Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-19
REVIEW
OF the Farmers
Institute.
Many important Topics
Discussed,
And Several Lectures by Promi.
And Several Lectures by Promi'
nent People.
BY Il. +. GRANNY

The fifteenth annual meeting OF
like all that have preceded It, was
success. Never before have we had
n meeting when ministers Of several
churches and of various denomina-
tions, the high school teachers from
the townships round about, and our
State speakers Joined In paying trib-
ute Of the highest oYder' to the farmer
and his farm. ia!5f3
was not present during the entire
session, therefore shall attempt to re-
view In part the sessions Of the In
stltute. 81
An address by II. wv. Dunlap
graduate of the Ohio State Univer-
sity, and n successful cattle and
horse dealer of Plckaway county, ON
good. 'r2
The farmer should take an interest
in politics" he said, ''and support only
good. The farmer should take an In
terest in politics, and support only
the best men for Office, regardless of
the party to which they belonged,
and he can do this without losing the
respect of the best people in the po-
litical party to which he may belong"
Miss Jennie IT, MaclSey read very
good paper on roads and road-making.
She described tho manner in which
the old Roman roads were made that
have been In use for 1000 years and
are good now. Her plan Is to make
thorough work under the direction Of
some we'll maturcd plan.
Prof. Spellman gave short, but
pointed talk along the line OF educa-
tion and schools. The crownlng fea-
utre of the evening session was lec-
ture by Lowell Roudabush, a farmer
of Clermont county, ,who spent 16
months in Alaska He calls this lec-
turc Uncle Sans Land of the Mid
night SUM- He said he had been
farther north than any Ohio man he
knew of except one. Moonlight was
so bright one could read fine print
by 1t. The Indians and Esqulmos
are distinct types, He said he had
seen the thermometer UP to Ss de-
grees, and also down to 65 degrees be-
low zero; had seen great areas Of
wood and logs to the depth of IL to
10 feet These trees grew and lived,
and died and fell, but have never de-
cayed for the want OF bacteria In
that climate, The annual rainfall Is
100 inches. The Yukon river dis
charges more water than the Missis-
sipi Geologically, Alaska is the old
est part of America. Its resources
are gold, copper, iron, coal, petro-
leum, para and fish, but 1t will cost
much to get there, In lives and in
moneyHe then briefly referred to
the capsizing of boat containing 10
men, out of which he alone escaped.
In his opinion there is no phenom-
enon in all the world that can eon,-
pare with the aurora borealis, with
its light Of yellow and gold, shooting
falling, and trembling grander than
| Niagara Falls, grander than any
mountain scenery, or ocean waves la
q tempest.
Rev. George Hill gave an excel
lent and practical talk on rosd max
should make n appropriations for road
Improvement. II would be just as
proper and also Just as benihcial as
the appropriations for rivers and har-
bors, and for rural mail delivery.
But, practically, all the road improve.
ment must be done by the people who
live in the township, and the town
ship should have but one supervisor
and he should have a knowledge OF
engineering. Tie tax should be paid
| In money, ,Y met r
r. Q. Hinsdale. Of Wadsworth. ex'