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THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAX, PORTLAND, MAY 20, 1917. E BILL TAXES E Mr. Man Will Bump Into War Levy From Time of Rising L. Until He Retires. MORNING BATH IS START Practically Everything .Except Cot ton From Sonth and Prime Prod uct of Standard Oil Com pany ' Included In Bill. OTtEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 19. Every man. woman and child in the United States will be bllwed to "pay- his bit" when the Kitchin war tax bill goes into effect, unless it is radically amended by the Senate, and even with probable Senate amendments the law will be one that few can escape entirely. If the bill was designed to reach oat and tax every inhabitant of the United States, rich and poor, it probably will accomplish its purpose, for if anything has escaped taxation under the bill other than the sacred cotton of the South and the prime product of the Standard Oil Company it has been through oversight on the part of those who drafted the Kitchin bill. It has been said, and not. without truth, that a man will bump into this war tax from the time he rises in the morning until he crawls Into bed at night. Following Mr. Man through an average day, it can be seen where and how often the tax will overtake him. On arising, he brushes his teeth with tooth paste that pays a 6 per cent tax. He shaves, and his shaving soap pays a tax of 5 per cent. His bath soap pays the same. Breakfast Is Taxed. As he breakfasts he- is reminded of the war tax when he sips his coffee, and if his mail Is brought to him at the table he again sees evidence of the war tax in the 3-cent stamps on his letters and 2-cent postcards. May hap he will read an out-of-town news paper. If so, he pays another tax, for the mall rate on newspapers is ad vanced. And again he pays a tax when he lights his after-breakfast cigar and starts for the office In a new automobile that has paid a & per cent tax. On the first of the month Mr. Man finds he is charged a 6 per cent tax on his telephone bill and his electric light bill. . His income tax. if he paid one, has been more than doubled, and if he paid none heretofore, he proba bly will pay -one under the new law; comparatively few will escape the in come tax. He has packages to send by express; on each he pays a tax of 10 per cent, and if he ships by freight he pays 3 per cent. Mr. Man sends a telegram; he pays a tax of 5 cents on that, and if he receives a collect message that costs htm 6 cents extra. There is a long distance phone call to be made; that carries a 5-cent tax also. Mr. Man must pay a war tax of 8 cents on each $100 for which he Is in sured, and fire insurance, like health or accident insurance, carries a tax of 1 cent on each dollar of premium. Travelers Must Pay. Mr. Business Man is called out of town. He buys his ticket and pays Uncle Sam 10 per cent of the price of his ticket; he buys a Pullman chair or a berth and pays another 10 per cent tax, and he cannot escape the tax by traveling by water, for the tax Is there just the same. If he has wines, or beer or cordials with his dinner, he pays a war tax, and he does not escape by substituting prapejulce or mineral water. After dinner another cigar and tax then a bit of phonograph music, and with it a tax, for even the records pay a 6 per cent tax. The family may want a bit of amusement. Mr. Man takes them to the moving-picture show and there he finds the admission advanced, be cause the theater man is paying a tax of 1 cent a foot on the film he Is exhibiting. Moreover, Mr. Man finds that Uncle Sam has imposed a direct tax on tickets of admission. Levy Put on Sports, Too. Mr. Man may go in for sports. If so, he meets the tax at every turn in the road: tennis racquets, tennis balls, golf balls, baseballs, bats, fishing rods and equipment, all carry a tax of 5 per cent. He pays a 5 per cent tax If he owns a pleasure boat. And, if he belongs to a country club, a social club or an athletic club, he pays a 10 per cent tax on his dues. . - These are only a part of the taxes the average citizen will encounter, if the Senate lets the House bill pass in anything like its present shape. There is Tip accounting here for the tax on manu factures, excess profits, various docu ments, etc. The bill reaches out t strike all lines of industry and men ( aim women in ail walks of life. MEASURES WILL BE TOPIC Albany Women to Hear Discussion - . of Ballot Items. 