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HXNKI.HH AMI HI ll.l. UKPIT.
Many of tlin bank are making the
am mistake In regard In i ur.il 0T0V
It aa they made In regard to postal
saving bank. Fearing Hie entrance
of new competitor Into the MM IHi
Government booking, th an- OPfM
Ing rural credit Mil and .ire raising
the old Of) Ol '''
well enoiiKh alone." Tli are
!! a bull of eniii-: i i. facta
v. ii'cn cid not ratal t tint QovoraBi i
funds iTi' 10 " permanently ll ' "
In fiirin loans; l:t a W I
t,, i ,mii foraora! Utal there i '
no (lemiiiid among farmers for Hie
new ' i I '
fncllltt's arc ample at foil Interest
and that II Hi orOOOOed 10 H ''"
ernincni fund- In I HI bank
to compete with nd Injun- OttOtlng
hanks.
i. MM "f the Joint OOBUlttM
bin now boCan naaujroai are hucIi
that, If the farmer do not desire the
riirul credit system, none Mill be ee
labllahed, for It ran be tnbl
only i. n tlM'r Initiative The flrl
I to he taken Ik organization by
farmers of rarm loan assoclm
within each of the twelve district to
nhsrrlbc $1(10.11110 lo the raillal of a
farm land bank Thin miiiii will rep
resent applications for loana of 2,
000, 00(1 The Govern ment Is then lo
offer the remainder of the minimum
capital faOO.000 to the general
public for ninety daya. If any of the
atock remains unsubscribed after that
period, It la to he taken by the Gov
ernment and paid for out of the Na
tional Treasury.
Hut thin Government capital la not
to remain permanently In the busl
neaa; It la only to help In getting the
loan system started and then to
withdrawn by degrees as the farmers
Increase their holdings The bill re
quires that each farmer who desires
to borrow shall subscribe S per cant
of the proposed loan lo the stock of
his farm loan association and that
the latter subscribe an equal amount
of stock In the farm laud bank As
loans increase, the bank's capital will
Increase, always being B per cent of
its aggregate loans. After the mini
mum oapltal of I&00.000 has been ex
caadod, as new atock Is subscribed by
i n the Government's capital Is
to be refunded and Its stuck can
called. This arrangement assures that
If the furin.'r generally enter Into
i wriiiiieni funds will
soon be withdrawn and the farmers
will lontrol the entire sysli in nude!
Fadaral supervision ami control
i'm.ii. c.ipltul Is not, however, to
be denied an opportunity to engage
in the busluHss aside from what 1Mb
ie lo the co-operutlve
banks Joint stork hunks may be or
gaillxed to opel,. within 'single
atalaa and to lend Ml more than fif
teen times their i III and surplus
It the) call make hotter terms with
1 1 l.irmeis aiol net hoiihl
preli i .ii.i publicity of
aaratiOJ 0l tlMtf affairs which these
banks will nfior.k. p.ivale Investors
can successfully con, pole with the rn
operative hunks.
Tlie rurul credit I tern will not he
a special four to one class; It will
simply remove dlaOTlmlnatlOB against
I hat via.- which has resulted from
the operation of the National hank
lug system In practice that system
bus provided hanking facilities for
wary twain ianal srtoHttvN By
forbidding loans on real estate. It
has discriminated ugaiin t lurmers
It bus galliend the savings of the
laiiiei: into Iho ell ii :, to be lent
i I. n fly lo uierchunis, manufacturers
und railroads. The conditions gov
erning agriculture require u special
credit ajrataai tlsTataul la tfiirnnr
from that provided for other in i
liess. The short-teiiu in. lit given to
merchants is no inoie uduptt'd to the
larmers' need- ixnpt for seasonal
parposc.s than is I he long I i in amor
tization system to I he needs of the
merchants. Kural credit will not
he an ail ii Ilia hanking sys
tem . thev vv ill tlgapl) fill ' I "
This system is Jusiiind on broad
grounds of public polity It I uecee-
Mirv, lo vol I I ii ,1 Ijust-
uienl w hen by the urli.in has grown
out of all proportion to tl rui.il pop
illation Olio of the lint in I
that evil is iho high pll.ll
to the l.iri i and I'.' lo 'i I '
for which prlrati ' la hm
. i . Itltad, If DOl detei
timi oi tarsi ami in tha typa ol men
win ii fainiing, ut hast
far nlower ntsrovamanl tha is
found iu oilier Industries. The pro
duction per Mta compares unfavora
bly with that ol Kurope, whore rural
credit is fully mobilised. The causes
nre Inahllityhi farmers to procure
capital for fertilizing and fully de
veloping the land and the poor In
ducement which terming offer to
men of brains, energr and enterprise.
