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afj 1 : OP THE tfOtJENAL THE JOURNAL "' . AN -WPBPBKDBNT lBWSPPn. 0. . Jarkasa. FublUbar aoa fabttahad srr Tiitp rict Sea7) wry eneaar Boralnc. ( Ta Joaraal Boll lxi4, riftt ao4 VaaiklU atraata. Porltaod. Or. Batirrs at tba Doat.ifflca a Portland. Or., for i' traaimlMion tLroiwa lb MiaUa u aeeoed-clae t auttsr. "itnd ready to leave the party ly- and butter from Iowa began to I handicap, compared with the mild, half of one per cent a city bond js j the richest tod mbst populous etates moorings of a lifetime and cast their come In, several carload- a week, equable climate, low priced land and n,or thaj'ea.ual to a similar rate of In-1 ja ,ajj, Unloa. .Million i of , money lot with the opposing party, If they and went on the market 6 and 6 feed, open winter, with possibility !, " r" ; ,Y will e made from? these myriad 1. 1 I & f . 1 J I 11 1 L. . . I A .. . . Jl A V 1 . . 4 Lai l tL. ..II.. .... k...kJ I . . . unioTu ji jjujn-ieo wui uwiicr mrm mu uuuor mi pnw w uifuu uui-iui a i ecu mcu mo enure year ruunuicity, The I par cnt bonds of the United I mountain streams ana care anouia the welfare of the atate or nation." ter. The farmer and dairyman la and the myriad other farorlng con- States steel corporation, for eiaropl, I be taken that they do not become He la not accurate In part of this thus forced to sell every pound of dltions characteristic of dairying utterly bean Mlling arounditsi at I monopolized and tha naufrnct all ro TKLBI'HONB MaW TITS. . AD Oar.artm.oti rracaaO bf tbla M"Nft tVli tba operator tha SapartBMot oa waaL fORBIQN LPVEBTI81N0 bbprebbntatitb VrMlaxl.lUiiUinln Iwlil AAvartiatix Acacy. Branawlca Polldtna. 2 rifta ataoaa. Ma Tor: Trttiaiw Building. Colcara. flDbaciiptlos Tarma br mall to any aSdraaa . fci (aa Oaitad Statu, Canada or Maitoa. DAILY. Oua rear $8.00 I Una aaoatfc I -M 8UXDAY. ae yaar., On 7ar, .1180 Otw monta I .SB DAILY AND 81 K DAT. .S7.W On moats. .8 .as We do pray for mercy And that earns prayer doth teach ua all To render the deeds of mercy. Shakespeare. .VALUE OF THE INITIATIVE. statement, for a far greater num.- his butter always and everywhere In here. ber of voters, so far as recent na- competition. What an extraordl- But the eastern dairyman la here tlonal elections have disclosed, are nary proceeding it would be to be- with his butter and selling it to Oregon people, four or five carloads a week, at 28 to 81 centa a pound. The price Is far below what Oregon dairymen have for weeks pastjeen paid, 'not for the finished product, (hat rate thay ylald a trifle more than IS.zl a yr on ovary 1100; while oor city fours at par yield only f 4 an ad vantage In favor of the Btael bonda of II H par cent. At 101 our new city four-nd-a-halvea will yield ' pnl llttla over 14.41 a year on each 1100 I atill a hlg dlffarence In favor of the Steel a. J to tha multl-mllltonalrea who have o successfully monopolized Oregoa'i fbrests; ' Former Supervisor and present Railroad Commissioner Wilson of 8an Francisco testified In the Ford That Is, the corporation bonds are tr,al tbt be did not consider that but for butter fat, the prevailing not considered as-"safe and sane" ne dld anything wrong tn taking a price for which has been 84 to 88 H n Investment as city bonds. But br,D from a telephone company, The easterner has paid the they should be. The steel trnat and which Illustrates the condition o: I F EVER the people of Oregon had direct and overwhelming evidence of the extraordinary value to ..them of the Initiative and refer-! endnm and the Oregon primary law, they have it now. The mask has been thrown off and the hatred of corporate Interests for those meaa- Republlcans than are Democrats; gin tariff reform by depriving him of but still the Independent element no I his trifling 20 per cent differential doubt holds the balance of power on butter. Why not rather begin on and could easily elect a Democratic Standard Oil? It enjoys a tariff president under the condition named. I duty of 150 per cent. The entire So keen la the ear of the public, profit from it In the whole country saya Mr. Fowler, eo poaltlve Ita con- fa' to a little group or a