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PORTLAND. OREGON.
THE O R E G
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PtttHtheil erevy evening,, (except Sunday) and' arery Sunday moraine'
. . v , .. . . atresia, Portland, Oregon. .
OREGON SHOtTLD' WAKE UP. J
H E NEWS which comet to
-!- people I lower, Klamath are
4. fact that the railroad survey
' iOver.'tne county line irora aiuurui
' pectJrenl doing! there by the time
' -Wed to carry with it a jolt to the
tions of the state. - It is the first great entering wedge
.. into a very promising .and fertile section of Oregon
v 'through which its products; and business are to oe
drained, to California just as inevitably .and even more
exclusively than it now, the case with Coos bay. It
. brings the people of Oregon' face to face with the. prob
lem of railroads in it concretest form. . .What matters it
though the state is-lull ot mates u.tney are to oe arainea
.- awy into alien, states and'cfHf peopleare reduced to re
Utions ; simply political and 'geographical and 'nothing
more? .;-.;;t.r:-.; r-x:r-:':,':'r!
Under, proper -conditions each section of "the ,etate
. should be more, or less directly benefitted,' by the growth
. and development of every other section. This can be
done"t1irough the proper distribution of railroads and not
otherwise. , When these railroads-penetrate sections ot
the state and draw away elsewhere their-substance
"f though the result may help' along, the
" it will inevitably .weaken the state as
. . ... . i ... . ! l. u
; .tract irom me poiuion wnicn n.wuuiu (uiuti wt ue ch
v titled to hold. It is this feature of the case, that the
' people of Oregon, must seriously consider -and it is- up
to,hent to devise wayt and means to . counteract tuch
i dangerous if insidious movements and thus make the
best of Oregon as a whole, for all the people in it.
, ; X -: - MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP IN EUGENE. ;
l HE Eua-ene Guard it largely
, with arguments and pretentations ot alleged
'I- facta regarding municipal ownership of water
' ' ' and electrie light plants, a proposition for which it now
.,. before the people of that city. .
... Instances apparently in point are cited by both. sides;
. -cases where public "ownership hat beei. successful and
'profitable to the people of the citiel'where it was tried,
.and others where apparently it was more costly, and lest
: satisfactory, than private ownership.""- ""
" No!doubt ,ther is truth, even if, all the statements
" and representations are not quite true, in both tidet pre
tented. To be thoroughly informed, then, one would
have to' investigate all the surrounding circumstances in
each case, which it impracticable. . - .'.
- Two things may be safely stated, however, as gen-
etal proportionSi--Fifst,--f a prirate company can" make
. a good deal of money out of light and water plants, or
either, a citj; ought to be able, with good management,
to keep even, provide a sinking fund, and finally own
these utilities free-of debt; and second, municipal owner
' ship of these utilities, or at least! of water plants, has
"T proved satisfactory and successful in a great majority of
.cases where well managed-ar is the case in several
. r-towns in' Oregon.- ' '' : ' ' !;"; ' ' ;
. 1 WhatIPendleton,.Ashland L CotUge
Oregon towns, not to mention Portland, nave done with
: respect to public ownership ; ot waterworks, Eugene
i ought to be able-to do, with Ultimate-benefit to itt peo-
pleut We- see nd "reason why that eity should be one of
V the exceptions to the rule. 1 j - v J.-'- . ', "! ,
Every city ought -to .work at all, reasonable oppor,-
tunitiesowardJthis.'end-r-municipal ownership ot.these
' utilities. -, l"e -people : mignt as wen
profits -made under private ownership
EXPOSITION SITE FOR
i HE SUGGESTION.' that .the Lewi .an4 .Oark
. fair grounds, or a portion thereof, be secured for
," a permanent public park, and
due tubtCribert after all expenses are paid be. applied, to
. tbis-purpose, insofar as subscribers will agree to such
a se of the money-p-for we suppose their consent would
' be necessary is one worthy of favorable consideration.
The buildings, except perhaps the.iorestry -building,
- ;f'will not last," but" the site will; the landscape, he land
I and water, the trees nd shrubbery, will remain, and with
fno very great expense can be maintained at a park of ex
ceptional beauty. ' . '''X '.-' ' " : '
Portland teemt to be in no urgent need of more parka
' yet; it will never need parks as much as eastern cities
": fof the tame tize dor yel Jt will need them, more: and
' more at the population of the city increases and it be-
" comes more densely inhabited, and no
, should.be lost to obtain grounds peculiarly adapted to
rthis purpose, funds lor which should
"Tsuing long-time, low-interest bonds.. .
fj .'Whether these grounds can.be obtained at a reason
tB able. priciB i.ia.a.jjquest ion to be ascertained.'. ,The. city
7 should not submit to be held up for fancy prices, because
; it has ait unimproved park adjacent to these grounds, but
ftls not! in some respects equal to this tract, and both
y together would make a magnificent park for a city of
'. a million inhabitants, which Portland will some day be.
v The east side deserves an additional park or two also,
' for in a little while far more than half .the population
of the ity will live on that' tide of the. river. So the
? park " question is one that needs -to
- sidered by the city authorities and by the legislature
acting in conjunction with them, But the. question that
I, will be first , pressing for solution
position site cn and shottld be-seenred ir-whether-the
expostion is to leave behind it any lasting memorial. I
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1 THREE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CITIES.
