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"Righteousness " exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people". Prov. 14-34
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Anniversariea art milestone in life's
journey. At theyeare go by a.vi they
become mora numerous, we look back
and review tha ground which we hava
coarad. We s wheri" wa hava mad
mistakes. here wa hava wandered out
of the direct path, whara we have fallen
or atumbled. where our progress has
bean smooth and rapid, where for tome
time wa have had a level road easy to
travel, or again where we hava met a
t sUep and arduous hill, where the road
: was full of obstacles. Such reviews of
life are valuable, if only we try to learn
uutUr ths 'i-icr.i thsv is;' w I
mistakes and failures as well assuccessst
conUin valuable lessons. Wa may rise to
better things on the stepping stone of
past failure as well as on past success.
-The value of history which is but a record
of national life, lies not in tha enumera
tion of various events as in tha philoso
phy which underlies them. An event is
an outward and visible sign of an out-
ward cause. If the event be disastrous, we
should find the cause in order that a re-
currence of the event may be prevented
On the other hand, if it be one for good.
we snouid ascertain the causa in order
that the good may be continued. When
, - . wa. read in a nation's history of a revolt
tike that which caused the reign of terror
and anarchy in France in 1793 or the
'; pretent upheaval in Russia, wa find the
cause in both cases, to be due to opDress-
lon and excessive luxury indulged in by the
ruling class. Further study of history shows
this cause at tha bottom of every similar
revolt. We should thsrefore bear this in
.. mind" and watch indications lest a like
cause bring : about a oka revolution in our
midst. On the other hand, wa find that
nations have risen to greatness from ob
- : acurity, when their leadera , have lived
1 simply, and when the people ' were free
and not oppressed but were justly gov
erned. The Roman people were invinci
ble when their leaders were taken from
the plough and returned to the plough after
' having dona their duty to their country;
, when the Senate was truly representa
tive of the Roman people. But when
luxury began to abound,- and it vat a
distinction to a man that, hie houses, hie
' I r banquets, his garments excelled those of
' his rivals, then the nation began slowly
but surely to decline. Lave of luxury
begat licentiousness and urged the nobles
. . to indulge their luxurious tastes and to
oppress the common people. Someone
had to pay the bills and the common
people were made to furnish the supplies.
The history of Rome, the history of Greece
the history of any nation of which we
7 have a comparatively complete record,
amply illustrate what tha text states;
that "Righteousness exalttath a nation.but
- sin is a reproach to any people."
No nation has risen to enduring great
ness except on the foundation of right-
" aousness, by establishing and maintaining
righteous laws, so that all classes in the
nation enjoyed their rights. Sometimes a
nation hae arisen to seeming greatness
by a disregard of righteous dealing, but
sooner or later a reaction cam and great
was its fall. The story of Nebuchadnex
zar has been repeated again and again.
' He rose to greatness by pride and op
pression, "Is not this great Babylon, that
. I ,ha rebuilt for the house of the kingdom by
ir-Mi might of my power, and for the honor
of my majesty!" he impiously and arro
gantly exclaimed. But then there came
"a voice from heaven saying, 0 King
' Nebuchadnezzar to thee it is spoken -.The
kingdom is departed from thee."
Let not a nation boast, let it not deem
itself so powerful that it may do what it
pleases irrespective of rigfft f-wroog.
Wednesday will be andthat; nafooal
birthday, and as we recall I ear' actional
' , his'ory, we may see clearrtW, truth of
' the text, thai "ri(teouelW flatted a
nation, but a;a earoacb to any
people." tajhaeai airy days, wh
wouMTiaW thought thai tha day waa to
America would
the ' world; when tb7
) atai) o the proudeet nation oi
Europe "Thus far shalt thou coma but
no farther." This has come to pita, for
tha Monroe doctrine is how recognized
and respected by the European nation.
Many causes have brought about our
rise and progress. The great fertility and
extent of the land, .the , immense mineral,
deposits ai)d extensive forests have en
abled the nation to become rich. But
chiefly the causa can be put down to the
righteous foundation which tha fathers of
our country laid namely, those prin
ciples enumerated in the Declaration of
Independence, hlch declaraa as the
tWallanaMa rifrrtia njkMrv Intiuijliial fhai
he shall have "life ' liberty and the
pursuit cf happiness' and "that to secure
these rights governments are instituted
among men deriving their just powers
from the consent of tha governed." These
were the eeds which the leadera in those
early days sought to further and achieve.
Their motto waa that of the knights of old
Nobinlesse ! oblige". Those in highest
station sacrificed themselves for the
common gopd without expectation of re
ward. Those early days in spit of in
supearble difficulties and hardships were
bright with promise because righteous
ness was to the ascendant Men were
fighting and sacrificing themselves and
all they potted for a righteous principle
and the God of righteousness was on
their aide. .Those days manifested the
triumph of righteousness. Slowly but
turely the righteous cause won the day
and righteousness exalted the nation.
