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TtlE 8UM)AY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 11, 1907. ILLS FOR HEW STATE'S INCOME FROM RESERVES WORK IS PROGRESSING RAPIDLY ON NEW SALEM ELECTRIC LINE AND CARS WILL BE IN OPERATION NOV. 15 ;; Critic Says Portland System Harbors Derelict Teachers. Oregon's Share This Year for Schools and Roads is $13,980.89. PETTY GRAFT OF OFFICIALS REPORT SENT TO FULTON IDEAS SCHOOLS Several Instructors Alleged to Have 'Unfit Habits "Too Much Stress on System and Too Little on Public Welfare." SEARCHLIGHT ON SCHOOLS. Herewith is precentetf the second article of a series fry a prominent Portland educator In which the author examines the public school system of the city, pointing oat its defects and suggesting remedies. In this article he calls attention to the Inadequate preparation of instructors for their work, and shows up the Bummer school graft of salaried city and county school officials; stsn discussing the need of- moral standard for teach ers. , . SECOND ARTICLE. . Reluctantly the writer renews his dts J cussion of the Portland public school sys. , tern knowing that his motives will be , challenged by the friends of the present administration and. that an attempt will be made to belittle the need for reform measures. At the outset, the appeal Is made to e-ery fair-minded citizen to sift this discussion to the bottom and govern : . himself and herself accordingly. In the last article reference was made to the superintendent's pupil teacner . classes as totally inadequate preparation ,.,for a teacher in our schools, in view of ,. the, fact that many of these young j , women are called In to do much teach .. Jng before they complete even this meager equipment very meager com . pared with the education, normnl train. . Jng and experience demanded by other vuiee 01 Portland a .standing, such as Milwaukee. Kansas City. Los Amreles nr St. Paul. It might also be- added that many cities limit the number of local , applicants licensed to teach for no other reason than that the teaching corps may .."i runt-inn inemseives oemna "persons of -"Influence" In their ward or wards and so defy both superintendent and board ,to remove them from service. That our . city, like others. Is burdened with many .of. these teachers who' watch the clock . and pay day on the fourth Friday. ; goes without saying. The only way to 'rid the system of these derelicts and jlead-a-the-top contingents is to get pub lic opinion aroused to force the board into action and then b.-cn tne board In ' heroic measures, for they are entrenched behind political Influences not remotely "connected with . ward politics. '"Cramming" for Examination. J' 'Another attempt at the preparation . of young women- for teachers is the i'bol conducted by the superintendents ..of our city and county, assisted by one or two others. 'This consists of a three weeks' session of what is known as 'cramming for the examination." . which Immediately follows its close. That these , would-be teachers get a "brushing up" . none would deny. That many get a pre- paratlon for their work as countv and ' city teachers that is better than none at all. probably most would admit. We are sorry for the children of Mult- from ah County if many schools must be taught by these well intentioned young women. The time was. when any one was "good enough to teach a small '.country school." . But in this, day and age country schools and country boys end girls are not so generally being spoiled, driven from school, their time . worse than wasted by Inexperienced ... teachers as they were once. Thanks to a growing public sentiment, country boys end girls are counted quite as deserving of skilled Instructors as their city cous ins. - , This Summer school graft run by the heads of olty and county schools Is now rated by would-be teachers as the sine qua non of being certified to teach. They have discovered that if they wish to "stand in" they better enroll in this cljool. Tuition. S15. With an enrollment of '70 or more this school has produced a neat sum for division among the three :'.6r four instructors. Superintendent Has Enough to Do. V That our city superintendent and his assistant has arduous work enough with out engaging in this outside work during any part of the year, for he is employed f or a calendar year, is self-evident. He "owes, nothing to Multnomah County of ficially. His salary, if not large enough, . IfSOOfi). before the recent raise, now J4.