Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, December 25, 1908, FIRST EDITION, Image 16

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Newspaper Page Textm u , I" UA na b.:i i i a W 1 1 ' ;; t II it it ' :' i," J : IB If i r 5 J: i ,; w DAILY CAPITAL JOUHXAL. SALEM, OKKCOX. FltlDAY, DKOKMUKK SO, 1008. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE WINTER COURSE OF LECTURES to all tho people, nml In ndaptlng I Hence a now typo of education wiib WIntor courses In ngrlcttlturu have And all this Is just a beginning, hecomo an Important factor In tho Tho work of improvement must go ni luinuiiui uuvuiujimuiik ui uio na tion. The attendance nt those coursos at th various agricultural collogos of thf country probably oxcoods In number Uioso studonts taking regu lar courses of Instruction, and thoy are undoubtedly doing moro for the immediate development of agricul ture than tho regular long coursos. Tho farmers taking those coursos havo reached mnturo yoars; thoy own their own farms, most of them, nnd iliey nro ablo to put Into practice nt jiico nny now Idea that thoy may got at tho college. Agricultural mothoils and prac tices nro rapidly changing ns n re sult of tho great amount of hard, oarnost work that is being done nt tho oxnorlmont stations of tho coun try.' A llttlo discovery Is somotlmcs worth ml. .Ions of dollars, nnd tho prosperous farmer Is tho first to put In practice now nnd hotter mothods. Alfalfa has added millions of dol lars to tho agricultural wealth of tho country In tho pnst few years, a.id Mils' has boon brought nbout largoly by agricultural collogo mon who in vestigated and proclaimed Its possi bilities. A dlscovory of nn agricultural col logo man mado it posslblo to dis cover tho robbor cow and to put dairying on a profitable basis. Improvement in floods by solcctlon or brooding has added immonsoly to tho vnluo of tho flold crops of tho United States. A day at the wlntor courao will show how it is dono. Today wo would bo without fruit in this country but for tho discover ies that havo boon mado ub n result of long and oxponslvo work at tho agricultural colleges and oxperimont stations. Instond of bolng holplcss tigalnst tho ravages of Insect pests tho farmer Is master of tho situation, and wo continue to oat fruit. nut for our botor knowlcdgo of animal dlseasos and tholr prevention wo would bo unable to' produce ani mal products at a profit. Tho Improvements that havo boon made in mothods of soil treatment and animal breeding and feuding with a view to increased crop nnd animal production, havo boon revo lutionary. About a hundred million dollars has heon added to tho wealth of tho nation annually through work at tho oxperimont stations In developing tho sugar boot industry. on, for tho perpetuity of tho nation doponds largoly upon the ability of our farmers to Incroase the product iveness of the farms. Tho wlntor course Is helping solvo tho problem of how to Improve con ditions in rural communities, which President Roosovelt's country life commission is wrostllng with. When farmers return to tholr homes from such a mooting nt tho college, carry ing with thorn tho inspiration nnd information received, it moans an up lift in tholr community. Free Course of Lectures. Winter short coursos of study will begin nt the Agricultural College, Corvnllls, Ore., on Jnnunry 5. Mon and women, young and old, Interest ed in tho farm, tho shop, or tho home, nro cordially invited to at tond. ny writing at onco to the Agricultural College a circular will be sent tolling In detail what Is pro posed to bo accomplished by theso courses school work to tho needs of tho mass es who nro engaged in Industrial pur suits. From tho time of Plato, who organized tho first systeni of educa tion, on down over a period of nearly two thousand years, education was Intended primarily, If not exclusively, for the aristocracy, tho governing class; and the advantages of educa tion wore not participated In by the masses of tho people who woro en gaged In the Industries. Even in this country, for a porlod oxtendlng over more thnn two centuries, tho nccopt ed typo of higher education was the four yoars course of tho old classical collogo. The conventional courses lit philosophy, literature, classics, law, and medicine, constituted tho load ing ionturos of college work. The purpose wns to train tho fow who wdo unsagod in llternry pursuits, In the scrvlco of the govornmont, or In tho "lonmod professions." rennlrod nn education bearing moro directly upon tho arts of llfo. Tho New Education. Tho new education for which the country was calling should do two things: it should bring the advant ages of school work nearer