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A Good Thing.
The Farmers of Oregon are holding a
Farmers' Congress thia week in the Senate
Hall of the State Capitol, which is being
attended by the prominent agriculturalists
of Oregon. The most important subjects
are being thoroughly discussed that will
help and promote the farming and stock
raising interests. This is a move in the
right direction,
Farmers need schools and institutes just
as much as any other class of trades or
professions. Those who attend these in
stitutes will have their ideas sharpened
and will receive very valuable suggestion
from others who study and experiment as
well as work.
The farmer who thinks he knows it all
and works his farm in the same old style as
did his Grand Father should by all means
mix up with modern up-to-date men who
are practical, thorough and scientific
farmers.
Any class of men who stand still at this
date and age and do not use their best en
deavors to grasp every new method and
improvement for advancing their business
interests will be dwari9 and failures in
every respect. To-day one half of the
population of this country are farmers, and
three fourths of our exports are products
from the farm.
Educated farmers who keep up with the
times are those that work their farms with
their brains as well as with their hands,
and abundant success always crowns their
efforts.
To become enlightened and educated
farruei'8 must read, study, think and help
one another by exchanging ideas and re
sults of experiences at such institutes as
aie novt being hf 1-1 in Salem.
As Messrs. Campbell, VVoxlin, Caisse
and Stcudenmeyer were burning the mid
night oil, at work on the pnpers one night
this week there was a timid knock at the
duor, and after a "come in" was sounded
ahead was stuck inside the door and
"Have you any apples?" wa asked.
Visions of a treat made the eyes of the
quartette water, but no. "Have you any
h-nles to sell?" was the repeated request.
"No we have no apples to sell, Good-night."
AMERICAN. 3
Those who continually brood over trou
. bles and will not let the sunshine of life in
to their souls, need never to expect happi
ness. There are many things in this beau
tiful world to make people happy no mat
ter how hard their lot may be. If they wil
but try and enjoy themselves.
The Indian boy who sweeps well, saws
wood well and is faithful in doing the small
and minor duties required of him deserves
praise and merits promotion. The boy
who cannot and will not preform the little
things required of him thoroughly and
carefully will never make a success in other
things, and does not earn a promotion.
That bhould be the rule in making details
and selecting apprentices for the shops and
other Industrial Departments.
A fine Band and Athletic. Club are good
things for any school, if the maintenance
of the same does not interfere with or re
tard the educational work of the institu
tion. These important acquisitions should
serve as healthful stimulants caus
ing pupils to study better, work harder and
progress all the faster. When too much at
tention is paid to foot-ball, base-ball and
brass bands causing neglect in other more
importaut lines of duty it is then time to
call a halt. ,
After three years of hard and faithful
work Miss Reel the National Superinten
den t of Indian schools has supplied the In
dian service with an excellent practical
and comprehensive course of, study for the
reservation and non-reservation training
schools covering ,all grades of industrial
and literary work necessary to be taught.
This uniform ourse of study furnishes
all Indian workers with a most helpful and
necessary guide which if followed closely
will undoubtedly bring very encouraging
and successful results and give the Indian
youth a thorough practical education, fit
ting them for lives of usefulness and self-support.