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CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1897.
meeting in 1895. During the summer
vacation following, the dairy building
was erected and fitted up with the nec
essary apparatus. November 1, 1895,
the manufacture of butter was com
menced. The purpose of the board in establish
ing this department was particularly to
give instructions in private or farm
dairying, although the apparatus used
in the dairy building completely illus
trates that used in large creameries,
though, of course, on a sra ler scale.
The milk supply is mainly obtained
from the station herd of 20 cows, sev
eral of which are registered Jerseys.
This year the regents decided to put
in a plant for cheese-making, and
complete outfit of machinery has been
ordered.
Professor Kent, who has the immedi
ate charge of this department, is a grad
uate of the Iowa Agricultural College,
and has made dairying his special study
for years.
Horticulture mud Botany.
Professor Moses Craig has charge oi
the department of botany and theoretical
horticulture, and Professor George
Coote that of applied horticulture,
These departments include the study of
plant histology and physology, plant dis
eases and their cure, vegetable garden
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ing, fruit-growing, floriculture, land
scape gardening, etc. The student per
forms all such operations as budding,
grafting, pruning, and tilling. This de
partment is of great utility and import
ance, especially in this state, where
fruit-growing and gardening are leading
industries.
Professor Craig, besides his college
work, is botanist for the experiment
station. He is one of the leading bot
anists of the coast In 1889 he gradu
ated from the Ohio State University
with the degree of B. S. He spent the
following year at Cornell, graduating
with the degree of M. S. He did spe
cial work there in botany, paying par
ticular attention to experimental work.
He had charge of the department of
botany at the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege from 1891 to 1895. Last year he
was at Berkeley doing special work, giv
ing special attention to horticulture.
His achievements here earned for him
the degree of master of scientific hor
ticulture and forestry from the Ohio
State University.
Professor- Coote. has -devoted many
years to the study of horticulture and
landscape gardening in England and in
this country. In the care of trees and
plants he is an acknowledged authority.
He has been connected with the horti
cultural department of the college for
over eight years. He is a conscientious
instructor, thoroughly competent, and a
general favorite with the students.
Department of Chemistry.
The college has practically two chem
ical laboratories, the station laboratory
being distinct from that of the college
proper. Either is superior to any other
in Oregon and is only surpassed on the
coast by Standford and Berkeley. The
latter's superiority is principally a mat
ter of duplication.
The course offered in the college
chemical department is the most ex
tended of any in the Northwest It is
possible to secure four full years of the
oretical and applied chemistry, leading
to a B. S. degree. The department oc
cupies five rooms, the laboratories being
fully equipped for all. kinds of ordinary
work.
The entire course is so planned as io
bring the student to a realization of the
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practical application of the science to
the arts.
The elective course is intended for
those who desire to specialize in the sci
ence. It offers such work as the follow
ing: Analysis of soils, waters, milk,
butter, cheese, urine, sugar, etc. A
student desiring to investigate along any
particular line is offered an opportunity
at this institution.
Professor G. W. Shaw, who is at the
head of this department, is a practical
scientist By natural ability, education
and experience he is well fitted for the
important work entrusted to him. He
graduated from Dartmouth college in
1887 with the degree of A. B., and from
the same institution in 1889 with the
degree of A. M. He is a member of the
American Chemical Society, and of the
Association of Official Agricultural
Chemists. Willamette University has
conferred upon him the honorary de
gree of Ph. D. He is now in Washing
ton, D. C, doing special work under
the direction of the national department
of agriculture.
John Fulton is the assistant professor
of chemistry and has charge of the de
partment during Professor Shaw's ab
sence. He graduated from the college
in 1892. As an instructor and original
experimenter his work has been highly
commended. Mr. John Edwards, also
a graduate from the institution, is an
instructor in this department.
Zoology and Kntomologry.
Work in this department is required
of all students in the agricultural and
household economy courses, throughout
the junior year, and is elective to those
who have had the requisite preparation,
throughout a part or the whole of the
senior year. The department is well
supplied with charts, models, skeletons,
mounted alcoholic specimens, etc., and
with the necessary instruments for in
vestigating and illustrating the subjects
taught.
In all the instruction, laboratory work
goes hand in hand with text-book or
lecture. The student is expected to not
only demonstrate for himself, as far as
possible, the facts presented in text-book
or lecture, but is encouraged to make
independent observations, and to make
full notes and drawings of all his work.
