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Newspaper Page TextV PACK SIX. DAJLY EAST ORBCONIAN. rENDLETON, OREGON. WEDN ESI) AY, AUGUST 31, 1007. EIGHT PAGES. ELEGTICAL HUT AND IIS HISTORY COMMERCIALLY NOT YET ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD First Practical Use Wad the Tele graph, Between 1832-35 Electro. Plating Was the Next Application of Hectridty to a Practical Use First Electric Power Plant Ever Built Was at Appleton, Wisconsin, In 1882 Swift Development Since. Telephonic apparatus ... 15,363,698 Telegraph apparatus (In- Ingclud tireless, (f 114,- 0(0) 1,111.194 It Is Impossible to predict the heights which this great Industry great In results though small In years will eventually attain, while new adaptations of electricity to commer cial and domestic purposes are being brought forth almost doily? A very few pieces of experimental apparatus was the entire produce of electrical machinery between 1800 and 1825. This was the basis from which later Inventions dated. The first commercial activity In electrical development was noticeable soon af ter the telegraph was developed by Morse in 1832-35. Companies were formed to Install telegraph lines and the manufacture of telegraph instru ments was started. This was follow ed by the art of electro-plating but the apparatus required for this work was not extensive. Although the electric motor was discovered by Thomas Davenport early In the nineteenth century. It was many years before the machines were known outside of experimental laboratories and put to commercial use. In fact, Edison Electric power station located at Appleton, Wis., In 1882, was the first of Its kind In the world. Bell produced the telephone In 1876 and a few months later tele phone apparatus was being manufac tured tn a small way. In the mean time inventors and scientists had been experimenting with the electric light and the arc light was pronounc ed a success. The Thomson-Houston system of electrjc street lighting came in 1881 and the first 25 arc light machines were manufactured by this concern in that year. This com pany was taken over soon after by the General Electric company which also began the manufacture of the Incandescent lamp discovered by Thomas A. Edison the same year. This was practically the beginning of the great Industry. The electric motor, which had lain dormant so long, was given new life and impetus by applying it to all In dustrials as a source of power. To generate all the current required for this work the dynamo was developed and manufactured on a large scale. 8prague proved that electric traction was possible and the first street cars were soon running In the streets of Richmond, Va. From that time on to the present day the development of the electrical industry has been most wonderful. It Is applied to al most every Industry and profession and has become a household neces sity. Electricity is used for heating cooking, forging and welding, min lng and agriculture, in irrigation and shipping. It is adapted to the most delicate Instruments of science or for the heaviest tasks of steel mills and railroad work. Twenly-five years ago there was not a factory in the world engaged In the exclusive manufacture of electrical machinery. Tet In the year ending with 1905 this great industry of phe nomenal growth made the following astonishing showing: Establishments 784 Capital (largely increas ed since 3174,066,026 Wage earners, av. No... 60,466 Yearly wages of same... 331,841,521 Cost of materials used ' yearly 66.836,926 Yearly product $140,809,369 In addition to the above. 128 es tablishments engaged primarily in other lines of manufacture turned out 318,742, 053 worth of electric ap paratus in 1905. New York, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsyl vania, Massachusetts, Connecticut Indiana and New Jersey report 63 of the 734 establishments making electrical apparatus at the census of 1905, and yearly product valued at S12(, 07, 84, or 90.1 per cent of the total for the whole country. In val xlz of products New York led, fol lowd by Pennsylvania, Illinois, Mas arjhaiwtts. New Jersey and Ohio In ot-t named. The combined output of thos six states constitute five sixths (M S per cent) of the total value of products. Neither Connect! cut nor Indiana reached the 36,000, tit mark. Tn laoltal and yearly products of th leading states were in 1905: Yearly' Capital Products Fenr7Wr.ia t:t.393,011 $28,257,569 JS- Tor . 