REPLYING to or commenting
"of a Seattle and Portland
' . which ill-will and venom were
-iTaled,' thi-"; Tacoma Ledger, speaking
lompreheniion ana a kindlier spirit,
There is no reason why the peopl"
"cities should not regard the prosperity of the othert with
a satisfaction at genuine tt if they were any other citiet
'' f V, Klamath Obstructioniata. v
i ' From the Klamath Falla Express.
Abner Weed of 'Dunemulr; 'California,
- and Enn Ream ef Klamath Falls,
Dragon, are two of the Unre land owners
who are holding up the Klamath proJct
vy ifot aignlna - trust deeda to dispose
of their surplus lands. ' '
, Mr. Weed has recently acquired larse
, holdings M the Klamath basin, while
tr. Kcamea has long held land In this
' 7 vtclnlty. If theea gentlemen dp not wish
to become very unpopular in' this com
: munlty they will loae no time In algnlng
; the truet deed to the Water, eaera' aaao
- rlatton. The plain people, the email land
! owners who are crying out for aoven
ment Irrigation here and who ha"ve. al
moat without exception, signed up their
lands with the government, are beconv
ing Impatient at the vexatious delays in
tlie eommencement of the government
werk. and will, lay tha blam for the
; e'ajr .where It aroperty belongs, .on the
O N: D A I L Y
INDBPRNDBNT NBWIPAPIR
..U'v published by journal publishing ca
at
in the world'.,, Indeedi'lbat satisfactiorLsbQuliJb
for other cities
thit are not at
" ut today that the
be helpful tp one
rejoicing over the
hat been pushed
uu um
snow- tl;e is caicu
people f-other sec
attention where it
will toon receive
per by or through
the enterprise of
prosper, - A one
grow, no matter
at it."" .
All this is true,
Tacoma are all too
prospects ahead,
or sneering at or
i-; We doubt tiot
tlie biggest and
northwest: We
particular section
a whole and de-
v
entertaining the
and future. 'But
the ead when -it
in one direction
the benefits. For
filled day after day
they can get in Iowa.'' " ;.V ' ' -' '
In this respect it
- Groveand - other - l
emigrate to states
cheaper. .
The climate of
save tut large
by corporations
teri'arejongjmd
stun raisea must De
but to keep them
A PARK,
tween feeding stock
feeding them heavily
Some of -Iowa
that the surplus
good opportunity
what panicstricken,
thrQugb-JbeaYyiLreductiont in rates to attra
be obtained by is
:' ,
be carefully con
Is whether the c
upon tome remarks
morning paper, in
but slightly con-
with a broader
says
roundiog conditions
section which will
r.f .hfr vf tht
toon to be.
larae land- owners. . How 'a merchant
land owner can afford to balk-the wlshee
of - number of hla beat customera by
delaying or refusing to el-n Up his land
a more than we can fleure out. - The
Chlncee boycott may become effective in
Klamath county.
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New Hata at Newport. .
Newport , Correapondenoe Niv Tort
'.--..- World. -.--.-:
There were some noteworthy " hata.
aire. Harry Lehr' were a amalV White
chip with a band Of Week velvet around
the crown and red roeea at the back,
Mrs. fftuyveeaot Flan, a small wbtte
with wlnts and a green veil; Miss Laura
Swan, a Urge ecru, with pink plume
ana nnwmi; Mrs. FJtaha Dyer, a white,
with large white nlumeai vti. .riJ
r un, a m,nc witn white wlnga!
Baroneas de Duyil. a larse white i.e.
with bftllotropt and pale pink ribbon, ;
J O U R N A t
j
no, t. cuaou
Tba Journal Building; Fifth and Yamhill
might and do prosper through influences
all helpful to-us, while nothing can well
city in either Washington, or Oregon.
without,-in-some, degree at leasts helping all its neigh
bors.' The prosperity of one indicates that the Others'
are. r should be, prospering. ' . , ,.
"Portland, Seattle and Tacoma are prospering because
the boundless naturat resources of the-Pacific northwest
are coming to be appreciated.- Money and muscle are
coming from all. quarters to develop, them.- Their ad
vantage of location with reference to a foreign trade,
already large, and rapidly growing larger, is receiving
was never before thought about,. and
more attention than ever. No one of
fthem can monopolise alt this benefit. , No one can pros
it unless all prosper, at least so .far as
their business men entitiet them to
grows, the others must growVand will
how much the idlyenvious may sneer
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and timely. Portland, Seattle , and
big and prosperous,. and have too, fine
tor waste any time or breath in carping
belittling one another.- -- - ;
here that Portland will continue .tsLfee
the alNaroun'd best city ,of , the Pacific
have no objectioh to the other cities
best possible view..of their own present
the Ledger hits -the nairaquarely on
says that there can be no great growth
without its being felt in every other.
The fair at Portland has wonderfully helped both Seattle
and Tacoma; Portland could not if It would monopolize
such' reasons the time Spent, by one
city in decrying another is largely harmful to itself.
