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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1906)
fiT ... T T Ell Av a a. .yla m TlTW VV Nil M.UJAZINK KKCTIO.V. LAKEVILW. OREGON, THUKSDAX AUGUST 16, FAGES 1 TO i DIVA OF GRAND OPERA. SIUI'LE LIFE FOR MRS. JULIAN STONY WHEN SEASON ISOVKN FON EMMA EAMES. Noted Singer file to Husband at It.tllan Hume as Soon nn Last Not of Contract Season Fall from Iter (.olden Throat. There are thousand of Mndftme Kmma Eames' admirers who. hearing her sing this season, will Ihlnk they know her well, They will have seen her In Hip trailing robes of .1 11 1 let . or the almplo (town of Marguerite; dark skinned aa Abbi or fair and white nn the younK bride. Elsa. They will And In lirr a iiHghtinr, giving plenty of heart and strength and personality to those who weep or thrill tin t h-y listen. Sympathy la mint and drink to tho singer; hut, In the spring when tho big theater home of h(r triumphs la closed. Madame Emma EsmcM Hies to Vallnmhrosa where sympathy nwalta. Aa soon a she reaches her Italian estate she becomes Mra, Julian Story. It la the beginning f tho simple life; of household duties and dairy superin tendence; of the friendship of little rhlrkfna. nw puppies and old ponies, of favorite flowers In a personal gar dfn. and the companionship of a husband. Mra. Story wna reared In New Eag land; Mr. Ktory In Home. The have a luxurious house In Paris, out It Is thl sunny mountain Hope in Italy that awakens a resiwmslvn throb when the home tonkins la keen and tho ap limine of the public fulls to reach the heart. Ol. l VALI.OMI1HOSA MONASTEHY. Many years ago, YV. W, Story, traveling fur liU health In Italy found tho beauty of the AppciilncM to fulminate In tin" xircii-li i.f bind Itnomn aa Vallnmhrosa. The monas tery of tho namn, founded In tho tenth MADAM 10 KM MA EAMEH. A I'npulur Ksvurltp of lira ml Opera. century, was In the hands of a few monks. The scattering of the monastic order wag Ihe first of Innovations. The locality, famed for Its health-giving properties, offers peace and Immunity from the world. In a few hotels and saultorluiiis. Two or thrve American millionaires have erected summer homes on nenr-by bill topH and several families of the aristocracy of Flerciice apend the hot months here In feudal alrongholds. The shooting box of the ancient Medici family, where the American poet lived and died, is occupied by his (laughter; and Julian Story, because the spot ifl endeared to htm through his father's memory, has built on a farm of mnny acres a great square tower and hall. Camplglionl is the farm, and Torre Dl Camplglionl is Ihe home, which signinos the happy Rhode of art and good fellowship. Mr. Story imlnts picture, and spends his energy wherever Ms por trail commisHlorw may take him while his wife Is elnglng. To the visiting friend of tho singer tho 20 mile trip from Florence was a fitting approach to her beautiful retreat. The roud which eventually led up to the terrace of II Torre whs tied In bowknots. and worked out like a puzzle. The puzzle was solved, however, and In the open living room or "loggia," Mr. Story gave me hearty welcome. KNTIIIKLY DKMOOHATir. The girl who bad boon separated by professional etiquette from the great alnger, looked forward with some ap prehension to meeting a divinity In sweeping sun-embroidered velvet drap eries. Soon Mrs. Story came out In it white duck skirt aud a drawuwork shirtwaist. (A 60) "It'a simply fine In you to rome. Have aome seltzerl" cried the lady. A hfarty laugh from tho group on the Icrrnoo broke In upon her greeting and tnado her rail hastily: "Don't tell any atorlna about uio. Let uh go over there. she aald, rising, "one run never ntTord to mis a good laugh, aod (Jcr man dlnlert la too rare on these prem ie to bo alighted I often wish that I had one of my own. at that Joe Weber, lew Fields or Sarn Ilcrnard could hear Borne of the attempt nt English that reach my ears during the opera season. A It. Ih, I rnn only enjoy them for a moment and repeat them nfterward to aome one who can perpetuate tho In ridpfit. Oh! we have droll tlrnea." Mrs. Story baa a keen nentte of hu tnor, and quite Iohpr hermdf aa ahe llatena to a Kroup of atory-tellera. I'n llko moot atrong perHonalltlea, ahe doa not rob thono around her of ftolne atnl e;inn. but pOHneHHPa the rare fac ulty of bringing out the very bent that la In them. After dinner that wonderful even ing munlc rame In for Its share. The last Wagnerian production to the popu lar aonRS of the aeanon was the range. A fragment of "Tammany" was ttting by that voice whlh w'lll go down in