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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
Earthquake Eccentricities.

which happened in the autumn Of 1890,
and had for It's center Mount St Elias,
in the far northwest Of the North Ameri-
can Continent. It's area is put at circle
with a diameter of 5000 miles. and Its
force was almost unprecedented Being
late In the season, very few white men
remained in the area of the worst dis
turbance. Three miners, however, were
still busy on the shores Of Disenchant-
ment Bay, which lies at the foot Of st
Elias, and at the head of which the
monstrous Hubbard Glacier hangs Its
cliffs Of Ice over a deep and sullen sea.
These men were working half a mile
back from the sea on creek when the
great shock came. Instantly a ridge of rock
which confined a small lake at the head Of
the creek was flung down, and a rushing
flood swept the men down the valley.
They clung to a great log, and as they
were carried out to sea a huge tidal
wave met them and cast them back upon
the sandy shore. Half drowned and
frightened almost out of their senses, they
watched the earth heave and roll In
waves like those of the sea, and saw tall
mountains sway till the snow of CEN
turtles, shaken from the rocks, rolled
down the cliffs with appalling clamor.
With a crash beyond imagination the
wholesfr of the Hubbard Glacier fell
outwards and filed the bay with millions
of tons of broken Ice.
Earthquakes of comparatively small
area are sometimes disastrous. There
was very bad small earthquake in Chew
lot county, South Island, New Zealand,
about FIVE years ago. great assure
opened across n good-slzed river, and the
| whole volume of water poured into the
| gap. Presently as II the earth had
drunken her ell the great aperture closed
with snap, and a mass of water and
| mud was flung hundreds Of feet into the
| air. Croatia was the scene of another
small, but very violent earthquake In
May, 1903. Around the district Of Oresje
the havoc was extraordinary. A cleft
quarter of mile long suddenly appeared
and beyond 1t a ridge Of earth, which
damned stream and turned a thousand
acres into n noisome swamp. A hill over
100 feet high appeared and a canal In
course of construction was filled up so
that the ground was practically leveled.
Earthquakes in Japan are of SO common
occurrence that the most curious effects
of seismic disturbances arouse scarcely
any comment. A few years ago in the
neighborhood of Nagasaki a furious dis
cusslon took place as to whether a large
hollow in some park land should be
turned into lake for boating or whether
1t should remain a playground for chill
dren.N Opinion being about equally d.
vided there was almost a riot over the
question. Nature settled the matter. An
earthquake occurred in the island and
started a new spring in the hill just
above the hollow, and the next morn
ing low and behold there was a lake ready
made.
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Imagine a town whose houses have got
totally tlpsy and remained so. That Is
what Charleston, s. c., looked like. Chin
neys dropped crookedly In every direc-
tion. The great church tower Of st,
Michael's was bent In a curve. Whole
house fronts hung outwards over the
streets and some lay in piles of ruined
masonry, blocking the footpaths. In
places the railroad lines were bumped
into camel backs, and there were small
crevasses, narrow. but deep, In the paved
streets. Matters were much worse a few
miles inland, and railroad tracks, for
merly straight and level, were twisted
by the earth waves so that they resem'
bled crawling snake.
The San Francisco earthquake was a
much more violent convulsion than that
which damaged Charleston. length OF
coast nearly 300 miles and no one
knows how thick dropped suddenly from
three to seven feet, producing earth
waves at least four feet high and per-
haps six. Good authorities have since
declared that something like 100000
cubic miles of. rock suddenly shifted. All
along the coast range few miles inland
from San Francisco there is great
crack, where the fissure shows fresh and
clear. The effects in San Francisco IT.
self were appalling. Great rents ap-
peared in the streets. One part of Mar
ket street sank so that the sidewalk re-
mained four feet above the street bed,
with which before the earthquake 1t was
level.
The street car tracks were torn up, the
lines being twisted In all sorts of fantas'
tic shapes. Along Valencia street was O
| crevice four feet wide,. out of which dur
| Ing the FIRST shocks great clouds Of dusi
| were puffed upwards as If by giant
bellows working below. The sea rushed
inland and a mile and half of railway
disappeared under water.
At Valparaiso, in Chill, the earthquake
in August produced results even more
startling. A blaze Of violet fire was seen
to run along the mountain at the first
shock, showing where the everlasting hills
were cracked and crumbled by the enor-
nous subsidence Of the earth's crust.
Lightning flashed across the lnky sky
and shock succeeded shock until "a were
counted. There was no tidal wave, yet
all the buoys in the harbor, moored as
they were with heavy iron cables, dlsap-
peared Next day they were found float
ing about without moorings. vessel
which had been sunk long before in the
harbor was cast upwards out of its bed
of sand and remained visible after the
shocks were over. In the great Valpa-
raiso earthquake of 1882 new reef of
rocks appeared above water a few miles
from Valparaiso, and on the top of one
Of these rocks was afterwards discovered
a gigantic fossil turtle, relic of earth's
early youth.
One of the biggest earthquakes Of recent
years, If not the largest of all, was that
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

