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Saturday, March 8, 102
GIVE HISTORY
OP SCHOOLS
First Wallowa County
School Opened in 1870;
Growth bince Then Re
markable. (Hy J. S. Mirk)
WAI.UIWA, t)li-. (KihlmuI)
Willi (In- rlrm Bi'llliTH lumlni; Into
((io (,.1 illowu vullcy in and
'7a Vh h in u few jima lliu moil of
a uchool of Home kind wiw Ij'gin
lilnp to ho kt'lttly fill.
Hi-ttl.-ni, tin- grt-iiLr part of whom
f had netlli'il.ln 11k- wrftti'i'ii purliou
' , of the valley, ,lii(,-an Iho consiiili ra
tion of lhla.vll.il prohlini, which
was the utartini,' point, fittnl
which tno jirusint high cliura
u-hoolH an; luriri-ly nspoiiHlhle.
Koine very lim-rCNtilif; facta pre
sent themselves. In a survey of the
educational question from the year
1S7U up until iho present lime. At
this tinio Wullowu valley wan a
portion of I'nlon county, and Willi
the small settlement so far remov
ed from til more thickly settled
portions of Hiu county, and with
no school district houmlarlcs hav
ing yet heen established, It re
mained Tor the settlers to Bit busy
and work out somo system, which
would meet their needs, until tho
population hud (,-ained enouKh to
warrant more attention helnr;
(riven the school question.
Thus, In the year 1S7U the first
School was opened In lh0 valley, a
- small log structure was erected by
the people living In the l,owor val
ley, where some of the present rest
dents of the valley, who were small
children at that time, made their
first entry Into a school uuiltllnir.
This first small school house was
u snort distance west of the pres
ent town of Wallowa, and was ..
privato school, hclng maintained,
by Iho parents having children at
tending school. The teacher who
ministered to tho wants or tliu
children, was a man named Aiuler
bon. Tho furnishings of this first
school, are said to have been very
few. Tho scab and desks being
built of rough boards, rudly car
pentered, though answering the
purpose very nicely. Another very
difficult problem confronting both
teacher and pupils, was lh0 ques
tion of text books, the books avail
able were products of many dif
ferent uulhurs, thus contributing
to the very difficult task of teacli
ini!. Willi the absence of roads and
bridges, many of tho children
found If very dlrrieult to reach the
school, at many times when high
waters, and other barriers to travel
On foot presented themselves.
J'iit District Jlailr.
The b ularles of the first
school district-was established in
this section In tho year I.S7U be
ing Iho first one In the valley. The
question of education then "began
to attract tin. attention of more of
the settlers of the valley, who were
showing considerable gain.
A system calling for three
months school each year, was at
this lime put into operation. .Short
ly after this tlmo two or three
school buildings were built of logs
In the upper part of the valley, one
located on Alder slope, anil an
other on Hurricane creek. One
of the firsl teachers in II, in sec
tion of the county was Jlarold
llurlelgh.
About a year following this a
school house was erected near tho
present town of l.ostlne. From this
time up until 1SS7 when tho vul
lcy was cut off from t:nlon coun
ty, something like twenty school
districts had been formed. A few
districts wero created within tho
next few years.
A report or .March 27. 1SS8
showed ISllii persons of school age,
749 of whom were attending school.
Tho leachcrs employed at this
time, were about equally divided,
as to men and women. That year
saw tin- erection of several new
frame buildings, for school pur
poses, to replace the older log
structures. At this time the esti
mated value of school property in
the county totaled $!HMM..
The boundaries or the rlrst 1-S
Broadway
Portland,
rOSPITAJfl
OSPITAMfl'Y AND 1ND1V1D-
vaj att tarn
ATTL
who
it ....IWrlll
stu
ehncf public.
.MUSIC, DANCING and the BEST
TO EAT
AT
I . rfVv
Arthur H. Mey
- 1.
school districts wcro adopted hy f
meeting of lhe county court, Janu
ary la, uiiii. The greater part of
these districts had been created,
while the valley was yet a part of
rnion cuunty.
