THE MORNING OREGONIAN', MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1913. A 1400 HEAR TALK ON VIEWS SHOWING WORK OF WIDENING SEVENTH STREET, WHICH IS NOW IN FULL SWING. Through California Judge Clifford P. Smith, C. S B., Speaks at First Church of Christ, Scientist. To Chicago Kansas City and other points, in the East TEACHINGS ARE SET FORTH 3 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Heaven Defined aa State of Being Attained Through ' Spiritual De velopmentSayings of Christ . Jesus on Earth Cited. Mora than 1400 people gathered, in the edifice of First Church of Christ. Scientist, yesterday afternoon to hear the lecture by Judge Clifford P. Smith. C. S. B., of Boston, Mass. on the sub ject of Christian Science. The lec turer, who is a member of the board of lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston, was in troduced by Frank W. Waters, who said in part: "It is a good thing to know that Christianity can bo demonstrated. The general awakening that has come to this age through the efforts of Mrs. Eddy in her discovery and re-establishment of the primitive healing pow er is bringing peace on earth and good will toward men, the sick are being healed, the sinners reformed and the lame are being made to walk. "Through the discovery of Chris tian 8cience we are enabled to under stand that God is good, and by trust ing the Bible statements we can dem onstrate Christianity. God's word is healing today through Christian Sci ence, not only physical ills, but quot ing from Science and Health, on page 40. "One Infinite God, good, unifies men and nations: constitutes the brotherhood of man; ends wars; ful fills the Scripture. Love thy neighbor as thyself: annihilates pagan and Christian idolatry whatever Is wrong In social, civil, criminal, political and religious codes; equalizes the sexes; annuls the curse on man, and leaves nothing that can sin, suffer, be pun ished or destroyed." Jeans Teaching; Rediscovered, Judge Smith spoke in part as fol lows: "The hope and faith of mankind, notwithstanding doubt and perplexity, have always looked with some measure of expectation for freedom from ad versity and an abundant, satisfying life. The work of Christ Jesus was designed to show the way and to give for this hope and faith the assurance of absolute knowledge or spiritual un - derstandlng. Christian Science has come to discover and repeat what he knew and taught; to revive his, orig inal teaching; to restore the scope and complete the mission of primitive Christianity: to be that 'spirit of truth' which he foretold and prom ised. I am aware that the place In history thus predicted for Christian Science Is a large one, but the predic tion is justified by the results al ready achieved. In the time during which it has been taught and prac ticed Christian Science has wrought a greater change in human thought than primitive Christianity did dur ing the corresponding period of its history. ' "If one could read the New Testa ment as If It contained a new sub ject, he might observe that Christian ity was originally based on the truth of being. Its basic requirement was the knowledge of the truth concerning uod and man. 'For this cause came I Into the world, that I should bear wit ness unto the truth.' 1 came that they may have life, and may, have it abun dantly.' This is life. eternal, that they might Know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast Bent.' 'Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.' These sayings of the Master, one of which Is quoted from the revised version. Imply that the human or mor tal sense of life is false and that im mortality is gained by finding and rea!J-ing the truth of being. Heaven Here. Not Beyond. "The failure to perceive or to retain this fact has perpetuated the belief of former ages that the fulfillment of human hope and faith depends on dy ing. Even now the majority of Chris tians appear to regard the Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven as i situation to be gained, partly or who! ly, by dying. They expect to be ush ered Into the fullness of life by means of death. Considered as an original proposition, such a belief is like say Ing that one moves toward an object by going in the opposite direction. The only connection that death can have with abundant and eternal life is that it Is one of the negations of being, or evils, which must be overcome in order to attain complete heaven or harmony. "According to the teaching of Christ Jesus, all the possibilities of being ex ist here and now. The New Testament shows that he referred to his message or teaching as the "gospel of the king dorn." and of this Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven he said much In parables, but several things explicitly. He said It is 'at hand' (that is to say. It is present and within reach); be said it Is "within you" (which Is to say, it is a Btate of consciousness); he said that it comes upon you as devils or evils are cast out, and he prayed fot his followers, not that they should be taken out of the world, but that they should be kept from evil. "According to these sayings. Heaven is not the sequence of death; It Is an active and living state of goodness.