dozen vlction and ao pronounced lta de- men, who fix tha buying price for 0Pts termination, that the party which lD raw proauct, nx me seuing price i freight on the long haul nearly the big railroads are making money total depravity Into which official hopes to secure the support of this f the finished product and "fix" the Lcr0Bi the continent, paid the com- enough. It Is stock watering and 8ervlc htd dcen(led '0 tht cHy. middle third "must respond clearly wrmivr eCia n " missions of dealers, and sold his high financiering and law breaking consiaering t&at Wilson had The Washington grocers sell coal butter at several cents below what that Investors are afraid of. If the lon Dn PUDl1 and t001 th Re- oil. Just as they nell butter. Why the Oregon dairyman receives for high financiers would conduct h,UD,Jcan boas of California, W. F, begrudge the farmer his pittance and I the raw product. It is a condition strictly legitimate business. 6 nerMIerr,n' nl ttltnde on the question be silent as sphinxes about the that cannot long exist because It is I cent bonds at par would bring out or bribery is not strange. And royal highnesses of the oil realm T in open violation of natural economic any quantity of money. The Phll-Iwhat a Ane specimen of railroad laws. Under normal conditions an adelnhla Record comments as foi. commissioner! eastern dairyman can no more com pete with an Oregon dairyman in an Oregon market, than water can flow up hill. It means that the dairy In dustry here Is still far short of the development for which nature de- and unequivocally to their de mands." Hence Mr. Fowler, him self a Republican. Insists that the Republican party must "clearly and unequivocally" take advanced ground and inspire these doubting lnd pendents with confidence. For It will be seen that these people clearly perceive the difference between Roosevelt and the Repub lican party. Or If it be claimed that the Republican party has almost completely changed Itself, there must be ample evidence of that fact. A SURPRISING CHANOE. 0' NE OF the surprises of the fair at Pendleton, saya the East Oregonlan, "Is the enormous display of farm and orchard products from the Pilot Rock dis trict," which has always been looked upon "as tno range district, the Two great movements are going ,emi.ftr!d betf wnere snM,p thrive. on side by side and connected to- where alfalfa can be raised on the gether. One Is '-an awakening of crek bottoms and where barley Is 1 foothills," but n ' ures has been laid bare. It Is the An If lejf IwaTA mwtA ttiafA naiak f Ka nAhlA Vi an a a the ethics of business": the other Is faAniia tn th ...... ..w.w w. ywyiv " made of it In stripping corporations t0 divorce the purely business in- nearly worthless for gral of some of their special privileges tereBt 01 Persons ana corporations yet tt this fair 85 varieties of fine that have brought them Into the rrom PHtlea, which Is the business ftrn)( orchard and garden products open, and they purpose to break PT tne wle people as a mass. That were displayed. There have been down that measure and the Oregon ,a to BaT 11 a contMt between reports for two or three years, and primary lrr with It, If law and law- pecUl "d general Interests, and lows: The fact that this issue of 140,000,0001 Tnat Eugene has decided to em of 4Mb par cent bonds was subscribed 1 ploy a publicity and promotion ex- nva tlmaa over; that there ware thrae pert, or professional booster, la Slgr bid. for the antlre amount, and that the nJflcant f ftwakened deTelop. wholo nunbar of bida was almost a ... thousand, and was Ave tlmaa as areat ran "P1"1 or lnal C"T. e peo- slgned It, and that there are far too as tha number-of bids on any other oo-IP'e or JLUgene, or at least a con rew dairymen In Oregon to supply CMlun n m is cpilh siaejaDte proportion or them, are the home market It means that the i"1"' "" determined to make that . . are satisfactory. While this removea . ... . . eastern dairyman Is foolish to waste ,oma mlsconoeptions retarding the attl- ,ooa deal Iar" a better City his effort under the handicaps with tude of investors. It must be borne in tDan " an1 to let the world know which he Is beset, when