Back of aU phenomena back of tha whole
universe there are moral laws and a
moral Lawgiver and Governor who will
uphold and; vindicate the moral law ' with
out respect of person. He put down
tha mighty' from their seat and exalte
the humble and meek. No nation can
break with, gmpunity. Hie laws. The
wrong may flourish' for a season but
all th time it will be breeding evile which
sooner or lafar will come to a head and
than follow an upheaval. Take for
instance elavery. . Although probably
ott the who) the alaves war wall treated
and looked after, yet slavery is a sin
against mkn. The man may be black, he
rry be densely ignorant end require to
be treated as a child yet : after all, tha
image of Gjd ia stamped on him and
tha likeness of Ood can be developed
upon him. IHeas a . man "has tha
inalienable f right of Ufa liberty
end the , pursuit of happiness"
Sfsvery may grant bim life and in a
measure th pursuit of happiness, but the
slave has f no command over hie own
parson, ha can be sold like a chattle and
ha has no redress. Her lie tha tin in
slavery it robs a man unjustly of hit liberty
erl degrade him below tha level of a
man. This 'evil long continued became
th cause of rousing men' passions untill
finally the integrity of tha union was
threatened nd long, and bloody frat
ricidal war resulted which devested the
fairest portions of the land; and oft as
count of which waa sacrificed the flower
of the na -Jon's sons. It may be disputed
that tha question of slavery waa the
ch&f cause-of tha war but, if there had
ben no slavery there hardly would have
bean war. JThe qjestion of states rights
wojild probfebly not hava arisen at least
not in such:n acuta form. Slavery has
always prdyed a curse to any nation prac
ticfrait.' Today our nation ia atronger
than ever bi (heir are causa at jvork
which are sapping th atrengp, ql and
undermining tha stable foundation upon
which it ret. Excessive luxery becom
ing more and more in vogue. ' The multi
millionaire spends thousand and thous
ands on mar fads. Living amongst the
wealthy hat pverstepped' the limits of
decency in many instances. The banquets
of Lucullua : are being rivalled - m
cost and auoptuousne. Th descrip
ejssaW the doings of this aet read like
thee preserved to ua of the Roman
noblea in tha reign of Nero. A Roman
emperor for sport mad a horse a consul
a American gilded youth invite .his
((tends to dtaner with a baboon ae chief
guest. Certainly tha Darwinian theory
recieved strong confirmation in thia in
stance, for really there waa little, accord
ing to the newspaper accounts, to dis
tinguish between the monkey that apei
tha guests, and the guests w.to aped the
monkey. If the newspapers are to be
trusted, this ia not an exceptional case. .
What does thia indicate but allow moral "
tone amongst those in conspicuous places.
And what must be the result but a blase
eet who incapable of any healthy amuse
ment, will turn to pass away tha time. It
a not :orprising that there have been the
gravest scandals among thia class that
husband ana wiie, giuwiug uU f sr.:
another hava not scrupled with .the con
nivance of each other, to commit adultery
in order to get a divorce, that they might
legally change partner. Progressive
divorce, as it has been well called, ia get
ting more and more prevalent in this set Let
us remember that when the Roman be
gan to b luxurious, they commenced to
pass lax divorce laws.
Again excessive luxury demande im
mence sums to support it Who has to
do tha work which earns them? The
common people. Hence when they eee
this display of luxury paid for with money
obtained by the sweat of their browe and
exhaustion of their bodies, and Tor which
they hava received barely enough to sup
port themselves, and their families, no
wonder they get dissatisfied and trouble
eneue. Is it not a fact that alongside of
all the! ostentation and display of wealth
by the millionaires the bulk of the people
hava only vary moderate livings? Conse
quently there ariees the temptation to
live beyond one's income in order not to
be too conspicuously outclassed. Th
man who earns $100 a month, lives not
not far from nim who receive twice that
amount and tries to keep up socially with
tha latter. The other tries to emulate
his neighbor who get $500 a month, and
o it got on. Th result is, that embez
zlement forgery and fraud of every kind
is, becoming most and more common
and frequent
During the pat year many disgraceful
business transactions hava been exposed,
referring to these in his convention ad
dress the Bishop of Connecticut said?
"Greed, of gain has superinduced a fatty
degeneration from what waa relatively,
the robust health pf a former day. Man
who hav been respected are found to
have departed far from principal and hon
or. There hae been playing for high stakes
with loaded dice and with utter unscrup
ulousneis as regards opponents."
The situation then, presents many omi
nous signs. !ul tha welfare of our
natian is in our own hands. A band of
peasant! provedjto th salt of tha earth
and caved Rome from being utterly con
sumed by its hist. So if we guard
againet and avoid' these evils, a far aa
ourselves are concerned wa ahall be ex
ercising a regenerating influence for
good. Evil comrtjunications corrupt good
manner and the reverse it true namely
that good comroun cationa improve bad
manner. Above all w must remember,
that no good can te accomplished except
In accordance with Ood'a lawa. Our in
fluence should be' directed towards up
holding and maintaining these. In this
way we; tRall be doing patriotic service as
much as those who shoulder the musket
in tha daf of battle. Peace hae it con
flict, aiAtoriei and defeat at well ae
war. that are th more impor
tant jo Affect, Let us then, as good ciU
zn ahp have th nation's welfare at
l)ai never forget that "Righteousnese
xejteth a nation, but ain ia a reproach
to any people." Teach thia to your chil
dren and impress its truth upon them and
it will prove a most valuable guide to
their conduct in after life. Let them in
dulge to the full commensurate with pre
cautiont for the public and individual
safety, in the tumult and tha shouting
which acopmpanies th celebration of th
national day.
