- V TITE aiORXiyQ QREGOXTAy. TnURSDAY, MAY 2519ti.
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TOXTB. OF FIYX J4XMBERS OT LINN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION,
PUPILS' FAILURE
STUMPS QUIZZER
RECENTLY APPOINTED.
Assistant Public Instruction
Superintendent Puzzled by
Many "Flunks."
NEW
STYLES
NEW
SHAPES
I II
REPORT MAY BE MISTAKE
E. F. Carleton, Who Prepared
Eighth Grad Questions. Say
Paper Were Made Fairlj Hard
on ' Pnrpo He Zlxplaina.
SALXM. Or, Stay H- Spelal.)
Conatantlr lncrsaatns; reports ttom -rlouf
sections of th state that a lara
parcentas of Hrhth-arade pupils haa
bea failing In thalr xamlnaiions ar
puiilln to E. F. Carletun. Assistant
ttuperintendrnt of Publio Instruction,
who prepared the examination ques
tion. ufcerlntennnt Al'terman la In
Kastern Oreicon on a tour of tha
schools.
Mr. Carleton sara that tha question
prepared by him and pawed on by Su
perintendent Aledrman are of practi
cally the same m'.urt and cover practi
cally tha same around as tha quea
tiona whlcn hav been submitted to tha
atudenta for tha laat threa or four
years.
Krom what reports hav o far been
received, tha failures seem to ba prin
cipally la civil irovernmeat and gram
mar examinations.
Teee questions." said Mr. Carleton.
"are all taken from tha suhject-matter
In tha textbooks In ammmar adopted
by tha Textbook rommmlon. The
Textbook Commission haa no standard
textbook In civil Boverr.mcnt and con
sequently the lirl of every year It la
announced that the axarf-Jnation ques
tions In this suhject will be based en
tirely on tha Constitution of the United
States.
. Teachers Pass on Quiz.
"County Superlntendenta all over tha
atata requested that the examination
questions ba mode fairly difficult, that
a hlsh standard of Instruction may be
continued. At tha various teeners- In
stitutes these questions were eu&mttted
and examined by tha superintendents
and teachers and no criticism resulted.
"It la my opinion that there haa been
a misunderstand In t In reporting such
a Ursa number of students as fallln;.
I am of the Impression, when final de
tails ara obtained, that It will be found
these students have not passed In on
or two subjects and are conditioned.
That is. they will be able to take exant
Inatlona aicaln In the subject or sub
jects In which they failed to pas and
by passing those examlnatlona will ba
admitted to the hlKh achooL
"In Marlon ,,'ouniy. while the final
Azures on the number passing hav not
been prepared, a majority of tha tu
dents passed, but jnafif of them wera
condition!. In fact, over two-third
of them hav passed. Including those
who hav failed only In ona or two
subjects.
FJrne Is Intended.
" "Every attempt has been mad to
hav perfectly fair queatlona and th
same attempt will b mad when th
examination question ar made up for
th Jun samlnatlona. I bellev tha
questions ar of auch a nature aa every
child, soma conscientiously tnroua-n tha
elchth ara.le. should know. But th
fact remains that ther Is somethln
peculiar In th apparent failure of so
many from all over th state, and I am
yet unabl to eipUln It except on th
tround that th. vast majority of th
reported failure ar only 'conditioned
students."" .
Th failures In civil g-overnment and
arammar. at th aam time. Assistant
Superintendent Carleton cannot "P'a'n
to his own satisfaction. opportunity
la alv.n for tha applicant to answer 10
out of 11 of the queatlona asked and th
examiner I Instructed on th question
Blip to rad th first ten answers only.
Fololwlna- ar. the questions which
wera asked In tha civil government an
amination: who rhooee the oftlcers of the BenateT
M IrSTaaa a. -hat time dee. C.a
cress aeecmMet t
Qaeetleaa a CeaareeS Aked.
Benatnrs and Rprantatls are prlrt
Jl tr-m arrest cptl for three ol
x.na. yt.ntloa tl '""
V-n-.lon lhr powers of Concreaa
Mate tae euMKasc. of the srtlc.e ef the
Conatltutioa male relates t the exlateoc
"VhVVwr-iiln.s the s:arts of t!e Sen
ator and RepresenlatUes ef tae t ntlea
the' subrtsne ef the eath which the
rrlBt mu.t take t-fTe be n:rs upoa
Ui '!" ef hie
nit for ef s"rnir.-nt !. th Con-Bt!tutb-a
urr.t tn o.'B tat7
What u the Journal of sca bouse T How
It H k"tt
la aftlr hoce must ail Mi's f" raisins
revenue ertlnaleT Stat a good reaaoa for
'H,,, aoay th CotwmutlTl be amenited?
