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roR PRACTICALfE -M':!- ;' ' : ' ,. . Address of Prof. J. II. Ackerman Before the Pa cific Coast Indian Institute at Chemawa He Urges the Shortening and Condensing of the School PeriodSo as to fit Men and Women to Begin "Their Life 1 Work Earlier in Life, l The Pacific Coast Indian Institute, which eonelinjed I ts session at Che n.awa on Thursday evening, was one of the uuiti important : educational gatherings held In Oregon In many years, and Hi influence will le felt in every Indian Nlxwl on the Pacific lop ie Tor many years to eoine. Lead . diH iHors. Initli anions tho eln ! l aiin the In !ian youth ami thoM tn the pul li? and hlier j liool col-'1" l i , , , H. ami ui,lvendle, atfendeil the r-4lltf1t. and the tct: methods of jrivin the Indian youth a Ihorougii dm?itkn ami 'fit tine them for useful ,. . . stations in iLfe. wi re dis uss,-lf and atl went away witW new ideas for letter " work In their resjH-ctive siIo-res. tine of I he bst addres.ss of the AVck was the om delivered on Thursday evenias ty I'rof. J. II. Ackerman. Siiperiniendciit of 1'iildie hist met ion, of OreKou, who addrcss-d the audience on the suhjeet. "Some IMucalioual I'rohh'ins to Ik? olvinl in j him for his . life's work. A the Twentieth Century." He s;iid iuilim-d for his chosen profe.- part: "We are just about to enter up.n the iat year of the inost reiuarkalde century' lu - the f wrld's history. A -eii tnij-,'' that lias crowded within its lri.-f s;.m tin, re of human progress, more of wisdom 'and onlihtcnmeiii to in.iu'uinl than all the centuries that have jjone IWore It. It has lm at p;'ril Tor the triumph f mind-over matter, for the ileumlition of hl"the oi ies and tiie estahlishment of new ones, a ml its hintory reads more like a tale of cuchanuiK'Ut than the re cit.al of facts.. "Nit other century has seen a preat nation Kprin , Into l'ins and. at a. Imikh.I. take the lead in all tilings tiiat make up civilization. Here in Amer-i-a, a hundred 1 years have develoiMMl popular education, a spirit of scien tiiie research .and their application to the practical use of life, to a greater exti-uf than they have lecn dcvel oel in any ether country. Kven ;he last tifiy years have seen the rise of what may be stiflfltly termed 'A Ni'W iMlucnfion." llnrfn that time, edu cational system ihat were tin srrovvth of ciit uric."' !,:tvf Imcii i-evoliitioiitK! in lee neitr r.ter of thinjrs. The nres i nt ( i-'iiiiiy has setiM! maiy - pes fi,its. as is vil'isseij by ti esiai lishinent of Mpular e.liiMtio;i ami si ht.nl M.vs;uis. -the. foundimr and ei- . ... i . - . - . -.... - - - - - - an t the eterailoli of tlnv.siiiiul.ini ' chiiizaliun lo -a greater defrr than miy oiler period. The terminus of the twentieth century leaves fur solu tion as many and as. momentous iie-4 tios as It sn solved. Of the many pr.J.lcms which tiie old leave 'for tin im'm to solve, a few seem t -oie to he prime lmportanie. The lii-s) of thfse relaleM to the- matter and scjm of 'edticatKin. At jreent there is a wide difference of iiiuioii a?: to what. is pio:d i-sintial for the scho,s.4 teach, and in those subj ts wlm-li are trciseratly acited a essential iher. is a nisan eun-ut as to tiie amount ..of ltt-druethMt wli-h Hhould In irixeti. T-K' Kisi fc.v years has been -a hiUI .f extM'iimeiii. .lmst every branch of study has Ieen added in one form or another to the ctuir of primary instruction... it has Imm-ii a- fruitful time for the introduction of fads and innovations and.. the foist injr of many .ecalhHl editcntinal reforms. The tehdencv to subordinate many things ruich the old Hlttcation rear htl as fimd.inieni.il. and to magnify the im p trtaie-e of fceieiM1' has ocen most marked. The century now i losiii has 4x en an aire , of seiem'e. and it has added much io the sciem-e of education-a it ha tt the !eienio ef every OthTJform of human endeavor.- th . r in-rlo ls m-i'lo in efery oilier branch af human knowledge except science, record of triui!!ph beside which Mm pi Knt has : nothing to Iniast. In n'trv, the drama." ; music, architect tire, iiiel art.iother ayes have so far s. elUd us, tha( we can only hoo to imitate but never to eipi.-l: but in our explorations in schine and tiie application o? Its laws to the practical affairs of life! we -tower alove Hie men of .iniquity, j The schools have lve-n true -to their; tendency and have f.jl lowe.1 the Ivent of the. mifiof inlar mind. sein" 1 me t-nn-i i"i"- schools today, because the utilitarian idea 1 at present the dominating one. I . , ... "Men are now lieimr elucatet witn their facei to the fnture. forgetful of m , -w r- n:-..