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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

Is what relation they hold to one an
other. Is the Biblical narrative TO be
traced TO the Babylonian records. or
are both different rendltlons OF an old
tradition antedatlng both the Babylon
ian and the Hebrew civilizations?
Possibly light viii be shed upon this
question by further investigation OF
the records now brought to light.
The probability is that the story of
the creation, the fall, the deluge, etc,
was brought to Egypt and to the val
ley Of the Euphrates, from u common
source. Moses, the Hebrew historian
had access to the sources of informa.
ton 80 carefully guarded BY the
learned caste, and he had moreover,
that inspiration from on high that
opened to him the past and the future.
In selecting his material, he was guard
ed and directed by the Spirit of truth.
to avoid error and record that which
was essential for the development OF
the plan OF salvation. In this the He.
brew records are different from all pro-
fame records. no matter II they at times
run parallel.
AS for the place where these nara
tlves were first told TO man. and from
which they have spread to nearly all
branches of the human family, that
must be looked for, neither In BabylonIa,
nor Egypt, but in America, where. as
many now admit, the cradle of the hui
man family stood. As today, the light
Of liberty and civilization, is spread
ing its rays from here to every part
of the world, directly or indirectly, 80,
ages ago, the light Of truth shone up
on the earth from this continent. What
is happening has happened before, There
is nothing new under the sun. and
there is no reason why we should not
accept as true the theory that Ameri-
ca once before was in the lead in In
dustry, in trade. In sciences, In arts
as ii is today.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11
WHATS IN A NAME?

There Is more In name than most
people think, and in some matters the
name Is everything and the subject
nothing. According to the Liverpool
Morning Post elvil service academy
Journal recently gave model exercise.
The subject for essay was Mountains
and Their Beauty" and willy but sus-
piclous reader copied out an essay in
competition. He wrote IL In the beautl-
full, stiff, clvil-service hand with all
the letters Joined In the middle; he
punctuated 1t carefully, and made II,
IN every sense, credltable production.
lie was awarded Al per cent for Eng
FISH. He was told that his English was
rather stiff, and that his descriptions
were not lifelike. and were too 'jour-
nallstic," whatever that may mean.
Also his sentences were too long and
his ideas lacking in originality. II
was very sad reflection TO think that
II was an extract from Ruskins Mod
ern Painters on Mountains and
Mountain Beauty" One candidate got
~ per cent, being twice as good as
Ruskln apparently.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11
New York Independent

We greatly honor the earnestness Of
Bishop Potter. aud We thank him for
calling attention 10 this great evil Of
lntemperance. as Co which we are too
much given to despair There may be
something more than we have yet found
in the remedy he has lately heard OF
aud recommends, but other remedies
have their place. Prohibition has not
worked well when imposed on large I'M
willing cities We suppose II has
worked well these dozen years in the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11
The Interior.

II Is not fair to value the conscience
Of American Christianity by the amount
OF denunciation expended against pre-
yailing public ihiQultles. Preachers are
learning to reserve their fire until they
are within sight Of a target. To what
purpose are grandlloquent rawlings
from the pulpit against the sin of sell
Ing liquor when nobody in the congre-
cation would ever dream of offering in
toxicants to a nelghbor? Why should
church conventions thunder In verbose
resolutions against injustices commit
ted by persons who will never see the
resolutions? We believe the church is
learning to abstain from perfunctory
talking and trying to put Its words in
where words count.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

CARRIED. II is, therefore. like many
other romances written to catch the
public eye and rake in the public money
untrue to facts, misleading In its i'm
presslons and deceptive in It's chief in
tent and purpose. II might be regard.
ed as a fair work Of fiction II It did not
carry with II gross libels on good men
now departed, and false ideas concern
ing people and faith that have been
sufficiently mallgned. without further
efforts In that direction from pro-
fessed minister Of the Christian re-
ligion.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11
New York Churchman.

Nothing can be truer than the neces.
slty for organic social work in over
coming the plague OF intemperance.
This Is too closely associated statistl-
cally with pauperism and crime to be
dealt with except by organized effort,
and by all the ways in which the social
conscience expresses its will. We mean
by this explicitly and plainly that legis-
lation is one OF the instruments which
society must not hesitate to employ in
dealing with intcmperance.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11
ON RELIGIOUS TOPICS,
The Christian Statesman.

All fortune tellers, therefore, and all
spirltuallst mediums, are palpable and
obvious frauds, They obtain money I'M
der false pretences, and the regulations
which suppress them In many places
are wise and Just and in the interest Of
the people But the evil wrought by
these superstti0ns Is deeper far than
the mere loss of money paid TO these
pretenders. Any superstition supplies
to the mind which accepts It an object
Of fear or of trust other than Almighty
God. To this extent II leads the mind
aMaY from God.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11
Christian work and the Evangellst.

