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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1901.
PUBLISHERS' STATEMENT
PAPERS PRESENTED TO OREGON
TEXT-BOOK COMMISSION.
American Book Company Sets Forth
General Conditions of School
Book Trade In Oregon.
SALEM, Or., July 9. The subjoined pa
pers are copies of papers handed by
Captain R. I. Edwards, of the American
Book Company, to the School Text Book
Commissioners today. It will be seen
that they purport to set forth the gen
eral conditions of the school book trade
In Oregon during past years and at the
present time. They are offered for publi
cation In The Oregonlan simultaneously
with their presentation to the Schcol
Book Commission:
"To the Board of State Text-Book Com
missioners. Gentlemen:
"For eight years past the American
Book Company has maintained a branch
house in Portland for the distribution
of Its publications In the State of Ore
gon. The maintenance of this branch
has been at considerable expense, but
the expense has been justified by the
efficiency o this office in distributing
the adopted school. books In all parts of
the state promptly, and at the contract
prices, or better. In the past 25 years,
during which school books have been
adopted and contracts awarded in Ore
gon, the adopted books have never been
at all times accessible throughout the
state nor sold at reasonable retail prices,
there belng.no law prior to 1893 requiring
a contract retail price, nor were they
sold subsequently at the agreed upon
or contract prices until this branch house
was established at Portland.
"In a state of magnificent distances,
with lack of railroad facilities and with
comparatively few centers of distribu
tion, the work of supplying any commod
ity under contract, and more particu
larly school books, is necessarily full of
detail and very expensive. No jobbing
house or general merchandise establish
ment can afford to give the care and
attention to detail required by the con
ditions imposed by any contract made be
tween the State of Oregon and the pub
lishers of school books. In other words,
the only way that any contract favorable
and satisfactory to the school patrons of
the state can be executed to the letter
by a publisher, however honest may be
his intent, Is to have a depository in
Portland under its own supervision and
control. This house must devote its
whole effort, under trained management,
to the task of placing and keeping Its
publications at points accessible to pu
pils In every part of the state, near and
remote, and at prices not exceeding those
agreed upon In the contract. Such a
plan necessitates a most Intimate ac
quaintance with the various conditions
and requirements of all sections of the
state, not only of the needs of the schools,
but the selection of suitable and compe
tent persons to act as distributing agents.
It requires the publisher to Invest a large
sum of money In placing his publications
on consignment account in various parts
of the state where there are no mer
chants regularly engaged In the book
business, or where the dealers will not
handle the books on regular terms, while
the publisher, under his contract, Is
obliged to maintain a depository at such
points. It Is only by establishing direct
relations between the publisher -and
these retail dealers that the former can
carry out his engagement with the state
and insure adequate supplies of books
at all such points, and that they shall
be sold at proper prices both, at exchange
and retail.
"In 1S95 the American Book Company
was the successful competitor for the
patronage of the state In the leading
branches of study. An important excep
tion occurred in the case of the spellers.
Reed's "Word Lessons having been
adopted to displace "Watson's Complete
Spelling Book, formerly In use. The
publishers of Reed's "Word Lessons
agreed to furnish that speller at an ex
change price of 10 cents. That is, pupils
in all parts of the state surrendering .an
old "Watson's Spelling Book, which they
had used up to that time, and paying
the sum of 10 cents were to receive a
new copy of Reed's Word Lessons. The
number of pupils at that time using a
spelling book in the state, as shown by
the state reports and verified by other
related school statistics, was about 44,000.
Allowing for wear and tear and loss, for
pupils leaving school and for new pupils
entering school who had no book to
exchange, the minimum number who
should have been entitled to the benefit
of an exchange could not have been less
than 50 per cent, or 22,000 pupils. Now
how many pupils actually obtained this
advantage? Evidence which we have
in hand, and which is accessible to the
members of this commission, demon
strates that just 172S pupils benefited by
this exchange out of 44,000 who were
using the spelling book.