3',43,17 36,348,276 l:irw. 2M44.783. 16,700,027 M 12.7JS.427 15,882,616 S-w rey, 14.437,21 13,803,476 hiv IM'iM" 11,019,235 TH tv4 r.w of this wonderful t.,7 mvf. b attributed to the viry vf f rt public ser V wyvaflrtn. fft railway com yts. ;lftr!e plant, power plants, t'i4i f-!phorv systems, by viit, 'a gtzt YtnVK ftf th electric i i-y f.'n manofantar Is pnr-Cl.- hy ; of irr,4irMim In J Kt'l im Jr)iMUfjt til. 084, 234 U. 1.740,534 Motors 22,370,626 Tranrfvr mt-tt 4,468,567 BwttcMoartfs , 3,766,044 Batteries slid Lrl and supplies 3,679,045 Carbons 2,710.935 ' Arc lamps 1,574,422 Eearchllght and projec tors 114.796 Incandescent lamps 6,308,299 Pecoratlve and miniature lamps i 72,935 Electric light fixtures.,.. 5,805,466 Hotel St, George, Ethelyn Benson, Sidney Town; Thomas Wheatley, Spo kane; George D. French, Chicago; W. H. Cramer, Twin Falls; C. F. Gibson, Baker City; R. R. Johnson, Echo; J. McGce, Chicago; Roy McDanlel, Baker City; Frank Hoffman, Seattle; E. Kellogg, Portland; C. M. Hol- llngsworth, Portland; Martin and wife, Walla Walla; J. A. Allison, Portland; George McGtlvery, Spokane; O. L. Craton, Spokane; M. L. Leedy, Athe na; J. C. Baddeley, Pullman; H. H. Roble, Kamcla; J. A. Benson, New York; A. M. Shannon, Portland; j. W. Greenough, Phoenix; Charles Klpkl, Spokane: O. L. Smith; Mrs. S. D. Sholwalter, Colfax; James . Morgan, La Grande; R. S. Skuse and family, Kansas City. Hotd Pendleton. F. M. Goodwin nd wife, Spokane: G. G. Schneller and wife, Walla Walla; F. Wleden, Portland; J. C. Moore, Portland; W. Avers, Portland; C. J. Freese, Spokane; E. Burmeyer, Louisville Charles O. Cook, Portland; L. C. Mlsy, Portland; E. Jacobson, Portland; D. North, Portland; W. Loewy, San Francisco; Wm. McCall, Walla Walla; L. Moller, Spokane; P. A. Wagner, Spokane; J. H. Maloney, Spokane; R. Warren, Spokane; R. C. Hlte, Spo kane; J. W. Smith, Spokane; R. A. Cowling, Portland; I. H. Templetori, Portland; H. Louis, Spokane; F. F. Plonders, San Francisco, HOTEL ARRIVALS. THE STRENUOUS LIFE."j On Day's Work of a 8lxUanth Cen tury Law 8tudsnt. If law students of the present das are laboring under the delusion that when the world was younger there was less law to study and more relaxation for young men of their class, let them read the following extract that an English contemporary has taken from the "Memoirs of Henri de Mesmea," descriptive of a day's work of a law student at Toulouse In the sixteenth century; "We used to rise from bed at 4 clock, and, having prayed to God. we went at 6 o'clock to our studies, our big books tinder our arms, our Ink horns and candles In our hands. We heard all the lectures without inter mission till 10 o'clock rang. Then we dined after having hastily compared during a hair hour our notes of the lectures. After dinner we read as a recrea tion 8ophocles or Aristophanes or Eu ripides and sometimes Demosthenes, Cicero, Virgil or Horace. At 1 o'clock to our studies, at 6 back to our dwell ing places, there to go over and verify passages cited In the lectures until 6; then supper, and after supper we read Greek or Latin. On holy days we went to high mass and vespers; the rest of the days, a little music and walks." VOICES FROM THE SEA. Common Phrases That Hsvs Had Their Origin Abosrd Ship. It is remarkable what a number of common expressions In use every day come to us from the sea. You grumble at a third party for "shoving In bis oar" In a conversation. A friend in quires after your health. "Oh, first rate, thanks!" you reply, using a term derived from the days of old wooden line of battle ships. Probably each of os knows of some one who is "sailing under false colors." Politicians are not Infrequently 'thrown overboard" by their party when they disappoint expectations. We call tall buildings "skyscrapers," term originally purely nautical. "Close quarters" Is a very common expres sion, which, like "first rate," dates from the time of wooden fighting ships. The "quarters" were protec tions erected along the bulwarks be hind which sailors could He low and which were used to help to repel boarders. There are others, too "half seas over," for Instance, and "high and dry." Honest men are said to be aboveboard." We call a good for nothing man a "derelict" and we urge people to go "full speed ahead" on all occasions when we