- a N. r;orden.. uch as 1 VlnS .nd P.. ithe Siom.ch,Skk Hcd.c-he. t Giddiness, hlfeiKl Swellincfter at.I'- ;jrssdDroiiH,( &fsfe rrithlful La.a Jis, sua H nervous n ire. j i.i Sti-itio-, cic There "?Vr 1 from a c!iMrderca or abused comiaioa of c 1 Momachd liver. " . . J j Bmwhmmt'm PUls, ukn directed, arm 1 . ... ... . - . r z, " . iw,t 1 f promptry remove jay bs cruet cr Irresuianty j t oltha asum. i For . J l Weak sto-nack, I in r aired Distin. Sidk i newKV, auTO uni, w 1 I V they act like tc few doses will wocS won- V der .'pea the. VU.I Oresas ; Sireasthcaini the j Maacukr SyKia, rcr-Utlot tUe lea st Cem- 4 r rlrxioB, brtoi ba.-i !" keen edje of Ametite, j r and sn.lnis fToaaVaMa of liaaXh i Irtmc. t IliiwiJJell t.trnlKt.tr.luif 1 1 I rcaovaed. Tttt ate fcts adtuiocc fcy rlfcm- 4 r sdva sociery. aad one f tie I beat Marstitees 10 lbs H.tt. and O-tin-tafrd 4 ri that Brhzriyial,v thp i j ( SuZvJZTto aiaWvoaw Rm-han'i l;3i tisve for many T. r- ts-t the r popular taaity loediciM bcrever !'- i.nUsk i f bacuate is Mpokt. aad they awr &td vuhout j 10 cents ami 25 cents, l aU Jeij; rraw:. 1 9 a. -t aaUJ Wat ik V - BUCATION tlieir hiM luletH-e it'sm the p.it. The beaut is of (Irecfc and -Home liter attm and art are neglected. The old classical education made . one-sided men. The new sclent ifjc edu :tllon lb' She same Ihiuir. The .iu-itiu of -the fuMire will develop the wjiol. of the individual alomr tin line that tiiat will irfve him ltii -ul:ur and ;iMr;er. Tin nte-o-iit teiidi'iiev m-puot to 1 to co Iiaek arid ifLer up th - j 'l' ardl jroixl of the pat. an vwil a holil fznt tn lhnt t,f l, pr"'. ;tut to exclude ' everything from "the 1 4urS(. of tlial,,il,"U(H 1ur,.,y estahli!hl itn rijtht to remain, "The iie.- f-oiitinent will als "nave " eal with" the prohleiu of ...rie,,- lu- and fiMializui their t-oiitii- of il)!n.m.ti,(ll. Th.-re wems to W a wld-sprea 1 and frrowina op'nioii il:lt to IIHK-h of the pupU'w lime is now beiiii; us'd in preparation for h's life's W4rk. In the ordinary, the My is -alual iic sfrom the hih sc'ortd at IS, ftom the college at 'SI. and from tin university at'. Up is then ready to enter upon a sjwcial course of Instruct leu which will lit At .Id lie is profession, hav ing lost eijrht years f the umst vala-. aide time of his life. It seems that there should le a shortening of this time. It lias in en sOjrKi'sted that time could le savsl in the primary and ,;!a miliar schMls by. the usae f better nicihxls and the securing of lM-ti-r ttcltcrs. but it is evident tiiat there 'must ! a shortening at he oher end of he life also, if the primary s-hools are to be niade better, the standard of -the high schools can 1h? so raised that it can join hands, with the university just .cutting out the ctUcge: by specializing its courses of instruction -the university will tit tin individual for hi chosen profession It hits boon prophesied that the edit cational scheme of the next century will lit the student nt the age of 'J and not a day later -for his special eallinc. And not only will he have the requisite store of knowledge of a practical kind, but he will also have the iwiwer to use it. Tln mo-it serious charge against the s'-rtool t.Nla' Is that tlwy are not tmniu'ir out men of power and prac tical ideas. The stii h-ut must get his most useful training after he haves tie schtM'il. The liemand for biKitiess ihcii. everywhere is for men who are (rained to do things in a practical way. I heard n of the leading law yer of this state, an. 1 himself u'giad eatc if niif t.f the oldest colh'ucs. in a jrtiblic adilres s;iiie .months ag say: 'The average high -si-hooi or -ol lege graduate is gihid for jiolhing: what can ho do? I have demonstrated to my satisfaction that he Is of no account in a lawyer's otHce. In the bank he I 'of -'no iw fur he knows nothing of business practices; there i no "kind of business and no profession unless. perchance. it lc sellikil- teaching in which lie I not out-. stripped by men of the most meagre I i 1 1 I I IITI 11,1 I nt.iamm.ctits." Adm:ltmg that this gentlemen's siatem: nt is overdrawn, .et it eciioes a very gen eral complaint that the schools arc iiot tttruiug out a" practical product. This ipwstion of the practical