The total number of school dis
tricts, up until the year 1896 was
forty-one. With tho number of
pupils of school age at this time
placod at 1727, the average salary
paid tile teachers at this tlmo was
around J5 per month. At this
time the value of Ui school prop
erly had reached IHi.OlM.
Huring tho year lsgti a rlnc
frame school building was erected
at Knterprlse at a cost of $J.t.oo
and during the next few years
seven morn now school districts
wcro creuted, bringing tho total
number of districts ut this llmo to
forty-nine.
In l'jtMi lhe minimum 1 school
term was three mouths of school
each year. There wen forty-four
teachers employed In tile work. of
teaching at this time, at an aver
age of $4ti per month. As a com
parison of Iho present time, with
that, date, tho minimum now Is
eight months school each year,
with one hundred and twcnty-flvo
leachcrs employed ut an average
salary of JllL'U per month.
The first apportionment of school
funds was made by Superintendent
1. MeOilley, August 19. 1SS0 ou
the basis of if.ii! children of
school uge, the amount of the ap
portionment being tmiMii or
JI.40 per pupil,. The apportion
ment made by Superintendent J.
t Conley, November 13, '192:v on
the basis of 2'JW punils. was 13K.-
9".r..2(P or 13.38. In addition to
this thero is a high school tuition
fund. While districts Jiavp the
power to levy a special district
tax. The greated portion or thorn
find this necessary in order to
meet tho expenses of conducting
the schools. . . :
There luus been ninety school
districts organized In the county,
although several of these have
lapsed, duo to the fact that a num
ber or years ago, when the tim
bered sections or tho county were
taken up, mid with fumllles resid
ing there, some very largo country
schools were in evidence. However,
at a later dale when this hind hau
been proved up on., and a large
portion sold lo large timber Inter
ests, the number of pupils has
dwindled until a number or them
maintain schools no longer.
On July 7, 1900 the first county
high school was established In lhe
county. It was located at l-'nler-prise.
Almost Immediately -each
of the other towns felt the need of
a high school, and in a course of
lima, tho eounly high school was
ilisioniiniied, and becamo lh Un
lerprite high school.
Tho county now haa five1 stand
ard four-year high schools located
at Joseph, Losline, Wallowa, ljn-
lerprlse anil Klora. The first clasi
gruduallng from high . school all
the county high school at- ICnter- I
prise, was three, while In 1H23 the
graduating class numbered 68. The
rirst eight it grade graduating class
consisted of three boys and lw
girls, these wero from the KnterT
prise school. During the year 19:3
over 1 .'ill graduuted from the eighth
grailo in the county. "Annual In
stitutes wero held In the. eounly
since lSt4 when ull teachers oro
required lo attend. Kuch year
sees many students graduating
I'rom Iho high schools of tho coun
ty enter In comparatively large
numbers Into larger institutions of
learning In tho state.
While nearly fifty years have
elapsed since the first effurbl at
maintaining a school In (he coun
ty wer,.. started, when lllo facia
thai 'he start was made from noth
ing, aro considered, It. must be ad
mitted that the growth has been
by leaps and bounds, . The pioneer
touchers who labored so ralthrully
under those trying' coridllions" or
the early growth of the educallon
al advancement, aro certainly
worthy or more commendation
than they arc usually given.
Ileiiu -Man Claims I'ailhil
, IM-afiicss Cured by Itiullu
HKNO, Nov (A1-) Itadlo even
tually may cum partial deafness,
In the heller of Norman Squires, of
tills city, who cites his own case as
an illustration.
Two years ago. Squires says, ho
win totally deaf In his left car.
