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villa:. : site valley edition r- -.- ' PARTT0"" Pac3 One to Eilit . ""tif , N "v 1 "" 1- M' " V,.-. Annual Numb ?r,; - i O1 v." 1? . - r 1 J - ! 1 nics tt:n cz: n ; feoys Perconnel May Change From Year to Year But Depanmentf Everlast- s '--.i V.' 'i -.. to.' Ji- .Vf'- V .e:V -tv V -i i-, i- &i ' i X - J1'" 'v7 -:.-'. "-" J-'-1 V " - I..' : --:.- 'l ' - -- n-j; - a Pour ' score and Wren yeani years? - aolTur fatbera. brought fortl on, thU continent a, dw Na- ; tlonconccired la'llbertx.-nd-ded? tested to- tfcff proposIUoa Utat all men araw created "eqttiiI. , -Tliee wordj ; f roia . tta IcjnioTtal Lincoln . rrenr In aljaillcance aa time pass-: ef.-.-Vi 'haTe-tccpma fo-actir-tcned ta adtftatisea and prltiles- ; i bf th! (QoYeruaent W con celVf th fcW ladTldial yrh,o finds his lite so fre from lepal ataa tlfruent-, . ta haT r nevr ben iATclred In-a law auit; lnelln- . ad lo'ereJlt M ovrn 'perstfoal p rljh actions' wlh the1 honor ' of that fact- l X brief 'tttdy' of " th important position and actlrltles of pur. Supreme Court as a factor smon and aerred 17 year. Ha waa then promoted to the Saprema Court bench, flrat by appointment ot Gorarnor Reason to,' fill ' y caney. Election an r0-e!eetioh followed uhtil be la aowaerrins J hU lth year at a Justice of tha Supreme Court.-1 The' rotation of tte- position of ' Chief Justice t-mong the members of the'eohrt haa brbuchthlm Into that' osl tlon now for the fifth. tlme?t si -Fire year after 'harlsg been admitted' to the bar the young at torney, took J unto himself . wife He was married Feb. :7i.l875; to Mls -Maryi' C-Marrill ' . Avson. George, v. and t a "daughter ,Majs hare blessed I ihla "union. -J . t. -.v ; Pabllc errice hae been a tenet of faith In ' the Mc Bride family. The father served 'f .Minister fo Hawaii as an appointee of PresI- of our system cf covernment whi UacoInr le waa by profes- dlBillasIoA. such an individual. will reTeal o .hi. a thatv the' Im munity froth troufc!e of whlch "he so Justly boasts, 1s due to the ro tectiug armor thrown around him by the. Supreme Court; An armor whlch.repeia. atticks npon his lib. exiles and priirllcje and . activities from all possible t purees. His per sonal enemies 'are halted by itj Prejudlcedand Incompetent offl cials And cqurts are restrained by 1U Legislatures are held in check. Bo ontetly -does-tale owt ot the Ss preme - Court - ac t- so 'gen tie and yet so powerful, that but a com- ) piratfrely few cltizeof know of Its existence except 'ia a dim haiy aorr of manner.;.;;. ':..;' v-. , ; ;tiur constitution prescribe the lha Stations of power: la ,tur, legls- ; latere, and lower courts la the pro ; tendon .as well as in the violation of .oar personal liberties. Author!- j ty to apply this constitutional yard stl?i to the- actiTltiei of legisla tures and trial cents and -deter mine whether such activities have exceeded constitutional limitations or not inust rest some place in su prtna authority. We have placed it U caf Sapreae: Court. - i ;) : ; The personnel of such a . court may change , with the vicissitudes of.:!.-3Cbot tbeC'Tt itself is as eTrl2Stl2 j &i tha w.-Tc Oregon. (A:izZzziiZUl joint cf coastlta HAl Uw. once . decided by this xc-rt stands as an.. inviolable Tnle.; of - &tion for , all - future legisla te: :j and trial courts. , It is as the la-; a 50f the Medes ahd Persians, fixJ'aad uhchanseatlo -and it Is well that' it is so. : - -' The . f ir-reching and rital na tura of Supreme Court fanstions tei.'ie 'it. evident that members of suca1 a court must be men of tin usiaily "well-balanced and judicial tyr .' of mind, lien capable of eat- elul'-i as fafr- as humanly posst bla;l personal t!as and -prejudice; all yre-concciTed ideas of the pc'.