- It Is gained, not by dying, but by right living. It must be attained by expell ing evil from human consciousness so that the Individual may reflect the life that Is God. Immortality is the manifestation by man of the divine life. It is the reflection by man of the divine mind. St. Paul stated the necessity of the case when he said, 'Let this mind be In you. which was also in Christ Jesus.' Way Is Through Development. "From these promises the conclusion follows that the way to Heaven is not through death, but through spir itual development and mental unfold ment. Salvation is progressive and Its day Is now. To be born again is to awaken from the dream of life In mat ter. It Is to forsake material belief and gain spiritual understanding or di vine consciousness. "Our present situation wa stated by St. John In these words: "Beloved now are we, the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be.' He did not mean that we shall ever be different from what we really are. He meant that we are the sons of God, though the reality of being doth not yet appear. He did not forsee a loss of Identity; he discerned the realisation of true Identity. With en tire consistency, Mrs. Eddy has said. The real. Ideal man appears in pro portion as the false and material dis appears. Mortals will disappear, and immortals, or the children of God, will appear as the only and eternal veri ties of mas.' (Science and Health, pp. 6. 476.)" Judge Smith addressed another large audience In the evening and will make his third and final appearance tonight, i rlTr ' $ if i ? trr J - - W 'h' M- - u pi fl ; REED DEFENDS BILL f4f 1- r---- 4.1 ' - Efficiency and Uniformity of lir" V k T3, 4 r , Assessments Aim, He Says. Witm, i J Jiff-it - , , j : , ; ... , - ' ' - v A7- 'JJ j for """- , AfJJi-tV.fl!,. It -. 111 , ' I" I"" mLJ The Santa Fe offers Yon stop-overs to visit Yosem ite Valley and Grand Canyon of Arizona, We believe Santa Fe Trains from San Francisco and Los Angeles have set a standard not yet equalled. May I tell yon of the trains? Also send yon picture folders of scenes en route? H. E. Vermes. Gem. Art., Intt Fe, 360 Alder Street. Portlaad. Phone Mala 1274. Top, Left Distance Building Has Been Moved Back From Sidewalk. Right- Entire Southeast Corner ot sevent n ana ttverett uemousneo, uenier Where Houses Have Been Moved Back Ten Feet. Below Golden Wt Hotel Building. From Which Ten Feet Must Be Cut. W1D E NING flOW Ten Feet Being Added to Each Side of Seventh Street. WORK IS BEING RUSHED Golden West Hotel, Which Is Big gest Structure In Section Be ing Broadened, Most Af fected by Change. With wreckers, movers and builders In complete possession, the worn 01 widening Seventh street now Is In full swing. From Burnside to the west approach of the new Broadway bridge. this thoroughfare Is being shorn of Its sidewalk adornments. Ten feet on each side of the street is being cleared, the buildings In some Instances being sliced that much and in others moved back. Thia project, coupled with the com pletion of the Broadway bridge, is destined to- make Seventh street the most Important crosstown street, ac cording to the view taken by property owners and merchants on its course. While the work entails considerable inconvenience, and in some cases hard ship, to the occupants of the buildings, nevertheless they take it optimistically and find solace In visions of a big In crease In business when .the work Is finished. . Street to Be SO Feet Wide. Work has progressed so rapidly thus far that it is confidently expected that it will be completed In ample time to take care of the heavy traffic expected with the opening; of the new bridge. The street will be SO feet wide. The bridge and street axe due to ba opened about April 1. No historic buildings tell unaer me ax of the appraisers. Few of the build ings that will have to be remodeled or moved back as a result of the work are of Imposing appearance. Many of the little bouses were completely de- moliBhed. The Golden West Hotel, on the northwest corner of Seventh and Everett, suffered the most. Inasmuch as it Is the tallest building. Ten feet is being cut oft" this structure, and the hotel has been vacated tempor arily. Foresight In the construction of the Custom-House will leave It free from the path of the wreckers. Tha build Ing sits back far enough from Cue side walk to escape the 10-foot ban. Advance la Shown. ' Already landlords are beginning to note the advancement made by the bridge and wider thoroughfare. One small space, on the corner of Seventh and Flanders, probably will be leased for $125 a month.?" Until recently, the rent nald for the corner stand was 30 Less than a year ago It was offered on a long-term lease for $35 a month. STUDENTS T0 GIVE PLAY Two Performances of Twelfth Night to Be Presented. Students of the Lincoln High