he can find "llnd thKt th security in the case of that this Is being don and why. in nrmn nnnnrtnnif. fft .,.,. th bnd" of flrst-olaae city is of the Enouah of this SDirlt and work will or f5UJ11' of his buslnVss on a far mora profit-1 ! v"" . . make Eugene unquestionably the able basis. . U1" " iru" uul " " c,w lul" second city In Oregon unless oth- mere is sometning radically wrong er fol,ow her eiampl, wjm me management or vastly profitable railroads and other . jers can do it. The proof Is In the defense set tip in court by the Pacific States Telephone company In its efforts to avoid payment of $9,500 taxes, levied by the state against It under the i , per cent corporation tax law. The company refused to pay the tax, and the state brought suit to collect. The : levy was made under the corpora- tlon tax law enacted by the Initiative, after a state legislature had refused to enact a law of similar character. when enough people become suffi ciently "awakened," the general In terests will triumph, and the people will not, care which party they use In order to win. more this summer, of good crops of grain In that locality, and now its fruit is attracting attention. An ex pert fruit buyer recently said: "I H TARIFF REVISION WHEN? A VINO TAKEN occasion to put mo" The price of pie has been raised nopollstlc industries when their 5 ln New York and lt BUDDOsed th!. their ears to the ground, most per cent securities fall away below wllI hapDen ,n other cltle. ftnd yet of the Republican leaders have Pr. There Is plenty of money to there are people who still prate of heard the popular demand for be Invested ln the best securities at prosperity. Poor people have be- t per cent or a little more. ay w A' Sermon for To3i .,'" awaaaaaaiaaan ,V : , . - The .Religious Man. By Hanry F. Cope, , Lord, who Shall abide in thy taber naolat who shall dwell In thy holy hint Fsalm f:l. . ,. . HO la the religious man in our dayr What la It to be ra UglouaT Why do many good men haste to plead not guilty to the charge of being re Ilglouat If good man are aahamad of being known aa religious, why do we oontlnue to maintain Institutions of re ligion and aaaart that religion la nac- aaary to fullnesa of llfat ' So long a we continue to ludae re ligion by. its exceptions.' and allow the weakling, the coward and the hypocrite to stand as the exponents and samples of platy, the honest and worthy will re fuaa to ba Identified with them. Mn are not afraid of religion; they honnaUy daalre soma faith. But thay are afraid of aeeroliiK to bo unreal or catering tha falsa. Keliglon olmply la a man's concep tion of what la hlrhnat nnhlxnt inH bat. It la tha autnmlnv nn anil living out of his Idaala. , The religious peraon simply is the one who lives by aome thlng greater than tha rule of thumb, who haa atandards. fundament nrin. c'ples, and who aces some vision higher ' man iiuiikp. Una's faith may have crystallised it- imory o all Its elf into the peraon or memory of Ideal persona: It mar turn un all lta Idoaia and excellencies ln a balna who "be comes supreme, dominant over charac ter, determining by tha beauty and IBS power of tha worampor,. Itl life the life of tne With others M'.lay be the Idaala and Imnreaalons, tla ftopea and Ylalona are lacking- In form Or praonality: they are simple principiea or living. Religion THE GOAT. I N ENUMERATING Oregon's valu able and growing assets, the homely if not humble goat Is not to be forgotten despised. If the plodding but nulssant mule has made Mls- Because it is made to pay taxes that ..our, famou. the rav but not it was escaping while other people Mud- coat can do th8 me for naa to pay mem, tne corporation is Oregon. The favorite habitat of the resorting to tne courts and declares Koat . 