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XTlMtlVM plena for the coming r ars bin made py iu BUI uulnn( Of the Weil Young Men's Christian asao FnmiiUni are being made for ths Installment of new features sod - new courses or study nai more firmly establish the premiership of the association uuc s Lb liar Institutions af ths Pacific eosst. ' ' On of ths Ms feature ts be setab llsbed by ths T. M. C. A. Is a school of forestry. In the entire nocthweetera country, where forests abound mors plentifully than ia any other section, there Is as school where students nay )nara' ths practical and scientific uses ( wood. - Ths T. U. C. A. has perceived the opportunity In that tins and will estab lish a thorough course of Instruction In subject pertaining to forestry. It Is likely that E. P. Sheldon, superin tendent of forestry at ths Lewie and Clark asposlUoa, will have chare of the new department. The. course will Include Isetures 1y - ths most noted lumber specialists and ' botanists, combining Subjects on,- the "practical -and -scientific wees end trsatr ment ef wood. Lecturers who ' have achieved promlsenee in their special - lines wUI be secured by the T. U. C A. t "Ths basis of our association, which '., hat now been In existence for 1 years. Is to provide a practical , education for employed men alone praotlenl . lines." said Secretary Stone. "It is net gen S rally known, but ths largeot aehool for young men la Oregon. -Is -conducted by ths association." ' j . Five years at the association . In stalled manual training shops. Shortly after ths public schools of ths city In augurated a similar department and the superintendent ef tb association's de - pertinent was sslected as principal of the oltys msnual training school. A- year after ths - manual- training shops were installed by ths association -shops wsrs equipped and the first plumbing school west of Chicago was ' opened. In the association's rooms. . Ths shops ara still the only plumbing school weet cf Chicago. So popular is . the plumbing brenoh of instruction that for wo years titer has been a "welting list of prospective students. Ths car penter shop Is another that causes con stant demand for admission to , Its . coursss of instruction. .. , , " Both the carpenter ' and 'plumbing , shops are equipped with ths latest snd rmost modern tools and devices. The - best and most up-to-dsts eommerclaj shops in ths country offer nothing In the way of equipment that cannot be found In the Y. M. C. A.'s shops. Not only .: do men In the shops do practloal work In overalls, bat lectures en sanitation and th laying Out of work are given. Both branches will be continued durina th coming year..; : --.v- ;.: - aninmr course ei instruoiion to "- ne Installed fs that of mineralogy, mining and mlnJng machinery, A large number f pr Jeotore and other wh are In terested: in mining properties spend the winter In Portland, and many bar ex pressed a deelr to pursue a practical eours of study along those lines.. It Is foe their benefit that the ' eeuree will be installed. Leading lecturers and as say lets havs been secured as teachers and instructors. ... . ,... . Other technical subjects to be pre sented are eteam engineering, architec tural, mechanical and free-hand draw ing and machine designing, to Instruct students In ths vsrlous drawing classes. -' - Made Millions in r arms ...4. IR VINO t. SMITH , for years has been a familiar character to the people of Lake county. South Dakota, where he made ths bulk f his fortune, usually hs rides In a comfortable .carriage, with a trusted employ se driver, and much cf bis businsss Is .transacted from his sat, it not being unusual for his car rlage to be stopped a dosea time In driving a couple of blocks by farm tenants and others with whom b la in tsrested In businsss af fairs. f Mr. Smith wss born la Litchfield i Township, Herkimer county. New York, n May 1. Ill, and Is therefore ap proaching his alghtleth birthday. . He . wss th first af six children. Upon ths death of bis father. In 1S4. Irving be came tb mainstay 'of th family and continued th management of th farm upon which they resided. In 1141 he lessed ths horns farm of lot acre at a ean rental cf lo . year. He worked th farm two years, and. gold having . been discovered la California, he had an attack cf gold fever, and transferring bis lea, decided t Journey to the , mines. , He embarked t New Tork and landed at San Francisco. Looking shout for employment he went to th South mine by way of Stockton. His first employ ment wss cutting a road to th mines, ths wages pstd being $1 an hour. When tikis employment save out he engsged In plsoer mining