What doe th C.Ttltutl.in :' r!a
t1e te th following: Writ of hal- crpua,
.i-I-at facta law. rtlr..t lax of Bo-
i:i-v. pn.x Bcceftlrg a prnl from a
trelsa state.
t.ramnaar Quia riled.
Tha queatlona a.kd In cnmmr, the
other a;parvn:ly difficult study, were:
Construct tbr eeBtaeoe tiatp on of the
fX. owing vxtli In rvtt. an4 ..! h'thr
th nft te tranr.te -f ln:rar..l:le: Caua.
fer. tr; .
1r:ain and l'.:urar r-r entnce th
il!nrn- r-tan aa artriate compieraent
an l en rj-t coup ''l' "t-
Ar. w the f ir sentence; Xaaaa-
rhawit hop.! trat "1 rw Klr.g would
grar.t her a ch-tor tAl w. uld a o prv;.
f r a itn-ra: t -m f gorr.mnt. tat she
was i! ' ri.n'-'-il.
nart tr-. rrvir f rm of prvootra who or
tvT. ta a.-ti of th ro.;owtne b;acka and
g; tr -n f--r jour cfo..
nt nat a man .1 have Be doubt.
yo' r u--e
h Thia le ta asm man I soli f.
-f th tmlnLne wor,J corrpcdlag
tn a: bjt. csar. t:r. xcutor. here.
Superintendent Aldrrrr.an expressed
the opinion In an Interview recently
t.-.at th questions were probably too
technical in the two subjects mentioned.
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H f pa'1 " I T "
J. W. Miller.
A. C. BVfcsBllt.
It. V. Jacks om.
M. A. Miller.
I II BOARD NAMED
Educators and Banker Chosen
by Superintendent.
ALL MEN OF EXPERIENCE
ft a
SOS
JACKSOX
ri r i is pass
Try Eighth Cirade Qulx.
Fail. Backward.
JACKSONVILLE. Or.. il.ir (P-e-c.al.)
The et.ite uniform tlcMh srg.ie
exammatU'TS have Just been completed
iivt out of :-'3 aptilicjnts In Ja:ks.n
Cunty completed all t!ie work re
quired si:c-a.fu'.:r and hav reo;Ued dl
plrnvjs. ahl.h wi.l entitle them to en
ter any h:ti school In the state.
S.xty-eigat rtt successful In all ex
cent one or two suhjects and under the
rus of t.. examination i:i be per
mitted to try again In the June. 1911.
examination on th. aubjecta in which
Ihev txwd In this examination. If suc-ceeaf'-l.
then ttrr will be awarded dl
, plomaa. Te remaining 47 applicant
wre nnsuccessful and win recetv no
credit. Grammar snd civil government
war te subject. In whl-h there were
th greatest number of failure.
SI. A. Stiller, of Ib.non; J. TV.
Sillier, of Sbelbnrn; W. O. Cool-,
of Brownsville, and A. C.
fk-hmltt, of Albany.
ALB AN T. Or, May J . (Special.)
County School Superintendent W. ta
Jackson haa announced tha appoint
ment of M. A. Miller, of Lebanon: J.
W. Miller, of Shelburn; W. C. CooUy.
of Brownsville, and A. C, Schmltt. of
Albany, a membera of th Linn Coun
ty Board of Education, which was
created under the terms of th new
school law enacted at th rcnt s
slon of th Oregon .Legislature They
will aerv four years.
Tha men appointed represent dif
ferent sections of th county and th
Board Is equally divided politically.
Messra Schmltt and J. W. Miller
being- Republicans and Messrs. Cooley
and M. A. Miller Democrats.
The men selected to form h first
Board In this county under tha new
law ar all well qualified for th posi
tion by years of experience In various
phases of school work and aalde from
their Interest In educational matter
ar prominent In th business and
political life of th county.
M. A. Miller haa been prominently
Identified with chool work for a
great many years. He has served as
a member of the Lebanon School Board
for 7 years continuously and has been
active In promoting legislation In the
Interest of the publio schools in many
sessions of the Legislature. He la now
a Jnember of the board of regenta of
the University of Oregon and also of
the Stat Text-Book Commission. He I
now serving his third uccslv term
as a member of the Stat 6enate from
Linn County and formerly erved on
term In the House of Bepresentativea
from this county.