Cooperative farfn banks would
take little or no business from the
commercial banks, for the bill care
fully restricts their general hanking
operations to business which Is Inci
dental to their main purpose. By
their aid In Increasing the production
of farms and heaoa the prosperity of
farmers, the new banks will swell
the volume of business done by the
cities and hence the business of the
I commercial banks. They will bring
Into the channels of trade capital
' which DM not existed before and will
I add attest to the general aggregate
wealth, In which commercial hanks
, will Hhnre. Hanks should take warn
i ing by their experience with postal
savings hanks. Fearing that the lat
ter would divert deposits from them,
thev opposed adoption of the postal
svstein and ha fully limited '
Its activity. In prncllcal working
to have ll. same experience in the
working out of n rural gfl
llregonlnn.
tivit i'iciiik xsit.urrrriK
Located on n dry ranch not a Ihou
sand miles from Ontario Is a fanitl.
typical In some respects. The first
Impression one receives when visiting
them Is Hint Ihey are from the hilly
country of Tennessee or the mud eat
ing crackers of Georgia. They do not
look like natives.
The children are
always dirty, with uncombed hair
and torn clothing. The hound dog Is
at the door and the father Is around
with bis knife out whittling away.
The mother Is a forlorn looking Indl
vIiIuhI without a ray of sunshine ev
er penetrating her mind, which Is a
blank, apparently.
When out. enter, the home thev
ar. rtrllrK ,, the absence of papers
, and hooks, the 4uly o
tie In the bouse
being a mall ortler
catalog, which
shows the sign of much wear.
One's curiosity Is naturally aroused
and when It Is finally possible to get
me tamer siarieu n is lounu mat ne
Is really from a good family as Is al-
so the mother, they were given the
hen. .nt of modern schools, but Just ,
drifted. When asked In regard to
the mall order catalog they replied,
"till, our teachers always bought their
clothes and other things out of town
slid It got us Into the habit and we
are still at It." They were asked If
the teachers had never told them
they owed something to the tax pay
era who provided the schools and
that It should be their pleasure aa
well as duty to assist In the building
up of their homo community "No,"
they said, "and even If they had. It
would not have counted for much
when they did not set us an example "
Tha writer could not help penult!
lug his mind wuuderlug to a little city
while the merchants and buslnaas
men are puyiug, euormoua taxes for
tha upkeep of the schools, and If u
census wus taken of the teachers ami
children what it would show Are
the children being taught aught of
civic urldtt und gratitude, are the
,,...,.,., :,.,,U1K ,, ,.x;lll,ph- by buy-
lug at home, for the youngsters to
pattern by Ilia! will be of benefit to
them In alict life? Is the community
getting what it Is paying for, or are
thev i mulshing money to educate fu
ture patrons of mall order houses?
These are timely thoughts in every
coin in mi It and now that taxea are
due Is the proper time to take stock
and see what you are paying for.
nun i.Mh hi
When vou walk along the street
and see the gutters strewn with ref
use, it looks bad.
IrVhaa vou st inply hot ties deco
rating the dark corners, that looks
had and .suspicious
When you see papers blowing
around over town it indicates that
people are thoughtless and careless.
