Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-21

couISt " ipuI N'aTSs
We feel that since the mother Is
the wife of the farmer the daughter
OF the farmer and the mother of the
farmer, that nothing wh.oh can be
done to make her path more rosy
should be left undone.
Above all the branches taught Al
the school it is the aim to make of
the young men and Young women
good loyal American citizens I.oynl,
" is never lost sight of. Every ma
tion has Its cross to bear. and It Is
the aim 10 bring up the youth so they
may ably bear the burden He
branched on and entertained the au.
dience with some very interesting
thoughts on civic righteousness and
at the close was very enthusiastically y
applauded.
DR.. Corwin was introduced as the
man who had the smallest hobby on
earth, His hobby is a germ. He de.
clared we paid more attention to our
pigs, horses and crops than to our
homes.
DIR. Corwin declared the United
States to be behind the times-said
that civilization had passed us. 1t
had begun In India. gone to Persia
then to Egypt, Greece Europe, then
over to America and passed us and
gone on to Japan. In proof OF this
statement he cited IN high standard
| of health among Jap MS soldiers in
the present war He gave the farm
ers a severe lecture about neglectlu
their wives and -h'ldrcn not ueglC.
| to provide food and clothing Ia.
neglect to make themselves lovely
the eyes of their families He thouur
a man had his nerve who would off.
| to kiss woman when the toUlc
juice was running down his whskers.
He said many took more pains in cur.
| rytng their horses or their cows than
they did to comb their hair or whis-
| have so many children ms was gen,
orally supposed. Statistics showed
they had an average of four children
to the family. That was not many
The slums OF the cities Is where the
great portion of the men and women
trolling factors in the affairs of this
country In few years
The doctors talk altogether was one
10 impress one with the fear that II is
not safe to live. There were mi
crobes, germs and bacteria every
txFb haN La, ,l,.. ,,I, La,
the cupboards, on the Shelves on the
floor, or in the water in the air, they
were everywhere. One could not
breathe without getting lot of them.
They were in the fields, on the fence
posts and even on the telegraph wires.
They lurked In deadly numbers on
the window curtains. and when the
curtains were pulled down the little
children were attacked by tdem and
the consequence was that GO per cent
of children under the age of five years
were carried of by disease. He ad-
vised the discontinuance of the pres
ent style of window curtains and urg.
ed that denim be used. and that 1t be
washed when dirty.
The doctor tabooed the bath tub
and declared that in this respect man
was lower than the animals, even the
hog. for the hog, II given its choice.
would get In running water. What
animal, he asked, would bathe by
washing its feet first and then wallow
in the same water and wind up by
washing its face? In the hospital he
has charge of, the G. F. n |. at Pueb
10. there Is not one bath tub. There
are baths, but the water Is showered
down over the head and allowed to
run on.
Prof Carlyle said he did not know
OF anything of more value to a com
munity than agricultural fairs, con
Quoted along agricultural lines and
as we were about to have fair. he
promised any help which the college
might be able to give. He spoke of
the dairy business as one that paid
necessity for cleanliness in milk.
Colorado was best adapted Of any
state he knew of for making butter
ID winter. yet we sent to Kansas and
Nebraska for vast amount of but
ter.
He said regularly organized corps
of instructors would be arranged to
attend to this branch work OF the col
lege.
At the close of the meeting. npon
| suggestion Of members present, the
| following committee was named for
the purpose OF organizing the farmers
OF La Plata county so as to derive
| the benefits hereafter each year OF
this work by the institute workers.
II was explained that the work en-
tailed no expense TO the farmers, be
cause II was already paid for, out oil
the taxes paid by every taxpayer.
| We were only getting some OF the
money back that we paid In as taxes
when we take advantage of the insti-
| tute work.
The following committee on organi-
| zation was named: G.. w Spencer.
j. p. Lowe, Carl Coulson, William
Mason, Charles Pearson, j. w. Sites