"Why this discrepancy? It Is easily
accounted for. First, having no employes
or depository in the state to give Intel
ligent attention to the matter, the pub
lishers of Reed's Speller failed to have
an adequate supply of the book In Ore
gon with the wholesale house that had
undertaken the work of distribution. The
publisher having no knowledge of the
conditions In the state, the number of
books that would be required; no Inform
ation as to the necessary sub-depositories,
nor the time required for books to
reach the many remote points in the
state, the brief exchange period passed
before a complete supply had reached
Oregon. Thus pupils not fortunate
enough to obtain their books within this
limited exchange period paid the full re
tall price of 25 cents, and received no
benefit from the exchange price of 10
cents which the publisher had agreed to
allow.
"At a low estimate, the failure to
properly distribute this one small book
cost the people of Oregon not less than
53000 more than it would have cost if
proper attention had been given by the
publishers to the letter of their contract.
Besides the financial loss, the schools
of the state were delayed and held back
for many months by their Inability to
get this spelling book, even at the retail
price
"Another case in point Is afforded by
the experience with Brooks' Mental
Arithmetic. This book was contracted
for by its publishers six years ago at
a retail price of 31 cents. It has been
sold usually at S3 cents, while there
are many places In the state where It
has been sold at 40 and 50 cents.
"These Instances In Oregon have been
duplicated In Idaho, Washington and
Montana, where books have been adopted
whose publishers had no depository in the
Northwest, but Intrusted the delicate and
difficult duty of effecting the introduction
and exchange of the books to the hands
of local dealers, whose chief business was
In other lines, and t'o whom the furnishing
of school books was merely an incident.
ft should be remembered that the profit
to the dealer on books sold regularly at
retail prices Is much larger than when
sold at exchange prices, hence, unless
supervision Is exercised by the publisher
over the matter of exchange, the local
dealer gives It scant attention. His Inter
ests lie in retailing the books.
"In direct contrast with the case of
Reed's Work Lessons, we cite the intro
duction in 1S93 of Maxwell's, Series of Lan
guage and Grammar. The American Book
Company voluntarily extended the period
for Introduction and exchange of these
books from five months to fifteen months,
endeavoring to make as far as possible
& complete exchange of the old books for
the new. There were sold In 1895 of Max
tvell's grammars the following:
Maxwell's First Book 14,853
Maxwell's Introductory 15,152
Maxwell's Advanced 10,8. o
Total . 40,880
"Of this number, 29,433, or 72 per cent of
all, were exchanged at an exchange price
of 24 cents; the balance, 11,447, were sold
at the introduction price. The total num
ber of Maxwell's books exchanged was
72 per cent, whereas but 4 per cent of
Reed's Word Lessons were exchanged.
The difference is accounted for by th&
voluntary extension of the exchange
period, and the thorough distribution of
the books among all the schools.
"The American Book Company has con
stantly striven to perfect the mechanism
of Irs depositor)' since It was first estab
lished. It has not only fulfilled Its con
tract with the state, but has voluntarily
Improved its facilities for distribution
and has laid down its books at the doors
and destructive of his profit. He must
exercise wise discretion, equalizing the
discounts so as to. place all dealers in ISio
state, regardless of locality, on an equal
footing as to their profit. He must con
sider cost of transportation in making
such discounts, as in ,many sections of Or
egon the cost of distributing books from
Portland is from 5 to 16 per cent. In
fact, there are numerous matters of detail
in connection with the distribution and
handling of school books to which the
publisher must give his close, personal at
tention. "In no other way, therefore, can the
Board of State Text-Book Commissioners
secure a proper, adequate and prompt
in the Interests of this company. Let
us frankly avow that they are calculated
to promote our own business interests,
but we do not hesitate to assert that they
point with far more irresistible force to
the interests of the citizens of the State
of Oregon and the public schools of the
state. In this firm belief they are respect
fully submitted. Very truly,
"AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY,
"By R. L. Edwards, General Agent."
"To the Board of State Text-Book Com
missioners Gentlemen: In connection
with our proposal submitted to the Board
of State Text-Book Commissioners under
separate cover, we wish to offer the fol-
$
Jful consideration to the economic ad-
vantages of the proposition we have sub
mitted. Should you accept it. you will
save to the state not less than $34,383 SO
In the first year, if all the books are
changed except grammar and civil gov
ernment, and will effect a proportionally
larger saving if you should determine upon
the readoptlon of any other of our text
books now in use. In view of the saving
which we offer and the superior quality
of the' new books we have submitted, we
respectfully urge upon your honorable
Commission the propriety and wisdom
of continuing to the American Book Com
pany the school patronage of Oregon. Re
spectfully submitted,
"AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY,
"By R. L. Edwards, General Agent."