Now, an or constant treatments by
radio, he declares lie can hear ii
whisper across the room.
at Stai
A 1'KUSON-
combined efforts of
after yeais of train-
understand the needs of the
Prince and
M ,s,-i -''-'-
I ,1 lis 4 I
Princo Erik of Denmark, who renomiced succoaslon to tho throne to
marry Miss Loi trances lioolh of Ottawa Canada, is shown hero with
his bride. The couple, follow in it a honeymoon, probably will live la
California.. '
SPEED LIT
NOT FAVORED
Washington State Effi
ciency Director Urges
Removal of Speed Lim
it for Motor Traffic.
SPOKANE. Wash. (AO Kxisl-
lug state motor speed laws would
be ubolished under n system evolv
ed ,by L. f). McArdlc, state director
or efficiency, as a means or expe
diting trarflc problems of lhe day.
Me presented . his solution or lhe
traffic situation while on' a busi
ness trip' here recently and also an
nounced that he faired the Issu
ance of drivers' licenses without
jChsrge. but advocated a rigid in
vestigation of the nppllcunt s an!'-
'
"1 bi-lfeve tral'I'lc problems could
ue nundieu with greuter eriletency
Mr. McArdle said, "If the speed
limit were removed and the punish
ment for rc,ciicH8,i.drlylng muile
more severe, with the uucstlon ol
Iho recklessness b-ft lo the jtulg.-.
It is many tlms ('xtrrnu ly nidi-i
h'B.t to drivt; uL 1'0 mllcH an hour,
wh'ri'an in other pluces a speed of
40 miles might not be dangerous
to uny one.!'
'I believo drivers' iicensi ii kIiuiiNI
bo 'lrisued without charKe, but rUid 'plJ 7M Xt T t( 1TTM T
invest iiration of thn .........o.lKUAULUljiUL
ubility to drive bo made. With a
severe, penally in force for non
posneHHl un or a driver's HceriMc ami
eonvietlon on a reckless driving
charffc revoking (he drivern li
cense. Ihrro would be fiwer rus'-n
of criminal curelessnesH on the pari
of motorists."
'Mr. McArdle announced h!s In
tention of Introducing a bill ut Hi"
next sossion-.of IcKisLilure which
would plvc tho state highway de
partment niilhorily lo dfftiKnutc
main lino highways, und whirh
would provide t hat persons oper
ating veliictes on such hitjhway
would huve u tall times the rij-ht
of way.
Belief that such a bill would for
ever settle the main line and rifjht
of way uneHtion was e.pivnHed by
Mr. McArdle.
Tho piisoline lax now in effi-cl l-i
this stale ipears to be the laini;!
way to tax the automobile, aceord
InB to Director McArdle.
"In that way," ho said, "tin- man
is taxed tho most ' who vmn the
hlffhwuys the most. I am in favor
of chiM-RlnK- a small rale for n.:i au
tomobile license- und then Kettin;,-
... ........ j . .... ,.H ...; ,., hi. "..jr.,
:
Gives Greatest
if
a i
I?
-Jr't. Moran. lh 1nkpr. has ffiven to the puhlic hl icreat prlvaUi.
library, with an esum-'iitl winih of m-vimM millions of dollars. It con
'ulns about ij.O) it,:;j:ue -in l liinUiibi Mifcon 'a.e it tie a mtu.cruU(
jo tjeQ3eaioiy of hit. lather. . y , -.--
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
His Bride
Cove Orchartlists Are Ar
ranging to Put in More
Cherry Trees and Oth
er Fruits. '
COVi:, Ore. (Kpfcial 'n llm (H)-
server) It
ii ii.t; 1h:it Covh
hiit ri'-'H-tu'd lhe point U lnrr (in -
vi'lupint-nt lliiit is nsisMiiiintf to nil
of ht r cili.'n:i. Th st-irtini? of h
ncv; cri- .' iictivit;- in fju- ktimiI
(. proportion IIumi uvi'. horom hu-i
Ix-jcun ami iniffui-.s wll lor thn fu
luru sm'fiij'ii unci HtumJInf,' oi thy
filv mi'! ciiiTiuiii:ilty mtjiici-n.',
I', m-rmi th.i; evrry mm o;- wo
man who villi Covi! his or her
lumii- i rv;nly to do till within their
mean:; in tim pwuy oi improvitu:
ithci- rtrpt-rt y imii iuhlin to or
l t-liiiivl::. Mjimj- rlicri y -1 l'cc;i will he
pluntei! tliii .vprlnn and tvi ntuny
no U.,()m iiavy n-i;n nihntloncd.'