Christian Work and the Evangelist.
In the course OF his annual charge to
the clergy OF his diocese one day last
week, Bishop Potter declared that for
himself he should be perfectly willing
to submit every Sunday law that we
have-whatever traffic II regulates or
represses, on whatever sacred day OF
the week-to vote Of the people Of this
town who have a right TO vote, conf
dent that every hallowed interest would
be protected, and that the day Of I'M
bridled license which so many SO con-
fidently predict would never dawn We
trust that in the event OF practical
experiment Of the Bishops proposed
referendum his confidence will be JUST.
fed,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11
Christian lntelllgencer.

How is the non-attendant at church
to be reached? The Salvation Army
method Is one way. Go out and seek
them. II need be use drum and cornet,
anything to draw the attention OF the
careless and win hearing for the mes
sage. This Is successful up to certain
point and with certain class. But 1t
VIII not avail with the great mass OF
those outside the church. 1t does not
and cannot reach the many educated
-churchgoers The use of proper
and improper devices In the modifica-
ton Of the church service to suit lm-
aelned demands also in some places has
swollen audiences for time, but rarely
with any permanent advantage Ex-
perlence proves that nothing draws so
well or holds so steadily as the old Cos
pei.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

Mayor Harrison Of Chicago is Jealou
Of his wife's literary fame and proposes
TO write n book on his Nile experiences.
II he attempts to take up an Egyptian
subject he would do well to play the
lGtt of the Sphinx.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

According TO German government
statistics, the Catholic population of the
empire is increasing at more rapid
rate than the Protestants and the jew
ish population, relatively, is recedlng,
Out Of every thousand persons in Ger
many CPS persons are Protestants at
present, against 62s ten years ago; S61
are Catholics. against 3OS ten years ago,
and 10 persons are Jewish, against IL
ten years ago.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

According TO President Nicholas But
Ter Murray, Columbia university Is In
urgent need Of ten million dollars. Ev-
Identity the rule at Columbia IL not
l,lain living and high thinking.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

Some years ago General Dyrenforth
bombarded the heavens and tried TO
produce rain but failed. But he has
succeeded in raising storm In the
Union Veterans union.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

When a lady of the mature age Of
fifteen years decides to get married
she should not neglect to at least In
form her school-teacher. If Miss
Mabel =. Allan Of Middetown had
observed this wise precaution, she
would not have been exposed to the
modification Of visit from the truant
officer and the threat Of an immediate
spanking II she failed to return to
school. Fancy truant officer spank
Ing a young bride in the midst of her
honeymoon! Wouldn't 1t Jar you?"
says the brooklyn Times. No. not a
Bit. But II might jar the bride.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

Refusing to work in the coal mines
except upon certain conditions can
scarcely be twisted into being a con-
TDlracy to prevent interstate commerce.
and the common sense of the people
and the President will 50 hold.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

The influence OF the politicians and
We coal operators reaches all over the
country but In their conferences they
fail TO reach any conclusion.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

In hurting rocks at non-unlon men
the striking miners set at naught the
injunction: "He that is without sin
among you,let him cast the first stone
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

Mr.. Abram $. Hewitt continues 10
write letters to Mr.. John Mitchell You
can lead horse TO water but you can't
make him drink.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

Harry Lehr calls Henry watterssn
"a rude fellow Does Harry want TO
harry Henry's feelngs7
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

Governor odell gave the operators
who talked about the politicians TO UNI
derstand who's who in New York state.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

Thirty one years after the terrible
holocaust Chicago is as proud Of It's
great fire as a boy is Of a pair Of new
boots.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11
A movement for union of churches is
thus noted by contemporary.

MOVEMENT lot UNION OF CHURCHES IS
thus noted by contemporary:
Twenty-Five leading ministers and
laymen of the United Brethren demon.
lnatlon, including most Of the official
agents of the church in its missionary,
publication, and educational enter
prises, have united in formal letter
addressed to their bishops, desiring
them to institute negotiations FOR or
ganic union of the United Brethren
with four other specific denominations
the Cumberland Presbyterian. the
Methodist Protestant, Evangelical. and
United Evangelical. Copies OF this let
ter have been sent to leading repre-
sentatives Of the other churches named,
ana very favorable responses to the
proposition have been returned.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

lamented Father Scully's city of Cam
bridge, and In hundreds OF counties,
where the local option Of the people has
demanded and supported and enforced
4.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

II the operators persist in being
mullsh they may have TO, be operated
Mron.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

He who can strike plan OF settle
ment for the coal strike will strike It
rich.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

OF course the operators politician
conference failed. II was held on Fri
day.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

AS fuel nothing is more sootable
than soft coal
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

The emperor OF Austria, II Is said,
Is going to rebuke the king of Bel
gium. Isn't there an old saying about
Satan rebuking SIM
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

