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REO COLUMBIA 1 """Cl TUT WO IIOULTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1906. PAGES 1 TO 4 MAGAZINE SECTION. I EDUCATION FOR INDIANS, "MOTHER KATUERINE" DREXEL SPSSDS MILLIONS IS TIII8 WORK, hat Tounded Many Schools, Employ log Indians to Build Them. -Only rull-blood Indian Catholic I'rlctt In the World. Many thousand of Indian rhlVlrc In Oklahoma and Indian 'Verrltory linve Imhmi educated by wean ef t "Hrexel million," a lurjse orlln of which htm for year Imh'u devoted to tbe ruiiMo of Indian education by Mother Katherlne, formerly Mom Kate Drcxcl, or riilhidclphln, sinter of John II. Hrexel. Imuker and sinror inncnale, and t-loMi'ty related to the othent of the name name who have made It famous In the world of finance. It wo Mother Katherlne who started the In dlnn school at ChikxTo, which linn now been taken In charge hy tho Kovemnieiit, nod nutdu tho irliiclinl Indian training scImniI of tho Houtli west. Tho two school 1 I'nwhUNka, lu rottowHtomle county, irc also mon ument of her bounty. She ktfpN In clone tourli with tier work, nud vlnlt tho Oklahoma school In whlrU nhe In Interested nt leant once n year. She In usually accompanied by her sinter, who U nUo deeply In- it f "'fW if ifdWl 1 y oi1 Li "MOTHLtt KATHERINE DBtXCL tercMtcd In the work, nl wild heart ily approve It, lu common with the other member of the family. All of tho million hIih 1m expended for In dian education have leen employed under direction of I lie Interior Depart ment, as her long study of tho ludlnn problem I recognized to have mode her 0110 of tho bent authorities ou tho fjuhject In tho country. rianncd the Buildings Personally. .The Ft. Louis and St. John schools xX FiiwhuHUu, both foundiHl by Mother 'Katherlne h number of years uk'o. are rom1 cxnmple of tho work alio I do ing for tho education of tho Indian, ltoth havo hnndHomo nud cotnmodiou building, planned perwonully by Mother Katherlne, nnd have given hundred of 0ngo clilldrcn their first knowlwko of the white man learning. Many of tho teachers are themselves Indian, graduate of these or similar schools, who lave entered with en thuslnsm into tho education of their fellow tribesmen. Tho Osage schools receive some assistance from tho gov eminent, nnd their scope Is grently widened by tho order now lu effect from the agent's olnee that every Osage child of school ngo must be In school In order to draw Us share tit tho annuity payment. t Used Indian Labor. While Mother Kntherlno's benefnc Ions have nlways been liberal, It 1 tier plan to let tho Indians do the work whenever possible, In tho construction of buildings nnd work of a similar character. When the Sacred Heart school burned five years ngo, nnd was rebuilt Pottawatomie nnd Klckapoo Indians made tho brick for the now structure, nnd did much of tho work towards Its construction, working, of course, under tho direction of a white contractor. Much of the maintenance of this school, which Is claimed to bo the oldest west of tho Mississippi river. Is borne by Mother Katherlne, nnd It wns by her visits to this school thnt she discovered Albert Negahnquet, the fullblood rottawntomlo boy educated by ber. nnd who Is now tho only full blood Indian Catholic priest In the world. After his grnduntlon nt Sacred nenrt. sho paid his expenses through Carlisle nnd the Catholic university nt Washington, Anally finishing hi edu cation at Homo, from whence ho re turned .only tWA.ycnrs ngo.tto take up bis work among his own people. ( Is Founder of Several Schools, A number of schools of the same Bort hove been founded and maintained ftr Mother KathorlM, probably the east known helnf th Niutnreth Institute It Muxkoi:(), w hich w an rounueu in It was tHwt by muiiy dllllcultlc d i.' Inir It earlier years, but survived them all and la now a flourlHhlnir Institution. Tho InMt It utloiiM which hove pro. Iered the tnont, and In which Mother Katherlne Ima taken the greater Inter ent, are, however, naturally the among tho tribe which were already under tho Influence of Catholic teach Intc, tho (Hup" and the 1'etta watomlea. The Onage had of ieurne lecn liiMtrurted In the Catholic faith, before their removal from Houthern Kaunas, by the fathers at the old Outgo mlMHlonn, now St. I'aul, flntt un der tho -direction of the venerable Father Hchumnchcr. and luter under Father I'uul TonzlKllono, a near r'la tlve of tho royal family of Italy, who nude tunny Journeys among the Osage afar their removal to tho terri tory. Father Kcroll, of Indeiiendenw, Knn., nlno iiuhJ ccnalonnlly to follow the trail through what In now Okla homa a far went a Fort SilL The beginning of tho work among tho Pottawatomie wn alxo nude an far buck a 1HT1. when Father