mean there Is need for baste. DEAD SEA BATHING.. It Must Bs Horrible Torture, Accord lng to This Account. In an article on bathing In the Dead sea a clergyman who has made the ex pertinent says: "No sooner has one plunged Into the water than one Is whipped off one's feet and goes bob bing helplessly about, like a wretched cork. In the effort to regain one s foot ing and get back to shore one's feet and shins are barked by the Jagged stones and pebbles, and when at length one does emergs from Its treacherous bosom, with the lower limbs bleeding and torn, one becomes aware of a hor rible tingling and burning sensation In eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth and almost every pore of the skin from the brine and bitumen which have penetrated everywhere. Unless great enre Is tak en the bather In the Dead sea Is liable to an eruption, which breaks out al) over the body and which Is commonly known as the 'Dead sea rash.' The best antidote to this Is to hurry across as quickly as possible to the river Jor dan and to take a second plunge there in. The soft and muddy waters of that sacred but dirty stream will effectually remove the salt'that has incrusted the body." New York Tribune. His Attempt Wss Void. They bad been having a discussion concerning the necessity or otherwise of purchasing a new silk dress In order to be on a level with the De Moneys next door. Banks bad vetoed the pur chase on the ground of extravagance and want of funds, and bis wife was much uut ont "Dinner ready, my dearr be asked In his most conciliatory manner. Her face bad been like a stale thunder storm ever since the disagreement, and Banks wanted to change It "Yes." answered Mrs. B. shortly "Must trv again." said Banks to him self. Then aloud: "Ab, I'm glad of that my love. I have what the poets would call an acblng vokt,' Sarab." "You often suffer from headache,' she returned In a cutting tone. Banks drew bis chair up to the table with unnecessary noise and refrained from further attempts at conciliation for the rest of the day. Pearson' Weekly. Llfo Men Meet In Toronto. Toronto, Ont., Aug. 21. Insurance men to the number of over 800 from all over the United States and Can da, attended the opening session of the 18th annual convention of the Na tlonal Association of Life Under writers here today. The meetings will continue through Thursday and Frl day, and the program provides for discussions of various Interesting phases of the life underwriting bus iness. SKILL OF THE ANCIENTS. The Old Timers Apparently Did Many Things Better Than We. "We are losing all our secrets In this shabby age," an architect said. "If we keep on, the time will come when we'll be able to do nothing well. "Take, for Instance, steel. Ws claim to make good steel, yet the blades the Saracens turned out hundreds of years ago would cut one of our own blades In two like butter. Take Ink. Our modern Ink fades In five or ten years to rust color, yet the Ink of mediaeval manuscripts is as black and bright today as It was TOO years ago. Take dyes. The beautiful blues and reds and greens .of antique oriental rugs have all been lost while In Egyp tian tombs we find fabrics dyed thou sands of years ago that remain today brighter and purer In hue than any of our modern fabrics. "Take my specialty, buildings. We can't build as the ancients did. The secret of their mortar and cement Is lost to us. Their mortar and cement were actually harder and more durable than the stones they bound together. whereas ours horrors!" New York Press. Presence of Mind. The Duke of Wellington was writing In bis library when, chancing to look up, he saw a stranger near him who bad entered unheard. "Who are you, and what do yon want?" asked the duke. I am Apollyon and have been sent to kill you." The nobleman realized that be bad an Insane person to deal with, but he was equal to the emergency. With the utmost carelessness be Inquired, "Got to do it tonlghtr No." I am very glad, as I am quite busy now. Just send me word before you come again, and I shall be ready for you," politely bowing the crazy person out of the room. Shortly the fellow was safe In the bedlam whence be bad managed to escape. - The Home of a Genius. Beethoven was born In a small bouse In Bonn. His father had Inherited the vice of drinking, and often Beethoven and his younger brother were obliged to take tbetr Intoxicated