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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-08
NOT ESPECIALLY NEW.

One of the most remarkable
movements of the last few weeks has
its storm center in New York, ac>
ccrding to the Inland Herald. 1t is
nothing less than a project to citlry,
or urbanize, the lonely acres where
the plowman homeward plods his
weary way.
Edgar S. Chambliss, of New York,
and Albert owen of the same city,
are authors of the new movement,
These men have concluded, after in
terviewing Bolton Hall, who wrote
Three Acres and Liberty" that 1t
will not be possible to induce any
large part of the population to move
into the rural wilds until something
is put into those wilds to attract the
people.
Back to the land!" has been cry
for some 10 or Is years, but it has
been neutralized by the less gram
matatical cry, "Me for the city!"
Cities lure the able-bodied country
boy, because of their attractions in
commercial fields, their amusements,
and their emphasis of the general
joy of living.
Machinery, invention, financing, the
wealth of mechanical conveniences-
all these attract the young man, OF
ability from the fields. Above all
however it is the loneliness of the
country that dispirits the youth of the
land.
Mr.. Chambless proposes to build
country farm-towns that shall contain
electric lights, baths and all the con-
veniences of cities. He and Mr.
owen would make country life at.
tractive. They would stop the coun.
try from flooding the city and star
the cities of the Union to flooding
the country.
Both plans would remove the ter.
ror from silent acres by having the
city spirit permeate the country. They
would have amusement halls, thea
ters here and there. lectures, ever
saloons and billiard halls. To carr!
out their plans they would invoke
either state or Federal aid, possibl.
both. They want good roads for au
tomobiles, plenty of public convey
ances of modern type, and the con
veniences of civilization everywhere
J If schemes of this kind are eve
put into practice, we should like t
see the Inland Empire get in, as tn
! real estate men say, "on the groun
floor" Why should we be laggard
/ in this modern movement? says III
Herald.
About the scheme of Messrs. Cham
bliss and owen there is much meri
But the statement that they are tn
originators of the idea is a mistak,
1t is an old scheme. Edward Bellam
had the same sort of a dream and S
have other men. They have not bee
limited to any age or any centur.
The situation owen and Chamblis
seek to bring about is usually referre
to as the millineum.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-08

The ladies of the city do not want
to have all the dogs that are run in
dumped indiscriminately into cell
lar. They fear some valuable pets
might become caught in the net and
they want to have chance to get
them out.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-08

Professors Beattie and Morrison,
who have been commissioned by the
Carnegie institute at Washington to
undertake a magnetic survey. across
Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo.
have begun the work, which Will take
year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-08

Mr.. Higgs-What is your name?
Driver--George Washington sab.
that name before.
Driver-Yas. sab, l 'spects yo' has.
Use been drivin in dis city fo' more'n
80 years, sab.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-08

Ex-senator Thomas C. Plat is dead
and with his passing New York loses
one of its most noted political bosses,
For years the Easy boss" was all
powerful in affairs of the empire
state. Who will take the throne
now?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-08

IN BOHEMIA.

: There are no titles inherited =
I there; +
3 No hoard nor hope for the brain =
Z less heir =
+ No gilded dullard, nobly born +
Z To stare at his fellow with lead =
+ en- scorn. +
= Bohemia has none but adopted +
= sons:
= IT'S limits - where Fancy's I
= bright stream runs +
= Its honors-not garnered for +
Z thrift or trade, +
I But for Beauty and Truth mems =
= souls have made. +
+ To the empty heart in a jewel I
= ed breast
= There is value. maybe, in a pur- I
= chased crest; :
Z But the thirsty of soul soon 1
= learn to know I
= The moistureless froth of the i
+ social flow, I
Iht NulSal VI NAAS fCAAiH
+ Gus feast
= When the heaviest purse is the :
+ highest priest.
= To organized charity, scrimped 7
e and iced I
= In the name of a cautious. sta !
+ tistical Christ; i
r The smile restrained, the re- !
= Spectacle can't
+ Where a friend in need is a I
+ friend in wantl I
+ Where the only aim is to keep I
+ afloat
+ And a brother might drown, /!
4 with a cry in his throat! I
+ Oh, long for the glow of a 1
+ kindly heart
+ And the clasp of a friendly !
= hand,
4 And I'd rather live in Bohemia I
Z Than in any other land! I
r John Boyle O'Reilly.
q /. = + + I. + I. + + + + + + 1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

