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THE -MORNTNG- OKJKGOAIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY Ml, . lOS. PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO HUNGARIAN NATURAL PURGATIVE WATER. USES. Yakima Citizens Plan a New Electric Road. Cheap Effective Palatable For occasional or habitual constipation. As a safe, ordinary, and gentle laxative. In bilious attacks and liver disorders. For improving the complexion. For persons inclined to obesity, gout, or rheumatism. Against results o errors in eating or drinking.' TAP GREAT WHEAT BELT . Iine 82 Miles "Long Will Run From North Tatlma, via Parker and Zillab Citizens Organizing a Stock Company. 1 APENTA GRANGER x HERO OF 335 CATTLE, OWNED BY WHITMAN COUNTY CATTLE MEN. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Jan. 26. (Special.) The committee appointed at the meeting held at Zlllah last week to take initial steps toward organizing a company to build an electric line from North Yakima, via Parker and Zlllah, to Granger, a distance of T2 miles, has begun the work of forming & joint stock company for that pur pose. Leading citizens of the Yakima country compose the committee. They are W. N. Granger, H. H. Lombard, J. H. Thomas. A. P. "Wilcox, F. G. Page, George P. Eaton and C. H. Put nam. The first duty of this committee is to confer with the officials of the Ya kima Valley Transportation Company, three miles of whose line is already in operation out of North Yakima, to ascertain if that company is willing to undertake the construction of the pro posed line to Granger this year. Should the committee fail In that pur pose, it will proceed to the organiza tion of a company to build the line. The proposed North Yakima-Granger" road will pass centrally through one of the oldest and best developed fruit districts in the Yakima country. Last year it shipped about 400 . carloads of fruit to outside markets. This year the output, it is estimated on the basis of an average season, will nearly double that by reason of the great acreage of new orchards coming into full bearing in 1908. Orchardists and other property own ers along the proposed line down the valley to Granger extendei the offer at the Zlllah meeting to donate the right of way and grade the roadbed for the company that will furnish the steel, lay the track, stock the road and operate it. Should the Yakima Valley Transportation Company fall to take advantage of this offer, it was devel oped at the Zlllah meeting that prob ably $100,000 can be raised Immediate ly for that purpose. Portland. Seattle,. Tacoma, Salt Lake City, St. Paul and Minneapolis inter ests, in addition to those of this dis trict, were represented at the Zillah meeting. DEVELOPING TAKTMA MIXES Jtlch Diggings Found in East Selah Valley. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Jan. 26. (Special.) Abrams brothers, experienced miners, from the Sumpter district in Ore gon, who located claims on a quartz fCK!f 'i--vlug gold and sliver in East F -tnh Yai,c", about 12 miles from this rliy all, it two months ago, b&ve com jiitvi tlif'r assessment work and, en couraged by the showing made In assays of the rock obtained, are sinking a shaft on the ledge In further exploration of its depth and richness. The ledge has been traced on the surface for a distance of two miles into the valley, where the quartz was originally discovered. The formation is more attractive than that of the Prairie Diggings mine in John Day Valley, Oregon, where exten sive jnlllmg operations have been in progress for years. The Selah Valley ledge was located several years ago by local claimants, but no work of Investi gation was done at that time. The de velopment of Abrams Brothers' work is being watched with more than ordinary interest. FINISH NEW POWER PLANT New Station Is Practically Ready for Operation. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 28. (Special.) Work of installing machin ery in the Immense power plant of the Hanford Irrigation & Power Company, a Seattle corporation, of which Mana ger W. R. Rust, of the Tacoma Smelt ing Company, is president, is nearly completed. It will have 20,000 horse power, and is capable of later develop ing 400.000 horsepower. It is located at Priest Rapids, on the Columbia Riv er, east of this city, and is believed to lie the largest electric power plant in she state. The canal to irrigate 16,000 acres of land will begin its service to that acre age on April 1. The work is practical ly done. It was constructed with a view to Irrigating another 16,000 acres, with a small additional expenditure, next year. . This company has also completed a Humping station at Coyote Rapids, on the Columbia River, 20 miles below i'rlrst Rapids, and has already at tached the wire