Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
IHE CORVALLIS GAZETTE.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1908
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

. The president of oiv # the
ltadirg business colleges ut The
z tst sa>s: THE UNIVERSITY, : and
bu<i ess schools mus, teach til At
i. is hardly possible fer educa-
.ional processes to do more than
prepare the young uan to make
a good start as besiunsr. They
saust also teach him to endure
with patience the day of small
things. 1t is a mis- axe to i'm
agire that all OF the arts which
.cme with experience ma, b.
acq .ired in a school"
When good man gets in o
politics he never quite loses hi>
ambition 10 get out Of it and go
higher. This is forcibly demon
strated in the statement made by
the Portland -Ec,egra r.. F..
Governor 7. T. G. = = seliousi-.
contemplating taking mp rews
paper work. The eover..cr'>
ability as an interesting writer is
well known. and he can look fo~
success in his new venture. He
has not yet decided whether to
purchase newspaper or to join
the staff cf some metropolitan
journal.
Mr.. Smith, the well-known
apple raiser, who has made Hood
River apples famous all over the
United States. recently made
trip through Willamette Valley,
speaks intelligently of the con-
ditions and prospects of this crop
in this part of the stale. His
verdict is fercible, though severe.
He says: "They could raise as
good apples through this valley
as we do in Hood River, if tn e
farmers were not too lazy to take
take care of their trees" Ranch
ers of Benton county, is this
statement correct?
There is one man in the coun-
try who has certainly followed to
the best of his ability, President
Roosevelt's advice and cannot be
accused of race suicide. That is
Mr.. Lorin Farr, one of the
mighty pillars of the "Claurch of
Zion." He is now only 81 years
old, but as "young as Co." with
two wives out of five still sur
viying, and with 326 children,
grandchildren and great-grand-
children gracing his last family
reunion, making with their
wives SIS persons. No wonder
the Mormon church is a growing
institution.
- - -
A Judge of one of our courts in
the state of New York announces
that ''before granting the final
papers admitting foreigner to
become a citizen of the United
States it is necessary for the ap-
plicant to have knowledge of
our language He further
states: when a man has been
in this country FIVE years and is
unable to talk our language, in
my opinion he is not fit 10 be ad-
mitted to citizenship, and I will
act accordingly.'' This senti-
ment is certainly encouraging
and in contrast with the practice
on the subject in the East as
heretofore understood.
Sir Thomas Upton, the p1ucky
owner of the three Shamrocks, |
sorrowfully but gracefully ac-
knowledges the superiority of
American brains when applied to
yacht building, and retires from
further contest for the cup. |
Even his splendid courage was
not proof against the inevitable.
In a recent conversation on board
the Erin in New York, he
said: american brains and de-
velopment have beaten us. I'll
the day ever comes when Eng-
land produces a Herreshoff then
will challenge for the cup again.
L will not be until then. It is
unpleasant to be compelled to ad-
nit it, but the brains in boat
building are on this side of the
Water" /" History repeats itself,