i'm the present instance that twenty grains
were found in the eighth OF an lnch. VI
course sand varies greatly. but TINS num-
Der represents good fine sand. MULTIPLY
ing by eight gives 100, the NUMBER y,
grains in line whole inch long ana
squaring this chat is, 16O multipned py
1t0), we have 1900 i'm single layer one
inch square. In order to get an men cuDe
We must again multiply lto, ana inns
gives , 1884, COO. Just think! A very small
quantity in the hollow of the hand con-
tains nearly 100000 grains. ones ac-
miration for the wonders of nature grows
tremendously, yet We have made but the
beginning.
A cubic foot contains LIS inches. so
this is the next multiplier. and the prod
uct gives the astounding figures 4,3l3OSS,-
600. Four billion in less than peck. Let
us now imagine a stretch OF sandy beach
a mile long and a foot wide and deep.
In this rod of sand not much larger than
sewer pipe We find there are no less
than -. 713 104. $4,000 grains. But our
beach has width, let US say, quarter
mile, and depth, say fifty feet, and
we find in this chance stretch a to-
~ a. 5"3c2i, 900, 240. 10000 particles.
al Is. o. and a half quintilion grains!
The mind has ceased to comprehend such
figures, and were we to add a dozen or
two ciphers they would mean no more to
US than this tremendous sum.
Any one with calculating bent may
expand these figures as he pleaSes. One
might compute the sandy coasts OF the
United States. the North American con-
tinent and on, or might compute the
number of grains in the DeseIa OF Sa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
No Room for Pessimists.
he Manufacturers Record.


Ninety million people in the United
States are producing or consuming; most
of them are doing both. They are moving
to and fro upon the earth. They are
travelling or working. They cannot cease
their activities. They cannot become neg
alive. They are of necessity positive i'm
their effects upon the demand for food,
for clothes, for manufactured products.
Even if at the moment they are buying
a little less per capita than in boom times,
they are offsetting this to a large extent
by an increase in numbers Politicians
come and go; financial scares come with
their accustomed regularity, but the coun-
try moves along, increasing its popula-
ton, raising more agricultural products,
turning out more manufactured goods and
doing more work. Railroads are wearing
out with every wheel that turns, and
must continue steady replacement. New
railroads must be built to open up new
territory awaiting DEVELOPMENT and new
facilities must be provided by existing
railroads. Political uncertainty and ha-
RAISING iegisiatlon may affect the ability
or railroads TO secure money, and these
things do very greatly lessen the amount
of capital that under more favorable con-
ditions would turn into railroad building
but despite these adverse factors railroad
expansion must continue or railroads will
be bankrupt physically. and that is as bad
as being bankrupt financially Houses
are wearing out and new houses must be
built. The increase of population means
constant expansion in building opera
tions: The growth of cities compels the
building OF waterworks and sewerage sys-
TENS. the extension of new streets and
the better paving of existing streets The
awakened sense of the country to the i'm
portance OF good roads. not as a luxury,
but as a necessity, an investment yielding
larger profit than any other investment
winch the country can make, means vast
expansion all over the United States In
bodybuilding operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
COUNTING SAND.
How Sands of Seashore May Be
Roughly Determined.

From st. Nicholas.
Did Won ever try to count the sands Oh
tho seashore? Really it Is not such
formidable task if you go about 1t In the
right way.
Choose a smooth, dry spot some sunny
dav this summer, and. with ample paper
and pencil and a botanists magn1ylng
glass. get down to work. Stretch your
self out at length and level OF smoothly
a space about an inch square Lay two
pins black sand grains. or other small
objects. exactly an eighth of an inch
apart. then apply your glass with great
precision and care. Count the number
of grains that lie in a straight line be-
tween the two objects. This is the most
difficult as we'll as the most importa''
part of the proceeding, and too mGe'.
pains cannot be taken. A difference of
one grain will make a difference of mil
lions i'm the later calculations. 1t would
be more accurate to count the grains in
a quarter or half inch, but there Is dan
ger Of losing ones place and emitting or
duplicating some.
Having obtained the count of grains in
a line one-eighth of an inch long, the rest
Of the work is multiplication. Let US say
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Some reasons why
the Y. M. G.. A. succeeds
i'm Education

