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also the automobile division, the eques-
trian division and vehicle displays.
Many business firms are to be repre-
sented by trade floats.
Booker T. Washington, the famous
negro educator of the South, spoke at
the high school here Friday night.
No entertainment had been planned
for his coming on account of the short
time given for preparation. His lee
ture was on the founding and up-build-
ing Of the famous Tuskegee Institute
at Tuskegee, Ala, and with the gen.
eral problem of negro education and
betterment. Following the lecture, a
reception was given for him by the
negroes of the city at the Odd Fellows
hall, under the auspices of the Profit
able Sunday Afternoon association. In
his talk he stated that Tuskegee Insti-
tute was started in 1881 with one teach
err and thirty students. Today the in
stitution owns three thousand acres of
land, with nineoy-six buildings, large
and small, most of which were built
by the students. The entire property
is now worth about 81, 200, and has
not dollar Of circumference.
The elks recently imported by the
county from Yellowstone Park, and
turned loose on the range at Naches,
after being kept for some time in the
corral at Scott Stevens ranch, appear
to be considerably domesticated. The
animals show no desire to leave the
vicinity and evince little, if any, fear
of humankind. Several of them may
be seen almost any day, feeding about
the range as placidly as cattle. They
are looking sleek and thrifty, and de-
spite of the fact that the range has
scarcely begun to get green, they seem
to find an ample supply of food. We
drove out to Painted Rocks Sunday,
March 2 and then from there on to
Naches.
The drives and scenery are beautiful
at this time Of the year, for the wealth
err is most delightful until about sunset
when chilly air settles down on the
valley.
The two Indians of the Siwash Re-
servation who were at Washington,
D. c., during the Inauguration, being
sent there in the interest Of the Jones
Bill have returned. IL their native
costumes, they certainly must have at
tracted no little attention and notice at
the capital city. The chief is unable
to speak English, but the younger man
is graduate of two Indian schools,
and quite practical rancher. They
we're accompanied as far as Butte by
the government agent.
In session occupying not more than
Is minutes the Board of City School
Directors last evening, elected A. c.
Davis as Supt. Of N. Yakima city
schools, fixing his salary at $27OO. Mr..
Davis has been principal of the high
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graduate of the Chicago University.
In electing Mr. Davis to the superin-
tendency, eighteen applications from
school men elsewhere were considered,
among them w. F. Anderson, Supt. of
Berlin, Wis.
We close our seventh month Friday,
March q. The remaining two months
will be gone before we fully realize it.
Our contracts for the coming year are
ready for us to sign Monday evening,
March "a, the Board of Directors meet
ing that evening for that purpose.
Whether or not we return, we are
glad to have our clerk reelected as he
is splendid board member. The
Wash. law provides that school dis
tricts hold their annual election of
officers the first Saturday in March.
At that election our clerk was elected
unanimously.
CATHERINE M. DooLAN.