for the transmission ' power from the Priest Rapids plant to this station, where the water will le lifted 50 feet and turned into a sec ond canal, called the high-line ditch, which will water 20.000 additional acres. This contract will be completed in one year. PLANT TREES AT ETTGENE I Citizens Will Beautify Principal i Residence Streets. EUGENH Or., Jan. 26. (Special.) One tif the most Important things undertaken ty the ctlzens of the outlying residence ejections of Eugene in the shape of civic improvement, has been planned by the people of East Eugene or Falrmount. Along all the principal streets leading toward the city park, trees are to be planted at once on both sides. Different varieties will be put In. Among those already decided upon are the English walnut, elm and Royal Ann cherry. The streets that have not already been gravelled will be finished as early as pos sible and the streets will be Improved in every way. Fairmount is the best platted part of the city, the streets being very wide and carefully laid out, and it is the hope of the residents to make the drive ways that lead from the University of Oregon campus to Hendricks Park, an attractive part of the city, where visitors may be taken st all seasons of the year. j Railroad for St. John. 1 STEPTOE. Wash., Jan. 26. (Special.) It is now almost certain that a railroad will be built from this city to the wheat fields of the St. John country. The fiaokane & Inland Electric Railroad GARFIELD Wash., Jan. 26. (Special.) The above is a photograph of a splendid herd of 335 cattle, owned fahTrr-orprdTcame'rre S-ured.""" f WhUman CUDty- ThU-flrm 0WBS S6Veral thousand Company has been estimating the cost of right of way between this place and St. John, and it finds that the farmers all along the line would be more' than willing to give the right of way through their farms down the beautiful Pleasant Valley. Now that the St. John's Com mercial Club has taken the matter up it finds that the business men will give a bonus If the railroad people will begin work at an early date and push the road on to the Pleasant Valley metropolis In time to move the wheat cro next sea son. St. John 1b the largest shipping point for wheat and cattle In the Palouse country, and there is at present but the one road there, the O. R. & N. St. John Is on a branch from Tekoa to Winona Junction. Mine Makes Good Showing. GOLD HILL, Or., Jan. 26. (Special.) The old Hinkle Mine on Stordine Creek Is now producing good ore. This property was relocated by Carter Brothers of this place three years ago. Since then they have done considerable . development work on the property. Recent work has disclosed a very promising" pay shoot of free milling ore. A test lot of some.,20 tons Is now being run through - lie Buman mill or Sardine Creek. From the appearance of the plates it Is estimated this ore will mill from $2 to 2o per ton in free gold. ORATORIO FILLS THE TAYLOR STREET CHURCH. Special Chorus, Assisted by Orches tra, Singj Handel's Famous Religious Composition. The Taylor-street Methodist Church was crowded to the limit yesterday morn ing, many who could not find standing room within the doors taking their places In the entrance and on the stairs, and many others being turned away, when the choir of 46 voices repeated Handel's 'Messiah' which was rendered with such good effect Christmas. The choir was assisted by an orchestra of 15 pieces, Mrs. Warren E. ,Thomas presiding at the organ, and the entire musical programme being under the leadership of Professor W. H. Boyer. Miss Evelyn Hurley, the contralto solo ist, was In excellent voice, and her ren dering of "He Shall Feed His Flock" was with fine effect. The solos of Mrs. E. S. Miller, soprano; Charles Cutter basso, and E. C. Davis, tenor, were also much appreciated. The closing anthem, the 'Hallelujah Chorus," was rendered after the pastor. Dr. Benjamin Young, had given a sht t discourse on "The Theme of Handel's Messiah." He referred to Handel's deep sense of the agony which Christ endured on the cross, and mentioned the historical fact that the original manuscript of the great oratorio was stained with the tears of the famed composer. Dr. Young also made reference of the theme, which Is drawn from Isaiah's prophecy of Christ. Iast night' Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer, as sisted by the choir, rendered "When Thou Comest," from Rossini's Stabat Mater. This was Mrs. Bloch Bauer's first public effort for nearly a year, except her sink ing In the quartet at the Temple Beth Israel, as her health would not permit her to attempt it. Miss Cornelia Barker rendered with expression Shubert's "Ave Maria," and the choir sang "By Baby lon's Wave," of which Gounod Is the author. Dr. Young's subject last night was "The