Ko!ot, a French mlnnlonary. offered bl ser rice to the bUhop of Mttlo Hock, who then had jurisdiction over thl terri tory, and Mtruck out Into the Indian country. He nettled flrnt at Atoke, but In 171 moved to Facred Heart, found ing tho famou nbliey of tho Ifouedlc tinea there, which U the only tuou- .istery In the United State governed directly from Frunce. Its first abbot 1 wa Father Felix DeOrnsse. a lineal descendent of tho famou French ad miral. Tpou his death two year ago he was succeeded by Father Murphy, a native of Savannah, Oa., and the first man of American birth to join the brotherhood at Sacred Heart PERNJlAJtDT OUTWITS TRCST. Denied Playhouses by Theatre Com bine. She Plays to Vast Audience In Tent. Mme. Rnrnh Hernhnrdt. the cele brated actres has entered the arena a a "trust buster." When she made preparations for bookings lu Texas, sho found tho playnouses or uie Biaie closed to her on account of ber re fusal to nppenr under the patronage of tho theatre syndicate. In Texas, therefore, she wns compelled to nppenr In n tent A week or two ngo, a novel method of producing a play was In augurated nt Dallas, when Sarah played "CntiilUe" In a big circus tout with an audience or 0,000 person. During the performance fully 10,000 persons crowded nround the tent and would bnvo paid to get m it it una been big enough. A It wns the tent only seated 4,200 nnd 800 had to stand or sit on the ground. It was the most novel wild west show ever seen. The tent was a huge affair, and from the outside looked big enough to house a three-ringed circus. The novelty of playing In a circus tent appealed to tho actress and Bhe gave ber Interpretation of the char acter of "Camlllo" as noturally, as cleverly, nnd with ns much force nnd power ns If confronted by nn audience of New Yorkers or Parisians In the most modern of theatres. The thou sand who erected Mnio. Bernhardt nt Dnllns desired n much to Bbow toelr Indoraenieut of her fight against the trust ns to be entertained by her inn tellies talent ns nn actress. Mme. Bernhardt made arrangements to appear In the tent nt: Waco nnd Austin, Texns, nnd Oklahoma City, Oklahomn Territory. In other Texas cities on her itinerary large hnlls were secured and specially equipped lor tuo portonunucc. IJopelcas Ignorance. Flynn "01 tell yen they'a no use thrryln' to lddlca-ate thlm Choincso." Mulhooley--"An, phwy's thot?" Flynn--"01 Jlst asked wan ov thlm the Cholnese wur-rud for St Patrick's day, an' bodad, he couldn't toll we." LARGEST BATTLESHIP. TEN IIILUOS DOLLARS FOR THE COSSTUVCTIOS Of GIGANTIC C0.STITCT10X." More Destructive and Terrible than the new Floating Giant, the English -Dreadnaughf-Old -Constitution te fee Saved. One hundred thousand dollars for the preservation of the old frigate Constitution, and $10.(J(X).000 for the construction of a huge new battleship of the same name ore two provision to be Included lu the naval appropria tion bill. The new Constitution Is to le the most powerful ship of war atloau Bbe will excel the British Ureadnaught recently launched by King Edward by a much a the !readnaught will ex cel anything afloat when she U com pleted. Her authorization may bo said to lo directly the result of Togo's victory In tho Sea of Japan. It was the Itrltlsh naval attache on board Togo's flagship who Hurried homo ftir thnt Imitl and wsnxnl ih Ad miralty of the neeu of the IJritish navy, and thl brought about the con struction of tho Ireadnaught Now we are to follow and eclipse tho Hrlt Ish naval wonder. The Navy liepartment ha secured full Information concerning th plans of the Dreodnaught, and the arrange ment of her powerful armanieut, so that It is known exactly what uintrt be done to .beat ber. In order that the department may not bo I impered In any way In deter mining upon the plan of the lew Con stitution the forthcoming bill will pro vide Hint tho Secretary of the Navy may use the contingent fund te secure Information from shlp-bullders the world over, If be so desires, before finally accepting the design of the ten-nillllou-dullur pacifier. Provi&iors for Ship, This provision for the new American sea fighter Is In line with the desire of the President and the earat re commendation of Admiral Dewey, who recently appeared lefore the Naval Committee of the House and gave a spirited talk In support of his views as to the necessity or con structing larger nnd more powerful battleships for the Amerleim Navy At the time the naval estimates were made up last fall. Secretary Bonaparte was opposed to any such Increase, bet he has since come around to the side of the President, and 1 now heartily In favor of the committee proposition. The naval experts In Washington have long leen convinced that the HUMiO-ton battle