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VOLUME IX. .- - BKAVBKTON, OKBGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST t, 1921. j , ; , ' NO. 1 i , . t t i ftUTOS CPtASH WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS BMICHECrU ! SEE DUE HEII16 Kin IKS HDHDK A. PHARIS BUYS BI6 PfGMEER BARBER OF BEAVERTON PISSES THE CAPITOL OUCH FUME ASKING HON New f General Mile In terest at the Oaaatr Seat . - IAIIIA a n I 1 UUUNULJUH5S.r.lX 'Oregon Holiness Cantpmeettag to Scene of Miracle. Bight Restored i to Veteran Paator. ; s. ... " . . That the day of miracles Is not past Is the assertion of Beaverton people who attended the Oregon Holiness Campmeeting in Portland the ten days ending lost Sunday and who there witnesssed many cases of di vine healing, including the restoration of the sight of the Reverend T. L. Jones, veteran pastor of Oregon, who has been totally blind for the past five years. The miracle is graphically described by Reverend O. A. Gray, pastor of the local Methodist Episcopal church, who was in attendance and saw the miracle performed, who has known the Reverend Mr. Jones for several years and who was personally recog- nised by the venerable pastor a few! Covell's orchestra furnished the mu mimitos after he regained his sight. (sic and allured the dancers to the The veteran pastor-evangelist had floor with a mixture of the old fash been totally blind for the past five ioned dances and the modern steps, years sb a result of the palay and j Much of the credit for the success walked with the aid of two canes. On i of the occasion iB due President E. E. Thursday morning of last week the ' Swenson, of the local commercial club prayer service was held and the eyes and Mr. Co veil, who assisted him on of the blind evangelist were annotated the dance committee. President Dar with clay. Prayers were continued by, of the Huber Club, was equally and when the clay was removed from. active and ably assisted by J W. My itis eyes he saw at first dimly through 'ermore, W. J, Lang and othei members the tears which flowed from hie eyes ( of the club, saw that nothing was left but his vision soon cleared and he undone for the entertainment of the walked without the use of hiB canes. Mrs. Jones, wife of the aged pas tor, was healed a few days before. Rev, Gray, who has known the healed man for years, advanced to hake his hand Bhortly after the sight was restored. As he advanced his hand the aged man asked who he was. But as he did not reply, Rev, Jones looked at htm closely and then recog nised him. The Holiness Campmeeting ib held each year at the camp grounds, Borthwick and Jessup streets, Port land. This year exceptional sermons were rendered by Reverends David Hill of the Evangelical church, and Dewey, of the Free Methodist This is near the Feninsula Park and advan tage is taken of the public gymnasi um facilities of the park for the In- terdenominational . Bible and Training School which the association is back ing. During the recent sessions $11,000 was raised for this school, 92,000 for Chinese missionaries' work and $3,000 for the expenses of the campmeeting. Many conversions and sanctifica- tions resulted. Among those attending from the local church were: Rev. and Mrs. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Baker, David Harper, Mrs. H. C. Watts and daughters, and members of the Nor- ria, Stump and Sundberg families, of Beaverton and the Galbraith family, of Hillaboro. KILL CABBAGE WORMS BY USE OF ARSENICALS Spray or dust the young cabbage plants with one of the arsenicals to free it from imported cabbage worms suggests A. L. Lovett, chief in ento mology of O. A. C. "The dust is usually bette for small plants," says Professor Lov ett "If an arsenical dust is used on plants at intervals of two weeks during growth until the plants begin Co head, injury by cabbage worms will be extremely slight It is well . 1 "V 4 i yB tint sticker for the slick foliage. The treatment should b repeated fluently until the heads are wall formed." A number of parasites prey on this worm effectively, and may eVen pre vent its becoming a serious pest. Water at 150 degrees, or a salt solu tion will kill the worms if they are wet with it. The imported cabbage worm is a heavy feeder on the leaves of cab- worm is a velvety green in color, with , a faint yellow stripe down the back and a row of yellow dots down each aioe. The adult is a white butterflv. very familiar figure about the garden, tnougn not always recognized enemy, inese mittertfies emerge in the spring and lay eggs on the leaves of available food plants. . The young worms feed greedily and are mature in 10 to 16 dayB. There are at least three generations in a season. WILL REMODEL MORSE HALL Mrs. J. M. Davis, who purchased the old Morse Hall some weeks ago, ' announces that she will remodel the lower part of the hall and fit up the west room for an automobile paint shop. It is her intention to have the building put in first class condition and made just as stable as before the