'ALBANY, Or.. May 19 (Special.) A meeting at which the women of Albany may discuss, consider and become in formed upon questions to be voted upon at the special election June 4 has been arranged by the women's civic im provement committee of the Albany Commercial Club. It will be held next Tuesday afternoon in the auditorium of the Public Library. - E. D. Cusick, State Senator from Linn and Lane counties, will be the principal speaker and explain the various meas ures. Mrs. F. H. Geselbrecht and Dr G. Franklin, dean of Albany College will also discuss the measures, the for iner from the women's viewpoint, and the latter from an economic view, point. GERMAN TARS TO BE USED luraployment on Ships Permitted to Prevent Tleup. SAN FRANCISCO. May 19. To pre Tent a tieup of ships here, German sea men may be shipped on American ves sels in case of a shortage of other sail ors, according to special authority ob tained by United States Attorney John W. Preston, from the Attorney-General at the request of the Matson Naviga tion Company, It was announced here today. In no case will such permission be given ships bound for Russian ports. t CHAUTAUQUA BILL GIVEN Cottage Grove Entertainment Will Be-Provided June 3 to 8. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., May 19 (Special.) The programme is. out for nous EVEHYDH HOME Cottage Grove's Chautauqua, June 3 to 8. The meeting wil be opened by the Lyric Glee Club, twice sent to the Panama Canal Zone by the United States Government. Dr. Andrew Johnson and William A. Bone were procured from Eastern cir cuits, where they were the brightest stars of their circuits. A big number is ex-Governor Carl son, who made a great record while at the head of the government in his state. The Pillion Concert Company will furniijh both vocal and Instrumental music. G. Whitefield Ray, a student of Cen tral South America, will deliver a per sonal narrative. The Military Girls Orchestra is the highest paid company of six girls In lyeeum or Chautauqua work. LoZlnto's band and Mary Adel Hays, on the fourth day, mark the peak of musical interest of the week. The- Antarctic pictures and lectures are ttirillingly fascinating the most gripping pictures of Ice . expanse and windswept - snowplains that have ever been taken. They are the work of Frank . Hurley, who later was the of ficial photographer for the Shackleton expedition. The closing entertainments will be by the Graus Alpine Yodelers. WAR AIMS EXPRESSED PRESIDENT KERR DISCUSSES RE SULT OF CONFERENCE. Head of Agricultural College Says State Institutions Should Be Made Arm of Great Service. OREGON AGRICULTURAL, COLLEGE. Corvallls, May 19. (Special.) Presi dent. Kerr, who has just returned to the campus after an absence of two weeks at Washington, in the interest of the food production and conserva tion campaign in Oregon, gives as the recommendation of the conference of more than 180 colleges and university presidents and Federal authorities, held on May 5, that the state colleges and universities be linked together into a great articulate force serving the Na tion during the period of the. war. and the critical years following the war; declaring their faith in the supreme importance of applied science and technical courses as a means of fur thering the Nation's aim In prosecut ing the war; urging all young men be low the age of 21 not recommended for special service to avail themselves, if possible, of such college courses, and strongly advising that all students now pursuing technical courses, such as medicine, agriculture and engineering. continue in their pursuit of the sub jects, since they can thus render to the country "services more valuable and efficient than if they were to en roll in military or naval service at once." This conference also drew up a set of resolutions and issued a statement of principles. HOME GUARD IS FORMED CEDAR MILLS FARMERS PREPARE FOR KEUCLAR DRILL. Officers Are Elected at Grange Meet ing at Which Plans Are Blade for Increased Production. CEDAR MILLS, Or, May 19. (Spe cial. Sixty farmers, ranging in ages from 1& to 50, enlisted in a home guard unit organized at an enthusiastic grange meeting here last Saturday, when plans were adopted to increase the food production of the district. Officers were elected as follows: Captain. St. D. Martin, Portland, lieu tenants, E. S. May. Jesse Sargent and J. Q. Church. J. Walters was ap pointed first sergeant. Ell Moshofsky. quartermaster-sergeant, and Louis Stark, company clerk. The. new captain has had many years In the guard and saw service in the Philippines. He was with the Third Oregon on the border last Summer. There will be regular drill and the company will take steps at once to get equipment. A large part of the population of the district is composed of