---fioo. should have been, so that there ahauld ne. no need to piece out by this taxing hbl weather work. It may not be com monly known that our superintendent's health is In a precarious condition mak ing this Summer school work as unneces sary as It is unwise and unwarranted. Some teachers allege that in spite of .their greater opportunities for scholar ships and pedagogical preparation the fall to pass the city test because, per .1 orce, they have failed to memorize the . words of the text In the psychology set down as "the text" In this subject. That answers given ag the result of wider study will not do Is also asserted. .Though It appears that "objectionable applicants are kept out. Here, as In the course of study, the letter of' the law is the all-in-all. This condition of things reminds one of the methods of the tooth pick machine. No individuality all alike. ' - Stick to Beaten Paths). Ideas are not wanted get on the right itatfk stick to the beaten paths to think 's to offer one's poppy head to the King ,who walks down the garden path, clip Ting off the taller heads with his cane. Let It be- granted that this three weeks' coaching school Is better than none at nil. but that it should be run by the .salaried officials of out" schools, whose ;iime Is pledged to their own work, is well .open to question. Better- trained teachers, both county 'L nd bity are needed and if these teachers 'must 'come from Oregon, then let the f-iTy- maintain a city normal whose courses shall meet the demand of the "peculiar needs" of one or both, or else demand that state normals be at once raised to that point of efficiency that will fit persons to he teachers of the city BohoMs and not discredit them and op pose" them, as the city t now seems to lie doing. That the city does discredit the work of the state normals is evident from the far that it employs less than one out of 20 of their graduates and does not want even these. Oregon's Agricultural College Is a credit' n the state, because supported and man tie.?' by strong men. Oregon's normals rev3the laughing stock of the Coast coun try, because they jiave been starved and crippled by penny politics. The excuses offered do not excuse. .The fact is, we nil - . . b a. m !U3 ML V3LWG WJUSONVILLE W A ( " 'S. V Aa-sMli are still living in the days of the "back districts." Moral Standard for Instructors. That instructor should be men and women of clean life and exemplary hab its has so long been the qualifications demanded that every one takes it for granted that our principals and teach ers all come up to this standard. State law not only expects this qualification, but demands it in the holder of a state license to teach. The harmful effects of intoxicating liquor must be taught. What a travesty on state law. to say nothing of decency, was the holding of a prlnci palship in one of our schools by a man so notoriously a user of liquor that not only the patrons of his school knew of it. but the children as well. That he was removed only after his arrest oir a crim tlnal charge, and a vigorous protest of the patrons against .lis being longer forced upon them, reflects the quality and quantity of supervision exercised by the central office. . But t. . la not the worst charge that is preferred against principals and teachers. Another prin cipal was discharged but not until the teachers of his building made a protest to a member of the board, whom they could approach, .charging him with a heinous offense. When this charge was brought to another member, it is re ported that he advtced his erring brother to "let his own" teachers alone." But this Is not all, another principal has had so unsavory a reputation that It is almost common talk, among teachers. If not among the children, of the school whoso lives he is influencing and Christianity in the Schools. Unwritten law expects that th teacher shall be in accord with that American spirit which recognizes Christianity as Its basic principle. But when those in charge of schools not only deny this basic prin ciple but discredit its force by word, if not act. it is unamerlean and pernicious. The Los Angeles course of study voices the almost universal sentiment that the physical and the moral Bhould take pre cedence over the Intellectual. When it Is known that the moral teaching Inculcated by the heads of our city and county schools is drawn from a spirit of agnosti cism and not Christianity,, is it any wonder that the whole system is so silent on the question of teaching morals? That scores of our teachers are teaching by precept and by example all that could be expected, let no one doubt. Is it any wonder that the greatest branch of the - . mm "J.V' 1 - ..Jet x.' JaT. :: V.fe5 5 Christian Church charges the American schools with being Godless when the in difference of school patrons allows this thing to be? Even France with all her heedless attitude toward Christianity la not worse than some cities in this our boasted land of the Golden Rule. That at least one principal ia guilty of gathering with his boys in the basement of his building and there regaling them with stories of lewd sort is in marked contrast with the manly and wholesome influence of another principal who has taken a deep interest in every boy of his school and kept many a one from falling by the way, and even kept up this splendid work through the. boy's kigh school course although receiving no encouragement to do so by those in charge. That many a boy owes his being saved from cigarettes and a worse ruin, to this man they and his school patrons are agreed. The pity is that he has left .this noble career for he could have been retained. It would seem that the