Vol. XLH. Corvai,us, Benton County. Oregon, Friday, September 1, 1903. NO. 72 EXPOSITION ITEMS. Ot Interest to Benton County People by Special Correspondent. To properly see and appreciate the exhibit of the OAC in the second floor of the Oriental Building at the Lewis and Clark Exposition visitors must place themselves entirely under the care of the able and intelligent hostess of the department, Mrs. Stella G. Webster, to whose artistic skill and cultivated taste the arrangement of the exhibit was entrusted, and we guarantee them a pleasant and profitable half-hour and a knowledge of the exhibit, impossible to attain in any other manner. This was the course adopted by your corres pondent and the subjoined is an almost verbatim report of our interview with the lady who so ably represents OAC, and so faithfully champions its interests: After discussing the original plans for the display, and the difficulties encountered at almost every step in m its progress, the limited space placed at their dis posal, the changes in plans found to be necessary, our hostess stop ped to pay a fitting compliment to ex-Senatoi John D. Daly, to whose earnest and untiring efforts, his zeal and fidelity to the best interests qf the college, his strong influence in official quarters, was due - the final suc cess attained, and to whom, more than any other man, OAC owes a debt of gratitude. , It was impossible, with so limited a space for an exhibit to give any general idea of the work carried forth in the thirty differ ent branches of pursuit at the Oregon Agricultural College, so after due deliberation it was de cided not to attempt a popular exhibit, but to display one branch specially, in such a manner that it might be indicative of the seriousness of the work carried on in all the departments, and to touch lightly on as many of the other branches as space permitt ed. ' ' The work from the biological department, of , which Wm. T. Slaw is instructor, was chosen as one of special interest to the public, having - an instructive value alike to amateur and scien tist sufficient to warrant its being placed pre-eminently in the fore ground. The collection chosen for this purpose of mounted birds from the Northwest while forming but one-fouTth of the number of species, is complete and perfect in its way, and one of the most valuable on the coast. The collection comprises about ninety specimens, mount ed in seperate .cases,, and posed with a fidelity to Nature which only the highest art could achieve. There is just enough in the simple . surroundings to suggest something of the habits and characteristics of the birds, and whether it is the craning of a blue bell's neck in search of food, or the contraction of a China pheasant's foot in the act of walking, or the nestling at titude of the mourning dove, all speak the spirit of the work and are communicated to the specta tor. ' The public always gets from the writer, the actor or the rtist, just as much of the spirit of hiswork as he himself feels, no more no less. There are about sixty-five wall cases con taining the specimens,' 14x18 inches, shallow boxes" lined with white, and surrounded with a a two and one-half inch frame of clull black. This gives an 'agree able setting to the specimens on thejreen background of the wall, and with hangings of forest . tapestry th exhibit presents a restful harmony, in keeping with the dignity of the display. Be dsides the wall, cases there are six large glass cases containing the larger specimens, the canvasback wosd duck, and blue bill, China pheasants, nd the handsome and imposing owls which occupy the floor space, mounted upon sub stantial tables, black in color to correspond with the wall colors. The other branches arc" repre sented by. a bacteriological dis play which occupies one corner of the room, containing ninety five tubes of living microbes and one poor little guinea pig, long since succumbed to the cause of science. Here we find micro organisms of all sorts and dis criptions, from the fungus foot disease ot India to the bacillus mesenteriens vulgaris found so commonly in water and earth. In another corner the case con taining the display from the Chemistry and Pharmacy de partment, in all 123 specimens. Further on the wood and metal testing taken up during the first year in manual training and fol lowed out later on by work in the blacksmith shop in the sec ond year, with finished tools and machinery for the third and fourth years, very good examples of which appear in the cases set aside for them. History is taught in map work, some examples being especially noteworthy, the last in Volume 1 being of marked superiority. Mr. Bowen's work is about as perfect as hand work could be, and stands one in the list of map drawing. , Y The department of Botany which enters largely into college work, and of which Prof. E. R. Lake is the able head, is only represented by a few large photo graphs which are, however, very very handsome and artistic. They represent some interesting studies of mushrooms, pine cones and poison oak berries and add much to the attractiveness of the cor-, ridor. Together with the photo graphs of college life, the case containing these has the mechani cal drawings, and the palms and ferns from the horticultrual de partment. College pennants are! in evidence where a touch oi orange is needed to brighten an otherwise too sombre color scheme, and pillows of the same color invite the weary to a rest on the " settee or the big easy chairs, and from the windows float four college banners, hand somely and strikingly decorated with the college monogram in black which give a greeting and a welcome to old friends and new acquaintances. For Southern Oregon. Dr. Withvcombe and Prof. F. L. Kent, of OAC,jdeparted Wed nesday for Southern Oregon, where they are to hold a serits of farmers' institutes. They will be down there between two audi three weeks' and will hold insti tutes in the counties of Coos, Josephine and Jackson They will hold meetings in seven dif ferent places as follows: Myrtle Point, Marshfield, Eagle Point, Jacksonville, Provolt, ' Kirby, and Grants Pass. ! Dr. Withycombe will treat largely .of the- soil and animal husbandry, while Prof. Kent will discuss various matters of interest and importance to diary men. Both gentlemen - will touch on matters regarding irri gation and kindred subjects. William Schulmerich, of Hills boro, accompanied the gentlemen to Coos county. Prof. Cordley will join the party at Grants Pass. . . ... Cured of Brlght's Disease. Geo. A. Sherman, Lisbon Red Mills Lawrence Co N. Yt, writes: -I had kid - ney disease for many years and had been treated by physicians for twelve years ; had taken a well known kidney medicine and other remedies that were recom mended but