Hand and the Loaf." His text was Matthew xv:43: "How many loaves have ye?" this being the question Christ asked his disciples when they told him that the multitude was without food. Dr. Young said that In the fact that Christ used the little food at hand and Increased it. instead of Ignoring it and creating other food, we find a divine economy. "The solution of the problem of our modern life," said Dr. Young7 "will come only as we bring that life and place it in the Christ hand. Whether you are an Anarchist in a theotretical sense, or a Socialist, or whatever you may be, that Is the only way society can be transformed. "Only the golden rule of Christ can bring the golden age of man.' We must use the stock of pro visions we have at hand, and when we are at our extremity, we must call upon God. He will increase it. As the crude clay Is transformed in the hand of the potter, as the breath of life Is breathed upon the cold marble by the masterful conception and skill of the sculptor, and as the canvas is made to glow with bright tints until our hearts Are stirred by the beauty into which the artist has transformed what is some times called 'dirty paint.' so should we bring the best that we have to Christ, though it be but little, and allow him T WOULD PREVENT LEAKS IN TIE TON DITCH. Contractor Suggests Improvements in Construction to- Govern-. ment Engineers. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 26. (Special.) Theodore Weisberger, whose contracts on the construction of the Tieton canal for the Federal Gov ernment amounts to $275,000, has asked that the specifications be changed in that contract covering the work of making the concrete shapes for the lin ing of the canal. The specifications in the present contract require the shapes to be two feet wide and so formed as to fit the curves as well as the straight walls of the canal. The Vnion of these shapes makes a seam necessary every two feet. It has been determined by. Contractor Weisberger to work out in our hearts this modern day mircle." PREACHES ON CHILD LABOR Rev. Mr. Corby Deplores Enslave ment of Children. In the course of his talk on "Children and Work" at the .Unlversallst Church of the Good Tidings, last nisht. Rev. James D. Corby said: There are practically 2.000.000 children In the United States engaged In gainful oc cupations. 1 believe In work for children, work for head and hand. Not work for six days In the week for ten or more hours a day, but toil that shall fit the boy and girl for life more abundant. . We are In the era of Industrial instability, all trades are In a state of flux. The engine of a decade ago has gone o the scrap pile and an elec tric device now does the work, the tools of a past generation are as obsolete as a set of moulding planes. Our children need not so much one trade as the combination of qualities which will enable them to turn with facility from one occupation to an other as each in turn is supplanted through Industrial evolution. Our children need to be trained so that the invention of a new machine will not drive them out of emDloyment to despair and suicide. The linotype threw many printers out of work, and what befell them is facing the locomotive engineers; the motorman touches a button and the motor does the rest. The certainty that the evolution of ma chinery narrovs our men so that no one trade alone is really to be depended on makes it imperative that children be !- SOME PUMPKINS Grant County's productivity In shown forth in this photograph. to clear the view for the little 2 - Luce. The crops were grown on E f $ MlhL ft - J and other engineers that these seams will contribute largely to innumerable leaks In the big ditch, entailing much loss of water and serious damage by flood in the cultivated area below the canal. The Water Users' Association, formed by those who own lands and water rights under the Tieton canal, favors Contractor Weisberger's plan for a change in the specifications of that contract in such a manner as will enable him to make the lining or the canal as nearly of one piece as prac ticable. The United States reclamation bu reau is not disposed to make the re quested change without a full investi gation of the matter and an expres sion from all of those concerned in the service of the canal when com pleted. With that end In view, a petition, setting forth in much volume the de tails of both theories as to what the canal lining should be. Is being pre pared. This will be submitted to all of the water users under the canal for signatures, after which it will be transmitted to the Federal reclama tion bureau at Washington in the hope that It may Influence bureau of ficials to favor the change suggested. Owners and claimants of over 30,000 acres of choice lands of the Yakima