75 .000 SCHOOL CHILDREN TO ENTER
SALEM. Or- Feb. 10- (Special.)
Eeventy-ftve thousand chool chil
dren of Oregon working to develop
the Industrial condition In the state as
well a to develop themselves In their
future work as clttzens. I the plan of
Superintendent Alderman, backed by
banker. ltvetoc"c men and various In
dustries of the state.
Visionary a thl plan seemed when
It vii first broached by Superintendent
Alderman. In a few ehort month It has
developed Into a promising reality, and
Is demonstrating what can be done to
Interest pupils In a factor that roes
band in hand with their school work.
Children from over all the state are
pending In unsolicited communications
asking for details as to the Industrial
nd outside work, eager to enter into
competition for the prises that are be
In offered, but at the same time Just
aa eager to enter Into the work for the
sake of the work itself.
Briefly the plan, which has been out
lined before. 1 to offer competitive
prises for the best work done In agri
culture, horticulture, produce garden
ing, cooking, sewing, carpentry and
poultry-raising.
Wot k te B- niaalare.
Exhibits of all the work will be
placed at the county and clstrlct fairs.
The best of the exhIMte will be se
lected and sent to the State Fair. There
re lIJ.oo school children In the state,
tapertntendent Alderman says 7S.OO0
of the children will compete at the
county and district fslrs. Of that num
ber of exhibits the work of at leaat IS.
00 Oregon pupil will be shown at the
f)tate Fair, or an exhibit of work of
school children prohahly never before
equaled at any State Fair, and certainly
t no Stat Fair which has ever been
fcl.i in this state.
In addition to the premiums which
are pontine In through offers of Inter
ested gardeners, fruitralsers. poultry,
dairy and livestock men. the Stat
Fair Itself will give $1000 In cash prizes.
Two Shetland ponies will be awarded.
One of these already Is promised by tha
Cnlon Stockyards of Portland and the
ether will be forthcoming- In a short
Cm.
fe aire Attract as Prism.
The keenest competition so far among
the children seems to be for the ponies.
More than a score of letters have come
from various parts of the state and from
children of all ags asking questions
as to the contests for these ponies.
Not alone does the contest seem to
arouse the latent Interest of Oregon
school children, but It Is spurring- adults
who are Interested la the same Una of
work to aid and to enlarge their own
fields of endeavor. William F. Cap
linger, of Salem, has offered 100 pota
toes to 100 children. These are the
Oregon potatoes which have gained a
wide reputation, and for the best ex
hibit grown from these potatoes he
will award sis light Brahma chlckena
of the best stock, a prise which Is
valued In Itself at I IS. In this manner
he hopes to instill Into the minds of
those competing a desire to excel la
agriculture and a desire to establish
a poultry business which will prove
profitable.
Many Cavatlea Prepare.
The work has advanced rapidly. Co
lumbia County Is now completely or
ganized for the work, as are Clatsop
and Marlon. Yamhill County, where
this work has been carried on before,
la receiving an Impetus from the state
wide movement, and It will extend into
very county In the slate.
Calvin S. Thomason. a former news
paperman, has been selected to do the
work, with his salary and expenses
paid from the contributions of bankers,
while N. C, Marls, of Portland, will do
similar work with his expenses paid
by tbe Portland Livestock Association.
In February Mr. Thomason will visit
Tillamook. Washington. Lincoln. loug
laa. Josephine and Jackson Counties.
During the same time Mr. Marls will
Clacka mas. v aseo,
NEW YORK COURTS CALLED TO UNRAVEL
"ENDLESS CHAIN OF HONEST GRAFT"
Taipyer Object to Paying for Plana for Municipal Building Wild Are Diacarded Student Starts Circling
Globe, Not on Bet, but for run Mrs. Belmont "Worries District Attorney.
BT LLOTD F. LONEKOAS.
NEW TURK. Feb. 10. (Special.)
Supreme Court Justice Gerard Is
trying to unravel what Is Justly
termed "an endless chain of honest
municipal graft." the matter having
been brought to his attention by a suit
Instituted by "a taxpayer."
Almost since the Greater City became
an established fact there have been
efforts afloat to erect a new munic
ipal building In Brooklyn. Each bor
ough president has taken up the work
with enthusiasm, but the net results of
their efforts have amounted to noth
ing. . -Here
Is the history up to date:
J. Edward Swanetrom was elected
borough president in 101 on a fusion
ticket. He employed Washington Hall
to draw up rUna, and paid him 115.000
for his work.
Martin Littleton. Democrat, succeeded
Swanstrom. He rejected the plans of
Washington Hall and hired McKlm,
Mead White to do his work. They
turned In plans and drew 113.004.