got no relief until I began using Foley's Kidney Cure. The first half bottle relieved me and four bottles have cured me ot this terrible disease. Before I began tab in i? Foley's Kidney Oure I had to make -water about every fifteen minutes, day and night, and pass ed a -brick-dust substance, and some times a slimy substance. - I believed I would bave died if I had not taken Foley's Kidney Cure." Sold bv Graham & Wortham, FOB POOH LO. Uncle Sam Tries fo Educate Red Man. Report of Miss Estella Reel, superintendent 1 Indian Schools in the United States, who attend ed the sessions of the- Indian Teacher's Institute at the Lewis and Clark Fair, shows that theie are 250 schools in the United States, with an enrollment of 30,000 students. ... The report states that the. value of education to the Indian and the duty of the Government to give it to him, has been recogni zed, and from the first regular ap propriation of $10,000, this sum has gradually been increased, until in 1904 it reached' more than $4,200,000! Each year the number of schools and teach ers has gradually increased, and there has been a corresponding annual increase in the attend ance of pupils. Examples to illustrate the good results that have followed agri cultural instruction in many schools are numerous. In illus tration of the practical work ac complished, that of giving to in dustrial training, the foremost place in Indian education Miss Reel notes that at Mescolero, N. M., in the past year, the boys sawed over 70,000 feet of lumber and 40,000 shingles, and made upwards of 120,000 bricks. Bathouses have been erected at 28 of the day schools in the Pine Ridge Reservation, S. D., for the use of the pupils, a great deal of the work being performed by the boys. The day schools generally have continued their record of good work during the year, and in methods and results, noticeable improvements have been made. The civilizing and most elevat ing influence of these schools up on the older Indians is a most important part of their useful-j ness. . . The Hampton Institute, Va., is one of the best equipped man ual trammer schools. The re cord of returned students is the most complete . in the service, showing 146 rated excellent, 336 good, 152 iair, 42 poor. At the Rice Station Boarding School, Arizona, large amounts of garden products are raided by the 200 fuil-blood Apaches'. In New Mexico, 42 young men from the Indian school at Santa Fe worked on the Sau;a Fe R-tiiroad. The Mescaleio Apaches clipped 15,500 poujids ot wool frOtH their own flock, which brought them 13 cents per pounu. The 200 Indians on the Oneida reservation are prac tically self-supporting:. Miss Reel says that the arts and crafts of the Indian have a far greater value than is generally known, and in many sections of the country they become efficient aids to him in earning a liveli hood. The earnings of the Carl isle school, the oldest and the largest,, by the pupils, amounted to about $30,000 the past year. The demand for Indian work nas largely increased the past five years. The Flambeau Lum ber Company, of Wisconsin, handled, last year, about $2000 worth of Indian goods, as against $300 or $400 - worth five ; years ago. ; - : -; :';7;.: ' . More attention has been given to the teaching of cooking than ever before. Teachers iu the Indian service ; find that if they are to keep abrea of the times, they must see thai1 the pupils are instructed in the Dreparation ot 1 meals fo:- a small family similar to those which they wiil hive t prepare upoa their return horn-. Toe The Mark. The passing ot the old reim in the land service of this ' t-ut and the doing away with the o a methods of securing public U d is marked by the present 1 nr. fraud investigations. Hereafter the easy means by which homesteads and timo r claims have been acquired in this state will not prevail and entry men must . exhibit entire good fiith in making their selections and in completing their final proofs. Actual residence, not occasional "stay overnights," will be required. " The scandals being uncovered now in connec tion with the grand jury investi gations mean a shaking up in the land offices of this state and will result in making frauds in connection with the public lands less possible. - A former official of the land office was before the grand jury recently and it is said that, al though he merely conducted his office as had his predecessors, there was considerable looseness in the way matters were carried out. Although land officials may have had an inkling that all was not in thorough accord' with the spirit of the land laws, when the investigations were ordered and made, the special agents in- charge of the investi gations are said to have Droved recreant to their trust and some of them are also said to have been amenable to bribes. The interpretation of the land laws has been far different than is now to obtain. The custom in the Northwest has been to permit too much latitude in com pliance with the law and the present investigations mean that the easy acquisition of the pub lic domain must stop. It is be lieved that half the land office officials who have served in this state could be indicted for their slipshod methods of taking proofs and the "readiness with which they issued receipts. However. I hey were guided by precedent. it is claimed, and former trustees of the public domain in similar positions are said to have left be hind .them no strict interpretation of the land laws bv which to guide incoming officials. As a proof of the looseness of the requirements of land officials in this state is a batch of about 140 contests, hearing of which will begin this week in the Port land land office, lately moved there from Oregon City, and which will extend through a large part of the winter. These contests cover claims in all parts of the Oregon City land district, which .are alleged in the affida vits of contest to be fraudulent in that the entrymen never,com plied with the land laws and never intended to; that thev w-rt-govfrned in their acts bv fonnei slipshod intepretations of the land laws and the easy rulings ot former officials of the land office. , It is said there is good reason for contesting a large num ber of entries made iu North western Oregon, which is cover ed by the Portland office, and the same can doubtless be said of the public lands in the rest of the state. FIIKSH, CLEAN VETCH SEED, ento .pr pound, sacked. Inquire J E. Aldriuli. CorvalliB. R. F. D. 3. 72-80 ,1 The MmMBffz iit CM Will be given by the Undersigned for the arrest and conviction of any party killing China Pheasants out of season in Benton County. j CorvaHls Social and Athletic Club, n II i It iij! wli Jiiii 1 L anywhere than right here. 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