The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-09

as TO fraternities. The faculty decided 10
wipe out the Greek letter societies, and In
wiping them out they wiped me out.
was . member Of the Chi Psi fraternity,
the one 70 when Tom Palmer, the eI.
United States senator and minister to
Spain. Melville w. Fuller. tie chief JUS
tice OF the supreme court, and Don Dick
inson belonged. We were all boys to-
gesher. but Palmer had at this time left
college and taken . trip to Spain. After
leaving Ann Harbor l went TO Union coll
lege II Schenectady. \. l.. which was
and finished my education there"
How old were yon when you went
West?'
Il was Just about D." was tho reply. II
went West on my wedding tour, and the
trip 20 Nebraska at that time was q far
greater undertaking than il is now. We
went by rail from Chicago to Alton. on the
Mississippi river. There was no such q
thing as q sleeper at that time, and We had
TO sft up all the way. From Alton We
went By steamer to st. Louis. and from ST.
Louis up the Missouri to St. Joseph by
steamboat. Here We got stage and rode
on to Council Bluffs. The trip took about
eight days and nights, and il WAS full Of
hardships. 1t could be made now in about
q day.
I'VE settled FIRST at Bellevue, and the
next spring We removed to Nebraska City,
where We took up the quarter section on
which now live. have added little to
il. but 1t 10 the same ground that / got
from the government thifty-eignt years
ago. We began life in . log cabin. and my
boy. by the way. has just had picture Of
this CABIN made in connection with some
others on = sheet advertising his cereal
aud starch mandatory. Under the cabin
he has put the words: The house in
which the president Of the company be-
gan business As / looked at IT / asked
him what business he had carried on in
the cabin and he replied: i suppose you
might call it . milking business.'"
/ doubt whether there 10 . man in the
country who loved his wife better than
did Secretary Morton. and there are few
husbands who have been more devoted to
their memory. heart something Of this
story while / vas in Nebraska this sum-
mer. Gov. Norton was engaged to his
wife when she WAS ~ She was married
to him at the age of u. and their married
life Was one long honeymoon Of twenty
seven years. She bore him four boys, and
when she died these four sons formed the
palibearers who carried her to the tomb.
During my talk with Secretary Morton /
spoke of his wife and asked him II he had
q picture Of her. He tooR . iocket from
his left breast pocket and handed il TO me.
On the back Of it was the face Of .
very pretty woman, and - looked
at it tho secretary told me that it
was tho picture of his wife. and he feel
ingly referred to her influence over his
life and her character. He handed me
. memoir which was published At the
time Of her death, and he told me that
this lockes had never been out of his
hands since that time. She was. indeed,
the best half Of the secretary's soul, and
his life since she died has been wrapped
up in his children and grandchildren.
The four Morton boys are all married and
the secretary has . number of grandchil-
dren. On Thanksgiving Of 1890 the secre-
tary held . sort of Morton reunion At his
home, and photographs were taken Of the
little Moftons in all shapes aud in oil
sorts of groups. A book has been made of
these pictures and the dignified secretary
appears in many of them In some pict-
ures the children have their heads orna-
mented with leaves and feathers. and one
OF the pictures represents wrestling
match, IN which one OF the participants
looks strikingiy like Secretary Morton.
Another represents Writ Morton, . lusty,
laughing baby. with its finger in its mouth.
and the subscription states that the infant
is aged six months. ] noted AZ the first OF
this book that il bore the book plate OF the
secretary of agriculture. IL consists OF q
tree and a scroll under II, In which are
printed the words. PLANT trees" Below
this is the inscription ''Arbor Lodge" and
Secretary Norton 5 name. which he parts
in the middle and prints y. Sterling
Morton"
As looked at this the conversation
turned TO the planting OF trees and the sec
rotary told me that f3.uO.oo.VVo trees
have been planted in Nebraska since he
inaugarasei the institution OF Arbor day
there in 1872
The conversation here turned 10 the de-
partner; OF agriculture and l asked the
secretary whether he was making any
changes in the methods OF running 1t. lie
replied;
trying ,o bring the department down 10
practical business basis. believe in
spending money where IL should be spent.
but don't believe in wasting IL have
already found a number Of big leaks which
am stopping One Is IN these expert
mental stations which have been estae-
iished hy the department over the coun-
try. Some of them are OF DO good what
ever. Why. found one at Garden City.
Kan. the business Of which Was TO evolve
a grass which would grow on the arid
plains OF the West. Tgeniytso thousand
dollars have been soen: on II IN I'VE years,
and a Prot. Veasy is ;r, ing there 10 pro-
dace sort of grass which wil grow with
GU. rain. water or sofa soss OF grass
orchid. presume. From what inquiries
made fouad that this Prof. Neasy had
y horne address a, Denver, Col. aud he
SCENE! 10 be only heard from al fhe times
when bis salary vas due. have stopped
the approximation aud suppose he vii.
now Ina,eralizs in some shape or other.
kansas always gets iss share OF the ar-
preparations" continued Secretary Nor
ton. In looking over the sta:e and
tina. Plumb and ingalls, nave patched IL
ali over with lust such jobs. but similar
things exist in other states. too. | got
request the other aay for $50 Tor United
States Tag, which wss 20 be put up over a
sugar beet farm at Schuyler, Neh.
couldn't see the reason far the appsopria-
tion and | investigated the station.
found i, was costing as over <o,evl a year.
ani that ali we cou.d get oai OF Il vas
some beet seed. which the regular sugar
beet factories would send 10 as II We would
oaly pay the freight We pay on these
e xuvrlfaenssl stations aboat Sac go
year, and | think the most 81 them should
be abalisaeL Nv tdrs IS tina: exper-
lmentinr should Ne done through
abe arrlssli;sraI exneriulent stations Of the
ssatss There are forfy-foar Of these scat
tered ali over The tlaion. They get an av~
from congress OF <7,atsa
year. This goes directly 40 them. and
ever II We have no control l tAsnS that
the seeds should be distributed taroaga
these exreranens stations snd not Or the
IL costs $tSsesst \ year To
send oas seeds from, here. / am goiag 10
recommend congress "a asrollsh this yar:
OF our business As the seeds are noz
sent oas they do not reach Ihe par.ssS