MUlef Slan or Experience.
J. W. Sillier Is a graduate of the Ore
gon State Normal School, at Monmouth,
and haa had several years" experience
ss a teacher In the schools of this
rnunty. He was elected County Clark
of Unn County In 10 and waa re
elected by a larse majorltr In 101.
Last year h. was chosen Represents
tlve from Linn County, receiving the
highest majority of -any candidate on
the let-'lslatlve ticket, and a member
of th lloue during the recent session
of the Legislature.
W. C. Cooley has been a member of
the School Board of th South Browns
ville school district, either a clrk
or director, for more than 16 years,
and Is in close touch with raibllc school
work He bas served two terms aa
Mayor of Brownsville: has been In tha
City Council several time and baa hld
other positions of trust and honor In
his borne city. He Is engaged In th
mercantile business at Brownsville.
Schmltt Is Hanker.
A. C Schmltt baa also had wide
experience In school work. H 1
graduate of Knox College. Illinois, and
was an Instructor for several years at
Albany College and later at the Oregon
Agricultural College. He left school
work a few years ago to become
cashier of the First National Bank of
Albany and Is now vice-president of
t"at institution. He Is a memb. of
the board of trustees of Albany College
and served lsst year aa president of
the Oregon-Idaho Interstate. Toung
Men- Christian Association.
County School Superintendent W. L.
Jackson, who by virtu of his office 1
the fifth member and chairman of
the Board of Education, has been In
school work for 15 year. H taught
In various parts of Linn County until
IJOo. when he waa elected County
School Superintendent.
He has been re-elected twice and Is
now serving bis third terra In that
office. He ha won considerable praise
for successful Institute work and la
rated as one of the leading school men
of the state.
r on land Slan Will Plead Guilty.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 14. ISpeclal.l
J. B. Cden. said to be aa employ of a
Portland credit house, who wa arrest
ed a few day ago for passing bogus
checks, was arraigned In the Justice
Court today on a charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. ni
waived examination and was commit
ted to th County Jail In default of
1:50 bonds to await the action of the
Circuit Court grand Jury. Oitden says
he will plead guilty and ask for th
mercy of the court.
MATTA HELD AS SUSPECT
Authorities Believe Man's Com
panion Was Murdered.
OOLDEXDALE. Wash, May St. (Spe
cial.) Herman Matta. of Centervllle. haa
been arrested here on eusplclon of hav
ing murdered AJblne Mattson laat week,
and la held on the technical charge of
giving liquor to a minor. Mattaon was
supposed to have been drowned in the
Big Klickitat, but Matta has told con
fllctiias; stories and had been beard to
say that he would kill Mattson.
The two left camp together the day
Mattson disappeared. They had a bottle
of whisky. A shotgun has been found
on the river bank with the butt broken,
but bearing no evidence that it was
used as a deadly weapon.
The Prosecuting Attorney haa in
structed the searchers to look In the
hills aa well aa In the liver. They have
been blasting the Big Klickitat trying to
raise the body. Matta will- be held for
further developments.
SCHOOL STANDARD FIXED
State. Board Adopt Resolution Mak
ing: Temporary Lines.
SALEM. Or., May U- (Special.) To
treat equally th students graduating
from colleges and universities In Ore
gon during the present year, the Board
of Standardization at Ita meeting to
day Indorsed a resolution which pro
vides that colleges and universities
hereafter enjoying the privileges of
high school certification under th old
law ha treated aa standard colleges
! under th new law until such time as
th National Bureau of Education or
th Stat Board of Standardization shall
take definite and final action In stand
ardising the Institutions In th atat.
Th board took this action In antici
pation of what th National board will
do In th near future, as It was said
that It 1 reasonably certain the Na
tional Board soon will establish stand
ards. COUNTY FAIR ABANDONED
La Grande Grounds Sold, People
Preferring Street Exhibits.
LA GRANDE, Or.. May 4. (Special.)
The only race track within 10 miles
of La Grande Is to dleiappear entirely for
the old county fair grounds Idle for the
past three years hav been sold at pub
lie auction. The track lies a mile north
of La Grande and since county fairs
hav been held In the streets of this
city. It has been abandoned. The only
thing that can save the track from be
ing plowed up is the Automobile Club,
which U being formed here this week.
The sal of the grounds also spells
death to th old-fashioned county fair.
Th fair hav been held on La Grand
streets for the past two years and have
been found so successful that, the old
system has been thrown on the shelf.
The land brought SlO.OuO.