There it room enough for them all. , , r ;
IOWA'S POPULATION DECREASING. - ;
HE RECENT CENSUS taken hi Iowa teems to
leave no doubt that that state hat actually de
; dined in population during the past five years.
This was disputed by some.Iowa paper at first, but the
Des Moines Register practically admits that the show
ing made is approximately correct, and explains it by
saying that the emigration movement Jias been larger
than formerly and than was supposed.- People in large
numbers have emigrated to Kansas, Missouri and the Pa
cific states, not to much ' because ' Iowa, it not a, very
good state in most respects, but principally ' because
farmers' tan buy land equally good in states farther
south, or west for-irom one half to two thirds the price
Iowa is agriculturally an exceedingly productive state.
ranks second in the union, if not first.
being exceeded possibly only by Illinois. It is a state
in which vast amounts of corn, wlreat and other grains,
hay vegetables, dairy product and livestock. are pro
duced, and'the people there have been very" prosperous.
Sometimes people leave a state or region because they
can produce little, but people are leaving Iowa because
they pfoducesoTnuchrfhat is, farming has become to
profitable that land it very high, and many .farmers can.
sell out and do better with the money elsewhere,' and
men with no? enough "money to buy a good farm there
where equally productive land it
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Iowa it another reason for many ex
changing ft for the milder seasons of the southwest or
far west While Iowa soil is very productive, the win-
ffjLjMKgafcPJQJtion rrf, thai
ica out to biock, nor to ratten tnem,
alive. '.There is a great difference be
a little for a month or two and
for six months. . , -."-
tmissing - peopl e are in- Oregonr-and
none of them are likely to go back. They art among
the bett of immigrants, and ttill more of them would
be welcome. .' ' :' . . ,. '-' '- ---f
GREAT WESTERN TRAVEL THIS YEAR.
T HE RUSH OF PEOPLE to the we'st has been
beyond all precedent this year. For the first
VVtime the magnet that drew them wat an Attrac
tion in the northwest, the fair at Portland While the
fair was well advertised the passenger traffic was to large
at to amaze the jnott far-sighted of the railroad men.
Indeed at one time it threatened to include practically
all of the summer travel that moved away from the At-
lantic coast, so mnrh ao ind'-rd t" 'TMro") anme.
hastily started a counter-movement
the eastern resorts. ' ... . ; - ,j
: From all of tbit may be drawn the lesson that the peo
ple of the country were" at last ripe to visit the-great
northwest, the most marvelous and mysterious, but at
the tame' time the least known, of all tectiont of our
broad domain. The tendency of travel hat never been
in this direction. It hat moved along the more central
line to California and the people of that state, with more
intelligence than has-ever been displayed in other parts
of the country, have seized the opportunity to laud its
climate, resources and. attractions so as to practically
monopolize public attention. The great gold excitement
in Alaska helped to bring this section, but more partic
ularly Seattle, into public notice, and the leaven of in
formation thus spread, supplemented by -the advertising
work of, the railroads and public .bodies and crowned by
tlie Inducement "of cheapratet offered to fair visitors,
created the resultt of this year'i western' travel which
has been so surprising and profitable to the railroads. '
. From all 6f this we are inclined to conclude that" if
the, country made the impression upon visitors which
we believe it has there, can be, no question of greJU
accessions to the population of the northwest from this
time henceforthr There it no other section of the coun
try that offers the tameOpportunitiet and the tame tur-
and there 'should therefore be no
attract so many new settlers -when
the facts are generally known as they now cannot fail
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Attor't "Stately Pleasure Dome.".
: From Harper'a Weekly. -'
The London Mirror telle of tha activi
ties of our. former fellow-cltlseh, W.
W. A ator, In makfng a new home for
himself. In Knsland. It aeema -that he
haa bought a property described aa "the
historic Hever. estate In Kent" and Is
Improving it ,
It Includes t.OOt acree of land and a
moated eaatle nearly 400 years -old.
where at one time Henry VIII main
tained Anne af Cleves. On this eetat
Mr, Astos haa put to .work about l.OOt
men, with, due apparatua, and la making
changea rated aa Improvements whcb
tne raicuianna natives .estimate will
coat him f t.ISO.OOO.
He It building. a lake, a model village.
roads, bridges and gardens, and, le
J..ihiuMji m. mA
of fun that Mr. Kipling In a recent atory
haa. auggeated as a aultabla recreation
I or tired Americana, - - - v
SMALL ' CHANGE
Good-by. Peary; no rallaf expedition
will be orf anisid for a yeaiv-or two yet
Oregon Republicans are Ilka the Rus
sians and Jape; some want peace and
ome want more war. .' ' . .
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Vrhe hopsrowerS' problem) To sell or
not to sell. ,
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Forest fires will eease tnOreon whea
the land la ail cJ eared ot timber, a ,
" '. - 'e e .
- The Japa had become so used to flint-
tna and winning victories that It. make
tbeni mad to have. to quit - - -,
The Jury In the Young case did its
amy. . . - s -
At this rata the land fraudf trlala are
liaeiy to last about as long- as It wll)
iae to aig me Fanama.oapaX -
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If any of our distinguished eltlaeni
must play poker, they can do so on an
Atlantlo liner, where on a recent trip
millionaire sporta had a atiff awn ana
man iwina aoout igo.ooo In one altttns.