The work in economic entomology
consists of a series of about 30 lectures
on the principal insect pests of the farm.
orchard, garden and house, and of the
most approved methods of combatting
them. The work is illustrated by
rapidly growing collection of Oregon
insects and by numerous insecticide
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preparations, spray pumps, etc.
Professor A. B. Cordley is at the head
of this department. He has few, if any,
equals in the West in this line of work
He is a graduate of the Michigan Agri
cultural College with the degree of B.
S. He has done much special work
in the department of agriculture at
Washington, and the government sent
him to Arizom on an expedition of
scientific research. He has been con
nected with the Oregon Agricultural
College for over two years.
Photography and Drawing.
The title of this department suggests
its work. The ability to draw well is
a great aid to students in the various
courses. This department is a very im
portant one to the experiment station.
Professor E. F. Pernot has been in
charge of this department since its es
tablishment by the board of regents
some six years ago. .Previous to coming
to Oregon he spent eight years in New
York-nd Philadelphia fitting himself
for the work in which he is now en-
gaged, and for 15 years he has made
photography and photo-micrography a
specialty. He is ably assisted in this
department by Miss Dorothea Nash,
who is also instructor in music. Miss
Nash is a graduate of the college, and
is an artist in both music and draw
ing. Mathematics and Engineering.
The course in mathematics includes
only such of its branches as the dis
tinctive aims of this institution require,
and conforms itself, in general, to that
in use in the most successful agri
cultural colleges. Special attention is
paid to the field work of surveying and
leveling. The students themselves use
the instruments, make the measure
ments, record the field notes, and then
plat and work up the notes thus
obtained from actual field practice. At
all times thoroughness and accuracy
are insisted upon, and orderly and logi
cal . demonstrations are required of
each student, in order that he may re
ceive the full benefits of the applica
tion of this science to the practical
affairs of life, and its ability to strength
en and discipline the intellectual pow
ers. The engineering department has
been provided with the necessary instru-
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ments, including compass, transit, plane
table, level, rods, chains and tapes.
Professor Gordon V. Skelton- is at the
head of this department. He was grad
uated with honors from the Arkansas
state university as bachelor of civil
engineering. While yet a student he
was appointed captain of Company B,
First Regiment, Arkansas state guards,
by Governor Eagle, in recognition of his
services as a cadet captain. This posi
tion, which is rarely conferred upon a
cadet officer, was held by him until
he left the state. Previous to his grad
uafion he held a position on the state
geological survey of Texas. After
spending a year in practical engineer
ing, Mr. Skelton was elected professor
of mathematics and civil engineering in
Coe college, one of the best colleges
of Iowa. ' Here he taught the higher
branches of the pure and applied math
ematics for three years, when he re
signed to accept his present position at
the O. A. C. In 1894, he received the
post-graduate degree of civil engineer
from his alma mater. Professor Skel
ton is a profound student and a splen
did mathematician. j
Professor Charles L. Johnson, B. S.,
a graduate of the college and an able
instructor, assists Professor Skelton.
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Department of English.
English is the only language taught
in the regular course of the college.
This department of the college is well
equipped, and every student is required
to devote a regular amount of study to
this important subject The college
literary societies, six in number, ad
mirably supplement the work of this de
partment. The college library is well supplied
with representative works in the Eng
lish literary field, while Professor Hor
ner, who is at the head of the depart
ment, has one of the best private li
braries in the state to which students
are kindly given free access.
At the recent meeting of the board a
resolution that the study of English in
the school be intensified, was adopted.
The course will be fuller than hereto
fore, and every student will be required
to give special attention to this study
throughout the entire four years' course,
In connection with this department
is the department of elocution, which
was added last year. The splendid suc
cess of the department has insured its
permanancy. Instructions are also giv
en in physical and voice culture.
Professor J. B. Horner, an enthusias
tic student of literature, is at the head
of the department of English. A bio
graphical sketch appears in another col
umn. He is ably assisted by Mrs. Ida
B. Callahan, a graduate of the college,
and an intelligent and successful teach
er. Miss Helen V. Crawford fills the
chair of elocution, and her success in im
proving the oratorical powers of the
students within so short a period has
been wonderful. This college stands
among the best in its work of elocu
tion.
Hiatory and Languages.
