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Temporary Office at Nebraska Clothing Co.
Ion being led by , the .local commandery,
Kntghta Templar. The line of march called
'for movoment of the column east aa far as
TUlteWh''aVret.P Firaa'tn. but the num
her of MsMW,.V UasWde It necesaary
top he ' Nn of march ' to extend east' on
'.Kamam street a far s Tfenth, the line
. being aoulh-'from Sixteenth street and Cap
itol avenue i to Farnam a tract, eaat on Far
nam to. .Tertth, north on Tenth to Douglas,
weal on IXouglaa to Fourteenth, aouth on
Fourteenth to Farnam, west on Farnam to
Fifteenth and aouth on Fifteenth to the
Auditorium.
rTo reach. the Auditorium. the grand lodge
poised through open lines ;.of Maaona from
Fourteenth and Farnam streets. It passed
Into the .building at S o'plock, followed by
officers and members of 'Nebraska lodge
No. 1 anil. the other lodges In order.
' The formal, ceremonies , opened with ' an
Invocation1' by tha . grand chaplain. Very
Rev. George Allen Beecher. This was fol
. lowed' by, a march,. VBan, Antonio," by Dlm
mlck'a or o ties t re. and (hen Past Grand
Master C.tB. Burnham or. Norfolk delivered
. a brief addrees. Ha opened by saying that
t George II. . Thummelv past grand master,
had been chosen to deliver this address,
t but wis dalled away by death In the fam
J lly and could not ba present. He had, how.
i evsr, prepared an address, "'which the pre
I aiding officer read. The -address opened
iv.'lth a brief summary of the organisation
of the grand lodge, and continued: "How
. mighty the result; how Tast the harvest!
From three weak lodges and seventy-two
f master Masona we now have over 200
Slodgea and about 15,000 - membera." The
speaker then referred particularly to the
'. Jffo and "work of Past Grand Master R. C.
Jordan (M Past Grand Master Gorga W.
e linlnger founder of tha Nebraska Maaonle
(.home. "With longing eyes ha looked for
i ward toiitnle ceremony,", said tha speaker,
"and had. ha been alive taday around him
would tha oeremony have .centered. Long
lira tha memory of George W. Linlnger!
HVa glory in our state and are proud of Ita
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An operation, with tha, knife ia danger,
oua. Cruel, humiliating and unnecessary.
Pyramid) Pile Cure haa cured tha worst
form of plies known,,. We prove It.
By every Wall we get letters like this:
"Wishing to give credit where credit Is
due, I feel it my duty to humanity aa
WeH aa y ourselves to write you regarding
lour ptla remedy. I have not finished my
lrst bo And am now wait After ths flrat
.raatmi at af Pyramid Ptla Cure, the sore
ness left, and the swellings have kept de
creasing? ' I also used your pills and am
feeling Jtha- myself again.' Thanking you
tlndly, am yours truly, C- Crowley, 1TB
th Ave.; Seattle, Wash'
Wa do not ask you ! take our word.
We are wilting that oushould try our
treatment and decide for yourself. Snd
to tae 'Pyramid Drug Co., 91 Pyramid
Building.. Marahall. Mich., and you will
receive a free trial package by return
nail. After you bava used the contents
)f this package you can . aecure exactly
:he same medicine from any drugglat for
SO eeota, or, oa receipt of price., we will
nailt'yop afcma cursive; If ha should not
lava-tti .'.
Yoi ran go right ahead 'with our work
ind ba easy and comfortable al tha time.
Ien'l at woj-tlv trying?.-.
ThotUind liave'tieep cured in this easy.
aln.Isf and; kpexpens4va. way, ,lu tha prl
(tf y o their ;owa-ho-nia. ' .
No "torture. Nd bills.' fend 'today.
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achlevementa, particularly In tho western
part, once colled part of the Great Ameri
can desert. On every hand are evidences
f thrift and prosperity. With 'our Twloved
order keeping pace with this upward move
ment, truly we are a people blessed of tha
Lord. While doing our part aa tnen and
Masons, let ua, aa patriotic cltlsens, al
ways work for what Is good In govern
ment." Obedience and Respect.