hlittory. and tho rhorus was taken up In mnny keys by the dinner gnentx. All had heard the voice before, but it wag not Madame Karnes of (Jrand Opera who sang. It was Mrs. Julian Story singing to her friends. From Above the Clouds. The view of a storm cloud from above Is one of the most Intercntlng sights ever beheld by man. According to 11 famous aeronaut, a storm view from that poaltlon has the appcarnnce of a vast sea of boiling, upheaving snow The falling of the, rain can be distinct Iv beard, making a noltte like a water fiill over a precp-e. The thunder heard nbove the storm-cloud Is not loud, and the nashea of lightning ap- pear like streaks of Intensely whl'e lltfht on the surface of the gray-colored vapor. JOUS WESLEY'S "1H)EM." Representative J. W, Gaines of Ten nessee, Created Roars of Amuse ment In the House, During Closing Days of Session by Reciting "When Democ racy Will Die." "When tbft linns eat Rraa like an ox. And tlm flalierinsn swallows the whale; When Ilia terrnplna knit woolen Bocks, Aud tut hare la outrun by tbe anail; Wbeu aerpeuta walk upright like men, Aud doodle htiKH travel' like fropa: When the Kraaahopper feeds on the hen. And fcuthcra are found on the hoga, Wheu Thulium eiita awim In the air. And elephants rooat upon treea; When liiHii la 1 11 auuuuer are rare, And aim IT never miikea peoplo aneete; When tho IIhIi creep over dry land, And mules on velocipedes ride; When foxea lay vug In the Band, And women In dreaa t it ku 110 pride; When Iiutclimeu no lonircr drink beer, And girls K't to 'preaching 011 tliup; When the hilly goat liulta from tho reur, And treiiHon no longer la crtim When the humming liird bruya like flu una, Aud llmluirger aiuella llku cologne; When ploWHhiirea ure uinde out of glaaa, And heiirta of TcnncNMoctina ure atone; Wheu Henae growa lu Kopuhltcnii heads, Aud wool 011 the hydraulic rniii; Then the Democratic party will lie dead, And tbia country not worth a " In the Friends' burial grounds. In Salem, N. J., there stands the largest oak treo In the Slate and possibly the lurgeHt In the United Slates. It Is now used as the "trade mark" of the New Jersey Forestry Association. JUVENILE GARDENING. JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION U AS A MODEL SCHOOL GARDEN OF A IWNHNEI) HOYS. Practical Demonstration by Depart ment of Agriculture and Various Mates-Landscape Improvements and Heautlflcations. Among the many novel features at the JurncHlown Exposition la the gar den work by school children. One hundred boys from the public schools of Norfolk, Newport News and Hamp ton, near tho Exposition grounds, were selected by their teachers to carry out the plans for a school garden at the Exposition. Special trolley cars con veyed these young gardeners and their f?A , t'r4 1 'i ? r - t .f I -AA V-,. -z 1 TUB Haul YFZAIt OLD teachers to the grounds, April 16, 1906, mid under dlrellon of Warren H. Manning, landscape designer of the Exosltion. every boy was assigned to a small plot of ground In the garden and was given seeds to plant and in structions how to plant them. In these gardens are now growing beans, peas, parsnips, carrots, marshmallow, parsley and other vegetables. They are attended by their little gardeners and are kept clean and free from weeds, most of the boys taking. a special pride In their gardens. This Is but a preliminary training for .he schoolchildren In gardening, a trial heat, as it were, for the race next year. Tho actual work Is to be taken up nt the Jamestown Exposition next spring. I'ltlZKS FOK ll EST GAUDENS, Those who hae made a success ot their Hardens this season will tie given preference next year and will have their same gardens. M lie bxposiuon Company will give prizes or medals for thu best cultivated, garden on the Exposition grounds and the young gardeuers wl.'l be given some valu able lessons In ugriculture. The l S. Department of Agriculture and some of the etate departments will have ex perimental stations and gardens at the Exposition as object lessons to tho young as well as older gardeners. The young minds amongithe visitors which have a bent toward agricultural pursuits will have an opportunity to learn much of value In the way of till ing tbe soil. They will learn when to plant, what to plant and how to plant, to get the best results. They will also be given un opportunity to study soils and their treatment, and how to enrich and Improve them. Tree plant ing and transplanting will constitute another phase of Uncle Sam's object lessons, as are done at other govern ment experimental stations. At the St. Louis Exposition Uncle Sam's gar dens and