But it would be wlae for Oraon sporta,
u. uj Diaae tne trip for tfcla purpose,
to purchase a round-trip ticket on start-
ns. . .. .. . t : ; . .
V e- '.. -.'..,.. . .
The proposed maximum anil minimum
m '""n ouDDeo tna "aeven-up
uo aianapaiiera-will not on.
j-pose it very strenuously If the Olngley
re maae tjie minimum rmtea.
With these for low, and incraaaed du
ties for hiah. the trusta eould turn un
ana un protectea interests would
be sure of the game, and tha not aa
uauaL . . . -
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Who whoT Moo Hoa. ': ' ' '
' ,c- e -e - ' 'r '. ; ' .'
A Hoo Hoo la In dut houiwl to ha
nine cnuaren, Dut not nine wives.
A grocer says be has eonatant fm.
plaints that the corn he -sella his cub-
(omera le touah. because thee noli
10 to tt minutes, which will render the
lenaerest corn too tough to eat Boll
it from I to 10 ' minutes, says this
grocer, and It will bo all right
Tha Eugene Ckiard aava it haa
favored ood and cheap llht and water.
But to get good thinae cheap la the rub.
Some towns' adult neonla mm ha
happy Monday school opens.
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Did Copper knock Tom & Tmh
at- taatf -t x s..,--,..
Don't build any-rallroada timum
Sunday. . . ,
Tha Tags illustrated one ef their
quarrels lii court They may go 6n the
tare next!
If the Japs don't oult atohlne- TT.rrl.
man he oaay promlae to build aoma rail
roads. -...v. -:- ' ;.e e ;. - ,
The Japs hare the fighting habit ,
- e'- e -' r ; t - '
it JtJtakea a week to ateV one Wnd
fraud case barely sUrted, how long will
it take to try 47 cases, mora or least
A large family la an advantace to a
poor man at. hopptckjna- Umelf ther
can and wm pick. . i. ' i.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Roeeburg Plalndealer: That Roae-
burg la on tha verge of a rapid atrlde
forward la apparent from many tokena
On all sldea there are to be found signs
which show conclusively that thta city,
aa well as the whole of Douglae county,
will aoon experience such a growth and
development aa will aatonlsh tha oldest
Inhabitant One of the beat Indloatlone
is tha general scramble for vacant
houses In this locality which la going
on. This la caused by, tha large num
ber of eastern arrlvala who are. oomlng
in tnia way aimoat oauy. .
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Farreta Imported from Iowa are uaed
around Athena to kilt ground aqulrrela
Wheat lands near Athena rent for-$l
an acre. ,
Cottage Grove now. baa a good ereanv
ery, an advantagf to farmers.
e .
The Dallea Chronicle: Workmen who
worka at the : headwaters . came down
yesterday and say that springs usually
bubbling lively at thla time of -year are
practically dry now. and that nan which
last year sported In etreema there were
found dead- In creek beds where the
water failed to run. '
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Benton county does business on a
cash bssis.
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Gold Beach Globe: Tha vilest boose
that haa been In Gold Beach, for several
years has been handed around during
court week. "It evidently came from De)
Norte courtty.' , ; ,
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For the first time In St yesrs tha old
Western hotel In Baker City haa bee
eloaed.- ' - - - i ' ; -
. Much road-repalrlng around Philo
math,'' . ? i -I ' '
' , e e '
A whits fawn waa seen near Ivlaon. '
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Tha Willamette valley ' still needs
thoea etectrio railroads, snd moTC than
aver. 'i..
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' Windbreaks around orchtrda in the
vicinity -of Irrlgon are needed. , v
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Roseburg is not out of the race for a
railroad to Coos Bar by . any means.
In fact the Harrlman people will have
to hurry 'if they get their locomotives
to Marshfled ahead of the huatlihg
Roseburg promoters,, saya the Review
. " " " C-
"GreaTgray or timber wolves have" sp
ree red above Granite and.l-ttiaRed
Boy i. district' In numbers sufficient to
become a menace to both man and beast
Save in a few Isolated caaee thla man
devouring beast has never been seen la
far weatern ranges. , , v
e e '' .. .;- - '
Hopplekera -need their blankets.1'
e
'Vfdf" enough potatoes for-home con
sumption will be raised In Sherman
county, w ; . - .
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Moro Observer: Condon "sports" de
light in murder. They've killed all the
prairie chlckenenAMorigollnn-.pheas.
anri'iround"here. and , now are boasting
about their good luck. Such fellewa de
aerre a eoat of tar and. feathtrs. That's
jwhat they do. ' . - . - - a
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESUJ
SON for TOMORROW
RrKD Jcnklna. D. D.
September-lO, 1105 ToploT Tha "Life
Giving Stream Eaeklel xlvll'.l-lt. , '"',
. Golden text He that wilt let hla
take tha waur of Ufe-Xreely Rev, sail
17.' - - '.v . -. - '
. Reaponslve reading: Paalm xxlll
" v zntradaetlom, "' . .