-t -nnderoonslderatioa. '-ineq rather of a mathematical torn who an trained to exclude. from the m&iter presented H unrelated and extraneous facta ; to recognize .ll necessary,-and related facts and to. collect. those facta and arrange thr nr la their logical relation to eafh otter, as- well as learned in : thi law.' Such men are rare. U':.sa found, thtlr services are Inj de cani by private clients able and willing ta pay large suns for their sertkes. t When such men assume thai, duties involved In sitting npon th Sapreme Court Dench, It Is because of their' devotion to their prrfe:!ca and it of duty ta thcomabnwealta. , - ' ; y pregoa is fortunate In having a body 0f guca men now on. her Su preme Tench. Headed y 3hlef Justice IIcBrlde, the 77 years of his life .have been so intimately interwoven Into fabric of -Oregon jurisprudence, as to form aaea durjag factor of that ttructare. It ; is 'sot only an endurirg factor but a 'r:ost importsnt and valuable on : He was! bora In Yamhill cc ity in 1847. He- was educated in the cemmoa tehool-J and at 11? III.-arille CcIIe.,. - ; i It ticuld ever , be carried- In is! 1 tZH the ; Oreroa pioneers wc 3 seriously rsiadsd people-who dared tLs dangers and privations ! i ha ling trail and pioneer Mfe for -the definite purpose of found in; &n Aoerlcaa Ctats based upon A: i-ricaa ideals. la conformity wi:.'! tl'cir serious .purpose, they al wi '3 -hastened to erect churches r, schools and nake ample pro tI. for the srirltsal and mental w Tire of their children as well ' iie!r.; tempcr&l. " Co the - 41c L:. 3 fir-lily di3 est lack school 3P r ..a c 5. ' -." .Alter conir'etiss his education th ? fatcre CIef--f Justice1 taught c ;1 tor a ttvr years. At the ;. 'cf 2 3 he j c lzJ.lUl ta tla tar. la 188:, . after -12 years rr ;tlca at tta lar he tad denca-i sloa a payslclan -aad mlnlsterof the Gospel '. John A it IfcBride, jt brother of our present' Chief Jus tice; served as Chief Justice of the daho Supreme? Court; Another brother.. G eo.- W; iIcBride, served Oregon la the tegQlature as See retary . of .'. SUte and: ; a ' United States Senator. ii Another brother Is' a leading physician ia Pasadena, California , t : n1- .y, j JnstJce Ckhow:rj-:;'. '-ftr Justice 0,' P. 'Coshow is another representative! or an old pioneer famjiy,nia thsr;,R:cosfcoir; Sr., having migrated from Iowa in J8S1 and located at Browmrllle, Oregoa. j He was a merchant and farmer. The present Justice Co show , was born at ' Brownsville. Wwyera if 93 yer. learned la the law with the Pr9P? ec?5raaea ?ior avdetrfr. able Associate Justice pf the State Supreme; Court.: v-,: :.;v. i ;' Thf Innaeea iorceji ; wblch gule the actlvittea of men iowards Jhelr destinies; . have acted . at no cross purposes, in' moulding the. lite Of J ustice Cosho.w. , ,The J-ecord of his life, as giT?h abovei ahows that all his experiences tended tP .de relop in binTlhe jjudicial tempera ment' and Qualifications .necessary tq fir hlnj for thV blg task of JiU life;"' A"1 - Yi :' ' ' S Assof I,te JDtice Pipe The ciwnibpbHt6a Pasture bf the citisenry of Oregon"isell:demon Htrated' Ia the nativity ot the va rious hiej?rt)er.t; the; State! Su- pretn; Courts '.Justice .Pipes was, bora in Louisiana.Asceasioa, Pari Iah, on a plantation Sept. 2118?0 While still an Infant h!s paring moved to Xprtbtra : Louisiana, where he grew to manhppd; After, completing the cpmmon acboola. he attended the -Ttiou'sUna' State 'University, at 'Raton' Rouge gradu-. fting from 1 that .' Jnstitutipn ' la la 1874 he was married to ilis3: Mary Skipworth; Three sons and two-daughters 'nave", blessed the.'marviate.;'' The sons-are John 11. J. HEXDttlCKS - .1 - ! - :. State Ss'eko to Make Better Gtizeno of Them if Fciibla r.r.d to Cr.