COMMON SCHOOL LIST.
Estimate Based on Actual Sales During Past Six Years of. New Books Required in Event
of a Complete Change of Text Books in Oregon First Introduction.
Per No
cent. Subject pupils.
55 Speller 51.150
25 First Reader Grade 23,250
25 Second Reader Grade 23,250
20 Third Reader Grade 18,600
17 Fourth Reader Grade 16,2o
12& Fifth Reader Grade 11,625
30 Elementary Geography 27,900
15 Advanced Geography 13,950
15 Primary U. S. History 13,950
10 Advanced U. S. History 19.300
8 Civil Government 7,440
30 Language Book 27,900
23 Engl.sh Grammar 23,250
20 First Book Arithmetic 27,900
23 Second Book Arithmetic 23,250
20 Mental Arithmetic 18,600
15 Primary Physiology 13,950
20 Grammar Grade Physiology 18,600
12 Music 11,160
i
Retail i Old books at New books at Net
cost. Total. Total, exchange price. retail price.; Cost.
50 20 $10,230 00-$ 10,230 00 ? 2,557 50 $ 5,115 00 7,672 50
25 5,812 50
35 8,137 50 i
40 7,440 00
60 9.765 00
60 6,975 00 38,120 00 9,532 50 19,065 00 28,597 50
60 16.740 00
1 25 17,437 50 34,177 50 8,544 37 17,088 75 25,633 12
60 8,370 00
1 00 9.300 00 17,670 00 4,417 50 8,835 00 13,252 50
80 5,952 00 5,952 00 1,488 00 3,770 00 5,258 00
40 11,160 00
.60 13,950 00 25,110 00 6,277 50 12,555 00 18,632 50
30 8,370 00
60 13 950 00
35 6610 00 2S,830 00 7,212 50 14,415 00 21,627 50
35 4,882 50 '
50 9.300 00- 14,182 50 3,545 62 7.091 25 10.636 87
130 3,348 00 3,348 00 837 00 1,674 00 2,511 00
$44,412 49
Total 5176,142 00-
Penmanshln. drawlmr and sunDlemental reading not Included in above estimate.
Estimated that 50 per cent of all the pupils will exchange old books for new ones.
at 50 per cent of recall price.
jThe 50 per cent of pupils not offering old books In exchange would have to buy outright at retail prices.
tAverage. "
$69,609 00 $134,021 49
This1, exchange price Is put
of its patrons at lower prices, in many
places, than those called for by its con
tract. While required by the State Board
of Education, under th'e law, to establish
subdepositorles and to keep Its books on
sale at something over 200 places in Ore
gon, It has voluntarily extended credit and
established trade relations with about 400
different dealers distributed all over the
depositories at places not designated by
the State Board of Education, but which
are necessary in order to properly serve
the school patrons. It has thus made its
supply of school books, Insuring the
schools against delays Incident to a fail
ure to promptly supply t'hem, and acces
sible to all the school patrons of the state
at uniform prices, than by giving the busi
ness to one house, thus enabling that
house to maintain its own base of sup
plies in the state. No house that is
awarded a single book or series can carry
state. It has .established some 100 sub- j out Its contract with the state, however
good its intentions may be. This asser
tion Is made with the full knowledge of
all that it implies, and Is not Intended as
a reflection on any publisher, but as a
COMMON SCHOOL BOOKS.
Present Annual Sales of Contract Books in Oregon at
Publishers' List Prices.
No.
annually
sold.
Spelling Book 8.SQ0
Barnes' First Reader 8,721
Barnes' Second Reader 5,831
Barnes' Third Reader 4.88S
Barnes1 Fourth Reader 3,622
Barnes' Fifth Reader 2,512
Monteith's Elementary Geography 5,184
Montelth's Comprehensive Geography.... 3,119
Maxwell's First Book 7,333
Maxwell's Introductory Grammar 6,873
Fish's Arithmetic, No. 1 4,915
Fish's Arithmetic. No. 2 4.440
Barnes Primary United States History.... 3,391
Barnes' Brief United States History 2,948
Peterman's Civil Government, Oregon ed. 4.20S
Smith's Primer of Physiology 2,416
Smith's Elementary Physiology 2.890
Music 3.238
Copy Books 45,463
Drawing .... 39,642
Total
List
price. Total.