German-Americans who are loyal to their adopted country and some of whom are willing to Join the new or ganization. A patriotic programme followed the business session of the mi -ting. COWLITZ FAIR IS SEPT. 19 Best Entertainment Features Will Be Presented by County. - WOODLAND." Wash.; May 19. (Spe cial.) That the Cowlitz County Fair at Woodland, to be held September 19 to 22 this year, will be a success is as sured, as the directors are energetic and enthusiastic. Besides encouraging special exhibits, they are advocating large and well-assorted crops. They nave adopted a patriotic poster and have arranged for prizes for nearly everything that can be grown in this part of the country. The best entertainment -features will be provided. The premium list has not yet been issued. The premium list for the third annual exhibition of agricul tural and industrial boys' and girls' contest,- in connection with the fair, is out. It shows, in first division, home economics, 10 lots, with first and sec ond prizes; second division, agriculture, 20 lots, with flrst and second prizes; third division, agriculture. 20 lots, with first and second prizes; third di vision, manual training, seven lots, with same prizes. BOOTLEGGING FIGHT OPENS Marshficld City Attorney Plans Cope With Situation. to MARSHFIELD, Or., May 19. (Spe cial.) Declaring that Marshfteld was a beehive of bootleggers. City Attorney J. T. Brand obtained two amendments to the vehicle ordinance. City -orney Brand said an officer had been intimi dated by six men, presumably bootleg gers, and the situation was one of out-and-out lawlessness. The amendments provided that spot lights on automobiles may not be used within the city limits, for as the City Attorney explained, the bootleggers cast their rays on the side streets and dis covered the hiding places of officers behind telephone poles and other ob structions. The second amendment gives all officers of the city power to stop any automobile which they believe vio lating any of the city ordinances. Lake Court Convenes June 11. LAKEVIEW, Or., May 19. (Special.) Circuit Judge L. F. Conn has sent no tices to all jurors summoned for the '')' jerm or court to the effect that court will not be convened until June 11. Judge Conn takes this action In view of the fact that the season here Is backward and all the farmers are busy for the present time getting in their crops. A trip to Lakeview at the present time would greatly Incon venience all of them. MODESTY IKES HIT Marshal Joffre Captivates Harvard Students. HERO IS "H0BS0NIZED" Pretty Boston Miss Wins Coveted Kiss From Defender of France. . President Lowell Much in Com- pany of Noted Commander. BT LAMAR TOOZE. CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. May 19. (Spe cial.) If General Joffre's recent visit to Cambridge and Boston is a sample of what he has been undergoing since his arrival in America, he has un doubtedly wished many times that he were back on the western front, di recting the armies of France. These banquets and receptions and parades must be so unnatural to the rotund, ever-smiling Marshal, who has been used to the shrieking of shrapnel and the smell of gunpowder on the long French front for three years. His whole demeanor indicates that all the fuss the people everywhere are mak ing over him is not to his liking. He givea you the impression of "grit your teeth and stand it." And he does it and well. No wonder that the Germans were stopped at the Marne. Who would waver an Instant with the knowledge that this old. fatherly soldier was at the helm?' No wonder his soldiers and the French people call him "Papa" Joffre. A face that looks not unlike that of ex-President Tart and a smile that makes you feel good all over in spires in you a feeling of absolute confidence. The Marshal. Is not very tall, but his circumference makes up for the deficiency in altitude. He has somewhat of a roly-poly appearance, but sturdy. His physique must be very much on the Napoleonic lines. Marshal Is "Hobsoulsed." The "hero of the Marne" met the fate of all returning heroes he was "Hobsonized." A pretty Boston girl, speaking in French, won a coveted kiss from Joffre. The old man got through the ordeal just like he is getting through all of the other duties of a hero well. Joffre's modesty is the secret to his popularity. He will talk when he has to. And he has no difficulty in- find ing the appropriate idea and the words to express It. In a musical, soft French voice he addressed the 4000 Harvard students with the ease and bearing of an experienced speech maker. He spoke but two minutes, but he covered the ground