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About Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1929)
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1929. FIVE LS5 flF Mrs. Edith Ackert Brings . . Extensive Experience ' Into Thoroughness of Her Work. In five and a half vears rs county school superintendent, Mrs. Kdilh .Afkert uas performed very afuable service !or the ftdnpi- ilonal activities of the county. Persist ently voiKliiB for a - o n b tant-fai-i r o v emt-nt, in ducathmul insti utions. her work as resulted in .teady progress. paiticula r 1 y. In the rural coia-muntties. M r s. Ackert has a natural an- Mrs. Mckert "tude for organ l- - , zatiou that 1ms been of great imporiunce in this achievement, securing excellent cooperation frou the school offi cials and instructors throughout the county, which she has travel ed from one end to the other many times in her frequent visitations, where she personally contacts the schools and their officers. , Well wxpei ienccc Mrs. Ackert is a native of Kan sas but at an early age went to Oklahoma, where tier early edu cation was secured in rural schools and the Logan county high school at Guthrie. She attended Okla homa Btate normal at Edmourl, the oldest school in the state, and completed her education in Ep worth university at 'Oklahoma City. She taught sixteen ytais in the rural, elementary and high schools ot Oklahoma before com ing to Oregon, spending aiso number of years as an instructor in schools In this state. A little over five years aso, at the solicitation of numerous friends, she entered the political field as a candidate for the office I of county school superintendent, bfltl was elected by a large ma jority. She was subsequently re elected at the last general elec tion by a very flaUering vole. j Music Encouraged 1 One of her principal ettorts has i been devoted to increasing at' end ance in the schools of the county and despite the handicaps of sev ere epidemics has succeeded in this aim to a very marked degree. ; . Special honors are ' given , pupils ! who maintain records for 100 per ; cent attendance during the school ! year: - Mrs, Aokert Is also a very f great lover of music and h-ia en-: deavored to introduce some form ; of music in every school hi the i county as a part of the datiy pro- j gram. She has encouraged school boards to provide piano, pnono-1 graph or some other musical in-! strument for their schools In or der that the pupils may be educat-1 ed to the value of music in their! Mrs. Ackert has given assistance In the recent investigations made by the state in school finance and In proposed new methods of pre senting history, geography and spelling In the elementary schools. Mrs. Ackert is assisted in tlie duties of her office by Mrs. Lil lian B. Davis, who is In charge of the financial department and the clerical work. Mrs. Davis has had a great deal of accounting exper ience and has been doing mo&t ef ficient work in auditing the bonks of the various school clerks, who report annually to the county superintendent. .frequently TisUed with-them: They had .few horses, and : traveled by boat in the rivers and lived almost entirely on fish, dried berries, wuias, and hazel nuts. Those in the North L'mpqua trad ed dried salmon to the Klamaths whom they met at what is now known as Oak Flat on the ume rsorth Lmpqua river, where they f ueid a sort of fair. Their besetting sin was gambling among themselves and with the Klickatats who made them a visit every fall and generally carried away with them the summer s ac cumulation or dried berries, nuts, etc., and on one occasion made such a clean sweep the Umpquas would have starved to death I-.it for tne help from the white settlers. jnoy were unspeakably filthy in their domestic and social habits to such a degree that no white man could live with them and for that reason they were not troubled with that pest of : both Indians and whites, the "squaw man." The Indians in the south end of the valley belonged to the Kogue River tribe and spoke the same language, which was quite differ- ut from that of the nur thorn sec- 11011. , When the Rogue River Indians went to war with the whites in 1&55 the Indians from about Myr tle Creek on south joined them, some going. south and joining the main tribe and some staying there and causing much trouble in the sett lements, .burning buildings, stealing and killing stock. The late Judge Kiddle said when the war was over, "there' was not an able-bodied man left of the Cow Creek and Kiddle Indians. All that were left were gathered up by the government and taken to the Siletz reservation and that was the last of the L'mpquas iu their home land." E Port land Cornerstone laid for Blanchard United Brethren Church of Christ at 67th street and 32nd avenue Southeast. Ashland Contract awarded for water- system improvements here. Burns MacMarr Stores, Inc., opened chain grocery here in , Cle mens building. Eugene Building permits in this city for month of September total ed 156.283. ; Gresham Ventilating system in stalled in Gresham theatre. Ashland American Legion building improved. Baker Eastern Oregon Light and Power company increased ca neitv here. HDiViE TO ROSEBURG Average Enrollment of 1 50 Efficiently Maintained at $200,000 State , Institution. By S. W. STARMER, Commandant Tho Oregon state Soldiers' Homo is beautifully located one mile west of the city of Roseburg. The institution was originally plac ed in the Umpqua valley, in pre ference to any other section oi Oregon, because of our wonderfu climate. The home was establish ed here in 