THE; ORfeGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1908.
WATER VAYS CSTA0LI3!!
PORTLAND'S SUPREIUAC
Metropolis of Pacific Northwest Stands
; at the Confluence of Two Great Rivers
Down Which Railroads Come to Meet
: Ships of AH Nations. 4M4L"'; -
important Ja the hew Spekane, Portland vail Is to Monroe, a dietaries of IT mile. IP Jar; fiirst assistant.7 C, T. PrivaU; see
Seattle, known aa the North Bank i f ortland ifcaJway. Lisht Pow L4 biW. r. w V.m...
Statistics of Oreg-on Commerce.
Miles of navigable rivera, cen 4
terlne; at Portland. I1S.
Columbia river. 70 miles narl- e
able. . . e
Snake river, 240 mllea navl-
cable. . , . ';,. e
-e Willamette river, m miles
navigable. '-' "'' ;
4 Columbia tributaries, 911 mllea'
'4 navigable. '-,-. ;":,;
' Through Cascade locka' laat
. year, S4.9S4 tone. ' . 4
. , From Portland t aea via Wll-
'lamette and Columbia, 4,J41,81
e tons. e
4 i Mllea railroad operated In Ore- 4
4 ton, tilt. z 4
4 Jnereaae over last year's .mile- 4
4 age. 111 miles. - 4
4 Miles of steam road, 1011. 4
4 Electrte. 9 miles. . 4
, Number of commercial roads,' 4
4 . . 4
4 - Miles to be constructed coming. 4
4 rear, 78T. .4
4
Transportation In Oregon has devel
, oped into a very almple proposition
.namely, the following of the lines of
, least resistance.- In the north there is
, tne Columbia running almost from
the northeast corner of tbe atate to the
sea. in me west, running half way
tween the Cascades and the Pacific
ocean is the Willamette. These , two
. rivers Jon a- aco solved th aueatlnn
of where were to be the main arteries
of travel and trade. Thejr were : tbe
, instigators of immigration, the deter
, miners of settlement. Offering a readf
verucie jor xne carrying or products to
, the sea. It was along their banks that
. the first? cities grew . up. . and later.
. wnen me oay or the railroads rame, tt
, was tnrougu their valleys that the sur
veyors ran their lines, .' ,, .
I Coming of the Railways.. ' ,
The Oregon A ' California." bulldlna
from California north, creased the nat
ural Darner made ty the Plskiyou
mountains and reached tbe Willamette
valley, rinding an - eHy water., grade
-to tne uoiumDia. JUa ia'r the Union
.. Pacific, through the Ore 4 Short- Line
and the Oregon Railroad ft Navigation
'company cut across Idaho from the
east, reached, the Columbia .and built
down the gorge to the head of naviga
tion, where communication "wtth the
ocean was had for many years by river
. steamers. ,
- Portland became a city near where
1 these two great valleys merged. It was
inevitable that the ; city should grow
where it has. It la at the head of tide
water. It is the convergent point for'
.the territory to tbe east, to the south,"
and to the north. If one were to take
'a miniature contour of' Oregon and
pour water on the mountains In - all
'three directions he would find that
the streams would come together where
Trade win joiiow the run
oetv
Portland la
nlna water, and so- It
the Oregon canromia an
happened
eeon utiiromia ana tne 1
Railroad & Navigation company, when
that
the Oregon
ithey built Into Oresron, followed the Vf
lumbla and the Willamette and came
'together at Portland; . v -:.. 4
J. Zko BerQ and the Beep Sea,
t. These roads were both acquired W
;the Union Pacific and by .11. Harrl4
'man, and so it came' about -that a man,
tin defining Oregon, remarked .that it
1 wag bounded on the north by the Ham
man system, oh the "'east by the HarrH
man system and on the west by the Pa
cific ocean, 'thus placing It between the
-devil and the deep- sea" There are
some new and extremely important feat
ures that tend to nullify this sulphur
ous condition, however. In the -first
place, there-are the two great rivera
that first determined the llnea of the
railroads- the Columbia and the Wil
lamette. A long as there are navlga
Me rivera running up into a country
that country ia' going to be opened up.
and those rivers are going to be Used
as public highways. 80 any time that
the hand of the railroad grows too op
pressive the people have but to turn to
the rivera and find In them their relief.
it is the Columbia river that has re
served for Portland all that great terrl
tory known as the Inland empire of
wasnington, Oregon and Idaho.