The paat grand master continued: "From
time immemorial obedience and respect are
always paid to our grand masters. At
this, our fiftieth anniversary, we are happy
to have a king as our ruler." He then
Introduced the grand master, who delivered
the address of welcome. The grand master
said. In part: ! '
"It does me good to welcome you all here
today. It Is well for the old Masons to re
count the work done In tha past, but young
Masona especially would have pay at
tention to the addresses, alnce upon them
depends the future of the order In the
state. To them will be entrusted the land
marka of the order."
He then spoke briefly to the women pres
ent, telling them that while no women are
admitted to the order, each lodge la an
eapeclal champion of the Interests of
women. He closed by welcoming to the
state the representatives of forelm mrmnA
lodges.
The next speaker was Right Eminent Blr
Carroll D. Evans, past grand master of
the Knlghta Templar, who responded to
the toast, "The President of the United
States, ' In the absenoe of Past Grand
Maater Bullard. Sir Knight Evans said,
'n part:
It would be quite Inappropriate to apeak
of the preaident without In some way asso
ciating tha aubject with tha great atate of
Nebraska. Above all thlnga Masons love
consistency and cnurage. tempered with
character and aacrlnces made for humanity.
In all thene thlnira we point for examnle
to the president of the United States. The
men who have become presidents and
who were Masons were seekers after ltaht.
who desired to cast aside prejudice. That
Is what makes us lova our president and
makes us rally to him when our nation la
In trouble. From our first president.
Brother Oeorga Washington, to the present
occupant of the White house. It would take
too long to tell of all their good qualities.
FearleR aa have been the presidents In
their action and Just as have been their
doclBlons, let always bear hia banner
and let ua as Masons always supoort him.
Governor Not on Hand.
Governor Sheldon waa not present when
his number on the program waa reached
and the remarka on "Freemasonry, Ita Re
lation to Civil Government" waa paased
until he should arrive.
Music by the orchestra preceded the next
address, which waa an "Historical Sketch
of Freemasonry In Nebraska," by the
grand secretary and official historian,
Francis E. White. Mr. White's paper waa
an extensive history of the grand lodge,
reciting tha facta of Ita organisation, tha
Condltlona which prevailed In the atate at
that time and of the growth of tha order.
The paper prepared for the occasion waa
so long that time permitted only a sum
mary to ba presented; and ,the article In
full will ba published-' aa a part' of the
tnlnutea of the senll'Mtenteiwilil convocation
of tha grand lodge. Bora of tha' points
brought out in the summary follow':
Among early settlers of Nebraska wera
a ftw Freemasons. Side by aide with
others they labored for tha common' good,
and from their ranks, came iha men .who
shaped- the 'daitlnles f the -stste. ' In' but
few cases did they prove recreant to their
trust, either in regard to the state or to
Masonry. Their forma and facea are al
moat forgotten, but their work will endure
forever.
The history of the three lodges which
formed the grand lodge ia well worth
noting, especially that Nebraska lodge.
No. 1. The flrat master of thla lodge waa
a resident of Iowa, and tha first meeting
to d'acusa tha subject of organisation waa
held at St. Mary s. Ia. There la soma
doubt aa to the membership of this lodge.
The first mention in tha IllinoU Grand
lodge shows seven members. There la no
doubt that Its organisation s somewhat
irregular. 'and 'while 'the lo'dge waa char
tered In 1KB, It waa not uMll 1S37 that tha
body waa Instituted."
Orlarlanl Charter of o. 1.
Here the grand secretary created a sur
prise by saying that ho had found the
original charter of Nebraska lodge No. 1.
Issued by tho Illinois grand lodge. He said
It had been brought ta his office by a
stranger three daya before, and he pre
sented the yellow parchment to the grand
master.
The first altar of Masonry was a bale of
sklna, the ballot box a fruit Jar. The first
degree conferred, was upon Petur A. Sarpy,
who was given the degree In Council Bluffs.