with th old-fashioned ' "rocker. Oold metal did not pan cut to his 1 liking and hs returned to Ban Francisco, proceeding thence to Sacramento, where be became 111 and was for some tim laid ', up In a hospital. After recovering he went t th North mines, en Americaa river, and again engaged In placer min ing at what was known as Murderer's - bar. . ? -. " --.. '- - But antnlng did sot seem to be bis bur rosd to wealth, snd he returned to "th home fsrra la New, Tork state In Its!. Soon after his return he took a wife and with her he removed to White Id county. Illinois, and. procured 144 .. screa of government land, for which he Paid ll.ll an acre. He resldsd tm this farm for 14 year. The settling up ef th new country and th rapid Increase 1n th value of farm property revealed to blm the possibility of acquiring richss by bnylng and selling farm lands. Selling out his Illinois holdings be re moved te Benton county. Iowa, and with ths proceeds from bis Illinois property bought 14 quarter -sections of Iowa .farm land. Mr. Smith was now sotpe thlng of a landowner. For 1 years be devoted his attention re tb manage ment of the 14 farms. Then he -decided It wss tim te move farther weet. Turninr bis highly Improved farm Into money be removed to Plymouth "county, Iowa, where he bought MS - ars -ofland la transaction, and picked up a number ef additional farms tn ether parts ef tb county. Hs was now set th high road to making a far tun In farm lands by bis skillful man agement. By soiling at tb right nm. and buying whenever hi good Judg ment dictated, and by - Improving . the land and placing teaaata upom IU goM Lbegaa to Sow his way. He neat turned Tits attentt teth raketa. wKn tb time for baytng South Dakota fans bind waa Just right, in 1U Mr. Smith mad a tour ef the eastern countie ef tb states elo ly Inspecting th land and tb proba bility sf Increased valuation. With his practiced eve b decided - upon . Lake v. 1 'V '--i--, -: i . f r t . . ; .... ..." -..- Instruction Is also provided tn sign writing, sign card-writing and window ascoratlng. " For almost a ysar th management of the sesoclatlon Jiaa been endeavoring to ascsrtalir-ths reasons for th shipments t such large quantitiea of poultry and eggs Into Portland from- the . middle western states. - Experts on poultry culture in th northwest ' scpress the belief thst not only could - all this Bounty be raised. In Oregon, but that within Ave or ten miles ef th city of T county as a good Held for further In vestments. , ' - . - - . r Th low prices which prevailed , if years ago made farm land a good in vestment. There ward many who were anxious to dlspos of thstr farms, and Mr. Smith was a liberal buyer. He purchased practically all th land that was offered for sale. Including . Im proved farms, wild land, and evenj city property. .-, .. -y His dsals were always cash on de livery of deed. He kept buying farms until b was th undlsputsd owner of ft quarter sections In Laks county, two In Moody county, two In MoCook county and on In Kingsbury county.' This gave him a total, of 11 South Dakota farms. Notwithstanding his vast accumulation of farm landa, at no tim In his career has Mr. Smith bean a land speculator, but from boyhood to th present time b ha been a farmera distinction of which h la vary proud, ; Unlike the land speculator, who buys with a vlsw of lotting his neighbors In crease valuation. Mr. Smith ha per sistently Improved hi farms, placing tenants thereon, and has enjoyed an in come, from all bis-holdings. His farms invariably have been occupied by happy tenants, who have never railed to re ceive their just share of all that ths landa have produced. Mr. Smith hsg' become a millionaire through hia superior Judgment in the buying, development and selling of farm landa H Is a plain man. Ths word millionaire Is not pleasing to his sar. In all his business career Mr. Smith has ' not been--a dealer tn se curltles. stocks or bonds. His specialty baa been farm land and ths personal Improvement of It. When financial pan ics came, which? have been quit fre quently during bis long life, they meant nothing to blm. - -t Is somewhat difficult to indue Mr. Smtth to -talk of tils big fortttn. but b talka freely ef hia smaller auccseses. Hs at on tim rented an l-aer farm tn Illlnola at a cash rental, and with bis own hands planted It to barley. Ths harvest yielded 4s bushels to tn acre, ad brought not only enough money te pay th rent, but to purchase th land also.'