is one which like I'anco's ghost will not dow ii. We may deaiif on the beau ties of culture for its own sake, and remind the public that bread winning is not all of life, but the fact romaflts that tie4 demands for that which is useful, ralhcr than ornamental, in ed ucatior. are increasing and that the p.ople look to the school to meet the demand. Already tiie commercial coarse is 'tirnily established hi our high schools, so has manual training. Ti e attendance of teehuical and pro fcssional schools Is increasing at n wonderful rate, while at the college aitesidance is on the decline. Cam bridge is teadv to drop a year from lit course in the interests of the pro (fessional schools. The tendency to shorten and sfiecHli.e school lorees hn. already set In. and the new cen tury will record Ihis among its tri I'tiiphs. - . "A third question which was transfer.-! to the next age is I he growing tendency toward fraternalism. As Ihls has shown itself iti the sclmal affairs... to a greater extent than any wl !.. we must look to the schools to counteract it. The present genera -tiuii ! :e.-omiiig very di jk-ii ,1,-nt. In It efforts to counteract certain econo mic conditions the state has under taken 'to "do tn:;ay things for the in d'Vldua), which" "no would better do f.n- himself. Not only a ry p stents shirking their, duties by leaving en tirely to Hie church and ptato the ireiit.il and moral training of tiie children, but- they- are also coming hi ex'prW that all physical want will ! tippli!l 'fnv. .Free fchools should i . t i i i... i.ii f,t fi- e rov . - -. " " ernmc -ViicivN tor MS perp.Mlliry !iwm Intelligent citizenship: -but re f,.. lun.-h. fn- iue,li. al at- free transportation, etc is teaiiyittg Hie J-.Kin.ni- hh-w too t-u. Tl" training of a child should lie a " . pa rt ner.se ip anair wie w.o- " s-. the s, hiK-ls an 1 teacher and ap-' i prl a life Ol Jl jjrsinni u.uuii-, . .. ,j' -'- ,.,.,.,,,,. wltro.i iar m itqx crnl apparatu minlre.1. j ft,i .' th care for the physical want of i'K 1-IlHo. U: W .1 io iei lies " V,''(," atat(V ehmeU the ItVltibn I1' , I . ttk.l viilmil n'Atw niifirsi zii'iKiii" i tin iiitinmitai " 1 III' (SintMliim vi u- ......, r!eI on by the co-ordinate aMIon t , i,r... n l its rnle ,of tllC ho.iie an I ll run. .Tli, m in - for citizenship is another lpr,miem. which the age just closing! carries over into the new. wo an? nee U"- toiin:I to lmk to the public j school ns the source w tie nee musi eome the correction, of p-eent uocial nnl p-ilitiea! evil. Imlonbtetly one of the most Imjiortant functions of tiie school -tf not the most important Is to train tin? pnp;l for his duties as a ritiztm. It U not enmgli ikzi pupil ls tan-ht what ' I riaht al rood. They iimt- 1n traiiifd lo it. Some om-Jia said that the noblest work of iSnl h the man. who. from principle or liaUft. uo.j- what lw deem is right, ami tin gra!i.kvs! f work of i he kcIhsiI k-1h.1 is making of jin.ido a man ont of hinb While not and women. TIi r.'9t!aavM-.-itIiiK HriH- punishment, ex- such men ueo; or hum country and the fund.i- mcnial Idea of the school system, 11 sunded that the tendency t jive no o!itical education the tratuhig up of jsitotiger remeilie far r wrong-doing ihe iiia3e. to be intelligent. !ii::est ; than that oT alo-iathk doses of moral and iafrotie participators in mbbe ; suasion, lui -o tlii decline in business.,; The efil of politk-al eor-!i parental and school government. I nipt ion I one that U rapidly gruw-:j plead for the return of tine time wlien tug. and unless checked, must ul'S-ci the Thou ha!t. and thou shall not imstely be fr.nij.-1it with the gravest '1 shall mean : something to tltei child eriis to the country. The Integrity i ol lle nalltil lx.es iMinjt ai"Iel to a greater extent than ever liefore. In every r-ampain of any hniortauee eharen and -ninrer-'iiar?e of eor rnpiWMi are made. In a r--ent elee thm. If the puhlie precs is t 1m reliel Umii. a roup of -onpIraiors attempi v to set control of Ihf iv'riH:ient, of an entire state. The halhti 1kx stuffer is pet-uliar to no jxditiei! y. In fact he I ihi eiiemv of all political jKtrties. and atiin.it ex only with the one which he can use to promote his own selfish end. He is a sample, usually of your xelf-made man. We have too manr of that btat'd running at large at present. As liavfd Ilarnm savs. 