responsible for the expenditure Of many
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars. There
is one man In the State of New York
who makes his entire livelihood raising
calla lilies and selling them exclusively
to churches. He has acre upon acre OF
ground under glass and there he, like the
father of a large and silent family,
watches his charges day and night. From
the bulb to the. tiny shoot they grow,
and from the shoot they enlarge to the
sturdy plant, and when springtime comes
they blossom forth In all their glory.
Like a sea OF white they stretch away
as far as eye can see, each pure white
1ower typical of the life Of Him Whom
We commemorate, and 1t seems almost
like sacrilege when the voice of the gar
dener Is heard to say; ''Yes, those now-
ers will stand me In profit OF a good
25 cents a blossom" There are some
thing like $4,000 plants In bloom each
spring, 80 that the profit may Justly be
considered a pretty fair one.
Easter festivals are among the most
important In the sunday-school year, and
In the way OF creating a market for all
kinds OF religious decorative material
they have a decided influence upon indus
trial conditions. In this connection an
amusing story is told OF a telegraph oper-
ator who was called upon to handle a
message which read; 'He assembled into
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

making industry OF America was an In
significant one, the bulk of the Easter
novelties coming to this country from
Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Year
by year. however, the business has been
growing, until now there are great es-
tablishments In America devoted exclu-
sively to the manufacture of novelties
for the Easter trade. And here Is a
peculiar thing. Many of the novelties
that are popular with the children OF
American citles-espeeially those who
live on the Pacific coast, are made In
China and Japan, and a golden stream
OF good American coin flows annually
across the Pacific Ia exchange for the
unique and brightly-colored toys that are
purely the product of oriental genius.
Thus does the heathen Orient contribute
to the Joy OF the Christian holiday.
And talking of Easter toys, has 1t oc-
Cured to you that the Bunny has been
dislodged from his proud eminence OF
Easter superlority7
what is your best selling Easter toy5"
! asked Of a shopman In a prominent
city.
And what said he, think your Not the
bunny no, for / have told you that
Nor yet the eolored egg, nor the sugar
egg, nor the chocolate egg nor the
feathery hen. nor the old-fashl9ned Easter
nest What thenl
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heaven, "a feet long and 6 feet wide"
The telegram, of course, referred to the
inscription and the dimensions Of ban
ner to be used at an Easter celebration.
but the poor operator, who knew nothing
OF the details, could think of nothing but
some wonderful natural (or, rather I'M
naturaD phenomenon.
Easter, because of the sacredness of
the day and the theme, is not fertile
field for the humorlst. There is good
story, however. told on one OF Americas
leading department store magnates,
whose especial pride Is a large Sunday
school in a big city. The magnate In
question is the superintendent of the Sun
day school and on the Sunday in ques-
tion-Easter Day, by the way-he told
the infant class, in simple words, the
wonderful story Of the Resurrection. The
children sat as II spelbound. You could
have heard a pin drop when he con-
cluded "And now, my children, If there
are any OF you who have any questions
to ask you may do So" One little girls
hand went up. "What Is 1t, Sallief the
superintendent asked, kindly, "If you
please. Mr.. Smith," plped the little one
III II bhAiiit ShuAi foANSs WAAA hhoSt NuS-
ter rabbits you have In the window be
sold at a bargain now that Easter Is
over2" The answer is not recorded.
Easter is a spring festival and coming
as 1t does, at a time when all nature Is
about to blossom into new life, 1t is by
very force a festival of the flowers. In
New York. Boston, Baltimore, Plttsburg,
Buffalo, Milwaukee and all the big cities
OF America sidewalk or curbstone flower
dealers blossom Into life and do a big
business. In European countries street
hOral venders, too, abound at Eastertide,
and. as many as there are. there always
seem customers enough for all their
wares.
There is probably no dealer in flowers
in America who does not double his force
at Eastertlde, and It Is a sad commentary
that the exigencles OF the occasion are
such that, with the long hours and great
rush OF work. some OF the little fellows
who do the delivering Of flowers In big
city have a pretty hard time OF 1t. 1t is
recorded that once In New York city a
little fellow who had been hopping on
the delivery wagon, all day long, from
O'Clock In the morning until evening, and
then straight on until 3 O'Clock the next
morning, fell asleep In the bottom Of the
delivery cart. The driver did not notice
him, ana the poor chap. too exhausted
70 move. lay there without covering until
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"The Roosevelt Bear. /"