timbers were removed from the lower part during the occupancy by Mr. Holland. Commercial Clubs Co-operate to Boost Council Crest Site for Big World's Fair. - t More than 200 people thoroughly en joyed the dance at the Huber club house last Friday night when the Bea Verton Commercial Club and the Hu ber Commercial Ciub united their ef forts to give a thoroughly enjoyable function that would enhance the funds already raised for the promotion of the Council Crest site for the Atlantic and Pacific Highways and Electrical Exposition. They came from miles in every direction and they danced and enjoyed the tee cream and cake that the ladies of Beaverton provided. The spacious clubhouse was ample to accommodate the crowd and the best of good humor prevailed throughout ! the evening. visitors. An attractive, sign by Mr. Anderson and the big panoramic photograph of the site attracted much attention and during the refreshment intermission D. A. Norton delivered an enthusiastic address on the advantages of the West Side Bite for the exposition. TWO SCHOONERS By Bernard Mulrine Dedicated to the Sons and Daughters Of Oregon Pioneers THE FIRST SCHOONER First came the "Prairie Schooner," : bearing the pioneer, Slowly crawling westward, 'towards the promised land. Freighted down with goods that were his all, And in the wake of oxen team the family came. He hewed his way through thicket, blazed along, Till weary eyes lit on the Golden West, , And there amidst the wealth of Na ture's gifts Helped to build a State called Ore gon. Soon towns and cities grew with swift amazing pace, The "wild'B long call" gave way to settled calm, Then bearing aloft the signal of suc cess, Made fruitful plenty from the con quered call. THE SECOND SCHOONER Schooner, Ahoy! Mighty Columbia, Upon thy bosom floats the "Ship of State." Mighty craft, strong with native pine, Sailing from zone to zone. White spreading sails, glistening in the sun, Harks back, reflects the glory of pi- t oneer fight, 01. . . . . . , , fre-jShoW1" how he had wre8ted from the 80. That wealth of Nature heretofore un touched. The lofty spars, mindful of their birth, Stood proudly in the blast, Proving their heritage of proud su premacy, Aa ths 8cooner lided 8wifty out upon the sea. MEMORIAL DAY IN FRANCE An automobile ride along the Loire from Tours to Angers with an Amer ican army officer made clear that care is taken of the graves of the soldiers who died in France, whether on the battlefields or in towns far distant from them. This officer had charge of over 40 cemeteries, each containing from 2 to 1000 graves, in a district stretching from Bloia, Tours and Poitiers to Brest, and he was go ing to Angers to see that every grave had an ivy wreath for Memorial day. Other officers were there from oth er parts of France for the same pur pose, for Angers is the chief nlM from which the wreaths are obtained. no relative who saw -these earner. tea and the care taken of them, would want the graves disturbed. Living Church. Mrs. R. C. Moxam, of Winnipeg. Canada, arrived Saturday to visit her. sister, Mrs. Leuncek Kennedy, Farmer Conductor Becomes Owner of F. M. Crabtree Property at Laur elFine Walnuts and Prunes. Saturday of last week, through the agency of Stroud ft Co., Inc. of Beav erton and Miller ft England of Hills boro, the 182 acres of bearing wal nuts and prunes, owned by F, M. Crabtree at Laurel became the prop erty of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Pharis of Beaverton and the Beaverton home, a Portland residence property and a store property in Portland belonging to the Pharises was transferred to the Crabtrees, Mr. and Mrs. Pharis moved to their new home Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree will occupy the Portland property and will rent the Beaverton property. The Laurel property( is an elegant home. Besides being Bet io walnuts and prunes now in bearing, the farm is well stocked with pure bred stock and modem machinery. It has a fine up-to-date bungalow with electric lights, water under pressure and all modem conveniences. The consider ation of the deal is said to be $40,000. Mr. and Mrs. Pharis have been res idents of Beaverton for several yean,. For a number , of years Mr. Pharis was a Southern Pacific conductor and for a time was employed on the local electric lines. Mrs. Pharis was an in structor in the local schools for two and a half years, having succeeded Miss Elva Rossi when the latter re signed to accept the Standard Oil company position. She was re-elected for the coming year, but has re signed to take up the rote of farmer's wife. They will be missed from Beaver ton where they have a host of friends, but their many acquaintances here will not lose sight or tiiem for Laurel iB not far away and roads ae good. LOCAL PEOPLE AROUSED BY FAKE FIRE ALARM Wednesday night many Beaverton people were called from their slum bers to go to the aid of people living west of St. Mary'B on the old Hilla boro road. Someone reported that a grain field on Tom Morgan's place was