School are preparing for an elaborate presen tation of "Twelfth Night" Friday next on the school Btage. For two months the piay has been In rehearsal under the direction of Miss unristine jjxao Connel, of the faculty. The cast Includes: Romalne Elliot. In the character of Olivia, and Ronald Mcintosh, in the part of Sir Andrew Aguecheek; Marie Bridewell, aa Viola; Helen Judge, as Maria; William Crit tenden, aa Count Orslus. and Russel Case, as court fool; Hubert Riley, Sir Toby Belch; William Mclndoe, Fab rian; Vilta Ramsdell, Sebastian; Ger ald Lophy, Antonio; Jack Bates, Val entine; Freeman Lersauous. Cuiu; Mae Dean and Joy Gross, attendants on Olivia: Robert McKay and Samuel Hus bands, attendants on . the Count, and William Metsger and Frank Busch. first and second officers, respectively. There will be two performances,, matinee and night. Woman Long Unconscious. Her condition, said to be due to ill treatment received at the bands of her husband, a woman, name not known, was taken to the St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Carrie Eaton, the landlady of the house. 388 Front street, said both the man and his wife had been drinking, and that the man abused the woman, who fainted and did not revive. Fearing that she had en tertained some Internal injuries, she was takn to the hospital, but the authorities could find no marks on her body. EASTERN PLAN IS FAVORED Multnomah Official Would Have Ail Land Scheduled TJnder New Class ification and Maps Published General Reference. Speaking yesterday of the Murnane bill, providing for the permanent or ganization of the County Assessor s of fice, which has passed both houses at Salem and is now before Governor West for his consideration. County Assessor Reed said: The sole object of the bill is to bring about efficient, modern methods of assessment in Multnomah County. For land assessments I aim to work to. ward- the unit system of value which is In use in New York. Cleveland, Phlla- delDhia and other cities. Under this plan, when it is fully worked out, the land value maps will show the assessed value per front foo of every town and city lot, and for acreage it will show the assessed value per acre. For town lots this is the best system that pos sibly could be devised. It is far superior to the old and out-dated system oi as sessment by lota as a whole. Compart sons of assessment where the lots are assessed as a whole does not give the property-owners the results to which they are entitled. All town iota in Multnomah County are not the Bame width. Many are 60 feet wide, some are 40 feet, others 33 1-3. others 25. while still others located In additions laid out according to contour, are of varying widths. This Illustration will satlsiy anv reasonable person of the great su periority of the unit system of assess ment over the lot system. Publicity Feature Favored. "When the plan is fully Installed the land value maps should be published in convenient form for the Information of the public and aa a means ot check ing up the work of the Assessor. All over the country there is demand for publicity of assessments as a means of effecting equitable and uniform assess ment of property, l am committed to this policy of publicity. As Assessor of Multnomah County I have nothing to hide from the people. I welcome full examination and criticism of my. work. It will be beneficial to me as a public official: "In the assessment of acreage I have adopted a new plan which has been aDDroved by the Board oi state rax Commissioners and which will be put Into effect March L Under this plan tillable land will be divided into four classes: Cultivated land, orchard land, uncleared land and urban and suburban acreage, the principal value of which is for closer settlement or business uses. Non-tillable land will be divided into three classes: Rough and rocky land. overflow land and timber land. When the returns for the 1913 assessment are in I will be able to tell for the first time In the history of Multnomah Coun ty Just exactly how many parcels or each kind of land there are in the county. Valne Faetora to Be Unified. In assessing improvements I want to introduce factors of value, along the general lines of those In use In the Eastern cities above mentioned, espe cially New York. This will take time, since a satisfactory schedule of factors must first be made up alter consulta-j $51,000, or $9000 less than the official estimate. This figure will Include some expenditures for 1912 account carried into 1913, also a reasonable amount for unforeseen contingencies. Contingencies Are Seen. "One of these contingencies Is the re quest of the Title A Trust Company for a compensation of $300 per year for furnishing the transcript of convey ances from the County Clerk's office. The title company has,, heretofore, fur nished this transcript free, but since the county is charging It rent it feels that it should be paid for its services. The $51,000 also Includes the cost of ex tending the tax rolls in case House bill 414, Introduced