It is unnecessary to explain in detail
the work in this department. The study
of Latin is required in the fourth year
of the candidates for the degrees of
B. S. and B. L., and is optional with
them during the first three years.
Professor F. Berchtold, who has
charge of this department, is also dean
of the faculty. He graduated at the
IJniversitv of Berne. Switzerland, in
1878, and bears the degree of A. M
He taught four years in Elmhurst col
lege, Chicago. He has been associated
with Oregon Agricultural College since
1884. Professor Berchtold is a cultured
gentleman and a recognized scholar.
Household Economy and Hygiene,
The object of this department is to
teach girls how to cook, the art of
sewing, cutting and fitting, the elements
of the milliner's art, and how to take
care of their own health and that of
a family. It endeavors to infuse refine
ment into the culinary department of
home life. Special attention is given to
the subject of hygiene by lectures and
daily precepts, the purpose of this teach
ing being to inspire all with the neces
sity of hygienic living, as the only
cuarantee to haoniness in life. This
department is treated at length in an
other column.
Miss Margaret Snell, M. D., fills the
chair of this department. She has
eained a state-wide reputation. She is
assisted by Miss Carrie Lyford, a grad
uate of the college, and Mrs. Mary
Avery.
Military Department.
In endowing the state agricultural
college the national government ex
pressly provided that the students should
be instructed in military science, and
the government furnishes instructors
who are officers in the regular army,
and graduates of West Point.
At the Oregon Agricultural College
a thorough drill in the school of the
soldier, the company and the battalion
(infantry), both in close and extended
order, is given to all male students.
The United States army drill regula
tions for infantry, Burnham's duties of
outposts and the guard manuel are stud
ied by a large class of the most advanced
students. An effort is being made to
interest the National Guard of the state
in the military department of the col
lege, and to so arouse the graduates
of the military course that they will
pursue their military studies after grad
uation as members of the National
Guard.
The college battalion consists of the
regular battalion, field and staff offi
cers, a band of 13 pieces, and four in
fantry companies, and presents a fine
appearance on parade or at drill.
Aside from the benefit derived by the
country in having the young men who
graduate at colleges at which there is
a military department made better cit
izens, in that they are abler to serve
their country at the time of her greatest
need, a personal benefit to the indi
vidual "student, who takes a live interest
in his military studies and duties, is
very great
Lieutenant C. E. Dentler, Eleventh
United States infantry, has charge of
the military department at the college,
and the splendid showing made by the
cadets when on dress parade or at
battalion drill is due to his painstaking
methods and thorough instruction. As
a disciplinarian he is certainly a success.
He graduated from West Point in 1884.
The Printing Department. '
The college has an extensive printing
plant, where are printed all its bul
letins, catalogues, and, in fact, all the
college publications, including the stu
dents' monthly magazine, "The Col
lege Barometer." The printing depart
ment is in charge of Mr. George Keady,
a competent and artistic printer.
Athletics.
Since the infusion of the athletic spir
it in the college, sickness among the
students has been practically unknown.
The military drill and the work re
quired of each student daily gives him
much needed physical exercise. The
athletic training tends to strengthen
and build up the constitution, and the
faculty has .found that the student's mind
is greatly benefited by the physical cul
ture. Legitimate and healthful sports
are encouraged.
The game of football has been un
sparingly condemned by many as being
both brutal and dangerous. -This charge,
however, is usually made by people who
know nothing of the game. The agri
cultural college -has had a football team
for several years, and the players are
among the most gentlemanly students.
Not one of the players has suffered
any permanent injury received on the
gridiron. As a usual thing the best
athletes are the best students.
The present gymnasium is not a large
one, but it seems to answer every pur
pose. At the intercollegiate field day
contest, held at Salem last June, the
agricultural college team won easily
over the state university, Willamette
university, Monmouth normal school
and Pacific college. An intercollegiate
baseball association has been organized,
and the O. A. C. boy .expect to have
a strong team next year.
All of the contests of the college
athletes, as such, are under the control
and supervision of the faculty.
Expenses.
Tuition is absolutely free. THERE
IS NO INCIDENTAL FEE. The ex
pense of attending the college is as light
as it practically can be made. The col
lege maintains two boarding halls, both
operated on the club system, which has
been found to be very successful. Both
Cauthorn hall, for the young men, and
the young ladies' hall are under the di
rection of Professor Margaret Snell.