0reiton far tha ,,0Dea through its pleadings that the initla- of th(l eoMt r.nir(i n. mnnntaina m .... . I -- tive is in violation or tne constltu- Polk Yamhill, Benton. Lincoln i.uu w uo vmiru oiaiea. Among Lane. Douglas. Coos and Cnrrv otner wings, it says tne initiative countle. wnere ne tnrlTe8 MCeed aeprives tee legislature of the right ln,Iy and . Tery Dr0flt.bie -nl w pv, iuo vnuou oiaiee IOr pro- m., for h.. owne, Oregon goats lecuon irom aomesuc violence; tnat not onlv yield excentlonallv large ii aepnvee me legislature or power fieece, of mohalr but lt ,8 of . PPy w congress ror conven- ceBtlonaJlT rood onalltT. and :tion to propose amendments to the propar,y handled brtngt top notch leerai wBsuiuuon ana oi power to DriC6i. The roata are not onlr ral- ,raiy sucn amenaments; tnat It fle- nable on occasion for milk and meat. pnvea we legwuture or tne right toibnt mort) aineclallT for their aerv. cnoose;,senawn to congress; tnat ,CM ta ciearinr brush land. While j the 2 per cent tax act is ah effort to tha kaep of other anlmali Aowa up ; qepnve .uej leiepnone company or cn the debit side of the farmer', ac the equal protection of the lawa, and conntf the QnartiBtie but industrious aenies rights and immunities guar- goat more than earn. hl rrnh ..M. - anieea oy me ieaerai consutuuon. -, rav -nr. Iava VM u vaa be auvaca an. nuu VaMa If Uttb . . . .... luui, aj ita, own aeciaraLionH. i ma fllat in nnt m hnf main tn fho ";' . a a. a. . . . . r wnai me corporation wants is tne farmer on new brushy land. legislature, not the people, to make The appetite and digestive appa- laws and to elect senators to eon- ratus of the goat have long been a gress. It makes known these wants subject of pleasant paragraphic . while ln the very act of seeking to comment, and it can readily be seen escape the Just payment of taxes lt that if a goat can subsist cheerfully owes the state. It raises questions on old cans and rusty wire nails, he of federal relations in order to get will fairly luxuriate on the weeds Its case transferred from the state and succulent brush that grow so courts to the federal courts. It thickly along the well watered wants all the affairs of state, ln- slopes of the coast mountains. The eluding the adjudication of causes, number of goats in Oregon and their carried as Tar away from the people product are steadily increasing and and as entirely out of their hands fcrm no desDlsable item In the list SAVE THE WATER POWER. can take apples grown this year in tariff revision. Being rather quick the Pilot Rock district, polish them of hearing, they do not mistake the and pack them properly and equal sound they hear. They would never anything raised In the Hood River have moved in the matter them- dlstrict." And other accounts agree selves except for this audible monl- that the fruit raised there Is of most tlon. They would not now, except excellent quality. that they fear that If tbeydon't the Twenty years ago, or even less, fate of'Grosvenor and McCleary and nobody would have thought this de- Lacey will be theirs. So most of velopment possible. There were lit- them hav mm irnnnil tn an rimia. tie patches of garden spots along Lion that th. nr.nt t.Hfr i. wm I powera of the Btata wI11 P through lueir lianas in me lame way. roe becomes with auch the recognition of a iiigner law, noi given rrom wltbout. but springing un within; not written on ta blea of atone, but clear-cut in irlnwlmr vlalona of the beauty of Ideal charac ter. On the one aide, ln religion, are tha Impresalona made on the mind and con science of theaa connentinna nt tha Ideal; on the other will be the exnrea slon of theae ln conduct. In defln..a acta. In daily living. On the one aide aanlration, on the other plain morula. whoever thua welcomea the higher vlalona. whoever aeea beyond th things that the beaata See, and, ao aeelng, puta mo nia lire nia vlalon. rollowa bin atar, ind exDreaaea hla Ideals he la r. llglous man. Ha mav belnno- tn nn fnr. mal lnatltutlon, but he haa joined tha brotherhood 0f thoae who are living up. and therefore lifting up, The reilgloua man yielda hlmaelf to the light and leading of the beat he knowa; he. la true to hla beat aelf. He la not afraid -to obey conaclence. He la come used to hlghea priced bread, only afraia of loalng light by refuetng but who can expect them to stand ft.0 hi toh".tofuu thV'ifJ for a raise ln pie? h"He?! i- th. ,t tt.r h., man, not llnea of party or ltnea of creed hut ntiH t n r. n th. k..n.i. Having been professionally em-1 ion. The open heart, the win that re- jonae 10 me can rrom above, tha de re to live up rather than down, the s-THERE IS A field ln which the alert. Their timber lands have Ployed at a11 the caIlta, and 3? n.. .,t a tropoUaea of the earth, our effulgent .'