'We don't need any more men. but we would bke "to -have a little -1 tetter breed of men." We have enough self-made men. and saloon-made men. and meu who. just like Topsy. "just grew up.' What we mel i more school-made men. Tin 'chool sliuuld ! t?i most Iopular man-factory In this co.niJry. and its trade mark should 1h- a siir g'uaranly that its In-artr will do his duty every time Our populace may 1m rougidy divided into three classes: 1st. Iiishonest political tricksters an ! politicians;. The corrupt able ig- I'oiant ; mw .Th The '-IiHliffireiit intelli gent. "The last class is the largest as well as the most dangerous, for it is sol dy through its neglect of duty that the iirst is enabled to accomplish its pur poses. The purification of modern politics must come, if at all. through the training up of an honest, intelli gent manhood in this country licit will do its duty. Sa let political train ing find a place in the schools. Tiie school is a step in the riglrt direction. Intelligently conducted, it must Ih come a very potent factor' in the es tablishment' Vf a good government. In the next age we hope to see all these results attained.- ' ' '"Akin to this question of jptming fur citizenship, ami yet in certain re spects distinct fn.in it, is the qltostcii of educating men for the social duties. Ko many imjiort int things in life are left for the child to Und out for him self in a haphazard way so many hard lessons must lie learned in a se lect sfhool for foids the school of ex perleni-e. Is it any wort iter that sr ir.auy young people go wrong? WIhmi the enemies of virtue and lienor and social posit ion. are so numerous, would if- not be well to have the diarae:r fortified by strong ideas of 'right, and a careful training for life's duties? So doubt, the home should -furnish lids training and instruction. 'i'h home is the central idea of our civil izationor should bo. If this country is-growing worse --a 'id there are tli- who hold that iHissimistie 'viewit is due lo the dccadojfice if the A "let-ica a home. Home 1 not what it i!s'd to Ikv To the majority of the young Americans it does not mean what tr did to John Howard I 'a i lie. The boy of tnlay los not lok forward to 1'ie time v. hen lie sliall possess a Imm.' of his own. The modern' girl turns Up her nose at tiie sion in life ' is to keeper. All. 1M. drudgery for her. light the battle of idea that iter, mi JwM-oiue a lion no: No kitchen She- proposes toj lif- single -Itati led She will be a typist or a seainstres-. or a sah-slady. but a sLuvt-. iii'vi'i". And If. porcliatictjL,. t tiere c unes a time when she caiiiiotfinake to r own v. iv. then is an asyluijT for sniior.i-ntu.it ;-d spinsiers graciously provideil. by the state. I ask. yon. i it pos.-ilde tin schools, lioth by tlieir training and tln-ir lack of training, are fostering this condition of things? An o'tt Spartan king, when asked what by should learn, replied that they should learn thatwhich they will use ' whej they become men. I lielieve the time is coming wlieai the boy and th " girl will lie instructed in the duf'cs of happy, intelligent home-making - when life's duties and reonibiIities will lie presented in such a way that they will b; understiHsl and accepted, .rather-' than 8hunnl: when the old Puritan idea of a home yili oie-e mon- prevail. "Permit n;o to refer to one more qm st Ion. which is fast lM-'omiiig A serious one: that is the growing ten demy to. insubordination and lawless ness. The present age is an age of iu .uborditiation and we can not louit. that tliis ha resulted from a loss of authority in the family and scho.d. Parents and teachers have abaii' donel tiie principles government es tablished by our fathers. They tio longer -enforce ol edi en cc. bnt attcmpif to purchase It by a promise; of award. .Mark the effects of such discipline ujioii the chiid. The son learns ttitt disoliediem-e Is tiie Iest currency, and at his command to purchase tfc de sired reward- Jnsu'oordliij'fiou be comes a habit and lie soon los s ajl resject for authority and those woo ereise it over him. and grows up in reckless disregard of the law ruder which he lives. In eyery towii of this state may le found .i lar.d oi' young hosllniiis. that are a menace to sticlety. and must tiltim.ite'.y le re, strainel ludiind prison bars. These In every town and village may be had tiie riioo Aide TGQSG that makes your horses glad. v Y i youa;fmhootprsime jthelr blasted raTvr to some one neglect of duty tos.4ft4y ome tehcer wIm found it a jr-xnl deal easier suspend a loy from school ;ttia ii tofgive him a jnuii .:!! d.