Bird S. Coler. elected as a Hearst
man. took Littleton's place. He threw
the former plans into the discard, and
hired new architects. Lord Hewlett.
They did their work and now want
the city to pay them the modest sum
of IUi.000.
Borough President Steers, elected as
ay faslonlst. followed In the footsteps
of his predecessors. He threw out all
the plans thst cluttered up his office,
and hired MoKenzle, Voorhles A Geme
II . All they want for their work Is
J11S.00O.
The taxpayer's suit Is to prevent
the board of si Ornate and, Uie borough,
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Hood River. Sherman. Oll!iam. Wheeler
and Morrow Counties.
lurlng February every commercial
organisation In the state will take up
the movement, co-operating with Su
perintendent Alderman. Mr. Thomason
and Mr. Maria, and by the last of the
month the children of the state will
be well organised to go ahead with
the work.
Pareata A 1m larereeteeV
Interest of parent In all sections la
being aroused and they are Imparting
the Interest to their children.
Not only Is the work proving a valu
able adjunct for the children and their
parents, but It Is already proving an
advertising medium" to the state, as
many letters are being received from
as far away as New York asking for a
definite outline of the plan, so that it
might be copied elsewhere.
In Salem. J. H. Albert, a prominent
banker, has offered prizes for the best
work done In the schools, haa awarded
a large loganberry patch for the chil
dren of the Yew Park school and an
orchard for the use of high school stu
dents. Governor West and F. K. Lovell
have granted the use of two lots In the
center of Salem for tha use of tho
school children and others are falling
Into line.
Superintendent Alderman hopes
eventually to obtain one school dis
trict In every county that will agree to
keep an Instructor all the year around
at a probable annual salary of $1200,
the district to donate a 10-aere or 10
acre tract, where a children's experi
ment farm can be conducted and the
children be given a firm basis In the
science of modern agriculture and other
problema of the aotl.
Pris List I-argc.
Tha prizes offered and a list of the
donors are:
Hub
president of Brooklyn from approprlat- I
lng any more money for "plans." They J
contena inn tne city aireaay n mur
than enough plans, and that while the
petitioners do not object to a new
building, they strenuously oppose any
further preliminary work.
Stadaat Circling Werld.
Another of those "ar jund-the-world-on-nothing"
men has left New York
headed for the Pacific Coast. This
time the candidate Is Herbert Bauber,
a Columbia University student.
Baumer has a pilot's license, and In
the college Is known aa "The Admiral."
He expects to work his way to tbe
Coast by getting jobs on railways and
working on boats on tha Great Lakes.
The chances are that now he Is no bet
ter fortified, financially, than he waa
when he started.
The Columbia man speaks English.
French. German. Danish. Dutch and can
make himself known In several other
languages. He has traveled all over
the world as a sailor, plays the violin
and has ability aa a pianist.
One Interesting feature of hi trip
is that he Is not making the journey
to win a bet of tlO.OOu or 110.000.000.
as Is the case with so many others of
his kind. He Is simply journeying be
cause he likes to travel, and he thinks
that he knows how to do it cheaply.
Rare Disease Eictutmi
Physicians are much Interested In
the cases of trichinosis that have been
dlsoovered In Dumont, Just across the
river In New Jersey. This, of late,
has been a rare dlsesee In this coun
try, although It one named a acourge
In. Germany. v
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bard. Corvallis; Southdown Frank
Brown. Carlton; Shropshire ram.
Thompson Brothers. Macleay; Cotswold
ewe. D. J. Klrby, McMlnnvllle; Cots
wold sheep, H. O. Keyt. Perrydale:
Lincoln tA Senator Hawley, Mon
mouth. Pigs Poland China pig. Herbert
Wlllard, Pay ton: Poland China bow,
William I. Hugglna. Junction City; Po
land China pig. W. E. Forsberg, La
Fayette; Poland China pi. T. W.
Brunta. Salem; Poland China pig. Mis
sion Hose Dairy and Stock Farm, Day
ton; Berkshire pig. C. L. Dorsey, Iay
ton; Berkshire sow, L. L. Paget, Oas
ton: Berkshire, boar. W. K. NewelL
Oaston; Duroc Jersey aow. Browndala
Farms. Portland; Duroc Jersey sow, C
M. Harvey, Salem. ' ;
Calves Jersey calf, TV. O. Morrow.
Independence: Jersey calf, Robert L,
Burkhart, Albany.
Goats Nanny goat. C. H. Cannon,
Turner; Angora goat. Northweat An
gora Goat Association, Portland.
Dogs Scotch Collie pupiy, C. D.
Nairn, Amity: Fox Hound puppy, P. A.
Smith. Yamhill.