?. 'ffectlon ..on thing! '"v. usuua auu i - I "- . rngioua man n become monopolized. There is frlfiti i uam r .wl. vnmw r. ...jinfl nenf in. 1 rra l.lnn I I church name ha mav ha vea toward no matter what la ha who la TArr fair nrnmn tfc.t tha .t.. pectea to get a retainer aa counsel- i living toward the unworthv. . r"""" "'.-v . . ... k. ...... w It Is easy for a man then to teat him There are the narrow canyon of Birch -creek, had and nMria fixinr but all the extended plain westward a few stubborn standpatter yet, like l0" f tha ,0reBt" U a calamItT bnt was a barren waste, even the gVass Toraker. but most of the leaders the Paa,,n of th watr Pwera having mostly disappeared. The will soon be found following Taft, if ocriyiuro dbjb mai wna iaim one tney are not doing so already, can remove mountains. - With faith But of them not Taft tnis neariy aeseri region nas oe- ... off.rd any reaBOn or ... come prooucuve. witn raitn. ana its ionaoI( excott for not 'revising th partner, won. t.MfP .re th. IVM a eaaV UVMkk J Vaa ' aVS M V taa, , w who unuao n bfA wronsr. unlust. a trust feeder is typical. What has been done of th. th. TarT there (without Irrigation ) J being flrst opportunJty to cnange lt ,or the aone or can ne aone in otner dls- better is none too soon. Putting tncts, aggregating minions or acres. off doInf. an' admittedly right thing Oregon nas oeen out in nuie part lndelmlteiy eanAot be excused general for the high muckamuck of Mars next. discovered as yet. "BOOSTING. WONT HURT." is a confession of either cowardice o false , pretense. ; Since almost everybody , Is agreed that the tariff T HE ALBANY HERALD ' e- M be revlse4 the only right as possible. It practically confesses, what everybody has long known, that the farther away the settlement of public matters Is from the people the better fares corporate greed, the , greater the Immunity from payment of just taxes ar,d the wider open the opportunity for securing and profit ing from special privilege. Is there not here overwhelming evidence of how precious to the people re the Initiative and referendum and the Oregon prjmary law 7 of Oregon's annual products and re sources. There Is room for many more of them, and they almost in variably prove a valuable Investment, both for mohair and as land clearers for their owners. WRONG PLACE TO BEGIN. POLITICS AND BUSINESS. E' iVEN FROM the trust-manufac turing state of New Jersey comes a voice of warning to the leadeis of the dominant party. Representative Fowler of that state tells them plainly that they can no longer depend on "party loyalty," and the support of a majority of the people for everything and every body callted Republican. Never before in the history of this republic, says Congressman Fowler, T HERE IS a call for the aboli tion of the Import duty on but ter. The Washington State Grocers' association demands it, so that Australian butter can be imported and sold at rates lower than those now current. The de mand was expree?d in a resolution adopted at a meeting of the asso ciation at Seattle last week. The Journal is an ardent believer in tariff reduction, but this obvious ly Is the wrong place to begin. Butter Is the product of farms from Maine to California and from Washington to Florida. It is one of the asset- of the 8,000,000 farms ln this country. It is a resource of a class ln which there are 30,000,000 marks: "It begins to look as If the river boats would once more resume their runs regu larly between this city and Port land. A little boosting for an open river all the year round would, not hurt. It means much to business conditions in Albany. The loss has been felt locally this summer by the cessation of river traffic." ,No, ' a little boosting," nor a good deal of boosting, by the people bf Albany and of all Linn county, not only "would not hurt," but might help a good deal. Every little helps, and Representative Hawley will need help next winter. He haa a right to expect it from every town, has there been such a