 walked home again with great
pleasure, and: there dineda by my
wife's bedside with great + content
having a mess of brave plum-por-
ridge and roasted pullet for dinner,
and sent for aanince pie abroad,
my wife not being well, to make any
herself. ~. Evidently, his wife soon
recovered. for she was able to join
him at q theatre party on the 28th
of that month. 49,.
Many times Pcpys. held celebra-
ton before Christmas. Thus on the
Gath of the month (1G65) we find
he made this entry:
"24th. (Sunday}t To dinner my
landlady and her daughter with me
and had n,ince-pieS, and very merry
at a n,ischance her young son had,
in tearing of his new coat quite
down the outside of his sleeve in the
w1lole CLOTH Then to church and
placed myself in the parsons pew
under the pulpit, to hear Mrs. Cham
bel:n in the next pew sing, who is
daughter to Sir James Bunce, OF
whom + have heard much, and in
deed she sings very finely"
Mince-pies were certainly Pepys'
iavorites. His wife seemed to have
gone to great measures to provide
her husband with his mince pie. In
| December, 1866, he wrote:
"25th. (Christmas day. Lay pret-
ty long in bed and then rose, leav.
ing my wife desirous of sleep, hav.
ing sat till four this morning, seeing
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15
(By Marjorie Howe Dixon)

D. . a
u course you kIoW that Samuel
Pcpys wrote his diary in cipher, and
that it was some two hundred years
before it was deciphered. Due to
the fact that it was written in short
hand, he could write. intimately Of
the happenings Of his day, in q way
he would not otherwise have dared.
Hence the lively interest we feel in
his Diary, today.
Let US see. how he celebrated
Christmas. There was turkey in
those days in Merrie England, but
we find it was served on the 23rd of
December, perhaps it fell on a Sun
day in the year 1860.
4 '"23rd. Lords day In the morn
Z ing to church, where our pew all COW
cred with rosemary and baize. A
stranger made dull sermon. Home
and found my wife and maid with
much ado had made shift tc spit a
great turkey sent me this week from
Charles Carter my old colleague,
now minister in Huntinghouse, bu;
not at all roasted, and so 1 was fain
! to stay; till two o'clock, and after
that to church with my wife, and a
good sermon there was end SC
home"
"25th. (Christmas Day. In the
morning to church, where Mr.. Mills,
made a very good sermon. Home to
dinner, where my brother Tom (who
this morning came to see my wife's
new mantle put on, which do please
rno '-orv v-n1N r. a good shoulder. OF
mutton and chicken. After dinner
a.-.4., my wife and l., where we hac
dull sermon Of stranger, which
made me Sleep" .
A year later we find. that Pepy:
went to church as usual on Christ
mas day, but that the following day
he and his wife and a group o:
friends found a merry ! bowl will
singing at an a1ehouse the goot
. old wasssil mentioned in Dicken:
and again in Irving's tale of Brace
bridge Hall.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15

her maids make mirce-pies. l to
church where our parson Mills made
=. good sermon. Then home, and
dimes well on some ribs OF beef
roasted, and mince-pies; only my
wife, brother, and Barker, and plen-
ty Of good wine of my own, and my
heart full of true joy; thanks to Coo
Almighty for the goodness OF my
condition at. this day"
In 1861 Pepys spent Christmas
eve at the Queens chapel and there
witnessed a religious presentation
of, the advent Of our Lord. He men,
tions his an1azenlent at the mixture
Of the crowd, there being many foot
| man and sbeggai', with here and. there
a fine lady, the clergy and noble
with the Queen and her ladies. Pepys
was most concerned ABOUT his pock-
cts being picked. The "sheW" as he
called it lasted until early morning
when he finally took a coach after
| drinking some Durnt wine at the
! Rose Tavern door, He begins his
diary for the 26th with his ride home
in the moonlight and he stopped and
"dropped money at five or six places
which he Cd was the willinger to do
it being Christmas day. His wife
was asleep when he arrived but Jane
his house maid was making pies and
in all probability mince-p;es. He re-
tired and rose again about nine, and
''to church, and there heard a dull
sermon of Mr.. Mills, but a great
many fine people at CHURCH, and SC
home"
Christmas seemed to be celebrated
very quietly in England il we are tc
T take Pepys' activities as an example
It is to be remembered that Eng
land was at that time going through
period of reconstruction political
ly with the restoration of the mon
archy under Charles the First
Christmas celebrations were not a.
highly developed as they were later
/ when we find the joyous and hearty
and even lively affairs which are re
corded by Dickens and Irving.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15

psa - comes to US from q land faI
across the ocean - from
sunny Italy.
In the city of Padua, long ago, sooo
old st. Nicholas used to go about the
streets after dark and throw through
the windows of the homes Of the poor
people long knitted purses, tied at
both ends, and containing much need
ed coins. These purses were made or
warn. and when united looked not un-
like a footless stocking.
= Finally, as time went on, the poor
people, hoping thus to remind the
more fortunate Of their needs used to
hang these empty purses OFT OF the
windows on the night before Christ
mas so that q gift might be placed
in them.
In the north country, where the
weather is cold at Christmas time. the
purses were hung by the chimney
place in the hope that st. &Nicholas
would drop his offering down the
chimney.
When the purses went out Of fashion
stockings as the thing most like them
were used in their stead, and that is
why we today still observe the prac'
tice and the custom.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15

ginning to find their way to the pro-
tecting hollow Of "Walts" ever faith
ful arm. Somehow Wait always did
dislike Xmas time.
Harry Osborne, formerly of this
vicinity but now residing in East Be
midi is agSin eAEJio!ed nauiing
hnlts
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15
FUEL ADMINISTRATORS TO
DISCUSS WINTER SITUATION

St. Paul, Dec. 15.-Fuel admin
istrators of northwest states and
state officials met here today to dis
cuss the situation facing Minnesota
and the Dakotas, this winter. Plans
for equalization of fuel distribution
will be discussed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15
CHRISTMAS DAY IN ICELAND
Natives Still Cling to Old Customs and
Songs; Day Is One of Great
Happiness.