The speaker then briefly gave the history
of the organlzatlnn of lodges at Nebraska
City and Omaha. Ho said that nt the
organisation ft the grand ..loilgo membora
of tho Nebraska City lodge walked to
Omaha and return, as no steamboat, came
up toe river when desired. The total mem
bership of the three lodges waa not more
than seventy-two. Because of scarcity of
money fees were reduced early In the '60s,
but this did not produce prowth In the
order, and the six lodges then constituted
Suffered In membership through the rush
of members to the gold fields of the Hooky
mountains. At that time the Nebraska
grand lodge chartered lodges In Colorado,
Idaho and Wyoming.
In U63 the grand lodge considered a sug
gestion to call a meeting to consider meth
ods to stop the civil war: at another meet
ing thanks were extended to the grand
master of South Carolina for good offices
shown to northern Masons. Later the grand
lodge expressed willingness to "forgive and
forget" the civil war, and at another meet
ing money was vbted to aid southern breth
ren. A contribution by O. H. Irish formed
the nucleus of the fund which resulted in
the establishment of the Masonic home.
Considerable difficulty was experienced In
bringing about uniformity of work and
theTe was more or less of a tendency to
"modernize" Free Masonry, but the officers
were strong and able, adhering closely to
the ancient work. Tlfc records display a
high order of Intellect and devotion on the
part of early Nebraska Masons.
Itoll of the Dead.
The grand secretary quoted from tha
history as presented by tha historian at
the twenty-fifth anniversary and read the
names of past grand masters who had
died alnce September 23, 1882, and then
told of the work of the order during
the seasons of . crop failures In the early
history of the western part of of tha
state. A history of the Masonic noma
closed the summary, the secretary paying
high tribute to the work of George W,
Linlnger in thia matter. A comparative
statement showed that September 23, 1857,
there were in tha state three lodges, with
a total membership of 72; September 73,
1907, 238 lodges chartered and under dis
pensation, with a membership of 15,163
and total assets of nearly $100,000.
In Introducing Governor Sheldon the
presiding officer said that all governors
of Nebraska but three were Masons. Gov
ernor Sheldon said, in part:
"I am glad to be here today. Few, If any
of us, will be present at the next similar
celebration. It is true that Freemasonry
has great influence upon civil government.
It Is more indirect than direct like the
influence of women In politics, positive,
but not of record, and always for a
better civil government. This Is trtio
the world over, and If any characteristic
of Masons stands out above others It is
that of atandlng for the elevation of
themselves, their associates and their gov
ernment. In every step toward better
governmental policies and methods may
be seen the work and Influence of Free
masonry." He closed by paying tribute to the vet
eran Masons of the state who have given
their time and efforts to the development
of the atate.
Rollln M. Hunter, grand master of Ma
sons In Iowa, could not be present at the
meeting and his place waa taken by Paat
Grand Master John A. Ehrhardt, a former
resident of Iowa, Mr. Ehrhardt'a re
marka were brief. The theme was "Free
masonry in the Middle West," 'and the
speaker claimed that tha middle west cen
ters at Stanton, Neb. "Masonry in the
middle west la the same aa Masonry In
every country. In all times and places
Masonry haa stood for high Ideals, better
government and civil and religious lib
erty. Wherever a true Mason is found,
he la working for the brotherhood of men
and the glory of Qod. War for ag-
H nuutacmciiL i:an uovirr luiue wucib Aia
aonry abounds. Peace haa been brought
to tha natlona by Masonry."
An orchestral selection preceded the
formal oration of the day, which was pre
sented by Post Grand Master Henry H.
Wilson of Lincoln, who said. In part:
Addreaa by W ilson.
Past Grand Master H. H. Wilson waa the
principal orator of tha day. He said in
part:
Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren
of the Masonic Fraternity and Ladies and
Gentlemen: I congratulate you upon the
splendid manner In which thla day is being
celebrated. I felicitate you upon the mag
nificent surroundings amidst which this
meeting is held.
The Masonic fraternity waa never more
prosperous or Its principles more influential.
We are assembled amid scenes of peace
and plenty. Our nation la bleased with un
usual prosperity and we are at peace at
home and abroad. The world, with alight
exceptlona, la enjoying a general peace and
ia rapidly moving toward a situation in
which peace shall be Its general condition
and war the rare exception.