Back lei. a eltlsen of Jerusalem, born
of the. priestly Una (Esek. 1:1), was
therefore of aristocratic lineage, since
tha aacred order stood aext to prlncea of
the blood. Hla childhood aaw that rotor,
matlon which waa wrought by Joalah,
In which work indeed hla own family
probably had no little part It waa such
famlllea aa hla that Nebuchadnesaar car
ried off to Babylonia In tha first partial
captivity til Kinaa axlv:lt-lt). His
home from . this time on became Tel-
Ablb. which may be translated "Corn
hUU" an unidentified locality, by the
river (or canal) Chebar, tributary to the
Euphrates. This district waa tha moat
fertile part of Mesopotamia, all the ce-
reala of he orient growing ther under
Irrigation with) great -luxuriance. - There
Is little if any complaint from tha Jew-
lan eaptlvea of ill treatment or inaur
nc'lent food. Their condition waa not
Ilka what their fathers bad endured In
Egypt Their best famHlea appear te
have always been repreaented at court
It la to bo noted that neither in paalm
nor In prophecy 4a there complaint of
phyaioal hardahlpa, but only of separa
tion from the land they loved and of
studied purpoae to keep them In exile
and without a king. The Lamentations
of Jeremiah, a contemporary of Eaeklel,
sra on account of tha desolatlona of
Zlon Jer. xllv:lV rather than over tha
phyalcal hardahlpa of alavery. -
In tha first versa of this book (eh.
1:1) "the word of tha Lord" cams to the
prophet "In tha tOth year." Tbla was
probably a reference U hla own age. He
naa oeen practically brought - up In
Babylonia. Yet ha epeake aa an edu
cated man, aa bna permitted to hold a
position ot no little honor and Influence
among, hla own people. To them the
Loril .sent him .wJtb a word of hope.
Ho doea not Ignore their alna, but hla
meaaage after the fall of Jerusalem Is
distinctively a meaaage of comfort- Eae
klel was married (ch. xxlv:lt-ll) and
he lived in hla own houee (oha. 111:24
vlti:l. The eldera of the exiles vlaitad
him for counaal (cha'viii. xiv. u). and
although he complains that the maaaes
Xere Indifferent to bis aplrttual teach
ing, ne aoea not complain of personal
mistreatment n .
Notwithstanding tha compete collanee
of the Judean dynasty, "a remnant"
shall be saved v (ch. xlv:tl-SS), and
eventually Israel la to become tha Joy
and light of all the earth. It la with
one of the moat beautiful and character
istic of hla later visions that tha lea'
eon of today -haa to deal. rr
; Th iissoa. ," .,
Verae 1. Beginning with the fortieth
chapter, there la given a vlalon of a
restored temple which might in many
ef lta paaaagea aeem to warrant a purely
literal interpretation. - But tha forty
aeventh chapter la ao plainly allegori
cal that it warrants ua In conalderlne-
all to Je apocalyptic. These closing
chapters constitute a dream of an ideal
etstaJUrjL-Plato'a "Republic' or Sir
i nomas Moras "Utopia" or Bellamy's
Looking Backward." And in the center
of this restored Israel. In the center ot
Its rebuilt and glorified capital, atanda
the temple of Jehovah And from tha
very heart of that temple flows a river,
refreshing, muslcalA anarklinr. Thaae
floods of grace Issue, It . will be ob
served, from tha vicinity ef the altat
which atood before tha door of tha holy
nouae.
upon tha heights of Mount Moriah,
wuoee eaai D-ont waa precipitous, over
hanging the valley of Jehoehaphat One
cpuld not deecend aHu-ectly into the val
ley from, tha temple,. but passing out
or tne lempie courta to the north, he
might turn to the right and walk along
under tha east front of the area -until
somewhere leading from the temple
crypt ha would coma upon a gate "that
tooaetn eesiwara." Hera tha prophet
aaw In hla vlalon what ha had never
aeen In tha old city before -Its destruc
tion, a clear and aparkllng strea as-leaping
do wit a cascade formed by thai
beautiful rivulet ha had aeen rlalng be
neath tha altar In tha main court
Verae I. But the strange thing wis
that thla stream did not lota Itself in
the dry gorges through which It psssed,
but aa hla guide demonstrated by ac
tual measurement It gained in volume
eonatantly. He and hla guide walked
through It close to tha walla and found
it rippling about theJx.anklaa
Verse T. A little further down the
valley tha stream began to be a force
it waa gjmeuit to, atem
erae i, . Another advance and tha
brooka waa a river 'Impoaalble to ford.
That which a little mora than a mil
above waa but a spring beside tha altal
of tha house of Jehovah, waa now a
broadening aea. ...
Verse t. That a proper lmpresalon
might bo made, tha heavenly companion
walka back again to tha brink of the
river and calls . attention to lta depth
and breadth and swlftneea. Sea this.
Note the reality of it. Observe the
characteristics of It Measurs it by
your eye and ask yourself whether any
earthly brook -you know . Increases' In
volume like thla, or whether any river
not fed from heaven could ahow auch in
crease in ao brief a space. -
Vers 7. But now the prophet , no
tices what he had not observed before
tha river la shaded by mighty treee
whose great trunke-drink abundantly
from lta widening floods. Thla rlvei
doea not exlat almply for wonderment
It give a life. - " . . '
Verae I. But what of tha future? Thla
mlracuioua river flows toward the Dead
aea, -and the waters, of that ana have
never known a fin In them. That see
will swallow up thla river and cause II
to be -forgotten. Not ao, said tha celes
tial Interpreter. Thla river ahall heal
that aea. ' This new flow of sweet-water
Shalt convert that great,' dead, llfelens,
ussiest wastaInto a center "of activity.
