Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1907 — Armenians Good Citizens. [ARTICLE]

Armenians Good Citizens.

~ It Is asserted that in proportion to tfieir numbers here the Armenians have more voters than any other nationality among all immigrants. It is said that there are 50,000 Armenians in the country, and that 35,000 of them are voters. This being the case, It has Been asked whether they form a desirable source from which to recruit citizens. In reply Dr. Andrew White is quoted by Armenia as saying: “It is one of the finest races in the -worl<F*pfiysicnlly,* morally, intellectually. If" I were asked to name the most desirable races to be added by immigration to the American popula 5 tioh I would name among the very first the Armenians.” . - The most correct electric meter Is said to have been the invention of an Armenian. It may be surprising to know that the green color of the American bank notes was invented by an Armenian youth years ago. It is interesting to notice that while American missionary societies send missionaries among the Armenians there are seventeen ordained ministers of Armenian birth In this country laboring in American churches, preaching the gospel to Americans. An Armenian, Haig Patigion of Fresno, was the winner In the McKinley monument contest, and It was only the other day that another young artist, L. D. Yaconbion, captured the highest prize ($2,000) at Yale among hundreds of native scholars. The Armenians In this country publish fourteen periodicals in their own language, chiefly in Boston, New York and California. Wherever they go they establish libraries and reading rooms. If you go to any public, library the librarian will tell you that the Armenians attend that Institution, too, more regularly and draw more books from It proportionately than any other class.