Thla grand lodge waa founded In 1SS7,
three years after Nebraska waa erected
Into a territory and ten years before she
was admitted into the sisterhood of states
Bo intimately Interwoven is the history of
Nebraska Free Masonry with the history of
the state that neither can be fully written
without drawing much from the other.
It falls to the lot of but few men to take
part In transactiona of great national Im
portance. It is rare Indeed that It Is vouch
safed tu any one man to participate in
more than one such transaction. But the
name of Jefferson will for all time be
indlssolubly connected with two of the five
great events in our national history the
Declaration of Independence and the pur
chase of Louisiana.
The fifty yeara, the close of which we
celebrate today, have been eventful yeara
In the history or the human race. During
thla period the whole science of medicine
hus been rebuilt. The germ theory, aa de
veloped by Koch and Pasteur, has rendered
comparatively valueless all previous med
ical learning. The discoveries of Lister
have robbed surgery of Us greatest dangers
and quadrupled its value to mankind
Kvolution. with which the names of Dar
win and Spencer will alwava be a
lias within these fifty yeara not only wholly
changed our fundamental conceptions of
nature, but it haa entirely changed our i
methods of Investigation. Evolution as ap
plied to social development has shed a
world of light upon the history of the past 1
It )aa given the race a solldurlty and Its ;
nlstotv a continuity never before anDre. I
elated, .'t haa taught ua that today la at
once the child of yesterday and the parent
of tomorrow.
In no part of the civilized world have tha
last lifty yeara been more evenUul than in
our own country.
Fifty yeara ago today there dwelt in ter
ritory over which floated the Stara and
Stripes ,U)0,000 of human beings who were
held in legalised alavery. Within these
fifty yeara America, although the youngest
of the 'great nations, has become easily
tns first In wealth and material resource
During this period our country haa risen
on the world's theater of action from a po
aiBon of comparatively small importance
to that of one of the leading poweis in
the councils of the world. Wherever the
race la struggling for the righta pf tha pm
pie, wherever mankind ia striving for self
government, our Institutions and our his
tory form the favorite theme for discus
Hon. Nowhere In our own country hare the
caangea wrought within the last fifty years
born greater than In our own state. Fifty
yeara ago today, when thla grand lodge
waa organised, Omaha waa a pioneer village
of a few hundred Inhabitants. Today It
standa aa the chief entreport of commerce
between the east and tha weat midway
bet wen Europe and the orient and Ua
homes ahelter mora than a hundred thou
sand souls.
Our broad prairies, then treeless and
largely Inhabited by the eavaga aborlglnea
and buOaloca, bava, aa U by magic, bean
t
transformed Into prosperous firm and
thriving villngea and rlUs. No mining
state has ver produced of the precious
metals an annual product at all compor
able to the annual product of the fnnna
of Nehraka. And, bent of all, our wealth
thus produced from the soil Is compara
tively well distributed.
Hill by Ae-braaka Oread Master.
This' general education Maaona and Ma
sonry have alwava encouraged and sup
ported. The Wit that became the basis of
our common school eyStcm was Introduced
Into tlm territorial legislature by one who
was grand muster of this grand lodge. In
every effoit to build a great state, In every
endeavor to InMUro our rumple with pa
triotism, in every enterprise calculated to
Improve the physical, Intullei tuul and moral
condition of .our 'people, Masona and Ma
sonry have taken a consplcuoua and ein
clent fart
The civilised- world approved when the
Nobel "peace ftrlte was awarded to our
president for 'initiating the negotiations
that brought peace Jo the contending na
tions. It was a noble act and worthily
performed. I would not In any way under
value his timely action. But tho bumble
citizen, who by kindly Intervention, brings
peace to a warring neighborhood, tho un
known lawyer who.- by -disinterested and
beneficent advice, brings peace to a dis
tracted home, perform a service which In
moral quality cannot be excelled by the
pacifier of natlona. Freemasonry Incul
cates the performance of duty, whether
on the tage of the world's theater or in
the most humhle' walks of life. It stands
for progress and intellectual activity, for
moral excellence and spiritual elevation.
It stands for patriotism and civic virtue;
it stands for the equality and nobility of
woman and for the purity of the home.