another Na poleonic characteristic. His voice was not loud, but every word could be heard. As he stood on the platform with the colors of the allied nations in the back ground he seemed to sug gest the fortitude of a war-scourged France uncomplaining, resolute and hopeful. Dress Is Simple. ' When the regimental band struck up the "Marseillaise." the Marshal came to attention and executed the French salute. This salute lacks the snap of the American salute, but is no less dig nified. He stood at attention until the final note of the French anthem had died away. Despite the fact that he is the only Marshal in the French army, Joffre wore a very simple uniform. In fact, the five French officers who have been detailed to train the Harvard troops were dressed much more elaborately. He wore a blue coat with a single line of brass buttons and was not be decked with the many decorations he has been given for his military prowess. The trousers were a bright red and disappeared in the tops of a well-worn pair of high boots. Hearts of Americans Won. Joffre tried to be as inconspicuous as possible. At the reception given in his honor at Faneuil Hall, he succeeded several times in getting out of the circle of which he was the center. He seemed particularly to enjoy the com pany of President Lowell, of Harvard, due to the fact that the president, among his other accomplishments, is a ready speaker of the French lan guage, as well as being familiar with the customs of that country. General Joffre has won a place next to La Fayette In the hearts of the American people. He will carry back to France the tidings of an America which is ready to do its part in up holding the forces of democracy against the incursions of a military autocracy. PORTLAND GIRL SELECTED Miss Marjorie Wardwcll Named to Fill Idaho Teaching Vacancy. MOSCOW, Idaho. May 19. (Special.) Mies Marjory Wardwell, of Portland, has been elected to fill the vacancy in the teaching corps of the Whitworth building caused by the resignation of Miss Anna L. Wilson. At the same meeting the Board made final plans for the commencement ex ercises of the graduating class of the High School. Superintendent Henry presented the names of 43 students for graduation. Baccalaureate Sunday will be observed by the class May 20. with the Rev. Charles Harrison, of Pullman. Wash., to deliver the commencement sermon. The graduating- exercises will be held the evening of May 25 in the University auditorium. President Bran non will deliver the address. Y. M. C. A. FUND EXCEEDED Josephine County's Share $500 and Grants Pass Alone Raises $830. GRANTS PASS. Or.. May 19 (Spe cial.) About 250 citizens gathered last Sunday night in a rally to listen to an explanation of the work of the Y. M. C A. in Army camps. A committee was then appointed to raise Josephine County's allotment of $500 as its share in the $3,000,000 fund determined upon. The committee met at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, and reports showed a total of (850. raised within 36 hours in the city, the outlying sec tions of the county not having reported. The committee plans to increase this sum to $1000, and then turn its efforts toward helping the local Red Cross chapter. STUDENTS PAPER ISSUED Annual Gives Special Mention to Students and Faculty In Army. GRANTS PASS. Or.. May 19. (Spe cial.) "Toka," the students' annual, published by the senior and junior classes of the Grants Pass High School, made Its appearance today. It is a handsome 100-page book, copiously il lustrated and decidedly creditable to its sponsors. Allen Underwood is editor; Deal Wil klns, business manager, and the fol lowing assistants: Avis Knipa. Ella Anderson, Ted Birchard,- Robert, Bes tul. Maurice Wilklns. Loren Basler. Vivian Isham. Eleanor Bocock, Ruth Giesler. Gladys Hood. Frank Price, Earl XJI.nn An interesting page is devoted to the members of the faculty and students who have enlisted in. the war. These are Messrs. Dawkins. Miller and Arch bold, of the faculty, and Robert Bestul, Juel Bestul. Clifton Booth. Claude Booth. Eldon Wolfolk. Raymond LeRov. Loren Basler. James Blevlns, William Pollock, Maldon LeRoy and Edward Ament, students. DENMARK LIMITS BREAD Rich and Poor Assigned Definite Dally Portions. ABERDEEN. Wash., May 19. (Spe cial.) "Food conditions in Denmark, although it is & neutral country, are bad," said William Wunseh, Aberdeen barber, who has returned from that country after being detained there four months by inability to get passage home. . "Bread tickets are Issued everywhere in Denmark." he said. "It makes no difference how much money a man has he can get