It la bad.
lieu you sou broken glass mound
under toot it is pure negligence, und
is holh had and dangerous.
When you see kitchen garbage
dumped into the buck yard Off I
one l it looks had and M
smells v,..i .
When vou see vacunt property lit
tered with debrta ol every n.uute. it.
too, looks bid i.s oiuusive Iti thi
nned as well U lo tin i
When you so g hack vanl Intend
1 with the .to iiniii.ii ii.ii of uuiiiih.s und
ol vi.ii .. ll looks vvoise ihali had
W hen vou see a front yard down ,u
1 the heels und going to seed, you won
del lull, Ihcn, well Kl you liuitdi
1 tlie tan t to. 00.
Ju.sl how bud are we, uuyway?
Do souu-thiug yourself!
, Kro'ino n nt'ii i,u nniiiiu ." n ,,,,.,.., ., - . niowliov was ce enrairn is u imh-i w i,iw. - --
that system has drawn out h oar, s ' m r,rllv(, J? BtWS Tha.,;,top ' H '-'" ' ' Mlta4" 0U-
! ',"",""! ' , '",nt and UlkiM - -rklng for ; On the contrary of L.tM.OM JJS ,. u an Par.y ers say that alcoholism Is b, I
in private banks w, WOUld ,,., r ,, iwn ,n I who reach ma.tirl.y e,l, year 40.000 "? ' ,,,,,, pro- degenerate nervous sysiem whirl,
never oth-TW la. h.T. ba placad ih( rommllltv Wp M1KKMt ,,, vlll ,,r lnf tlv .hroiigl. .emporary JJJJ " Th ,. rllH for (h ,,.,.,,., ,, fellows In
Realizing H Aln" ,,,, llvelv. and iret to the head I ne ,s, many t botlsaiids 111 be seg- i( ,,,,, f ,. ,,. n, . r and quiet
l,',:;k; ! ' ,':,; f"r "" ' oi m i. ...,.1 m " .. r..,,,.,,, , ins.i,,i.i..s - r n rnw. mr,, r ,, MU
withdrawn Its opposition ,0 p,,., 1 Tlle more leaders we have unknown thousands will he kept In "7, Th.J ,,re .. Iloi-K together. iMt ttat Mt LlrtMM
'" "",,"!l, bMl "' ,,, less followers there will ba, ,. Pver(y throne!, mental den-lciy . JJJJJJJT , . bftat
" ' ., . , , , , When we all gel . . be leaders there other thousands ,ll be the rau-e o, ...,.,.,, Hk, , inherited. Tl..- ' Crime Is Inherited and there la no
,, the amount of Indl. Id ,,,. .,., . rtlll otlMT tlMBaMda "J0;;1" bUngs , nee louhl Female patient, fatlier and
al deposits. The bankers are ling MBMMlla. Vei. M thlnl. fM who might be following more elevat- . ,,,,,,. ,.,,,,. The mother both Intemperate and degen-
CURRENT ( HMMKNTS
Now get a tight grip on yourself
while we dish up a few more editorial
tblnklets Of course we will not pre
sume to pass upon the wisdom of our
remarks, for, as you know, great
minds do not always follow the same
channel, and yours may be wander
ing around In search of richer food
for Intellectual consumption
First off, we are going to apeak
gently of yourself a subject, doubt
less, of some slight Interest to you.
We know you, and your friends know
von. but do you know yourself Are
you fully acquainted with your pos-
nihilities and vour limitations' nut
- . . .. ... . .. ...- ,t a A .l.l
lefa eliminate the limitation and
deal only In possibilities You are
a valuable asset to this town and
this community, because you have
brains, and energy, and perseverance,
and are capable of doing much for I
the place we nil cnll borne. Perhaps,
though, vou are not making the best I
., ..,.nr MimliMrpiiiins. I'uss blv
I.. ...M. - MI... ........ -.
ran do It. and others think so, and
now we want lo see you both think
and do.