to nil the people; and it should be in har mony with tho environment of the peoplo, adapted to tholr particular needs, In whatever pursuits they might oo engngeii. it was in re sponse to these demands that con gress passed what Is known as the Merrill act of 1SC2, under which lands woro granted to the Bovoral states for the endowment of collcgos the leading objects of which should bo, "without excluding other scion tlflc nnd classical studies, and In cluding military tactics, to teach such branches of learning ns lire related to agriculture and the riiocnnnlc nit In ordor to promoto tho of congress nnd pledged tim 7Z, the state to carry ho snne th .f feet. Section two o the net of" if legislature of 1868 . ,i.iT C !ho "students Bhnll bo Jns truV.t8 , Umt tho. arts sciences and" 5 ffi t ."i,1 In accordance with tho r-.'i." .,,l?' of the act of mmSroM'ASamp section one of tho laws of ,, "l Hl t&. C nrmiL . v wurtA. ' L e and ,,e5c tchv7: noiicAt,., . v" i snaKis nnrv .- ". a.. n .1 '."? enth "j " ' "iWh.iKi... niri . . -irai. , ra. mm.. a While it was soon recounted bv I liberal and practical education of the " l. .! . . Komo of tho leading statesmon that ! industrial cmsse in me several pur mi... ' :. ' 8 ,,,1 n.."r elift,;? .. mihiii, 1 1 1 i v 1 1 1 n .! - nmii. .. w !.. 1 . .' !' ! fill. -.. ' UlSIIHklL " "4 tu iwbwh ior mo uonoflt of ngrldiHiTr, . thNuirt7i"' 'l1 nnd the tmciintii ,.. ..r.. murf suiiinM. '.'sa truts. SI --- ........ in in, mill ill. n. t. i . Of l...rsil nmonnntni'v tiir.i,ir "wn i of tem.U tho porpotulty of tho republic nnd Its freo institutions depended upon nn Intelligent cltlzonshlp, and that it was Important that the advantages of education be extended to nil the people, It was not expected that this education should havo any direct bearing upon, or should assist In, the vocations In which theso peoplo wore engnged. As Into ns 1787, when con gress passed the famous ordinance donating public lands to the states in the Northwest Territory for tho sup port of education, it was declared that the incomo from theso Innds should bo used for tho maintenance of "llternry institutions." Indeed, It A wook of lectures on general tig-1 wns not until nearly the middle of rlcultural topics begins January 5. A special courso for creamery operators and mnnagors runs from January 5 to 15; a courso In dairying from Jnnunry 18 to March 27; a course In horticulture January 11 to Feb ruary 20; a courso In mechanic arts from January 11 to February 20, a courso in road construction from Jnnunry 11 to February 6; a courso in household science and art from January 11 to February 20. Special lectures on business mothods on tho farm will bo given. Tho winter courso is a part of a gonornl schomo of agricultural ex tension which the agricultural col logo faculty Is working for. Travel ing agricultural and domostlc sclonco schools, farmers' Institutes, demon stration trains, freo circulating li braries, homo reading coursos, win ter courses, nnd froo bulletins aro all foatiiros of a comprohonalvo sys tem of oxtonslon work that tho agri cultural college faculty has recom mended to President Hoosovelt's up lift commission. (Prcsldont W. J. Korr, In Paoiflc Grange Hullotln, October, 1908.) Tho greatest difficulty that has boon encountered in tho develop ment of the public school system of tho United States hns boon in ex tending tho ndvnntngoB of oducntlon the nineteenth century that tho poo plo began to realize tho Inadequacy of tho existing institutions to meet the needs of tho now nnd rapidly growing country. As the country nd vnuced In population nnd ' wealth there was a corresponding Increase In tho demnnd for trained mon for responsible positions In the different Industries. Engineers, chemists nnd others trained In applied science wore In great demand for tho construc tion of railroads, factories, iron works; in opening up Iron nnd coal mines, and In other Industries. Hut thoro wcro no institutions in the country in which men could bo train ed for this Important work, and It wns nccossnry to Import these ex perts from England, Holland, Ger many and France. Moroovor, tho impairment of the natural product iveness of tho soil, with a correspond ing deterioration In farm crops and depreciation In farm values, made apparent tho necessity for scientific methods In agriculture. It boenmo ovldont, thoruforo, that the old education was not meeting tho now domands. It trained men for the professions and for service I:i the govornmont; but it loft tho country entirely dopondont upon Eu rope for men who had rccolved tho ti nlnliig required In tho development of its rosnurcos and Industries suits and professions In life." As