FOUR BLOWN TO PIECES
One's Head Thrown 50 Feet in Slln
nrevota Mine Accident.
HIBBINQ. Minn.. May 14. Four men
were blown to pieces In the Sellers
mine this afternoon. The head of one
man was burled 60 feet.
Th men were placing a charge of
powder, when It went off prematurely.
Eastern Slar Drill Is Xovel. -
LA GRANDE. Or.. Slay 2. fSpecial.)
When the Grand Lodge of the East
ern Star meets In Portland early In June
a floral drill team of Hope Chapter No.
13 of tbla city will Introduce to tha dele
gates an Intricate drill that it la said
will be a revelation. Under the direc
tion of Mr. Fred O. Schllke thla drill
team of 14 members bas been trained.
The team will be sent to Portland at
the expense of the Individual members
and while no lodge regalia Is worn dur
ing the drill It haa required SO yards
of whit silk mall, coating 10v0, to pre
pare the gowns-
Some Interesting News
Concerning Opera and Field Glasses
Aneroids and Home Barometers
Today and the remainder of the -week spe
cially reduced prices will prevail on the above
lines. Everything we show is of high grade
and the. prices are particularly attractive. We
invite your inspection "of our offerings. -Note
the prices in the following lists:
Opera Glasses
$32.00 Lemaire, pearl, with handle. . S25.60
$28.00 Lemaire, pearl, with handle: $22.40
$12.50 Lemaire, pearL with handle SIO.OO
$ 5.75 Lemaire, leather - S 4.60
$ 8.75 Colmont, pearl $ 7.00
$ 5.00 Colmont, leather .-- $ 4.00
$ 8.00 Lefils, pearl .- 6.40
$ 3.50 Chevalier, leather.. ............. $ 2.80
Field Glasses
$25.00 ""Woodlark" 8-power singular S20.00
$20.00 La Vogue $16.00
$16.00 Lemaire $12.80
$ 6.00 JIarehand $ 4.80
$ 4.25 Chevalier $ 3.40
Aneroids
$17.00 Short- & Mason, Ltd., London, watch,
1U in $12.75
$19.25 Short & Mason, Ltd., London, watch,
first quality, 8000 ft., IX in. . . . $14.45
$21.00 Short & Mason, Ltd., London, watch,
first quality, 12,000 ft., 1J4 in $15.75 '
$22.50 Short & Mason, Ltd., London, watch,
first quality, 16,000 ft., 1 in. . . : . . .$16.90
$22.00 Short & Mason, Ltd., London, pocket,
first quality, 12,000 ft., 2'2 in $16.50
$23.75 Short & Mason, Ltd!, London, pocket,
first quality, 16,000 ft., 2'2 in .$17.80
House Barometers
$ 7.50 House Barometer, brass, plate glass front,
iy2 in $5.65
$ 8.60 House Barometer, brass, plate glass front,
5 in $6.45
$11.25 House Barometer, brass, plate glass front
6 in .:. - $8.45
Woodard, Clarke & Co.
Washington and Fourth Streets
A Complete Line of Auto Goggles on Sale.
Tib Brewer Is tins Eesib
$3.00 Halt ib the Wcrldl
SOLD BY
Emm
Mcninosa at Fouirtla
T 111
IS HELP
Fruitgrowers Urged. Not
Neglect Practice.
to
FINE PRODUCT IS RESULT
Cost, 6ay Horticultural Authority,
Is Less Than That of Handling:
Culls Uselessly Experi
. ' menu Prove Profit.
CORVAlJtJS. Or, May 2.-Speclal.y-Tha
tlms for thinning fruit is close at
band, so the advice given by an expert
authority, such as PTofessor C. I. .Lewis,
of the Oregron Agricultural College hor
ticulture department. Is timely.
"While the practice of thinning fruit
Is generally followed by our progressive
growers. Froressor Lxwlt says, -nevertheless
there are gruwers who do not
pay close attention to thinning. There '
Is no ona practice In orcharding that
will nay larger dividends. It means the :
difference between first-class fruit and
cull fruit.
Thinning is helpful fa many ways.
First, It gives a large pof cent of good
fruit. In thinning all malJormed. wormy
and diseased fruit must be removed,
leaving only the best. This will greatly
reduce tha number of culls that will
have to be handled in the Fall, and will
give a larger percentage of high-class
fruit. "I have known growers to have
only one box of culls out of 1200 boxes of
apples. .
t'ltimate Economy Seen.