(If course we have all heard of
killing the goose that lays the gold
en egg. We think too inucf. oi our
I splendid farmer friends to liken
them to the awkward feathery tribe.
, hut they surely are the people with
the golden eggs. And Isn't It Just
I possible that we of the town are the
i "caaaa." In that we fall to take meas-
-- . .nnni m nim th rr. of
; M.vw w wBuv. !, ".. .. wnv- l
i gold? Isn't It possible that we are
neglecting the Interests of the farm- I
jar to tha extent that he In time he-
! comas Indifferent to us and sends i
; hla baskets of precious metals to i
rther points In payment for hla ne-i
cawsltlee? Again we suggest a broad-
er spirit of reciprocity. We suggest
i that measures be taken to see that
or ftirmer friends are afforded ev
facility for the prompt and prof-
i.-fci- markittin of their every ero-
diiet right In this town. It doe not
require any great amount of Intelll
genc- for , 99Tmm to . th nnandal
BMTncnce of savcb a course And,
,,, ,,! tle Wfe ad daughter!
nf ,,, tmrmmr wktt, ,hay too. cm,.
, towB ,houUi not be neceesary
f,,r ,,,, lu ,... llouril oll thui. fM
waltlug for the farmer to transact
hla business before returning. A
comfortable waiting room should
be provldod in the) heart of town,
where they can while away the tedi
ous hours of waiting by reading;, writ
ing or visiting with one anotlstr Let
It be a gamers 1 m sating place tor ail
who come to town. We have Just
such a room In the Conimorelal
t'luli and It should be thrown open
to them. When we do this we will
find more of the farmer's golds eggs
rolling luto this towa. lull's com
bine business sagacity and nolffcbor
llneaa to (tear com moat good.
Now come to life and give a an
am wer lo this question. "What aro
the two tl.iavs most rrgently needed
for the commercial advanceim-m of
tliis town?" Of course not every
lii on will think the same, but we
want to knsew what TOT think. There
.in many improvements und conven
iences in vil thlotgs thai will be ol
; practical cash value to us i
would like to tell the peoph-
ii we
whut
you think, what everybody thinks
uloug this line. And you woald en
Joy reudlag those suggestion your
self. Now suppose you sit right down
and write out, iu a few words, what
you consider the; two tilings most e-st-ntiul
to the future welfare of our
town and our people. Do It today,
and hand or mail it to us. We want
to publish each suggestion, with the
naiuu of the writer attached. That
will Ik- one step in getting somewhere
and the next step will be a little eas
ier. We don't wunt to stand still
while other towns march by and leave
in- tn their dual. Vou are Just aa
much enlillt-d to volet- your opinions
aa others are theirs, and we waut to
publish It. Now watch the next is
sue oi (he paper unit see how many
of our citizens are uufflclently inter
eeted in the future of this towu to
catalog its needs. Don't let yours
ba Ho missing name. The iuvltatlou
Is open to all
Now take tighter grip on your
si H and nlk these things over wit It
your neighbors. Talk is ofteu
and valuable at one and the suiue
nine And it's time lo talk and act.
e an- I 10 i.o lu ltusii'uii
territory;" with the Huoslas douht
Iom leading lu most of 'out.
"If Germany Is looking for armed
ships to attack, there are plenty Just
across the North Sea," suggests the
Wall Street Journal.
. ..., .!... 1. 1 i, i v., in- irniutir luw nbldlng. (iod-servlng, . , . . .. ., , ,,,, rlaltn that alcoholism Is
PARENTS-TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION MEETS
(Concluded from flrat psge)
are horn In the D. 8. each year. A
half million of these die before they
are a year old. not able to resist ills
ease And half of all the 2 V million
re dead before they are 23 yoara old
and before they have much chance
,o affect the world one way or .not..- ,
r. However, were l Vi millions oi
children born in wio v. o. ue-uu..
to play an Important part for the na-
tlon and humanity we could look with
equanimity on the result; but alas
only a small part of this army will
be fully effective in renueru.a v-"
ductlve our a minion squaw
territory and In otherwise utilizing
the unniirulieicn naiumi
'""'
r
of the country, and forming a united
lug pursuits, are required to attend
and control the weak and unruly We
can count on I or Ll perc-nt of non
prodinthe or only slight productive
Individuals.