Each student must furnish his own
bedding, towels, brushes, etc. The rooms
are lighted with electricity, and furnish
ed with a chest of drawers, chairs, a
bedstead with springs, a mattress, pillow
and mirror. Under the club system
members of the club share pro rata the
the expense of running the hall. The
club members themselves do what work
they can, thus reducing their living ex
penses to a minimum.
Students may stay at the halls with
out becoming members of the clubs,
and they pay a regular rate per month
for board. At Cauthorn hall, new club
members will be charged $9 per calen
dar month in advance. Students, not
club members, will be charged $10 per
month for board. Room rent will be
50 cents and $1 per month, according
to room. Lieutenant C. E. Dentler will
be commandant at Cauthorn hall.
At the. girls' hall, board and room
will cost $70.50 per school year for each
student. Those who prefer can obtain
board and lodging from respectable Cor
vallis families at a low rate. Houses
can be obtained by students who de
sire to keep house for themselves.
Many students help maintain them
selves by work at the college farm,
and for Corvallis citizens, but it is not
safe for the student to rely upon making
his whole way through school. One
hundred and fifty dollars can easily cov
er a student's necessary expenses for
the school year. This sum includes
books, board, lodging, washing and. a
uniform for the young men.
DOflESTIC ARTS.
Department of Household Economy,
Its Practical Value to
Young Women.
An observing visitor, upon" entering
the homes of various well-to-do farmers
through our state, could not fail to not
ice how very unequal are the provisions
made by the average farmer for his
sons in their labors on the farm, and
his daughters in the performing of their
domestic duties. Too many of our farm
ers, while providing the latent improved
reapers, binders and other farm ma
chinery for the boys, contend that
"what was good enough for my mother
is good enough for my daughter," and the
girls are forced to perform their house
hold duties in the same primitive man
ner that their grandmothers did, with
out any of the modern and compara
tively inexpensive conveniences that
tend to convert housework into a pleas
ant duty, rather than an irksome task.
It is not surprising that farmers'
daughters, looking forward through the
vista of coming years and seeing only
the prospects of a life of cheerless drud
gery, become disheartened and forsake
the home for the shop or store or plunge
desperately into the horror of the 19th
century, the new woman craze. Look
ing through the eyes of discontent, the
lot of a housewife appears to one of
these girls merely a slave's existence;
and she determines to fit herself for
some trade or profession ("higher
sphere") in public life, for which but
one woman in a hundred is qualified,
and becomes the enthusiastic advocate
of what she chooses to term the "eman
cipation of the sex."
In this age of progress it is necessary
for woman to acquire a thorough knowl
edge of the science of household econ
omy and hygienic living in order to
keep pace with the world's advance
ment, and to most effectually contribute
to the welfare of a family; but first of
all she should be brought to realize
that woman's true sphere lies in the
home, where her influence is boundless.
When this lias been accomplished, the
new woman will have become a thing
of the past
It should be a source of great satis
faction to the people of Oregon to know
that we have one institution of learning
where young women can become thor
oughly domesticated. The benefit de
rived from the course of ..household
economy at the Oregon Agricultural
College by the young women in attend
ance and the state indirectly can not
be overestimated. Upon entering the
O. A. C. the young women take
up the same literary course pursued by
the young men in the agricultural and
mechanical courses, but they have in ad
dition horticulture, floriculture, land
scape gardening, dairying, millinery and
cooking; also a thorough course in hy
giene. The students are taught that
without health there is no success in
life. They receive instructions regard
ing their own organism, the importance
of hygienic living, and health, and how
to attain it
During the third term in school sew
ing and studies in hygiene are varied
by lectures on etiquette. During this
term the students are required to make
some article of wearing apparel, wholly
by hand, and, having attained profic
iency in plain sewing, they are taught
to cut, fit and make their own dresses:
and much special attention is given to
this branch of work. Of the various
branches of industrial work embraced in
the household economy course, cook
ing becomes the most popular with the
students; and nowhere is woman's inge
nuity given wider scope than in the
culinary department.
Few Americans, comparatively speak
ing, realize of what great importance it
is that our cooks should be skilled in
the science of hygiene. . We all know
that the prosperity of the nation de
pends largely upon the success of the
farmer; and if the farmer's helpmate
is a poor cook he is sure to be a dys
peptic; and a dyspeptic is a failure in
whatever enterprise he may engage.