explained by Sonntor Merrill, "the fundamental idea was to offer nn op portunity In ovory atnto for n liberal and lnrgor education to Inrgor num bers, not merely those destined to sedentary professions, but to those much neodlng higher Instruction for the world's business, for tho Indus tilnl pursuits and professions of life." It will be observed that ,tho leading object ol the'o Itifctltutlonn wns to apply science In tho Industries of life not one industry nlonc, but any and nil Industries affecting tho In terests of tho peoplo and tho devel opment of tho country; to promote the education, "liberal and practi cal," or tho laboring classes, those engaged In the world's work, In tho great fields of production, manufac ture and commerce. The character of tho work con templated for theso institutions ds further emphasised by tho supple mentary net of congress of 1890, In which provision Is made thnt the money appropriated by this act shall "bo applied only to Instruction In agriculture, the mechanic arts, tho English language nnd tho various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with speclul reforenco to tholr applications In tho Industries of llfo." As Inter preted by tho department of tho In terior, tho "mechanic nrt8"'of tho congrf-sslon.il acts comprohond tho most extended courses in ongincer- "lng civil, electrical, mechanical, mining, Irrigation, etc.; whllo tho economic scloucos include tho differ ent subjects or political and house hold economy, Tho Orogon Agricultural Collogo was established by the state legls- III Ul.i...",tta.. It will bo observed, therefon. tin.. ,snieral tralni'" te the Agricultural Coll, i. J' ,. h' ' and lit, r'D ' fe stnto Institution. While n.l,.r fh" Tntl8l Wi .ti -Immedlato Bunorvialnn r .... .. '"' Never ff,7...otIA? It receives its support in piirt ; ,' . or of thV tho govornmont nnd must l.e Z I "l manl bwni.u, mined in nccordance with the nct.l 0Dlen WnrtThi it congress. Tho t.iirm.. in ...," "WMwibin,, ,?.'-' hiC tho ostnbllBhmont,of the collcgP Jd n ha Immr-u H.o nuture nnd scono of , ',! !w!"Mh,Ml, i for Persons Zv ,.,,. .....1..1...I .... . " . n vy.nv.i .,.,u, ,ur u, are clearly in dicated by tho following execrnu from tho federal and state law Sources of Income. Tho lnnd grnntod to Oregon by the net of congress of 1862 has boon miiu nn- iiiiproximnieiy $200,000, Th t. ' .MM ioned. tn j." " l"ral resourcVV Aft. . mechanics. fZ't Production wd .gM amounts nununllv in nimni n psorvlne a i. nl, i....' ...... " Vll.,uu" iMt lnt,,."" ""ftiail have hrt thfifSI wry, thedereiopH and public hlthJ fonofthela tho stnio . r1! traniportatlon w5 ng for trained S' lines of engineering il of commercial ..i7' IJUBlncss side ttn nil ro nn.l. ,. " nlr.ZI.ltS, """IIWUQB, fciT-1 intorost on this sum, which may be M yvWU, JU used for tho support or thn colleuo ' nd poultrr haibitjii iiiiimintH ntmnniiv n n. .,.. 14 n luuserv n? mj . : -"- j ij uiiiiiii. ii iiiiii - n The npproprlatlon Tor liiHtructlonal purposes recolved by tho collego from tho federal government, under the net of 1890 mid tho supplementary act or 1907, known us tho Nelnon amendment, amounts to $3G,000 for tho year ending Juno 30, 1909, and win Do incronsed by an additional $r000 Tor each succeeding yenr until tho total annual amount Is JG0.000. Under an act of concross. nnnmvo.l Mnrch 2, 1887, tho 'college receives $15,000 n year for tho mnlntonnnco of the Agricultural Collogo Experi ment Stntlon; nnd, under nn act of congress approved March 20, 190G, this appropriation is Increnscd by $11,000 for tho year ondlng Juno 30 1909, nnd $2000 additional for each year thereafter until the total amount available annually for ex periments work Is $30,000. In addition to tho incomo from tho fedornl government, tho collogo in iioijcmioni upon me stnto legisla ture ror such appropriations as are roqulred ror tho dovolopmont and maintenance or tho Institution In re sponse to tho educational and Indus trial domands of tho state, nnd in accordance with tho requirements of tho nets of congress. Work Offered. tan Tho work of tho Orogon Agricul tural f'dlloL'll u III ulrlnl nniuii.ilnn.ui Inturo In 1808 In pursuance of tho with tho provisions of both tho fod nct or congress or 182. It tU ono oral nnd stnto lnws, nnd Is In lmr- or Blxty-rivo similar Institutions maintained In tho different states and territories under tho provisions of this net. logo, provl mnnufaciuro viur tho modern home euW nnd mothers ofViS nrls relating to hoaH purpose o rth oOm, those demands. IIIciiK'nlarr bA,ju Whllo tho moitUnw lc, technical an! wvw desired, such tralclstay me .rata ei an itfrt u,u muu) ouintu mi without high school!, mi ors In which the tori ov.nnrl. lkA..