-"ib!tiig-au ofieation which. in nine cascVoiit o teu would have eept fe a -last resort." I am firmly nwr- w Leii the omul will not be c.vl.i'.ed aml eakdeil alonr the path of knowl- el2e. "luit rather led lv a firm hand ami a determined. tlotti:h kind and raUietie spirit. One of the hih-3 t horses Is Ii alns of the i-lnxd is tiiat itftliau lias Ih-h e -5 ii r .st trains tin punll In the diities and rights of community life. 3edience to latr anl rildful authority are fusi- (Limental. Many f the pupils com par-'from home In whh-h they have never j heard a command or a direction "given. which Jhey have feb ImhucI to o"o nerve. In "-itch case the doty of di-n-ciJiig ami rent raining tte-u' falls directly ton the teacher. lt Ii not 5. .-shirked. Id -s hoji. that the age will wilne a revival of rirntal and scli.w.l authority and that gMl moral aid ireiiile manners miiy In-; the rule i a they than the execptjon. ''Not the least ' valuable f the re sults of tiie present age is the sjtecial and ver-tcr-asing inrr-rest In elii'-a-iieii. KIitcali;R has cojne to lo reeog uize1 ' at'ione of the j eleiuental and fmila mental forces of life. This fctrong pnblle opinion will Ik a niigldy lo-!ji in t.he solution of m.tuy proli lerns which the old century transmits io :the new. If the past lias taught any lessons with more than usual clearness' it Is the hone of our coun try for a bright and happy future !- 'lending solely upon (the increasing crlture- of the 'greatest, poslble iinm Irer of Its clti"4ens. and that; this cul ture must le gi ven in; on? school, if the past 1 any Indication of I he fu ture. 1 "We a-re jnst entering upon the era of great educational progress and while many of the problem of the present' day will 1m solved.! many of the questions .which liow -,ui rrn: us will remain. Hut wo will, leave as many and as Important .question for the- future to solve as the old iviitury transmitted to us. l'or. o quote from ail eminent author. 'When mau has no 'questions to ask. then! have the lips lieeome paralyzed an dthe tongue atrophied.' " j Hon. Ii.' T?. McKlroy, of F.ngehe. was I ho lecttirer of (lie evening: ami his aOdr consistinl of a general review and history .of I he establishment '.T the industrial work ' in the public sC;hiHls of the l"nit'd States, whi.h has im: developed and found ,a pl:i" In the national education of the In dian youth. . ' Professor McElrov. having just r,1 t it rncd from Charleston. S. '.. gave some InleiS'Sting data relalive to Ihe departjuent of Indian ediicat ion which has iMw Itecomo one of the h-iding feature of : I lie ' National Kdu. ational Association. Ho snokc Of Ihe -fact-i th.it tin Indian department of tin Na- ttoiiiil "Association . placed great ,eur Dliasi on the fact that tn tustrv ts tin most Im rr taut Ktep In: the grow th of soeiey. Many of the -leading edu cator of America, agree tliiat there is great danger of oerlo); lug that eda raiion which train the youth to la bor intelligently. Thinking, iutegriiy .lixl society come along with industry, hence the importance of industry and industrial education should ! magni , fled in Hie islitcation of the boys and fr'rl who are to 1c the future men eminent. ! He spoke iif the well I-itown I-ind nrant Act passed by Congress, 1y wiii -h agricultural an-1 mechanical colleges were enabled to; le.ich su.cti bran eh rs of learn ing as a related to agricultural and mechanical art. This act establish-! a numlier of x ccilcnt ' institutions in which SMecial application to science and mechanics were to be tanghr. From these sclmols have come .--some of the aides; :uui most successful manual training teacher in our public school and In dian schools. The - influence of our agricultural and mechanical college hi seen rod'-an introdu"ti!n of scl.si-tifu- svndies into a very large j'ierccnt: age of 'our school of all '-grade. He snM thar private and PulivS.1ti.il enterprise were the" leading factors in the e.'frly history of industrial, educa tion: rtnd this wa likewise true of the beginning of all educational .movements-. ! ( Vi-opera ti Ve a ssocia t ionis ha ve h me much iu this direction, for e-.in;ple: the National Association of the Iolian pepart meiit of I-lueation arid with other educational ttodle. He men tioned some of the obstacles tiiat Jiavo heretofore . Impede,! iuilnstri.il train Ing. Teachcrs: in the past had not re