Freemasonry stands for the true dignity
of labor. Its principal degree Is based
upon the tragic death of a skilled work
man, who fell in the faithful performance
of duty. It cannot be too often said, or
said with too much ernphnsls, that useful
labor Is a necessary condition of human
happiness. . Carlyle well expressed this
thought when he said, "There Is a peren
nial nohloness. and even sacredness, in
work. Were he never so benighted, for
getful of his high calling, there ia always
hope In a man that actually and earnestly
works: in Idleness alotio Is there perpetual
despair "
Trac Dlarnttr of Labor.
Freemasonry emphasises Ita application
of the true dignity of labor by bestowing
Its honors upon men of all ranks and
conditions of life. You have called crafts
men from humble walks to fill the highest
offices In the gift of tha order. Tou Tiave
called brethern from the plow and from the
forge to sit In the oriental chair In the
grand eaat. There never has been a time
when the world needed more to learn this
lesson of the true dignity of all useful
labor than the present.. The teaching of
thla lesson alone would ' Justify the exist
ence of Masonry..
Freemasonry takes for Its motto laborare
est orare, to work Is to worship. We there
fore teach that Ule. who works faithfully
to attain a purpose, by the work Itself,
prays to God. If he bo not Irreligious, to
give him success." We teach that In
dustry la essential to happiness, ' and that
all useful service la honorable.
The crying need of our time Is not learn
ing, not genius, not wealth, not reputation,
but character strong, well defined, indi
vidual character. No brilliancy of Intel
lect, no flashes of genius; no wealth of
learning can compensate- for the lack of
those homely, common-place elements, the
result of which we call character. None
are too lowly, none are too poor to possess
It, and none are so exalted that they can
do without It. Charaoter Is what one Is,
reputation la what others think him to be.
Character Is the result of long continued
habit. Reptuatlon Is often attained at a
single bound. Reputation resembles the
luxuriant growth of the tropics, while
character Is the product of a severer clime.
Reputation Is withered by the first brcsth
of suspicion. Character la often heightened
and ennobled by unjust atttacks. and slan
der falls from it as mud falls from the
pollHhed marble.
- It la to the development of such char
acter that Freemasonry has always devoted
itself. Such an Institution needs no vindi
cation, and the lives And characters of
thousands of its votaries, both In public
and private life, art IU best euloglum.
Our institution Is ancient and venerable.
We have a long line' of Industrious ma
sonic ancestors. It should be our ambition
to seethat the good name and fame of
the order shall, not suffer at our hands. It
Is said that one of five best features of an
arlstocracv In the Inspiration that comes
to an ambitious vonn man from the con
templation of tha.-.hlpory of a long lln
of nohle ancestors. .The noble lives and
Character of thousands' of Masons In nil
wnlkn of life, contlnai: tie from the nnnt,
should Inspire in wih a1 In-the perform
ance of our duv-diitv to our fam'llea,
dutv to our brefhern. rtntv to our state
duty n .. , v tu
Fraternity on. Land and Sen.'
"Tho Masonic Fraternity. Wheresoever
Dispersed on Land or eea.v was tho theme
assigned to James E. Durgln, deputy grand
master of Maaona In Wisconsin. Mr. Dur
gln la a former resident- of Nebraska and
was once a member of the grand lodge of
Nebraaka. He opened his remarks by bear
Ing tho fraternal greeting of the grand
master of Wisconsin, and continued:
"To me this Occasion' Is one of great
pleasure, for I have 'returned to my Ma
sonic home, as I was made a -Mason In
Wahoo lodge. The ' Masonic fraternity,
wherever dispersed, rejoices with you. May
the Masons of Nebraska always practice the
broadest charltyr is thera a brother suffer
ing, help him; does the slimy tongue of
scandal make, him art object, alienee it; if
you pass resolutions of sympathy, attach
them to a ton of coal or a sack of flour, if
necessary.
"In our mystic brotherhood there la al
ways cause for wonder and the deeper the
study the more the mystery, If It be not the
united purpose for a higher humanity and
better ideala of life." ,
"Masonry in the Northwest" was the sub
ject of tha remarks of Royal A. Gove, dep.
uty grand maater of Masona in Washington,
the grand lodge ' of which celebrates Its
semi-centennial next year.