A@lUCH strong-winged thing
AI is Christmas Cheer that it
Ea - has betaken itself even to
= ! that isolated island of the
r. : - far north, where the short
est day is four hours long. and where
at Christmas time the sun daes not
rise above the horizon for week.
Christmas is q great day VIII the
people Of Iceland and they still cling
to all their old customs and songs and
the day to them is one of great hap
piness. ,-f
One of their favorite old songs is
filled with simplicity that is touching
and yet gives !, glimpse of philos-
oplhy of life that is pretty fine:
When go good and think Alright
At peace with man, resigned to God.
Thou lookst on me with eyes of light,
Tasting new joys in Joys abode.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15
USE OF CHRIS IMAS STOCKING
: Custom Comes From Sunny Italy
Where Poor First Used Lcng
Knitted Purses.

HE custom of hanging up
stockings on Christmas Eve
comes to US from q ln.d ,faI
across the ocean - from
Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11
HARVEY CHURCH
HANGED FOR CRIME
Breaks 46-Day Silence on
Brink of Eternity
TO GALL0WS IN CHAIR
Churehs Brutal Murder-kiIIed Two
Automobile Statesmen To Get
Car To Show or Before
TownspeopIe.

Chicago.-Strapped to a chair and
carried to the gallows in the same
comatose state in which he has lain
for weeks, Harvey Church, slayer of
two automobile salesmen, paid the
penalty for his crime here. He retained
his apparently unconscious mein to
the end. Last-minute attempts by his
attorneys to save him failed when both
Judges Scanlon and David refused to
intercede for the condemned man.
The trap fell at 3:54 o'clock, Just
four minutes after court action in his
behalf had been completed. Church's
head dropped on his chest as he was
carried to the gallows and a Deputy
Sheriff had to raise his head to adjust
the moose. Sheriff Peters asked the
usual question-whether the con-
demned man had any statement to
make-but received no response and
the chair, carrying the slayer, crashed
through the trap.
Shortly before Church was carried
TO the gallows, newspaper photogra-
piers were admitted to the death cell.
1t was the first time in history that
such a procedure has been allowed,
but Sheriff Peters declared he per-
mitted it so there would be no uues.
tion as to Church's condition.
After lying on his jail cot for 40
days without opening his eyes or utter
ing word. Harvey Church broke his
silence five hours before he was
hanged for the brutal murder of Ber-
nard Daugherty and Carl Ausnus, au-
tomobile statesmen, whom he beat to
death to obtain car so that he could
SHOW off" before the people of his
home town of Adams, Wis. A plea
from his mother caused Church to
break his silence.
Your father and mother are here,
Harvey" Warden Westbrook told the
convicted man. Your mother begs
you to talk to her, and you have only
five more hours to live. Will you talk
to them?"
The youthful murderer, whose
twitching eyelids have been the only
outward sign of life during his self
imposed period of silence and hunger
strike, which caused the authorities
to resort to forcibly feeding him,
turned over on one side and mumbled.
What did you say?" asked the war
den, leaning over the prisoner.
Father and mother-yes," came
back in low but plainly understood
words.
During the visit of his parents
Church gave no heed to them. His
mother, almost too weak to walk, was
assisted to his bedside, but he paid
no heed to her pleas that he speak to
her.
Mrs. Church collapsed, falling across
her sons bed. crying: Harvey, my
boy, speak to me; tell me about it so
they won't hang you"
There was no response and Mrs.
Church was carried from the cell.
Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11
SIGNS POINT TO
BUSINESS REVIVAL
u. S. Employment Service Fore
casts Improvement
231 CENTERS ARE COVERED
February Was Dull Month, But Slight
Increase In Employment Was
Noted-March Will Begin
An Era OF Prosperity.

Washington.-A forecast of great in
dustrial improvement for the month Of
March was made by the United States
Employment Service in connection
with its monthly report of employment
conditions in the United States.
Reports from 231 of the principal
industrial centers, with but few ex-
ceptions, show general improvement
in employment conditions" Director
Jones of the Service announced, land
breathe an enthusiastic spirit of hope
and confidence in the future. Weather
permitting, March will begin an era
of great activity"
Employment conditions showed
practically no alterations during Febru-
ary, however, according to the bu-
reau's studies, only one-half of 1 per
cent. more men being ON reported pay
rolls at the months end than at dts
beginning. Only the textile and paper
industries evidenced Increased unem-
ployment, and this was more than
made up by additions to working
forces in nearly all other lines.
Out of IS cities from which statis-
tics are gathered by the department,
A showed small percentage increases
in employment, while 21, including
Manchester, N. H., a textile center
with a payroll decrease of 66.3 per
cent, reported fewer men on payrolls.
New York city reported an increase
in employment of 1.9 per cent, while
Chicago had a decrease of one-half of
l per cent.