only enough bread for his subsistence. The government watches all the foodstuffs closely." Mr. Wunseh came home by way of Norway and he says the vessel leaving Chrtstiania car ried only about three-fourths of a load of passengers. He believes the subma rines are preventing many people from coming home who would like to be on this side of the Atlantic CHAUTAUQUA DATE IS SET Attractions for Chchalis Session July 7 to 14 Scheduled. CHEHALIS. Waah M 10 cr elal.) The dates for the 1917 Ct-au'tau-aua for Cheha.Ha ara iniv 7 tA ii days of famous attractions. ' lectures Dined to make this city this season include Dr. Frank Bohn. Euro pean war correspondent: Lee Francis Lybarger. economist, author and edu cator; Roland W. Baggott. Juvenile lUfiffH nf Tavtnn rfk T 4 n n. - - - ... w, . xj. turner, community lecturer, former president of j v.uiickc, win deliver n la fam ous lectin .' atxh -v-n.. . . m - v u i uicj) , xicury Smith Williams, eminent scientist and "", win give nis lecture "Adding - iur j.no . james wnitcomD Brousrner. nwph. n k . ... Chauncey J. Hawkins, the famous na nus iBtiurer, ana aiontavme Flowers, author and lecturer, with a treatise on the Japanese problem in this country. PROF. SCHREIBER IS BURIED Services for Resident of Shedd, Or., Are Held at Salem. SALEM, Or.. May 19. (Special.) Fu neral services nf tti. i.u George Raemer Schrelber. of Shedd. Or, wr held May 16. Rev. H. chu- vi.ecni,-presiding elder of Portland dis trict of the Evangelical Association, and Rev. A. J. Weisrl. nf tk Methodist Episcopal Church, officiated. aim men scnooi or snedd attended In a body, and about 46 people came over from McMinnvllle, besides the large number nf frtenria mr,A -i . bora of Salem. Mr. Schrelber received ins a. a. aegree from Mornlngslde Col lege, his -A. M. degree from the Uni versity of Iowa and his L.L.B. degree from the College of Law of Willamette University. He was a member of the Oregon Bar. He taught in Willamette University. Woodburn High School and was at one time SuDerintenrient ul-knni. V Can by, Or.' SCHOOL EXERCISES HELD Xapavtne lias Commencement and Win lock Starts Tonight. CENTRALIA, Wash.. May 19. (Spe cial.) The commencement exercises of the 1917 class of the Napavine High School, the first completing four years work, were held last night. Dr. Fred erick Bolton delivered the commence ment address. The baccalaureate services of the M laB.",Jf tn wllock High School W, "f 1he,,d tonight, all of the churches of Wlnlock uniting in the services. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Rev. E C. Mason, pastor ?u . "n,vcrsity Congregational Church of Seattle. w.Tu" ?LnIo.r ,c,asa of tha Mossyrock High School last night staged "The Match Box." a comedy. The proceeds will be used in defraying the com mencement expenses of the class. Bean Acreage to Be Roosted. ROSEBURO. Or.. r. i ,e. As a result of the campaign to In crease the production of foodstuffs in (.,., uuui7 1C ,a announced that the Southern Pacific Company will grant a low rate on beans, which will be shipped from here to Eugene for r",."ar' . TIU" rWxp"ct!d to re-t not less than 500 additional acres of Douglas County being planted to beans this season. Farm Volunteers Sign Up. ,A.BEIlDEEN' Wash" Ma- (Spe cial.) That several hundred Aberdeen persons will volunteer to spend their vacations upon the farms this Fall helping to harvest the crops is the pre diction of w. G. Powell, chairman of the city committee in charge of en rolling the names of those willing to volunteer for harvest work. Enrolling of volunteers started Saturdav Why Experiinent When Buying . Your New SUIT? Why not buy garments with a reputation behind them gar ments made by firms of charac ter? Such clothing c o a t a you no more and you are euro of perma nent satisfaction. The clothing we offer you In . made by America's best work. ' men. and no better garments are to be had. Our personal guarantee of sat isfaction is back of every sale and our responsibility ceases only when the garments are worn out. Nw Spring Suits are here In profusion $20 to $45 and we ask the privilege of showing you. Buff tun Pendleton Co: Clothiers, Hatters aad Haberdashers. 127 SIXTH STREET Thirty Easy Steps From Washington Street. F. N. Tendletoa WInthrop Hammond COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY is won derful. Let us show you how to transfer to transparency and slide nature's witchery, tints and colors. Tis easy for you. AUZX 1158 ARE GRADUATED Fifty-Fourth Annual Exercises Held at Berkeley. 29 LIVE IN NORTHWEST Twelve Members or Class Arc From Oregon and Six ot These Ilavo Tlieir Homes in Portland. Event Is Memorable. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Berkeley. May 19. (Special.) A mile stone in the academic life of the Unl tunl? 0t Ca,lfomla was marked by the 54th annual commencement exer cises which took place this week in the Hearst Greek Theater, when a record class of 1158 Graduates received their diplomas. -The razing: of historic North TTall. the dedication of the new $730,000 Ben jamin Ide Wheeler Hall and the deliv ery by the Governor of the state for the first time In the history of any college, of military commissions to graduates who are already wearing uniforms an members of the officers' reserve camp at the Presidio, were fea tures. Permission was granted to the student officers at the Presidio to at tend the graduation exercises. Twenty-nine Northwest students were granted degrees. Portland is the home of six of the 12 graduates regis tered from Oregon.- Sixteen, graduates are registered from the state of Washington and one student from British Columbia. Three prominent northern athletes are among the graduates of the 1817 class: Louis Penny, of Colville. Wash., four years a member of the varsity crew and captain during the past sea son: Vernon Garrett, a former member of tho University of Oregon football eleven, and Daniel Koster. one of the varsity mainstays in basketball and football, both of Portland. The 9 Northwest students who re ceived their diplomas from the Uni versity of California were: Pearl C. Baughman. Seattle, letters and science; Llewellyn II. K. Boelter. Latah. Wash., mechanics; Harriett Louise Bowman. Spokane, letters and science; Russell Dolman Be rut. Portland, mechanics; Helen Douglas Campbell. Vancouver. B. C. letters and science; Dorothy Kpplng,' Hood River. letters and science; Daniel Parsons Foster. Port land, letters and science and medicine; Ollvetta Faulkner, Aberdeen, letters and science; Wallace A. Goddard. Day ton. Wash., pharmacy; Vernon George Garrett. Med ford, letters and science; John Grandberg. Astoria, commerce; Margaret Calder Hayes. Aberdeen, let ters and science; Vincent Cecil Hobbs, Walla Walla, commerce; Clifford Clyde Harter, Merrill, Or., letters and science; Henry Theodore Helgeon, Portland, mining; Martha Jenson. - Arlington. Wash., letters and science; Stanley Conradt King. Walla Walla, civil en gineering; Alice Marie Kingman, Che lan, Wash., letters and science; Percy Eugene Lants. Sunnyside, Wash., agri culture; Jessie Hollingsworth Lleser. Vancouver. Wash., letters and science; Homer Clinton Lollefson. Tacoma, den tistry; Verrfi Victor Mills, Ashland, civil engineering: Louis Hubbard Penny. Colville. Wash.. letters and science: Kenyon Judson Scudder. Se attle, letters and science; Sarah Davis Sabln. Portland, letters and science; George William Sehuohard. Medford. dentistry; Sidney Hugh Smyth. Port lwnd, mechanics; Sarsh Elisabeth a LJL 1 tVia Fourteen Years Ago we sold our first "ANSCO" Camera and Film. a picture-making; machine remark able for compactness and ef f iciency a film of surpassing clearness, depth, softness and detail. Last year we had neither cam eras nor films in sufficient supply; now we are prepared. 1917 films are better than ever and we've a-plenty to fit any and every film camera. We warrant each to be perfect in every detail. WE DEVELOP FREE ' your films when prints are ordered, and" pay return postage when mailed to us. WE GIVE DOUBLE S. & II. STAMPS with all finishing; orders. WE RENT OR SELL CAMERAS ON SMALL PAYMENTS. WE SHOW YOU HOW. SOtEtTATWCSTPaex MAB SHALL 700 -W0MT A 6171 3 Always S. &. 11." SUmps First Three Floors. Steele. Portland, letters and science; Thomas Lawrence Williams. Seattle, letters and science. Rosebars Gets Riddle Principal. RIDDLE, Or, May 19. (Special.) Harl Bronson. who has been principal of the Riddle public school for the past four years, has been chosen prin cipal of the Rose School at Roseburg. Or. Mr. Bronson is considered one of tho best school men in Oregon. Riddle Foatoffice Advanced. RIDDLE. Or, May 19. (Special.) The postoffice at Kiddle has now been advanced to third grade. It carries a HEAVEN AND HELL GRADED CONDITIONS IN THE HEREAFTER BY DR. JAMES E. TALMAGE Of the Council of the Twelve, Church of Jesus Christ of Lattcr-i Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. The destiny of souls in the hereafter Is a subject of persistent Interest and concern in human belief and specula tion. Even pagan literature and the languages of heathendom testify to a general though ofttlmes vague concep tion of two widely separated places or strongly contrasted states of future existence, which are tn the main