It Is a repronch to our Intelligence
,lt wr , p,,pr proud in other re-
..ppct,,, ( our control or nature.
, n lI have to support about a half
n,uilon of Insane, feeble nilnde.l.
opllopttr. blind, deaf and dumb; 10,-
()0ft prm,ners; 100,000 pauper at a
..... ten millions a year A new
- -- ..i.i ..n,ir r. nwr mm
piSUII Wllll-Tt WtM. I whmwb . .
f our npnpr,t st the most productive
B-i not m)rely Incompetent hat a
burden coating 100 millions a raar,
w, instnnTfy attract universal at-
tentlon But we have become so irsed
to crme, disease and degeneracy,
t,Bt ws. take tlrem as necessary evils.
The eugenlst does not Intend the
destruction of the unfit either before
or after birth. It trusta to that good
aanaa with which the majority of peo
ple are possessed and believes that
In tha life of such there comes a time
when they realize-that they are drift
ing on toward marriage and stop to
consider whether the contemplated
union will result In healthful and
well endowed offspring.
Frequently a girt will marry a
drunkard or a criminal expecting to
reform him This Is a great risk for
any sensible young lady to undertake
and usually results In a sacrifice of
her Ufa as far as fixture happlneaa la
concerned Of it lines a man will marry
a puny aickly woman berause she Is
weak, he feels sorry for her. Here
health is larking and this union la
bound to lead to unhapplnesa and the
sacrifice of many years for the young
man Sentimentality can not alone
make happy and prosperous homes.
When we look among our acqualn
tanoes we are struck by their diver
sity In physical, mental and moral
traits Some of them have black hair,
others brown, yellow, flaxen or rad;
the eyes may be bine, green, or
brown; the hair straight Or curly:
noses long, short, narrow, broad,
straight or pug; titer may be liable
to colds or resistant; with weak di
gestion or strong; the hearing may
be quick or dull, sight, keen or poor;
mathematical ability great or small;
tha disposition may be cheerful or
melancholy; they may be selfish or
altruistic; conscientious or liabe to
shirk It is Just this fact of diversi
fy of characteristics of people which
gives the basis for the belief In the
practicability of improving the qual
ities of the human harvest; for these
characteristics are all Inheritable
; They are Independent of each other
ami miv Iim cmiihlneri Into snv daaavw
able mosaic.
Mendel, an Austrian Mouk, living
and working about the middle of last
century worked out a law of heredity
by working on flowers in his garden.
He was SO years ahead of ins time
for not until about 15 years ago was
his work taken up, and since, It has
beeu all verified on both plants and
animals. The taw Is something like
this. "If a pure red and pure white
flower are crossed, a spotted red and
white flower results, called a hybrid.
Now if these spotted flowers bear
flowers, one halt will be spotted. ',
white and red, which lutter take
after the two original grandparents "
This law holds good In animals as
w. 11 And is applicable to human
beings as well
The inluiitaiict- of family traits are
very characteristic. We inherit sim
ilarity to our purents and dissimilar
ity. The dissimilarity is what marks
us one individual distinguished from
the rest of our fellows. No two tilings
in nature are quite alike. Each has
his Individual traits.
The color of the eyes are inherited
When both parents have pure blue
eyes all the children will be blue
eyed.
The color of the skin Is Inherited.
In regard to stature, If the 4 grand
parents vary aa to atature the child
ren will vary. If the four grandpar
ntal statures are alike then the
children will be also.
