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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1920)
w? ELECTION, MAY 21 REMEDY FOK TEACHER OREGON IS HACKWAiid ' SHORTAGE REVEALED IN STATE SCHOOLS S T A T E R O A D S Each Community In Oregon Washngton Pays $30 a Year Should Know Instructors » i For Education of Each ot Children Today. Child; Oregon $11.85. In asking tin* amt* of Orrgon to vote favorably fur H im two-mill •l«m«ntary MrluMil ninaiiuru, I iiularly known ax thu Ctilliirmra Itlanta Mill, tb lunch t*ra of thn alato of Dragon urn n it s k It’ K tor mi tncraaro In «alary. Tin-} avo in nr el y working for a fair and oijual illatrlbutlnn of tax«s for the tup port of Hu'*« I unii- schools, that tin aulirti Minto will bo taxoil anil not onl) the ory.n ilmd Nrhool districts, aa a* present la Hie raaa. The abo: U ro of of toaehora In Oro Ron la Rr whir ao rapidly that the aituatlon la alarmlnR In t ' « oat romo. I .art year 100 Melinola wore 1 1 seil. and III theae IOO aeliooia, 230 rot rim were rioaed anil cloae lo 4U0U pupil« weri unitili» to tuve li e Inatrurtlo.i Hut ( r'i;htly ahoulil have been tboira. Wbai wail Ib» raime7 It waa ilu« entirely to a ahortairu of tem h«r». Why? Ilmauae thn t1 n"h era are beliiR iuitl*r| aid and are loav lint the i>r(>r«aslnii for better paid work They beva to it_> Hila H mo day Ore pon musi com e to the reden« of th» teacher. Now. it la boina asked to a:t»e t!-..« child, the voter of tomorrow Do wo waul him educated? Bure. Only h euntly In New York did tb> quo-Nttoii of t ilxlnp *tn- tendiera' mb ' arh-a cornu up before the li-glslat'irr and It wua due to a lark of aufflrlent Information um to the extent to which th*y ahould lie Increase«*. and th ability i / continuali »a to pay inerente ham led Ui<< lepla itivi- leadura to de d d e to poalpontt final rnvlalon of th< liiieht u' . Inry taVfUUtll unolhur sea aton. The temporary readjustment c f «at arlea will fix Hie minimum rale fot the rural school lenrher el Ís6" while lu the larper country diutrir :s 111 lowest paid elcint- ary teach*- a will Ret $yoo. The mil m u m In elementary achoola In third-class cities will b< »1,100 Instead o f »820 aa at present and that In blah s i U od I s »1.250 Instead of »Util Si comi c I uhm cl I loa musi rudi their mliilinutn salary o f elementari teachers from »on to »1 .no. and tl.it o f hlieh m I hm I teachers from »l.OOi to »1.400. In ore'er to prevent N- w- Yirk CM: it ru In in >: Ihv ailjoi: Inn cities of teach e»a. Yo'.peta, M ut V« 'n o n .- Whit- I’ l ilna. anil N< w Itorhclli s e lo b required to pu> within ? ’ 5 o of tin rates In i-ffect In New York t'ltj I'ln lucreaaea <>f »r.fio over the March J rates are inandutcd upou Syracuse am. of »<<)() on Muffalo and Hucbealer These hither salar-ew will do triuch l< m ike ibe teach In- service mora ai traci!' * - - York Ctty rule* are to be fixed b» n com in'i tea now ut «i>:i Upon Hie i* ntdem of determining how the city » quota o f 'he direct state tax of 1 mi l l »12.1- ».OOU e)-all b e d la trlbuted among mi •« than 24.0O0 mcm bora of tin supervising utaff. The averagi li.i-caae of »500 would seuin am ill in corip irl««n with the ’ tier In creases wc - It Dol for the fact that Hie governor last month signed a bill giving the New York Ctty teachers an Increase on June 1. Six thousand six hundred and th ''-" tea'hem will re ceive from 30 to 40 per emit more pay than Ihoy received on Dec. 31. 