Think of it, maids and matrons! The
life of our nation lies not in the hands
of ye lorde of creation, but in the hands
of our cooks ! It therefore behooves our
sires to look to the education of their
daughters in the culinary department,
especially. Here the young ladies are
taught to do their own marketing in
telligently and economically, then the
proper preparation and cooking of foods
as well as the best manner of serving.
When the hard times closed so many
avenues for earning a livelihood, many
of the better class of girls were forced
to take positions in private families,
and some few have done so from choice,
but unfortunately there is generally a
foolish prejudice existing towards this
means of obtaining a livelihood, when,
as a matter of fact, most girls in such
positions are far better off than those
who are working in factories or em
ployed as clerks in stores. Their work
is more healthful, their food more
nourishing, they have more leisure time
and the shelter of a home is a shield
against many of the temptations that a
shop girl meets, while financially, the
position of a cook is more remuner
ative than that of a clerk. By so many
educated and refined young women
taking up this work it is hoped that
it will be lifted to a higher standard
and that the foolish prejudice that now
exists towards domestics will be done
away with.
True household economy requires that
girls should not only be able tq make
their own dresses, but to trim and
fashion their own hats and bonnets as
well. In the household economy course
much time is given to the art of mil
linery, and with a little practice the
students are soon able to make and trim,
at small expense, hats and bonnets fully
as neat and artistic as the more ex
pensive ones exhibited in the millinery
stores.
Throughout the entire course the stu
dents are taught to realize and appreci
ate the refining and ennobling influence
of domestic life, which knowledge is so
essential to the welfare of the indi
vidual, the family and the state. The
Oregon Agricultural College is the only
institution in the state where such in
structions .are to be obtained; and for
that reason the household economy
course should receive the support and
sympathy of parents and the hearty en
dorsement of every
One of The Girls,
COURSE OF STUDY.
Prof. F. Berchtold, Dean of the Faculty.
Explains Methods and Plans.
The board of regents, at its last regu
lar meeting, adopted a new course o'
study, to go into operation with the
beginning of the new session. There
are three distinct courses, the agricul
tural, the mechanical and the household
economy course.
In the freshman year these courses
differ but little 'one from the other, ex
cept that the young ladies take sewing
while the young men are busy in the
shops or in the field.
The divergence, however, commences
in the sophomore year, and reaches its
widest limits at the end of the junior
year, when we find the farmer studying
entomology, cryptogamic botany, sur
veying and plant physiology, while these
mechanics wrestle with calculus, stearr
engine and boiler, analytical geometrj
and mechanism, and the young ladie:
are studying the chemistry of foods
household accounts, physiology, horti
culture and dressmaking.
Most of the studies in the senior yeai
are elective, which fact offers to stu
dents an opportunity to intensify some
particular line, be it in forestry, stock
feeding, veterinary or roadmaking, on
the one hand; in hydraulics, machine
design, thermo-dymamics, or woodwork
on the other, and in sanitary science
needlework, landscape gardening or hy
giene in still another direction.
With these technical studies go hand
in hand such other studies as English
literature, history, free-hand drawing
languages, rhetoric and elocution, sc
that at the end of four years' work, if the
student has been true to himself, he
will go forth and enter the arena of life
unusually well equipped. He will have
gained the kind of an education that
is bound to be of considerable help to
him in the years to come. The degrees
given to such as finish any of the above-
mentioned courses are bachelor of
science to graduates in the agricultural
course; bachelor of mechanical engin
eering to graduates of the mechanical
course, and bachelor of household
science to graduates of the young wom
en's course.
If at the end of the four years' course
the student feels that he could, with
profit to himself, pursue one or more
of the above-named studies, that is, spe
cialize in one certain line, the college
holds out in a post-graduate course jus
such an opportunity, and confers, after
two years of faithful work on the part
of the student, the degree of "master
of science," "mechanical engineer" and
"master of household science,", respect
ively, upon the aspirant, provided al
ways that rigid examination discloses
scientific attainments and scholarly ac
quirements of a high order.
HON. JOHN BURNETT.
The occasional address delivered at the
Pioneers' Reunion held at Portland re
cently was heartily praised. The ora
tor was Judge John Burnett, of Cor
vallis, one of the most prominent men
of Oregon, and one who has achieved
distinction at the bar and on the bench.
He has been a resident of Benton county
for nearly forty years, and has taken
a prominent part in the affairs of the
state. The name of Judge Burnett fig
ures largely in the history of Oregon.