equiv alent to the Heaven and the Hell of dogmatic theology. The Holy Scriptures generalize the future estate of the righteous as Heaven, and the opposite as Hell, with out giving warrant, however, for the belief that but two places or kingdoms are provided, to one or the other of which every soul is to be consigned, according to the balance sheet of hit life's account, and perhaps on a very smalt margin of merit or guilt. Equal ly unscrlptural Is the inference that the state of the soul at death determines that kouI's place and environment throughout eternity, forever deprived of opportunity of progression. When left to his imagination, with out the guidance of revelation, man conjures up a Heaven and a Hell to suit bis fancy. Thus, to the mind of the savage. Heaven Is a hunting ground with game a-plenty; to the car nal. Heaven promises perpetual grati fication ot senses and passions; to the lover of, truth and the devotee of righteousness. Heaven is the assur ance of limitless advancement In wis dom and achievement. And to each of these. Hell is the eternal realisation of deprivation, loss, disappointment and consequent anguish. Divine revelation Is the'only source of sure knowledge as to what awaits man beyond the grave, and from this we learn that at death the spirits of all men pass to an Intermediate state. In which they associate with their kind, the good with the good. the wicked with the wicked, and so shall endure in happiness or awful suspense until the time appointed for their res urrection. Read what an ancient pro phet said: "Now concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrec tion. Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men as soon as they are de parted from this mortal body. yea. the spirits of all men. whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life. And then shall It come to pass that the spirits of those who are righteous are re ceived Into a state of happiness, which Is called paradise: a state of rest; a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles and from all care and sorrow. . . . Now this Is the state of the souls of the wicked, yea In darkness and a stale of awful, fear ful looking for the fiery indignation of the wrath of God upon them: thus thev remain In this state, as well as the righteous In psradise. until the time of their resurrection" (Book of Mormon. Alma 40:11. 12. 14). It is plain that Paradise la the dwell ing place of relatively righteous spirits awaiting the glorious dawn of the res surrectlon. The final judgment, at which all men shall appear before the bar of Ood. is to fellow their resurrec tion from the lead. We shall stand in our resurrected bodies of flesh and bones to receive from Jesus Christ, who shall JudKe the world, the sentence we individually merit, whether it be -"or, ye bleaet of any t'atbrr," or "Depart from me. ye cursed (see Matthew 25:31-46). In his solemn discourse to the Apos tles Immediately prior to the betrayal, our Lord sought to cheer their saddened hearts with the assurance. Mlm bit F'atkrr'a house are many mansloaat If It were not so, I would have told yea. I go to prepare a place for you. Aud If I go and prepare n place for Ton. I will come again, and reeelre you unto myself) that vtbere I am, there ye may be also- (John 14:1. 3). Here is conclusive proof of varied conditions In the world beyond; and the teachings of Paul are Incisive as to the state of resurrected souls: "There are Im eeleatlal bodies, and bodies terrestrial! but the glory of the celes tial Is one, and the glory of the terres trial Is another. There Is one glory of the sun. and another glory of the moon, nnd aaotkfr glory of the starat for one star dlffereth from another tar In glory. o also la the reaurree tlon of tho dead." (1 Corinthians 15: 40-43). Revelation In the current age avers oven more explicitly than do earlier scriptures the fact of numerous and graded states provided for the souls of men. There Is a CELESTIAL KING DOM. Into which shall enter all who have won not alone SALVATION, but KXALTATION. Arid who ar these blessed ones? salary of $110(f a year and clerk hire. The present Postmaster. 