', . '.' Traffi njr Water., ,M,V '",;;'..i
- From Portland to the sea there is
channel of at least 26 feet, - which al
lows sea going vessels access to fh
fresh water harbor of Portland. Ths
distance is lie miles. "From Portland
up the Willamette light draught steam
ers are operated to Corvallls. 119 mllfa.
Freight amounting to 41SS.84S tcna val
ued atv $.18,746, was carried on the
Willamette river last year. From Port
land to the-sea there were carried 4.261.
81 tons, valued at f 71,638.804. of whlcl
1. 664.717 tons, of an approximate value
of $45,000,000, were carried by eea going
vessels, jrTom tne mourn or tne Co
lumbia to Big Eddy there is a stretch
or 194 mllea or rtver which the govern
ment locka at Cascade Locks have mad'
navigable -without a break. . The nine
miles or the Celilo rapids a re 'cover I
by the Oregon Portage railroad, built
by 'the state of Oregon to regulate
freight rates between the upper Colum
bia and the aea. From Celflo falls to
frlest rapids Is another 188'mlloa, glu
ing a 'stretch of almost 400 miles oi
navigable waters on the Columbia. Rear-
ular ateamera maintained by the Op ?
itiver Transportation company, a eemi
public corporation, operated for the ben
efit of shippers, maintain an excellent
service between Portland and Big Eddy,
and between Celilo and Pasco an-t
Kennewick. , A v similar " service la
maintained most of the year between
Celilo and lewiston, Idaho, mak
ing a total" distance navigable , on
the Columbia and Snake rivers of 473
miles. When it is realised that the
Inland empire ships annually 40,000,004
Dusneis or wneat. tne immense saving;
to the shipper that the navigation of
the Colombia has brought about can 0
understood. ' i - 1
Thousands of lUIes of Ban.
With the importance ef the navigable
rivera of Oregon as ever-ready rate reg-
uiators and means or competition witn
ths railroads well Jn mind, it is now
possible to turn to the railroads them
selves wun a pe iter aegree or under
standing. .
There are In Oregon today t.48 miles
of steam and electric railroads In op
eration, an increase, curing uie year,
of about 185 miles. - Of this mileage
2.016 are steam roads and 196 miles
electric. The commercial roads, Includ
ing the switching companies, orerate
aoout . etgnt mites ana me industrial
roads about 40 miles. . This does not
Include the large mileage of logging
rauroaos. . . -
Of the latter tne largest in point or
mileage, at least, ia the Oregon Railroad
itn
& Navigation company,
eage In the atate of 697 mllea. The O.
lary companies. Which has
its subald-
a total mil
H. A N. main line extends from Hunt
ington to Portland. It has had 227
mllea of ballast placed on it during the)
aat year. rj ne as mnes oeiween Tne
alles and Portland tias been greatly
Improved. 'curves have been removed.
heavy grades cut down and heavy stee
laid, all at a cost or u.eoo.000. In ona
district, between . Troutdale and Bonne
villa 17 'mllea long, the reduction In
curvature will amount to 1,454 degrees
and 51 : minutes. Seven and one half
miles of bridges have been reduced to
half a mile and tnose that are left are
of steel construction. Furthermore the
entire line from Huntington to Portland
has been equipped with automatic block
signals. "
- ths norta sang soaa.
While the O. R A Nia the larseat
single line in the state, one of the most
'.tSiro-ia Only: Ona
' VXCO'.THZ .tOKLOlOYS3t TOjOUKS A COLO I OKZ DAY.
ft Seattle, known aa the North Bank
road,' because It-rune the greater part
of the way down the North Bank of
the Columbia river from Pasco, at the
head of present navigation, to Portland.
The line is Intended to connect Portland
and Epokane, Wash., and la owned joint
ly by the Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern. The line ia 281 jnllee
long and althouarh but 6 miles ara in
Oregon, the line la especially Important
to Portland., because it affords a down
grade from all the Inland empire to
Portland and because it ia ; the main
transcontinental line of the Hill roads
between tne east and tne .pacific coast.