$0 25 $ 2,200 00-$ 2,200 00
20 1,744 20
35 2,040 5
50 2.444 00
70 2,535 40
90 2,260 SO 11,025 25
60 3,110 40
1 10 3.340 90 6,541 30
40 2,933 20
40 2,749 20 5,682 40
30 1.474 50
60 2.664 00 4,138 50
60 2,034 60
1 00 2,938 CO 4,972 60
60 2,524 80 2,524 SO
20 724 80
' 50 1,445 00 2,169 80
S0 971 40 971 40
08 3,637 04 3,637 04
. 09 3,694 08 3,694 OS
$47,557 17 $17,557 17
Average.
books far more accessible than the most
rigorous contract could have exacted.
Such a course would have been impossi.
ble had its publications been furnished
through the jobbing-houses, and not by
Its own agency or depository.
"But, to maintain a depository with all
its attendant expenses of rent. Insurance,
salar.es, freights and numerous other of
fice expenses. It is absolutely essential
that the company should have substan
tially the whole school book business of
Oregon. Anything less than this would
render the maintenance of a depository
statement of fact Inseparable from thB
conditions 6f the case. A thorough In
vestigation of all the facts bearing on
this question will establish the absolute
soundness of this proposition, and will
point Irresistibly to the Inference that
practically all of the books adopted
should, if possible, be secured from one
publishing house:
"We believe that It is incontrovertible
that no other house but the American
Book Company can furnish first-class
books in every branch and in every de
partment, and for these reasons we feel
lowing statement as to prices. With this
we hand you certain tables, carefully com
puted and verified, showing just what is
Involved by a change of the common
school books in Oregon at this time. In
troducing any series of standard text
books for those now in use will cost not
less than shown by the tables herewith
given, as follows:
To change arithmetics will cost..$ 21,627 50
To change readers will cost 23,597 50
To change spellers will cost 7,672 50
To changg geographies will cose. 25,633 12
To change histories will cost 13,232 50
To change grammars will cost... 18,832 50
To change civil governments will -
cost 5,258 00
To change physiologies will cost. 10,636 87
To change music will cost 2,51100
-
BOOKS NOW IN USE OFFERED FOR READOPTION.
And Statement Showing Normal Cost Based on Annual J
Sales During rast Six Years.
Title. . Av. annual
sale.
LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR
Maxwell's First Book in English 7,333
Maxwell's Introductory Lessons in English. 6,873
CIVIL GOVERNMENT
Peterman's Civil Government, Oregon ed..4,20S
Total $S,207 20 f
Retail Total
price. cost.
40 $2,933 20
40 2,749 20$5,682 40
00 2,524 80 2,524 80
impossible on economic grounds. No
house can establish and maintain a branch
house of Its own In Portland or elsewhere
in Oregon, unless it has a sufficient vol
ume of business to pay the cost of main
tenance. No house that does not maintain
a. depository can distribute its books in
telligently, effectively and completely
throughout the state at fixed prices, no
matter whether these prices are small or
great. The" publisher must exercise di
rect control and supervision over the re
tail dealer, and make him, as far as pos
sible, a party to his contract with the
state. He must make such arrangements
with the local dealer as will give the lat
ter protection in the displacement of books
Incident to changes In courses of study,
etc., which otherwise causes an accumu
lation of books valueless to the dealer
justified In asking the support of the
commission for the entire list of common
school books to be adopted for the state.
We submit that! the changes made should
be those only that are clearly Indicated as
necessary and essential to the welfare of
the schools, and that in any branch in
which the books are doing satisfactory
work, the people should not be put to the
expense of a change. In those branches
In which changes are desirable, we submit
that the books we have offered are in
Bvery way educationally sound and up to
date, admirable in treatment, mechan
ically attractive and workmanlike, and In
price as cheap as similar books can be
offered and mantalned at the highest
standard of excellence.