burning and, that four homes were in danger. Local people who re ceived the report were active in arousing their neighbors and many went to the scene of the reported fire but found no evidence of a blaze save the smouldering ashes of a haystack which someone had burned during the ', day. People In the vicinity of the reported blaze were sleeping peace-1 fully. , , . ONION GROWERS WILL ; John R. Bailey, who has been spend- TOUR THE COUNTY tne Pst month with four broth .. j t. f and a sister in Montclaim, Mich- On August 10th the onion growers ifln' "17 Jf absence ro uthat of Washington county will make flafe bme their annual tour of Washington l? mitfhty gfld to get back, county onion plantations. ,He 18 re 01 love with Oregon than Those going on the tour will meet, eWr;u He ncllntered V7 llot first, at the farm of Robt. Johnson, weatheI' 8w! "ot Very g0od nm . ..... . n ' 1 nrnfinpta. Between ueoar mills and Beaverton, at 8:30 a. m. Thirty minutes will be spent lookine over the onions at the JohnBon farm. At nine o'clock the crowd will leave for the farm of F. Erickson, known as the Fanno farm near Panno Btation on the Southern Pacific, arriving there about 9:20 and leaving at 9:46 for the farm owned by J. C. Leedy at Kinton. They will arrive at this place at 11 o'clock. Special attention will be given at the Leedy farm to smut control demon strations which are being carried on by the Washington County Farm Bureau in cooperation with the Ore gon Agricultural College. Leaving- the Leedy farm about 11 o'clock the plan iB to arrive at the farm of F. Eisner in the South Bend country for dinner. Bring a basket dinner and join the cowd in an old- fashioned picnic. Leaving the Eisner larm at i:au tne neitt stop will be the Weckert farm at the Sherwood onion fields. Leaving Sherwood at 2:3(1 for the Mulloy onion fields, arriving there about 8:15. Leaving Mulloy at 8.1, the last stop will be at the! Tualatin onion fields. The object of the tour which is be ing arranged by a committee com posed of J. C. Leedy. Otto Wohler. Frank Rowell and F. C. Francis. i to bring the onion growers together once a year to visit neighboring fields and farms and discuss the problems wmcn comront tne onion erowers. One of the sources of serious loss this year has been the onion maggot. Fart of the onion growen of the county plan to follow in 1922 the Canadian method of controlling this pest. Motorists who drive to dances in Beaverton will win the approval of residents north of the highway if they will leave the street west of Morse hall open in the future. The last few dancea that have been given here, motorists have completely blocked the street . Eva S. Allen, of Forest Grove, has been granted a divorce from Frank PS. Alien and receives $60 a month ali mony. L. T. McPheeteri has let the eon. tract for his new reeidenoe at Third street, near Jackson, next to the A. C. Shute home, - i E. L. Moore left the first of the week for Spokane, Billings and other points in Washington and Montata, and will be absent several days. Mrs. R. S. Stockton, of Hydro, Ok lahoma, is making an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. L. T. Mc Pbeetera, in this city. Donald E. Long, who spent the past week with friends he met in France and Germany, in Seattle, return! home and left at once for Kansas City, after visiting some three weeks here with bis parents and sister. Mr. and Mrs. John- Witt, of Pot- latch, Idaho, are guests of the let ter's sister, Mrs. C. Jesse, near this city. Mr. Witt is master mechanic of the Weyerhauee Railway out of Spokane to fotlatcb. , The body of Andrew Olson was found near the Riverview cemetery day recently and the supposition is that he committed suicide. He was about 65 years of age and had been a laborer on the Gales Creek nd Wil son River railway. The engagement of Dr. Thomas Bailey, well known in this city, and Miss Bernice Mathiaon. of Portland, was announced at the home of the coming bride one day last week. The wedding will occur some time in the early fall. The new pavement on West Base line street is a treat improvement and while the company was paving the street the Ray-Maling Company seised tne opportunity to pave m front of their place of business and the paving now extends from the highway to the unloading platform of the big canning estahltshssent. Marriage licenses nave seen Issued the past week to George Cole Wil liams and Ada Marram fJinman: Elmer Slack and Blanche English; jntrctm A. uunnam and Merle t. urn duff: Charles Taylor and Viola P. Hinch: John W. Batdorf and Nettle M, Benson; Henry ClatfVan Nov and eaia Sutton. Sheriff George Alexander, Dr. Smith and George Moves, have re turned from a fishing trip over on Wilson River. They report fishing nne and bougnt nome quite a number of fish to convince their friends of their success, They report the Wil son River road very bad. The Spanish War Veterans of Scout Harrington Camp, held an all-day picnic south of Cornelius Sunday last at which members of Portland an; McMinnvilte camps were