Tha river will not be poisoned nor lost
It will convert tha deeert Into a garden
Wherever It goea life springs up and
robea Itaelf In beauty. . .
Verae 10. This great 'atretch about
tha aea, which from time Immemorial
ha-beeihe-eecepted type 'of desolation,
la to be thronged twtlh prosperous fisher
men who will drg their nets , through
Its bright wsters teeming with. great
flah, and they wilt' spread their seine
upon tha rocks which heretofore even
the vultures shunned.
Verse 11. -Nevertheless there will re
main plaoea barren in their sterility de
spite the river. Pools, stagnant before
the-bursting of , the stream, from the
temple rock, will here and there stand.
If for no othec purpose than to ahow
from what the land haa been redeemed.
Verae 12. Such plague-smitten spots
wilt only serve ta mska the more evi
dent the beneficence of , qod'S. gift
Through ths surrounding banks the
water will percolate.' Far to eitner siae
aveat date pettwe and .ripe red pom
grenttea will flourish. Fruit succeed
ing fruit will make all the monthe rich
with new varieties .of offerings for the
table, and from certain of the trees
Which have replaced the ancient barren-
neas. medicinal juices Will be aistuiea.
e . t e
: From .'such pictures as theee we do
not think one should attempt to wring
tha impoaalble by any preseure of a
forced exegesis. ,To ouri mind, the pur
poae of any parable cw vlalon Is lust
what ll upon, Its- surface, . God's word
la a revelation, not a cryptogram.
Wa think that thla vision ef Kseklel
wsa intended to teech that: '
I. The great gift which will flow
forth from Israel to tha waiting world
will flow hot from tha palace . or the
camp or the achool, but from tha temple.
Ierael'a gift to tha world will be religion.
Not her defeat upon the field of battle,
not tha captivity of her prlncea '-and
learned epholart,- can deprive Israel' of
that position God haa aaaigned to her' In
the world aa a teacher of a monothelatto
religion and perfect moral code in which
all families of the earth vara to be
blesaed. . ; .......'. :,- -.-
. i. Tha beglnnlnga of that world-wide
axtenelon will be ao amall that only the
obaervact aye will note the rlae. The
gbapel dispensation muat flrat appear as
a trickling rllL ISnentiea may desplss
It Foes may ridicule It The unbeliev
ing may contemptuously Ignore It But
tna ront la tha beginning of the aea -
I. For from the temple at'Jeruaalem,
from - tha altar-rellglon of the choaen
people, will apread ouH a religion which
a to exiena until it becomes a raat
ocean. Wa who live when the great
powera of the world are nominally at
leaat Christian, whan Christian mission
ariea are found upon every ateamer and
are discovered In every foreat and . have
established - themselves . upon. every
Island yfit the aea we can understand
wnat the vlalon of Kseklel meant in lta
picture of rapid exension. ,
e. nut to all thla It may be added
that tha extension of this religion from
Israel outwarda la full of Wlesslnga of
all klnda to all the race. It not only
purlflea religious xsonoeDtlona. it intra.
duceo a new political economy, a newl
"-", new aauoation. I ana-
tains ana it neala It la tha world'e aal
vation and recreation. - The moat deso
late placea are made clad and tha mnat
corrupt racea become the almonera of
grace. .The vlalon .of Eaeklel la being
tuuMiva every uay. nezora our own eyea
the rule of EUJAH II
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Charlea M. Harger. In Kansas City Btar.
xion city, tha central feature of the
churcb,, founded, by John Alexander
Dowle, Intended to bo tha exempllflca
tlon of his Ideas In townbuildlng. Is four
years old. ,it naa t.000 population, and
la in many reapecta unlaue mmi
American munlclpalltlea . Probably no
P'aoe on earth of lta also la like It
without drug store, nhyalcian or aaloon.
and where tobacco can neither be aold
nor uaeo. coming un from the denot
thla. sign ataxee 4be visitor In the faoa:
',...-. . '
Tha TJae of Tobacco In Any : !
Form in -Zlon City Is Abeo- I '
lutely ltorbldden. - - . 1
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Tha careleea atranger who Imokea a
cigar or takea a aurreptltioua chew la. It
aeen ny tna guards, warned; if ha per
eiata In bia wickedness, he la escorted to
tha city limlta
Another' thine, that. Invltea attention
Is a flagpole from which floats a large
pennant with a cross Inside a clrole. It
sunds on a beautiful lawn la front of a
handsome brick bouse that costs per
haps 110,000. It la tha flneat place In
town, aad la the home of "the first apos
tle" 6r "KlMah IL" It is furnished
luxuriously; coachman and footmen wait
tha Dowle'ajleaaura. A gorgeoua landau
But there are ecorea of hahdeome
reeidencee. homaa coating 15,000, per
haps with hundreds more modest but
modern and attractive. Tha town la far
more aubatantlat than - one axpeeta -te
nnd It
One hotel la allowed tha Hoenlce It
la' called. The head waiter In tha huge
dining-room. - where 100 may eat at
once, haa a stylish pompadour and wears
a chatelaine watch on her watat Tha
waiter glrla chaw gum, aa elsewhere.