universal l workers. It is a means of revenue - wakenlng with regard to the ethics of business, more especially cor porate business, as there Is today end he is discussing business ethics In their relation to politics. .The electorate, Mr. Fowler says, xiow Include three classes of voters; roughly speaking one third stal vart Republicans, one third ' U1 art Demoerats and one third lnde- Todeut Voter! who hold' the bal- to a class ln which none attain great wealth and few amass beyond a few thousands. It Is the product of an Industry that cannot be monopolized and in which the units cannot or ganize into a trust. The market can never be cornered, nor the prices be fixed. If the price is unduly high In one part of the country, butter will flow in from another part ajld reduce It. Prices In Ore every organization, every, concern and every Individual who ln any way can help ln the Willamette valley. Let the farmers and all other pro ducers and shippers of Linn county take a few minutes and figure up what the Oregon City locks and some minor obstructions ln the Willam ette river that could easily be re moved cost them annually; what they would save' in five or ten years with an open river; and they will need no further argument or urging to do the utmost that they can In "boosting for an open river." And enough boostfng of the right kind will get It. time to do It Is next year, when congress can stay ln session eight months if necessary for that pur pose. That it Is a campaign year should be all the more reason for the Republican leaders thus to con vlnce the people that they are sin cere i and in earnest about tariff re vision. With past experience, in mind the people will be quite jus tified ln interpreting non-action next year as disclosing an Intent to let the tariff alone for another four years. EASTERN BUTTER MARKET. IN OUR A Jrf''5.j''A.4'.wrtri P abnormally high, receat- SPECTACLE of the hour is eastern dairymen invading the Oregon markets with heavy shipments of butter. It is ln violation of every natural law. It is the substitution of artificial and unnatural conditions for natural conditions. The eastern dairyman operates on land twice or three times as high priced as Oregon land. He pays a higher price for feed. He must meet the extraordinary expense of long, cold winters, and the largely increased cost of keep for his herds. There Is a- neighbor at his front door, at his back door and on all sides. He is .hedged about - with settlements, and has no room com-; pared with his Oregon competitor, i Every condition about Mm la a j PLENTY OF MONEY FOR BEST SECURITIES. mj OTWITHSTANDING the croak- lngs of railroad presidents X 1 about the difficulty of borrow- , fng money, and Mr. Rocke feller's recent Intimation that money was not to be had at even 7 per cent, eastern financial periodicals are pointing with satisfaction to the fact that $40,000,000 New York city bonds were recently subscribed sev eral times over. It is true that the bonds, bearing 4 per cent Interest, were offered twice before and were not largely subscribed for, but now, when bearing 4 ft per cent Interest, they are greedily taken, and would have been if the amount had been $200,000,000 or more. The differ ence of one half of one per cent amounts to only 60 cents a year on each hundred dollars, so lt would seem that it was not altogether this that Induced people with money to buy the bonds. Or If it was, should not 5 per cent railroad bonds raise any required number of millions? But the New York 4 per cent bonds sold not only at par, but at a premium, ln some cases as high as 10 per cent. One man, for Instance, bid $110 apiece for 20 $100 bonds $2,200 for $2,000 in 4 per Cent bonds, so that his real interest dur ing the life .of the bonds will be .0409 per cent. Commenting on this incident the New York Commercial says: .. . ' In competition with reliable railroad and other bonds selling below par and bearing 4 and 6 der Cant interest, a 4 per cent tif York City bond at par la not fiaaailaUy attractive. Aa additional ea be of far greater moment. An electrical age is coming on. We are scarcely on its threshold. Invention and discovery will yet