present. The main feature of the day was tho big basket dinner and a congratula tory hour in honor of the new state commander, Dr. L. W. Hyde. Fire works, swimming and a general good time was enjoyed by all present. F F Quite a number of our citizens have been taking their outings this sum mer at Pacific City. Among them are S. E. Fayram and family, Grover Combs and family, G. A. Patterson and family, F. E. Cornelius and wife, Mrs. Ajxliew Jack, Miss Hetty Jack, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Barnes and son, Warren. The funeral of Corpora) Donald James Sutherland, United States Ma rine Corps, killed July 18, 1918, while in action, was held Sunday of last week at the Baptist church, conduct- ed by Rev. E. A. Smith. The re- mains were escorted to the cemetery by the American Legion and last mil- Donald was a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sutherland, and his body was among a number of soldiers which j reached here the Thursday before. AN IMPORTANT PERSONAGE I am the super-king of the uni verse. No one, anywhere, at any time, or ever has boon, more im portant than. I. The only way you can get the real oc-pe on me is to make use of JS: stein's theory of relativity. When I speak all other converse- versations cease. When I proclaim my presence. I. and I only, gain attention. 1 come ahead of all things else. I am First. I brush my way into the center of every important conference. 1 intrude where the most sacred confidences are being exchanged. 10 me there is no law, no restraint. no respect for the rights of others. wno am it I am the person at the other end of the telephone wire. Thrift Mag azine. Mrs. R. D. Young i visiting rela tives in California. Order of Public Service CeeiMiseioa for a Bell at Lombard Creasing Is Held too Drastic, It is the belief of the City Council, after litsening to the arguemnts pre sented by Attorney Ferrin, for the Southern Pacific Company, that the order of the Public Service Commis sion for a bell at the Lombard Street Crossing is too drastic and they have joined with the Southern Pacific Com pany in asking that the order be mod ified. When the order was made, It w" the Mief of the council and the railroad company that a bell could be operated by the watchman in th in terlocker tower, but investigation by engineers discloses the fact that such an installation is impracticable. The paving of Front street to con nect with the Lombard street paving and the widening of the crossing and its subsequent improving will reduce the hazard and the Southern Pacific Company has issued, orders to reduce the speed of trains crossing the street This is believed will reduce the dan re r Incident to the crossing and will greatly reduce the number of ma chines which cross this intersection. The railroad company does not feel that it can afford both improvements this year and people residing on Lom bard street were in the majority in favor of the action which the council has taken AUTOMATIC TAMPER 18 USED IN KILLING SILOS An automatic tamper used in filling silos has proved succeaslul at the Oregon Agricultural college. The tamper is the first one used in the state. It Is said to increase the ca pacity of silos packed In the ordinary way 60 per cent. Not only does it pack uniformly, but it increases the keeping qualities through closer pack ing. The automatic tamper is nude by the CuBhman manufacturing com pany. It works as a small steam roller which runs around on top of the en silage as it is fed Into the silo. The Operator handles the tamper ami the feeder at the same tune, therefore cost of operation is not increased. The capacity of the silos at O. A. C. was swelled 83 1-8 per cent over the previous record of close packing, ac cording to J. C. Pollock, dairy herds man at the college. Oats and vetch, and barley and vetch, to the amount of 276 tons have been put Into the college silos this year. All of them have beeen packed by the automatic tamper. More en silage of corn and sunflowers will be handled in September. TACKS ATTACT TIRES Noje Thirty -five pounds of car pet tacks lesked from a box on a stage between Brookings and Burns, a distance of Beventy-five miles. Thirty-five pounds of carpet tacks In the road where your auto tracks On the highway out beyond Bend, Those tacks were sticking up on end The little point is up you see Then your car stops, O gee-mi -nee I In auto stage they put the box, Which gave the road so many knocks. On, on the stage bt-gan to roll, Then there came in the box a bole, One tack leaked out it fell below, And likewise many more did go, The driver stepped upon the gas Just like a whiz-bang he did pass As the tacks fell out of tho load, They scattered all along the road. T And when at the end of his route Hii things he was a-taking out, And in the box no tacks were found Jf)0UKn he I"vt everything around, With puzzled look he shook his head, Those tacks are in the road he said And then the firm in bualneas there And every car that passt-d that way Were picking up tacks