Musical ability Is Inherited beyond '
doubt and only a few exceptions bold
to the contrary. Bach matured at 22.
neethoven published his compositions
nt .1 Mendelssohn at 15. Mozart
composed at 6. We can understand
ni. hi.ttir when we learn that the
Hacb family composed 20 eminent
ftnd gcorM of ,
lesa
emnent
Like musical ability, artistic tal
onia iimii' themselves so early as to
demonstrate their Inateness. hxtra
ordlnary talent was recognized In
r'Af at 1B Jacon Rugsdale at
( Vpco, ,t ,
ami urn born not made " Many
u.-... ..,. .how their talent very
.. ii it li mi malfd !
Puny, nt'ioiw iiv ! wvw -- ....-
total! of Martins were also greut
bridge builders. The Coiin-roys set
tled .iirly lu New Kngland and were
I-ion grunts of land h. cause of their
ability of construction as engineers,
and In the th generation of POOtOT
,,v we find nenlatuln giving up the
profession of law to engage In
construction of public works
tbe
The
Fairbanks family of Vermont la an
other Illustration
Calfnlatlng ability Is Inherited
Memory Is Inherited. When both
parents have an excellent memory all
i the children wllf have medium to .
I ceptlonal memories
Combined talents, music, art and
! literary anility are found In a single
I family and In the same Indlvdual.
I And such talent are frequently
enough associated with inaanlty or
mental defeat In aonre of Ita members.
"Great wlta are aure to madness near
allied."
General bodily energy la Inherited,
there can be no question
Mental ability la Inherited. We
apeak of a person as weak minded, of
I mediocre ability, or aa exceptionally
able without attempting a closer an
alysis nf this subject. We speak of
i weak mlndedneas, such a defect aa
would keep a child of 10 In a grade
where a child of tl or 7 should be;
mediocre ability, when a child Is not
more than 2 years behind his grade.
As exceptional ability when a child
Is S years ahead of his grade.
The human brain develops large
ly during the first 6 years of Ufa. At
tha age of 6 all or nearlv all of the
brain cells are already formed and
henceforth In the years following we
are busied l,i developing these brain
cells In varying complexity. At 14
years the brain has largely completed
Ita growth. After this period the
brain power Increases according to
Ita varying plasticity. The negro sel
dom learns much after 14 years. The
reason Is nun plasticity so to apeak
of his brain With the negro It Is not
environment that counts so much but
a child-like rare as a -whole.
Two mentally defective parents
will produce only mentally defective
children. This has been demonstrated
time after time In our public Institu
tions. In view of this let us see the
folly even crime of letting two such
parsons marry It haa happened
many times that keepers of poor
houses have let feeble minded wom
en lu their charge marry a half wilt
ed farmer In order to relieve the
towu of maintaining her. Some years
later both she and her husband come
to the poorhouse as permanent In
habitants and bring a half dozen of
Imbecile children to be a permanent
charge on the community. Surely
there Is no economy In this.
Epilepsy, or fits, is very likely due
to mental weakneas and Inherited us
ually. A blow caused by a fall may
be euough shock to the nervous sys
tem to start the fits which continue
at Intervals thereafter. The heredity
of epilepsy is very much the same as
feeble miudedfiess Two epileptic par
ents usually produce all mentally de
fective children. Epilepsy and feeble
mindedness are closely allied. If the
poorhouse and slums were cut off ep
ileptics would rapidly decrta i-
I'nstuble nervous systems, op
Insanity are all very likely to be in
herited. Defectiveness on the ner
vous side Is very very apt to be
transmitted to the children even
when it occurs lu only one parent.
Hut when found in both parents al
most always is it transmitted in some
form to all the children. Many of
these nervously threadbare individu
als break down In life. Often tn our
public schools children are Industri
ous and quick to learn, eager for
praise of their teacher and their
parents, tney drift along when sud-
,, i., l ..M.re.-lon. Burns, flie such families who never u.uim, ..-
dnnly the child hocemor. fidgety and
I nervoua, and the doctor says the
' child has SI. Vitus Dnhre The candle
was nurnou in nom onus. n i.-.