1833. The grounds con sists of 40 acres of land border iug on the south fork of the fa mous Umpqua river. A large por tion of this acreage is under culti vation and furnishes the home with a great variety of garden and orchard products. l . During the spring of 1924 a pumping plant with a capaci'y of j 500 gallons a minute was installed. This pump la used for Irrigation and fire protection as well. The j heat for all the buildings Is fur- j nished by an adequate heating plant. The Oregon State Soldiers' i Home hosuitaf Is a modern build- ing of beautiful architecture and has a capacity of fifty beds. The operating personnel cop-1 sis of a commandant, adjutant, ! physician and matron, and other j employes numbering twenty-four. The monthly payroll averages 1 $2020. At the present time the average enrollment is one nun-; dred and fifty members. These t Incapacitated soldiers are repre-u sentatives from three wars and I they range in age from 29 to 97 i years. A very efficient landscape gard ener has constant oversight over about seven acres of lawn, with shrubbery and flowers interspers ed in symmetrical proportion These beautifully kept grounds are a delight to the eye at any sea son of the year. The buildings are nine in number, consisting of an administration building, barracks No. 1 and 2, hospital, kitchen and dining room building, central heating1 plant, commissary, poul try house and barn. These build ings are well kept and efficiently managed. The state of Oregon, in this home, has an Investment of about $200,000. ' WE WANT YOUR WORN SHOES We specialize In putting renewed wear In run-down Shoes. A olean comfortable place with the latest magazines to read, for while-you-walt customers., We also carry a complete line of laces, polishes, shoe ureases, etc. BRUTON'S SHOE SHOP LAST CHIEFTAIN OF UMPQUA TRIBE By SAM D. EVANS The Umpqua Indians belong to the Chinook tribe that inhabited the Pacific coast from the' strait, north of the stale of Washington to Coos Pay in Oregon. South of Coos Bay or Coquiiie another class of In dians lived and while they had more or less intercourse with one another there was alwas au un friendly feeling between them. Kirkpalrlrk said that in their re treat from their fight at Hattle Rock at Port Orford, their guide, a ' Coos Hay Indian, showed them a pole standing in the seashore and ' told them, "you are safe now as no 1 Indians from down the coast would '. dare pass that pole." No printed history gives an ac count ot the first travelers in the Umpqua country. Alexander Hoss while at the head ot the Willamette In 1X13 says, "here is a fine stream, ' the Umpqua. running from east to ' west, where beaver are abundant, but the Indians are so notoriously lazy that they cannot be prevailed on to hunt or do anything that re quires the leant exertion," showing a previous acquaintance with the country and people. The Indians in the Umpqua al- "ley were divided up Into small bands and communities, and never united in a war against the whiles. They did make one or two abor tive efforts to capture lb' '' son's Hay fort near Klkton. but generally their depredations were restricted to an attack on small parties of travelers or trappers Their only attack of a party of any size w when they massacred Smith's men at the mouth of the Umpqua, killing IK, only 3 escaping. They were not a large tt ibe. 1 he Hudson's claimed about snO in the Umpqua territory, trading at fort Umpqua (Klktmi) and as they had no trading post south of this place they undoubtedly drew from as lar south as Rogue river and Coos Bay. They were rated very low in in telligence compared with the Klitk atau and Yakimas and were hekl in contempt by tueie Indian who Make Our Place Your Headquarters During the Celebration Take advantage of your all-day visit in town to stock up on smokes and accessories. Our club room is at your convenience. You will meet your friends here. Congratulations to the county on the completion of the new Courthouse The PULLMAN -J. A. FULCHER The Salem Brick & Tile Company Congratulates Douglas County on her beautiful new Courthouse We are proud of the part we were permitted to play in its construction, fur nishing, as we did, the Burned Clay Fire Proofing Materials. We also fur nished these materials on the new Medical Arts Building, and on new dehy drators in Douglas County. Puccinelli use Salem Tile in the construction of his dehydraton where tile construction is specified, Miller also uses Salem Tile. Burned. Clay Building Tile and Brick are Permanent materials, excellent for all types of building construction. They are fire proof, sound proof, vermin proof," make buildings that are easy to heat in winter and cool and pleasant in summer. ... . For prices on our materials we would refer you to Denn-Gcrretsen Company, . ' 231 N. Main Street, Roseburg, Ore. Salem Brick & Tile Company Manufacturers of Common Brick, Building Tile, Silo Tile, and Drain Tile ' P. O. BOX 103, SALEM, OREGON I i n ' ' 'J . . . . -, 1 . ' ' ' ' ,J ' r -' iifciiJ.- ".., . '" - - ... . . , ' ',' ' ' ' WE ARE CELEBRATING THE COMPLETION OF OUR MODERN COURTHOUSE Roseburg is always celebrating the use of The MODERN" Fuel QUICK CLEAN SURE We carry the most modern and up-to-date gas appliances for cooking, heating, freezing and water heatgig. See them at our store. 0 Southern Oregon Gas Corporation 340 N. Jackson "Instant Heat" Phone 235 M. R. Brown, Dist. Mgr. Congratulations to the people of Douglas County upon the completion of your new COURT HOUSE Oregon Portland Cement COMPANY 321 FAST MORRISON ST. PORTLAND. OREGON I , ji I : r