Eichauge of Felicitation.
The deputy grand maater extended the
congratulatlona of the grand maater andTand name ita candidate before the demo
grand lodge o.f Washington on the occasion
and said that he had been requested by
tne grand master to visit the Nebraska
grand lodge at thla time. He told of the
mutual development of Washington and
aatd that thia explains the growth of Ma-
aonry In the northwest. The first lodge was
owned at Oregon City In 18t9. under a
charter from Missouri. Oregon's grand
lodge waa organised In 1851. The firat lodge
In Washington waa organised at Olympla.
June B, 1853. The grand lodge waa or
ganised In December, 1868. by four lodgea,
having a membership of 113. There are now
151 lodges in the Jurisdiction, four In Alaska,
with a membership of about 11,000. He
closed by paying tribute to the memory of
Thomaa Milburn Reed and Thomaa Upton
One third of the money ralaed by the ana
lodge of Washington Is being set aside for
a Masonic home.
The last speaker of the afternoon was
Deputy Grand Master William A. DeBord,
w ho spoke of the Nebraska Masonic home.
He said that in four yeara the grand lodge
haa contributed 320,000 for grounda and
buildings; 320.000 haa been set aside for
other Improvements; $60,000 for a permanent
endowment, and 13.000 haa been spent by
Masons on the home. The 16,000 Masons
and aiaters of tha Eastern Star in the state
are the greatest endowment of the home.
The home Is true exemplification of brotherly
love and relief, for It Is a home Indeed to
which every Mason eap turn hla step. The
sneaker then told of the devotion of George
W. Linlnger, and said that while he waa
know and recognised In every walk of life,
Breathe Easier
tbosa who quit coffee
and ua
POSTUM
10 day's trial will prove that
"There't RetanM
BULLETIN
NEBRASKA
TELEPHONE
COMPANY
The Nebraska Telephone company has
no bonds.
The Nebraska Telephone company has
a full dollar's worth of plant for every dol
lar of stock issued.
It does not have to pay exorbitant
rates for money in order to extend its
plant.
It provides for the maintenance of its
plant at the highest degree of efficiency.
It has steadily extended its facilities to
meet the growing demands for telephone
service.
It has paid a fair dividend of 6 per cent
for years, without a break.
It is doing business on sound business
principles.
It is daily giving its patrons increased
value for their money by increasing the
number of telephones connected.
The Nebraska Telephone company's
stock is a conservative and attractive in
vestment. The Nebraska Telephone company's
service is complete and comprehensive.
he waa truly beloved among Masona: The
speaker elosed by reading part of the ad -
dress of Mr. Linlnger at the last meeting
of the Home association. "Brother Linlnger
has gone from us but his work will ever
endure. Hla memory will be fresh In the
minds of those who will find rest In the
home."
HEARST BOOM FOR PRESIDENT
Backers of Katsenjammer Editor
Plan to Forestall Democratic
Convention.
CHICAGO. Sept. 23. The Tribune today
saya that members of the Chicago branch
of the Independence league will make a
pilgrimage to New York this week. They
go to a conference to be held at the Gll
roy house on Friday, which they hope
wlll make William Randolph Hearst the
democratic' candidate for preaident of tho
United States In 1908. The advertised
purpose of the conference la to arrange
for making the Independence league a na
tional organisation.
Tho present plan, as outlined yesterday
by one of Mr. Hearst's friends. Is for tha
New York meeting to call a national con
vention, to which all branchea shall aend
delegates. This convention will be em
powered to name candldatea for president
and vice president of the United States.
Thla convention will be held In advance
of the democratic national convention, so
that tha league can adopt Its platform
crata meet. The alan la to hold It ahead
of democratic state conventions, so ns
to be an object lesson to these bodies and
make them hesitate about Instructing del
egates for any other candldatea than Mr.
Hearst.
Bailer Piano to. Btoov Bought fcy
Harden Broa.
One of the largest deais in pianos ever
made by a weaterii firm waa consummated
laat week by Mr. T. F. Qulnlln. buyer for
Hayden Broa." piano department, who has
Just returned from New York.