-.h";-Theif AttituJea ! .1 ti3 1 "1 r . ::::::atic:j to ta extent .3 t3 t Attorn rr, ia 1 :.:.:::t. Tn y::: :: -.:;a c : c! !' L 3 clCf?J r f '"'F' t f .. - .rvlca Lira la the ::2t3 f- He wfs educated la the Browns vMlei public schools--and she- Port land High school. - His early life 1 waa apent in ale native town where be worked; ia .his father's i; etote wbea.abt la' acbobl. Attervcom pletlag tthe" work or the Portend high, school he attended the Uni versity of Oregon: and then decid ed to become a lawyer; . He feed law la the office of J.'K. "Weath erford, oCAlbany; and was admit ted to the bar in. Oct. ,1890. ..! JThe two following years' he- practiced law in the.V at trtbr " effice; la 18J2 he w-entta LlcIIsnvt,lend catered the laxr firm of Irvin ft Coshow. , ' He remained a 'mem ben'ot'this firm 4inUI 1897 when he moved : to Roeeburg,; la which elty he has made , his h.6me .eier since.- .In 1896, while U11 at Uc- Mihaville he was appointed deputy District Attorney and- served la that .position about nine" monthi.' ." His Interest in higher education led to his appointment by Gover nor Chamberlain-as a i member of the Board of -Higher: Clricnla for the etate Agricultural college , at Corvallls .and the - University ol Oregoa - at 4 Eugene. Governor Beasoa ' re-appolatelmT.'tothia important board and he served al together 10 years latbat capacity. Duriag these'tea ' years be wit nessed- the growth . -of these two Oregon "schools from their' small beginnings; to the full .aUture of higher educational. .; Institutions with anation-wide- reputation' for their efficiency. V . --f. ;( i I " Justice Coshow is a; member of the ; Baptist 'cknrca.'s;loeedar8 and for 24 years eerved i ae'stper lntendent rof the ' Sunday schpoL His Interest in the xlvfc jahd fra ternal life of his comiausiiy- Is shown by his being aa active mem teriof lhetHosebufg:!Ctar:tsr;6f Commerce, ' a well aa the. Salem Chamber ot Commerce. He helped to organiia aheKIwanta, clui, ,at Ilosebarg and served aa It 'firit president.7 Ob coming to Salem he becamea member of the &iieia irdwania club, i, ' He Uithe present Grand llastar of ithe;iiaa3hitC?oT-: c?r.fortte ttatf vt iQregoA:ll served as Master of the Hoseburg lodge; is a Royal Arch, Knight Templar Shririer and 'jnemtfend the Council or Royal arid' , Select Masters, i . To . still further . gratify his. fraternal inclinations ta' Is.'a member1 of the Artisans. Woodnea of the World. B. P. O. ,C and the r. O.-O.'JV--He Is a metaber of the Roseburg Country . Club, but the golf bug has not yet got well In trenched into his system.; j j, III r.famnyi c6n!-t9of fonr daughters, .three of whom, are liv Ins pnd''iaarriei:,,'havlr.2 bomep pt thtlr ofa."Vf'V,st i I-' '. Iluriag these years lot activity he. built; up. a law practice wtlca brought blm';; both" honors 'and profitable income.. Hii succecs ia tils -choijea.prcfcssljajfi .t.tis arpolaiiiwt-La the fill. cll'Zi .'ia his present position, .as A'esaclite Justice of te -Cretan . Ca; : -e Court tj' Governs PU;c 3. tLa 1324 cl3Ct!a ie r:j elect: l'f:r th- I-l t:m.cfS 7:::-. ty i ttantlal taajority. - The full value cf.ths personal trliuta this -e'.cC-t!sa pailto'tira li-trctter-r-""-r-. st-fOd'w!!n It-li rc 3::r-": Justice cCv. -,..a.c.. ; , ca.t!-:3 IDcc.ritla tl.' .t t I I'.i t A pabllc announcement that some 2C0 young meabeyoad -the mountains were planning to seek a location; -ia the" Pacific .North west would arouse' c to : lighting pitch ijeveryv person and eteryjvor; ganizjfctlon or ladaatry - la Oregon, to bldj for this colony.-. Chambers of eommerce ; and . other . civic, : or ganisations would unite .with; the railways la raising enormous funds to be used in a mighty, effort to secure this colony of , 20Or young men. .! A spectacular '- and i expen sive aewapaper icampaiga would be put on which would. be. eagerly welcomed bythe; front page head liners of every great newspaper in the . country. It would be real news.1- - Committees' of the high est priced and most accomplished men -bf - the state - would be, ent east on a special train .with flags ad baaaers and bands to sell iOre goa ta these 2$ 0 prospective set tleraf. Following -the success of thi mission 3 the! members of the colony .would tratel ln a 'special train with banners and flags and banda.t' S-Tbey wonlds be' greeted along the way by througa of 'citl xens' headed by. Mayors and Gov ernors in; the cities and -states through - which ! they , would pase. On arrival ;here; a state -b.oliday would be gives la their honor' and VISION OE R: X :HENDR1CKS. EUBUSHER. . IN DEVELOPING iWlLLAMETE ' ': :---'VALLWisuBjte I " . TEN SyVARIOUS INTERESTED PERSONS if ' TTTTlST()iRT, . replete .with, tale of nien with vision who were JO. ridiculed because their contemporaries were not gifted with " 5 "5 foresight, iiaa the faculty of repeating Itself, sometimes once ;and thea-agaia several times!'