- -. , ..... -That. said Mr. Smith, "was ths "happiest money I vr made tn my Ufa" ... , . . Irving XX Smith la especially fond af children. Among hi large number of tenant families the children have been the one moot noticed la his rounds of business Inspection, and ft baa delighted him t furnish the little one not only with artlclee of clothing, but sis glad den the Childish heart with tittle gifts, t be their very wn. Tsars ago. while a resident cf White side county. Iliiaola, be adopted from a New fork orphans' bom two little children, brother and alster. Jam and Jastina Pike, lie save them a father's car antil they reached their majority. Jam Ptk became a Successful beei nee man. and at th present tim Is a resident of Cedar Rapids. lews. , - wutinJflk waa happily married sad I a' resident' of Vsa Morn. leva. Mr. Smith leva f children la not only sen timental; but Substantial. Th South Dakota Children a. hoaacwanuatsd-- la Sioux Falls, baa received rroea htm a gift, recasting ef two quarter ssettoas sf wad.-end In Lake county and oa In McCeok county, the errregate vain af lb term being tll.!v. ,. . . f Mr. Malta's heart la very responsive la-needy chUdran, aad mcb ax . hi nil S A i. iWfcfarfwrfiK- A Sdtnpto charity. is bestowed In their behalf. 'As Is ths case with all men of larg means. Mr. Smith la Importuned by vrjr mall for donations to on cans or an other, and frequently agenta aav beea sent t intereet bins.- Thin la particu larly so In th case ef colleges. Within a few- months Mr. Smith has been urged to contribute th sum of 14S.e t three colleges. ' rp to Sate Mr. Smith baa deeded to bis wife, tenants and various relative an aggregate f IS.TJ acre of farm land, which la valued at lT.:M. an amla tn C. d Thierry m London Outlook. Calematlng. aa Mai hail dees, that th average each emigrant earrle with him ill ll. at least I , (11.33. MS.) must have been drawn ' ruui Surtna the last 11 veara. ebanHrtely HsMt retnrat Agalav-theH working value cf each emigrant T la estimated -at ill tl.l. which m the aggregat reprsseuts a stupendous sum galaed by th republic at smr ex- pens. -- - -'- - - Our losa f power to aatnrally at aa avioiia, ant a m not u s 1 v i -,.4- . M. C X Claig fa"Pre-Hand Drawing. ? -1 of Work Turned Out by tb Y. U. C. "Oraat Britain's imports Into this coun try sre ta free gift." one remarked Blaine. Tor h sends na tb able-bodied humanity to pay for them.: This la ths bar truth. On neither side of th At Untie Is fully realised th vital part played by British enterprise In tb United States. Its great industries, al most without exception, were founded by eaatgranta from tbeae Islands. As for tb drain on British ability ther to no limit ta It- Our lethargy mar bo stirred ' when a man of th eminence ef Sir Caspar- Pocdon Clarke accepts a post tn New Tork. but the asms thing la going on daily In every department of our national life. Here are a few Instance. Th Amsr lean commissioner to Cuba snd Port Rico la list, th America a commies toner ta British tropical pesetas ten, the see retary for agrtcultar tn President Rooesvslfs-cabrnatr tnaTtead ef - th American rdnanco bureea sad the creator of th Great Northern railway are all British bom snd bred. So are ssaar of th forsasost bankers, university professor. - nglnosr. In ventor and railroad saagseXea bs th C sited Stats. Americans are proud f . ' - - :: f V . A. Shop. having - the largest telescope In ths world, bat It was made by an English man.' Th best trana-Atlaatla captain of pleasure craft la a Scotchman: Beet Told ta Keen Om Obeys. " Boston Dispatch la Nsw Tork American. ' Ellhu Root, secretary f state, had a reception on his arrival her Monday alght' on the gt. Johna exsress from Canada that be bad no counted on. Hs was ordered to move on try a gtoa ap cial poilosman, who grabbed th set re- tary and Shook bins te. smphaals hie coatmaadSL. Mora than this, th sscro tery obeyed without that least comment and with a smils st th odd situation. - The police me a did not know Mr. Root, Re baa learned th truth today, and his llfs among hia comrade la a painful spertose. i - - - - Th secretary bad stopped Jus inside ta -Matron to give instructions re garding bis baggags aad to answer th question ef re pot tern With blm were hi son and colonel w. c ganger, ton mer aestotsst secretary of war. . - Th policeman shouted, "Mov en there, yon fellow' who. ar blocking t: way. Didn t I teU von t mover.' .- 4 Portland anougb chickens and ' ggs could be produced to supply ths wnoit state. In that way, ths managsmsni af th association believes, ths sxoendi turn of a' large sum by ths people 01 Oregon could b svd to this state. 