every day, The drivers got filled up with ire, As carpet tacks unfilled each tire, wnne riding along there came a pop ineir car came to a sudden atop, The driver climbs out of his seat, Such language 1 dare not repeat. Tacks out of flight Inv in tho Hm On with your car ride, on you must If new casings were on your ear They would not enter very far. But if their mileage had been great The air tube they would penetrate One dozen tacks there may be more, For they lay hidden by the score. The garage phone began to ring Asking them inner tubes to bring,, What would Ja fellows think of that Out in the sun with all tubes flat. The schedule cars were all delayed, . Although repairs were quickly made, rou cut the gas and speeding slacks. When you encounter carpet tacks. ' O. a SMITH, i Charles Jeaea Succumbs to Pneumonia After Short IllnessWas Native of EngUnd. Charles Jones for seven years a barber in Beaverton, a native of Eng land and a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church, died at hit home here Tuesday morning after a brief illness of pneumonia. , t Funeral services were held Thurs day afternoon from the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Reverend Q. A, Gray, officiating, and interment was at Riveview cemetery. Charles Jones was bom In Shef field, England, Dee. t?th, 1858, where he resided till 12 years ago when he came to Portland where he worked in the Y. M. C. A. barber shop with his brother, Thomas Jones, for 6 years, Seven years ago he and hii family came to Beaverton where he resided till his death at 10 minutes after 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, August tfnd, 1921, aged 07 years, 7 months and 6 days. In 1880 he was united in marriage to Miss Annie Rhodehouie in the Episcopal Church at Sheffield, Eng. To this union were born two children, Llllie Rhodehouse Jones, who resides with her mother In Beaverton, and Nellie, who married Mr. T. Berg. Mrs, Berg passed away three years ago, Mr. Jones was from early years member of the Episcopal Church. Ha had a wide acquaintance in Beaver ton, waa highly respected and his sudden death was a shock to his friends. He leaves to mourn their loss widow, daughter, Lillle, his brother, Thomas, besides other relative! friends. NUMBER OP UNIVERSITY OF OREGON GRADUATES NOW 3M? The number of sraduatea of the University of Oraawn has now reached a total of SMff. according to figures recently compiles; ansa Charlie Fenton, alumni secretary, for the new directory which will be pub lished this fall. In addition there aro 4,000 former students who attended from one to three years but who did not complete their work foe degrees. lhese srraduatea and former stu dents are scattered all over the world. but most 01 tnem are living in wa gon, returning to the state many-fold tne benefits received. The University is only forty-five ears old. The first graduating class in 1078 had five members. The class graduated last June numbered 2fttl. If the age-old test of "Iiy their fruits ye shall know them" anol 1 to Universities, the University of uregon has good reason to be proud of its record, for the men and women who have gone out with its degree are now occupying important places in many walks of life. Bankers, judges, congressmen, writers, editors, diplo mats, college presidents, hieh army officers and executives In b organ izations are numbered among those wno received their education at University. One graduate has sharers of the education for the American navy, one is on the general staff of the army in Washington, one repre sents jnis state in tne national con gress, one is president of Colorado College, one is vice-consul In the Netherlands, one U on the editorial staff of a national magazine, So it got through a long list of eminent positions. Jf the opportunities for University of Oregon graduates the future can he Judged by those In tne past, they are many arid touch multitude of actlvitieo. OlIEGON C(MKI) STANDS HICII IN OLD U.S.A. First place for relative strengtli and efficiency in the entire ninth corps aroa, comprising all Western arid Northwestern states, went to the Oregon national guard at the end of the federal flsi'ul year, June 80, av cording to the official Uiblvs imuud by the war ui'partmtmt received re cently by the ninth corps area for 12 consecutive months. The state of Washington is in second place, Idaho a poor third and California bad rourtn. Not only does Oregon get first Eiace in its own army area, but scorns igh national credit by taking second place In the entire United States. At the beginning of the year Oregon was in ninth place and has advanced from that position month by month, pass- Pennsylvania. Connecticut atumlu in first place by a narrow margin. Washington Is the only other West ern state m akin ? national ahnwlni Mira na national guard ranks fourth in tne united States. In addition to meeting all rsoiilm. menta of the government In tQ9 Oregon's cititen army now has suf ficient enrolled strength tn aumlitv ' wnniMn iuixner