- j . J ., ';,,' ;r '-'- V-;-V.-J v-?i7 When James Watt aat In the iowly kitchen and watched the tea kettle lid bob-up and down by the force of the pent up steam and conceived pf the 1 forerunner ot - the inigbty . locomatlve and , f a ra Jsiach la try er the present -day he-was thought to becrasy; men, nad always- propeiiea amps oy.nana.powr or mrpngajine harriesslnii bhe "pdwer- bf 'the ; wind;.and Robert Fulton vwasjnbt '7 believed. perfectly sane whenJ'b!e fought to operate a river boat by gteim -powef v man' had always traveled on the earth or on, .the water, and the first to; conceive' of conquering the air. were haled - aa lunatics., -And 0 on dqwa'through the1 generations. . '- j i'u-:i Peifcllitie AreJ Seen" r,'.'-.V " ' To R. J. Hendrick's'tbiiilamette valley In the Vicinity of Salecr btfer ha. great possibilities as were, seen by the men of ,tisioni ot'the earlier day, . Ploneera conqaered tne hardships and tilled ! ':MiUi 'IaiWe.d. :7la;::tlrds spirlt,jMr.Kendricks;Efw ia - .thaler-tile' and pftthe valley rpps such as the early pioneers did not'dream .and'rOrlKlnated the- "Slogan Pages" of The Oregon Statesman to exploit tbe hidden wealth that. unseeing eyes could ' not .behold; , Hg.ny readers read the messagethat he wrote each week and sadly shook their heads that any man should devote soiauclCof J&MLttme ghd;fnergy to such a task as this. Certala -crops coald-be gTown-profitably so why change, was the argu ment advanced by numbers of the readers. But the spirit of the early pioneers predominated and Mr. Hendricks, filled with the possibilities of the valley and bent upon broadcasting his vision', continued, the self-appointed task and year after, year hammered away, making a little dent here and an impression there; winning .over this doubter and obtaining another convert elsewhere, j. . ," -. ' ' '-Y ; I : BeUevpoMn Flax vi V ; ( : fZ -i fears ago Mir. Hendricks became convinced that flax could be grown profitably In the Willamette valley and in his mind saw Salem a large and thriving cityi with dense-cloud of smoka belch ing from numerous industrial Enterprises, with the manufacture , of vriOUs;flax producU leading! them all. Study bf his subject and tests of the plant more firmly convinced Mr. Hendricks, that Salem could occupy the position held by Belfast, Ireland, as the ' linen manufacturing center of the world Gradually he won over - sufficient men io prove his point and in the spring a start will be .f made. hefe-rWith i a small llneatwlne manufacturing plant,, while eastra, capitalists "have selected 'Vancouver Wash;, as the site for a large linen plaat; flax; to supply the hungry-machinery being raised lot the moat part around Salem. ' . r ' - ' - - '. 1 ' - Unaware jof Write-Up ! ' ' m ?ltr. Hendricks' did not know that he waa "live" copy for the7 editor of the annual Statesman. He would have. Jf his permission had vbeen-.sought, piaced .bis, veto upon'-even'a sug-. gesstion of a 'personal tribute to appear- in the eolumns" of his own:' newspaperir;'The" writing1 pf -letters from -those who baire itnova of blia and bis work was carefolly kept; from bis atten t tloa and:-he! d' not see the article until printed itThea it-was too iate. But because of the j wide-spread, attention directed, to the Statesman through the "Slogan '.Pagea'.tne annual , edition would not have been complete -without sucb an article. . - Letters were requested from .Tarious ;prominent persons acquainted -with Mr.. Hendricks' aad -;b's work.