Tin; Mm.. KfucklJunt hrotliori
am plunllnj: fully half ot tho
aliovu'nuiiihfr of tri-c.-j nqrl in atidi
tlon ii io rcolnf to iionc(!r two ni-w
lint:: oi frirtt. rowlnc in thl:i lo-
tlhy, hy pliintin t-n acrra of
I. arc ion:, nlliurt i am! m-vtn
urn-i o" Koosoln'i rii'it und will alati
propiiKatir and i;rov for next yntr'ti
plantiiii,- uhoiit fittjino KooHc-bcrrit-u.
STATE HISTORY
TO BE PRINTED
I'.l'C.KKi:. (ire. .M-) A chron
ological lilidory o. the priviHional
Kovi-rninen; which existed In Ore
tton from th year Iktl lo 14
wl.'l he Incorporated in -a hook
which lir. It. (.'. Clark, head of the
department of history at the IMil
verally of llreiron, la prepariliK. lie
cxpecti lo have the hook com
pleted t lil i jour.
The prlviMciiial Ktivcriiincnls wius
t-)lullbiliel l.y people of the Clre
iren country during the period of
joint oreupatU.il or Iho territory hy
Kim-land and the t niled Ktatea.
Informal ion derived from leltcrK
written ,y ofllejalH of the ll.ni),
:!' i liny coiixpany will Ixi l.-.
I lark's chief HOurce of m iterlal In
i n paiinj; tu. history. Copica of
I he:'e eot.ii;iu:i:c:Ll iniiK i, i
........ .ii 1.0,1110,1 tor thlo purpoKC.
"lhe lellera or ll,..e orticlals
'in.litule a viiat amount of mat
er i.l which has never been ox-
lunuoo.- nr. Clark .iid.
ehleve.'i or (lie llludton'n
l.anv are i.,.,.- ........ ...
"Th0 ar
Ilay coui-AnK-riean
:i-iKMnr.-. for the
liriit time, a fact
" m.-.k.-.i linn work nnll.l. '
Pri;jffefybrary .
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k y
PLUG TO
BE INCREASED
1
r i
'Wmmgm
tvs rrjr
Und
There are possibly many (iiiestions cit'nceiniiir the system of the
Eastern Oregon Light and Tower company thnt people would like to
ask; thnt we will be glad, to answer; that may not have occurred to
us as being of interest to the general public.
For this reason we encourage a movement that is prevalent among
the various organizations of our territory such as chambers of com
merce, associations of businessmen, trades assemblies, farm groups,
men's clubs, business and professional women's clubs, woman's clubs
and other organizations of women, to inform themselves upon matters
pertaining to our public service i'nd give them an opportunity to discuss
such questions appropriately in their meetings.
Members of committees from these organizations in our territory
aro invited to avail themselves of our offices and our records for
information that may be of interest to their clubs.
If a particular phase of our service is under discussion wo will be
glad to arrange for one of our officers or employes to attend meetings
and give of his knowledge and experience upon the question.
We are ever anxious md willing to become better acmiainted with
our customers ana
than by providing factaTiind figures about Hi Ubi'Wrlir Fni i business
lo those who are so Inh i 1 1 1 1 in jiiiliin1 "lllilii operation as to desire
details of our liu In 1
Most of our public spirited men and women arc identified with one
or more of the various organizations in their communities. Telling our
story to them is telling it to Hie communities, for they are among the
leaders and their advice and counsel is sought by their'neighbors.
