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May.
THE WEST SHORE.
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schools. In other wonts, we need I will We admit literature of a flashy or
a compulsory education law, and be-; sensational nature. In fact, it will be
fore we built a State University, and , . , , . , ,
equipped a State Agricultural College, "M" " f" pnnciples that
we needed a State Normal School for have gOVtrned the Monthly Wkst
the training of teachers, and a State Siioke since its publication, for nearly
Reform School in which to educate three years, always high-toned, and
those of our youth who are too unruly ever W0 j , , smaU ,,ct , i(
to be allowed in the common schools. . .. ... , 1
The money which has annually been 9" m:,1,cc- W c ,hd! as hereto
spent in the support of the State I'ni- forei OBVote considerable space to the
versity and the Agricultural College, resources of the Pacific Northwest, anil
for the benefit of a select few, if it had to the preservation of historical items.
been used in maintaining a State Nor- n.i fu i. 0..:.,ii.. :. u.
, o i , , , , " , . , Uur tliemls can matciialiy assist us by
tnal School, would have benefited ev- .,. , . - , ..."
cry school district in the State, by send- c:'"mS "ttention ol their neighbors
ing them trained and skillful teachers. ' 'his enterprise, and we shall en-
Massachusetts was the first State in deavor to merit whatever interest thev
ments, and supplied with seed, etc., THI OREUOX.
the object being to afford an industri, , SUpplcrncr,, 'fom we prcscllt our
ous settler the opportunity of acquir- sllbscriUer8i this issae, With a lH.-i.utif.il
ing a farm and homestead without in- ,ilh h o( iro slc:1,mhip Ore-
vestmg any capital but the labor of his .,s we hc,. gMmt co,nmmiWt,
own hands. Commodore Francis Connor. The
I he available capacity of the irri- Q u , of hc , h first.,hlss
gating canal will sumcc to water to,
ooo acres tor the first vear, and from
15,000 to 20,000 acres the year following.
trie American i niotl to estahush .Nor
mal Schools. There are now 137 of
these schools in the United States with
over 29,000 pupils and i,oooinstructors.
Ohio and Pennsylvania each have 12
Normal Schools, Xew York has 9, Il
linois and Missouri, S each, and Massa
chusetts 7.
It is sometimes claimed that a thor
may take in us by giving them a first
class Weekly tor $3 per year.
A CHANCE FOR POOR IMMIGRANTS.
AN OLD STAGER.
A splendid chance for poor immi
grants is now offering in Idaho. Mr.
Wm. li, Morris, resident of lioise CttVi
ough knowledge ot the subjects to be owns, near town, about 20,000 acres of
taught is all that is necessary for sue- what s known as desert land, ami
cesslul teaching. But observation, rea- ...u- 1 u ... 1 1
. ? ... . which he is now reciaimiiiff bavins
son, and experience, alike concur in re-
tuting this assumption. It is well contracted an irrigating ditch of ven
known that many of the best scholars miles in length, at an expense of over
utterly fail as teachers. Why should j $40,000. From the lower end of the
this be the case if mere liter
ary attainments are sufficient r
It is absolutely necessary that
teachers should possess high
scholarly attainments, but
other qualifications are equal
ly necessary. The power to
communicate; a keen insight
into, and a warm sympathy
with the child's nature; a
mastery of the art of ques
tioning; the ability to com
mand, control, and Influence
the young; a knowledge of
the history and nature of ed
ucation; of school organiza
tion and management, and of
the best metho.ls of conduct
ing the complicated opera
tions of the school all tlicsc,
and many other things, are
quite as important as high
attainments in literature, sci
ence, and arts. And the
voimg teacher must be trained
oV instruction, practice, and
criticism, to n knowledge of
these principles and methods,
and to their judicious applica
tion to the details of school
work. These principles can
not be learned and applied by
thegre.it mass of teachers in
a State University or in an
Agricultural College they
must be learned in institu
tions especially set apart for
the work.
Experience has demon
crated conclusively that a
vstcm of schools without
agencies for the special pre
paration of teachers, is not n
complete system, but merely
.1 fragment; and, like a dis
ordered machine, is incapable
of fulfilling its beneficent de
signs. So long as scnoois
are needed for the education .... ., ..
of the people, Normal Schools will be main ditch, two miles of smaller ditches
needed for perfecting and strengthen- ( have been constructed for distributing
ing them, and enabling them to accom- j thc watcr lhe laml
plish the purposes intcnueu. ivcry
steamers running between Sar
CttCO and this city, and is the prop
erty of the Oregon Stenmship Com
panv, to whom our citizens are indebted
for the many improvements elVccted in
the travelling facilities between Oregon
Whilst at Boise City, Idaho Terri- am tu. outside world. Well do we
tory, lately, we had the pleasure of remember when a trip from Portland
meeting Mr. E. Tayneft retired stage to San Funcioa cunaidcicU quite
driver. He drove steadily for nineteen I an undertaking, anil iu f;yt, it took
years, up to May 1st, tS;S. On the j from six to seven days sea voyage
5th Of May, 1859, he drove one of B, ing to accomplish it; now lr is usually
B. Haywood's (now of Walla Walla) ,liaile n from two and a half to three
Salem and Oregon City 17. passenger days and, indeed, the Oregon has ae
Coneord coaches, the fare between complished it in forty-seven and a half
those points then being On the hours running time, a distance of six
14th of September, iSlio, the first stage bundled ami seventy miles. The ap
coach drove out of Portland, on the poiutments are first-class in every pur
great overland route, and Mr. l'aync ticular; nothing has Wen left undone
handled the ribbons on the run from to make it comfortable nnd agreeable
Portland to Salem. for passengers, and for this purpose
$320,000 were expended DO
YOUNG'S R1VKK FALLS, CLATSOP ' OUNTY, ORKGON
OUR QU sCKS,
citizen should carefully consider the
situation and use his best endeavors to
In order to severely test lhe pro
ductive character of this sage-brush
secure a whole system the common 1 9J nearly two sections wort) put
schools and its naturally related gen-,. . wh , ,
l..:i nn ..' hall ham hMtl
adopted and faithfully put into practice O'c a'! Wt including some 10,000
by the masses of the people, our schools fruit and forest seedlings. An area of
can never adequately accomplish their some 16,000 acres ot land west and
beneficial purpose, or command that j north of thfi 8trirj pacC(1 umlcr cuitjva.