This line is one of the finest exana-
gles of railroad building In the united
tatea. some of it costing 6160,000 a
mile.- There are no grades from Pasco 1
to Portland, while eastbound the maxi
mum tirmAm ia .1 of 1 ner. cent. The
road has constructed, at a cost of 4.-
600,000. two massive steel bridges across
the Columbia and Willamette rivers
the latter being the largest draw in the
world and these bridges are to become
the great gateway Into Portland from
the east and north. They are already
used by the North Bank to Spokane and
the Northern Pacific te Fusret .sound.
and they will eventually be uaed by the
new- narriman extension rrorn roruana
to the sound, known ss the Oregon &
Washington, and by the JChtcage, Lfll-1
waukee A St. Paul when It completes
Its-Pacific -coast extension. Into Port
land. The road has also constructed a
dock In Portland 170 feet by 1000 feet.
for the transference of freight: from
cara to Anean ateamera. . r
This line reduces the distance Be
tween Spokane and Portland 60 miles
and has already resulted In consider
able reductions In running time between
the two cltiea. In the spring the Northern-Pacific
will commence the opera
tion of through passenger trains both
from Chlcaaro and fit. Kouls to Port-1
land over the North Bank road and will
greatly lessen the time now -consumed
In crossing the continent.-., .
--,t , Oregon. Electric ', ' - ''
Besides the Boolean. Portland A Seat
tle there hsve been 177- miles of netw
railroad placed in -operotloflurlng the
inc ivanway
company, operating in and around- the
Portland, has lo miles of stand-
w gauge tracks. During
it has expended '2700,000
city of
ard and narrow
the past year it
in improvements and betterments, naa
piacea automatic block signals on all
of its suburban llnea. and has extended
its standard gauge line from t-innemau
to Troutdale. 4-
'The United- Railway -company, which
also operates within the city of Port- i
tana, nas completed is miles or traole
rrora rortiana to Ldnnton and Holbrook,
and is rapidly extending tbe line to
revwst urova.- it expects to commence
the oreratlon of rerular trains betwaen
Portland and Holbrook 1 within five or
six weeka It is a standard gauge elec-
trio line, and will ultimately be ex
tended to reach other Willamette -valley
points, v - - - . -
Portland Snpreme.
A general idea may be gained from
this statement of Portland's nosition as
regards transportation facilities. She
is at the point where the water grados
from every - direction Join with tido-
water. The great granary of Idaho.
Washington, and Oregon roust find its 1
way to her doors in order to be shipped '
to the ports of the world. All of Ore- i
goa is so tributary to Portland that the j
possibility of other cities taking away
her trade in her own state ia out of the
question. Southern and eastern Wash-1
Ington are hens by right of nature and j
geographical arrangement. -Of
Idaho the name statement Is true -
And inversely Portland must be - the
Jobbing headquarters for all that vast
territory because she is the gateway to
water competition not only on her own
rivers, but on the ocean as well, It is a
position that Is unique arid unassailable,
CHOPPED OFF
MOTHER'S HEAD
ond assistant, F. WV Walden: aunerln.
tendent primary department. Mrs. M. E.
Tobey; secretary, Lyle Baldwin: treas
urer, - Miss Winnefred Wilson: libra
rian, miss Margaret ostrander. -Mlsslonarv
Society President. V xxf
Walden: vice- president, Mrs. w. Hoge;
secretary, Mrs. W. F. Gilbert treasurer.
H. H. SUub. .j
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SACBAMENTO'S OLD 1 -
v PIONEER 3IILL BUKNS
' (Coltad Preas Leased Wlre.t V '
-Sacramento. Cal.. Dec. 21.- FMre at an
early, hour this morning destroyed the. after close Investigation.
old Pioneer mill on the Sacramento
river bank la this city, causing a loss
of approximately ?. 160,009, The old
bulldia wag owned by. the Southern
Pacific company, having been. abandoned
as a flour mill for. a new location a
number of years ago, , The Ennla Brown
company ef this city occupied a part
of the building aa a bean cleaning; plant
and for storage of produce.;' Their "lose
wtil rMh ihmit tsK.fHiO. nartlallv cov.
araut Vi InaiiranM ahoilt 220.00O Of thll
amount representing beans stored In the
Dunaing. rne nre i bkuotbm f
been incendiary, as two previous at
r.mni, mqH, tn lira thi old bulld
lna. . No other cause can be , learned
, California Bed Cross. "f
, (Uoite rss Leased' Wire.)