John Burnett was born in Pike coun
ty, Missouri, on the 4th of July, 1831.
He lost his father at the age of fifteen,
and was turned out in the world to
fight his way as best he might Al
though his opportunities were limited,
ie obtained a fair common school edu
ction, sufficient for a man whose
strong love of knowledge has made
reading and study a habit. Judge Bur-
net is a well-read man, and has made
a success where thousands of college
graduates have failed.
He first engaged as an erand boy in
a store, and was afterwards employed
to work on a flat boat on the Missis
sippi. In the spring of 1849, he started
for California, and arrived in Sacra
mento on the 10th of September, 18
years old and nearly broke. He se
cured work, and later on was engaged
in mining and dealing in cattle, until
the spring of 1858, when he came to
Oregon, and settled in Benton county.
The year after his arrival in Oregon
he was married to Miss Martha Hin
ton. of Monroe. Soon after his mar
riage, he commenced reading law with
Colonel Kelsay, and in 1861 was ad
mitted to practice. Since that time, he
has ranked among the leading attor
neys of the state. In 1868, he was elected
presidential elector on the democratic
ticket. In 1870 he was elected
county judge of Benton county. He
ran for congress in 1872 against the
late ' Joseph G. Wilson, but was de
feated by a small majority. He was
elected associate justice of the supreme
court in 1874, as an independent demo
crat, defeating both the regular demo
cratic nominee and Colonel Kelsay, the
regular republican nominee. He was
elected state senator from Benton 'coun
ty in 1878. Governor Thayer, in 1882
appointed him judge of the second ju
dicial district, to fill out Judge Watson's
unexpired term.
As an attorney, he is especially noted
for his sound judgement and his 'legal
knowledge. No man in the state has
a higher standing as a criminal law
yer, and several men today owe their
lives to his eloquence. He has been
attentive to business, and looked well
after his private affairs, and has ac
cumulated a comfortable fortune.
Judge Burnett is a liberal, public-spir
ited citizen, ready always to contribute
liberally to any laudable public enter
prise. He is a plain, affable and cour
teous gentleman, ready in conversation
with reminiscences and anecdotes, and
the moments spent in his company are
always full of interest and instruction.
HON. W. E. YATES. -
The success Mr. Yates has achieved
and his success is manifest, can be
ascribed to hard, unremitting work on
his part, to his intelligence and to his
honesty. He is now in the prime of
life, and his future is full of promise.
He is in all respects a man.
William E. Yates was born Decem
ber 24th, 1856, in Linn county, Oregon.
He is a son of Joseph Yates, a promi
nent citizen and farmer of that county.
He attended the public schools of Linn
county and spent one year at Wil
lamette University. He then com
menced a course at the Oregon Agri
cultural College, graduating from that
institution in 1880, with the degree of
A. M. He had charge of the prepara
tory department of the college one year
following his graduation, and the next
year, was principal of the Brownsville
public schools. He was for four years
professor of ancient and modern lan-
guages - at the Monmouth Normal
School. He served one term as superin
tendent of public instruction of Polk
county.
Mr. Yates came to Corvallis in 1888,
being elected principal of the Corvallis
public schools, and organized the grad
ed work in the new school building.
He was for two years county school
superintendent of Benton county. He
served several terms since as school
director in this city with great satis
faction to the patrons and supporters
of the school. In all his school work
he has been thoroughly- in earnest and
brought into play that intelligent ac
tivity that has since marked his legal
career.
Mr. Yates studied law for several
years, putting in the time he had to
spare from his duties as teacher, and
was admitted to practice in June, 1891,
He hung out his shingle in Corvallis,
where he now enjoys a large clientage
and lucrative practice.
In 1895 Governor Lord appointed
him a member of the board of regents
of the Oregon Agricultural College,
his appointment having been urged by
the alumni association of the college.
Since his connection with the board he
has acted as its secretary. He is in
tensely interested in furthering the in
terests of the institution and making it
a great and useful college, that the gov
ernment, in so magnificently endowing
it, made possible.