eisved a p''ofsional training, prior to actual s-rvlce a Instrtietorp in tlii '-Specral lint of work. A few year a'go teachers knew nttting of the work. tchnieally. and were necessar ily adverse to radical changes. . An otlier ditliciilty has lwen hi the scliools a lack of funds ; to carry on this work do success fnl nrsutts. Very many ehooI have teen severely crip pled for want of money to do well the work which they have undertaken. While on the other hand, there has !eeii an extra vacant oipenditure !n u-hMtls establislot! by wealthy Indi vidual and corporal inn . and where the ssfate has made large ainrojrla tions for tliis ni-iK'Ia.! line of work. The future of industrial education In our Indian school! will depend Imosfi cf all on the--trained teacher. The "teacher of the future mut pos Isess a gKil knowkilge of Unman na t,nre as wfell as imvlianjcal arts. He (must le Able to discriminate Itetween . mcttioiIS' of teaching and tie able to employ the liest at the right time. The complete success iti this depart ment of edneatiori must depend tiiwm the educated, enthusiastic and profes sionally 1 rained! teaclier. St-igfi, machinist. are Isily engageI conlniciIng a duplicate; 01 the racing apparatus and panoramic effect used j in the cluirlot rat s 1 u In IJen-Hur. 'So- Im- e up in the Chestnut Street opera House. In l'hiladelphla. It will 'to-fciire at Inast -three weeks to place ' rMVeniplIc.-itf d lmnism in a thea itre, attl for this reason a duplicate Is ! i'eatire(. The machinery and pano ramic arena, now in tne i.roauway theatre will be .ntSli-ced in the new Coloi-I-l tlwre 7n T-ston. Firie printing. Statesman Job Office. A GOOD STATE FAIR ! runsPECTS r tiik ANxttE-ro- SITIOX AKK EXCItlXEN T. Mar 'atf mt Tkr Tkh Vnrlhtg E cr Ullic l'Mt-rt Horkoa ; tle Track. ' i TIm State Fair ground are l-sin-lilUjC ta take ou mi animated api'ar aii.t, xeldom seen this far in advaiite f the aituual -Hit4tii. Horsemen from c-rery portion of the Paeilie coast are uow on the irnmnds. ami a liner Is now 1u tmSnins thciie ecn in the! Wiilamclle valley In many year. Tiie nniud are heing tl.'.ined up, the iuil.liiis renovated a ul everything placed In good condition for the' fair. while the track ha never lecii so-well kept as is done by the present farmer. I. '. JIosLer, r Amng ihe hors' On. the race track, In training for the rant this fall, thcVe are many promising 'a in! valuable ani mals, Aiuoug them are l'athuiark, the 4-year old, son of the famous lathiiio,u owned by jiioorge 11. IVrrluger, of reii dleton. ami Joliu A. Crawford, one tf I. t". .iohfV promising horsiy. 1 Ai It of them fast ' ptieers. One day during this Week these two horses, while on the track In charge o their trainer--. pa-tsl a mile ill 'ilCJVi, ami Craw ford is reprtel to have done even V, siiv ouda fater. In older to accommodate the army of applicant for space at the State l air grounds the usual allot meat will have to ic enlarged, say the Portland Tciegniiii hi a rii'iit Issue. M. I. Wisdom, die secretary of the 1-oanl. l:a many application from bit edor' who di-sire space. Allotiiieiits have al ready I ei ii m:ide to livestiK-k brti-iler in -California, " Oregon.) Washington. 1"., it isii Columbia, Idaho, Montana and Nevada. 'i'hl. gives assurance , that tiie fair will Ik' a bri Ida nt success ami will iiiclude the most repivsen t a t i e gat iiefiiig f fancy breed of stock ami commercial and industrial exliitu'ts evi-r se'tr -at. olie time on the North I'acilic codst. .lolui Siiarks, of the Alamo stiM-k farm, Ileii.o. Nov.. wauts twenty stalls reserved for his liue Hereford. Ses sions & Co.. of I. os Angeles, Cal., de sire space for a band of fancy I'.erk shire hogs, l'eter Shield, secretary 'of (lie California State Fair Association, writes tiiat a numlKT of stocknicii and horsemen will leave the Sacramento imi't for the-Salem fair. .1. T. Smith, of the HaKi lwtiod dairy farm of Sio kaue, asks for space for line-bred dairy slock. I'rom every one-or the states mentioned comes similar requests on flu- part of livestock breeders. Outside interest, if anything, is ciipsed by the interest of Oregon brcslei s. -who think X ftoy ha ve line enough exhibits lo kit'p tl: prizes at Those wlio have hot kept in touch with. (lie. time will he -surprised to learu of tiie reputation Oregon is making for Itself as a breeding ground for fancy stock.. .The aggregation to Im gathered together 'will pi"oe an eye