the children's gardens proved exceedingly Interesting as well as in structive to the farmers who were wise enough to appreciate the bene fits to be derived from them. At the Jamestown Exposition It is expected the Agricultural Depart ment will broaden Its scope of instructions In many ways and surpass its efforts at St. Louis. WILD WOODS RECOMEPAKK The landscape gardening which has transformed a wild woods Into one of the most beautiful scenic parks, will also serve as an object lesson to farm ers and all who have grounds to beau tify with flowers, shrubs and trees. More than a million plants and trees are growing on the Exposition grounds, many of which have been transplanted; others are native to the soil. Among the trees transplanted were several hundred old trees, Borne comprising an apple orchard, whose trees were removed and plnntea around the thirty-acre drill plain on the grounds. These and the pines, cedars, dogwoods and other trees have not suffered by being transplanted. Even treea which were hauled many miles over land and water nnd plant ed on the Exposition grounds are thrifty. They have all been handled under the guidance of landscape engin eers. The work has been done scien tifically and skillfully. The results are seen In the fine condition of the trees. The arrangement of trees, flowers and plants of all kinds. In various parts of the Exposition grounds can be studied to great advantage by all landscape gardeners, and the unique fence of wire and flowering vines, Is a study worth going miles to Bee, a magnificent model which every fence 1 nm tn i 1 iii ii'fip n if " jwmm 8V.iwi' '"" QgCy builder will find worthy of following. This fence Is eight feet high, made of Several strands of wire, and running over the wire In every direction, com pletely covering it, are vines of honey suckle, crimson rambler, rose and trumpet creeper, making what seems to be an Immense hedge of flowering vines. HOME IMI'KOVEM E NTH. If the Exposition results In Imbuing Its many thousand visitors with the spirit of home Improvement and with a determination to go back home and make of their own towns, or houses and grounds models of beauty and con venience, It will go far toward proving a national success. Rustic benches and bridges, pretty walks under canopies of vines and flowers, shady lanes and streets and a thousand other Interesting things at the Exposition are studies for the peo ple, worthy of the most careful aU tcntion. It will not be an exposition - it I ratssTi -i.'-wi rv. 4 rm.Tt L, I'OWHATAN oak. of commercialism, but one showing the beauties of nature and the value of science In peace as well as in war. RELICS OF JAMESTOWN. Site of Exposition Battleground of Conflicts Between Early Settlers and Indians. Of nil tho Smiths who have ever lived. Captain John N lKcnming the most fauiou.x, due to the prominence given to his doinirs. incident to the Jamestown Esosition. The romantic days of rocahontas ami Cup tain John Smith are vividly recalled by the obi Iihllan ami frontiersmen's relics which have been dug up in preparing the ground for the Jamestown Exposition. Tbe site selected for the celebration of tho throe hundredth nr rersary of the lirst permanent English settlement in America was oneo an Indian village occupied by the Powhatans, the most powerful tribe of the early American liiillans. who rotitncd over tbe country east of the Ohio lllver several cen turies ago. Near tho State Exhibits Building stands n majestic live ak tree, the "Powhatan Oak." estimated to be nearly l.iaiO years old. which was a favorite camping ground of the lir dians liefore America was discovered by tbe Palefaces. Here were held councils of war when tbu only weap ons In use were stone hatchets, stone war clubs, spears with stone point and Ikiws and arrows. The arrow heads used were made of flint, chipped down to a cutting edge, uluiost ns sharp us a knife, every arrow head representing many hours of hard and patient toil. Scores of these flint arrow-heads are being found on the Ex position ground, in excavating for streets and buildings. Some of them tire broken, perhaps by striking some foe of the Indians in buttle or some wild animal in those days the woods about Ilamptoti Komls were alive with deer, bear and other animals. At Se wcll's Point whore those relics are found were fought bloody battles be tween the early English settlers and the Indians and, according to old In dian traditions, this was also the batttle ground on which warring In dian tribes desonitel,v coutendod for the right of riomniu, long liofore the occurrence of the historic event