ap ply electricity ln directions and for purposes undreamed of. In the pres ent lmperfected state of application It has been demonstrated that a saving of 82 per cent can be ef fected ln the operation of railroads Sentence Sermons By Henry T. Cope Love always la a good loser, a Cash cannot buy contentment e Stolen aermona aound awaet to the enemy. e A falae prophet haa bis eye on tha profits only. Polishing the apigot does not fill the barrel. jeir Am 1 yielding to the good and the true T Do I honeatly aeek out the beat and honeativ endeavor to reallae It It la eaay for us all to pick out the re llglpue man. He la known by hiafrulta ,f h,'V.roJt" strike down into eternal good, hla fruit will not be bad. but will be full of bleaalng. Tou can't hide that kind of religion and you do not have to advertlae It. It cannot be Imitated. It needa no llv- "Zv or. i?1- wth,n the church or without it has a power and an aroma of lta own. It la a life that no man can take from you. Living up to It Uvea forever. Death haa no dominion over it. One does not have to watt for coun clla or churchea to begin this reilgloua life. Let him move out toward all things good and true and pure and lovely. If to him tha thm.rht n nA moves to goodneaa. If to him the fact lecxea me operation or railroads Happlneea never 1. found by rannlng fe o the man of" Na: by the substitution of electricity for after pleaeure. Iw thanJa p a?tlin t0 'iv? steam. The New York Central has electrified its lines' from the Grand Central station. New York City, to Crotoh. '85 miles, and to North White Plains, 29 miles. Thirty-five electric locomotives , haul these trains. The New York, New Haven & Hartford is electrified from Wood- lawn to Stamford, 83 miles; the West Jersey & Seashore from Camden to Atlantic City, 65 miles, and the Pennsylvania is electrifying 95 miles on the Long Island. Within a short time all passenger trains entering New York over the Pennsylvania lines will have electricity as motive power. The West Shore is electri fied from Utica to Syracuse, 62 miles, and the Erie Is to equip 35 miles from Jersey City to Greenwood lake, and ia considering the electri fication of 250 miles ln addition Mr. Harrlman has acquired water rights and lt Is announced that he will Install a $8,000,000 power plant ln the Slsklyous, probably for electrifying the mountain divisions of the Southern Pacific. As develop ment like this proceeds what will the water powers be worth, and who should own them. Electricity is already passing Into every conceivable use. Hair dress ers employ electric combs ln remov lng dandruff and dirt from the head. Housewives wash, Iron and cook with electrical devices. Business men dictate letters to electric phonographs and save the expense of a stenographer. Electric pianos, electric burglar alarms, electric fans, electric bells and a hundred other forms of the mysterious Juice" are already a part of every day life. But more than all, ln re? placing steam as a motive power for driving the busy machines of In dustry, does electricity have its greatest potentiality as an elemental force for the convenience, comfort and enrichment of mankind. More economical, more convenient, safer and better, lt is the force that is working revolution as fast as ap pliances can be provided and means be found to put them to use. " All this means that water powers for generating electric force will come to be one of the greatest and touchy disposition often goes with a tough heart. A little ear for others la worth a lot or prayer ror them. A frown on the face dee a not Insure a crown on tha head. a e No man happena to stub hla toe on tne nugget or character. - Borne aheep algh for cactus aa soon aa they get in tne green pgaturea. People who are hunting persecution j seldom are worthy of lta pollahing. The religion that conflnea itself to your own heart aoon conaumea Iteelf. e If you are a fountain of the water of lire you wui not neeo: to do any gushing. It la easy to get into crooked wya wnen you ieai ui algn. The hypocrite alwaya thlnka that his amootnneaa will rectiry hla crooked ness. e If you have faith in prayer you will not be content with sending