district are deeply concerned in the trained in versatility and with thoroughness. The state la derelict when it leaveato pri-' vate enterprise such as correspondfnee schools and the Y. M. C. A. the training of those who desire not only to make a living, but to develop a life. Trade schools do not fill the need, though a broad treat ment such as the State Agricultural School affords is headed In the right direction. If existence is limited to toiling at such routine tasks as wrapping candy, or carry ing boards to the pile, or pasting labels, we ought to see that the conditions under which the work Is carried on are as kindly and comfortable as possible. But, believing that life is more than meat, we ought to dedicate ourselves to the cause of the child, that a child from the tenement or from the laborer's family shall be educated so as to keep pace with the Improvements In methods, and above all that his mind shall be o furntxhed that he shall be more than a cog on the Industrial wheel. Like wise the child from the home of wealth should be educated so that body and mind become the world's helpers Instead of being a parasite. The care of our boys and girls depends on a new and higher appreciation of their value to society and to God. Jesus stamped their economic value when he de cleared "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." Dr. Fcrd Recovers Health. Dr. T. B. Ford, of the Sunnyslde Mehto dist Ohurch, occupied his pulpit yester day morning and evening for the first time In two months. The last service he conducted before being taken down sick was the funeral of Rev. I. D. Driver. His friends In Portland and throughout the state will be glad to learn that he Is con stantly gaining in strength. IN GRANT COUNTY. corn, pumpkins and sturdy boys Is The vines were cut away In front year - old chap, Roscoe, son of W. C. his residence lot in John Day. by Dullng, Bishop Johnson ares of'land" uponhlcS proposed change in the specifications on this feature of the work Panic Is Over at Elma. ELMA, Wash., Jan. 36. (Special.) Business conditions in sElma are be ginning to improve rapidly. The Bank of Elma has retired its certificates and Is now paying out gold. Through all the flurry the soundness of the bank has never been questioned and its reserve now, as at all times, is far in excess of that required by law. Several new residences have been started this week and considerable town property has been changing hands. Sev eral of the mills and logging camps tributary to Elma have resumed oper ations and others will start up soon. The mills are gradually starting up and on next Monday the White Star Lumber Company will start its mill and camps, as will also the mill of the M. R. Smith Shingle Company. It is expected that within the next 30 days every camp and mill around Elma will be running again on full time. Inquiries and orders are beginning to be received. Cars for lum ber shipment, which a few months ago were so scarce, are now to be had in plenty. On the storage tracks near Elma there Is a string of empty box cars a half mile long and many are stored at other places along the Grays Harbor Branch of the Northern-Pacific. FOUR DENOMINATION'S ACT IN HARMONY. First Steps Taken to Effect Closer Relations Between Oregon Congregations. In Portland a movement has been start ed, out of which it is hoped the organic union of the Evar.gelical Association, the United Evangelical, United Brethren and Methodist Protestant Churches will be effected. Definite steps were taken dur ing the past week by the Evangelical Ministerial Association and the Men's Club of the First United Brethren Church. Rev. A. A. Winter, pastor of the First United Evangelical Church, East Tenth street, and president of the Evangelical Association of Portland, spoke yesterday morning on "The Larger Church Union. He said that men some times build better than they know, which seems true of church federation. He referred to the organic union of the two branches of the Evangelical denomina tion, and then said that the way seems to be opening for the organic union of four denominations. Taking up the sub ject. Rev. Mr. Winter said: Personally I heartily Indorse this larger vision of church union, and I believe you do. The time has vurely come for the unifying of the forces that make for peace and righteous ness upon the earth. As far as possible the various branches of each denomination should be brought together, and with these other churches, which are so nearly like them. By thus getting together, many of our cities and smaller towns would not be over-churched, and our mission fields and rural districts no longer be neglected for want of men and means. It should not be considered an un--reasonable and impossible undertaking to un lte the