which the Juuiestown Exposition commemo rates. The valuable fisheries of what are now culled Hampton Iloads and Chesapeake Ray, t.ie beautiful hunt ing grounds along the water courses and the many attractions peculiar to this locality made this particular point of land very desirable, and for its possessions Indian tribes warred with one another. Now, after cen turies have gone by and the old In dian nations that once controlled this region have passed uwuy, their an cient battle Holds have boon trans formed into a magnltlcont Internutlon al exposition ground. Just outside the corporate limits of the city of Norfolk., Vlrgiuiu. Wuut. Industrial Tralulug. Resolutions were recently adopted at the closing sessions of the Ameri can Institute of Instruction at New Haven favoring the Installing of In dustrial departments in every efficient school system. The Institute also placed itself on record as holding that In view of recent developments of dis honesty in high places and of the In crease of crime In different directions, It Is Ihe duty of the teachers to per sistently train the American youth in honesty, Integrity, and uprightness. FARM HIGH SCHOOL C.REA T IMI'RO VEMENTIS EVCCA TIONAL METHODS IN TUUIV. ING KANSAS TOWN. Consolidation of the Sod-House Schools Into a Large and Well equipped High School Students Imbibe the Spirit of Village Improv ement, Actual examples of successes of things that already have Ixssn done are more convincing than a thousand plausible arguments to prove what pos sibly can tie done. The Department of Agriculture cites a case In Kansas, showing the practical operation of a county high school, which has done much for Norton County, and which. If faithfully worked out. In other in stances, would give a tremendous Im petus to any other county la any state. Kansas has local option in the es tablishment of county high schools. As a result several sparsely settled counties or counties in which there are few large towns are supporting such schools. Norton County, which a few years ago was ("itted with sod school houses, and which still has many sod dwelling houses, now sup ports a good county high school In the village of Norton, a town cf 1500 In habitants, located near the geopraphl cal center of the county. The high school building is of brick, 2 stories high, over a well lighted basement, and Is located on the outskirts of the village, where bind can be easily se cured. The basement contains fur nace and fuel rooms, lavatories, and a gymnasium. On the first floor is a physics and chemistry room, a natural history room, a music and art room, and the rooms of the business depart ment. The eecond floor contains an assembly and study room and two re citation rooms. The apparatus and other equipment for the work in phy sics, chemistry, and natural history are exceptionally good for a small high school. There Is also a good library and a reading room with current news papers and magazines. The expense of running the school in 1903-4 was $9,588. including $4,430 for teachers' salaries and $5,158 for buildings, grounds, and incidentals. This was a year when considerable sums were spent for furniture, appara tus. supplies, andadditional land. The running expenses for the first six months In 1905 were $3,775. Hereto fore Ave teachers have been employed, but this year there are six. NO FARMING TAUGHT. Previous to this year the Norton County High School has offered college preparatory, normal, business ana gen eral science courses,but no course re lated In any direct way to the leading industry of the county farming. The county superintendent of schools said that his attention had been forcibly directed to this lack in the curriculum of the high school by the experience of a young man who came to the school from one of the many large farms In the vicinity, took the four-year busi ness course, spent one year in a local hank at $30 a month, and then con- THE LAST SOD SCHOOL HOUSE IN NORTON COIXTY, KANSAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, NORTON. KANSAS. eluded that he would gain in both purse and pleasure by going back to the farm. Such a young man. and there are many like him in tbe Norton County High School, would have wel comed an agricultural course, and would have gone back to the farm much better prepared for the duties of life than he was with a business train ing. So the county superintendent ot schools and the other members of the board of trustees decided that an agricultural course should take the place of the general science course, and hired a graduate of the Kansas State Agricultural College to