"The Roosevelt Bear"
Next In popularity he said, came toy
automobiles, made either of pasty pastry
or metal, with little wicker baskets on
the back filled with sugar eggs. At
another place l found on display huge
sugar models Of the Buffalo Mckinley
monument, and the shopman told me that
they were having a good early sale.
Most of the toys tnat l round on sale
were American made. In the Black For
est of Germany are thousands OF people
who exist solely by making toys. and 20
or 30 years ago their wares found
large market In the United States. Now,
however, the great bunk of Easter toys
sold In this country are homemade, and
the domestic toy is rapidly driving the
foreign product from the market. 1t is,
after all, a happy thought that with all
Its friyolity-with all the drifting away
from the religious sentiment that is no
ticed In the observance OF Easter Day
there is yet bright side, and that from
our very frlyolity comes happiness and
peace and prosperity to hundreds Of thou
sands who make their living by manu-
featuring the foolish little tribes that we
squander our money on
The very religious observance OF Eas-
ter itself adds greatly to the Industrial
importance OF the day. Indeed, the de-
mands created by the church itself are
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maker of toys finds competition pretty
keen, and in order to bolster up his trade
steals a march on his competitors and
fills his windows with some new crea-
tion in the Easter line. Young America,
or young Germany, or young anybody,
sees the beauties thus temptlngly dis
played, and instantly desires them. And
the demand is created. There are in Ger
many whole families-yea, whole commu-
nities-who work six months of the year
creating and manufacturing Easter nov
elites, their time for another six months
being occupied in making Christmas
toys. In the Islands of the Bermudas,
where there are fields of lilies hundreds
Of acres in area, almost all the popula
ton of certain localities finds its living
raising Easter lilies for the markets of
the world. 1t takes whole regiment of
farmers to raise enough chickens to lay
enough eggs to supply the Easter market;
1t takes an army of dressmakers to make
the new frocks that will be worn on
Easter day; the number of people who
find employment In the millinery trade
as Easter approaches is enlarged 90 per
cent; every tailor In the Christian world
probably Is called upon to make one or
more Easter suits of clothing; the hat
ters have their hands full; drivers of
carriages and livery men reap n harvest
driving people to and from the Easter
time receptions; dye works are run over
time creating the color that is to make
the eggs attractive. while in large cities
clever women with deft fingers make for
tunes every year fashloning pretty and
do int a..
very rich and well to do The effect OF
holidays like Easter on the economic
conditions OF the country is marvellous,
These holidays make people spend money,
and thus serve to keep the currency In
circulation. Were 1t not for Christmas
and Easter great proportion OF the
ready money In the United States would
find itself into the knotted corners OF
old handkerchiefs, into old fruit Jars and
under musty mattresses. there to lie
doing itself and its possessor no good.
Custom must be followed, however Sally
must have Just as nice a hat for Easter
as the girl who sits next to her In church;
Johnny must have just as many eggs as
the boy OF the neighbors, who are con-
tinually looking down on us, and so II
goes. The money that had been saved
up against a rainy day goes to make
glad the heart OF some member of the
family. The result OF all this Is that
the merchant is able to pay his bills.
the manufacturer IS able to pay his
hands, the hands are able to pay their
grocer, the grocer his tailor. the tailor
his butcher the butcher his baker. and
because OF church holiday-the most
blessed In the calender OF all holidays
the great wheels OF commerce are kept
slowly grinding on, aud TO the religious
Significance Is added the Industrial worth
OF Easter.
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This country has more postotiices than
England and France combined, and car
ries more mail than all the rest OF the
world, leaving England and her colonies
postofices In the United States Frafce
has IL ,2S2, Germany 3s.61O. aud England
and Ireland together 22,O50, The number
OF letters sent through all the postofhces
Of the world each year are estimated at
20,OO0000. About II. 800 900 OF newspapera
go through the mails. The cost OF han
ding the worlds malls Is said 10 be about
one hundred millions, aud II employs
100000 people ia some way or other, In
cluding the railroad aud steamboat cIn-
ployes who assist u moving the mall ali
over the globe.
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morning. Easter came early that year
like this-and the night was bitter cold.
Outside in the bright. happy world the
Easter bells were loudly changing the
glad message, "Christ is risen, hallelulia"
The streets were thronged with eager
people, fastening on to church; but back
in the she'd amid the neighing of horses
and the odors of the barn the little de-
livery boy lay dead. Before they buried
him, two days later, they placed In his
hand a fair white blossom of the lilies
he had been delivering when the sleep OF
death overcame him. He was in very
truth sacrificed to make n Christian holi-
day. Others there are, too, who, goaded
on by n merciless public that must have
its flowers, and It's hate, and its clothes,
who give out under the strain and lay
down to die on the field Of battle.
well-known manufacturer, watching
the Fifth avenue Easter parade In Netv
York last year, counted In half an hour
1900 new hats on men alone. If one
man could see that number of new hats
in half an hour, on one street In one
city, how many new mems hats were
worn In the United States that Easter
Sunday2 and how many women'sl and
how many yards OF ribbon do you sup
pose It took to trim those hatsl How
many thousands OF spools of thread were
emptied In creating themf How many
hundreds of tireless fingers put In the
many, many stitches that held them to-
gether, and how many fields were emptied
of straw to supply the braid that covered
the wire shapes over which the hats were
madeH And this is only one tiny branch
of the Easter industry. In all walks OF
life work is created and business fresh
ened by Casters approach and no matter
what the significance, no matter what
your belier, you cannot but appreciate a
holiday that does 80 much for business
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-12

