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Jlttll .kL) oL.lE nil) UiiGLU lil VOCAilO;:! TRAIiiluG PLAili (United Firi Lencel VTfns.J Washington, March 2. A colossal plan for furthering educational and vocation al work throughout th country has Just been put up to congress by Senator Car roll S. Pags of Vermont. The measure proposes a new Idea of federal and state cooperation In education, tha govern ment to furnish millions of dollars In the undertaking. - By 1921, If all states take advantage of the measure supposing It Is enacted Into law Uncle Sara will be spending yearly something pver $14,000,000 for higher education. Exactly what the bill provides is best explained In the title one of the long est on record at the senate. Page says "Us purpose Is: ' . ' ! , ' "To cooperate with the states in en couraging Instruction in agriculture, the trades and. Industries and home eco nomics In secondary schools. "In -preparing teachers for these vo catlonal courses In state colleges of ag riculture snd the mechanic arts. "In maintaining instruction In those vocational - subjects in state normal . schools. - ' "In maintaining extension depart ments in state colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts." Ro,r.nHrw Krhnn1s. It Is eXOlained. STO high schools, the Intermediate between schools and . collegiate . courses. To carry out the plan the bill appro priates in its main Items: For the education of teachers for the year beginning July 1, 1912, and annual ly thereafter - $1,652,000;' for extension work, $500,000 for the year beginning July I, 1912, and increasing by $300,000 annually when It reaches the maximum sum (which is thereafter annually ap propriated), $2,900,000. ' For the year beginning July 1, 1015, and annually thereafter the appropria- tions are: For instruction in the trades : and industries, home economics and : agriculture in public second grade ' in agriculture and home economics in etate" district agricultural schools, $4, 000,000, and for branch field test and breeding stations. $1,000,000. Maximum Expenditure $14,623,000. The maximum expenditure in 1321 and annually thereafter, provided that every state should avail itself of everyappro priatlon made by the bill, would be $14,622,000. . "This maximum sum," says the report on the bill, "would involve an annual cost of less than 14 cents per capita of our population." Eacll state shall receive for the re spective lines of education and develop ment selected by it only such, part of the funds devoted to each line, to which it would be entitled, as, in the udg dent of the secretary of the interior, it has made ample preparation to utilise to advantage. 1 -' States are reauired to furnish build ings and grounds needed to carry on the work, and in some cases 4o contribute money equal to the amount given by the federal government "It 1 an error to regard the appro priations called for by this bill as an expense, . said Senator Page. "As a matter of fact, they are absolutely nec essary investments, from an economlo standpoint, to say nothing about that infinitely greater question of duty to the American boy, who is entitled to -equality-of opportunity wnicn we do not give him. "It will not answer for any man to say that this bill la too liberal with the sons of those who toil, unless he Is able to point out a better method whereby the boy may be equipped for. his life work, "Today, in far too large numbers, these boys, through no fault of their own, are drifting into a cheap and often times criminal manhood, and their lack -of educational advantages and their en vironment, are responsible for this con dition." Page's bill has the approval of Presi dent Taft, ex-President "Roosevelt and scores of other prominent . men '; and women, , , , is:; 2i mpM Gc:s -Unappreciated Around Silver Lake, Or. THttm hf O. A. M orris, Editor of The Silver Lake Leader; No. 10 ia 'the Series by Oregon Editors. PROFESSIONAL HUNTER IS EMPLOYED BY STATE TO KILL COUGARS THAT DECIMATE OU (Special to The Journal.) Pendleton, Or.. March. 