Presbyterian and Congregational churches the Baptists and the Christian, sp much bemg common between them. Likewise as In the union In which we are personally in terested. "With these four churches, tbe articles of faith, manner and form of worship and church policy are practically the same. The Oregon conferences of the Evangelical and the United Evangelical churches have, for the. past two years, exchanged fraternal dele gates at annual conference sessions. A union rally of all our congregations In Portland and vicinity was held last Summer and similar rallies have been held in the East during the past year. The general conference of the Evangelical Association, at its recent session, held In Milwaukee, Wis., appointed a commission with power to take steps looking toward the re union of our churches. Then the meeting on January 21 at the United Brethren Church under the Men's Club of that church, where 11 - congregations were represented and the following resolution was adopted : " ' , "Resolved, That the pastors and laymen rep resenting 11 local churches gathered under the auspices of the Men's Club at the First United Brethren Church, Tuesday. January 21, ex press to our respective general conferences our desire for the organic union of the Evan gelical Association, United Evangelical, United Brethren and Methodist Protestant churcles.' This Is the first local step toward the union of the four churches. Memorials will likely be sent to the general conferences of our respective churches and a commission ap pointed by each to take up together the ques tion of organic union. In the meantime we propose to federate as far as possible In our work on this Coast. At the February meeting of the Evangelical Association of Portland we will discuss some important questions pertaining to united ef fort in the development of our work. Four considerations may be carried by recommen dation from the Ministerial Association to our annual Oregon Conferences' sessions this Spring as follows: VixsL That our churches In th cities and BOTTLED AT THE SPRINGS, towns shall co-operate as far as possible. Second That where members of one church move to a place where their own denomina tion is not represented, and the other denom ination is, as ministers we will use our In fluence to have them affiliate with the other denomination. Third That next year we hold our Bible conference, campmeetlng and conference con ventions together on the beautiful camp ground of the Evangelical Association at Jen nings Lodge on the Oregon City Blectric Rail way. Fourth "Whereas, the United Evangelical Church maintains a higher Institution of learn ing, viz: Dallas College, at Dallas. Or., and the Evangelical Association has no institu tion of this kind on the Coast; .Resolved, That the Evangelical Church as a conference indorse Dallas College, and as far as possible Interest their people in the In stitution. Resolved, That the United Evangelical Con ference give the Evangelical Association an official representation on the board of trus tees of tills college. The spirit of union in the hearts of our people In the West is much stronger than in the East. In the East, where the congrega tions are large and they have magnificent church buildings, they give this question lit tle or no thought. It Is hard to get them to see the advantage this union would be In our frontier work. It is my opinion this large union of the four churches would make a stronger appeal to the conservative parties on both sides than the union of two branches of our own church. ,May God speed the day when we shall be one. At the United Brethren Church, . on East Morrison street, yesterday, the fol lowing resolution was adopted: Resolved. By the First United Brethren Church of Portland, that we heartily concur In the movement for the organic union of the four denominations. United Brethren. Evangelical Association, United Evangelical and Methodist Protestant, and urge our re spective general conferences to take action looking to this union. The Men's Club of the First United Brethren Church will undertake to have similar resolutions adopted by all the churches of the four denominations In Oregon. Young People Join Chnrch. It was "decision day" at the First Christian Church Bible School yesterday. Hw. A. A. 