opener. Among Hie local exhibitors will 1m Ihe liHI estate. Oakhil! farm, W. I. Minor. H. H. Ixmey. l;aidwiti SiH'ep Sr I-iud Company. .1. It. Stump. Ciia. Cleveland. II. M. Smith. It. W. Carey. It. We-st. J. Ii.' Karly. Cieorge Chand ler. The daily livestock auction sale will le a feature of ihe fair which gieatiy interests breeders. It will give the hieeder (he chance of hiiying from other herds ml also give ilairymen and purchasers generally an oppoitn uity of buying with a'view of tioprov i:g their Mock. Ity having till I he ImsI herds mi exhibition purchasers . -wifl have the 1m-iuiu of coiujiaritig tiie: In eed.s ai-d s'leciiig their choice ac cording to judgment, regardless of what may In- said by the owner In fa vor of his particular .herd.. Slock of all kinds will Is auctioned off without r jaul to their pedigree. Owners of fancy breed may reserve lhcrrighl to place a liudtation upon the. selling price'-and protect themselves'-' against their Mock lieing sold at loo great' a sacrifice,. The chances ar", however, that iii limitniioti will be iieeihil ami Ihat giMxi brceU will bring their full value, owing to keen competition 01- gi'Uedi'icti ty ihe presence of so many brts-der all anxious to improve their N rds by M-leeiing tin. best Ironi other herils. Frosje"tive ' country 'exhibitors are evim-iiig tinusital interest In gathering together display, which, each iiu Im,h s will win mo.it ff tiie 1 iio offer. ed for various county exhibits. lhe offer of the Southern Fac'ilie to carry frtsIl such exhibit has greatly sfim iil:ii;.l the inb-res.t. Some of lle-S,- ex hibits, judging from tiie work done" already, w ill prove .1 veritable' wonder-' I.Mid in the mat let" of varied anjl Iir.---las priMhict. Even Oregoiiians who ar familiar with the thousand ami one things which can lw r;,i.sl in.M'p arate counties, will lie slightly asioii ishrd at the resources of some of these counties. - It' would n-quire too mu, h space eveu lo attempt to name ov'er the list. . The liberal offer. "ofj the Stud-baker t!uiipaiiy of a $MHi wagon for Ihe In-st farm exhibit has excited keen compe tition among the farmer, and as a rs su't sortie fine farm displays will 1e Feeu. ' '.' The fair association is making great preparation for Editor's Hay. Scptem ler IKth. A mon g rt her things the pro gram includes a larlKciie on a graml scale. Whole Nfves will 1h masled so that every ttlitor In the slate o.i that day.-nt least, tnoy enjy a square iim al. Tiie manapement evidently pro Ciiils tipon the principle that the way TrJasal GATARRH la all ita stages tbsrs aboold be cleaaiioasa. EIjV Cream Balm fli iiMiira.ttnntnritaTiiHr-r'r ;C diaeaaeA ktesubraae. It cores catarra and drooa im; s sold la tfc tu4 ooide'r. Cream Balm to placed hits the coetrf! i, spreiub over ta ssesitrsas Sd is abeorld VtMi ia im SMdiats aad s tore loik-ra. It I tot dr-rm-- df sot produce aaeeadoc a t"'- gistsor by siaUi Trial Stic, 10 oati by sta:". XXX BiiOTiiEIti. M Warrea Suaet, New Vork to reach the Mli tors heart si for good wrlit:ps Is through I heir ftotnaclis, Anvwav. tt 1 coin lo lliat they r UointlfiUly fisl. Tiie State Edi torial AxMH-iaiMui. lioM a aunuai je- sion In Ashland and will go from Sa- lem llicre in a ImhIj. ! ' 1 ; - " ' - i j '. . I 0if. 4 I. " -f , c,ry m:rHcr was rrcriuij hjhuiu notice to le read from hi pulpit. Acconrianvinf it -was? clipping irom arnrvspaper bearia: upon the matter. The ch Toyman startcil to -read the extract and found - that it began: -Take Kemp's Ralsanr. - the-'-.lest Cough Cure." -This was tiardly iut he l"..ol expected an.!, after 'at m3 incet'ii ht station. ;he-turned it over, : and -found on the other side the mat ter inti tided for the -.reading. 3. AnvnitTisixo oi:i:oo..-a neat and nniqiie advertisement of the nat ural rt"rtires of .Douglas 4iyfTha j Just lwn eoinpleteil by 1. tU'tevillek. 1 the cabinet worker, of OratVt las. It msists of a lt of ctiiM'sN-ch a 4 fk Ut.lt, time isse.1 bv fraternal so-. Clones m iKiuoimg on raunnui " adinissioii. TIh are made of six Un varieties of iwituml woo.1. which grow In this -ouuly. gltieil together In such a way that they are quite at trad ivej "'rand Uepr'einatlv Wcathernird will take these-. cu1m-s-with him to Ihe Svcrein tJiand U-lge of the I. O. tt. I4 at I'.altimore where he will distribute them. The work wa done tinder direction' of N. T, Jewell, who Ul.eve It will le a good advert iseiiunt of thi i-ouuty. . . . . . , .11.1 ..j r.. i:oii:i:i r.v a Fi:n:Nn.