"The foregoing may seem to your hon
orable board to be selfish arguments, made
To change all books will cost.. $134,021 49
"ThJs statement omits the subjects of
penmanship, drawing and supplementary
reading, on which no sufficient data exists
on which to base a statement. That is,
if your Commission discard the present
books and substitute others In the sub
jects named, the expense to the state
will be $134,021 49, which is an increase the
first year over the normal yearly vcost
of $93,795 44.
"But the American Book Company has
maintained for a number of years past a
completely equipped establishment for dis
tributing all Its books In this state, which
establishment it has been able to maintain
because it has enjoyed a large share of the
patronage of this state in school books.
It has no wish to remove this office, as
it will be compelled to do if any consider
able portion of the patronage it now en
joys Is taken from it. It therefore has de
termined to give to your honorable board
the opportunity of substituting the latest
and best of Its own publications In place
of those now In use, where desired, at
such low exchange prices as will reduce
the burden of expense to the minimum. It
fully believes that the books it offers are
superior to any other competing books.
Few, If any, educators will maintain that
they are less than 'the equal of competing
books. For the sake of retaining the
business In the state and continuing the
organization It has established at Port
land, the company has decided upon such
a concession of exchange prices as
amounts to $100,000 bonus to the school
patrons. That is. $100,000, In round figures,
represents the difference between a com
plete supply of new books, selected from
Its list of publications, and retaining the
present books In language, grammar and
civil government, for example, figured at
, retail prices, and the total cost of these
books at the exchange prices quoted, If
the pupils exchange all their old books for
new.
"But let us assume that not all of the
pupils avail themselves of exchange prices,
and reduce this number to 50 per cent,
which is certainly the minimum. Then,
basing the calculation on these figures and
applying the same method to its own list,
tne total cost of an exchange at jts low
exchange prices quoted, the books not
exchanged being supplied at the com
pany's regular retail prices, is $99,637 69,
The cost of a like change to the books
of any other publishing house, also cal
culated on 50 per cent of the pupils ex
changing books and the remainder buy
ing at regular prices, will amount to $134,
021 49, a difference in the American Book
Company's favor of $34,383 80, and our
analysis of the cost of change will show
a corresponding saving by using the pub
lications of the American Book Company
and a corresponding loss If the publica
tions of any other houses are substituted
for those now in use.
"But these figures do not represent the
total saving that would be effected by re
taining our books or by substituting any
of our new books for those now In use.
For already there are in the schools of the
state 3000 Milne's Arithmetics. 14,000 Nat
ural Geographies, 10,000 Baldwin's Readers
and 4000 McMaster's Histories, all of
which are giving entire satisfaction to
their users, and it cannot fail to be noted
by the Commission that all these thou
sands of pupils now supplied with these
new books will be saved the expense of
any change, even the normal prices which
we quote. If the books named are adopted.
"True, qertaln houses have offered al
leged 'cheap books In some states books
without standing or approval among edu
cators and cleverly cheapened in ways
which are calculated to deceive. These
books, which cheat the purchaser and de
grade the schools, are not taken Into ac
count in this paper.
"We beg, therefore, to ask your care-
LAND OF GREAT PROMISE.
Philippines Finest Comniry In the
Eastern Hemisphere.
J. J. Parker, of Alblna, recently re
turned from the Philippines, after two
years' residence there, and Is greatly
enamored with the islands. He was con
nected with the Quartermaster's Depart
ment as wagon master, and In that' ca
pacity saw a great deal of the archipelago.
"Portland people know very little of
that grand country," he said yesterday,
"and they care a good deal less, but
they are standing in th'elr own light In Ig
noring the finest country in the Eastern
Hemisphere. The natural wealth of the
Island is beyond the computation even of
those who have spent their life over there.
Under Spanish rule the people were treat
ed like so many slaves, and the cream
of their products went to' support a for
eign priesthood. These priests arc the
worst enemies the United States have to
contend with, and many an American boy
would have returned to hl3 mother alive
and well but for their treacherous machi
nations. They oppose American Influence
because they fear it will destroy their
power over the simple-minded natives, and
they do all they can to engender and per
petuate hatred of the Stars and Stripes. 1
think it was a godsend for these poor
benighted people when Uncle Sam took
possession of the Islands and thus assured
Its Inhabitants the equality and freedom
they had been denied during the threo
centuries of Spanish rule. The Spanish
church claims title to immense tracts ot
choice lands all over the archipelago, and
It will take the strong arm of the Gov
ernment to keep these Spanish friars from
gobbling thousands of acres they do not
rightfully own."