2.For the first time in Oregon, the' Btate has em ployed exclusively a professional hunter to kill the cougar which are preying on the deer. Umatilla county is to behis first field of Blaughte. The i hunter is S. W. Purdy. who lias been "hooting years. With his pack M five dogs one of which he values at $1000, he arrived in Pendleton Wednesday and, accompan. ted by Deputy Game Warden Averlll, left today for Wenaha Springs, from which resort he will take the track of a huge cougar which has for the past four years been the terror of that sec tion. Later in the spring he will go into the south end of the coanty where these predatory animals abound. . ' The Inroads cougas are making upon the herds are much greater than those made by all of the illegal hunting. Pur dy will also shoot coyotes and all other predatory animals, but his chief efforts will be directed against the cougar. 1GINTS AGIST , "Two Judgments against A J. Blehl of the defunct Oregon & Washington Trust company for $99.60 were satisfied Fri day by check and the office furniture and fixtures released yesterday morning as noon as the check could be honored at the ba"nk.- Thi company was the hold ing company of the Columbia Elver Or chard company, which was put Into the hands of a receiver some time ago fol lowing disclosures ' that : the company was using fraudulent business methods. The Judgments satisfied, were secured by the Beattle Dock company for the rent of the offices occupied by the Ore gon & Washington Trust company In the Chamber of Commerce building for $41.10, and the Edlefsen Fuel company for fuel, $58.60. , About 100 of the creditors and bond holders of the defunct company" were waiting in the corridors Of 'the Cham ber of Commeroe and wandering back and forth between there and the con stable's office in the Worcester build ing for some time yesterday morning, anxious to , learn what was happening and to see Blehl. J. F. Hadley, a member of the com mittee appointed by the bondholders of the orchard company to look inte the as sets : and liabilities of .", the company, Will leave tonight for Seattle to attend : the meeting of the creditors Monday afternoon. At this meeting the appointment of Louis Slchler to be per manent receiver will be taken up and a report made of what he has found out ' regarding the status of the company's affairs at the present date. No fur ther action will be taken by the' local creditors until Mr. Hadley returns and makes hla report . - The largest butterflies .known Inhabit British New Guinea, males measuring eight Inches across the wings and fe males eleven inches. 1 f r ' -v I CAN CURE YOU OF RHEUMATISM FREE Thin nhotofirranh truthfully shows the terrible effects of rheumatism Jn my ease, but today I enjoy perfect health and devote my life to curing others. After spending $20,000 and Buffering imtold agony for thirty-six years. 1 dis covered a remedy which permanently cured me, and I will send you a package of the very same medicine absolutely free-. . - Don't send any money It's free. A -jciirr win nring n ' promptly. Your absolute natlRfaotion at all times 1h positively guaranteed. -, Kvcty day lost means one -more day pf nendless pain, ko write now to 8. T. Jielano, Dept. 1SSC. Delano Bldg., Syra cuse, N. Y. ITALIANS WOULD ROB FUNERALS OF E i , - : : - : Borne, March, S. In Italy there Is a strong" movement tor maklnr funerals occasions for celebrations instead of grief. Two such affairs took place Monday in Turin. Signor Lulgl Rossis postal clerk, de elded that his obsequies should be of a secular character, with a hired brass band to play nothinar but livnlv mni All participants jn the funeral cortege tcw no i winy iu nave arinks, but a couple of cigars, to be smoked en route. ROSSI'S instruct tnna h kn .... . vvw, WUDU out punctiliously, thousands taking part in um procession inrougn the streets, "Mourners" puffed their cigars and shouted Jolly tunes. - The grotesque "procession was headed by the widow, decked out from head to foot In scarlet attire, Signor Rossi hav ing bequeathed her $5000. conditional upon her donning similar garments for 12 months. "If I order an ordinary funeral, prob ably few will follow me to my grave, and fewer still will shed a tear; where as, I order a merry one, a crowd of poor devils will enjoy a pleasant time." With these reflections, Signor Ubaldo Samorl. a. brnknr whit - hsa . aa in .ModlgUana, Italy, left by his will $5000 io me local nospitai and instructions for an ecclesiastical ceremony to be dis pensed with. At least 00 pints of the best wine was to be given out to all comers at his funeral. Along the pjocessional route to the cemeterv tha nawa nulnklv nH several thousands of people flocked around tne canteen wagon that followed immediately in the rear of a finn har according to the deceased's wishes. The procession halted every; few minutes wnue urinKs