Last year Mr. Yates was elected prose
cuting attorney of the second judicial
district as the republican nominee. His
opponent had the nomination of both
the populists and democrats, who had
a natural majority of over 2000 in the
district Notwithstanding the tremen
dous odds against him, Mr. Yates re
ceived the very handsome majority of
1089. He has been prompt and atten
tive in the discharge of the duties of
this office, and has saved the people
of the various counties a great many
dollars by his businesslike administra
tion. '
In August, 1880, Mr. Yates was mar
ried to Miss Emma Crawford, of Linn
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county. A boy and a. girl have been
the result of this union. The children
have the studious habits of their father,
and the boy, Bert, a lad of 14, studies
with delight the Oregon code in con
nection with his college work.
S. Jf. WILKINS.
"Rustle" has been the motto of S.
N. Wilkins. No one can ever accuse
him of laziness. He is full of resources
and has plenty of energy. As a busi
ness man he is enterprising and sa
gacious, and is always on the lookout
for opportunities to build up his trade.
Mr. Wilkins was born November 4,
1851, in Choctaw county, Alabama.
His parents moved to the western part
if the state in 1856, and ten years later
moved into northern Mississippi, where
he grew to manhood. In 1874, he came
to Oregon with the first party of Missis-
sippians that immigrated here. He at
tended the Agricultural College here
two years, and worked at .various oc
cupations until 1877, when he engaged
in farming near Corvallis. After farm
ing three years, he moved to Yakima
City, where he served an apprenticeship
for two years at painting and paper
hanging. In 1883, he returned to Cor-
vallis, where he worked at his trade.
He opened a paintshop on Main street
in a little room 7x9 feet. It is a suffi
cient commentary on his energetic busi
ness methods to call attention to his
present large business, which occupies a
two-story building, 50 feet front by 100
feet deep.
Mr. Wilkins purchased 'the furniture
business of Philip Weber after the lat
ter's death, and later purchased the
furniture and undertaking establishment
of J. A. Knight. His furniture stock is
large and complete, and his undertaking
establishment is surpassed by none in
the Valley. Mr. Wilkins has taken a
special course in embalming, and is the
only skilled undertaker in the county.
Mr. Wilkins was married October 9,
1878, to Miss Mary A. Moore, of this
county. They have two children, Lolo,
who is now 17, and Hallie, who has
reached his gth year.
Mr. Wilkins has taken all the de
grees of Odd Fellowship, belongs to
both branches of the Woodmen and
Maccabees and is a member of" the
Artisans' lodge, and takes an active in
terest in all these orders.
E. R. LAKE.
The president and manager of the
Corvallis & Benton County Prune
Company, Edward R. Lake, was born
in England, in i860, making him now
37 years old. His parents came to this
country during his infancy, and settled
on a farm in southern Michigan. Mr.
Lake and his brothers attended the pub
lic schools in the country, with the
usual results. At the age of 12, he was
apprenticed to two brothers, timber
and building contractors, with the pa
rental expectation that he would follow
this line of work. In the meantime, he
was allowed to attend the local school
during the winters, until he had "fin
ished" its alloted studies.
At 16, becoming dissatisfied with the
drudgery of an apprenticeship, he aban
doned it, and returned home to assist
in caring tor a nerd 01 dairy cows,
Later, he entered the city high school
but a collapse of his father's financial
affairs made it necessary for him to
leave school, after a brief attendance
and earn his own livelihood. His in
ability to further prosecute his studies
was, of course, a great disappoint
ment, but he did not neglect his edu
cation. By study and a night school
course, he advanced himself, while en
gaged in the hard work on his father's
farm.
In this manner he fitted himself for
college, and in the summer of '8i he
entered the Michigan Agricultural Col
lege, and paid his own expenses by work
at odd hours, and during vacations.
After graduating, he spent one year
teaching in the public school and taking
a post-graduate course at the college.
While thus engaged, he was offered
the position of assistant botanist in the
Oregon Agricultural College, which he
accepted, and filled very satisfactorily
for two years, when he was appointed
professor of botany, horticulture and
entomology. Nearly three years of ef
ficient service here was followed by an
appointment to a similar position in the
Washington Agricultural College.
In 1894, he took charge, as president
and manager of the Corvallis and Ben
ton County Prune Company's orchard,
six miles north of Corvallis, the largest
prune orchard in the state. The pres
ent excellent condition of that property
is very largely due to Mr. Lake's ac
knowledged ability as a financier, and
his thorough comprehension of the
science of horticulture.
Last year, he was elected, by a very
flattering majority, joint representative
for Benton and Lincoln counties. Mr.