Santa Crux, Cal.,jlJea. SI. One thou
aand dollars, for the earthquake suffer
ers in7 Sicily will be forwarded by the
State Bed Cross society today, following
a mass' meeting here last night..
about yourself when you're crippled
with .rheumatism or stiff joints of
course you've tried lots of things and
they Jailed. Try Ballard's Snow Lini
ment it will drive away all aches,
pains and stiffness and leave you ss
well as you ever were. Sold by Skid-
more Drug ce
test vear. The Orearon Elec
company,' which has nearly; 75 miles
of
This ; Inconceivably
. Atrocious Act...
excellent Interurban railroad : running Avttiuw TrAttAH Ailca1 n
down, the Willamette valley, east sad niumt , xivni uuDm uj
south from Portland, 'has thrown open
Its lines to Salem. 60 miles and to For
est Orove, 19 mllea It has opened new
territory of immense wealth and appar
ently is but the forerunner of a great
network of electric roads that are to
ilerce the Willamette valley, radiating
mm - Portland aa a canter. For the
oomlng year the read has still greater
rospects and win prooaoiy extend its
alem line south ss far as Corvallls. on
the Willamette river.
The total cost of the work done on
the Oregon Electric last year approxi
mated $3,000,000.
; ,0. . ft TK. Extension Work,
The O. R. A N. was also busv with
extension work during the past year.
Fov Intttanca tha new Elarln artAnalnn
from Elgln to Joseph, 61 miles, tapping
an exceptionally rich agricultural sec
tion. Including the great Palouse wheat
country, was opened late in tha fall.
giving Wallowa county its first rail
road. .
Another tmnortant -new Una la the
fmatllla Central, extending from Pilot
Itock Junction on the O. R. A N. 15
miles to Pilot Rock. Tbe line cost $300,
000 and will develop a country that has
hitherto been without a railroad.
Another cutoff - telna built Is that
from Huntington,' at the connection of
the O. R. & N. and the Oregon Short
Line, down the Snake river to Lewis
ton, Idaho. Thla will eventually, be
come the transcontinental line of the
O. R. tc N. and will give Harrtroana
Unmm rmAm . frntn Colt T ,V, ritw tn
Portland. ' Fifty-nine miles of this road I Wnillfl.'RA A ffOfnPCl Rff An
have been authorlied and 25 miles have "Vulu AlWWUeS DCC AJ1-
been graded and are , under construction.
In Portland Itself tne O. K. ft H. naa
constructed the St. John's branch along
tne east side oi tne Willamette river,
which . arlvea it excellent terminal ad
vantages on the east side of the river
ss its controlling interest in tne nortn-
ern Pacific Terminal company, the
switching company controlling the pas
senger and freight terminals and tne
union depot.
The Southern Facinc
The Southern Pacific's main line is
665 mllea long within the state of Ore-
on. .it traverses tne wonderruuy ncn
Villamette valley from headwaters to
mouth. Its new line, now under con
struction or to be built the coming
vear. include the new central Oreeon
railroad, to run from the mouth of the
Descnutes river, on tne main line of the
O. R. & N., UP the . oanyon -6f the
Deschutes through Sherman, Crook and
Lake counties. This will be the first
road into the wonderland of central Ore
gon, which is the richeet section of Its
sise m uie united statee to be witnout
a railroad. You can draw a great circle
(United Press Leased : Wire.)
New York, Dec Jl.-j-Accused by the
police of chopping off the head of his
aged mother, Arthur Trotter, tt: years
of age,' Is held at 'the" psychopathlo
ward of Bellevue hospital for examina
tion as to his Insanity. t
The police say Trotter locked his
motner, io years old, in a room and
then began hla fiendish attack. Neish.
oors neard tne screams ana rusned for
ponce aid.- -
Detectives battered down the door and
entered the blood stained room. Trotter
on seeing the officers, leaped from- a
second story window but was captured.
GLOOM GATHERS
AT
SAwn
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guish in $500 Legisla
tive Limit.
; Ahrg "member I th5funiwn. Look
around the central Oregon country and
. have it out In any segment or its
circumference, by a railroad. Gradually,
nowever. tne lines to tne norm, 10 tne
south, to the east and the west are en
croaching upon this circle and making It
smaller and smaller. Tne new central
Oregon line will let the light of trade
In from the north. Ths Nevada. Cali
fornia A Or.ron ia w rklnaf from tha
south up into Lake conty. The Call-,
fornia Northeastern, a Southern Pacific
enterprise, has boen extended from
Weed, on the main line of the Southern
Pacific, to Bray and Is now within a
short distance of Klamath lake and the
city of Klamath Falls.
County Without a Boad. .