If the question of a public service comes" under discussion of an
organization and it pertains to the lines of supply in which we are en
gaged, we cordially invite inquiries. Our success -in our field depends
upon the interest and cooperation of the public, and wo 'are earnestly
striving to justify tho same. ,
Eastern Oregon Light &
Power Company
"Always at Your Service"
MARKET FAIR
L
Tiiough deniund for hfniber 10
muin:i comi'mratlvely slack import
ant conbuininf lerrilorteH, duo to
recent had weather, Its total vol
ume 1b very f (llr and lhe murket is
strong in virinfllly all IIh depart
ments, ways the American Lumber
man, l.'liicugo. Tim bouthern piu0
Industry reports that while tho
mlddlu W4t und tho Kust uro
buying only moderately until thej
inora general reHuini'tion of out-,
door work, the Houlh Ih a heavy i
consumer of lumber. That Hec
tion It very prosperous compared
with pant yenrH. It has of money
and l rapidly developliiB lt re
MourceM and 'InduKtrlal life. Tin;
result Ih a rent amount uf build-j
Infj. creatliiK un attractive local'
market, for much of the lumber
produced. Then Ih usln a good
.demanded for timber i and yea?
stock from (ho oil fclld.:, and ex
portM to Houlh Amerlea and Went
Indies hold Up well. While most or I
the larger mills lately have been
ablo lo sort up their stocks, und (
are therefore In position lo handle
niorj orders and a larer variety)
of them supplieM generally remnln!
light. I'riccs are therefori: firmly j
maintained hy all larger operators, (
especially in view of good prou-1
pL-cts for spring btiHlncMi. 'I'hej
market's only weak point is transit .
car.', which are beim: out rathe,
freely by small mills in urgent,
need of business, and which are !
entering ronsumptlon slowly ,due'
to curren market conditions In lhe!
nori hern section, but more par - j
tieularly to most of these enry bo-j
dig badly a-ssorled with low grade
lumber. j
No essenlial cliniigo ha;l occur-j
red. :n the I ouglfei fit' mark'1.".
Asidn fron. Hie continued good
deniand for cargo shipment u to '
the Attautie seaboard, heavy pro-,
duct Ion ha:t hitly b.-en tho out-!
blanding feature. liy meail o.'
this, rnantifiieturem have b'en
gradually lightening their order '
lileti and rounding out their slockn. I
No accuiimla! ion.i huvo a yel r--united,
nor ure any ex peeled. In 1
view of flu prospective rail de
mand whUh In only awaiting bet-.
weather to assert it-t li, at). I oi
an e per h-d early tttltuuluM hi Ih-.',
Ci(llr'jrn(jv and export uuirket.'.
Sim i" mill; urn now eortHlhn;
their output. Prices on all yard (
Itemn are being maintained wit h i
little arluf Ion rrmin pi'evious
levels, ami hpeelat cuttings are
somewhat stronger us u reNidi of
some atirueHvc cur iiuitcilal bunl
neifi recently placed.
Hardwood demund Is said to he,,
u hhudc lighter this week, but the
market is ijlUuo.stloiiubly stroiiK'!'
throughout, dutt to the pruning
IF!
-X-TTir. ':'f . -
now
we jrnow ol no heller way
scarcity of many itrmii in dry con
dition. KAK birch, I'AS plan kh
KUtn und tho li'dtrr inialltlrs of
l'AH red oak ale anions Ih ins thut
have advanced iiiarktdly lately.
