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Show SAVE NIAGARA. For several ycais the tra cling public pub-lic which has viewed the Incomparable Incompara-ble fall of the Niagara and know its beauty hae been lllled with Indignation Indigna-tion and Increasing alarm at the raiagcs being made on that great waterfall by power companies. In lHs one company was giantcd a charter char-ter peimlttlng It to take suillclent water to generate 100,000 horse-power and since 'Ml the number of companies with charters have Incie.iscd greatly. The Canadian go eminent has been as foolish as the vailous New York legislatures and has authorized the dciclopincnt of not less than 500,000 horse-power. The How of the fall has been mens-inert mens-inert bj experts and the statement Is made that at the picscut lime com-1'amiw com-1'amiw it vi: tiii: I'utvtLKui: ok taking tak-ing out a total of 8S.I0O cubic feet per second, or 10 l'Kit cusv of thk whom: kam.. When this amount Is taken out it means the complete destruction of the Ainericm fall and Irreparable damage to the Canadian fall. Niagara Falls rightly belong to the people of the Fulled States, the whole world In fact, for it Is one of the seven wjnders, a thing of such grandeur, such magnlllcencc and beauty that woids can conicy but the very slightest slight-est conception to the public mind. Yellowstone Park has no such a beau-tj beau-tj or wonder as Niagara, but tho government gov-ernment protects that as a hallowed spot. The gocrnnient should protect the falls It is Indeed giatifjing that many great mag.ulnesand periodicals, Dgelher with Individuals of prominence, promin-ence, are now working for that end. Y.uious pl.uis of piocedurc hao been suggested, a late one hi the Ladles Ilome.lournal being of unquestioned merit. J Horace McFarland, president ( oftheAmcrlcanCMc Association, says that YOtT can be of great service, and writes as follows: 'I suggest a direct appeal by mall to President Roosevelt, and to Earl i Orcv, the Governor-General of Canada Let every one who wants to help In the effort to sac Niagara write ii brief and courteous note to either of these rulers, and also get as many friends as possible to do the same. A I doen letters would hardly do much i good; but a docn from each commun-1 Ity In America to which The Journal goes would mean that the great heads1 of two great Governments knew what the people of their countries wanted, and they would find a way of Inter-' national action, I am certain. "Will you really do your share? If so, do It the day jou read this, and get friends who agree with you to do the same. Address the President as Honorable Theodore Itooscvelt, Washington, Wash-ington, I). C Earl Orcv should be addressed as His Excellency, the Governor-General of Canada, Uidcau Hall, Ottawa; Inside the letter address ad-dress him as 'The Honorable Earl Grey, K C M G Your excellency' -Just as Mr. Roocclt Is to be addressed ad-dressed as 'Sir ' "Get eieiy club, association, church or society to pass resolutions, sign them indivlduall), address them to these men, and send them oil promptly. prompt-ly. If the people act the Falls can be saved: If the people you! procrastinate procrastin-ate the Falls are doomed." Don't labor under the Impression that this Is none of your business, and not worth while It Is. Helpsavethe Falls and then go sec the wonder and iou'll nocr regret jour action nor the trip |