'The management Is accordingly plan nine to install a poultry lnstltut for th purpos of studying ths culture and raising of chickens. Ths lnstltut will be-held between Christmas and Nsw Tear and will be In tb nature of a day j ' The Trip yTfTHB showing that Germany wss I ' ones ths ally of Russia and than ' ; became th ally cf Auatrla In . dlcates that for bsr to act as mediator between the two powers would not bs a difficult task. Nor must ths relations ef Russia and Austria b for-s-otten In this connection. Sino their egreement sight years ago tn regard to ths Balkans tnsy nsvs oeen friends. Germany's attitude at ; ths nrsssnt time is best described In ths paper alresdy quoted: Ths treaty with Austria-Hungary waa brought finally to a conclusion in 1171, snd is still todsy, after the laps of 11 years a case without parallel In ths history of Intercourse between th great oowera -in full fores sna sxistsnce. This Bismsrcklsn tradition, which is most impressively exprsssea in tne words, "If Austria did not sxlat It would have to be created."!- is today as sllvs In Germany as svsr. untouched svsn br th continuous msnlfssutions of snmUy directed against Germany by Poles sna essens. Ths high marks of honor bestowsd by Emperor Francis Joseph at Vienna upon tba German nattaiion, tn gracious teie sTSjn addressed by him to Field Mar shal Count Walderse on their respective returns from China, and vsrlous otner occurrences plainly havs demonstrated ths faithful adherence or that venersDie monarch to bis alliance with Germany. Entirely unmindful cf hostile sttaoks made uoon her by Poles and Csecba Germany unfalteringly snd with perfect loyalty bss ndhsrsd to tns auiancs win Austria, and Oennaa policy haa never done n thing that could suggsst a deeire for Austrian territory, on the other band, she baa kept before her the authenticated utterance of one of the most respected rulers or ths German federation of states. It la aulta within th bound f Poe la bility thet-the Internal -eedlUoe -ef Austria may fore Oermsny to take up srms. not, bowever. for disrupting but for preserving Austria. At ths tims th Oerman-Aastrtan al liance was .concluded It was facially hailed in ths British house sf commons ss tidings of great Joy. It met with a like reception,' when, at a later stags, Italy Joined the alliance, Austria thereby had her entire army disengaged and Italy found the integrity of her pos sessions guaranted by Germany and Austria. , During the life of King Ura berto alt efforts to disturb the alliance or, through othsr connections of Italy, render It character illusory, proved entirely futile. - More recently, Vrwever. the view for merly taken of triple alliance tn England appear to have given- way to an entirely different Interpretation. Ths trtnla alliance. Ww is looked noon In thst quarter as -the foundation f Germany political power, although under the terms of this alliance Ger many is giving far more than h is receiving and no aeon Is left untamed In th effort to shatter this foundation and thus accomplish th much coveted isolation of Germany. - . To ; Italy "Mediterranean lntreie ars bsld up ss a bait, although she has been the loser Jn nearly evsry such In stance; ths public opinion ef the country te--worhed upm by th vsy rsenrri" maliciously fslss assertion - thst the triple allisnc hnpeee sxorbltant mill tsrv burdens npnn Italy. 'i s truth la Italy, since her rap ru - t with FrSnce, ( has been II j c i -. i, ct tension cf her if e " 'tcui? ffraoe"1 e ' I I 1 I 1 f' school. Chickens of various ! :", ar 1 Incubators ef varlows snaaea wtil be shlblted fee dsmonsttatlon pnrpoee. Another .new enuree wtil be n seri. - ef II leeture ew life, fir aad marine l su ranee. The lectures will . be given during th winter term aad will be of especial value to taoo Interested In ths Insutnaoa bualnsseu - There will alao- be a aerie ft lectures an -American gov ernment, but they ar to be given as a registered claaev Th course ia to a oonducted by B. S. 3. McAllister. ''-'. Th course will embrace Subjects on municipal, county. Mats and. federal government The lecture will b SUP-, plsmented br rtlacusalona and debates on popular subjects' along those line, it la expected that this branch will be one . ef th most popular and inters aUng that is offered by th association. , la addition ts . the aew course th association will of eours contlnu t gtv Instruction In ths various comma r. -ctal.' literary and sclsntlflo classes. Ths various classes were crowded during - thelaet session. avr 0 men having registered. Amp! accommodations have been provided for th xpaetsd tneresss" this year and Indications point ta a far larger attendanc during th coming year than the aehool baa ever had. In th gymnasium tnr were anout 1.00 men and boys tn the regular classes last season. They were In struetsd under the dlreotlo . of two trained director aad a eerps ef volun teer leaders. Tb class hav given frequent public exhibitions whloh ar popular ta Portland.