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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18
RELICS OF JAMESTOWN.
Site OF Exposition battle-ground Of
Conflicts Between Early Settlers
and Indians.

OF all the Smiths who have ever
lived. Captain John is becoming the
most famous, due to the prominence
given to his doings, incident to the
Jamestown Exposition. The romantic
days of Pocahontas and Captain John
Smith are wildly recalled by the old
Indian and frontiersmen's relics which
have been dug up in preparing the
ground for the Jamestown Exposition.
The site selected for the celebration
of the three hundredth az vcrsary Of
the first permanent English settlement
in America was once an Indian village
occupied by the Powhatans, the most
powerful tribe of the early American
Indians. who roamed over the country
east of the Ohio River several cen
turtles ago.
Near the State Exhibits Building
stands Il majestic live oak tree, the
"PoWhatan Oak" estimated To be
nearly 1000 years old, which was Il
favorite camping ground of the In
dams before America was discovered
by the Palefaces. Here were held
councils of wal when the only weap-
Ons in use were stone hatchetS. stone
wal clubs, spears with stone points
and bows and arrows The arrow
heads used were made of flint, Clipped
down to a cutting edge, almost as
sharp as a knife, every arrow head
representing many hours Of hard and
patient toll. Scores of these flint ar
row-heads are being found on the RX-
position ground, in e~XcaVating for
streets and buildings. Some of them
are broken, perhaps by striking some
foe of the Indians in battle or some
wild animal-in those days the woods
about Hampton Roads were alive with
deer. bear and other animals. At Sc
wells Point where these relics are
found were fought bloody battles be-
tween the early English settlers and
the Indians and, according to old In
dian traditions, this was also the
BATTLE ground on which warning In
dian tribes desperately contended for
the right of domain, long before the
occurrence of the historic event which
the jamestown Exposition commemO-
rates. The valuable fisheries Of what
are now called Hampton Roads and
Chesapeake Bay, tAe beautiful hunt
ing grounds along the water courses
and the many attractions peculiar to
this locality made this particular
point of land very desirable, and for
its possessions Indian tribes warred
with one another. Now, after cen
turtles have gone by and the old In
dian nations that once controlled this
region have passed away, their an
cient battle fields have been rams
formed into a magnificent internation-
al exposition ground, just outside the
corporate limits of the city Of Norfolk,
Virginia.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18

Its simply fine in you to come.
hearty laugh from the group on the
terrace broke in upon her greeting and
made her call hastily: Don't tell any
stories about me. Let us go over
there" she said, rising, ''one can never
afford to miss a good laugh, and Ger
man dialect is too rare on these prem
Uses to be sighted l often wish that |
had one of my own, or that Joe Weber,
Lew Fields or Sam Bernard could hear
some of the attempts at English that
reach my ears during the opera season.
AS it is, | can only enjoy them for a
moment and repeat them afterward to
some one who can pe%rpetuate the in
cident. OH we have droll times"
Mrs. Story has a keen sense of hui
NOR, and quite loses herself as she
listens to a group of story-tellers. In
like most strong personalities, she
does not rob those around her of poise
and ease, but possesses the rare fac
ulty of bringing out the very best that
is in them.
After dinner that wonderful even
ing music came in for its share. The
last Wagnerian production to the popu-
lar songs of the season was the range
A fragment of "Tammany" was sung
by that voice which will go down in
history, ard the chorus was taken up
in many keys by the dinner guests.
All had heard the voice before, but it
was not Madame Eames of Grand Opera
who sang. 1t was Mrs. Julian Story
singing to her friends.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18
The Homer Pigeon.

The homer pigeon, when travelling,
seldom feeds, and if the distance to its
home be long. il arrives thin, exhaust
ed, and almost dying. If corn be pre-
scented to it, it refuses to eat, con.
tenting itself with drinking "A little
water, and then sleeping. Two or
three hours later it begins to eat with
great moderation, and sleeps again
Immediately afterwards. If its flight
has been very prolonged the pigeon
will proceed in this for forty
eight hours before recovering its nor
NAL mode of feeding.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18
Want Industrial Training.

Resolutions were recently adopted
at the closing sessions of the Ameri-
can Institute of instruction at New
Haven favoring the installing of in
dustrial departments in every efficient
school system. The institute also
placed itself on record as holding that
in view of recent developments of dis
honesty in high places and of the in
crease of crime in different directions,
it is the duty of the teachers to per-
sistently train the American youth in
honesty, integrity, and uprightness.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18
JUVENILE GARDENING.
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION HAS A
MODEL SCHOOL GARDEN OF
4 HUNDRED BOYS.

Practical Demonstrations by Depart.
ment of Agriculture and Various
States-Landscape Improvements
and BeautificationS.
Among the many novel features at
the jamestown Exposition is the gar
den work by school children. One
hundred boys from the public schools
of Norfolk, Newport News and Hamp-
ton, near the Exposition grounds. were
selected by their teachers to carry out
the plans for a school garden at the
Exposition. Special trolley cars con-
veyed these young gardeners and their
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18
From Above the Clouds.

The view of a storm-cloud from above
is n of the most interesting sights
yer beheld by man. According to a
famous %aeronaut, a storm view from
that position has the appearance of
a vast sea of boiling, upheaving snow.
The falling of the rain can be distinct
ly heard, making a noise like a water.
fall owe a precipice. The thunder
heard above the storm-cloud is not
loud, and the flashes of lightning ap.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18

for smut and potatoes for scab; spray
ing trees and garden crops for insect
pests and diseases, and making plans
for farm buildings, roads, water sys-
tens, etc. Such work could be done
largely by the pupils at school or on
the different farms on Saturdays. 1t
would be educational and at the same
time would make the farmers feel
that they we're getting some immediate
tangible return for the taxes paid in
support of the school.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18

teachers to the grounds. April 16, 1906,
and under direction of Warren H.
Manning, landscape designer of the
Exposition, every boy was assigned to
a small plot of ground in the garden
and was given sseeds to plant and in
structions how to plant them. In
these gardens are now growing beans.
peas, parsnips, carrots, transformations,
parsley and other vegetables. They are
attended by their little gardeners and
are kept clean and free from weeds,
most of the boys taking a special pride
in their gardens.
This is but a preliminary training
for The sehoolchildren in gardening,-a
trial heat, as it were, for the race next
year. The actual work is 10 re taken
up at the jamestown EXpositia" next
spring.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18

terests of the new course OF study.
AS a result. considerable interest was
aroused in the proposed new work,
a tentative agricultural course was u
lined, and arrangements were made
with the three farm implement dealers
of the town 10 open their warehouses
to the classes in agriculture and fur
nish experts to give instruction on the
mechanics, care, and Use Of farm ma
chinery.
STARTING IN AGRICULTURE.
The agricultural work of the course
includes botany, with special reference
to variation. development of species,
hybridization, and the influence of
light. heat, moisture. etc. on the plant,
soils and tillage: plant physiology,
farm crops, grain Judging, and horti.
culture; farm accounts. farm manage
ment. including farm plans, methods
of cropping, farm machinery and its
care, and rural economies with spe-
cial reference to the problems of a
business nature that will be met on the
farm; animal production and stock
Judging. and dairying. The teacher OF
agriculture reports that The implement
dealers have given further evidence
of their interest in the agricultural
course by Offering prizes aggregating
$112 in value for a grain-iudging
contest. open to all young men in the
country, and that these prizes have
been supplemented by a SIS suit OF
clothes from a clothing dealer. Con
tinuing. he says: Il am well pleased
with the way the boys take hold OF
the work. Out of 20 boys we have 3
enrolled in the agricultural course, and
| think most of the first year boys will
take ii up when they get to it in the
course. 1t is proving popular in the
school and entirely free from the pre-
JUDGE had anticipated at the outset.
This is the nucleus of an important
experiment in education. Norton -
just In the edge of the great semiarid
region of the Middle West. Agricul
tural practice in that region differs ma
terially from that of the more humid
regions on the one hand and from
that of the irrigated districts on the
other. The teacher of agriculture is
thoroughly familiar with the agricul-
ture of the.region, and has but recent
w graduated from an agricultural col
lege which is deyoting much study to
the problems of the hundredth meridi
an belt. The agriculture of this belt is
extensive. Here one man works as
much land as four or five men in the
East. he cultiyates three rows of corn
at one crossing of the field. and does
other things on an equally extensive
scale. Improved farm machinery makes
his method of farming possible. II
S therefore of the greatest importance
| hat much attention to farm machinery
le given in the agricultural course
t the Norton County High School
The cereals Corn and wheat) are the
leading field crops, hence the import
ance of grain-judging contests and
other school work relating to these
great staples.
The county superintendent of schools
has expressed the hope that the school
may also do much work that will ne
of immediate practical benefit to the
agriculture of the country, such as
testing seeds for viability. or germiu
ating power. and milk and cream for
butter fat; treating oats and wheat
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18
JOHN WESLEY'S "POEM.''
Representative j. W. Gaines of Ten
lessee, Created Roars of Amuse-
ment in the House, During
Closing Days of Session by
Reciting when Democ.
racy Will DE-"

''When the lions eat grass like an OK.
And the fisherman swallows the whale:
When the terrapins knit wooden socks,
And the hare is outrun by the snail;
When serpents walk upright like men.
And doodle bugs travel like frogs;
When the ~grasshopper feeds on the hen,
And feathers are found on the hogs;
When Thomas eats swim in the air,
And elephants roost upon trees;
When insects in summer are rare.
Aad snuf never makes people sneeze;
When the fish creep over dry land,
And mules on v~elocipedes ride:
When foxes lay eggs in the sand,
And women in dress take no pride:
When Dutchmen no longer drink beer,
And girls get to preaching on time:
When The billy goat butts from the rear,
And treason no longer is erin,
When the humming bird brays like an ass
And limburger smells like cologne:
When nlowshares are made out of glass.
And hearts of Tennesseeans are stone;
When sense grows in Republican heads,
And wool on the hydraulic ram;
Then the Democratic party will be dead.
And this country not worth a.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18
WILD WOODS BECOME PARKS

The landscape gardening which has
transformed a wild woods into one of
the most beautiful scenic parks, will
also serve as an object lesson to farm
ers and all who have grounds to beau
tify with flowers, shrubs and trees.
More than a million plants and trees
are growing on the Exposition
grounds, many of which have been
transplanted; others are native to the
soil. Among the trees transplanted
were several hundred old trees, some
comprising an apple orchard, whose
trees were removed and planted
around the thirty-acre drill plain on
the grounds. These and the pines.
cedars, ~dogwoods and other trees have
not suffered by being transplanted.
Even trees which were hauled many
miles over land and water and plant
ed on the Exposition grounds ara
thrifty. They have all peer handled
under the guidance of landscape engin-
GERS. The work has been done scien-
tifically and skillfully. The results are
seen in the fine condition of the trees.
The arrangement of trees, flowers
and plants of all kinds, in various
parts of the Exposition grounds can
be studied to great advantage by all
landscape gardeners, and the unique
fence of wire and towering vines, is
a study worth going miles to see, a
magnificent model which every fence
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18

century. was in the hands of a few
monks. The scattering of the monastic
order was the first of innovations. The
locality. famed for its hea~lth-giving
properties. offers peace and immunity
from the world. in a few hotels and
sanitoriums. Two or three American
m~illionaires have erected summer
homes on nearby hill tops and several
families of the a%ristocracy of Florence
spend the hot months here in feudal
strongholds.
The shooting box of the ancient
Medici family. where the American
poet lived and died. is occupied by his
daughter: and Julian Story, because
the spot is endeared to him through
his fathers memory. has built on a
farm of many acres a great square
tower and hall. Campiglioni is the
farm. and Tore Di Campiglioni is
the home, which signifies the happy
Observation-Disclosures fellowship.
Mr. Story paints pictures, and
spends his energy wherever his por-
trait commissions may take him while
his wife is singing. To the visiting
friend of the singer the 20 mile trip
from Florence was a fitting approach
to her beautiful retreat. The road
which eventually led up to the terrace
of II Tore was tied in ~bowknots, and
worked out like a puzzle. The puzzle
was solved. however, and in the open
living room or "loggia," Mr.. Story
gave me hearty welcome.
ENTIRELY DEMOCRATIC.
The girl who had been separated
by professional etiquette from the great
singer, looked forward with some ap-
prehension to meeting a divinity in
sweeping sun-embroidered velvet drap-
cries. Soon Mrs. Story came out in
q white duck skirt and a drawnwork
shirtwaist.
A 50
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18

In the Friends burial grounds, in
Salem, N. j., there stands the largest
oak tree in the State and possibly the
largest in the United States. 1t is now
used as the trade mark" of the New
Jersey Forestry Association.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18

builder will find worthy of following.
This fence is eight feet high, made of
several strands of wire, and running
over the wire in every direction, COM
pletely covering it. are vines of honey
suckle, crimson rambler, rose and
trumpet creeper. making what seems to
be an immense hedge of Towering
vines.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18
HOME IMPROVEMENTS.

If the Exposition results in imbuing
its many thousand visitors with the
spirit of home improvement and with
a determination to so back home and
make of their own towns, or houses
and grounds models of beauty and con
venienee. it will go far toward proving
a national success.
Rustic benches and bridges. pretty
walks under canopies of vines and
flowers. shady lanes and streets and
a thousand other interesting things at
the Exposition are studies for the peo-
pie. worthy of the most careful at
tention. 1t will not be an exposition
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18
PRIZES FOR BEST GARDENS.

Those who have made a success of
their gardens this season will be given
preference next year and Will have
their same gardens. The Exposition
Company will give prizes or medals for
ptha best cultivated garden on the
Exposition grounds and the young
gardeners will be given some waltz
able lessons in agriculture. The L. s.
Department of Agriculture and some
of the state departments will have eX-
perimental stations and gardens at
the Exposition as object lessons TO
the young as well as older gardeners.
The young minds amonglthe visitors
which have a bent toward agricultural
pursuits will have an opportunity to
learn much of value in the way of till
ing the soil. They will learn when to
plant, what to plant and how to plant,
TO get the best results. They Will
also be given an opportunity to study
soils and their treatment, and how to
enrich and improve them. Tree plant
ing and transplanting will constitute
another phase of Uncle Sans object
lessons, as are done at other govern
ment experimental stations. At the
st. Louis Exposition Uncle Sans gar
dens and the children's gardens proved
exceedingly interesting as we'll as in
structive to the farmers who were
wise enough to appreciate the bene-
fits to be derived from them. At the
jamestown Exposition it is expected
the Agricultural Department will
broaden its scope of instructions in
many ways and surpass its efforts at
ST. Louis.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18

lmbibe the Spirit OF Village lmproV-
ement.
Actual examples of successes-of
things that already have been done
L more convincing than a thousand
plausible arguments to prove what pos
sibly can be done. The Department of
Agriculture cites a case in Kansas,
showing the practical operation of "A
county high school. which has done
much for Norton County. and which,
if faithfully worked out, in other in
stances, would give a tremendous i'm
petus to any other county in any
state.
Kansas has local option in the es-
adjustment of county high schools.
As a result several sparsely settled
counties or counties in which there
are few large towns are supporting
such schools. Norton County, which a
few years ago was tOtted with sod
school houses, and which still has
many sod dwelling houses. now sup
ports a good county high school in the
village of Norton. a town &C 1900 in
habitants, located near the .geopraphi-
cal center of the county. The high
school building is of brick, 2 stories
| high, over a we'll lighted basement,
| and is located on the outskirts of the
village. where land can be easily Sc
cured. The basement contains fur
mace and fuel rooms, lavatories, and a
gymnasium. On the first floor is a
physics and chemistry room. a natural
history room, a music and art room,
and the rooms of the business depart
ment. The second floor contains an
assembly and study room and two re
citation rooms. The apparatus and
other equipment for the work in ply
| sizes, chemistry, and natural history
are exceptionally good for a small high
school. There is also a good library
and a reading room with current news
papers and magazines,
The expense of running the school
in 1904 was SO. 5SS. including $3.50
for teachers salaries and $5,15S for
buildings. grounds, and incidentals.
This was a year when considerable
sums were spent for furniture, appara-
tus, supplies, and additional land. The
running expenses for the first six
months in 1905 We're $3.775. Hereto
fore five teachers have been employed,
but this year there are six.
NO FARMING TAUGHT.
Previous to this year the Norton
County High School has offered college
preparatory. normal, business ana gen
eral science courses. 'but no course re
lated in any direct way to the leading
industry of the county-farming. The
county superintendent of schools said
that his attention had been f~orcibly
directed To this lack in the curriculum
of the high school by the experience
of n young man who came to the school
from one of the many large farms in
the vicinity, took the four-year bust
ness course, spent one year in a local
bank at $50 a month, and then con-
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18
FARM HIGH SCHOOL.
GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN EDUCA-
TIONAL METHODS IN THIRTY
ING KANSAS TOWN.

Consolidation of the Sod-House
Schools into a Large and Well
Equipped High SchooEStudents
lmbibe the Spirit OF Village lmproV-
emGnL.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-08-30

howled, that the gentlemen OF the
cloth" were arising against the Nor
mons, simply went 10 prove that God
was at work and that Mormonism
would spread, spread until IL envel
oped the whole world.
that Joseph Smith was the true pro-
phet, that he had sceh rhe vision OF
God with his Son by his side. lie
proclaimed TO the ediiieation OF the
good Mormons that Joseph was cbos-
Ell by God TO carry the fire aud sword
Of Mormonism into the world 6ni
slay unbelief, 10 convert the world,
to put down all who dared offend and
who dared TO exert their will against
the creed.
"Tbe hierarchy repr ascnts the con.
centration OF power declared the
speaker, gesticulatinR With sehem
ence, land IL was Peter himself who
first forced the people To give into
his Keeping their worldly goods and
who denounced those who came With
their possessions. -
why should the church not have
the charge of the possessions OF It's
f0llowersy" asked the speaker Of the
audience. with blissful unconscious
ness Of the fact that he was contra
dieting his statements OF but mo
ment before. when he declared that
the cbuIch did not want To take pos
session OF the goods OF its followers
that IL was not an institution foI
the benefit OF its leaders, an institu.
tion which did not deal IN things
worldly.
Here the speaker bIaDched OF into
what he evidently considered q con
yinciGg argument that the doctrin,
of conceni ration was the only true
one. aud tired tn prove that tb'
church should have The power. tbs
charge OF worldly wealth. charge o
everything except heaven itself. il
fact.
In another portion OF his adde's
the speaker said. Let those Wit
, Try 10 stand IN tie face OF the grcaI
d truth. Mofmonisbi, beware. As sur
as they live they shall pay the pen
, atty. Justice. retrilIutiye. cruel an'
p merciless. shall be meted ont TO tbos
who oppose the teachings OF on
2 priesthood Tncy shall be scstterc'
! tn the -four corners Of the earth, am
o worse. ten tbOuasBd times worse sbai
their condition be than that OF tn
n pour. despised Jew, who wanders tb
face Of the eiIth today. jeered an
+. hated by mankind because OF his re
o fusal to accept Jesus. "
= The speaker declared that the net
Y kingdom vas to be set up; that tlI
. heads uf the church should reign
. that those whose right IL was 10 cor
d tr0l should I've in power and visit ye1
1 geance npon tbeif oppusers. Som
q day the storm viii break which sha