1910. while 6 U'.U others o f s total of 24,123 will hav e Hu ir salaries Increased from 60 lo 00 per cent Hut the minimum salary c n June 1 > 11 be only »1.006 In r b if'hip the provision« of the statewide- salary bill affecting New York Cltv the Ji Ini legislative commit tee to which the task was assigned has raised this minimum to II.500 and has ao revised other -vtartes 'hut those grades of the service where the chief shortupe of lei.cher* exists ahull offer salaries that will attract and hold the best teachers. In no other way can the standards of t- ichlng be maintain ed. not t.r> say tmpi-ived. When the legislative committee re ports next )*ar whatever other grades of the se-vlce h a 'c not received due and proper ronsld**-atlnn can be .pro vlded for In the general salary Increase me«« u re. SCHOOLS ARE UNABLE TO GET INSTRUCTORS * Superintendent Spruldlng of Clcvelano Board Decrlaa Small Salariex. Men teachers are disappearing frm the schools of Oregon. Thirty yeurs ago there wc -c as many men as women In elements ry school; Now the ration is four men to six women, ^Cleveland, Ohio, finds It Impnaslbh to secure men teachers of manual ot .physic«) troinlnR for elementar} schools because of low salaries. These frets are presented to C lew land teachers by Supt Frank h Spaulding In r~ *r‘.!cle being distrital' ed to them for Information In oonn«- tlon with their study o f the «alary questionnaire recently sent out. The remedy In Oregon Is the two mill levy. Significance Is lent to the situation by a re cunt resolution of the School master -' Club of Vtnclnnatl depVorln the ci : ' >n naliu..ally and statin. "Hip influence of men Is consider' neceas . 1 } ?Y Hie proper education ct Amere i" y -oh.” The r> - icn as1* the National Educator \iii - - <on to bring be fore tbo j i:t>l c - I H i school offl- •tais the aonuusutja of the situation « W A N T E D Vote 302 X Yes F o r 4 '0 S t a t e [t o a d P o n d L im St "It la the question of the undermost HALI j OT TITLE IH AS FOLLOV i '8: : as a«alnat the uppermost, property 302 X Y o s C XlN ^TlTirriO^AT, AVfi:\D V iFa\T--IW .rvmi to tho p^apli 1 / tt* J»< * j i . auva ; A « u. Liy. values over human valm t * said' M L)M.’ T A T I»W _W e y i n I * « C H IT STATE INOCBTEDNtSS II. Marvin, a tn'-tnber of • lie Washing 3G3 No EON F£RMANEKf Rr# \Of. ['ijr|y*»*' To AMtwi Me^ i*-<* 7 ol ton State Industrial Welture Cornnus AriMMD X fif ififlCofiiUt U Dut of t'i# Mdbuif Or«'fpr>fi ao tut to txvrmit titg frcdkUoj. i < is I .».a* Afifl ÍJcTufi* $ pr«Vw>u« AfifiinluiltiM aim , who made a plea at tha Kortland !«</ » lie puriymn nf ir'tiiiiit.M fiiifj fiiiii.tHifiiiig |xrm#»)w • ritmi* ht tf*e iinount'il four p#*r »«iitof lh«ft«#s>MÌ valonii'in ot tl*e pf'*p«'r«jr hotel recently In-K.re the I'ortlan-', In tito HU»*« of Or«f«»n, in«f «H*! #?f tw<> rf*»itau» nr?w otoviiìm I t.y law. Ministerial assoc.ation for (he ^atatc two mill elementary school in* asuri . which la to be voted upon May 21 at the primary. He < utinued: “ The church has < >ade iinstakea, bti this la one place where the c hur« must net err. You must get behin K w ’P tlicsc three fa ct« in m ind. T h e presen t a u to license fee« and thlH nu-nsuro ao that H .