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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1914.
FOREIGN STUDENTS IN AMERICA.
There were 4,222 foreign students
in attendance at colleges and univer
sities in the United States in the
year 1913, according to figures just
compiled at the United States Bureau
of Education. This is an increase of
576 in two years. These students are
not concentrated at the larger and
better known institutions, as might he
expected, but are distributed over
275 different colleges, uniyersities and
schools of technology. The number
given includes only regular students
of college or graduate grade; if stu
dents enrolled in preparatory depart
ments, short-term courses, summer
schools, and independent profession
al schools were included, the total
would be very much larger.
Canada has the largest representa
tion—653 students are from the Do
minion. China and Japan are not
far behind—there were 564 Chinese
students and 336 from Japan attend
ing colleges in the United State in
1913. _ Of the other Oriental or Asiat
ic peoples, India is represented by
162 students; Turkey by 143; Korea
by 13; Persia by 21, and Siam by 13.
Latin-America is strongly repre
sented. Cuba sends 209; Costa Rica,
29; Guatemala, 15; Honduras, 12;
Nicaragua, 18; Panama, 28; and Sal
vador, 19. Mexico heads the list
with 223 students. From South Amer
ica, Argentine sends 43 students to
our colleges; Brazil, 113; Bolivia, 3;
Chile, 12; Colombia, 37; Ecuador, 16;
Paraguay, 2; Peru, 25; Uruguay, 2;
and Venezuela, 7.
Abundance of higher education op
portunities in the British Isles and
on the continent of Europe has not
prevented nearly 800 European stu
dents from coming to America to go
to college. Great Britain and Ire
land are represented by 212 students;
and Germany herself, the mecca of
the studious, sends 122. The others,
in order of numbers, are Russia, 124;
France, 40; Sweden, 41; Italy, 38;
Austria-Hungary, 34; Switzerland,
29; Norway, 26; Greece, 22; Spain,
20; Netherlands, 19; Bulgaria, 15;
Roumania, 6; eBlgium, 4; Portugal,
3; Montenegro, 1.
Even Australia and Africa have
students at colleges in the United
States. There are 56 students from
New Zealand. Africa is represented
by 15 from Egypt; 2 from Liberia,
and 44 from South Africa.
From American possessions 434
students came to college in the Unit
ed States; 108 from Hawaii; 215from
Porto Rico; and 111 from the Philip
pine Islands.—Ex.
PROUD OF VALDEZ PEOPLE.
The Prospector is proud of f|he
people of Valdez. The spontaneous
efforts made by citizens of the com
mupity to help Rev. Charles Price
and his family after the fire of yes
terday morning, when they lost ev
erything but the clothes on their
backs and a week’s washing on the
line, was magnificent. The success
of the efforts put forth is indeed
gratifying. Valdez citizens have done
themselves proud. We congratulate
them.
The seven-piece orchestra organ
ized by Prof. Reinke is a credit to
this community and should receive
the support of the people. No city
in the north has an orchestra that
can in any way compare with it. The
music rendered at last night’s enter
tainment was a pleasure.
INTEfHofSk
y LEFT loony
Contractor James Fish, Jr., left at
noon today with the interior mail for
Gulkana and will be gone about ten
days. The contractor had the ■ limit
of mall besides a large amount of
express matter for. the mining camps
along the government road.
Change of pictures tonight at the
Orpheura. Fine program.
BASE BALL SCORES
Games played June 16, 1914.
National League.
Boston 7, Chicago 5. Pitchers—
James; Vaughn.
Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati 7. Pitchers
—Allen, Ruelbach; Yingling.
New York 3, Pittsburg 0. Pitch
ers—Tesreau; Harmon.
Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 4. Pitch
ers—Mayer; Perritt.
American League.
Detroit 3, New York 0. Pitchers
Covaleski; Fisher, Warhop.
Cleveland 2, 'Washington 1. Pitch
ers—Steen; Ayers, Engel.
S(. Louis 0, Boston 2. Pitchers—
Weilman, Baumgardner; Foster.
Chicago 7, Philadelphia 10. Pitch
ers—Russell; Shawkey, Plank.
Federal League.