- These : were cheef Telly ,sent to the annual editor and from those received, several-are printed ; below. ' - , -' - - v- t " Professor WHtcs ; - Ia tellias of the accomplishments of 'the "Slogan 1 Pages," Prof.; C.. Jj:clntosh,departnent.,:of'1 industrial. Journalism;, of the Oregoa Agricultural college, who haa cooperated, with the. Issuing, of the special Issues aid. supplied much -scientific .data j needed, : wrote! as' follows: , iiJv ::'? r.-ty- ': "The 'Slogan' way of promotlag desirable farm eater- prises -ia - a community, as j developed aad practiced, now , fsr noiw' than : five years byUhe, Oresoar Statesman,- la o 1 "far'aa I know entirely new 'in .agricultural Journalism.. It ' Is". I aia sure . remarkably attractive, iandt fluite certain ,to - ' rzi a-pronounced impressions on. 'the.-agricultural.' indus tary of the. field in which circulated. - t . .', ;'If' there Is the efficacy in the system that I -have '.every rcasca to tcliate thera'.is, itswill as practiced by the C'iUisaa kave ta. added reason for-success.- That added rf--a'is-K-J.i Hendricks, the. originator -sand 'director .of t: .i t ;:ia I 'an.- ?fr. Hendricks has superb; faith in the ag . -"rat ' r ;!b;;.:i of Marion-.Jind Polk. coanUes, t in t :'. i;;ia'I rr .l-s In general; and In r the '.slogan; way ofv. .dL.r.-atl--(farni Jafornatlcaahroagh'the ; press,,-- ' --"- 'p: i " ;' Always' At'-It.-.vJ;CrH.?: ..'-V-. v" - - "::cre t!:aa faith Is called -for to. put -? over, a plaa so !.- Iz'.zZ'f ra'' eater r rises '.'.frpnx both prodactlca .us 4tad. s 'Hob ' seem s ;"tov have ; "it,--" . Like '-T-avi selliag' t cheiies tlitj. one "caa-;aucce-i fvrrhdn-lT at.it.' 5iCiOuiC- etOTt3 re CC r a ' a. . ty A co-tlnuisg ' program is - iadiija-. atlle ' and It must be carried out with force and dispatch. In jno other way can scientific farm practice be sold t to, a . good farmer through jLh& press.- That, Hendrick'a appre ciates this I Jiare ; reason to know; When .1 have, oeea i . checked up" with one of his 'Harry, Hurry, Hurry" C.Us . - and prompted to. speedy response. -. f "." , j "Recognizing as do : the value of late scientific la- i - formation to racticiag agriculturists, : and the ; efficacy j of the newspaper, to spread each ' Information In: the short-: U t est tpotraible time-where if will do the most go1 ein in eatire accord with the purposes and policies of The Statr. I . man in puttjng ' punch! iato lta farm stuff by "mean othe i. : modent:slogaa.:;;;;v:fi .: V,-1' . -. . r 1 . 2-;:..'1-;.'iii governor Pays Tribute . -'..' ; ... : i ' Goveraor Walter ;Jf.: PlerCe, in a l special - letter,- adds bis trlbuti ita -the foresighi of Mr. Hendricks, placing emphasis, upon kn-:taxr.nduatrjh;.''..Tiie-i letter from 'Governor .Pierce follows;" '.r. 'C:r--i.r '.ir-?r-'i t t - .-ti7- - - ' .1 "It is with pleasure that I ' write " this letter- testify- :. lag to my appreciation of the work of. M Headicka. , Wheln'l came to Salem -two years ago l wa , warned : to u 'keen away", from the flax iadaatry.; , I was told that it s was 'the bunk, that there was nq money to be-made In it- i and that -everything connected with It was wrong, i This counsel was most universal. i, - , s f v r; i "Bob Hendricks alone, raised als voice and Pleaded , with me to give the flax Industry a L trial. I have found , his idTice and judgment to be-correct. In all my life I ' have never had a coqnsellorUhat I have appreciated more than R J. Hendricks.j; He is' as true a man as I have -ever kno'n..' ;.. .';"..;..' ;: , ' .'' . . . I ''!'! 