teach agricul ture and other sciences in the high school. Secretary Wilson of Agricul ture, while making a trip through the "short-grass country." learned of the enterprise, became much Interested in It, and in response to an appeal for aid sent a representative of the Office of Experiment Stations to Norton to help start It. The president of the Kansas State Agricultural College also responded to a call for assistance and made one of a party ot four that toured f r ....... Mni'fn ... r, , g i.it.mi- imi-iI'--- -" r'jLk m if ' j iAvX is lllllUI Mil - "" ' ' ' "" ""' '" the country for eight days In tie In terests of the new course of study. As a result, considerable Interest was aroused in the proposed new work, a tentative agricultural course was out lined, and arrangements were made with the three farm Implement dealers of the town to open their warehouses to the classes In agriculture and fur nish experts to give Instruction on the mechanics, care, and use of farm ma chinery. STARTING IN AGRICULTURE. The agricultural work of the course includes botany, with special reference to variation, development of species, hybridization, and tbe Influence of light, heat, moisture, etc., on the plant; soils and tillage; plant physiology, farm crops, grain Judging, and horti culture; farm accounts; farm manage ment. Including farm plans, methods of cropping, farm machinery and Its care, and rural economies with spe cial reference to tbe problems of a business nature that will be met on the farm; animal production and stock Judging, and dairying. The teacher of agriculture reports that the Implement dealers have given further evidence of their Interest in the agricultural course by rffering prizes aggregating $112 in value for a grain-judging contest, open to all young men in the country, and that these prizes have been supplemented by a $15 suit oT clothes from a clothing dealer. Con tinuing, he says: "I am well pleased with the way the boys take hold of the work. Out of 70 boys we have 9 enrolled in the agricultural course, and I think most of the first-year boys will take It up when they get to it in the course. It Is proving popular In the cchool and entirely free from the pre judice I had anticipated at the outset" This Is the nucleus of an Important experiment In education. Norton is Just In the edge of the great semiarid region of the Middle West Agricul tural practice in that region differs ma terially from that of the more humid regions on the one band and from that of the irrigated districts on the other. The teacher of agriculture is thoroughly familiar with the agricul ture of the-region, and has but recent ly graduated from an agricultural col lege which is devoting much study to the problems of the hundredth meridi an belt. The agriculture of this belt Is extensive. Here one man works as much land as four or five men In the East: he cultivates three rows of corn at one crossing of the field, and does other things on an equally extensive scale. Improved farm machinery makes this method of farming possible, it Is therefore of the greatest Importance that much attention to farm machinery be given In the agricultural course at the Norton County High School. The cereals (corn and wheat) are tbe leading field crops, hence the Import ance of grain-judging contest and other school work relating to these great staples. The county superintendent of schools has expressed the hope that the school may also do much work that will be of immediate practical benefit to tne agriculture of the country, such as testing seeds for viability, or germin ating power, and milk and cream for butter fat; treating oats and wheat for smut and potatoes for scab; Bpray ing trees and garden crops for Insect pests and diseases, and making plans for farm buildings, roads, water sys tems, etc. Such work could be done largely by the pupils at school or on. the different farms on Saturdays. It would be educational and at the same time would make the farmers feel that they were getting some immediate tangible return for the taxes paid in support of the school. Tbe Ilotuer I'igeoa. The homer pigeon, when traveling, seldom feeds, and If the distance to its home be long, It arrives thin, exhaust ed, and almost dying. If corn be pre sented to it, it refuses to eat, con tenting itself with drinking a little water, and then sleeping. Two or three hours later It begins to eat with great moderation, and sleeps again immediately afterwards. If Its flight has been very prolonged the pigeon will proceed in this manner for forty, eight hours before recovering Its nor mal mode of faedh!"