Mr. Parker looks for no further trou
ble with the natives except upon the Is
land of Mindanao, where the people of the
interior are Mohammedans whom the
Spaniards never conquered, and who still
think they are invincible. "These people,"
he said, "are likely to swoop down on the
seacoast towns In hordes and slaughter
the Moros by hundreds, carrying off their
women and children as slaves. Then an
army of 5000 men will be needed to fol
low ",these savages up Into their lair and
teach them a lesson or two."
Mr. Parker brought over quite a num
ber of souvenirs, which are now on exhi
bition at 246 Washington street. There
are over 100 specimens of natural woods,
many of which he carried on his back
for weeks through a hostile country. In
order that his townspeople here might
see what grows over there. A couple of
bows with arrows, carried by the richer
Ikorrotes, are amongst the collection.
Mr. Parker thinks the Interior of Luzon
and Mindanao will prove to be good gold
mining regions when prospected by Amer
icans. He saw considerable gold In the
form of nuggets that hid been taken out
by the native women, who used cocoanut
shells for pans. These women do not
save the finer particles, but put them
back In the streams again "to grow."
"There are now over 1400 islands under
the American flag," he said, "and wealth
abounds In them all. Everything that
grows In the tropics can be found there
In abundance and both vegetation and
snakes assume grand proportions. Boa
constrictors 30 feet long and as thick as a
man abound in the ewamps, and the na
tives just love to cook and eat the flesh.
pMMMaaMawaiaaHa -- ia-a
mmmmmmamamm
MONDAY.
T all depends upon what you want in a soap.
If you require simply a dirt remover, almost
any soap will do. But if you care at all about
the thing which is to be washed, you must
think twice before you act. Any soap will clean linens
and muslins, but Ivory Soap leaves them as white as
snow. Any soap will clean sheets and table cloths, but
Ivory Soap leaves no coarse, strong odor. Try it once I
IT FLOATS.
CO'TRiaMT till IT THE FKOCTtn a OtHtll CO. CINCINNATI
General within the -past two years and
found him a brave, generous fighter, a
hard worker and a man who cares little
or nothing for his personal appearance
while on a campaign. "When Grant re
turns from a three months' 'hike In the
Interior," Mr. Parker said, "he looks like
the worst old tramp you ever saw, but
his attention to details and his steadfast
interest in Uncle Sam's cause are cou
pled with the welfare of those poor peo
ple. He Is a worthy son of a noble
sire."
Mr. Parker will spend a few weeks
resting up injPortland, as he feels rather
"peaked" from his residence In the trop
ics, and desires to bask In civilization for
a while before returning to the Philip
pines. "It Is good to see Portland once more,"
he exclaimed; "to gaze upon Its well
clad people, to breathe Its cool, pure air
and let the eye rest upon the fresh green
foliage of the temperate zone. It looks
queer, too, to see women and children
going around with clothes on."
r
The Ensrllnli Starling:.
Spectator.
The good done by the starlings through
out the Spring, Summer and Autumn Is
incalculable. The young are fed entirely
on Insect food, and as the birds always
seek this as close to home as possible
they act as police to our gardens and
meadows. They do a little mischief when
nesting and in the fruit season, partly
because they have ideas. It was alleged
this Spring that they picked off the cherry
blossoms and carried them off to decorate
their nests with. Later they are among
the most inveterate robbers of cherry
orchards and peckers of figs, which they
always attack on the ripest side. But
HIGH SCHOOL BOOKS.
Estimate of -number of books in each subject required In event of a
complete change In text-books for use of high school pupils in Oregon.
First year's sales or supply and cost of same at? retail prices:
No. Cost. Total
j . -, r, required. retail. cost.