1 -. ' ity'l --f-"? .""Flax Industry Aided - J -j p "After two years1 of ; worfc with the flax ladustry,: dur ing -vhlch time we have suffered a, devastating, fire and.a , veryi serious drought,; we have emerged , with ; a profit of - llOOiOOO on our experiment. If we count'the value of per- manent improvements made with-the noney entrusted.to j 1 me two years ago. - The legislature placed 1100,000 Inmy ; i : hands. I shall be able to show to the waya and mean , committee this winter : property ! worth ' far r taote than i 1200,000 to" the state, which I ha vet acquired by reason .of the fiund allowed me: ; . c -.- ,,t t I , I'Thls record could j not have been made ngd it not r been for .R. J.' Hendricks. ... .. -J .: . .. . , , I.now feel that .we have the Industry we'll established : ( and that "It will; prove extremely beneficial to the state ef Oregon, not only 'as an asset to tne penitentiary, out as a wonderful- industry for- Oregon: -, r t , . u t .. - Tit is Bob Hendricks . who has made,1 the fight and to him is dae;the'credU,;X j,-, ,1- i , ;.-; '!- "i'Mlftt'M Honored, in Salem . '., " That a prophet Is not f always without- honor ia. hb owni countryjis brought out fca a ;ietterifro3nHarleyrO. White,-pres-j ident 'of . the Satern qhamber of Commerce,,,who;;writes;- J "Among the many.men in Salem -who. have had. a vision i 'of the future" and who hae devoted all their best efforts a. towards the development of the? Salem district,' that of H t R. J. Hendricks stands out pre-eminently.' J ' V - - - , 3 '"For manyiyears Mr.;Headricka baa stood lot the in dustrial and agricultural - development ?of tb,e Willamette valley and has always seen many ;of; bis -first-, dreams .real- , j- -ya jV:v-'..--r- 4FlaxfantWrites , s; .,, r From Boberi Crawford; superintendent of the prison; flax industry is the following-. testimony; ,. , ! "In aay industry. or 'venture, . there are always some i outstanding, figures'. who. by virtue of .their, nntlicy efforts andreathusiasm, have piloted if safely "through, ,the. busine j seas of adversity to its i ultimate-success , I. i . "We cannot; find4a truer representation of this fact- J than in the growth of the flax- industry In the Willamette i i valley, with Saienvaaj the radial centers' 1 In' analyzing: the i success of " this industry;- we tlnd i several - enthusiastio des i -votees and 4 promoters, but probably none, j more pre-eminently so than Hr. Robert Hendricks, manager pf .the. Ore goa Statesman.; .i';t.nt -.'i-. i. - - -VMr. endricks, with 5 unbounded filth" la the possibil- , itles of the; flax, industry,,-by -his .personality aci; tthrough the medium ot Th Statesman, , has been and la to a larre i measure responsible. fbr Its present success. ' J.'ct actuaUd by-any eelllsh xaqtiyes or mercenary reward. tut tivits ia -mind the , welfare pf the, community f ta h-ci,' U.L;a pa fectlta , part la-a business that todays roves txe,wi-it-i ct ri cca tentlos. Unswerving in his faiths he Lb- -Ky k'nly-e-s courasemenfr-convinced -others -of the nnli." rc 'IbUir " ties of .the? Industry, withthe -result .at .tti "tl:a ct. to day seeing : thousands fcf. -acres' cf fJax:prosr :t? for- the comln? season and a fine lisea xniila&surtd ix UEherug ia; tblsw Tearwith. i periy. -.. , , ' ? .J ' ' " '"Vhile we,; ourselves, have every," power to ' asslstr those; interested in .tv 9 ir " irlrtrd -to -.mea ' Of' litr. ,: I lendrick s. 1 1 ."ity t -and' v eico?!9 this c-pfTtunltyito 'exjrt.? c. of his wcrilay cfforts.f - ; : ;' 1 " 5-1 tcr pros- 2-' in 'Our '7. wo-f;d f tb- iisn. atic-a - r ,- their eatraace the state would rival the homecoming in days .of old ; of a conquering Roman -Emperor. ' j-; V:. 't' ?' -rlt. these 200 young men possess ed the qualities of citizenship de manded by. the. high standard of Oregon, they would well be worth the effort and expense of securing them. : ! ' : . : '.-. - , " .. .; Just few miles south east of Salem, there Is a colony of boys, about 200 in . number, - who are in the plastic: stage of youth, pos sessed of the undeveloped germs of all the desirable qualities of first ciasar cltixen Bright maaly looking faces-not yet seamed with the lines ot mature character but eage f . Io de yelopTa Jon g IS e li ne7 of mpst'appeallng 'influence, V .'