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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20
EDUCATION AND FRATERNITY
TEACHERS HAPPY THEMES
Over 200 Educators Assembled at the Inland Empire and
Umatlla County Institute.

Lowell Inspiring Adde-Presi-
and Good Cheer
Responses IdahoPreston W. Search
Child LieLecue Tonight by Mr.
Search Worid'-Amos Teacher
VIII Continue Throughout
Tomorrow nd Until Noon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20
snld Tmo Carloads Horses.

Harry Folsom a few days ago sold
two carloads of horses-of various
ages and weights and for all purposes
to Nebraska man for shipment TO
Kearney, Neb. ~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20

|. ost 9O.-The Italia lMilitaire
s,utch from Toxic stating
! Transports left Habeo yester-
M $4,000 men, 200 guns, ann
In and clothing bound for
Iuria. The second army VIII
Of 100000 men and 1000
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20
Chicago Grain.

Chicago, oct. 20.-December wheat
opened $1.15ss. closed $1.14%. May
opened $1.14M, closed $1.13%. Corn
opened 494s, closed 4Sas. oats open
ed 29B, closed 2S%.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20

Ve 2l'-The opposing
~ y now deyoting their time to
NJ, ne dead, caring for the
and planning additional
aa 1t is now known that
' left army lost about
Il, NE recent fighting. The
\, y, 'sry of Russian dead in
A ~ n Auropatkin's losses will
|.n,ls 'aAs have been reinforced
S,..Ia m aeA Of the 17tb, 1eth and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20

with sound argument, state Superlh-
.endent j. II. Ackerman, of oregon
smoke. in his humorous way he re-
ferred to the good that Washington
and Idaho had and would continue to
receive from oregon. washington
has made rapid advancement along
educational lines he said, but we
have the satisfaction of knowing that
her progressive sister state was once
part of the great Oregon territory.
statistics show that Oregon stands
first of all the states i'm regard to the
percentage of white inhabitants who
can read. Washington is third. Per-
haps If Washington strives hard she
may some day become second
Superintendent Ackerman declar-
ed there are three classes of boys who
are to be considered in educational
matters-the commercially minded
the hand minded and the literary
minded. "The education of these
three classes must be along little
different lines" the. speaker remark
ed.
Mr.. Alderman was followed by
County School Superintendent Franz
X. Welles. who thanked the visitors
for their presence and welcomed then
the Umatilla county and to Pendle
| ton.
The exercises at the church CLOSED
with a recitation by Miss Bertha Mat
lock. followed by President French
annual address. Mr., French said II
part:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20
OvERWORKED MEN
STRIKE FOR REST
SWITCHING CREWS CAN'T
HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.

Southern Pacific Yardmen, Worn Out
With Continuous Labor, Ask for
Help i'm Clearing Out the COngest-
ed Yards at Ogden and Reno
Santa Fe Traffic Has Been Diverted
Over the Northern Route, Causing
Crash at All the Terminal Points
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20
||E5[ ARM
TROOPS
| Transports Garry a l
/ Army to Be Hurled
|tst the SIav'
| ,pESesE ARMY TO
NE SENT TO THE FIELD

|,..,u,Is Guns to BE sent Unto
Euia-Boh Armies Busy
Il Their Dcad-Kuropatkin
|rrrl by cossack Divisions
u, Right and Center Armies
/, rprrIble work-KmopatSih
Z, Strong Reinforceme'''s
I Heme Soon sild Says "Jap-
! Must Strike Crushing BIO"
|m.Be Overwhelmed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20