mothers' clubs of our city would have discovered some of those deplorable things or even that some of our business men might have the wel fare of their children enough at heart to sisk inquiry and protest. TVjo Much Regard for the "System." When other city superintendents not only welcome the study of school prob lems and the co-operation of their mem bers in all matters of good habits and good morals our Citly Superintendents stand out in a unique position, not only not encouraging such efTort, but using their influence against the movement, sarcasm playing no small part of their hostility. When public school supervision Is run on such close corporation lines the inference is obvious that our schools are being maintained too much for the "system" and too little forvpublic welfare. Tat at least one of our teachers is so much in love with her profession that she continues to teach when she . is able to live In apartments at a prominent hostelry, costing 1100 a month, is the mat ter of current remark. The attitude of others toward their profession is reflected by their conduct at state and county as sociations. When the earnest teacher from the state conies up to Portland for these annual conventions eager to get everything that makes for her advancement, she is in marked contrast with some of our city teachers who come to these meetings bringing their tatting, crocheting- and 41 " win ITH work progressing rapidly at all points on the new Salem elec tric line, promises are made by the officials that the system will be in operation for the handling of both freight and passenger traffic not later I than November 15. The line Is being i built liv W .C Rfiratow Jb Cnmnnnv New York engineers, and the manage ment of the Oregon Electric Railway Company Is very well satisfied with the progress being made. General Manager G. W. Talbot and Chief Engineer R. I Donald have re turned from a trip of inspection over the whole line. They found, workmen busy all along with the work approach ing completion. Between Portland and fancywork, sit on the back seat, chew gum and swap silly gossip. The teacher from out of the city at great expense comes "and pays her mem bership fee and carries back to her school inspiration and better equipment; the city teacher commonly watches the clock and the minute she has hours enough to satisfy the law decamps, and Is seen no more. The reason they give for this un professional spirit fs that they are obliged to attend so many teachers meet ings that they are tired and sick of shop talk, and this is probably true; but the principal must hold the required number of these meetings whether his head is empty or not. Some valuable lessons may. even at this distance in time, be drawn from the city exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. That the state as a whole did itself credit is admitted, but that its work along many lines was crude is also conceded. In manual-training Washington, California and Utah were a decade ahead of us. largely due perhaps to the cumulative effect of years of teaching and the en thusiastic supervision of this most valu able branch of education. 'In drawing both freehand and mechanical, our ex hibits were weak compared with that from Massachusetts, New York and California, Copy work was too much in evidence in our work; Indeed, the training of eye to see and the hand to execute a drawing from the object Is training that leads to something valuable while the copying of a drawing from the book or from the blackboard begets little skill and leads to nothing in the arts or crafts. It is time Portland realized this and began giving children some hand craft skill. We have copied long enough I The award of medals and prizes at the late Exposition Is a sealed letter to most educators of our state. A commission of Judges was chosen by the State Com missioner or commission whose duty It became to pass upon th educational ex hibit and award medals and prizes. Our Multnomah County Superintendent of Schools whose office U close to our City Superintendent's office was the commis sioner. The Judges called from other states did their work and handed In their report, but lo it did not please the afore said and their recommendations were laid to rest and this self-appointed commis sioner in all his wisdom proceeded to award the medals where they would do the most good. Let it be understood that this worthy judge had never been out of the state before his trip to St. Louis, where he found Oregon's exhibit lamentably rural and crude. It would be a matter of keen interest to many to know how the honors would have fallen had the Judges' award been made. We suspect that too many would have gone wide of the mark of proper state distribution. On Aberdeen Waterfront. ABERDEEN. Wash.. An, 10. (Spe cial.) The lumber market is reported here to be improving. The Bchooners Halcyon and Zampa and brig Lurline which have been laid up here some weeks, have been chartered. The four masted schooner David Evans arrived today. This is the second visit of the Evans to Gray's Harbor since she was built, five