Advanced Grammar 4,000 $o CO $2.400 00
5hef1or1icTY7T,d Com 2,500 100 2,500 00
English Literature 1,200 1 00 1200 00
GTe""al Hy ; 2,000 150 3000 00
United States History, Advanced O0 100 300 00
Civil Government m 10Q 500 00
Algebra :. 4.500 100 4.500 00
lri1C' Hlsher 1.400 1 00 V.O 00
.try 700 125 'S7500
Trigonometry 150 j 25 187 50
Bookkeeping lf60o 1 00 1,600 00
yscal Geography 4m im 400000
""try goo 100 50000
Bofany 600 125 750 00
Jonomy 200 125 250 00
geo Ry 100 125 125 00
Zoology ........ E00 100 800 00
First Latin Book 600 100 600 00
Lathi Grammar m 1 fo $
Latin Readings 250 125 312 50
Caesar 300 125 375 00
Sfcerp 60 125 75 00
,rS 40 150 6000
Total ,..$35,410 00
The "above estimate is taken from statistics "of sales for past years, and
Is verified by a comparison with the number of pupils reported to office
of Superintendent? of Public Instruction.
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There Is nothing poisonous about these
reptiles, and the only danger from their
presence is of being encircled and squeezed
to death.
"The natives will eat more disgusting
stuff than boa meat, as they will fall
over each other to obtain possession of
a dead mule, no matter from what cause
the animal died. "We used to bury the
mules which we were obliged to kill
when Incurable diseases had attacked
them, but the natives would dig them up
and have a picnic cooking and devouring
the putrid flesh. We finally quit burying
the carcasses and instead would invite
the aborigines to a feast when a mule
was too far gone with the glanders."
Mr. Parker thinks that Brigadier-General
Fred Grant Is one of the noblest of
Americans. He saw a good deal of the
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ESTIMATE OF COST
Al Exchange Prices in Event of the Adoption of the List Offered by the American Book Company,
and Rcadbption of Texts in Language, Grammar and Civil Government.
Per " No. pupils
cent. using book.
SPELLING
27& Bice's Rational Spelling Book, Part 1, cloth 25,575
ti-h Rice's Rational Spelling Book, Part 2, cloth 25,575
READING
Baldwin's School Readings by Grades, first year 23,250
Baldwin's School Readings by Grades, second year.. 23,250
Baldwin's School Readings by grades, third year..,.18,C00
Baldwin's School Read'ngs by grades, fourth year.. 16,275
Baldwin's School Readings by grades, fifth year. .. .11,625
GEOGRAPHY
Natural Elementary Geography., 27,900
Natural Advanced Geography, Oregon .edition 13,950
U. S. HISTORY
McMaster's Primary History of U. S 13,950
McMaster's School History of U. S 9,300
ARITHMETIC
Milne's Elements of Arithmetic 27,900
Milne's 3tandard Arithmetic 23,250
Bailey's American Mental Arithmetic 18,600
PHYSIOLOGY
Overton's Applied Physiology Primary 13.950
Overton's Applied Physiology Intermediate 18,600
Muaiu
12 Natural Music Series 11,160 32&
25
20
17
12&
20
15
15
10
30
25
20
15
20
Retail.
Cost.
$0 17
25
35
40
00
65
60
125
60
100
30
65
35
, 30
50
Total cost, At law ex
retall. change price.
Total Total ex- Old books at New books at
cost change cost, exchange price. retail price.t
$ 4.347 75
5.626 50
5,812 50
8,137 50
7,440 00
9,755 00
7,556 25
16,740 00
17,437 50
8,370 00
9,300 00
8,370 00
15,112 50
6,510 00
5,185 00
9,300 00
3.627 00
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11
10
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15
-20
20 '
" 30
lo!
, 205
10
'10
. -15
10
$2,301 75
2,813 25$ 5,115 00
5,325 00
3,457 50
2.790 00
2,255 00
2.S25 00 13,182 E0
4.580 00
5,580 00- 10,160 00
2,790 00
2,790 00 5,580 00
2,790 00
4,650 00
1,860 00
9,300 000
1,395 00
2,790 00 4,185 00
1,116 00- 1.U6 00
$49,648 50
$1,150 83
1,406 57
1,162 50
1,743 75
1,395 00
1.627 40
1,162 40
2.790 00
2,790 00
1,395 00
1,395 00
1305 00
2,325 00
930 00
697 50
1,395 00
558 00
$2,173 87
2,813 25
2,936 23
4,038 75
3,720 00
4.S32 50
3,778 12
8,370 00
8,718 75
4,185 00
4,650 00
4.185 00
7,556 25
3,258 00
2.592 50
4.650 00
1,813 50
Net.
cost.