were served out an round. The mourners were toasted and hur rahs were given for the departed bene factor. ; The crowd sang Neapolitan comlo songs and patriotic ditties, the cortege taking a full half day to reach the burial place. HARNEY COUNTY MEN WOULD SERVE PUBLIC - (SDrlnl,to The Journal.) ' Burns, Or., March 2. -Politics in Har ney county have commenced to Warm up and candidates for of flee are appear ing thick and fast The Democrats think this will be a good year for the party to elect He candidates. The Re publicans will have Reveral men for each office and the Socialists are fljr uring on putting out a county and dW trict ticket for the first time. - The So clallsts have held the balance of power In this county. The! following candi dates have announced themselves for the following offices: Leslie J. Aker, Ontario, Democrat; C. H. onard, Burns, Republican; W. H. Brooke, Ontario, Republican: G. W. Hayes. Vale, Republican, fror senator Twenty-second district, composed of Grant, Malheur and Harney counties- J. r. Mahon, Mule, Democrat; William Miller, Burns, Republican; L, V. Stew art, Canyon City, Ropublican. County clerkR B. Waters, Republican; E. C Kgfileston, Democrat; C. E. Dillman' Democrat. , Sheriff W. A. Goodman' Republican; A. K. Richardson, Demo crat; Sidney Comegys, Democrat. As sessor J. j. Donegan, Republican! C A Brittlngham, Democrat Treasurer R. A. Miller, Republican; Simon Lewis Democrat. . ' 1 1 . CaTCND moo? "ATErt3 NEQO?" PURSUED ThC PRIMARY TEACttfcK. Silver Lake, Ori, Feb. $7. "Bela mateno," cooed the stately one of au burn hair. "Can't do It: Just had breakfast," re turned the Honorable W. D. West, Upit ed States commissioner, ex-assessor, ex editor, ex but what's the use? Mr. West has resided in north Lake county for 28 years plus, and there's an ex after each. year. . ' "A tend negor pursued the primary teacher, beaming down on the abbrevi ated West. "Honestly, Miss Myers, I don't care for a thing," insisted the commissioner. "Now, you don't know what I said, at all," chided the linguist. "Nope," confessed he of the 28 exs. "What did it sound likervhe pur sued. '"It sounded like " West caught him self Just in time. "Well," he continued. you know, Silver Lake was dry for a long time, and sometimes when one of the boys would make a trip to Lakevlew and return, he'd have some kind of a signal" , . "Why, Mr. West," broke In the marm, "you didn't think 1" "Oh, not Of course not," Interrupted West. "But, on the square, what kind of turkey talk is Itr "Esperanto, of course," she explained " 'Bela mateno,' for beautiful morning, and 'Atend nego?' Do you think it will snowT We women homesteaders have an Esperanto class, and I wanted to. Bee how much some of you college men knew." ' ' '. "' .: ' ; Miss Myers is only one of the score or more women who have picked up 160 or 320 acre homesteads in Silver Lake and Christmas Lake valleys. Many of themmost of them-are working at other things besides Esperanto and "kid ding" the Honorable Mr. West. "Just what attraction this raw sagebrush des ert holds for the fair ones is a mystery. But they're here in droves, many of them, like Miss Mrers, having left prof itable employment in the cities to be come farmer women of the broad alkali plains. Some of them are developing the land; some have sousht places in the district schools; others are Just taking a rest untiFthey may obtain patent to the land and return to their homes or the cities. Not a few have become wives of Lake county farmers. Others have prospects. A census of the feminine homestead ers shows school teachers, stenograph ers, nurses, saleswomen, , widows and grass widows, bachelor girls and spin sters, pretty girls and. Their ages range from 21 to 72. Miss Edna Hatch, formerly Of Seattle, bears distinction as the youngest woman homesteader. She was barely 21 at the tme of filing, less than one year ago. "Grandma" Fergu son of Arrow la the other extreme. Mrs. Fetguon celebrated her seventy-second birthday last ftionth. This gray haired grandmother says she is "Just growing up with the country.'. She will make final proof to obtain patent to her land next year, i - Here's a list of some who have given up steam heated apartments, crowded cars and the noise of big cities for a two room shack, condensed : milk and beKpd potatoes en tl.e rr ' l t Me!ames "Oint 5 ' i" I'.". . , ' Vny C. Spencer, Matia C. l:r.