It seems to be the experience
Of nearly every county that raised
its assessed valuation materially
that the increase has resulted in a
marked increase in taxes. The
theory that a higher assessment
would be followed by cores
pondingly lower rate of levy has
not worked out well in practice.
In most instances the rate has
been lowered, but not in proper
ton to the raise in valuations. In
view of this experience, the first
year of marked advances, there is
a tendency to believe that the
same course will be followed in
the future and that the higher
taxes this year, made possible by
the higher assessment, VIII be
followed by still higher levies next
year The newspapers Of the
state have pretty generally COM
demncd the raise in taxes because
it will very likely create strong
demand for reduction to the for
mer valuations.-Oregonian
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Sundays Of each month at a, m.
and E30p ~. Sabbath school ai
10afm every Sabbath moruinq
Preaching services at the Baptist
church every lst aud 2nd Sundays
morning and evening Sunday
school every Sunday at ion m
prayer meeting every Thursday
evening The pastor win preach a,
Silver Creek the third Sunday oI
the month, and at Van the 4tb Sun.
lay until further notice -- Rev a.
B. Niuaker Pastor.
Joh priutiug--The Times.Herald
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Religious Services.

First Church Christ scientist SER
vices I am Sunday Evening ser-
vice 1890 Wed evening meeting at
1880. Sunday school l0a IN, IN the
King building two door north ofThe
Times Herald office
Rev A. J, Irwin will preach at
Harney the 2nd Sunday Of each
month at II a. m. and 7.80p. m.
Sabbath school every sabbath 40 &
y. m.
The Harney Sunday school meets
at . o'clock each sunday aud %
cordial invitation is extended to ail
who can attend TO meet with us.
At the Presbyterian church
Burns, Rev. A. j Irwin pastor
Devine services the third and fourth
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Halt the World Wonders

how the other half lives. Those
who use Bueklen's Arnica Salve
mover wonder II it will cure cuts,
wounds, burns, sores and all skin
sruptions; they know IL will. Mrs.
Grant Shy. 1880 +. Reynolds 81, ,
Springfield. III. says: ~ regard II
one Of the absolute necessities Of
housekeeping" Guaranteed by
City Drug Store. 25c.