ship Michigan and South Carolina, nuthorlied by the last Congress, represent the limit of posd blllty ou a displacement not decidedly greater. ,To go Iteyond, In any ap preciable degree, the fighting elllclency of such ships. It will be necessary to have not only more powerful arma ment, but higher speed and greater steaming radius, to gain which there must be heavier and more powerful machinery and grentor coal-carrying capacity. The displacement of the Dread naught Is but 2.000 tons greater than thnt of the Michigan or the South Carolina. Naval construction ex- THE NEW This Will be the Most pert say that an addition of 2.000 tons to the displacement of the American ships Is Insufficient to accomplish all three of tho factors necessary to ma terially Improve upon them, nnd the Increase would bo entirely consumed by the provision for any one of these factors, The extra guns would take 1 all, as would the extra machinery ! ' ' ' v. ' f V J.- - - - 1 I . . ' 'v' v;' 11 - v " E : - w 4- J I fieewsnry to develop high speed, or the greater bunker capacity essential to wider steaming radius. They point out that In the Dreadnaoght It was at tempted to preserve two of these factors, gun power and speed, but that to do so It was necessary to sacrifice the armor protection, which they be lieve such a butMilp should have. No Limit to Cost. No sacrifice In armament, speed, or steaming radius will have to be made In designing the new Constitution, The only limitation placed upon the ts-cretary of the Navy by the Naval Affairs Committee Is that ber bull and machinery shall not cost more than $i;,fX),0x. The provision for the bat tl4shlp Michigan and South. Carolina, now the largest ships building for the navy, was $.00,K)0 each, and ther I no doubt In the minds of the mem 1st of the committee that If the Secretary decide to go to 20.0fK) tons or Iwyond, the extra $2,000,000 now provided will easily accomplish It It I estimated that the armor and armament for the ship will cost some where In the neighborhood of $1,50, 000 la addition to the bull and ma chinery, and that other fitting will bring the total for the new Constitu tion up approximately to $10,000,000. The Dreadnought Is planned to carry ten 12-lnch rifles. The Michi gan and South Carolina are to carry eight 12-Inch guns. The. Dreadnaught , will le able to concentrate six guru for low or stern fire, with eight on either broadside, while the American ships can use four guns dead ahead or dead astern, and all eight ahead or astern on a quartering fire, with all eight on either broadside. So thai Is point of fire they are nearly as ef ficient as the Dreadmught, which ex cels materially only la the single point of speed. To counterbalance Into the American Bhlps have the de cided advantage In armor protection. The Advantage of Guns The Constitution will bave as high rpeed as the Dreadnaught, and tue 'louble advantage over the British d)lp of greater gun power and more tomplete armor protection. She will is? more ablo to Inflict blows and bet ter able to withstand them. She will carry twelve 12-lnch rifles, so ar ranged that she can concentrate eight of them In firing dead ahead or dead astern, or off the bow or quarter, and ten on cither broadside. . Chewiag Gam rs. Jltesoas, The twenty-seventh annual meeting of tbe Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the lYesbytery of Washing ton, held recently, disclosed the fact that three and a half million dollars a year more Is spent for chewing gum than for forelsn missions. In other words fll.0o0.0ii0 Is sis?nt for gum and only $7,500,000 for missions. Caretully compiled data show that $17S,iH)0,0iO a year goes for candy, $700,000,000 for Jewels, and tobacco and millinery go away up Into the millions, tobacco considerably In the lead. The Kerosene Lamp, Tbe ordinary kerosene lamp Is the lest Illustration of the highest type of combustion furnace. The hot gases passing up through the narrow throat of the chimney draw the colder air through the hot wire gauze at the bottom nnd bring it near a tempera ture which will feed combustion and CONSTITUTION. Powerful Battleship Afloat. prevent smoke by chilling the vapors. The limits In the construction of such a furnace are easily seen. When the wick Is raised a little the combustiou is greater than the capacity of the furnace, nnd smoke results. When the cblmnev Is raised from the bottom too much cold air enters, the fire 19 cWlled, and again we bave smoke, OLD MAINE NOW TOUIG. PAPER HIKING HAS DONE UCCL1 TO PEYEL0P OLD NEW ENG LAND STATE, Intelligent Forestry III W Perpetuate The Maine Woods and Furnish I'uip for Paper-Making: te Future Generations. When cue stops to think of the tremendous and almost magic growth of the distant West it seems strange that such an old state as Maine U still largely unknown and unsettled. Almost Immediately after the Revo lutionary War the settlement of Maine began by Inhabitants of other parts of New KnglanJ and its growth naa been steady and sure, with the exception of tbe years of, and Imme diately following the Civil War. T-e population, however, baa been almost entirely confined to the lower halt of the state and only very recently bave the Immense possibilities and re sources of the northern half been re alized. It Is estimated that at least 300. 