years ago. Off- OStotiTH OjrTlAl ATI 1 i'-V ' ' , s " rwvv'. Salem 500 men are busy. A steam shovel. together with construction and dump cars, a traction engine and grader, and U0 teams, are hastening the work as much as possible. The high bridge across the Willamette River at Wllsonville is well along. The first two steel Bpans have been erected and it Is expected to have the-structure completed by the end of August. As the work Is being pushed at present, the company has a construction payroll of Job.OOO a month. All grading between Portland and the Wllsonville bridge is expected to be com pleted by the end of the first week in September and the grading between the river and Salem is' even further along. It is thought to have the south end of PLANS FOR FOOD SHOW Exhibition to Be Held Next Month Will Be Big Affair. ' J. W. .Dean, manager of the pure food hows to be held in the old Exposition building on Washington street, September 2 to 14, says it will be the biggest in the circuit of similar events that will be held in other Pacific Coast cities. He says the number pf large spaces already con tracted for and the elaborate designs that have been presented to him for exhibits - He 'j.. 4' . 1 Wsdsttla J1! W. Dean, Manager Pure Food Show. are far ahead of any show he has ever managed. He expects the coming show to rank not far below the Rose Fiesta in the beauty of the arrangements and deco rations. - An electric kitchen will be a prominent feature of the show and will contain near ly 1000 lights.. Everything in this kitchen win be performed by the latest electrical devices. This kitchen is certain to at tract a great deal of attention. The State Federation of Women's Clubs has taken charge of the country store feature, which will be managed for the benefit of charitable institutions for wom en. The women in charge have a num ber of surprises in store for patrons of the show and the country store will how how old methods have been superseded by modern ways of doing business. The women will also conduct a voting booth where those attending may vote for the most popular grocer demonstrator, school teacher, stenographer, policeman or fire man and gold watches will be given to the one winning the contest. Women who are on committees for these- two booths are, Mrs. S. A. Hvans, Mrs. F. E. Eggeft, Mrs. A. H. Breyman. Mrs. Btm" Selling, Mrs. S. Blumauer, Mrs. Dayton, Mrs. A. Stiles and Miss E. " - f ,r f K- ',Si,"'. -- "JC- l l4 v.". the lina ready for the laying ol track by the end of August. September will be devoted to track building, the erection of pole lines, and the completion of substations along the route which are now well under way. Materials are all on the grounds and everything is In good shape for the speedy construction of the line. Electric cars and locomotives to equip the line will reach Portland by the mid dle of September. Block 113. which will be used by the road for terminals, at Portland, Is now being cleared of buildings preparatory to the erection of freight and passenger stations. The wrecking of the last two bjsilldlngs on the block will be com menced today. Matthew on the central committee: and Mrs. J. W. H"ayes, Mrs. Dayton, and Mrs. James Tifft on the executive committee. The State Federation of Women's Clubs is composed of the Women's Club, Council of Jewish Women. Tuesday Afternoon Club. Forestry Association, Froebel As sociation and Portnoinah Club. J. W. Snyder, the expert booth-builder, has arrived in the city and has received contracts to build a large part of the best booths. BUY YOUR HAT. At Le Palais Royal, at the lowest price, street. Always the best 375 Washington DAILY MKTKOKOI.OUICAL RETORT. PORTLAND, Aug. 10. Maximum temper ature, 67 decrees; minimum temperature, 52 degrees. River reading at s A. M., ft.O feet: chanse in last -4 hours, 0.1 foot fall. Total rainfall. 3 P. M. to 5 P. M , .02 inch: total rainfall dnce September 1. l06r 45 !12 inches; normal rainfall ulnce September 1, motl. 46.4-i Inches: deflrleney. 1:10 Inches. Total sunshine August l. 8 hours 41 mln-utet;- possible sunshine August 9. 14 hours UT minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea level) at 5 P. M., 30.J2 inches. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Kothwithstandlng the barometer contin ues to rise over the North Pacific states local rains have fallen In the Willamette Valley and the Sound country and a small amount of rain Is reported in Southeastern Idaho. Elsewhere fair weather prevails, with slight ly higher temperatures. The Indications are for fair and 'warmer weather In this district Sunday. FORECASTS. Portland ami vicinity Fair and warmer; westerly winds. Wrstern Oregon and Western Washington Fair, warmer, extept near the Coast; westerly -winds. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and Idaho Fair and warmer. EDWARD A REALS. District Forecaster. ESTABLISHED IX . til DR. MARY LANE Late Superintendent of Chicago Woman's Hospital. TREATS DISEASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN EXCLUSIVELY. Ladles wlU consult their best interests by communicating with me. No Fee For Advice or Consultation The best equipped maternity hospital in the Northwest, in con nection, with the Sanitarium. Respectable arrangements made for the adoption of Infants. Perfect seclusion. Fees very moderate. For further particulars address or call upon DR. MARY ,I.AE, X-RADIUM MEDICAL INSTITUTE AND SANITARIUM 2S1.SS3HA1.DER STREET, COR. THIRD, PORTLAND, OREGON. Phones Main 270A, - Home A 2706. CORHESPOJiDE.NCE IAVITED AXD COFIDE.TIAL. Total Receipts From Thirteen Forest Reserves In State $139,808.91, of Which 10 Per Cent Goes to h-drool and Koad Fund. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 10. (Special.) Senator Fulton has received a letter from Associate Forester Price, of tha Department of Agriculture, stating that the amount which Oregon .will receive from the forestry service for the fiscal year 19"7 will approximate $13,9S0.S9. The letter which Senator Fulton re ceived is as follows: '.The agricultural appropriation act for 1901, approved March , 1907, con tains the following provision: "That 10 per centum of all money received from each forest reserve dur ing any fiscal year, including the year ending June 13. 191B. shall be paid at the end thereof by the Secretary of tho Treasury to the state or territory in which said resprve is situated, to bo expended as the state or territorial Legislature mnv prescribe for the bene fit of the public schools and public roads of th county or counties in which the forest reserve is situated; provided further, that when any forest reserve is In more than one state or territory or county the distributive share to each from the proceeds of said reserve shall be proportional to Its ares, therein; and provided further, thHt there shall not be paid to any state or territory for any county an amount equal to more than 40 per centum of the total income of such county from all other sources." The 10 per centum thus provided will bo paid by the Secretary of the Treas ury, who will determine the exact dis tributive share of the State of Oregon. In the meantime, I am very glad to) tell you tlmt the receipts from the National forests in your state during the fiscal year 19.17 are $139,808.91, dis tributed as follows: Forest. Receipts. Ashland Blue Mountains ( E. and W.) f 69.64S..i5 Bull Run Cascade (N. and S. ) 25,515.39 C'oquille Fremont 4.467.37 Goose Lake 11.fi! 7.37 Jleppner, 8,130.97 Imnaha (Chesnimnus and Waliowa) 22,073.31 Maury Mountains 771.94 Siskiyou. . . 4S9.91 Tillamook. Umpqua. . Wena'ia 7.093.E5 Total 139. 808.91 Ten per centum of 'this amount, or $13,980.89, is the approximate contribu tion of the fotests to the schools and roads in Oregon for the year just closed. ANOTHER FALSE QUANTRELL WALLA WALLA ALSO CLAIMS THE FAMOUS GUERILLA. Colonel T. C. Burgess, Thought by Many to Be the Confederate Lead er Once Justice of the Peace. "WALLA WALLA. Wash., Aug. 10. (Special) That Colonel T. C. Burgess, formerly Justice of the Peace in Walla Walla, was really Bill Quantrell, and that the famous guerilla leader of the Civil War is now buried in the city cemetery is the firm belief of many old-timers of this city. His family, who still live here, admit that lie was often taken for Quantrell and that he was at one time tried, condemned and sentenced to be hanged for being Quantrell, but they claim that it was a case of mistaken idcrTtfty. it Is said that he was always known as Quan trell and was pointed out us Quantrell when traveling, but his family claim that, he did not resemble the famous guerilla. The Colonel Burgess who lived here since shortly after the Civil War and who died in 1S99, was adverse to having his picture taken, though old-timers claim he often talked with them regarding his being mistaken for Quantrell. Whether or not he was Quantrell, however, may never be de termined. Burgess came here shortly after the Civil War when the section around Walla Walla wa a Confederate settle ment. It Is told that at that time Union men were almost kept out of this part of the country and that there were practically nothing but Southern sympathizers here. Burgess was a leader in this settle ment. Burgess served In the Con federate Army for a while and after the war went South. Sometime after ward he was caught, taken to In dianapolis and tried for being Quan trell. He was convicted and sentenced to be hanged. 1 There are two stories told here as to how he got free; one Is that a woman who knew him was not able positively to identify him; and another, that after conviction he begged that his brothers-in-law mlgtit be brought from Kentucky to identify him. They came and were placed outside the door, not being told that on their decision rested his life. They recognized him as Tim Burgess, and he was subse quently freed. He lived afterward in Texas. Arizona. New Mexico. Mexico. Nevada and California, and then came to Washington. Here It Is claimed he ran a saloon, but was afterward con verted and when he died was a mem ber of the Baptist Church. At one time he was a Justice of the Peace here and was very well-known. PORTLAND 10O1.