.Intelt llgea'ce' 1 $ leait . euM ; to It ', not above. tfce, average ''..'of. ithirJagts, :!tiwaseihe; ra-lireitedj' erp;en'dituf of ;j,h.e;iorce.;--frora ifcelf '.ratljer precocious. .intfclUctual nachiatrj that ' ; 1 e i jn o t ' o f 4 1 h ese bo y s ;' 1 9 corrio lataj 'uafartuaate coatact, VU th. co-iiex, 'conditions, ct. raOder society: and ge t a sort, of, Intellect laal ; bow 2 bloy rwhlca' .'left . thent stas-se'rirs ac d Liz. d a s jra i p c rx-r psy wheaFirpo knocked .himver ther rcpea out -iato.the, auileacel But Dempsy "cam back before the countof tea and won the fight. I! These ( boys are in the plastic stage ot citUenahlp. Moat of . them at. Xhe . age . where as , yet .' their characters bave barely developed beyond the embryo stage. ' Their l&ui-ttl tight and wrong; thtlr reason. Judgement, emotional nat ures, ideas of patriotism, self respect- and. rf their -relations -to the complex I conditions ;ot - modern Society are developed only to the poiat where the boy begins to feel the urge of some strange unknown force within blm. -c- ''. " This is. the ftage where the moat skillful aad ? iatelligesit ; dlrectla Is ot vital Jtmportsnee to atlmalate and -xlirect these facnltlesi a- they bnfold- day ey day like . the-petal? bf.a- rose emerging jfrom the: bud -1 J3very, Oregon, community eoUtl wdtb pardonabla prde to- Its fgjeiv- eroualyr. auporUd -sebools PubVie aad.prlyat9.;lyu9Bg :u4o;llarf are, expended aaqually in provid ing tbeVnost favorable conditions money lean buy to enable the; teacht trs .iqbes craagniticant; aeboois to spare; no effort or expense in guiding and directing the fleveicrc fseni: pf ;the; tho'nsaijdspr puplis ttade theif charge" thrpugb'tha imost critical as Veil as the ihost tmpottsht, period of 'their, exlst eaceL'y k- y . '. .' j I With very, few exceptions ' the pupils inj these schools coma front normal aad well ordered " hpmes Homes which supplement Sa every possible-way the-effort' of'the teachers 1 16 -; produce" the "bigbest type of cltizeas. : (r::W :y':- - (Ba these boys, in the traialag school are mostly from bomea broken by divorce," death oi oae or : both pareats, poverty, ' boose and vlce Tbey have; bo.t baa 4 fair start: la life,' Unfortunate, of evil influence oyer which they ba4 ae" control v have - overwhelmed them-and they are here to re ceive from the state of Oregoa the services readerd bjr the Good Gam arilan 1 to- the f man vrho - fH by the wayside and not- tie thieves aad robbers responsible; for the plight of the unfortunate one. - The state--or i Oregon -.has bat partially recognized c its duty to wards :these iboys.r It has r tried Inj a sort I of baxy.. spasiaoilc and limping ' manner' to . meet' ita obli gation. .-.Its present: plaat waa erected aad 'furnished t largely -on the old Idea of punishment for, the. of feaders'pla;cd within - its walls,1 rather, than ar lace '; where; boys who-bad'beeadeiiled'arlair start In,;' life -might be, supplied - in1 a most feeneroua-. manxwrf.wllb''; the Influences and. environment neees sa,ryto; overcome the' handicapl;;. f As, a wbole th e state has. been fortunate I Ja 1 securing able men andfwomea to coaductthe institu tictt and. -become '-a tort of foster parent to the boys In-.their, charge, L. iT.- Gilbert, 1 the prent ;supei intcndeat.aBd bis co--worker,.are the peers of any each body, of men aad-weisea: enyn place.-.' iTfeeix hearts are la tilr. work. . j They are- .devoted . to their tk? P1.1 Ia. ' ftt 9 jeaipneaiLu; and resaltar't cc -Jtiqna,- ;j la.es dU ia-'tf ir .fctadi the 7.. are '.seriously 4htndic:rr 1 la pre ;uclag-: the yestslts-;dt!rtj d .ty ther? t elves,, the stateorT-t'o. tha.brs"are'e2tif iv:.Vji; .r..;- . r:.r. 7: an r tha" ttits tic!: lb first 8:: r.-:c:::rr t: cl": thtrs crniiti3E?.t . A, gt r s f - rrcr riiti33wa3 mi e t y tLe " " -l;t-:i Xr the jarjci t! r - 7- --Z- Ei9 tl.