-noyd McCormick, a young inan ikiimitig hi resldcm-e at l.s Angelc. Califor nia, rejiorted to the jioPee yesterday that lie -had leei! rob tied on Wednes day night, just across the river in Polk count v. by hi companion. Tom Smith.' The two young nu n had been traveling together! on foot, and wtien night raiut' 1'Htfj-iil a barn to ctru-n I mi-ill" tin tiU'lkt Smith toifk f1it.:'.'i from hi.-om:iilioii xvhile the latter wa ei sleep ami lett tor pari unknown. The victim, wlio feels Jii loss keenly, had eariieil, the money working in Ihe barvest lleld in the llalsey neighborhood. Tim ollieers ate sian.hing for ihe-i-ulprit. ; OUECON S KICIl FOSSIL FIFMvS 'I'lic tiahsiiitologi-ill-Xpedil loll of t lie Fniversity of California has completed its survey nt' the fossil Held '"of the John Day country. The head ofTthe 'expedition, l'i'of. Joseph C. Mcrriam, says ol the trip:", "We found the fossil remains of a tapir, an animal, whoso jrKseiico in the Oregon lias'ui in an-i-ietit 'limes was never before susiecl td. , Among' our tlnds were the tones Of a ihinoccros. a peccary, nil extinct species of horse, an extim-t cat and many .other animals the modern rela tive of which t he-. today j found only fn tropical cotmtries. We found also the fossil teiiiains Of a iitaslodon." P.aker City KepiihUcaii. ' , 1MIOKE HEUiWKIST. i S. lo. on Wednesday evening, .'-while a party of you!ir people -.were enjoying a hay rack rid", an accident occurred which resulted seriously. . M iss Myers, a sis-t-r of linn. .Icffersoii1 Myers. Indng thrown from '.the wagon and failing hi such manner as lo seriously injure her left arm- (hie of (he lom-s near the wrist was broken, and a phynb elan's service Were required In -set the- injured inettdior, Miss .Myers' Is reiorlel s being in a fair way to re cover from her unfortunate Injury. FOIIMEKI.Y til' OllEtiON. . l::i!fTi o. Dunbar, one of the repuhlie.i 11 ' lloMfiliee.s fori stiprcu". Jllilge .of Ihe state of Washington, was educated i l Willametle Fniversity ami taught two years in that Institution. Wallace Mount, the other, ltomims for. -supreme judge, w as: a rcsidcnC of Ore gon tip to l.ssiJL. vas raised al Siher foti, and i a graduale of the Fniver sity of Oregon.-at Eugene. A COOD POSITION.-Mis Lillian Ackcfiuau. datrghter of State Supt. J. II. Ackerman. ha been elect tl to a position as leacher in Ihe publle school of Tax Oraiide. Miss Ackerman taught in Da 4rande ! hi 1WM and IViH. ami made an excel leu treoord. with tin re sult that she is again chosen to till her old position. ; -. STATE .TAXES.- Stale Treasurer Cha. S, Moore is In receipt . f a re millaiice fnmi tin treasurer bf Wal Iowa eonnly. of lsni. to t applied on that 'county's indebtedness of state taxes. j Eighty-live Im ad of horsi were Mold in PriiM'ville last win k at prices rang ing riom Sf to to stuio per head. Tlo-y were said lo le intended for cavalry horses, and woio of a size for whicii (here has nnl Is-eii much demand here ' I of on, being to 1". hinds high, and w eighing K."W to tCrO Hiind. 'I u bn vers al.so iKineht some driviie t II I I'M - I j:it f air jn'ic.- - KrowMHvil! TiunH. Ihilml I'.'lilotl. I Self punish incut. II o-ic.1 THE GREAT YOUIS SMIKE-OIL 1 I at 1 i f 1 at r 1 1 iv 1 ivi n Ull.-Ml I U Frcpan-d from pure rattlesnake oil. A guarantied 'cure, for 1 heuiitat ism. whether acute, chronic, sciatic or hi 11.1 mti:,'i lory. Itelieves iiislaiiteoin-iy ludacUe, neuralgia pains, ear ache, swelling, swelling)' of (he lliro.it. efntr?iclel cordn and all pain a, id i dies. Iieafnes ejired wilh rattle fii.ike oil liltimc.tit. I'lice "At ccufs hT 'U!e. ' - TKEYJigUlS MtOJCIMF. CO., Pcrtr2nif, 8r For sn!J by H. j. Fry, Salem, Or. . . LA-CA 5 KA . . . Tl-e Vaqni blood, and nerve tonic. A ptC'dy vcgeiable coinpouiid. free from nil mineral po-soii. it ci ausi-s all !iliotJ derailgeiiient ami impure blood from the system mid re tore wiaken hI com lilutii ii. Toim'M tie -nerves. reate api r.te aml iitnko it a osl I Svo cure f',r rlo uiiialiraii. I.I.khI disor ders, siotua'-h irohblcs. liver and kld jiey -omplaints. sick- headaches, ma laria, pimples. "dyicprda. catarrh. -ou-Hlpaltoii. heart troubles tierv-ousm-. kiu I in case, salt rheum and t:iiiral gia. : Female wcakmv nnd irreg,t!arl i:s promptly relievisl and permanent ly cured.' I'rice .VI cents ier lml Mo. fHE TA0U13 MtDICUECQ .Pcrllsr.d. Or For sale by It. j. Fry, Salem, Or. 1 ill