These conferences demonstrate that
there is such a word as fail.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

been the mud. But mud should be ex-
pected at Fort Riley,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

Borrowed books never come home to
roost.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

The army maneuvers we're a great
success. the only drawback having
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Four-Track News for October has a
great variety Of articles. One is entl-
tied I'm the Shadow OF Treason" by l..
X. Becker. 1t is an account Of the Ar
nold-Andre episode, which came so near
turning the tide in the affairs of young
America. ''The Egyptian Obellsk," Is
the title Of an article by Anna S. Har-
Ian, describing that remarkable Mono
18th. 1.-THE Poet OF the Merrlmac' Is
a gracefully written sketch. descriptive
of the poet Whittier and his Amesbury
home, by Judith Shirley. This number
also contains Little Histories" on
Ancient Cradock House." and "Old
Fort Putnam" The illustrations are
artistlc.-George II. Daniels publisher,
Grand Central Station, New York.
Modern Mexico for October contains
the first installment OF an article on
"Cortez In Mexico" by Mrs. j. X. Hud-
son. II is illustrated with portrait of
the Conqueror. Another article Is on
'Mexico's Active Volcano, Colima." Mr..
John Hubert Cornyn writes OF 1.-THE
Corner IN Mexico" and Mr.. A. a. Towle
Of "a Pilgrimage TO I'll Desierto" Mr..
John d. Brandon contributes an article
on "Papanta," a curious little tropical
town peoped with a tribe of Indians.
All these articles are illustrated.-New
York.
The Engineering Magazine for octo-
Der gives review Of the American
iron and steel situation by Mr.. Archer
Brown. He takes moderate but very
encouraging view Of the probabilities
OF long stability, basing this belief on
the tendency toward wise. and far
sighted business management. There
Is In the same number very interest
ing illustrated review Of ordnance en-
gneering, by Capt ]. +. Meigs. Mr..
Harrington Emerson gives a summary
Of the great Dusseldorf Exposition,
with fine engrayings Of the most i'm
portant features. Mr.. Brewer con-
cudes his survey Of the mineral re-
sources Of British Columbia. Mr.. Ad-
ans has an ANALYSIS of the physical
Limits of Electrlc-Power transmits
SION" The Engineering Index is quite
complete, and the Review Of the En-.
cheering Press appears in an improved
form,-The Engineering Magazine, New
York.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-24
T(a1 INDUSTRY in Western Oregon,

tuition in Western Oregon. Mr. Bosse
has kindly given the Christmas Jour.
nal an interview, based on his expe.
riences in Europ' and in this country.
Flax Industry in Oregon.
In my situation, without injury to
the interests ! represent, and since
there is room in the Willamette Valley
for many other enterprises, in this
and other lines of wurN, ! ann enabled
TO speak Of the fax industry with the
authority Of my forty years expert.
cnce In France Belgium. Germany
Holland, and the United States My
acquaintance with the country | have
made my own, the information ] hold
through the courtesy Of reliable par.
ties, aud the facts which ! have
learned by growing here of this years
crop Of flax, permit me TO positively
assert that the Willamette Valley is
especially adapted in all respects for
the culture Of flax
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-24

I The capacity of the mill is now
more than three times what it was at
first, owing to the additions of i'm.
proved machinery.
The gross business of last year was
something over 100000, not a great
increase over the year before. owing
to the low prices prevailing for the
manufactured articles though the
quantity of goods turned out was ma.
terially increased The prices on fu.
ture orders range slightly higher, and
as the capacity has been still further
increased the gross business for 1903
will be greater than any former year.
Thos. Kay wps the founder of the
mill and its manager until the time
of his death, in April of 1900 Mr.
Kay learned his trade in England.
He came to the United States nearly
forty years ago and was during all
of his life thereafter connected with
the management of woolen mills in
Oregon. He conducted the old Browns
vile wooden mill for number of years
and the Ashland mill for period
The splendid property here in Salem,
built by his efforts, Is an enduring mon.
ument of his untiring industry and
zeal.
Thos. b. Kay, the present head OF
this institution was born and bred
in this industry, and supervises every
detail of the vast business from the
purchasing of the wool to selling the
finished product in the makets of the
world He is one of the pushing,
I brainy and energetic young business
men of the west who has learned and
profted by the lifetime experience of
his father to whom he Is a worthy
successor. lie was elected member
of the present legislature and Is known
to be a man of positive convictions
and will bring great business and
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-24