Representative instructors and edu-
Gators from leading institutions OF
learning, both public and private in
GLIDING almost every teacher employ
ed in this county, are in attendance at
the seventh annual meeting of the
Inland Empire Teachers Association
and -Umatilla County Institute that
convened last night at the First
Christian church.
The opening session last night was
devoted to the welcoming of the del
egates and visitors and the responses
by representatives of Oregon, WASH
ington and Idaho. Then followed
the reception rendered by the women
of Pendletor at Music hall.
Morning Session.
This mornings session was devoted
entirely to discussions of educational
problems State superintendent oi
Public instruction j. H. Ackerman
Preston w. Search, the "schoolmastei
traveller" of Worcester, Mass, and ii
w. Hockenberry superintendent ol
the La Grande city schools were the
! principal speakers at the gatherlht
this morning. More than 200 dele
gates were in attendance.
Lively discussion was occasional
by Mr.. Hockenberry's discourse OF
Grammar, What it Is and What J
Is Not"
Mr.. Ackerman exchanged places Oh
the program with President +. l.
Campbell, of the University OF ore
gon who will not arrive until tonight
The state superintendent spoke on tn
need of larger schools, the combining
of districts where possible to secur
this.
He advanced the proposition of con
tinuous session throughout the veal
This may be accomplished, he salo
by allowing the grades to attend a
different periods throughout the l
months. "Better service by reason o
continuous engagement of teachers'
he said, "can thus be accomplsne'
and the instructors will be benefite
by better salaries"
Mr.. Ackerman took occasion
/, criticise, adversely the rural schoo
He declared the country boy was Ell
titled to the same consideration
the one in the city. "If teacher
! worth $50 per month in Pendleton'
he continued, "his services are wort
that much in the country district.
Prof search on Child Life.
Mr.. Search discoursed on tn
{ growth of the child-its mental, mo-
al and physical development. For a
I most an hour he entertained and II
e structed the assembled teachers. "Tf
a child should be brought face to fa'
with the world and the real thing
4 and not so much with symbols. sal
y the sneaker. "Precocity is a pa
thing. Let the child deal with u
e things real until his mind is sutfi'
!, iently developed to grasp the syn
= bolic." :.
|. Mr.. Search used the following oil
n gram to illustrate the three ages
$ brain development: Ages 10
neriod of brain development; ages
p 10 12 period of brain organizauol
k ages 12h to 13A years in girls, al
a year later in boys, period OF Dra
construction. Too much care eou
a not be exercised during this the
y most critical period of child growt
r said he. "a boy is neither man n
4 child them" he remarked.
q Afternoon Session.
y This afternoon Mr.. Search spea
n ON the differences in children. oth
-, snaa lrare are O. A. Forbes, OF q
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20
BLACK TROOPERS
KILL WHITE MAN
NINTH CAVALRY IN DRUNKEN
BRAWL AT MONTERREY

Riot I'm the Red Light District of Cal,
ifornsa Town Results in Three For
mer Soldiers of Fort Walia Walla
Being Shot and in the Death OF n
White Man of the Fifteenth Infant
ry-Negro Troopers Escape on
Early Trnin--Buildings Burned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20
Presidents Address.

The true function of education is
not only to prepare men for petter
living. but to teach what better living
is. From the fact that our wealth
and prosperity now comes TO us
through commercial and Industrial
enterprises. forces which are shaping
our educational system are largely
those which eminate from productive
labor.
The needs of the practical and the
utilitarian phases of life are determ-
lining to an increasing extent our
courses of study This is true as ed
ucation becomes the gift of the
masses and assumes other objects
than those that are social. govern
mental, or professional.
These standards of popular educa-
ton. while narrow in their scope, are
safe in so far as they are given an
educational and culture value, and
provide the means for the develop
t ment of power and skill.
= The commercial high school has
. ends which fairly entitle II to con-
sideration from this standpoint. Do
mestic science is a means of training
when it requires a skillful apprecia'
e ton of the results of the sciences OF
physiology, hygiene and chemistry
u and manual training when it becomes
;. an appropriation of geometrical con
: ceptions of forms and design.
: There is danger in these days wheI
S money too often means power tina
d the influence of a money-getting
q commercial spirit dominates our pub
II lie school system leading 1t to foste
e that which alone gives prominenc
p to mere money making occupations
II The educatog has reason to empha
size today as never before that tru
education is a preparation for a lif
O of service and honor in every walk o
"a life. Its true function is to furnis
d our youth with culture of heart an
% mind that will give nobility to man
, hood, and the necessary skill of han
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20
FELL TO DEATH.
Scaffolding Bearing Workmen Gave
Way al Buffalo.