-v . .v..uu lUluuiU BliT Bll years. But verr fetfet)., entlro state mue uj, wiiniuver ior icauinu most of tho people w Industrial purtulUuli need of trnlnlnt vbiboi upon their vocaticu tin mony with tho spirit nnd t.ollcv ofniunv mon nnd tho best land grnnt Institutions of nations, even !( thtj hi tho Cntllltrv. Dnvrnn cmrunu tin, if- .iinltt. i,.iit.l ni ium.i his net. In ostubllshlng tho col- fored In ngrlculture, Including agron- the advanced colUpssil , tho loglBlnturo nccopted nil the omy. animal husbandry, dairy litis- those people will t? ta dslons nnd condltloiiH of the net bandry, poultry husbandry, hortlnil- santaw of collcset-uv KH-e-H-rnciiiia4aMii;$iiti SALEM WATER COMPAN OREGON STATE BOARD OP HEALTH Portland, Nov. 10, 1908, I ROBERT C. YENNCY. Secretary To the State Board of Health, - i Portland, Oregon. Gentlemen: I have to report examination of two (2) specimens of water reoeived from the Salem Water Company, with results follewing: No 1, upon examination showed no B Coli present. No. 2, upon examination showed no B. Coli present. Would therefore pronounoe both speoimenb oi- water as safe f o r drinking and domestic purposes. Yours very truly, RALPH C. MAT0NM. VD.' Bacteriologist to the State Board, v Salem Water Co. Salem, Oregon Dear Sirs: Above is oopy of report made to the State Board of Health by Dr Matson, Bacteriologist to the Board, upon his examina tion of specimen water received from you. Yours very truly, v ROBERT C. YENNEY, State Health Officer, Salem's Water Second Accommodations to None, Considering Supply and Territory Cove From tho tlmo J. M. Wallace took chnrgo of tho Salem Water Conipany In 1804 thnt corporation has beon making improvements in their plant, until today It is ono of tho best equip ped In tho world for tho character of tho supply and tho territory covorod with Ita mains. Mr. It. S. Wallace had entered upon a program of build ing nn ontlroly now plant when ho was overtakon by death. This work was carried on by his brother and trustee of his estate, J. M. Wallnco, who put In a pump of threo million gnllons per day capnclty, and a filter ing system In tho gravel bar opposite tho city. This wbb enlarged In 1904' by Clms. A. Park, who also complet ed tho Kalrmount Hill reorvoir which holds two million gallons nnd Is lined with concrete. A ten-inch main for an omorgency reserve is' laid to this resorvolr, and many ,milea of ninlns and servlco pipes havo been put down In tho past five years. At present an extension or mnlns to Englewood Is very badly needed. Mr. Chas. A. Park, tho presi dent and mnnager, has popularized two service of tho Salem Water Com pany with tho peoplo and at the samo tlmo made It profitable as an Invest ment. An excellent flro service Is maintained with n hydrant pressuro of olghty to olghty-flvo pounds to tho square Inch, Tho flro sorvlco of the Salem Water Compnny has not fallen down In a single instance nnd has boon of tremendous vnluo to tho city in nffordlng flro protection. Tho pros suro Is such thnt It will throw a stream over tho Salem Flouring Mills nt nny tlmo day or night. Source of Supply. Up to 1S97 tho souroo wns tho main atronin of tho Willamette rlvr. During tho summer of t.hnt year t crib wu8 sunk In the Mlnto grnvel bar, oxtendlng several feet below the bed of tho river. Tho dimensions of tho crib nro 2oxG0 feet. It-consists of twelve In dividual cribs or wells ton feet squnro and twenty-two feet deep from the top of tho sand T)nr. Tho top of tho crib is porrectly tight. The sides of the crib down to tho river bed are onciised, water tight, thus forcing all the water that enters the crib to go in below the bottom of the river, tho bed of the crib not bolng en closed. There is about eight feet of tho crib below the river bed line for uttering purposes. Tests have dis closed tho ract that a great volume or water enters the crib iron fc ., which Is optn. ft65' absolutely tight above the nt as was said ebow.wwt1"' Eiv nvldenco that only IUWI has accoss to the crib lrw Salem's water supply u ti, .umt of tataum" ,.....nn feet Mow tbf M Hn. The whole ttetitJ" by Srvel. through which entering the main mu." U nbout twenty-one fee' above the intake as no The pipe where tfie war tlllrty laches in diameter reuuoeu w This is for the tw tho turn. This is ior overling the po- . the turn. The P P - , ,o piling driven - ortherlver.sc-a'"',- the possibility or .. .-.i. ih Te- The Salem Water Co samples of water 9 hlghe8t author. -T There is ? nf facsimile oi - ' ,-,1 The reference tc & th8t X dl-iwH sewage of any W supply- Office in City Hall Salem, Oregon "'' -- '" -T-iTITIllin Illl Illllllllllllilllllll I ninitt" n