The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-12-08

Nv life Il not an apology, but
life. II il for itself and not a spec.
tacle. l much prefer that it should
be of a lower strain, so it be gem
uine and equal, than that it should
be elittering and unsteady. --Emerson.
81 !? IS
..The Beautiful Life" from the Christ
Ian Herald.
Among the very best writings from
the gifted and eminent Christian, kew
Wayland Hoyt, was little story con-
earning a young Japanese student WHO
had heard of the Beautiful Lie.
He asked the minister to direct MIN
how he might find it. Mr.. Hoyt urged
him to read the Bible; but the search
err wanted something else. He had
read a little of the Bible and also IN
other good books, he said, but he
would not be satisfied until he mad
seen a living example. He had known
one old man, carpenter, who lived
not for himself, but who was contihu-
ally planning and working to serve
others, and that man wore smiling
face and was happy. But it was only
the merest glimpse of the Beautiful
Life that the student got from this e..
perience He had searched elsewhere
and had got further glimpses. lie
would now see the Beautiful Life in
all its fitness; no less would satisfy
his earnest longing Then, for the
first time, he was led to read the Ne,
Testament, which he had never touch
ed in his previous readings. Many
weeks after, he saw Mr.. Hoyt again.
His face was shining; his voice vi
brant with delight. 81 have found it,
he cried, 1.-The Beautiful Life! l have
found Jesus!" So may our lives, pat
termed after that of our dear Lord
and Master, attract others and lead
them to look from our poor and i'm
perfect selves to Him who alone can
satisfy the souls longing. If we"have
been with Jesus" our whole life will
be an open testimony to the fact,
which all who come within the sphere
of our influence may read and under
stand
Expenditures on account of the pur-
chase and construction of the Pana-
ma Canal to date amount to the total
Of Two Hundred Twenty Million Dol
lars. OF this sum, Eighty-seven mil
lion Dollars was provided by bond
sales, the balance has been advanced
from the general fund Of the Treas
ury.
Sixteen million six hundred thousan
dollars has been expended SO far this
fiscal year, it is estimated that twenty
three million more will be required to
carry on the work until the end of til
fiscal year, June Both, 1911.
Col Goethals believes the canal will
be finished by December LIST, 1918, and
estimate of three hundred seventy
five millions. This runs into big fig
ures and is hard for the mind to COM
prehend, however, If it gives US any
relief from excessive freight rates,
and permits of more perfect control
Of our coasts by the navy during war,
the price will not have been too great.
There are those who see in it an ell
ement Of loss to Western Coast cities,
claiming trans-Pacific trade now go
ing via Seattle, Portland. and San
Francisco will be diverted thru New
York, Galveston, and New Orleans.
Characteristic of its usual adapta-
ton to a new order of things, Lyndea
recognized the right of woman to par
ticipate in the civil government, by
putting two Of them on the election
board at the recent town election. You
walked in to the polling room. with
FLOW do you do, gentlemen" on the
end of your tongue, but stopped, took
off your hat, bowed and said. How
do you do, Ladies and Gentlemen. F"
You felt that after all good woman
serving on the election board was do
irg nothing to lower her standard Us
woman, but did contribute an ele-
ment that should elevate American
politics.
It is not generally realized that wit
in very few years the production
of petroleum has grown to be the
most important single industry of Cal
ifornia The recorded production OF
1909 was 5S,191.723 barrels, whose val
ne at the mouth of the well was COM
puted by the State Mining Bureau 10
be $S2, 3sS,714 which figures out an av
erage price of 55 ga cents barrel,
not an excessive estimate. Adding the
value of the asphalt and natural gas
utilized makes a total of $34,sSs,7l4
While this amount is greatly exceed
ed by the aggregate value OF the hor-