Lake prepared several important bills,
most of them pertaining to agricultural
matters, but the failure of the legislature
to organize prevented their being enacted.
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Mr. Lake is one of the most promi-one
nent horticulturists of the state, and is
recognized as an authority. He is deep
ly interested in the good roads move
ment, and has contributed much to the
organization and literature in that line.
In politics, he is a republican, and as
president of the Benton County Mc
Kinley Club, during the presidential
compaign, was largely instrumental in
carrying the county for the republican
ticket.
F. L.. MILLER.
Among the prominent men of the
county is F. L. Miller, a leading mer
chant of Corvallis. Although he has
been here but four years, he has built
up a large trade, and won the confidence
and esteem of his fellow citizens. He is
straightforward, wholesouled and enter
prising a prince of good fellows. He
believes in developing the body, and
all his life he has taken a strong interest
in athletic sports. In the East he cap
tained several baseball clubs, and since
coming to Corvallis he has been a liberal
patron of the various local athletic
sports. The O. A. C. students always
count upon receiving strong and sub
stantial encouragement from him in
their athletic work.
Mr. Miller is an earnest advocate of
fraternal orders, and puts theory into
practice. He is a Mason, Knight of
Pythias, Workman and Woodman, and
is an enthusiastic and useful member in
r.ll these orders.
In business, he doesn't hide his light
under a bushel. He believes the public
can trade with him to the advantage
of both parties, and he is not timid about
telling the public this. His advertise
ments are always - worth reading, and
that in this issue can be profitably read
by those wishing to achieve business
success. His line is men's furnishing
goods, hats, shoes, clothing, etc.
F. L. Miller was born in Brown coun
ty, Ohio, May 21, 1864. Two years
later his parents moved to Iowa, living
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in Cedar and Van Buren counties for
six years. The family then moved to
Keokuk county. Mr. Miller attended
the public school at Aurora, and finished
the course when he was 17 years of
age. He engaged in his first business
venture when he was 21, engaging , in
the lumber Jbusiness at Clearfield, Iowa,
Three years later he formed a partner
ship with R. F. Green in the clothing
business, having stores at both Clear
field and Hummeston, Wayne county.
Mr. Miller had charge of the business
at the latter place.
In the spring of 1893 the partnership
was dissolved, and Mr. Miller moved
to Oregon, locating at Corvallis, where
he immediately engaged in his present
business. He carries a large stock of
first-class goods, and is a discriminate
buyer.
Mr. Miller was married at the age of
22, October 20, 1886, to Miss Vidella
Chipman, who is prominent and pop
ular in local social circles. Two chil
dren have been the result of this mar
riage, both boys. The elder died in
infancy, while the other is a bright
lad of 6 years.
Mr. Miller is one of the big men
of the county physically, as well as in
a business way. His portrait accom
panies this sketch.
THOMAS WHITEHORN.
The fine new business building now
being erected in Corvallis, on Second
street, is the property of Thomas White
horn, one of Benton county's solid
business men.
Mr. Whitehorn was born a subject
of Queen Victoria, first seeing the light
of day in London, England, February
7th, 1859. His early boyhood days
were spent in the metropolis of the
world, but at about the age of 12 years
he went to sea. For four years he
was chiefly before the mast, but left
the sailor's life in 1878, when he ar
rived at Astoria on the American ship
"Storm King." He first settled in
Washington county, being employed by
Colonel Cornelius for four summers.
During this time, in the fishing season,
he fished on the Columbia. During all
this time he was economical and pru
dent, and accumulated some money.
With his savings he opened a saloon in
Cornelius, which he conducted for one
year.
Mr. Whitehorn came to Corvallis
Christmas day, 1883. He engaged in
the saloon business with Oscar David
son for one year. Since that time he has
conducted his place, "The Resort,"
alone. He has conducted his saloon
as a business enterprise, always cour
teous and obliging and has been a care
ful observer of the laws. "The Resort"
has been free from the odium that is
connected with too many saloons, and
has a very large patronage.
Mr. Whitehorn is a wideawake and
progressive citizen, and he always
takes a deep interest in public affairs.
Although born in England, he is now
a citizen of this country, and is in all
respects an intense American. He is a
straightforward, honest and capable
business man, and deserves the prosper
ity he now enjoys.
He was married in June, 1888, to Miss
Kate Wells, of Corvallis. They have
son, Claude, who is now 8 years old.