- :i, Lm -Sloan-DlckRon. Laura Olson; Mumwi Laura B. Myers. Zoa R. S it-man. Kdna 'Hatch I Forest (now Mrs, Roy L. otrattun), jessie ts, ocotl 1 (Soon 10 oe Mrs. Chapman), Miss Grace Oatman. Dr. A. E. Keeney, Mildred and Anna Steinhoff, -- - - There are others and scarcely a week passes that some stage does not deposit a feminine passenger in the midst of a sea of sagebrush. Still the Sllker Lake Bachelors' club thrives. Who can explain? -; - - GERMANY AND ENGLAND ' LIKELY TO STOP FUSS Cnlted Prew Leawd Wire) Berlin, March 2.-Two weeks have passed since the unexpected visit to Berlin of Lord Haldane. British min ister of war, " which" set the press of all . Europe a-flutter with excitement and. speculation, but bo far there has been no evidence of practical results. Germany and England are still far from being friends, nor does there seem any immediate prospect of the feeling of antagonism, suspicion and bitterness growing out of the Moroccan deal abat ing in the slightest degree. : The German press does ' not seem very anxious about England's friend ship except upon distinctly German terms, and so far as ' can be Judged from this side of thee hannel the Eng lish press Is not working particularly hard for peace. Each nation, however, seems to realize the danger of a con tlnuanee of present conditions and re lations and it is no longer denied in semi-official circles here that Lord Hal dane's visit was for the purpose of sounding the German government upon what basis an understanding between the two countries can be arrived at. 11 j .ll Eighteen Cooperative F Ties Do Prosperous Eu in jiess;Wiii Jncrcaso, OTrtET??! HAYS PROSPECTS A man may not be able to do his own cooking, but he can roast the cook. ., (Special to The Journal. 1 Tillamook, OrM March 2. The magni tude of the dairy Industry in this count; is demonstrated by the report of the secretary of the Tillamook County Crea mery association, issuedthis week. The report shows that 2,61,229 pound o cheese was manufactured last year by the 18 factories comprising the asso ciation. It is estimated that other fac tories throughout the county manufac tured, another, million pounds. The average price of cheese received during the year was 13.676 cents a pound. Of 24,131,802 pounds of milk delivered to the factories, -- the- average - yield was 13.85 pounds of cheese from each 100 pounds of milk. The percentage of but ter fat averaged S.685 for the year. It is' estimated that1 a $1,000,000 worth of cheese will be manufactured here annually when the country is ful ly opened up. There are still thousand of acres of dairy land so covered with stumps and brush that comparatively little is derived from it. The use of more modern methods is also aiding in producing a larger output of milk. The market for Tillamook cheese extends from Seattle to San Diego and the de mand is steadily increasing. Reports to the stockholders of individual factories show them to be in prosperous condi tion. The factories of theassociation are all cooperative, and with the excep tion of a small fixed charge for making, all returns vrom cheese are divided among the patrons of the factories. Leaves $1,000,000 In IJrust, iiMtra imt Leura wir.i Los Angeles, March 2 The will of John Blackwell Phillips, one of the pub-' Ushers of the Pittsburg Dispatch, on probate here today, leaves a fortune of morirtns rrtT.OO,00r imr ast. SU hun dred and twenty-five shares of stock in 1 the. jiewspaper were disposed of to his brotfrer una sons. - Ills widowand ether rolatlves will get the remainder. Phil-1 Hps died in Pasadena, Deaember H, ' HENRY The Great Big Furniture Store With Lower Expenses Than the Others EN THE VERY HEART OF"THE CITY Meets All Competition All the Time We are not SAYING MUCH these days, but are simply "sawing wood" arid following out more forcibly than ever the Jenning method--"giving everyone the very best quality of Furniture at the lowest possible price.'1 LOCATED IN THE VERY HEART Of THE CITY, our WINDOWS and OUR STORE are brought BEFORE THE EYES of MORE PEO PLE every" day than ANY OTHER FURNITURE STORE IN THE CITY. : - - ' . . - THESE CONDITIONS naturally mean less expense to operate than the stores situated off the main thoroughfare, that have to spend more in order to bring their goods before the people. We share this advantage with you,: and are amply prepared to convince you. Be sure to call on us before you purchase your FURNITURE. WE HAVE THE GOODS AND THE PRICES ARE RIGHT. 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