father home. He was never known to utter an nn kind word about the man who made his youth so unhnppy, and he never failed to resent it when a third person spoke uncharitably of his father's frailty. Young Beethoven was thus taught many a severe lesson In the hard school of adversity, but bis trials were not without advantage to him, They gave to his character that Iron texture which upheld him under bis heaviest burdens. GENERAL NEWS. The French government discredits the report that the Sultan of Moroc co Intends to protest to the powers against France's action at Casa Blan-ca. While bathing in Mill creek, about 21 miles from Santa Crus, Hazel Riley ft-year-old girl, was drowned. Joe Munroe, a tlemaker, was also drown ed In attempting to save her. The Benson-Perrln conviction has aroused State Mlnerapologist Aubury of California, to declare that his evi dence against the state mineral land thieves will secure their indictment, also. Frank McGllllvray, son of the pro prietor of the hotel at Lytton, was drowned near Vancouver, B. C. He was fishing and fell Into the water and was carried away by the swift current. Warrants of arrest have been Is sued at Lewlston for James Pratt, John Pratt and Wm. Russell on the charge of gambling. The defendants were arrested some time ago on the samo charge. A four hours' battle took place August .18 when the Moors attacked the French camp. The attack was repulsed after a long struggle. The fighting covered a front of 16 miles around Cnsa Blanca. Colliding with a handcar on a high embankment, passenger train No. 3, on the Chlcngc, Milwaukee & St St. Paul, was wrecked at Keystone, 30 miles from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A dozen people were Injured. The assembly at Pretoria, Trans vaal, nas authorized the purchase of the Culllnan diamond, valued at II, 000,000, to be presented to King Ed ward as a testimonial of appreciation for his bestowal of a constitution. The Island of Layson, Hawaii, has not disappeared, as was reported re cently by the captain of the schooner Olsen. The Island was visited on the 15th of this month by the United States government tug Iroquois, which was returning from Guam. A plan to open the Jamestown ex position on Sunday with a small ad mission fee and none of the conces sions opened, has been submitted by Director General Parr to Secretary of the Treasury Cortclyyou. Action on the matter Is expected in a few days. A Shanghai special says that the revolutionary movement. Is strength ening dally and recent organizations are growing. Thousands of Chinese escape the Jurisdiction of the Chinese courts by staying within the foreign quarters'. ' Provinclnl officials appear to be helpless to suppress the revolutionists. Nine suicides since the first of the month In Portland Is the record, or an average of one tor a little less than every 48 hours. The long-continued suicide epidemic, says Coroner Flnley, Is unprecedented for that city. Poison has been the means of destruction most courted, though drowning and shooting have claimed victims. By the terms of the statute enacted at the last session of the legislature, whereby county funds on deposit In county or state banks draw interest at the rate of 2 per cent per annum on an average dally balunce, Yakima county is richer by the sum of $284. 43, interest paid by local banks to the treaciirer for the month of July. Wm. J. Goda, aeronaut, was killed at Ogden, Utah, a few days ago by descending with his parachute upon some live wires. A pathetic Incident of the death of Ogden Is that his wife was afterwards compelled to make an ascension to pay the funeral expenses. Ogden has appeared In Umatilla countv In several ascensions and has made over 600 successful flights. The Influence of Books. Books have always a secret Influence on the understanding. We cannot at plensure obliterate Ideas. He that reads books of science, though without any desire fixed of Improvement will grow more knowing. He that enter tains himself with moral or religious treatises will Imperceptibly advance Id goodness. The Ideas which are often offered to the mind will at last find a lucky moment when It Is disposed to receive them. Samuel Johnson. Prsolous Spies. There are portions of the globe today where spices are worth more than gold or silver. "In the arctic region spices are essential to health and happiness," wrote