1 Grant, will be continued as postmaster. Mr. Grant has been postmaster at Kiddle for eight years. Boy Scouts Work for War Kmblcm. GRANTS PASS. Or.. May 19. (Spe cial.) Local Boy Sco its will work aard for the "war service emblems. an nounced by National headquarters to be given to those scouts who successfully cultivate a garden of their own anil induce pine other persons to either plant a garden or enlarge their pre vious plantings. The emblem certifies to tho fact that such scout has "done his bit" for the country while at war. "They are they who received the tes timony of Jesus and believed on his name and were baptized alter the man- . ner of his burial, being buried in tho water In his name, and this according to the commandment which he 1ih given: that by keeping the command ments they might be washed and cleansed from all their sins and receivo the Holy Spirit by the laying on ot hands of him who is ordained snd sealed unto this power: and who over come by faith and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise. which tho Kather sheds forth upon all those who are Just and true. They are they who are the church of th First Born. ... These are they who shall have part rrr me iirst resurrection, i nese are they who shall come forth In the resurrec tion of the jutit" iDoctrlno and Cuve - nuntft. ROrtlun TfiV Next In order is the TKRRKSTRIAT. KINGDOM, in which shall be saved those who. though honorable according to the codes of men. have failed in valiant and aggressive service in the causo of God. and also those who have died In Ignorance of the prescribed lawn and ordinances of the gospel. "Behold, these are they who died without law; and also they who aro the spirits of men kept in prison, whom the Son visited and preached the gospel unto them, that they might be Judged aceordlntr in men In th flth u- V. received not the testimony of Jesus in. the flesh, but sfterwarda received it. These are they who are honorable men craftiness of men. These are they who receive of his glory, but not of his full ness. . . . These are they who ar-K not valiant in the testimony of Jesus: wherefore they obtain not the crown over the kingdom of our God." Tet lower is the Tfc'LESTlAL KING DOM, and of Its inhabitants we read: "Th.. r-A thai.- n-hn K gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jexus. These are they who deny not tho Holy Spirit. These are they who are thrust down to hell. These aro they who shall not be redeemed from the devil, until the last resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the Lamb. shall have finished his work. ... These are they who say tliey are somo of one and some of another some of Christ and some of John, nnd some of Moses, and some of Klfas. and some of Ksaias. and some of Isaiah, and somo of Knoch: but received not the gospel, neither the testimony of Jesus, neither the prophets, neither the everlasting covenant. ... These are they who am liars, and sorcerers, and adulterers and whoremongers. and whosoevt-r loves and makes a lie. ... Thesa are tbey who are cast down to hell and suffer the wrath of Almighty God. un till the fullness of times when Chrirtt shall have subdued all rnemies under his feet and shall have perfected his work. ... But behold, and Jo. we saw the glory and tho Inhabitants of the telestlal world, that they were as Innumerable as the atari In tho firma ment of heaven, or as the sand upon the seashore." Far below the lowest of these king doms of glory Is the fate or place de creed for the souls who have sinned In the full lltrht of knowledge and with onnficlollft arullt. OinitA vhn. havlnv re ceived the testimony of Christ, have ruthlessly and wantonly denied it In the interest of temporary gain or grati fication, who have fallen bo far In transgression as to be known by tho awful name, "sons of perdition." for whom no forgiveness is promised (see Doctrine and Covenants, section 76: 32-SS). Thus It is provided that every soul shall Inherit according to his deserts under the Inviolable law of God. Salva tion Is relative. He who attains tho Teleattal state Is saved from tho fate of utter Perdition! he who wins a place in the Terieatt lal is raised above the . lesser glory, and those who merit exal tation In the Celestial kingdom are su premely blessed, for they shall dwell and servo with God and his Christ eter nally. For the Book of Mormon, tho Book of Doctrine snd Covenants, and other lit erature of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, much of whicl ' is supplied without cost, apply to any' of the missions of the church, among which are: Eastern Ptates Mission. 1140 Bedford avenue. Brooklyn. N. Y.; South ern . t . torn fifr.n Til - nue. Chattanooga, Tern. ; Northern States Mission, 2655 North Sawyer ave nue. Chlcaaro. 111.: Central States Mia-' slon. 302 south Pleasant street. Inde pendence. Mo.: Western States Mission. 623 West Sixth avenue. Denver. Colo.;' Northwestern States Mission. 810 Kast Madison street. Portland, Or.: California. Mission. 153 West Adams street. Los Angeles. Cal.: Bureau of Information Salt Lake City. Utah.