Buffalo Oct. 2o.-By the fall of a
scaffolding at Swan and Seneca
streets today two workmen were
dashed to death and three seriously
injured. They fell so feet. Dead;
John Striegel and Charles 'Ork, stone
masons.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20
anese Calming Aa.....

Nr Enr = @hAf-CNs
pr' 20, Oct so.-Accordinv 90
| l.,s ATT. AIlAur advices the u1ns Ia1.n 70
y, ], esstered s'tl further m,nor S%psn- an
|ssssI,. alAIlOs mountain ir'"Ss seysp- po-
|'sss fOlIoss, ,'s made on positions
pms 'suowsd ssS'1s' until finally the
y and s'so tbs ! the iron railroad
is1,s.as rS,sa are 800 yards rSa'9 from Oa the the
p The Japanese lost So
ihs b.,s nine Russian cr,,.o..
E.'Hsiou an and and Soa, proceeded to o
q ilsns. ans 'Gnssraed 1sssl the Jap
d. Ro.s's sSsss hurried to the 'Vspeao sdsN@
& One 's,'sas ssas, retired to the 'Jeae. bar.
(sss' Ss, SlI q nine arspSes and s.ySrait. while
F " managed to reach iT15sly psI.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20
Afternoon Session.

This afternoon Mr.. Search speaks
ON the differences in children. other
speakers are G. A. Forbes, OF tne
Weston Normal, on "The Place of
Athletics In Public Schools and ~
ID. Ressler. president Of the Mon
mouth normal, on "lnterscholasuc
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-20

Sparkling with wit and overtIowms
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
IMPROBABLE READING.

DIR. Henry Wallace's article last week on "The
Taste for Solid Reading" was marked by the same
good sense that characterizes everything he
writes. Musing of the same matter recently,
one of our most valued exchanges remarked:
Measure the value of your years reading by
trying to recall the news that you read in the
papers in 1908; and without a doubt you will give
less time in 1904 to news and more to reading
that makes life. No fad of the time is carried
to such a degree of extravaganza as the news
fad. Thousands read pages upon pages daily and
get nothing" This is putting the case none too
strongly. A man who spends three or four hours
a day reading about the suicide of some utter
stranger in Chicago, the marriage of the Duke
of Cornsilk's daughter in England, the incendiary
remarks of the Reverend Mr.. Longhair in Boston,
the latest murder case in San Francisco-a man
who fills his intellectual storehouse with such
rubbish is brother to the fool who would reject a
gift of beautiful ornaments and useful furniture
and instead fill his house with rotting logs and
dirty stumps.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
NOTICES TO R

We are very anxious indeed to clear up all the
old accounts on The Progressive Farmers sub
s%cription books as promptly as possible. IF you,
kind reader, are one of those whom we have asked
to respond before February LIST, please do not de-
lay action. You would feel better and we should
feel better if these old obligations were cleared
off, leaving us free and unhampered for 1904.
If there is any error in the account, we wish to
correct it at once; if you have any complaint to
make, let us have it at once-briefy and frankly
stated. We wish to treat you exactly fair and
right. Let's get to an understanding this week.
Write to us.
A great many subscribers whose old postofices
have been discontinued and who now get their
mail on r. F. D.. routes, have not had their adj
dresses changed on our mailing list, thus leading
to errors in changing subscription dates, etc.
Subscribers, mail carriers, and postmasters will
oblige us by informing us promptly of any copy
of the paper now addressed to an abolished office,
but which should be addressed to a rural free de-
livery route.
When sending your renewal be sure to give ex-
actly the name on label and postoffice to which
the copy of paper you receive is sent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
Initiative.

