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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.