There la no color line; whttoa and ne
groes are mingled among tha guests at
tha tablea . --r- -
One store serves the entire eity. ' It
baa to dspartmenta lta clerka are coa
mopolltark - For Inatance. tha manager
of tha book department la a former
merchant of Abilene, Kansas. . Ha haa
four assistants, one from Now york.
one. from central Missouri, one from
Japan and one from Alabama There
la one bank, )no canningfactory, one
printing office Dowle owne them all.
Ha llkewiae owne the town site and
leaaea the lotaloJha raaldenta -The
leases are written for 1,100 years, by
which time he axpeeta' to- have the
millennium la operation. Tha laoaworka
employ about 200 people. - Not all the
workera of the town find ' employment
here; many go to neighboring communi
ties to . earn wagea But all are ex
pected to spend their money here. - .
One tenth of every person's Income
must be glvsn to Dowle. Laat Sunday
he ordered that thia be Increased 10 pet,
cent, aa he needs the money for schools.
A tabernacle service of the "Christian
Catholic Church." the official title of
Dowla'a organisation, ia worth seeing.
It la aa good a spectecls aa Is put on
any stage, and la arranged with the
aklll of an artist It is held at J:0 In
the afternoon: that glvea time for the
arrival of the excursion train from Chi
cago. Big advertisements In- the Satur
day papers and excursion rates bring
a dosen cars nued with worshipers and
sightseers. - Ths tabernacle bolda 7,00
peoplei laat Sunday it was more than
two thirds filled. Thirty-two deacona In
black 'gowns and ' mortar-board caps
seated the throng. Tha .front galleries
and half of the. main floor are reserved
for the elect No othera carwgat within
(0 feet of the large elevated platform
on which are three objecta-a throne
like chair; a brass-pedestsled reading
stand; wherea' Bible reeta-ontTie out
stretched wings of a dove; - k gilded
model of the Ark of the Covenant
Above and behind tha platform alta a
atrlnged orchestra of 40 ptecet. , .
- It Is wltlujhts setting that tha "apoa
tle" haa arranged the Impreaalre and
spectacular opening 'of aervlcs. r Fsw
hare accomplished more effective- en
tries. Irt New York and Chicago, Dowle
may have grief and annoyance; here he
worka hla own will and good people are
reedy to carry out hla wlshea ,
The orchestra begina a march, 'and lta
surpllced lesder turns toward the big
entrance doors fsr down the long build
ing. In comes the choir. . First are the
children, beginning with the llttleat
glrla and boya, then the larger youth,
then .young women and - ynung men.
Four abreast a column marches alowly
up each v of the two aisles. There are
too of these, every one, from tha small
eat to lereeat. In . white aurnllce snd
mortar cap. Following these coma too
eldera and deacona In black gown and jthrough a good-alaed ditch,- with high
eepi manlilm III 1 tg IMS UinrgT7eiq'nsn1a nTTr) TjackaTOuiiJ The ingUw, I
come 100 guards, each in uniform, with
aa much geld lace at a national guard
colonel. . They, take placea : la d' great
eml-clrclt In front of tha platform.
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JOURNEY OF "LEWIS
AND CLARK ;
Near tha Columblw-rlver. ' V
"- September I We reaumed our Jour
ney, and leaving the road on our Tight
crossed the creek and halted tha dis
tance of 13 miles on a amall run from
tha aaat, where we breakfasted on tha
remains of yeaterday'a hunt We here
took ' a ' meridian altitude, which gave"
the latitude of t degrees 41 mlnutee at
seconds.'- Wa then continued, snd st tha
distance ot four miles' paased aver -to
the left bank, ef the -river,-where we
found a large road through the valley.
At thla place there la - a handsome
atream of .clear water, 100 yarda wide
with vary low hanka, and a bed formed
entirely of gravel; it haa evefy appear
ance of being navigable, but as It con
tained no aalmon we presumed there
must be a fall below which-obstructs
their passage. Our guide eould not In
form ua where thla river discharged tta
watera; ha aald that, as far aa he knew
lta course It ran along tha mountains ti
the north, and waa -Joined by
another . atream nearly aa large' -as
.Itaelf, which ' rtaea . In the moun.
Ulna to the east near tha. Mis
souri and flows through an exteaalve
prairie. Through thla prairie la - the
great Indian road to the watera of the
Missouri; and ao direct Is this route
that in four days -Journey ..from this
place we might reach tha Missouri about'
10 miles above what wa called the gates
of tha Rocky mountains, - or .'the spot
where tha valley wldena Into an exten
sive plain on . entering the , chain . bf
mountain At 10 miles front our camp
le-a-amall creak falling in from the
weetward, five miles below which ' we
halted at a large, atream which empties
Itself on the west aids of "the river. It
la a fine, bold creek - of clear water,
about to yarda wide, and we raHed It
Travelers' Rest creek, for aa our guide
told ua that we should hers leave the
water, we determined to remain , for the
purpoae of making celestial observations
snd collecting some food, as tha country
through which wa were to pass had no
game for a great distance. .