- . ' . Ther la perhaps no branch of th T. M. C. A. work that Is receiving mora attention this year than th boys' do pertinent. : At present. thr ar 100 boys , who are members, of ths associa tion, and the number I being cos stantly Incrsassd. - Ths msnsgbmsnt is planning vartoua ways In which to Interest ths young. , sters during th coming ssason. Be tides ths swimming, gymnasium and educational 'classes. Including a work ! ing-boys' schools which is held three night of every weak, a larg numbr! of special events sr being p rape red. One event thst Is being planned asp dally for ths boy members Is a big horns pst . exhibition. It will b a monster collection of dogs, eats, rabbits, guinea pigs and every pet tfttt Portland boys keep at their homes. . It Is believed that the menagerie that will be collected In ' this way will exoel anything of Its kind ever held In Portland. Prises will be offered for th best dog, and for the : best caV and for ths most Intelligent dog and cat and for every specialty that has been taught ths pst . , " Another feature of Interest to young -stars will b sn exhibit of products that havs been mads by boys. -Ths as soelatlon has bsld a number of these exhibits and has bssn satisfied with th result. Th commute In - charge of the boys department Is arranging a series of ' prises te be - offered- next spring ' for the best vegetable garden that Is tsndsd by boys. Prises wllrslso., bs gtvsn for th best spoolmsn of vege table of a certain variety, aad also for ths best garden as a whole, "Front the Interest that has already , been displayed In ths svents." said Sss- -retary Stone, "It It slrsady assured thst a tarsa numhae af urlll m f a mi. I Ing vegetables Instsad "of something . I slss." . j v. ;. a- . . toward Franc has led to mUltery'sx ertlons .,n th "eastern frontier" against Austria, which exertions, in view of ths existence ef th alliance between the two countries, ars certainly ' surprising. Nevertheless, Italy thus far does not by any means seem to be in clined to detach beraslf from tb German-Austrian alliance, which, for a period of mor than 14 years, has been ths gusrant -of her national security and peace. It Is possible, nay probable, that Italy Is preperlng for a moment when, after the demise ef Emperor Francis Joseph,' ths Internal difficulties of Austria might snter upon a stags that would en danger ths sxlsteaos of that monarchy, Th representative classes . of Italy, however, sre fully cognisant of ths fact that Germany is determined by all means to prevent ths disruption of Aus tria. -. . Gsrmany will not, under any efrcrmi stances, form a coalition with Italy fo ths purpose of disintegrating Austria, but on the contrary will demand of Iuly to taks a firm stand In coops ratlin -with the German empire In favor ef tb preservation cf ths Austrian domain The aggrandissmsnt of German hv ths addition ef Austrian territory would ne in nrst step toward th diasoiu- . tlon of th German smplr cf today ' under the leadership of Prussia and the Hobensoiisrna Ths Germany of todsy muet, therefore, la the Interest of her self-preservstlon, Insist upon ths pres ervation of Austria , Purchases Harvard Chicago Dispatch In Nsw "Tork Times. Edward Moms, th packer, bag pur chased th historic Harvard homestead at Stratford-on-Avon, England. Ths pnrchas of tb bona was ar ranged for by Mr. Morris during trip in England, from which he has Just returned with hie fans 11 r. Miss Marie Coralll, ths English novelist, wss ths gent of Mr. Morris In tb transaction. Miss Corelll is credited with th sag gestlon that a clubhouse for Amerlesns be established an th bomeatesd. Mr. Morris says hs bss not yet decided what disposition to make of the property. Harvard bouse wss th early heme of the mother of John Harvard, tb founder of Harvard college. It ta aa excellent specimen of English seventeenth century architecture, and Miss Corelll and others hav been most snxious that It should be preserved. At one time there was some talk ef opening a publlo subscrip tion for . th purchase ef th bouse, either in England sr America. Ths bouse wss Sold last Isns for 14,74. AT that lima If was annewace-l that a resident f Stratford-on-Avon bed bought IC Presamebly this wss : Corelll, wb lives In Hhakeepesre'e town." Ths house (hanged hands t f. years ago for 12.14. KHebefl the Wnkesbarr Dispatch In Nw Tor, t v During ths questioning af stM.-' for sitlsewsblp the -wafw court lodar, John etelat. a from the Hssleton d strict, 9 f Wh I prec:: t t .. gtefee . TV-- 7 "