The Bailey I'lano company, well known
New York manufacturer of blgn-grada
planoa and piano players, recently went Into
tha hands of a receiver. Mr. tjulnlln suc
ceeded In closing a deal for the stock,
which consists of some 90 pianos and piano
playera. The purchase la now enroute from
New York and will be placed on sale at
an early date In Hayden Broa.' piano de
partment. .
Announormenta. wedding stationer? ant
Calling cards, blank book and magaslns
finding. 'Phone Doug. lax. A. . Roo. Ino.
Placer Property I aider Development.
LANDER. Wyo.. Sept. 23. (Special.) A
distinguished party of mining men, headed
by the Greenough brothers, Tom' L., James
B., and Wilbur D., Spokane mining men,
left for home thla morning, having spent
several days In looking over their proper
ties at Red Canon. Other members of the
party were: T. J. Humblrd, Land Point,
Idaho; D. W. Twohy, H. H. Boomer. R. B.
Patterson, F. P. Hogan, J. P. McOoldrlck,
J. H. Spear, O. Dorman, T. F. Spencer. R.
K. Netll, F. T. McCollough and Dorland
Mlhllls, all of Spokane; Morts Thompaon,
Seattle; Joaeph Thomson, Wallace, Idaho;
W. F. Clark, Wenatchee. Wash; A. L.
Smith, Helena, Mont.; E. W. King. Bose
man. Mont.; Charles Donahue. Richmond.
Wis., snff SitmuM (llaunv. Hnnkaim. The
members of the party are all stockholders 1
' ' ' i
In the (26,000,000 company, which the Green
ough brothers have formed to operate tb.0
22,000 acres of rich placer landa. Tha com
pany will apend at least fl.0u0.000 In develop
ment work during the next year. They
already have a big force of men at work
oa the thirteen-mile ditch that they are
building and have started work at both
ends of a tannel 1,000 feet long to carry the
waters of the Little Popo Agle Wcrosa the
Sept -23
Deadly Parallel Number 12
head of Pass creek Into Twin creek, from
I which It will, be conveyed through their
ditches to the placer beds. All conflicting
water rights have been purchased, the com
' pany having paid out nearly $100,000 foi
for
ranches extending ten. miles down the river,
In order to secure. the water and also to
protect themselves . against any damage
suits that might Nirlse from dumping the
stupendous amount of debris that will be
thrown into the river by their hydraulics
when the placera are In operation. All of
tha membera of the party were more than
pleased with the showing. Gold can be
panned from any shovelful of dirt on a tract
of 10.000 acres.
LIBERAL RELIGIOUS CONGRESS
Prominent ' Men from All Parts of
tho World Are to Par-
tlclpate. .
BOSTON, Sept. i3 The International Con
gress of Religious Liberals, attended by
prominent divines and distinguished liberal
religious workers from s.11 parts of the
world, opened Its fourth biennial session
in Boston tonight and for a week will hold
a series of meetings In ' the Unitarian and
other liberal churchea of the city.
Thia congress, which Is held under the
direction of the International council of
Unitarian and other liberal religious think
ers and workers, meets for the first time
on this side of the-Atlantls, Its previous
aeaslons having been in London, Amster
dam and Geneva. Numbered among the
speakers who are to take part are men of
distinction from Japan, India, Denmark,
Switzerland, England, Ireland. France and
other countries, while such well-known per
sonages as President C. W. Ellott of Har
vard university and President Carroll D.
Wright of Clark college will also contribute
to tha program. Tonight a mass meeting,
was held In Symphony ball. The speakers
were Rev. T. L. Sllcer of New York, Rev.
Edward Everitt Hale and Booker T. Wash
ington of Tuskeegee, A hymn written for
the occasion by the venerable Julia Ward
Howe and set to muslo waa aung.
FISH VISITS. OYSTER BAY
Former President of Illinois Central
Railroad Calls on Heeretary
Loeb.
OYSTER BAY. Sept. M.-Btuy vessnt Fish
came to Oyster Bay today and waa closeted
with Secretary Loeb In the executive offices
for an hour. He declined to be Interviewed.
Secretary Loeb said Mr. Fish had given
him a message to the president, but he de
clined to divulge Its purport.