'Winter, President Evangelical Ministerial Asso ciation, of Portland. and 15 young people, who are constant attendants at Bible School, became mem bers of the church. This school, under the supervision of Miss Harriet Moore house, has entered a four-cornered con test -with . Seattle, - Tacoma and Spokane for supremacy in attendance and collec tions, and at the present time ranks next to Tacoma in . attendance and next to Spokane in collections. Its growth has been phenomenal for the past few weeks, and those watchirfgr the contest are con fident that Portland will win. Rev. E. S. Mnckley is pastor of this church, corner Park and Columbia, and members of this denomination visiting Portland or re cently moving here are specially Invited i t ! - f - - it - i i y . i r'Jt ' , r ' j j Say It If your doctor says this is all right, then say it over and over again. Ayers Pills Headaches. Biliousness. Constipation. Ayer's Pills Sugar-coated. Easy to. take. Don't forget. Headaches. Biliousness. Constipation. Ayer's Pills. Sugar-coated. Easy to take. Don't forget. We hate no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. J. C. AYER CO.; Manufacturing Chemists, Lowe!', Mass. BUDA pEST, HUNGARY. to help w1n the contest ror Portland. T-h opening hour on Sunday Is 9:45 A. M. Children tonduct Services. The first "children's services" were con ducted -yesterday morning In the Second Baptist Church, East Seventh and ' Ankeny streets, by Hev. S. C. Lapham. Children were the ushers and made up! the choir. Outside of the address of the pastor, the services were conducted Ty them. There was a large attendance of I children.- Rev. Mr. Lapham spoke briefly! and in the course of his talk held up the; Jdeal for children. He declared that thai old assertion that children of Christian j parents are prone to go wrong and make! failures of life was an error for the reverse was true of them. These services will be conducted at least once every month. WANTS PARDON FOR DEED Soldier Shoots Off Fingers to De fraud Gets Converted,. Repents. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 26. The attention of Presi dent Roosevelt has been called to the pathetic case of a repentant sinner re siding In Portland, a former member of the United States Army, wno, having de frauded the Government out of a small sum of money, has come to realize the error of his way, and wants to be for given. The name of the ex-soldier is withheld, as it is not probable steps will be taken to prosecute him for his past wrong. His story is as Interesting as it i3 unusual, and has appealed to those acquainted with the circumstances. This soldier, yet In the prime of life, as years are reckoned, was unfortunate In being assigned to a lonely post. Being of a morose disposition, he fell to brood ing, and finally determined to take his life by his own hand, and end his sup posed suffering. But he communicated to his brother his purpose to commit sui cide, and the brother, acting promptly, dissuaded him from his rash course, tell ing him his enlistment would not last forever and that brighter days were awaiting him. Nevertheless, the soldier was impatient. He could not wait for the expiration of his enlistment. He must get out of the service by fair means or foul. It could not be accomplished by fair means, so he determined . literally to defraud the Government or his" services. While at gun practice one day, this soldier drew his revolver, and grasping It in his left hand, deliberately shot off the first two fingers of his right hand the "trigger finger" and the one next. Minus these fingers he could not handle a rifle, and was Incapacitated for duty. But he did not confess to having wrought his own disfigurement; he reported that his fingers were shot off accidently. Ha was thereupon treated by the Army surgeons, and subsequently granted a discharge from the service "for iiicapac Hv." Following his discharge, his record be ing clear, he made application for pen sion on the ground that he had sustained the loss of two fingers in the performance , of his duty as a soldier. The record showed the loss due to "accident during gun practice." so the pension claim was allowed at the rate of is per month. This pension was regularly drawn until the soldier had received, and spent, $168. He then fell In with workers of the Salvation Army, attended their meetings, them his crime against the government. It was at their suggestion that he wrote a Congressman from an Eastern state, from which he had been appointed, and besought his aid in securing his pardon for -his crime. The case is now under consideration. The pensioner is practic ally destitute; has no funds and no regular employment, and Is unable to repay what he improperly received in the way of pension. But he has seen the error of his way, and hopes the big gov ernment will overlook its small loss and grant him Immunity. Improvement Club Meets. The University Park Board of Trade will meet tonight in the office of H. G. Sibray. All interested In improved car service and better streets are invited to attend this meeting. Custom-made shoes at foctory cost at Rosenthal's house-cleaning sale. 1 Headaches. Biliousness. Constipation. Ayer's Pills Sugar-coated. Easy to take. Don't forget.