The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-06

MI buchanan came from Chicago sever
I al years ago, and was first in the specf-
fication division OF the Printing Office.
He was singled out for conspicuous merit
and advanced without pull or influence.
The United States Government ane
the Indians recently lost a good Sc! want
and friend IN the death OF Commission
eT G. h Morgan. He was well known
( IN the Capital City, and was highly re,
garded everywhere. An Indian paper.
published at Phoenix, Ariz., in telling of
his death says:
Every needy man lost a friend every
willing man a helper. and our country
q noble soul and a citizen Of rare pxecu-
tive ability Personally we lost the
standard Of our ambition. helper in
/ our most worthy undertakings. and q
personal friend whose memory will be
/ warmly cherished as long as life lasts
{ prominent man in the Interior De-
paTtment says that if any more heartfelt
/ tribute has ever been paid a mar for in
/ terest in the lowly without hope Of re-
/ ward he wants to be cited 10 it. Re saws
/ this tribute Is rivaIed only ~ that to
/ the good Kentucky woman on whose
/ tomb was carved: she was allies bind
/ ter everbuddie."
Prof Jacob Kotinsky. scientific aid in
/ the Bureau Of Entomology. Department
/ Of Agriculture, is an able young sci
/ enlist and an enthusiast in his chosen
] work He came TO this country from
: russia when fourteen years Of age and
! at once went into the struggle for live
Hnood and education He is a native
/ OF the division of the Cars realm
/ known as Little Russia. and his early
I home was near the great battlefield Of
/ Poltava. He landed in PHILADELPHIA
with great many other Russian Jews
/ He worked at various jobs for a long
! while at low wages His father was
/ one OF the pioneer corps in the Jewish
! settlements in New Jersey.
Dr. H. I. Sabsoyich. an eminent R1s-
sian Jew who is at the head Of the
{ agricultural school and experiment
! station maintained for the race near
I Woodland. y. J.. selected younk Koti1-
/ sky and another boy as the first sub
: Jects for the new plans. They were
+ instructed in the ordinary branches and
I IA agriculture. doing practical oork ali
/ the way through Young KGtfnslyy
3 worked his way through the school and
! settlement and through Rutgers Col
. lege from early in 1893 10 1888 His
I friend graduated from Rutgers at the
. mead Ct his class and ne made good
/ record himself. They we're empIOyed
I at The Woodland school and farm 10
/ instruct the young Jews, quite mum
! Der OF whom had been gathered
! The success Of the settlement is now
/ assured and hundreds Of immigrants
/ are being made into frst-class farmers.
/ The Russian Jews are a liberty loving
/ race and have q natural tendency TO
/ farm life. This disposition is being en-
/ couraged by the State Of New Jersey,
/ by eminent members Of the race and BY
! phiianthrOpists elsewhere Large mum
/ bers OF farmers settling in different
/ parts Of the State are Jews Their
! institutes and gatherings are full OF
I interest The promoters Of this plan
/ see great hope for the Russian = VS. in
( this experiment. IN Russia tdev can
/ hardly hope 10 Own land, and Jhey ar
J often prosecuted. After a year or so
/ OF teaching among their couutrya. en- the
/ two Rutgers College gradua les took
/ up work on larger lines. NJ. K0'insky
/ coming to Washington and Mr. J. G.
4 LeipTnaD taking charge Of tus Sew Jel @
/ sey experiment station
/ Prof KotinsSy Is a scientific aid IN
I der the immediate direction II Pros
/ L. o. Howard. the entomologist. lie IS
/ directing special attention 10 tI= pro
/ pagatiOn and distribution Of tie Chi-
I At9S anu JdpdEtSC DeSLeS- II mere
. ditary enemies Of the San jose scale
/ and other scales affecting peach trees.
/ MT. Marlatt Of the division. brought
/ the beetles and ladybugs from the old
country and Prof. Kctinsky was given
the Job Of raising them. ne beetles
all died with the exception Z two. but
last winter he succeeded n keeping
/ them alive, and now has quite a colony.
! Distribution over the country has com
menced. The beetles are expected TO
| eXterminate the scale. An article pub
/ lIshed by Prof kotinsky last spring
attracted general attention He told OF
/ the conditions surrounding his people
in the old country and by telling cf his
own career from the time Jf leaving
I Russia until coming to the Agricultural
/ Department he graphically depicted the
! struggles and hardships almost certain
/ 10 befaII such emigrants.