Chicago 3, Pittsburg 4. Pitchers
Watson; Dickson.
' Indianapolis 4, Buffalo 1. Pitchers
*—Falkenberg; Moore, Anderson.
Kansas City 14, Baltimore 1. Pitch
ers—Packard; Suggs, Ridgeway, and
‘Conley.
St. Louis 13, Brooklyn 14. Pitch
ers—Davenport; Seaton,
Northwestern League.
Tacoma 6, S attle 3. Pitchers—
Kaufman; Kelly.
'Spokane 6, Portland 4. Pitchers
—Baker; Callahan.
TEAM STANDING. ,
National League. r
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
New York .. 28 18 609
.Cincinnati . 30 22 577
St. Louis . 28 26 519
Pittsburg . 24 24 500
Chicago . 26 26 491
Philadelphia . 22 24 478
Brooklyn f. 20 26 435
Boston . 18 29 383
American League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Philadelphia . 35 18 660
Detroit . 32 24 571
Washington . 29 23 558
Boston . 28 24 538
St. Louis .... ••. 28 25 528
Chicago . 23 30 434
New York . 18 32 360
Cleveland . 18 35 340
Federal League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Indianapolis . 26 21 553
Buffalo .: 261 22 542
Chicago . 27 23 540
Baltimore . 25 22 532
Brooklyn .^ 21 21 500
Kansas City . 23 26 469
St. Louis . 23 29 442
Pittsburg . 22 29 431
Northwestern League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Vancouver . 43 18 705
Seattle . 40 23 635
Spokane . 37 25 597
Portland .. .. 23 37 383
Tacoma . 24 41 369
Victoria . 18 41 305
EDUCATION DOUBLES THE
PROFITS OF THE FARMER.
Federal Inveetigatore Seek to Find
Beat Management Methods.
To determine where farmers are
making money, how much they are
making and by what methods, a broad
study has been begun by the farm
management experts of the department
of agriculture, who have taken select
ed areas in the important agricultural
sections and are making careful sur
veys.
The purpose of this study is to help
the good producers to make money and
to know how and where they are mak
ing It The profits of the Individual
farmer are studied to determine the
factors that control bis Income.
One interesting feature of the re
ports Is the evidence that men with a
high school education made almost
double the profits of those without
this training, and that farmers with a
college education made an average in
come of 50 per cent more than those
with high school records.
The reports of surveys in Indiana,
Illinois and Iowa show startling re
sults. On one-third of the 273 farms
operated by owners it was found that
the farmer was not even earning for
niraseir the wages or a section band
after the moderate interest of 5 per
cent had been allotted on the invest
ment In real estate, farm equipment,
stock and supplies. In other words,
one man out of every three whose
farms were studied would be better
off financially if he sold his farm, in
vested his money at 5 per cent and
went to work for some one else.
More than 18 per cent of the 273
farms were losing $200 to $500 a year
for their owners, and 15 per. cent lost
from $200 down to $1 or managed to
“break even.” Slightly more than 59
per cent made between $1 and $1,500,
and only 8 per cent made profits of
$1,500 or more. Tl^ese records were
made in one of the best farming re
gions of the United States, with the
averaging farm capital of each farm
averaging more than $80,000. After de
ducting 6 per cent Interest on the capi
tal the 273 owners made an average
profit of $408 on his investment, or
less than 1.4 per cent.
The 247 tenant farmers whose opera
tions were included in the survey fared
better on net profits than farm owners.
This is held to be ample proof that the
man with small capital should rent
rather than buy a farm.
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DANGER IN PESTS
FROMMROAD
Government Sounds Wanting
to Amateur Scientists.
LAW ON IMPORTING INSECTS
In Spite of It Effort* Ar* Made to
Bring In Undesirable Specimens of
Animal Life—How th* Gypsy Moth
Spread Destruction — Other Foreign
Bugs That Afflict Farmers.