Don't crowd a nervons child Just be
cause It Is willing. Agnln Individuate
will grow up and In the strain of
rearing a family or battling with
competition they hrenk down
into
hysteria and have the so called laugh
ing spells and crying spells, ou
tlines men will take to drinking be
cause their nervous force plays out.
They did not start In life with enough
jtock In trade so to speak and they
drown out what Utile tney nav wun
alcohol. And again inniviouais
break down under the strain of com-
petition and bttanOOt failure ana
commit suicide. Why all this? The
tTVOM side of these Individuals la
not strong enough to carry the load.
In regard to alcoholism, a strong
h.. military bias runs through many
I families In the I S Von hear people
ibmr of a family or nrun sarin..
yet
In
vou usually see some Individual
arate and always on the vtTge or
punpi-rl on, He girl Is cruel to animals
snil children put a cat on n red hot
i.ne, threw knives and stones at
playmates, wished to have n small
baby to kick and strike, helped drown
a comrade In a bntli tub She- Ilea,
steals, and has fits of temper. Screams
I and tears out her hair Talks fluent
ly. Is sly ami cunning She Is vain
as to her personal appearance and
boastful fo attract attention. Age Ie.
I heard a minister claim once that
a child when born wss a clean white
page aMd would only he contaminat
ed by Ita surroundings Do you think
this Is really so? Msten' A boy II
year old began to steal at S. At i
sat fire to a pantry resulting In an m
ploalon that caosed his mother'a
ilnstli At X set fire to a matrass He
Is physically sound, able and well
I Informed, polite, gentlemanly and
vary smooth, hut he Is an Inveterate
thief. Hla father I an unusually
floe, thoughtful. Intelligent man. a
grocer, for m time aang on a raude
vllle stage. His mother who died at
31 was a normal woman of excellent
character There was, however, a
taint on both sides. Tbe father's
father was a thief The same was
true of the mother'a aide.
The doctor showed many similar
Instances of Inherited mental facul
ties. Mrs Cox then played a violin solo
which was we'l received.
I'. J. Gallagher closed the 'even
ing program with a thirty minute ad
dreaa on the subject of co-operation
between the home and the parent for
the benefit of the child He gave hla
hearers a great many new and salient
Ideas along this subject which
showed that be had given the matter
much thought, pointing out tha fact
that perhaps the greatest hindrance
to the welfare of the public school
system waa the lack of proper Inter
eat and co-uptTutloii on the part of
the parent.
He also stated, and quite correctly
we think, tlnst there Is too much of o
disposition on the purl of the parent
to shift the responsibility of rearing
the child onto the shoulders of the
teacher and the school board, point
ing out the fact that the child Is In
schools during the whole period of
odolescense, the teacher having the
whole burden of shaping the Ideals
and ambitions of the future cltlxen
sblp of the country, and therefore
we should be ready and eager to co
operate with the schools In this re
gard, that the child would receive a
well rounded, fully complete mental
and moral development, such aa can
only be given by the Joint and co
operative efforts of the home and
school
Mr. Gallagher Is an earnest and
pleasing speaker, and the subject of
schools and pupils Is close to his
heart.
ion JOl.Vr-HK.XATOK
We are authorized to announce
that A. W. Gowan is a candidate for
the office of Joint-senator for the
Twenty-second Senatorial District,
comprising tue counties of (Jrant,
llurney and Malheur, subject to the
decision of the republics!! vaters at
the primary elecliou, May IS, 11.
For rent 5 room cottage, good
lawn, trees and garden spot. Art
Dunnuck, 84J. tf
There are two classes of people tn
every town. The tirst never loses
an opportuuity to better their own
condition lu all legitimate waya and
at the same time advance the In
terests of the community as a whole.
The other class well,' they are Just
the other class, and that's all.
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