The valley of the river through
which wa have been passing Is generally
a prairie from five to aix mllee "wide,
and with a cold, gravelly white soil. The
timber which It possesses is almost ex
clusively pine, chiefly of the long leaf
kind, with aome spruce, and a speoles of
fir resembling the Scotch fin Near the
welefcoursef are alao a few narrow-leaf
cottonwood treea.-and the only -Under-'
bruahia the redwood, honeysuckle and
roae bushes. Our game waa four deer, '
three geeae, four ducka and three prairie
fowla; one of tha hunters brought In a
red-headed woodpecker of the large kind
found In the United States, but the first
of Che kind we have aeen since leaving
Illlnola - , . ,
" '" ". ! --ff 1 aiaarafaa'
Within thla circle are ' seated seven
overseera, - alao two atenographera. In
gowna and cspa Tha setting la com
plete for the apostle's appearance.
- With ' alow and solemn manner John
Alexander Dowle. a few years ago an
itinerant exhorter In tha ChtcagoslUms
enters, coming from hla private narlor
on tha far right Tha t.000 people rise;
1.000 caps are doffed; heada are bowed,
and he walks to the elevated platform,
yhlch -he occupies alone, xX chant la
aung while ha kneels before the glided
ark. ...', , . .' . , - ; -
Dowje 'ia drasaed In striking 'contrast
to the others. Hla costume is white and
purpla .Jk ailk-gofrwtld"lii-'rTta
thoea; a purple vestment Is over It snd
a white surplice on hla shoulders: A
purple croee la over hla breast and a
gorgeous purple - snd white ' turban
crowns his bead. He looks aa If dressed
In imitation of pictures of MoSeS: or he
might he tha prelate of a secret Suvletyr'
He hea long gray whlakera. ia oulte
bald, has a dumpy form, and sneaks with '
a querulous Jerk that glvea an Impres
sion of Impatience.
Dowle sneike "as one having author
ity." He gives orders. "I want you to ,
pay the one tenth more,", he commands.
I wsnt you to understand this la my .
rlah." Ha discusses ths marriage rela
tion frankly.' "Henceforth no one In
Zlon muat .marry without ' my permle- .
slon. .' Ton must get a license from ma
I propose to have something to say
about the future population of this eity."
wnen. a- makes. a- PUn--he-ehouta-
"Lat all the people say 'amen,'" and
from tha t.000 hearera goea up a fervent
"amen." When he cloeee an argument
he asks. "Am I rlghtr' Tha reply comae
quickly.' "Yea." Sometimes ha makea
distinction. "Let the women aay whether
I am right." and tha feminine pert of
the audience - repllee aa ha desires.
"Now the' men." - and -they " give the-
anawer. Ha ahakea hla flat at his peo-pler-hatnana
them nmesThe - abuses'
bltUrly - everybody - outaida . . of Zlon.
There ia throughout an atr of "Te are
my people." An aged woman, wearied
after two hours of tna addreaa, ,atrta
for tha door. Dowle stops, points "bis
finger at her ' and ahrieka: "Satan's
children do not like tne; see how they
fly!'' .'' - ' -
At the snd of the service the audience
recites a sort of confession of faith
which pledgee each anew te John Alex
ander aa tha flrat apostle 'and head of
the church. JOn tha Ark of the Covenant
ia a heap of letters, requests for prayer.
They . have been carried up . br. the
ushers. Dowle, takes them til Inutile
hand a hundred or more and, without
reading them, prays thst the requeate -may
be granted and tha sick healed., '
Thirty-two deacona take .up the collec
tion; it la seldom lsss than $i00, , .
WhSt'.klnd of peopls are these .who
submit to Dowle's leadership? . A fr
more intelligent class than one expeota
to see. The officers look like ordinary
builnese men; they aeem little .differ
ent from the average eoncouraa of any
denomination.' The membera are from
all walks of life, snd are d rested about
as are othera. Hera and there la pointed
out one who waa a cripple or an Invalid
whom Dowle cured.- On tha walla of tha
tabernacle are hundreda of crutcbea, leg
supports, etc.. 'said to have been thrown
away by cured cripples.
powls't various undertakings .are. eaid
to be In hard financial straits,-but -he
certainly banks in luxury, and haa the
confidence of several thoueand"people.
who give evidence of their truat by con
tributions of labor and money. What
ever may be thought of his claim to be
ing a reincarnation or Kiuan and a
prophet- of .old. come on earth again to
found the true cnurcn, one can but ad- -mire
tha skill ef his management and
tha manner In which he secures obedl-'
enca ..-... -.- .
Th Canal! If otto. "
Washington Correepo'ndence New ' Tdrlr
nun. S '
The government of the IMhmut canaV
sons is to nave a coat-or-arms. accord- ;
Ing to an announcement mud at Ihe
offices of the canal oomm'ealon-todsy.
Ths design Is now receiving Its finishing
touches. - ' --''
Its principal 1 figure la a- full-rigged
Spanish galleon sailing majeatlcally
The Earth Divided, the Wi rli United.?
runa around the lower part of the design,
and around the martin It sare "Govern
ment of tha Canal Zona." -
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