The seizure by the New York cus
toms authorities of the village of mead
ow ants which Mrs. Charles W. Morse
wished to bring with her from Eu
rope is only an episode in the perpet
ual war waged against undesirable im
migrants, human, animal and vegeta
ble. Mrs. Morse’s village, like the one
which reached Philadelphia about a
fortnight before, was probably a by
product of the increased interest in na
ture study, but the United States gov
ernment not only discourages such aids
co amateur research, out aDSOiuteiy
prohibits them. By a law passed iu
1905 the importation of living insects
Into this country is forbidden, and
there are other laws which regulate so
strictly the importation of larger ani
mals that in many cases no discretion
is left to the authorities.
Nevertheless tourists and amateur
scientists are continually endeavoring
to introduce additions to the flora and
fauna of the United States which the
United States is happy to be without,
it is estimated that fully one-half of
the pests that afflict farmers and stock
have been imported from abroad.
The classic instance of misguided
enthusiasm is the introduction in 1869
of the destructive gypsy moth by a
scientist named Trouvelot. Trouve
lot, an astronomer at Harvard, devot
ed much of his leisure time to the con
sideration of the silk worm industry.
In an evil hour he conceived the idea
of breeding a hardier worm which
might withstand the diseases which
were then ravaging rearing establish
ments in France and imported some
gypsy moths, intending to cross them
with some of the native species found
In the United States. It so chauced.
however, that he left the window of
his study at Medford, Mass., open one
day. When be returned a mass of
eggs laid by the gypsy visitors had
disappeared. Apparently it had blown
out of the open window. The moths
are still with us and have cost the
country millions of dollars.
Automobile an Ally of the Moth.
Strangely enough, the automobile has
proved an ally of the moth. Not only
does it stir up currents of air which
scatter the fallen and infected foliage,
but it actually carries insects many
miles into districts which have hither
to been immune, and on one occasion
some years ago there is every reason
to believe that a deliberate attempt
was made to spread the pest. Eggs
said to have been found in California
were sent to the department of agri
culture for examination, and for a
time it seemed certain that in some
unaccountable way the pest had trav
eled across the entire continent. In
vestigation revealed the fact however,
that the man who forwarded the eggs
had previously been employed in fight
ing the moth in Massachusetts. Upon
the arrival of a scientist attached to
the department he left bis home and
remained without address until the in
vestigator had departed. There were
no further reports ot the gypsy moth
in California.
Some enterprising travelers have at
various times attempted to bring in as
a curiosity the Australian flying fox.
Unknown in this country, this over
grown bat. which at its largest meas
ures more than five feet across the
tips of its wlqgs, is one of the great
pests of Australia. Its nightly raids
in search of food cover considerable
distances. It is most partial to figs,
bananas, peaches and other soft fruit.
The mongoose is another creature
which individuals persist in bringing
uninvited to American shores. fn
America he is a nuisance. When no
snakes are available to appease his ap
petite he does not scorn chickens,
young pigs, kids, lambs, puppies, kit
tens, vegetables and fruits.
Australian Rabbit Has Cost Millions.
Still another instance of the ease
with which experiments of this kind
run away with 'the experimenters is
the Australian rabbit.
“Millions of dollars.” says a report
of the department of agriculture,
“have been spent for bounties, poisons
and various other methods of destruc
tion; thousands of miles of rabbit
proof fences have been built, and hun
dreds %t schemes for destroying the
animals have been suggested, but noth
ing has yet been found that will exter
minate the pest"
The San Jose scale was brought into
this country from its original home lu
a remote region of China by an ardent
horticulturist. The English sparrow,
like the. mongoose, is an instance of an
anticipated blessing that turned into a
curse.
In the case of large animals it is not
their own increase which is feared,
but that of the diseases and parasites
that they bring with them. . Recently,
for example, six llamas were shipped
from Peru, one of them intended as a
present.- it was said, to Secretary
Bryan. They were all excluded be
cause they bad the mange and might
Sinead It
Cleaning Up
We are cleaning up the following
lines, at greatly reduced prices, to
make room for new stock.
We are offering Ladies’ Raincoats, Auto-coats and '
Capes, which were selling for $6.00 and $6.50, for
$1.50.
Men's fancy Cravenette rain-proof coats, for
merly sold for $15 to $20, now selling at $10.
Men's High-Top Shoes in Standard
makes at greatly reduced prices.
This is an opportunity ycu fhculd rct[mi£s.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
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