Chickens Trio Single-comb Rhode
Island Reds. IV. I. Ferguson. Salem;
trio Anconas. K. Woolery, Salem; trio
Tha patients In the Dumont case
were atricken after eating ham that
had not been cooked. Two of the din
ers died, and the eight ethers who par
took of the meat are In critical, con
dition. In Germany, from 1S81 to 189S. there
were 329 cases. Most of them were in
the provinces of the North, where un
cooked pork is largely eaten, and most
of them were directly traceable to this
meat
Trichinosis casts have been diag
nosed as typhoid. The early symptoms
are nausea, loss of appetite, and fever.
Later tha fever Increases, and Is fol
lowed by stiffness, swelling of tha
limbs, swollen eyelids and delirium.
Following the prevalence of the dis
ease in Germany It wss provided that
mlscroscopio examinations of the car
casses of hogs should be made before
they could be put on the market.
There Is no specific cure for the dis
ease when It haa once taken hold. If
the parasite that causes It gets into the
muscles, the treatment Is to keep up
the strength of the patient until the
parasite dies, a matter of three or
four months. Generally the patient
dies first.
For a while examinations of hams
for trichinae were made In this coun
try, but so little uncooked ham Is
eaten here that the authorities gave
it up. The chances are now that the
tnspeclon will be resumed.
Mr. Belmont Worry Official.
Mrs. O. II. r. Belmont Is one of a
committee that has been officially ap
pointed by a Cooper Union mass meet
ing to harass, worry, and annoy, the
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Buff Orpingtons, W. I. Goin, Scappoose;
six Light Brahmae, William F. Kap
llnger, Salem; trio Buff Leghorns, H.
F. Zlegler, The Dalles; trio Single-comb
White Leghorns, C O. Wlndle. Lonts;
five White Leghorns, II. S. Carter. Sa
lem; trio Buff Plymouth Rocks, B. F.
Williams. Milton: Andaluslun Cockerel,
. M. Calbreath, Monmouth: trio Rhode
Island Reds. L. B. Fyre, Ontario: trio
chickens. Mrs. Frank Lines, Albany;
trio chickens. B. M. Hmlth. Champoeg;
trio Single-comb Buff Leghorns, Bayard
nistrlet Attomev of New York County,
Charles Whitman.
Tho attendants at the mass meet
ing believed that, the state should
place the owners of the Triangle
Shirtwaist factory on trial again, al
though they have been regularly dis
charged after a hearing by a Jury on
an accusation of having caused the
death of a girl employed In their fac
tory. At the time of the accident in
the so-called fireproof building 141
persons, mostly young girls, were
burned to death or killed by leaping
from windows.
Mrs. Belmont, who Is the widow of
one well-known society man and the
divorced wife of another (W. K. Bel
mont), presided at tho mass meeting.
In the course of her speech she said:
"We do not say that the verdict waa
wrong in law of that we have not the
means to Judge but we do say that
there should be some way of punish
ing someone for such a shocking
tragedy. If there Is no punishment for
condition that make such deaths pos
sible under our present system of law,
we want to know It. If there is any
possible punishment, then we want to
know that too. and we demand that
that punishment be enforced, without
fear or favor."
District Attorney Whitman Is as
anxious as anybody else to punish the
owners of the shirtwaist factory, but
admits that the outlook is more than
dubious. He has tried the two de
fendants once and the Jury has re
turned a verdict of not guilty. Now
It Is a moot question whether he can
twice place them In Jeopardy, and the
consensus of legal opinion Is that they
are Immune from further legal pro
ceedings. All of which explains why the Dis
trict Attorney does not welcome the
dally visits of Mrs. Belmont, for he
has found, by repeated Interviews, that
she has nothing to help him, but la
simply full of oratory, and wants him
to do "his duty" In a way which a
conscientious hard-working official
knows cannot be done, at least with
out tha certainty of being: overruled
by. the higher courts.
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AGRICULTURAL CONTEST
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H. Moul, McMlnnvllle; trio Buff Orp
ingtons. Joseph Hall, Newberg; trio
Hose Comb Brown Leghorns. A. G.
Propnt. Albany; trio Roue Comb White
Leghorns. Mm. L. G. Pell. Pendleton;
trio Games. B. M. Smith. Aurora; trio
Single-comb White Leghorns, Sherrell
Fleming. Salem: trio Anconas, Ira G.
Nelson, McMlnnvllle.
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ORATOR WINS SUCCESS
BY HIS PERSEVERANCE
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Though Considered Dunce in Youth, Overcomes
All Obstacles and Rises to Fame as Parliamentary Speaker.
BT MADISON C. PETERS.