000 natives of Maine are scattered throughout the other parts of the country at the present time. Had this vast army remained to devel op their native state it Is Impossible to realize tba than tbr.t f--Mhave l ' ' i OXEN ARE OFTEN EMPLOYEE TO BRING TREES DOWN fROM THE HILLS. been made, as nature has done so much and man so little. More than 4000 square miles, or 2,r;0,000 acres, of land still remain ployed and unimproved, waiting for capital and brains to make it yield large returns. The resources are al most beyond ilmlt or belief. Thousands of Lakes and Rivers. In this state alone there are over five thousand rivers and streams with more than fifteen hundred lakes as reservoirs, to furnish power for in numerable manufacturing plants. Besides natural water power, Maine Is rich in timber, which in this age is a most valuable asset The timber lands of northern Maine can, with Judicious management be made to yield for generation after generation and supply a vast amount of lumber and wood pulp. The larg est paper mill In the world, is located at Mllllnocket on a small brancn 01 the Penobscot River where a drop or one hundred and fifty feet furnishes 25,000 horse-power. From this mill is turned out each day between itu and ISO tons of newspaper, made from wood pulp. ' " It Is commonly supposed that paper making from wood-pulp Is one of the greatest menaces to our forests, but exactly the opposite Is the case, where the forests are bandied Intelli gently. The modern policies adopted by many paper makers in regard to per petuating the forests are doing much for the cause or forestry. 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A plan was agreed upon which assures A per petual supply of timber. No tree un der nine inches In diameter Is to be cut. At the end of sixteen years the spruce growth will bave renewed It self again and under this plan tbe en tire three hundred thousand, acres may be cut over every sixteen years. At Rumford Falls on the Andros coggin in western Maine about 5V 000 horse power is now utilized, and a recent state report says that 48,000 ad ditional horse power la available from this stream alone. Beyond doubt the railroad of Maine are responsible for the open ing and develops t of the upper balf of this state, as - years airo only thirty or forty m.ies of railway were built north of the centre and manu facturing or fanning was almost un known above this point Capitalists at last realized what a vast amount of valuable territory was being Ignored, and built branch lines Into the "wilderness" until now there are nearly 500 miles of tracks connecting thriving cities and villages which bave sprung up In tbe wake of the steel bands. The advent of the railroad la northern Maine has increased the value of timber lands over 250 per cent and timber which before was too remote has become available for mar keting purposes. Capital from Canada It is to be regretted perhaps from an American standpoint that a large part of the capital employed In devel oping this "new old state" has been furnished by Canadian capitalists rather than by New Englandera them selves. The farming possibilities of Maine are almost as great as the water pow er and timber business offer, as it has been demonstrated that the soil and climate are particularly adapted te tbe raising of potatoes on a large scale; over 10,000 bushels having been shipped to various parts or the coun try in 1904. The railroad officials realized from the start th in order to settle and build up untry through which their brancL ran the freight rates must be low enough to enable manu facturers to compete with more ac cessible factories, and bave borne this) Continued on Next Page, "A. . iSSlESXSBiiii THE RIGHT FURNACE FOR YOUR KEVf Prevent ererr mfstftfepoo- Bible la your buUtliuK plana. write lor oar tree furnao book, lt't n authority 01 net ictr. Tens now im where to erect a farnac properly; how to it moat heat ut of coal, e: j:howa Kt rtd ot 'ty itovea or replace a brued oat heater with our Leader BU1 Furaao. Vttn nan nut it. nn vonriwlf. It has ev ry modem appli ance. We tench yoa fre. 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