an explorer. "A dash of pepper, a pinch of ground cinnamon, a little nutmeg or a piece of ginger root re vives the Jaded appetite wonderfully tn the north. I have Been shipwrecked sailors tight over an ounce of spices with more fierceness than they ever did for money." This On Espsoially. From a Paris paper we take the fol lowing conversation In a police court: The President It appears from your record that you have been thirty-seven times previously convicted. The Pris oner (sententlously) Man la not per fectLondon Globe. Man Is greater than a world, than systems of worlds. There Is mora mys tery In the union of soul with body than In the creation of a universe Henry Giles. Dispatches report a terrible min ing disaster In China with 125 deaths. The county commissioners of Yaki ma countty. Wash., have again re fused the petition for liquor license In Granger. The applicant was J. P. Wilfong, whose petition was rejected about one month ago. Deputations from Zlllah, Sunnyslde and Grandvlew were present to oppose the granting of the license and remonstrances were put in from these places containing In ull about 400 names. Endorsed by the Country. "The most popular remedy In Ot sego county, and the best friend of my family," writes Wm. M. Dletz, ed itor and publisher of the Otsego Journal, Gllbertsville, N. Y., "Is Dr. King's New Discovery. It ha3 prov ed to be an infallible cure for coughs and colds, making short work of the1 worst of them. We always keep a bottle In the house. I believe It to be the most valuable prescription known for lung and throat diseases." Guaranteed to never disappoint the taker, by Tallman & Co.'s drug store. Price 60 conts and $1. Trial bottle free. Spokane has placed a dam across the Spokane river in connection with Its water plant. The state law makes It a criminal offense to maintain such a dam unless It Is provided with a fish ladder. The Spokane dam has no such ladder, and the state game authorities want to prosecute. Proba bly other cities which have water works are similarly liable for neglect of this law. Indigestion a Crime. It Is a positive crime to continue suffering with the Ilia of Indigestion, such as headaches, backaches, heav iness after eating, specks before the eyes, despondency and nervousness, now that we tell you of the good Ml-o-na stomach tablets will do. Mi-o-na will strengthen all the or gans of dlgestlos, so that you will get from your fond the nourishment that is needed to support the vital forces and strengthen the nerve powers. Ask Tallman & Co. to show you the guarantee they give with every 50o box of MJ-o-na. MEN'S Summer Underwear Cheaper TO CLOSE OtJT ALL LIGHT-WEIGHT UNDERWEAR, WE WILL MAKE SPECIAL PRICES THIS WEEK. WE HAVE YOUR SIZE NOW; BUT THEY WON'T BE HERE LONG. Mn's light Balbrtggan Underwear, short lot 20c Men's brown Underwear, S5o kind, to close out at 25o Men's 7 So French Balbriggan Underwear now Bo Men's ribbed summer Underwear, extra good values 50c See Our Stock of COOL COATS ALSO THEY ARE FINE FOR INDOOR WORK, AND SAVE TWICE ' THEIR COST IN THE WEAR OF YOUR OTHER CLOTHING. 4 Tho Fair Dop't. Store PENDLETON, OREGON When You Travel, Enjoy the Superior DINING CAR CERVICE of through Northern Pacific trains.- A dainty breakfast, tasty lunch, or delightful dinner prepared by a skilled CHEF and thoroughly well served, will round out and vary the pleasure of your trip. The bill-of-fare is varied and attractivethe viands appetizing" the car attractive and easy ' riding. "Get Your Meal on the Train." Dining cars on all transcontinental and im portant local trains. For full Information sec AV. ADAMS, Local Agent. Pendleton, Oregon. i Northern Pacific Railway A. D. CHARLTON, ' Ass't Gen. Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore. G&sStd SUMMER ICOOKING Is no longer a terror to the housewife when the GAS RANGE Is Installed. Even the hottest weather you can prepare an elab orate meal, yet keep tho kitchen delightfully cool. Then cleanli ness, absolute safety and ease of management, all make a strong appeal. We make all connections. Call and get prices. NORTHWrSTERN GAS ELECTRIC CO. MATLOCK BUILDINC Byers' Best Flour Is made from th choicest wheat that grows. Good bread Is assur ed when BTERfT BBST FLOUR Is used. Bran, Bhorta, Steam Rlld Barley always on hand. PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS W. 0. BYERS, Proprietor.