heaven iorra leiiers. a a things by the dollar frayera intended to eoirv tna mnm. I 10 De gratmed I a commissioner irom tTance. gatlon are not likely with an answer. It's no nee trying to drive folks to heaven when your feet are making tracks the other way. There Is some definite creed to every character, but not ..the same oreed for all characters. above the clay, let him seek fellowahlp .w. . nuuio auuis. io aeea the beat, to aerve the beat, to aecure the beat for all, neither is a difficult nor a doubtful religion. T. M. Cnlllnan'a Birthday. T. M. Cullinan, whoee name haa been given to the huge diamond that the Transvaal government proposed to pre aent to King Edward VII, vw born in Cape Colony, September II. 18(1. He went to the Rand in the early days and soon became one of the big men In the diamond flelda. Starting flrat as a builder and contractor he rapidly accu mulated a large fortune. After the Boer war he had a chance to buy a farm near Pretoria, whloh waa believed to be dia .mondtferoua, though It had never been tested by experts. Mr. Cullinan decided to take a chanoe on the property and paid the owner nearly $300,000 for it Practically his entire fortune was risked In the venture. It was a lucky specula tion, however, for today the old farm is valued at over 180,000,000, and in the flrat year or two it yielded dia monds to tha value of aeveral million dollars. The greatest find vu the hug diamond which bear Mr. CulllnaiTB name and which weighs one and one half pounds. This Date ln History. 1779 Luserne arrived In Philadelshia s 1780 Major Andre, the Brldath . eondemned by court martial. 1789 American congress eetahtiahed a VAnitfLr arm v. 1801 Treaty of Abraatee, between Spain and Portugal, closing Portuguese Dorts to England. 1804 -Michael Hniegaa, eontlaental treasurer of the United States, died. It takea mora than a a?raclnua munu. In the meeting i to make un for a gruueny way muni noma. Many a man who la laying up treas ure ln heaven at the rate bf a nickel a week la planning to take eternity spending hla atore. Hymns to Kn Born in Philadelphia in 1718. 1884 A audden movement by Gen erals Grant, Ord and Birney carried The Union lines ,to within four miles of Kicnmona. 1874 A four days' battle between the Carllats and Republican in th prov ince of Navarre, Bpatn, ended. 1884 John McCullough, the actor, broke down during hla performance at McVlcker's theatre, Chicago. OW most valuable assets of civilization. Oregon Is fortunate In having these water powers in prodigal profusion, and by that token is in position by their utilization to become one of The Good Fight. ' By John S. B. MonselL (The Rev. John Samuel Bewley Mon- aell (Londonderry, Ireland, March S, 1811. Guildford. Surrey. England Anril 9, 1J75) wns an Episcopal minister whose offerings ror the aervlce of wor. ship are found In almost every hymnal. He published in 1861 a book entitled "Hymns or Love .and Fraiae," in which this hymn make RS appearance. Fight the good fight With all thy might; cnriet is tny airengm, ana ennst thy , light: . Lay hold on life' and it shall b Thy . Joy and crown eternally. Run the straight race Through God'a rood grace. Litrt up mine eyes, ana seeg nia race; Lire witn ita way eeroro ua lies. Christ is th path, and Christ the prise. Cast .car aside; 1 ' Upon thy Guide Lean, and his mercy will nrovlde: . Lean, and the trusting- soul shall prove, Christ is its ure, and unrisc, its love. Faint not. nor fear, Hla arms are near; - He ehangeth not, and thou art dear; Only believe, and thou ahalt see That Christ la all in all to thee. I Smudgy. From th Chicago Record-Herald. Th hase of autumn la but the smudge of the puxasd out summar, . . "An Beat Bide Bank for Kaat Sid People." A Stranger in a Strange Country Experience many difficult. Th eaaleat and quickest way To Establish Credit la to open bank aoooant. A BANK BOOK IS THE BEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION. The ; Commercial Savings Bank gJOTT m WZX.UAKS ATS. Solicits accounts, large and small, ':, and pays 4 per cent interest on Savlnga.Acconnta.. - 'George W. Bates. .. .,APrldnt .;' Birrs! ,..,;.;. i .Cashier Hit. .I..H..-H..V Y. .aasi