Here are some things that enable
Association Institute to meet the
New Demand for general and voca-
tional training leading to practical
efficiency in life:
The motive back of its educational
program is Serving Needs, not Sup
plying Demands. Its cooperative,
mutual, created by members OF a
great organization.
The staff of thirty teachers is made
up OF men of ripe experience in edu-
cational practice-plus this motive OF
mutually.
The method of instruction is essen
TALLY individual. with properly
graded class work.
The conditions for study and reci-
tation are az perfect as modern
building construction affords-light,
air and that comfortable club feel
ing.
The courses of study are especially
suited TO the vocational needs of en-
pIoyed men and youths.
The students are ambitious boys
and men who have a purpose in life.
The general atmosphere is that OF the
Y. NJ G.. Am attractive. workable
combination of club facilities, educa-
ton, athletics and religion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Shooting q Butterfly.

from the VIDE world.
The largest butterfly known Is found
only in British New Guinea and speci-
mems are worth anything from 800 up
ward. The male measures eight inches
across the wings and the female not less
than eleven inches. Q Widespread ex-
ceeding that Of many small birds. The
story of the first discovery OF this gigan-
tic butterfly Is curious one. A natural
list saw a specimen perched on the top OF
a tree and, failing to capture Il by amy
other means. finally shot 1t. From the
fragments he decided that the species
was entirely unknown to science and he
forthwith fitted out an expedition at a
cost OF many thousands OF dollars to go
In search of the insects. Two members
OF the party fell victims to the Papuan
cannibals and another was rescued only
in the nick OF time. Spite OF this In
auspicious commencement TO his enter
prise, however, the naturalist persevered
and ultimately succeeded In obtaining
perfect specimens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Association Institute
Teaches
These Subjects:

COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS.
Commercial Arithmetic.
Penmanship.
Business Letter-writing.
Bookkeeping (single and double
entry.
Commercial Law.
Commercial Geography.
Shorthand.
Typewriting.
Office methods and Record-keeping.
TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
Freehand Drawing.
Architectural Drafting.
Mechanical Drafting.
Structural Drafting Tin steeD.
Blue Print Reading.
Machine design.
Applied Mathematics (mechanics).
Physics.
Elementary Electricity.
Applied Electricity.
Elementary Chemistry.
Applied Chemistry.
Stationary Steam Engineering.
LANGUAGE. ACADEMIC AND
GENERAL PREPARATORY.
English for Non-English Speaking
Men.
English Grammar.
English Rhetoric.
English Composition.
English Literature.
Public Speaking
Debate and Augmentation.
Directed Reading of Books.
Music, Elements of.
German 1.-TWO years..
French.
Latin.
Spanish.
Arithmetic.
Algebra.
Plane Geometry.
Solid Geometry.
Trigonometry.
Analytical Geometry.
Calculus.
VOCATIONAL AND EDUCATION-
AL CLUBS.
Choosing a Vocation.
Photography Camera Club
MOOT court tLaW Club.
Social Science international Club,
Augmentation debating Club.
Hygiene First Aid Club.
Orchestra Practice 0orty pieces).
Mandolin and Guitar CLUB.
Singing i'm Chorus (Glee CIub,
English Bible Ground Table Cluh,
PROFESSIONAL.
Accountancy, covering
Theory Of Accounts.
Practical Accounting.
Auditing.
Law Except procedure and GRIM
inaD.
Prepares for g. II. A. Examination.
tCertified Public Accountant)
a hiGh-grade course, conducted by
the Washington School of Accoun-
fancy. under the auspices of the
\. Nj. {. A.. and i'm affiliation with
similar Institutes OF Accountancy in
baltimore. New York. Brooklyn, Buff
falo. Cleveland. Detroit and Los
Angeles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
School of Shorthand,
Typewriting
and Office Practice.