$ 3,324 70
4,219 82
4.068 75
5.812 50
5,115 00
6,509 90
4.940 52
11.160 00
11,508 75
5.580 00
6,045 00
5,580 00
9.S8125
4,185 00
3,290 00
6,045 00
2,37150
$99,637 69
Total $148,637 50
Estimated that 50 per cent of all the pupils will exchange old books for new ones. This exchange price Is put at 50 per cent of retail" price.
tThe 50 per cent of pupils not offering old books in exchange would have to buy outright at" retail price.
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they have never developed a taste for de
vouring corn, like the rice birds and
starlings of the United States. They have
a good deal In common with those bright,
clever and famous mimics, the Indian my
nahs. which they much resemble physical
ly. This was the bird which Bontlus con
sidered "went one better" than Ovid's
famous parrot:
Psittacus, Eois quamvls tibi missus ab oris
Jussa loquar; vlncit me sturnua garrulus India.
The mynahs have also the starling's
habit of building In houses, and especial
ly In temples. There Is a finish about
the mynah's and the starling's mimicry
which certainly beats that of the parrot.
In their attendance on sheep and cat
tle the starlings have another credltabla
affinity. They are very like the famous
rhlnocerous birds of Africa, to which also
they are nearly related. The rhinocer
os birds always keep In small fiocks, ev
ery member of which sits on the back of
the animal, whether antelope or buffalo,
or rhinoceros, on which It Is catching in
sects. The starlings do not keep so close
ly to the animal's body, though they fre
quently alight on the back of a sheep
or cow and run all over It. But when
seeking Insect food among cattle the lit
tle groups of starlings generally keep in a
pack and attend to a single animal. Mr.
J. G. Millais, watching deer in a park
with his glasses, saw a starling remove
a fly from the corner of a deer's eye.
When they have run round It, and over It,
and caught all the flies they can there,
they rise with little unanimous exclama
tion, and "fly on to the next beast. Their
Winter movements are also Interesting.
By day they associate with other birds,
mainly with rooks. Gilbert White thought
they did this because the rooks had ex
tra nerves In their beaks, and were able
to act as guides to the smaller birds
searching for Invisible food. Probably it
Is only due to the sociable instinct.
Pig Caused a Wcddlngr.
New York Sun.
A 3-weeks-old pig brought about a mar
riage at Wllkesbarre, Pa. The bride. Ma.
dlla Parkerson, is 52 years old. The bride,
groom, Hiram Johnson, Is past the half,
century mark. Both have known each
other since children. A few days ago Miss
Parkerson noticed the pig In Hiram's pen
and she claimed the ownership, but John
eon protested. Miss Parkerson brought
the matter before 'Squire Conahan. After
the Alderman had heard both sides of the
case he directed that the pig be killed and
divided equally. Both sides protested,
but neither would yield the ownership.
"The only way to settle this case," the
'Squire said, "is to get married and keep
the pig In the family." After some hesi
tation the pair concluded It was a good
Idea. A marriage license was procured
and the Alderman performed the ceremony.
Dratrins" the Line on Jackson.
Tit-Bits.
A good story is told In Missouri at the
expense of Its once famous Governor,
Claiborne F. Jackson. Before he solved
the enigma of love-lock he had married
five sisters! in reasonable lapses of con
secutiveness. After one wife had been
lost and appropriately mourned he es
poused another, and he kept his courting
within a narrow circle of his own rela
tives, for he rather liked the family.
The antiquated father of these girls was
almost deaf, and when the Governor went
to this octogenarian to ask for his sur
viving daughter the following conversa
tion ensued:
"I want Lizzie!"
"Eh?"
"I want you to let me have Ellz-a-beth!"
"Oh, you want Lizzie, do you? What
fdr?"
"For my wife!"
"For life?"
"I want to marry her!"
"Oh, yes! Just so. I hear you, boy."
"I'm precious glad you do!" muttered
the Governor.
"Well," slowly responded the veteran,
"you needn't halloa so that the whole
neighborhood knows It! Yes; you can
have her. You've got 'em all now, my
lad; but for goodness' sake. If anything
happens to that 'ere poor misguided gal,
don't come, and ask me for the old wom
an!" Jackson solemnly promised that he never
would. .
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