The world bestows it's big prizes, both in money
and honors, for but one thing.
And that is j Initiative.
What is Initiative?
I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without
being told.
But next to doing the thing without being told
is to do it when you are told once. That is to say,
carry the Message to Garcia: those who can carry
a message get high honors, but their pay is not
always in proportion.
Next, there are those who never do a thing
until they are told twice: such get no honors and
small pay.
Next, there are those who do the right thing
only when necessity kicks them from behind, and
these get Indifference instead of honors, and a
~pittance for pay. This kinds spends most of it's
time polishing a bench with a hard-luck story.
Then, still lower down in the scale than this,
we have the fellow who will not do the right thing
even when some one goes along to show him how
and stays to see that he does it: he is always out
of a job, and receives the contempt he deserves,
unlss he has a rich pa, in which case Destiny pa
tiently awaits around the corner with a stuffed
club.
To which class do you belongAElbert Hub
bard, in December Cosmopolitan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
Farmers Institutes in Eastern Carolina.

Arrangements have been made for holding
Institutes at the following times and
places:
Jackson, Wednesday, January 20.
Murfreesboro, Friday, January %.
Windsor, Monday, January Is.
Gainesville, Wednesday, January 81.
Currituck Courthouse, Friday, January 20.
Camden Courthouse, Saturday, January 80.
Elizabeth City, Monday, February 1.
Hartford, Tuesday, February 2.
Edenton, Wednesday, February 8.
Roper, Friday, February 5.
Washington, Saturday, February 6.
Greenville, Monday, February s.
Tarboro, Tuesday and Wednesday, February
8 and 10.
Goldsboro, Thursday, February II.
Progressive Farmer readers living anywhere
within reach of the places mentioned should not
fail to attend.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
The Rural Problem.

As applied to the country districts, the great
question is, therefore-and it is by far the most
important and far-reaching question relating to
rural life in America-Can we ultimately develop
a rural population with a high standard of living,
or must the land continue to pass into the hands
of a population with a low standard of living but
great industry? This is a question which goes to
the very foundations of American civilization.
Upon its answer depends the question whether
the rural districts-the great seeded of our pop
u~lation, or of any population, for that matter
shall be the home of a cultured, progressive, liber-
al-minded people, or of a "peasant-minded' people
whose interest in life, aside from the instinct of
acquisition, is bounded by three elementary wants
hunger, thirst, and sex.-T. N. Carver in De-
cember Worlds Work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER

best of all, it means the boy will be improved and
stimulated, and better fitted for his place in life.
These long winter evenings make this a good
time to think about such matters as these. Are
we willing to give the boys a chance to help
themselves? 1t is far better for one to enable
them to help themselves while youth is theirs than
for you to help them when maturity has come.
If we believe in the boys, let's give them a
chance. @. W. BURKETT.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
GIVE THE BOYS A CHANCE.

/ am sure you will agree with me, the best
crop that is now, or is to be, raised in this country
is the bows and girls of the farm.
Cotton and tobacco, and corn and wheat, are all
important. But oh they are so unimportant when
you stop to compare them with the boys and
girls. Yet, how many of us give the best part of
our energy and our lives to the material interests
and pass the boys and girls with scarcely a
thought?
believe in the human crop of the farm. The
boys and girls will do more to build up the South
and to make it a true land of promise, than all the
acres We can put to the commercial crops OF the
land. Give the bows a chance! Give them some
time each day or each week that is to be their
own. They will use it in nearly every case to
good advantage. Then give them an opportunity
to earn something for themselves. This is one
reason why the town and city often attracts the
country boys. They see the city fellows earning
something that is to be their own. The country
boy believes this anne right ought to be his.
And I agree with him. I have not forgotten my
boyhood days yet. Land in our section of the
country is still cheap and abundant. There is
no reason why the farm boy cannot be given a
few acres that are to be all his own. There are
so many things he can do with these acres, and
yet it will not be at the working expense of his
dIL1CI LIZ a S1O" q Z SAN Va T. oA
some old abandoned part of the land. that will
pay him we'll for the effort and that will also i'm
prove the land. The crop thus made can be
sold or it can be fel to two or three head of
cattle, that the boy can secure in some manner.
One boy | know in this State last year bought a
calf for four dollars. He fed it a year and sold it
for sixteen. Think of it-4OO per cent profit!
Give the boys a chance to do this all over the
State and see how quickly our State and its agrl-
culture will leap into foremost prominence in the
land.
Hogs soon grow into money, and a few acres
given to the boy will raise all the feed necessary
for pasture and for grain.
Let the girls raise poultry; that will mean pin
money for them. And small fruits are always In
demand. What opportunities there are in every
way for the boys and girls of the farml
All this means education. A boy who is raising
a pig or two will want to know all he can learn
about the pig. He will read about the pig. lie
will observe the pig. He will become interested
in the pig. All this means increased wealth to the
State; it means our soils will DO improved; and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
The Coming of the New Year.