But above all, impress upon them how
our greatness hae been achieved and to
Whom we are supremely responsible.
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: Carson Nv . Jnna S Onn r knl.
out ia the Ramsey mining district a few
miles east of here today. Armed men
are entrenched on valuable miring claims.
ready lor open battle. Reinforcement
and a-nmunition have been requested
from Carson. The trouble arose over a
dispute in the ownershln of Huoh ImAi,
which wee sold last week to Qoldfield in
vestors, bhots were exchanged last
night and this morninir a vim with
men and arms left to orotect nronart
owned by Carson residents.
SldtARlVtR
The feat of the man who stole a red
not stove ia far surpassed in larcenboue
proportions by the people of Colorado if
we are to believe the testimony adduced
in tha case of a Kansas vs Colorado
which ia pending in the United States
Supreme Court says The Irritation Asa:
quoting an unamed Kansas City daily
'This testimony ia mostly in the form oi
photographs taken as usual before and
after the and the Kansans claim that
these pictures demonstrate the fact that
Colorado has stolen and carried away
the Arkansas River.
The Kansin claim priority riflhts to thia
water. They hava eight or nine big ditches
which say weie built before Coloradoana
begun to irrigate anything but their
tiroate and these ditches used, to be
brimming full before Colorado swiped
the water and turned it into ditches which
were built In base imitation of tha Kans
as kind. The Literary Digest
NAY LIVE KM YEARS
The chances for living a full centurv are
excellent in the case of Mre. Jennie Dun
can, of Haynasville, Me., now 70 years
old. She writes; "Electric Bitters cured
me of Chronic Dyspepsia of 20 years
standing, and mada me feel aa well and
strong aa a young girl." Electric Bitters
cure Stomach and Liver diseases. Blood
disorders, General Debility and bodily
weakness. Sold on a guarantee at
Niwlin Druo Co.'a drug store. Price only
80.
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specialty. Fair and impartial a
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Contractor and Builder
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Building Stone, Clean Coarse Sand and
Gravel delivered.
La Grande, Oregon
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Office Ralston Bid. over JJm.Betry'e store
Office Phone Black 1821
, ' Residence Phone Red lOOl
; : ; DR. A. L. RICHARDSON
s Physician and SuroeoV
-i Ofifici over Hill'e Drug Stare.'
Office Phone 1362 Residence Main 55
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PUYSIOIAN AND SURGEON '
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Lewie Building, opposite Sommer' House
Office hours, I to 4. 7. to 8. p. m.
Phone Main 71 y, .
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Office in Foley Buildinu. Phone T Main IS
T. Bacon residence. Main 18 V
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Physician and Suroeon
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Phones:, Office Main 65 p Ros. Main 64
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J. W. KNOWLES
AifoRNBY and Counsellor at Law
Office In Ralston Buidmg '
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Residence Phone Red, 70 1 ' 3 k
Office Phone 1361
Farmer Line 58.
. TlfLS FOR MINI IVfRY, TINE
No more a muddledbrain for'rnine
I'll call for soda every time 1 j
Quench my thiret to my heart's content, I ':
Save cash for clothes as weir ae rent
Treat my wife and children too j
"Smile" w"ith them, and "emile" with you
All the popular drinke at! Hill's soda t
fountain. ! 1,
NOTICE OF RESTORATION to Settle I
ment. Entry, Filing and Selection of Lands ,
within the former Baker City Forest Re i ;
serve, Oregon. Department of the lnt.-- -i
ior, General Land Office, Washington, Of
C. March 28, 1 906. In pursuance of th '
Broctamatinn of the President of th ,.
Initad Static, dated March 16. 1 906, ex. ;
eluding f roin the former Baker City Fore; ' '' ,
Reserve, partly embraced in the Blui ,
Mountain Forest Reserve, Oregon, thi ;
area described below, and restoring U '
settlement the public lands therein, nolle
is hereby given that the eaid publio land '(, '
will become subject -tenantry, filing am "
selection, under the usuai reHrictions, a 1
uia United Stales Land Office at "U , t-'-Jrande.
Oregon, on July 18, 1906: t i
Township eight (8) Southi' Range thirty '
light 'S8) East, Willamette Meridian, th 5
west half of the north-west quarter an .
Ae west halt of tha south-west quarli.
A Section thirty-five (55); in Townshf"
line (9) South, Range thirty-nine (38
East, the west half of the noitb-wet i
quarter and the west half of the .soutr, '. r
est quarter of Section twenty nine ('it
tnd the weet .half of the - north-ww.
quarter of Section thirty-two 12, , .
W. A, Richards, Coinmissione ;
Approved: j ;,
Thos. Rayn, ' 1 .' j
Acting Secretary of th Interior. j ; '
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