He has been I'm business at Salem for
thirty.three years and has many claims
upon the patronage of the public that
are perfectly well understood by those
who have been his customers longest.
He is not only the oldest firm in the
business, has worked at IL longest,
and has the most experience with the
wants of the trade, but he carries the
largest stock kept in Western Oregon
outside of Portland. This may sound
like Dragging TO some, but II is fact
that is worth getting acquainted with
If you have use for anything I'm this
line from a hitching strap to the finest
carriage outfit or the heaviest draft
harness, II Is one of the sights Of
the city worth going to see, his stock
of harness, seddles robes, whips,
horse boots. etc, II you own a horse
or anything like enc.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-24

During the past year there has beer
founded at Salem the beginnings Of
what may prove to be Oregons great
cst agricultural and manufacturing
enterprse-The Flax Industry One
Of the greatest specialists in this line
became interested in the work
through the labors Of the Salem
Chamber of Commerce, known as the
Greater Salem Commercial Club. and
promptly came TO Oregon and took
up the work. lie was glyou The uso
Of a piece Of mill property and water
power that was lying idle on the river
bank north of the city procured seed
for about two hundred acres and made
and saved the crop, which is housed
To- the buildings furnished by our citi.
zens and is being worked into fibre
the first step in the process
Sketch Of Mr. 6osse,
Eugene Bosse, manager OF the IA
cdc Flax and Linen Co, and Of the
Salem mills, was born IN Belgium in
1874 He came TO the United States
In 1880, and was special agent Of the
Department of Agriculture at Wash.
ington for flax investigation in the
northwest 1912. He returned to
his native land in 1898 and then came
back to this country, locating at
Green Bay, Wis, in 1900 He arrived
at Salem, Ore. March 10, after CORE.
spondence with the Greater Salem
Commercial Club, and started growing
a crop OF 200 acres of flax, He has
never had any other occupation since
leaving college but handling flax and
The flax industry, and belongs TO a
family that for generations has dealt
IN nothing but flax.
In response to a request for state
ment as TO the possibility Of making
the fax industry a permanent insti-
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-24

land But the fax industry in order
TO prove a permanent success here
must bc conducted uu the same prin
ciples as in Europe with the exception
of being reduced fo the American
ways in many Of its details. It must
be divided as an industry into three
distinct parts
"First-The farmers to grow the
flax and sell It, either threshed or not
TO the fax fibre mill at rcmuneratiye
prices
Second The aaX.fbrc mills Ia
make the fibre, both green and refined
according to the value Of the straw
and sell it to the haxfbre manufac.
turer
"Third-Manufacturers 10 turn the
fibre into different articles, such as
bagglngs, crash, linen, carpet yarns,
shoe and sewing thread broom
twines. fancy twincs, netting twnes
and cOrdages,
"The last and most simple, the most
easy and most inexpensive, and the
most profitable to begin with is the
making of binding twlne with the
coarser or unretted fibre This will
prove TO be a cheap and very suitable
material, even stronger than manila
at half its cost. The principal par
ticuarity Of the raw or natural fibre
of the flax grown in this climate,
which has just recently attracted my
attention. is It's excessive strength,
and It shall not be denied that the
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-24

specific resistance Of all the fibre
destined for coarse fabric is the prime
factor in their selection when such a
quality is required Here is n timely
opportunity, and it may be advisable
for the business men and capitalists
TO interest themselves and look over
this new and promising industry.
The old tedious method Of manu-
featuring fax fibre may still be all
right for the European flax countries
whore the price of labor Is very low
But those conditions are incompatible
to our intelligent laborers and the
American standards Of living But the
fax industry is at present oxperienc.
ing such a revival of interest In this
country that many people as well as
myself are at work to improve the
system, and reduce the cost Of hand.
ling TO its very maximum. Already
several new machines of great benefit
are perfected and the complement will
soon follow. Then we ;hGll have no
possible competitors, and as in nearly
all other industries we shall be the
leaders"
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-24

pacity to the extent of about twenty.
five horse power.
1t is the settled policy of the man.
agement to set aside each year a Ger.
tain per cent for improved machinery,
thus constantly increasing the capac.
ity of the plant, and adding to its
efficiency in various ways and improv.
ing the quality of goods turned out
In pursuance of this policy. some i'm.
portant improvements are being plan.
ned for 1908. Among these is the ad.
dition of a row machine for making
blankets and robes, TO take the place
in part Of gigs This is a very fine
piece Of machinery and will add ma.
terially to the output of these classes
of goods
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-24

are marketed mostly in San Francisco
and Portland through wholesale houses
located in those cities The fact that
the goods turned out are satisfactory
to the trade is evidenced by the fact
that the mill is constantly employed
night and day, and works continuously
on advance orders This has been the
rule ever since 1t was established and
the orders are now much greater in
volume than ever before in its history
On some classes of goods the ad.
vance orders are sufficient for the full
capacity Of the mill on those lines
for nine months TO year
This mill was built in the spring
of 1883, with twelve looms. It was
burned down in 1895. A brick mill