-3 i. tta wcrk "Tcr. ' 'ta illty. .ala- years is v a ' las time ia t' V.'t of.a.bey.. - I'vtry. rarcr.t ' -c-ys that: wtea a i character. fcrxl muat be dsng ri;lt ttta cr Lelay cf - four. r'..ir$ la V.: result ia a 75 ; t ceat . r with-a large part cf the t lag. per ceat la all $t:;s t ab normal or. defective dev'?':; - ;tr.t. The "growth acd . develop rr it cf the boy can not be halted cr iss pended while the state la deliber ating, -about , details as ti I'.i future... As wevI nissare a key of 12 for a suit ct clothrs to ta delivered to him " at the aga cf 16. It caa't be! done. - , There are many things, com r" r atlvely inexpensive ;ln themself 1 1. which m'gkt ' be done ; to f Tcllzi m the. jprf seat sltu?tton--wbil t "t Ing for the bnlldinca. , C : i of these which Is pf nntclJ v: ! . Is the matter of clothing the Icyi. Personal self-respect Is one c" lis vital elements of desirable c':'::-.-thip. . At ..present, each ef f i boys is supplied with a good .; 3 day" suit. " Aside from that be ia dressed in faded, patched and 1.1 fittlng.kbaki SBits. all well wora. Sf!runnloti8lv flcAfi .but nurh a r -'l 'TT , ; r i . -1 - as no boy. cares to. ,wearptl: a while working at rough dirty work Place any bne: of "these beys i i the midst , of any public -school l i the state,' dressed ' ia one cf ,11 ' : 1 Institution suits, and he . Wt .'.i I be o ba millated that no c t ? would blame aim if he raa aw 7 and, hlf. : . If kills hty lelt-ri rr -: He f eels it as .a disreputable i t of, hie lnnr soul and it iak'i n mipiyetf ort '. On . hie .part t a x t V blia down into the "aotcb.'lndic-, - by his clothes." ; He has to v y tp stand up erect' and face his I ! Ipw' men.. On regklntng ha III r ty be seeks the society of thes 1:..- mentg most congenial to 'hi c - "i estlmatsj' of blmself s ir',J ''';' ..'' i) Here l-are 200 tiae' Intel!!: t! Oregon boys ja the care ef t state, because of oafortunate'e' . dItlons,.'.The'etate after deaac'J- 2 for "inouslagV clothing and r. -teaance tx.lsla uron!tha'- -tion and" trfci-ln -ot C ?a "' less- than.' 1 5. tar-eeat-per - n$4':4fz-., cn-bdacatii?-1: pormal pzi'.U cl its public sc-c : , 4-Tbis.' ovtrlcijks the fact t: ! tkeiet : boy?-' rl . the zurriz- y pnes in rcsd .of extra ' - ". or .tbey wo-ild no be :wher). t arfn.fbe rtfise ghfep; which t-' K Into d'tAte'tAol oa Its I tc"r "; likely the'oaly one ia the r bead, ofT.M which, sce.'s 1 belp-.pf.4be herder, A-dotsa cr , etjch a,ccldcr.tj a-ncth rr.sy 1 pea to.hu f ind.. The cpat ,to t 1 flockmaatrr ia rescuing hof C ea 'may have seemed excee&ive 1 t ie n.erer etch's. to.gu,re;tr..at t 1 . until ie ia, sked ta help riy . r the1 rescue, cl.eome urrertr 1 fcoy: who tava tri;r;s4 f - into, eome pnin,,tai;;r J: permeating oar complex 1 i conditions. v . i . f Historical Fircta i 1 ?JprtKi 'Qfe'non I V' Ttlnnilfacturc. - -.1 . ..-; , 1 v.. j v . There are cuaerous put?:; iag:'rfats .ef ; Interest re!tlT5 ' InduetrUl 0r""3. tiAacj't -of ;theb!rt:::r;i- "r;r;-j".t .. crated by Pa -a Freen"". 1 agqrv of A:-3csted; Isdutr: , his talks, c 3 .preset 's i -deTe.lcm?-t, . rrs.t" ; I 'Tflrtt r,.an!ici-r,'7 c - g6a'.splV:W'S' dC'-'-i tyV.i Lewis. Clitk Jefer n. -' plorerstai xaada tilt ia a.x. calra oa CUc?.r.e?ch. rThe.fIr:tV-" --ere :! r " territorial f. ru...:' :. ' waa.ee ir 'r'"i-v-T 3 1 er,' was,'Lei.v-ci l..a. 1 W(erei3at.i;ila fL.l:':s- :, ? bytand a: service, for t3' - WCClcJt tba fl: en; mill ca t: 2 Pair: .... , , has lel 3 tie. tonz: i'.zz t of Cr-:-i"jf t'lirttia lar wool icr :try.- : : . r. .Cae :cf, -,i:;e outstaciisg :v; t!:s tc,z:a cf-C . . . , - s 4 r . t. , r . la tve-pr-!j:? cf ' -y is. tl.y 1. ' ;.-.. I'ciy-- cel." ; ". I P12' 1 f I .8 c.all jrirf" r ? ii csrr. Ir t c 1 . 1 c , i. . - s !Ia;5J started ne j - I : . t roa'e; f ' ' lioixsr 1 Orel; a t! fu.ra.'cf t:. es-.at'.rr'. : : t C. " Ltly,4a the '.oaly.occii try whr - ' -? U. i ia I - 1 r err.rjr.t.c : Ia;;tr-e.: r: Eeavcr c hu ;T'iI C v s 1. its I ?-. 1 1 : r' -1 ) t: