The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-20

IOOaY.
81 was one of that kind of New Eng
land boys who had to work their way
through college, said Mr.. Barrett.
While my father was a worthy citi-
zen and often represented the town in
the state legislature. he did not have
sufficient funds with which to send
me to college.
Worked in Print Shop.
81 paid my expenses by teaching
ming school prizes, acting as cores
pendent for newspapers, and setting
type on a weekly paper.
When j was graduated at Dart
mouth college in 1889. I made up my
mind that the best way to do was to
go west and teach school and L picked
out Kansas as the state that most ap-
pealed to me. 1 knew that there were
a great many New England people in
Kansas especially Vermonters.
Wanted to Come to Kanass
'I corresponded with Is superintend-
ents of schools in the state and re-
ceived several offers. The one that ap-
pealed especially to me was one that
came from Concordia, and 1 was on
the point of accepting the offer when
I received a telegram from a college
classmate who had gone to California,
Offering me a position in a school where
he was teaching.
"It was largely a question of in
decision to accept this offer. From
California I went to Oregon.
My first school in the west was
Hopkins Academy at Oakland, Cal
arrived there. 1t was on the 10th day
of August, at Sixteenth street, and 1
had exactly $16 in my pocket.
Visited Topeka 1889.
"I went out on the Santa Fe, pass
ing through Topeka, and as 1 remem-
A.,
with Topeka and Kansas-it was in
1889. I saw Kansas at it's best-ev-
erything was green-but when 1 got
to California I found the country
parched and it made me homesick for
Kansas, and 1 was sorry that 1 had
accepted the offer in California. In
the fall of 1890 I came to Kansas
to see my brother in Smith Center
passing through Topeka. At this
time I stopped in Topeka and came
near taking position with the Santa
Fe, as I had letter from an official
in California.
Newspaper Work on Coast.
when in Smith Center 1 received
a telegram from Portland, Oregon
asking me to take charge of the build
ing up of the Evening Telegram. We
worked night and day for year and
during that time increased the circu-
1ation of the paper from 1900 to 15,-
900. 1 took the city desk and wrote
editorials also. We simply revolutions
lied methods. 1 advocated closer re-
lations with the Orient, trying to get
business interests established between
the Orient and the Pacific coast The
Telegram was started as a Democratic
paper by Republicans in order to get
the Democratic support.
I'm three years from the time I
went to Portland 1 received an ap-
pointment as United States minister
to Siam. After that 1 was special war
correspondent in the Philippine is
lands, and later was special commits
sioner of commerce in China and
Japan.
"I became war correspondent in an
attractive manner. 1 was minister to
Siam, and resigned to accept the ap-
pointment of lieutenant-colonel of a
regiment in the Philippines. My reg
iment was late in arriving, and the
state department being short of cor
respondents, asked me to become a
war correspondent. 1 was offered ST.
500 a month and my expenses, and
given paid up life insurance policy
for $4,000; I accepted
THE last time was in Kansas was
eight years ago. There were seven or