West of Portland, around Tillamook.
is a country that while not so large as
Central Oregon, is Just an important.
has the finest timber in America ana
has no railroad. The Paciflo Railway &
Navigation company, known as the
iyue roaa, ia rapiniy ouuamg irom
Forest Orove to Tillamook, on the
coast, i Of this road 91 miles are under.
construction now, 140 miles are pre
Jected. Including a line up 1 the coast
from Tillamook to Astoria, and 24 mllea j
are completed. The work Is being
rushed and a portion or tne line win bo
placed In operation this year. The
Mount Hood railroad haa been projected
from Dee, In Hood River county, toward
Mount Hood, and work will be resumed
thla month. The Corvallta & Alsea i
River railroad -la being, built from Cor-
(TJaltsd Press Leased Wire.
gaeramanto. Ca.. Dan. 11 ninnmlar
that-the thick tule- fog, which has
hung over Sacramento for a month, is
me weignt or woe on tne scores or
would-be attaches who are now at the
capltol hoping against hope that , this
legislature will find some loophole to
evade the law which limits the -total
amount to be-, paid to attaches to' only
500 a day In each house. y
This amount, nitlfullv inadaauata tn
comparison wiui tne golden generoi
of tne public manger in preceding ye
wiu aiiow tor naraiy more man
v,nAp,.4 .vyuBittynw ana tne
like in each house and the dread haa
spread among the faithful that perad
venture those who want prises thla
year may have to go through the mo
tions or wonting, y, ' . , :
LONG LOST; SlSTER
' IS FOUND; SHAKES
IN LARGE LEGACY
BT
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; Store Closed All Bay
J--; ;'; Friday ;
.. iffew Year's Bay . -
February 1, 1909. we take stock and close our fiscal year. Before
then we shall sell an immense quantity of excellent merchandise
at prices that scarcely represent the cost of production. VWe do
' this in order to start the new season with all our sections freedj
V from the accumulations of the old. It is a part of our established
' policy never to carry goods over from one season to another. The
- greatest bargains of all the year are, consequently, offered on every
hand, and many shoppers will take advantage of them to supply
; their needs for months to come. ' Especially attractive are the
: .'.s values offered for, -
Saturday's Selling
a partial list of which we publish in Friday's evening papers.
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10
the
(Bpeelal Dispatch te The Journal.) 5 4
, Spokane, Dec. It After living
a secluded life at Grangeville.
Idaho, for 2 n years, Mra Isabel.'
Salouse Wetzel haa been ' found-''
by her nephew, Henry Thomp
son, of' San Francisco, and 'will
share In a large estate left by
her sister, who died at San Fran
cisco several months ago.
e Mrs. Wetzel became separated., 4
Impo
rtant Change of Time
Effective Sunday, Jan. 3, 1909 Following Schedule Will PrevaO
iam and
ints via
From Portland to Grcshatn and
Intermedial dPo
. Spnngwater Division
From ' Gresham tad Ifitermedi--) Lv.
te Points via Spring-water
Division . .. .v. J
6-.SS
12:45
6:4S
a. m. .
p. m.
p.m.
7:45 g.m.
2:45 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
8:45 a.
3:45 p.
11:15 p.
m.
m,
m.
9:45 a. m.
4:45 p. m.
10:45 a.m.
5:45 p. m.
From Portland to Cazadero and ) Lv.
Intermediate Points via
Sprin irwater Division ........ j
5:4S
11:45
S:45
6:55
4:45
From Cazadero to Portland and i Lv. 6:45
Intermediate Points yia ;. 4:45
Springwater Division.....'... J.
From Portland to
and Intermediate
Branch
Troutdale ) Lv.
Points on V
6:55
12:45
6:45
a. m.
a. in,
p. m.
a. m.
p. m.
a. m.
p.m.
a. m.
p. m.
p. m.
From Troutdale and Po
Branch to Portland
?ointa on
LV.
6:15 a.m.
11:20 a.m.
5:20 p.m.
6:30 a.m.
1:45 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
8:45 a. m,
, 6:45 p.m.
8:45 a.m.
8:45 p.m.
7:45 a.m.'
2:45 p.m.
7:25 a.m.
1:20 p.m.
6:20 p. m.
7:37
2:45
9:45
a. m.
p.m. -p.
m.
8:45 a.
3:45 p.
m.
m.
9:45 -a.'m.
4:45 p.m.
10:45 a. m. 12:45 p.m. 2:45 p.m.