Inlveislly Aids Sliiflentn
In l;i(Nliiir Their rnitvr.s
iCl'INd. Nev. (At')-It Ii plan
ned to huvo a racnlty vocational
eommltlee at the University of
Nevada lo conduct psychological
tewtK with a view of nuf;g..uthig bi
student!! the voeatloni for which
liicy seem best fitted.
erstand
A Beacock Radio
Im KiiH-rliir III OIIht .MllUi-.s III All tliu I'ciIIohIiik I'iiIiiIk:
"Dnslir liimd" limn uny ollii-r only one- control, for tuulnir uml onu
volutin- riiiitrol.
illiiri- Nrli-ctiio (Iian
tlvu wiring,
liiiHisllili- lo inula, uny lllli l ri'iciun wllll III
m: ;aiu;i'i i' wm:.v vot; mry A liADio
Kon'l li t iiiDoini wll ,.,u ii w.t u,ut inu.-i-roriM wild your iirlijlilioi-
"'''I'll "I" Uml type or luillo will soon b liitlslnt.'il uunlnst. All tlio'
wliMIrs nii, s,,l Unit you li.-ur wlivn llsK-ulug l on l-mllo ara inailo
l,y ii Ki ni iid l. tyH! indio.
."' " y,r s,:l r' i!i -i:M:iiA'nvi: kaiho sirrs as my i iiti:i;x
......... .......r
...wi. nil.
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wll nil iiiiiI.i s
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MI.IKM km; n ( I.AI1K, Kiullo Vn auincr
N(ill'linVl:srri:HN Umllo Pn-qucnry .
Mil'.lli;, Itiullo I ri'iiuitlu y Only
.MI I1AI), Itiullo I'liiiui'iH-y .
AmKV,.,M""1 l"U A".-Kont M .,.BW ,,w, ,a,.
V luivc n-sn-il out ll. iihovo ll,. f riun ,, f , ,
miirli. for ... of tl,,.. l. . ,ml,,( ,, ' ,
In ,our hn.n.. i.,l In ml.llnou will , , a HKACWK HAIllO I'mIim:
(n -I wllli II. limn Klvlnir ,,, ,.,nil, g,., ,,,,, .;Wr .,,,1,1; ir ,
.,nt It. II,; V..I It OWN .;,;,;, wnn, , J,' J n.V,!;;,'nIv
ImIw.ui Iho onlfiiuiy r.ulio. mill tl. ll.;ACO'K UAJIIO VIHIM
UAIIU) 'I.MI-I,K'i: rilO.M
$09.00 to $300.00
Heacock?s Radio Service
- i.
is
of ar.nm
Hincit student orten como lo col
leg,, wlthou; n deflnltn career In
vh w. It is believed that (.he schame
will bs helpful. Kreshnien stu
dents then will bo ofTered th'i
coursn oi .stud ton considered most
helpful to tho huslneftn or profes
sion favored. Tho plan wa.i pro
posed by 1m. j. It, Young, profes
sor ot' psychology. -
High School rnffM OfrcmlerH
I 'or I sing Incorrect Unrmuuir
f'l.AltKHltiritO, W. Vn., (AP)
otlii't
iimkc-i. 'i'hl.i Is duo to
I". . , .ifc, 1 , . , M nil. Tf K
I-I'm.lli, am ''1.;y C'.AVVfvr
in ti;ju r.itixj with otiiiih
or riullo Unit On not Inti i fpii-,
m mi- H-TTiiii'iianti fprg in
10
nnil
i win insinii ii ii-ih
rniluiti. innki-K of si-im:
LNTfclU'niSi;, OHUGON
PAGE SEVEN
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The l-Jngllsh cIujjhch o( th0 Wash
ington Irving High Hchool recent
ly conducted n campaign known a.i
"Bellei' Hpeeeh Week." to improve
tint giummar used by tho atudeni
body."
Everybody watched everybody
and thono who wera careless
enough lo let. Pip "i aeen," ''don't
know nothing'" or nys other o(
fense against good gurrnninr. wero
hastily decorated, with red, bluq or
yellow tag;!.
Hponsor.i o the movement an
nounced a hurry call for more tags
beford tho week was half over.
Phone
my syslfiu ot fcolco-
I'l'U ri'HA'l.
TYI'K
i"i:uati.;
'I'll AT
juxt:ivinu si.;ts
If you liny one "
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