We have been teaching Benn Pit
man sound writing for twenty-five
years. We have trained hundreds of
first-rate shorthand writer's. The in
dividual instruction method insures
progress commensurate with ability
of the student. From careful, funda-
mental work with beginners through
progressive discipline in dictation,
slow. moderate and rapid, we are
prepared to give as thorough
course as Washington affords.
IL you are contemplating work i'm
this subject, beginning, advanced or
reporting, see us. Send for our
pamphlet Mastering Shorthand, the
Art of Sound Writing" Free for the
asking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Thirty-third Year
Opens September p.

The Washington Y. NJ. c. A. began
formal class work in college prepara-
tory and commercial subjects in 1873.
The season 1910-1l is therefore its
thlrtv-third. Nearly ten thousand men
and boys have been enrolled during
this period.
Friday. September -. at T:30 pm,
the Institute Class schedule will be
formally opened. The School OF
Shorthand resumes "Wednesday, Sep
TENDER q. The School of Account
fancy resumes class sessions Tues
day. october 4.
Personal interviews with prospec-
tive students are solicited. Confer
ence on any of the thirty or more
courses OF study may be had any
week day or evening i'm the Institute
Directors Office, Central Y. NJ c. A.
Building 1885 G. street. Telephone
and mail inquiries given prompt at
tention.
Bulletin OF Information on request.
Address
Myron Jermain Jones, MA,
Director,
1896 G. Street,
Washington DC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
~ AUFMAN IS right.
Unframed and in
~ adequately schooled

Unframed and IN
~ adequately schooled
bows and men are
finding it more and more
difficult with present COM
petition to secure paying
positions.
Naturally they arc seek
ing a second chance edu-
cationally in such practical
training schools as the
Young Mems Christian
Association of Washing
ton.
Last season six hum
dred Men and Boys at
tended the evening classes
of Association Institute.
Here they found proper
facilities for mind training,
supplementing that OF the
public Schools and helped
to fit themselves for the
larger demands OF modern
business, industrial and
! professional life.
These students say that
Association Institute and
the Young Mems Christian
Association make good!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

hara. There is really no limit when once
a basic number has been determined
Never was a truer statement made than
the one in the Bible where IL says that
the sands or the seashore would never
be numbered. They never will be counted
by man, but the probable number in GER
tain limits may be roughly determined by
the method outlined above.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
MILTON SCHOOL POPULAR
MANY STUDENTS PREPARE FOR
BUSINESS LIFE.
Principals Have Had Much Expert
ence and Success in Drilling
Civil Service Applicants.

The Milton School Of Stenography and
Typewriting, 14O3 III street northwest. en-
deavors to give its students thorough and
conscientious instruction along lines
which will prepare them for entrance
into the active business world. In the
courses offered are included shorthand
typewriting and bookkeeping, and special
attention is given to preparing men and
women for civil service examinations.
Each student in the Milton School re-
ceives the personal attention Of the prin-
cipals, Miss Nancy NJ. Milton and Miss
Katharine b. Milton, who have had wide
experience and much success In prepar-
ing pupils for various positions. Begin
ners classes in the principles of short
hand are in the hands Of experienced in
structors, who give much attention to the
individual advancement of each pupil
Glasses are started daily and students are
drilled from the start in taking dictatlon
Dictation classes are conducted for pupils
who have mastered the principles OF
shorthand. and various styles of matter
are dictated 10 meet the requirements OF
the Students. Business letters and a wide
range of technical matter are speciaitieS
provided for the speed classes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

sibly i'm work for which they are no.
really fitted or disposed. The rapioi.y
with which the various lines =, III
dustrial training have been deveiopeu
bv the Y. NJ. c. A., shows in one way
the days needs and demands In COM
merce, trade and industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Desires to Serve Men.