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless GOODNESS of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride iii place and blood,
The civic Islander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousands wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Alfred Tennysor
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19

l notice a suggestion that if farmers would
keep a scrap book and cut out articles for future
reference they would profit by what they read,
since we lose most of what we see in print by
not remembering it and not being able to re-
member where we read it. The scrap book is a
valuable reference only when it is Systematically
kept and carefully indexed. The index is the
key, and without it the valuables in the book are
of little more use than money in a locked safe,
the combination of which has been lost.-Guy
E Mitchell.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19

We have received a copy of Mr.. Isaiah Carver's
"Proftable Tobacco Culture" and while the book
let is disappointing as to size, being a pamphlet
of only Is or 90 pages, it contains very much val
liable information about tobacco growing. We
mention the matter of size so that none of our
readers may be disappointed in this particular.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-10

Charles or Denmark, Princess victor
ia III Wales, AMI the duke q Saxe-Cc-
burg Gotfa, only brother Of the bride.
Other arrivals included members OF
the diplomatic corps resident in Lon.
don, the American ambassador,
Jossph Choate. arriving n company
with the German ambassador 70 the
court III ST. James.
All the male members Of the differ
ent royal families were in uniforms
of different branches of the military
Or naval services u their respective
countries. and all we're gorgeous with
decorations, giving to the inside ~ The
chapel A dazzling glintner Of gold and
precious stones. II which the silks
and laees. jewels and flowers u the
ladies' formed b nust beautiful yet.
ting.
The air wa fragrant with the per
fume 81 Mowers and from the organ
came soft soothing mnrmurings d
preparatory music ~ loud cheering
from q distance announced the com,
Tux 0f me bride.
Princess Alice OK Albany, the per,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-10
Princess Alice Of Albany, Granddaughter Of Queen
Victoria, Married to Prince Alexander Of Ieck
KING. QUEENS AND MANY PRINCESSATTEND
Biographical Sketch of The High Toned Contracting Parties
Bridegroom Nsf Wealthy and Of Tainted Blood

III i small detachment of mounted
TROOPS.
The interior of The chapel was made
beaGfiful By artistic floral decora:
tions, softened by the ~iuficious use
III paifgB. ferns and other plants. con.
tfasting nicely with tho coiors ~ the
ladies toilets and with the uniforms
IN tbe military guests. Id front u
the altar were two gold chairs. M
l~holstered with red velvet, for the use
of he bride and bride and bridegroom.
and Oh either aidc Of them were small.
er Kit chairs Tor ne accommodation
lOf Tho Witness Of the marriage cere.
mony The royal pews, richly drap-
"a With red velvet trimmed With gold
were reserved for the members 0f the
royal family and for The relatives Of
the bridegroom.
The Queen Dowager Of the Neither
lands, aunt III the bride. arrived al the
chapel at 10 O'Clock, and vas closely
followed By Tho prince and princess Of
PyrmDnt. the Hereditary
Prince and Princess Of Wiea, Prince
and Princess Frederick Charles q
HesAe- caseol. Prince and Princess
Charles of sweden and q number Of
other royal guests from abroad.
Tho next arrivals included mem
bers of ne British royal family. among
the number being The duke and iach.
"a of cDnnaught. the duke and dueh-
ess Of FIFE, prince and princess