Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-28

popular and as influential as any man
in that body. He is one of the wealthiest
dairymen in the state. John Leslie. chle1
engineer of the steamer City of Shelton.
on the sound, is Carlisle man. When he
first came out of school he was pho
tographer but. he did not like that busi-
ness and studied engineering and got
certificate. l could name several other
Indians who have succeeded just as well
and have earned the respect and conn.,
dence of the communities in which they
live. The success of a man In this part
Of the country is not determined by MS
ancestry or the color of his skin or the
race to which he belongs. 1t depends
upon his character and his conduct.
Have Their Literary Societies.
I'VE have five literary societies in the
Chemawa school, continued Mr.. Chal-
craft, three for boys and two for girls,
which hold their meetings weekly and
sometimes have joint sessions at which
they give literary and musical entertain
ments for the ediication of the other
students. Some of the students show
good deal of musical talent. We have
Y NJ. G. A. and a Y. w. c. A. Both have
been strong factors in developing the
character of our students and stimulating
their ambition.
Our boys have shown good deal of
attention to athletic sports and have won
a number of trophies from other schools
and colleges on the coast. The annual
relay race from Salem to Portland vas
again won by the Chemawa team Of ten
boys. who carried a letter from the Gov
ernor of Oregon to the mayor of Port
and-a distance of ffty-one miles-in five
hours and sixteen and one-half minutes.
beating the team of the Portland y. NJ.
c. A by twenty-four minutes. The
boys in that race finished the run in
perfect condition and demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the faculty and the stu
dents that those who use tobacco do not
have the same endurance and speed as
those who do not use it. None of the
runners in that race had ever used the
weed
The Indian girls at the school are
bright-looking and attractive in appear
ance and manners Their rooms In the
the same kind of ornaments and SOU
venirs that you will find in the ordinary
boarding schools. They are neat and
quick in the household arts: they make
the Indian race was not intended to be
burden bearers and few of the girls
are willing to do homework.
Under constitutional provision all of
the state institutions are located at Sa
lem. and within radius Of three or four
miles of the city are a penitentiary, an in
sane asylum reform school, school
for the blind and deaf mutes. and an asy
lum for the feeble-minded has just been
completed. at q cost OF $4,000.
Statewide Prohibition.
state wide prohibition will be submit
ted to the voters of Oregon at the general
election in 1910. when there will be di-
rect popular vote upon a constitutional
amendment forbiddins the sale. gift or
storage of intoxicating liquors in any
H.
not yet been decided upon, but the lead
ers of the Anti-Saloon League tell me
that it will be as sweeping as that of
Alabama and will be intended to abolish
the use of as well as the traffic in liquor.
Under the operation of local option law
enacted five years ago nineteen of the
thirty-four counties of Oregon are already
dry. while more than 30 per cent of the
towns in fourteen other counties are also
dry by vote of the people. The single
exception is Multnomah county, which is
still wet" throughout. However. the
vote by which Curry, Grant and Jackson
counties went dry" has been set aside
by the courts on technical grounds. Cur
ry county emerged from q four-year
drought this summer. Judge Coke of the
circuit court, upon the petition of the
liquor sellers, held that the late election,
which was carried by the cold water peo-
Pile. was void and the result invalid for
the reason that the county court had
falle0 10 issue a proper call Tor the cleo
ton and did not conform to the require
ments of the law in the terms OF the
call
On similar technical grounds the result
of the election by which Grant and jack
son counties went dry in June, 1908, was
also set aside, although the intentions OF
the people were perfectly clear. and both
counties gave a large majority in favor
of prohibition. The effect of these deci-
sions restored the saloons to about one
half of the towns in Jackson and Grant
counties but the remainder continued
dry because of previous local elections.
In Union county an attempt to nuli.y the
election on similar grounds was defea ted.
The court ruled that the election was
perfectly regular and was sustained in an
appeal to the supreme court. although the
call and the proceedings of the election
were precisely similar to those which
were declared illegal by local courts in
other counties.
In Harvey county the question Of county
prohibition is to be submitted this fall.
and will be carried by large majority,
for more than half the towns are already
dry.
The results of elections already held.
regardless of the interference of the
courts. indicate beyond peradventure that
The statewide constitutional amendmen i;
will be carried in 1910 Public sentiment
is overwhelming everywhere except in
Portland, and some people have= doubts
as the result there