10:4S a. to. - 12:45 p. m. ; 2:45 p. nC
8:45
3:45
m.
m.
8:15 s m.
20 p.m.
9:45 a;m
4:45 paiu.
9:20 a-m.
30 p.m.
10:45 a.m.
: 5:45 p.m.
10:20 a.m.
4 20 p. m.
Nbte-i-Daily Except Sunday.
'ortlahd Railway, Light & Power . Co.
SI
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I
vuiuvmiuu. i iraiWYW lu DO VIA
4 the oldest homesteader living tn ' e ' X
4 bregon. 4!J
:
, from her relatives because . she
married against ''her parents';
will. She waa not "found until '
Mrs, Schmadeka of Grangeville
'visited Thompson a few' weeks
ago. t. The dead sister left a Jlg .
fortune to Thompson, with- the
understanding that a good share :
would be given to thcftnlsstng 1 4
sister If vshe' was ever found. 4
Thompson baa sent her tha 4
first installment.
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OLDEST H0MESTJ2ADEK
L OEEG0X BELIE YED
TO BESIDE IN CB00K
- (Special Dispatch to The Joornal.)
Prinevllle, Or., Dec. SI. John
Joseph ; Cunningham, 81 .' rears .
old, of Crook, this county, has
just proved up on 160 acres of,
government land .. In ' the Bear
Creek valley. He Is a bachelor, '
Despite his advanced age 'he en- .
gages actively in farming and
has a number ; of gcres under
cultivation. He is believed to be
Why There Should le ; .
l A ianoVln Every Home-
SUNNYSIDE CHUECH
. AJfNUAX MEETING
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I ' . " - : - -- " r f. v"
. The annual business meeting '. and
rolt- call of Sunnyaide Congregational
church was held last Tuesday evening
in ins cnurcn panors. A large propor
tion of the member sh Id was nreaanL
answering to the call of their names by
reciting some "passage from the Scrip
tures. During the past year SI new
members were taken into the church,
and the Institution la flourishing.
The Ladies' Aid . society, under the
leadership of Mrs. J. A. Pettlt, was
commended on Its fine showing for the
Swtr, auring wnicn ume u turnea 1726
to the church treasury.' ' , . -v t ..
After the buaineea meeting the mem-
oers aajoumea to tne lecture room,
where refreshments were served. '
The following church officers ' will
serve for the coming year: . Church
clerk, S. C Pier; church treasurer. It, T.
Fies; trustees, -W, E.' Bralnard. S. C.
Pien. B. O. WooiiS. J. T. Wilson. Charlen
Roanburgh, V. Emrick and E. R. Ray.
m9n4; deacons. - J. 'N. Voorhlea, I. L.
Huff, H. II. Staub, Charles T. Privatt
and F, A. VauKhn. . .
The supreme, the all-sufficient reason,
why there should be a piano in every home ,
is that every home should be a happy home,
: and outside the sacred influence of a good
mother, nothing contribute so much to the
' happiness of the home as music, and no in
strument excels the piano ia music-making
witchery, in variety of tone and richness of
melody. ..tv - ' :
fe' Happy homes are the keystone) in the
arch of our splendid civilization, and happy
homer make liberty loving:, patriotic peo
pie. The experience of all the age is that
music hallows the home, sanctifies its mem-
ories and blesses and beautifies- human
character. Few bad men go out from homes
where music and mother are loved and
honored. .
A piano in the home ia a powerful mag
net drawing the minds and hearts of the
, family into heavenly harmony and making
"Home, Sweet Home, Though Ever, So
Humble,". tha dearest spot cm earth.
Every consideration, therefore, oi par
ental love, filial devotion and patriotic
pride demands that there should be a piano
, in every home. . . . ; .:.::-.,f. ...
Parents can make no , wiser investment
no investment that returns richer dividends
in the character and lives, of their children.;
David's Harp alone could soothe, the
-'' troubled spirit of" Israel's King, the Lord's 2
anointed, and iruall ages music has aoothed w
sorrowing hearts and purified human affec
tions. , j ;. : -
?- Every, true home should have a piano, "
the perfection ' of : musical instruments, to
. give added charm to the home circle, to
comfort in affliction, to cheer in the hours
'of gloom, to sweeten every cup of bitter--.
nessr and to send forth boys and girls whose
lives shall be a blessing to society and a
benediction t6 the. world.' " ' . -v .-, ' A
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