«/' U*ld of ti poor man can have hla r r b i d e r v KnMiline tux v ill u .iy Ixrth tlie ririiicirifd and inUT' at o n all th e b o n d » opportunity In life. Oregon la face t under th is a m en d m en t, an d will yield un nnruittl surjilus besides fo r o tb r -r face with a crime In its *<iural!or stu te h ig h w a y w ork. N o ad d ition a l ta xa tion o f a n y kind. system, that, If not met, will put back toward the «ark sees tnsir ■ of in the light of Hie twee itrtb.centb. f>rc|-oii must have aufBciAit Highway Funds to niaU-h F*-dera! apportion which It should held. It Is one rr^ntH » r Oregon c annot not tins benefit of Federal money for Oregon Jto^d:. seven *iates which still holds to t‘ If*f rc HF<nx tliui conn!itutiorial limit j.-i a neet-. Fity. UnlenH limit in in crt^ cd auHq'ialcd Idea t f district acticul t: fdltrr UM Ye, road« cannot b** oomplcted for many, many yean», or must b i finiaheti h;* f ir«*f t j»roi*»rtv taxafion. Tliw m»*aMire avertM dir«.u?t projxtrty tnx for Htato ation plan. It must get ut Of I' » ignwayt and mukea early completion pocnibJ«. Let'* Ket the mad', built now. rut In which It finds Itself today a: place h em If sloi. - lde Hie o'her Income from Present Sources Suliicient to Pay Principal and Interest. or forty states and make the tax f> t T h . fart Uuit rvvi nu.-« fpr.m so«/.- Ikwns» fw s ar«t c u u lim u « . nrlthout In e M se o f prmm-t i»t.-s, Its schools equal t Inouchout Hie st a , sm k-1 ■ i .*y Uah i asd n tl.-s. iv.rvU, is r r«r!> M f ,th l-y f *ur* : 1 »ii..,.h rt m.ik«) h, evrry n-Xi»t.-u.t v 0* r K-1-7 0> Ktala Hsati bUH l.r vpr.ir.ti n "Washington todiy pays per y I -i. I - ’ hi tab..- ¡•n-fnlly It pmvia th.t bo ,.r in-rty U, » sod A it t * n « t n bs for aut i l.t Htnw frit» »ipj pp 11 * will rf^Wrn j>nnctf>ui ami mt/f mt >i wl y»e*;d aurpluA bt-aidtw. »20 for Hie educe’, on of each c. within Its bouudu us. I am told y u For Iutervit TuMW, I'KiuplilcU or furtL« r I.<ii>ruj»l«jfj, writ« lo OREGON ROADH AND DEVELOP MK NT AHHOCIATIOV In Oregon puy to» “d this g 'ca t » I. t 1 liwfm b«gn<, !4i tm, V.. fstUrt ( t QUSXM. (Win t m s U m B«. 1.1. tat, , for the voter of tb> future or.iy »11 h CampMiau IJiwdauarter«, It! Wor*««iar BuiMiha, PortUnd, Or«tE>m • ll Is time for a cnange nnd I. fr • VOTE 302 X Y E S For 4 % State R oad Bond L im it your sister alath. u e you to annot. from yottr pulpit«. Horn the house' If you please, th- benefits of *' measure, and I boo« It will be v . l In by a big majority." Jtev. W. T. Met iveen o f, the F * Congreg-. I'onal church of Port also made a strong plea for the t . tire and declared that it w as not ■ a problem for O p ¿on tf. solve. "a nuHnii*! one, to nan.Hc this tlon which Oregou now fa* -a. n — the education of the tiUtora' - ; which there are today In the t States. SVt million»." said Dr 1! Ktvccu. "Labor counts on the church I-1 t crisis,'’ said the si - akur, "Or* b'-htU’l the times lu her edun system and every 'tightwad' ett Oregon is to blsme for this si: *- wltich wc now must fsce at tli r ou May 21. “ Do you know how Hoator f h.tc-.lleii her atudeuts? They l\: .< teacher to every a'x students l bos on - li »-tier Ki every P4 that for a contrast? lsu't H time you anil t went tq th e p voted for something new'ln th. I think so." Mrs. Alexander Thompson « ' ’' I sviii sell at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, S. M. Blumauer also made city limits of Stayton, commencing at 10 o'clock, addresses to the ministers measure, being followed by I' Campbell of the University of • who pc. .’ .’ d out the nacesaitv mg the i-li-iiiciitary schools, C. r* higher iducutlonal Instltutlot i. have a basis on which to , .< groundwork on which to build . clt xcu of tbo futbre. The ministers endorsed the user« unanimously. \ NO PROPERTY TAX NO DIRECT TAX NO INCREASE IK AUTO LICENSE FEES NO INCREASE OF GASOLINE TAX o 7 Vlohair, W o o l Cascara Bark G r'ay^ Oats It will pay you to phone or see me before you sell FEDIRAl FUNDS MUST BE MATCHED H. L. W RIOHT otumsville, : : : : O re g o n ADVERTISE NOW Adm inistrators Auction m *Y at the OLD GEHLEN PLACE, just east of the a. m., the following Stock, Machinery, Etc., on AT. M AY 15. ’2 0 CHILDREN'S RIGHT 3 UPPERMOST 1 STATE One Hundred Sch o o l Close J In Oregon Last Yea Oue to Teacher Short 3. Every community need; hc--s In every locality are many p v. In would make good t.-arhirs 1 v. ,.o i! net enter the proft- jinn. Also In every ctinmunitv ; re a c taachers who are plannli i lui i and go elsewhere to leech ■ : • other professions. Wh; partly, but mostly because like the prophet, Is wain hla own country. Making the home acho ’ fnr home talent will nelp t if’-.vs- t'. teacher shortage. " here t i l.t KO -ii salailes. of course. Tr. - r. 1 because they need money, tic e must also bo sane protection .-.a ost the spoils aystem. It la an ‘..i itory Ir. many communities for a « v> supor tntendent and his assist*! to f lid j lis i -'Moca: for thair friends at the ex teachers, or to bciittle r : i . u tliul ibev must resign *n aei‘ -1- . 1. Dots the enmmuaity K > W il; Ollt it 1 >> Ihe or do anything about patrons of each school K «uv: '' >- nu t «rial o f the teachtng .fi i n tlu-y liaVe an up-to-data. accct I. itift- rd teacher, will they f . :e h -r with salary increases n I .it k hur Against unfair dlsrrlm n? I .e left liow many good te&i li I lint w ill ;ko community, and wb. ell the story. How m y young peo- pie v.bo would make fl. • tea» .*» rs urc doing something «1 ■* ini • |-n * ** ty; until Keep the home -ire- si! the cumbering dro: a ,i n?! the u.ifairni-»« which i* d Irlvluii lutiic- ti'Achnig talent a .vsy in home is buined up. and H in sr .i. w r:;itdlv til»* teacher sh o rts.» 1: l a ibiiit of the past. . -Oregon can reir.* rly ! < ...I': oti b.* i I ii- i outarj oting "Y es” for the 2 ,. Imwl hill, popui-v-!} ..uv'-.i as th; •li.alSU S £..11. STOCK a a a a a a iiin M a a a a a « One Fresh Cow with young calf Two cows "milking” • One 5vr. old mare, w t 1400 lbs* One llyr* " in foal, 1500 lbs« One Uyr. old horse, wt, 1500 lbs« One horse about 13yrs old, 1500 lbs V One lyr« old colt 1 gentle pony One Registered Durock brood sow with six pigs Five Duroc shoats subject tor registra tion MACHINERY 4444V44444444444 One Plano Binder One wide tire wagon One Hack and Buggy One Manure Spreader One Coragated Roller One Disk Drill One Sulky Plow, Harness One Oliver Chill Plow One Sulky Attachment for Plow One Fanning Mill One Scalding Vat Hens Few Sacks Grey Oats A NUMBER OF OTHER ARTICLES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION 'i i 1 f HOT LUNCH WILL BE SERVED ON THE GROUNDS BY THE LADIES AID All sums of $10 and unde-, cash, ova* that amount six months time w ill be given at 8 per f!v . cent, interest with bankable pnper. No property 10 be removed until settled for. Geo. Keech, Auctioneer Farmers & Merchants Bank, Clerk 'Æ Ceo. A. 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