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN,
whose plays, "The Rivals.". "The
School for Scandal" and "Tha
Critic" are masterpieces Immortal for
their wealth of broadly human Inci
dents, was born In September, 17BT, In
Dublin and by common consent of his
parents and preceptors was pro
nounced at 7, an "impenetrable dunce,"
yet his splendid career Is a mighty
encouragement for "slow boys."
His marriage at 22 with Miss Linley,
a popular singer, was the turning
point in his career. The exceedingly
beautiful Miss Linley had many suitors
besides Sheridan, among whom was a
married man,, a Captain Mathews, who
had artfully won the girl's affections,
and persecuted her with his importu
nities, threatening to destroy himself
If she refused him. To protect her
from this scoundrel Sheridan escorted
Miss Linley to a nunnery In France
and after performing this chivalrous
duty, fought two duels with Mathews.
Because the professlonless young man
was not considered an eligible suitor
by the girl's father, he secretly mar
ried her and finally, having satisfied
the girl's father of his worth, was
openly married In April, 177J.
Fashionable Set Won.
His daring courtship and happy mar
riage showed a confidence In his gen
ius Justified by his success. With his
wife's social standing, her beauty and
accomplishments, with no capital ex
cept the few thousand pounds brought
by her. by maintaining an expensive
establishment, by. a daring; policy, of
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Ducks Trio Indian Runner Ducks, J.
H. Kngeman, Stlverton: trio Indian
Runner Ducks, Charles A. Muths, Sa
lem. Eggs (Certificates good on presenta
tion) Four settings, B. F. Williams,
Milton: 100 eggs, Eugene Prcscott, Sa
lem; four settings. Dr. M. E. McGulre,
Silverton.
reckless pride, they together drew the
fashionables to their private entertain
ments, she by her singing and he by
his wit, and won the standing and
popularity which gave Sheridan's first
comedy, "The Rivals," a favorable re
ception at Covent Garden, January 17,
1776.
After having gained the highest
honors of the theater he became am
bitious to shine -on a wider stage. He
entered Parliament for Stafford in
1780. His greatest effort as an orator
was his "Begum" speech in the im
peachment of Warren Hastings in 1787,
establishing the reputation as the most
brilliant debater among the great par
liamentary orators.
He, whose speeches In that pro
ceeding, by unanimous acknowl
edgment of his contemporaries,
Burke. Pitt, Fox, Windham and Wil
berforce, placed him not only among
the greatest orators In that genera
tion of great orators, but as the most
wonderful performance of ancient or
modern times, yet "hung Are" in his
first speech in Parliament, and stuck,
stuttered and -stammered so painfully
that he retired in despair.
Coarase Does Not Flag-.
With confidence in his ability and
final success, he exclaimed: "It's In
me and It will come out." It came out
and to such an extent that Byron
sang:
Nature formed but one such man.
And broke the die in moulding Bherldan.
No orator ever worked so hard with
the preparation ot his speeches. The
minutest points were thoughtfully
considered. Even bis sparkling wit
if
:- ''tLZTtti
Incubators and Brooders incubator,
K. J. McClanhan, Eugene; brooder, E. J.
MrClanhan. Eugene.
Books Soils, How to Handle and
Improve Them," Carle Abrams, Salem.
Tools Chest tools. Pacific Hardware
& Steel Company. Portland.
Cash $6, J. J. Butzer Seed Company.
Portland. .
was carefully conned and learned by
note. His happiest "improvisations
were Jests he had kept in pickle for
months and it was in allusion to his
practice of polishing his Jests for
months, waiting for the right time to
fire them off, that Pitt taunted him
with his "hoarded repartees and ma
tured Jests."
Sheridan is a fine illustration of the
famous saying of Rufus Choate: "Suc
cess is not an accident. You might as
well let drop a Greek alphabet and
expect to pick up the Iliad," and while
it may be true that an occasional
genius may improvise a splendid burst
of eloquence or a sparkling witticism,
the fact remains that the world's
greatest orators carefully elaborated
their finest passages.
Intelligence in Dogs.
' Lippincott's Magazine.
One man would have it that a colli
dog is the most sagacious of dogs,
while the other stood up for the setter.
"I once owned a setter," declared the
latter, "which was very intelligent. I
had him on the street one day and he
acted so queerly about a certain man
we met that I asked the man his name,
and "
"Oh, 'that's an old story," the collie's
advocate broke in. sneeringly. "The
man's name was Partridge, of course,
and because of that the dog came to a
set. Ho! Ho! Come again."
"You're mistaken," replied the other
suavely, "The dog didn't come quite to
a set, though almost. As a matter of
fact, the man's name was Quayle, and
the dog hesitated on account of the
spelling."