| America has been busy for wears do
veloping her natural resources. but has
largely forgotten her men, in spite of
the fact that labor is the larger mart
of manufacturing expense. EMPLOYERS
have been perfecting machines. while
the men behind the machines, have
| been forgotten. The country. therefore
has difficulty in competing in world
markets ! with highly finished goods
The \. Nj: L. A. sees this situation. and
with its desire to serve men. is rapidIv
developing the industrial and supple.
mentary apprenticeship training The
y. NJ. g a. has the reputation for
pioneer work, of which this is a typical
| illustration. Its object is not to turn
out half-bake workers, but men bet
ter fitted for their work, more officient
for their added training. and hence
better and happier workers This is
why all of these efforts are meeting
with the general approval of the publiE
1t is great opportunity to serve
the nation which the Y. NJ. c. A. faces
their systems of industrial training: in
North America We have but the begin
| nings in bringing school and shop or
vocation together The Y. NJ. c. A.
great transition period. and particular
ly so because 1t has an eye single for
| the real good OF men. not only for ex-
pert workmanship. but for honest skill
citizenship. These things are paid for
today. More firms than one which have
been cooperating In this work have
seen the results in more ways than
mere increased efficiency. better work
manship and multiplied output. They
have discovered deepened purposes in
character and honest endeayor.
This is n part of the Y. NJ G.. As
educational efforts in meeting the needs
of the vast majority of boys of the
country who leave school unprepared
| for life. waste four or five years before
! tksy ss...ls in a vocation, and then pos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Courses Are Thorough.

Beginners classes in typewriting are
taught either the touch or sight system.
Typewriting lessons include instruction
in letter writing, spelling, copying from
rough draft, copying and spacing. tabu-
lating, business correspondence, legal
forms and dictation to the machine
In addition to the single and double
entry bookkeeping in the bookkeeping
course, the pupils are drilled in CONNER
cial law and legal forms. business forms
and customs, business correspondence.
grammar, spelling and arithmetic
The coaching in the civil service course
is designed 10 prepare students who con-
template entering the classified service
of the government, and special attention
is given to the first, second and third
grade basis examinations. Test exami-
nations are given nightly for a month
previous TO all civil service examinations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
GROWTH OF ST. PATR|CK'S
LOCAL PAR0CHIAL SCHOOL
MAKES MARKED PROGRESS.
Institution Now Occupies Entire Sec.
ond Floor of Carroll Institute.
1901 Term Opens Soon.

A most interesting feature in the later
history OF education is the development
of the high school. For long years it
was looked upon merely as the second
step toward a college course. Now 1t
seems to have an end of its own, indie
pendent of further study. 1t prepares the
student either to take his place in the
business and money making world. or to
begin his studies for a profession, and to
either of these careers he is introduced
by his high school diploma.
In filling this necessary link in educa-
ton the Washington high schools have
developed rapidly. None has made more
than the Catholic high schools connect
ed with St. Patrick's parish.
Former Quarters Outgrown.
Six years ago the boys and girls fol-
lowed the same courses in the building
erected by the late DIR. Stafford for the
use of st. Patrick's Academy. The pupils
increased in numbers until two years ago
it was necessary to secure more ample
classrooms Now the boys have their
own department under the instruction
of Catholic laymen. They occupy the
| entire second floor of Carroll Institute,
10th and * streets, where their physical
development is looked after in the splen-
didly equipped gymnasiums, while in
| tellectual and moral instruction is i'm
parted in the neighboring claSSroomS
/ The names of some of the graduates are
on the roll of the Catholic University
| others are succeeding in the business and
newspaper worlds.
There is perhaps no other school in
| the city where the student is given free
choice of a course in the practical busi-
ness branches, or in the classics and In
| modern languages 1t is the only Cath
| Ollie high school in the city, and, as a re-
suit, il draws pupils from almost every
| parish and from the suburbs.
Wins Cardinals Prize.
Last year the prize offered by his en-
inence the cardinal for the best essay
in Maryland history written by the stu
dents of Catholic colleges was won by
Mr.. Lee Townsend, a 1910 graduate OF
St Patrick's High School.
Courses in the seventh and eighth
grade work are carried on in the same
building as preparatory to high school
studies. Rev. Tho las f. McGuigan is
director of schools, and daily visitor
in the classrooms. In speaking recent
ly of St Patricks, he said: THE Cath
Ollie High School idea is taking fast hold
among parent, and will grow about as
quickly as we shall be able to care Tor
the students The relative value OF our
work has been sufficiently proved to ex-
cite confidence in our methods.
Applications for admission to the school
at its opening in September are ALREADY
being received.