enrollment. However, it wss stated by Adjutant General White that the increase of tne Tore will be carried out ls fsr as lederal authority will permit. The mstnoution or federal fund in Dm. gon during the present year in pay of ummi t mtmvrj an us ana camps will total nearly $UflOQ. Too Mueh Speed and Careleaa Drtv Lead to Doctor's Offke Ms chine la (tarais. Three automobiles arrived at the same spot on the highway Just west of St. Mary's Thursday night with disastrous results for two of tho machines and the occupants. One ear had stopped to turn around. A Studebaker was going west and a Hun mobile was coming East. Just aa they reached the car that waa turn Ing, the Hupmobile driver turned out to pass it and collided head on with the Studebaker." Both were going at a good speed and both were demo) Ished to a great extent The occu pants of both care were badly Injured and required several hours of Dr. Mason's services to put them In shape to return home. STATE TREABURKR UOFP REPORTS HANDLING IM.MM Business in the office of the state t eeaurr increased from IIWJOOiMO for the years 11? and 1818 to W0, 000,000 for the years 191B and IBM, acconiina? to a report prepared by the department today eoverinf the 24 months ending June nv, mi. Although the business transactions of the treasury department have mul tiplied rapidly, the increase in tne general business lias not eontrlbuted to any great extent to interest earn- , Ings, due to the fact that much of the money was credited to the state high way department and was almost im mediately checked out 'Htate money is deposited in tne active and Inactive depositories," said Mr, Hoff's report. "The money In the active depository draws no inter est, being used almost exclusively to meet current expenses of tho state. The money in the inactive depositor ies draws v per cent interest, "The last two years of the previous administration tne average daily bal lance in the active depository (not drawing Interest) was SH7,0O0. -' In the two-year period covered by this report, the average daily bal ance baa been tbbfiQO- The differ ence has been drawing an increased interest amounting to more than IIS,- -000. At the aatM time the vetaaie of, business has increased from $S,000I 000 for 1017-18 to $80,000,000 in 1919-20. The Industrial accident fond. In cluding the segregated accident fund, earned In Interest in 1017-18 a total of $sMo&J6, and during the two years covered by this report 270, 614.66. The cash balance In this fund, uninvested, and lying In the state depositories at 2 per cent in terest, when I assumed office, was I0M6,OOO. I have kept this entire fund Invested In good bonds, with the exception of an average balance of 1160,000, which Is sufficient for cur rent operations. "The difference. IMft.000. has been drawing approximately 8 per eent in terest. The average amount In thee funds Increased from $1,80864.81 for 1917-18. under my predecessor, to $:i,7fi8,175.20 for the period of the report, an Increase of 100 per eent. At tne same time the interest earned increased from $n8oA.0h to $270, 514.66, an increase of 200 per cent. On the basis of interest earned for ths years 1017-18, the a.Mitlonal funds would have earned $178,000 as against $27014.06 actually earned, under my policy, a gain of $94,000. Prior to my assuming office It was the general practice to accept all appraisements of (property without examination. I started the policy of examininK all such appraisements with, the result that durina the two- year period, covered by this report, more than tu,(KM was received by the state on account of inheritance tuxes, over and above what it would have received had this' examination not been made.'' ' THKLOUNTKY WKEKLY (By tiriatow Adams, Cornell ' . University.) I am tlie Country Wuekly. I am the friend of the family, the bifngtfi- or tiding from other friends; I speak to the home in the evening ;' Unlit of sumnutr's vliu-clad porch, or the glow ot winter's lamp. I ht'lp make this even in a- houri I record the great and the small, the varied acts of the do!' and weeka that go to make up life. , v i am fur and of thv home; I follow those who leave humble beginnings) whether they sro to eratn.a n tn 1 the gutter, I take to thm the thrills of old days with wholesome messages. speak the language ot the eom- mon man; my words an fitted to his understanding. My congregation is larger than that of any church in my town; my readers are more than . those in the old school. Young and old alike find fn me stimulation, in stuction,. entertainment, inspiration, solace, comfort. I am the chronicle of birth, and love, and death, the three great facts of man's existence. I brfna together bum and to benefit of both; I am part of the market place of the world. Into the , home I carrr the word at th mmu ; which feed and clothe, and shelter, and which minister to comfort, ease, health and happiness, I am the word of the wmIt hu. tory of the year, the record of my community in the archives of state and union. . A the country weekly.,