commence " "Z tion. will be offered to the ioor and in-
promoters of civilization and progress,
they are so pre-cmineniiy cm mm.
Poust f
THE WEEKLY WEST SHORE,
dustrious immigrants under the mott
favorable terms. He will be per
mitted to settle on 40, 80, or 60 acres,
on thc condition of improving all the
wIM. AWAKE
The first number of our Weekly will 1 land so occupied within three years,
positively appear in July. This delay i He will have the use of thc land and
il found necessary in order to enable j water right free the first year. Thc
the nnblishcr to perfect certain arrange- 1 second year he w ill be charged one-
ments, so as to issue it at once com-' third of thc crop raised on the land i An excellent magazine for
.,.... to hMVMri the necessity of 1 and also a third of the crop for thc folks is "Wide Awake." It
apologizing for th:
iias been the habit
fore she was ready for sea
she is, without a douht, the
fastest ocean steamer on the
Coast, and her builders,
M essrs. K oach X Co. of
Chester, Pa., may well feel
proud of her workmanship.
The Oregon is two hundred
and ninety-four feet long
over the twelve foot water
line, .m.l three bundled feet
over all ; thirty -eight feet
beam moulded. Her depth,
from base line to top of spar
deck, is twenty-live feel tun
inches; depth of hold twenty
three feet ten inches. Her
tonnage is aa'jo tons. The
capacity of her coal bunkers
is six hundred tons. She has
two compound surface con
densing engines, 1656 horse
power. Her boilers are four
in number, each twelve feet
eight inches iu diameter, and
ton feet sit inches in length.
The working pressure is
eighty pounds to the square
inch. The propeller is of
the Hirsch pattern, having
four bladis capable of being
removed either singly or to
gether from the hub to which
they are fastened by bolls.
The diameter of the propel
ler is fifteen feet, and the
mean pitch is twenty-four
feet nine inches, to revolve
seventy times per minute.
Thc vessel has three decks besides lhe
hurricane dcrk. The spar deck is
Under the head of" The Red Flag entirely of iron; the main deck is par
of Danger," we, in the lust issue, can- tially of iron; the deck frames arc all
tioned our readers against a pack of iron, fastened in lhe most secure man
. ... ' nr ner known in naval architecture. She
unprmcpled scamp, now mtcst.ng our ha, I(CCOmmM,alio1, fnr firHt.cU
State, who sail under the name of Doc- J()U, passenger. Her in-
tor. We particularly cited a case 1 terior is dazzling ly beautiful; the pan -
w here a fellow, a former barber of San neling is composed of maple, French
lose, was now roaming over the conn- -dnut & JV trma with gold.
J 1 , n t ... Her upboUiermg, carpels, mirrors, sd-
try French doctor. On. Mttthlou ctiWy, Kawarr, ,,,,,1
Souvillc callcil .it our office during our ,e li,,,.,,, ri. f ,C. atCKt anil moil
alienee, ami claimcil that he i. thc expemive Mtttm. In her equip-
one meant. All right, Mr. Souvillc, nients lhe "Oregon" Il the mo.1 per.
i .1 i r i,n feet vessel all' .il; all that siieivct ami
as vui e aim the honor of tieing the , , , . .
experienee iouIiI no to make her m,
qwek vie spoke of, we have no right h,u i,wl,,1K., Hcrcoinmandcr.Cow
to (liipulc your word. A guilty eon- j pionorc Connor, has been on thi line
wience nceili no accuser. Nevl. for nearly 2S year.. Making the trip
in .ueh a .hip, with .ut h a captain, otic
nnccted with
no greater danger
than going to Astoria on a river
steamer. 1 he company s In in
young New Yrk , ot.,l(( , b, Mr. .
puli-
illard, the pre.'ulent. At San Fran-
i, or that defect, a. i third year. At lhe end of three years' li.hed hv D. I.othrop K Co., at lloston, u.o the elegant office, on Hatterv
,it with moat new I he will have the option of purchasing ! M.K, for $ per year, and i. well lreel ; are preside.) over hy Captain
, , , ... V .5. . " .1. ,1.. ; r.. ... an Oterendorp.lhc well known trans.
puUicatloni. Our Weekly will he 1 the Mud thus MtUM upon at trom 5.2.50
ournnl for the merchant, mechanic, 1 to $5 er acre, payable in convenient
nincr, and farmer, a well ai for the installments. The settler, when need
household. I'ndcr no consideration i ful, will be assisted in making improv e-
worth the subscription price.
tides are of more tfau ordinary merit, M g( . 'company, whilst in this
and its beautiful illustrations make it a tl, v V.T j,,itrU-arc claaely looked
desirable companion for the v nnng. after by our genial friend, Weidler.