by the State Tax Com mission, is passed by the Legislature. At present the tax roll Is extended by the County Clerk, and this year the work cost, as I am Informed by Mr. Coffey, about $500.. "So far as the number of deputies is concerned I can say without fear of contradiction that every one of the 35 can be kept constantly employed for the next four years. If for any reason the work should slacken I could dis pense with the unnecessary ones. Of the total number eight or nine would be assigned to land districts, giving each one 18,000 or 20,000 parcels of land to keep track of and assess. Any deputy who will give his careful atten tion to 18,000 or 20.000 parcels of land tho vr around, and keep track of the . . . . ' mnrivamantB thpfPOTI and architects, contractors ana i6'" ......... note ano weigu mo ih;luib .u. which are constantly arising will be do ing all the work that can reasonably be expected of him. County Has' 1300 Additions. "The National Tax Conference, which has given its approval to the Idea of assessment districts, favors limiting the number of parcels per deputy to 10,000. In New York City the number of parcels per deputy is about 8000. There are in Multnomah County 1300 platted additions, and all told, includ ing acreage, between 160,000 and 165. 000 separate parcels of land to be as sessed. "I have not the slightest desire to add unnecessarily to the cost ot running the Assessor's office. My one object Is to so conduct the Assessor's .office that every taxpayer will be able to know the precise factors that enter Into the mak ing of the assessment upon which he is required to pay taxes. This the tax payers have the absolute right to know. It Is the only Just manner of assess ment. I have no axes to grind, and am willing to leave the matter to the good judgment of Governor West" tlon with the City Building Inspector. Factors of value are absolutely essential for the proper assessment of improvements. Any other method, no matter what be said for It, is haphazard. "Tue matter of cost may thus be summarized: The official estimate of the cost of running the Assessor's of fice for 1913, as shown in the Journal of the County Court, Is $60,000. I do not know how the estimate was made. It is an excessive estimate. Such an amount could not be legitimately ex pended in the Assessor's office this year. The bill in the hands of Governor West, together with the present statute fixing the Assessor's salary, covers the Assessor and 35 deputies whose maxi mum salaries are fixed at $43,120. Be yond that number of deputies and that amount of money the Assessor may not go without the authority of the County Court Contingencies will arise, such as the taking of the census in 1915, which will naturally call for an extra allowance of deputies. If every deputy were paid the maximum salary provided in the bill, which, however, is not man datory, the cost of running the office for 1913 ought not greatly to exceed SOCIAL CENTER IS REV. SPIRES TO REALIZE DREAM OF INSTITUTE. HIS Marslhall-Street Presbyterian Church to Install Training School for Boys and Girl. Practical religion is to ba demon strated at the Marshall-street Presby terian Church. At yesterday morning's service. Rev. William J. Spires, pastor of the church, surprised his congrega tion by announcing that. Instead of the regulation sermon he had prepared to talk to them along entirely new lines. He said that he wanted to make the church a social center, to estab lish genuine institutional work that would make the church a great live factor for good in the community. It was the dream of the pastor to have a gymnasium and a cooking school, thor oughly equipped and a sewing school for the girls of the neighborhood to gether with manual training appliances for the boys and to organize several clubs that should keep the young peo ple Interested and by giving them en tertainment and useful occupation to help in the making of good and worthy citizens. After the pastor made his plea for the establishment of these various de partments as adjuncts of the church, generous cash contributions followed and there was a substantial check from W. G. Mcpherson, who gava enough to cover the entire cost of the enterprise. And now the pastor Is Jubilant and work on the new departments will commence immediately, and as there is ample room In the building at Mar shall and Seventeenth streets, it will not be long before this Innovation in church work in Portland will be es tablished. It has been arranged that Miss Val entine Prlchard, of the People's In stitute, and her assistants will have charge of the planning of the work and will assist In a great measure la carrying out the Ideas of the pastor. Rev. Spires was formerly head of the educational department of the Y. M, C. A.. In Elgin, 111- and has had much experience in Institutional work. His efforts in church enterprises are to make the church keep up to existing conditions. la: " POSTUM CEREAL CO., Ltd., A . 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