WAKEFIELD'S
BLACKBERRY
BALSAM
i and has bten for 61 ytars tho most
Srompt and reliable, cur for Diarrhoea
ytautary and Cholera Infantum. Al
these disease often com in tha night,
every home should be prepared to check
them without deiay by having Wakefield's
Blackberry Balsam on hand. It never fails.
AJI druggist sell it Full size bottle 5 60.
Straight Business
vs.
What?
It ought to be clear by this time tbnt a
bond i(4 nothing but wnstc paper unless, it
lins real value behind it, A number of
..so-called independent telephone-companies
have heen promoted by the issue of bonds
amounting to more than the actual cost of ,
the plants. These bonds, if nold on thrir
merit, would bring perhap 50 cents on tho
dollar, Hut when these bonds have
been sweetened by an equal amount of .
stock with each bond, the price can some
times be boosted to SO or even 05 cents. The
bond itself is no more valuable, but it is
made more saleable because it carries a
certain amount of free stock.
When the gtock, which was used as a
sweetener bv the United States In-
. deiendent Telephone company, was
found to have no value the price of
the bonds dropped until the bond
holders were willing to sell at 25 cents on
the dollar. The final" re-organization
scheme assesses the bondholders for new
: money and gives them stock for their old
bonds at the rate of 40 cents on the dollar,
the original stock which helped make tha
bonds saleable being now cancelled.
The recent failure of the Oregon Trusi
and Savings bank illustrates the danger of
boosted bonds. Accordng to the Portland
Oregonian, the failure of the bank was due
to heavy investments in bonds . of,., the ""
Omaha and other independent telephone
companies. '. . I
These bonds, with an equal amount of
stock thrown in, are stated to have been .
sold to the bank at 95. It is probable 1
that the bonds, on their own merits, were
not really worth more than half that price,
and it is certain that the bank officials .
should have known that the stock which
was used to give the bonds, a fictitious ,
, value could, in the case of re-organization,
be wiped out. In the talked of re-organiza- .
tion of the: Utah Independent company, it
is proposed to cancel the old stock at 10
cents on the dollar. . ' '
The failure of the Oregon Trust and
Savings bank may not affect the building
of an opposition plant in Omaha, but it
shows the bad methods of finance by which ,
the money is. being raised. It also shows
. over-capitalization, which will, in time, .
seriously interfere with the satisfactory
operation of the plant.
Fall O'Coats7
YOU'LL get more al) round comfort
from a Fall O'Coat -than from
any other garment especially If it Is
a Nlcoll Overcoat.
That's because we put all our knowl
edge Into buying the right sort of
fabrics and all our skill into making
them up properly. Prices $25 to $60.
A half century's tailoring experience
is at your disposalwhen you place
your order yith Nlcoll. - :
We know the merits of fair1 dealing
and fair profits, both of which we own
the right to name by long experience.
That you'll find the very best assort
ment of wooleas at a moderate price
is understood. "
Trousers $6 to $12 Suits $25 (a $50
TMaj
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WILLIAM JERBKM8' SONS
200-11 tM. I Sib BU . -
AMUSEMENTS.
AUDITORIUM
Ellery's Great Italian Band
ONE WEEK. BEGINNING MONDAY,
SElTEMBEIt 23
MATINEE EVERY DAY
Iteaerved fte-ats Now on Sale at tisfl
Auditorium. ' '
PRICES 25c, 85c and 50ov
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
Matiaae Sally his. Bvary Tlgbt aaa. '
tmi wrzxi
Ktunnlng Grenadiers: Julie Hjernat fo
Lew Hawkina: Wlllard Klmina; 4 falnty
taneers: Klnurs. Muller. L'hunn x juu J..
and The Klaodroma. . - .
Prices: 10c, 25c and 50c.
BOYD'S THEATRE
Thursday. Friday;
Hattirday .Malinao
H"at bale Today.
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BURWOOD iLW.".
TODAY
i ua ureal Powell. Cook I
1,000
and Mlaa Rothtrt. Fred
Itussell, Cummlin
Trio, Hrr and Evans.
Karl O. Hicks, Plclurts
BrcDlags, too, SOo.
Seats ready week in
advance. ,
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