Thla can only be obtained by effi
cient spraying, fllowed by careful thin
ning. Probably the cost of thinning
would be much less than tha cost of
handling a large amount of cull fruits.
Thinning also has a close relation to the
size of the fruit. This is valuable in
fruit like peaches. There is no money
in growing cull or pie peaches, while
there is lots of money in growing and
handling first-class peaches, pears, apri
cots and similar fruits.
"With apples, the largest do not bring
the beet prices. The trade seems to
want medium sized fruit. It Is possible
to regulate the size of the apple by
Judicious thinning. Thinning gives bet
ter color to the fruit, aa it allows the
sunlight to play all around. By Judi
cious thinning, too, the vitality of the
tree can be greatly saved. Thinning also
reduces the number of seeds produced.
As the season draws to a close, where
the tree is producing a large amount of
seed, the drain on the tree Is heavy.
Judicious thinning will go a long way
toward making the trees annual bearers.
"From experiments I have conducted
with the yellow apples and some varie
ties of pears at the Oregon Experiment
Station, and also In Southern Oregon, I
hav found that where all the fruit is
removed from certain spurs they are apt
to produce the second season. With
some varieties, in order to obtain suc
cess, two specimens should be left on
certain spurs and none on others. The
typical spur produces fruit one year
and wood growth the next. With
iridge and Plate Work
DR.. W. A. WISE .
14 Tears a leader In Painless Dental
Work la Portland.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SPECIAL OFFER.
These prices are extremely low for the quality of work we offer:
There are many kinds and
forms of Dental Bridge Work,
each of which has specialized
merit.
Bridge work to be right In
every detail and possess the
quality of permanence, must ba
exact in Its mechanical construc
tion. Most failures In bridge work
ere due to unsanitary construc
tion, to actual "don't care" care
lessness or to honest ignorance.
MAKING ARTIFICIAL TEETH
is a leading feature of our busi
ness and we believe It cannot be
surpassed In the point of its
completeness. We operate pur
own laboratory, and as making
artificial teeth is a specialty in
dentistry, we are In a position
to make this offer and guaran
tee satisfaction.
Dr. Wise has made this branch
of dentistry a special study lor
great many years and is again in
active practice and will wait on
all who wish his services.
Out-of-town people can have
their plate and bridgework fin
ished in one day If necessary.
Rood Rubber Plates, each.. 85. OO
Tbe Beat Red Robber
Plates, each, for S7.50
22k Gold and Porcelain
Crown for $3.50 TJ
22k Rrlds-e Teeta. guaran
teed, each 83.50 Us
Gold and Enamel FllUncs. .81 UP
Painless Extracting; 50 U
Silver Fillings, each.. .. . .50 li
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THE WISE DENTAL CO., Inc.
Office Honrs 8 A. at. to S P. Sundays 9 to J,
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Phones A and M 2029.
FAILIA'G BLDG-r THIRD AND WASHINGTON STS.
thinning out of undesirable bearing
wood. Cherries, for example, are
thinned by pruning. The same is true of
.most of the small fruits. Reducing run
ners of strawberries is a form of thin
ning. Prunes are also thinned by prun
ning. as with this variety of . fruit we
must produce a certain amount of strong
wood each year In order to produce
red ! size. The same holds true witn peacnes.
is alter me juno
v.riatlM of annles. where two sped- J.ne umo io mm
mens corns together It prevents high
coloring.
"Pruning and thinning have a very
close relation, as pruning Is often the
orchards are to be thinned one must be
gin early, when the fruit is not larger
than a hazelnut. With small orchards It
Is a good plan to thin more than once
during a season. In thinning one should
leave the best specimens. In some fruits
this will be the center fruit, and In
others the outside fruit.
"The cost of thinning a tree will vary
according to the size. etc. It will run
from 16 cents to 1.50 a tree. All of this,
ia a. small Derc&ntaee a box.
SSf Tbfl?eve it" fs unwise to To so and." as 'already shown". I, the determin
hi te-a hiLva studied the drop Question
a little more closely. Where large I fruit.
' &DU, US wicauj , .
Ing factor between first-class and cull
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and in a Dignified Way
Inexperienced Stales
Me?8 Wanted to SeU
GLIS AN STREET h ACRES
WE WANT AGENTS to commence today. To say to buyers simply this:
"HARTIOlN & THOMPSON, THE BANKERS AND CONSERVATIVE
REAL ESTATE FIRM, ARE SELLING 'GLIS AN STREET V2 - ACRE
TRACTS' for $700 each, $70 down and $14 per month, and while I have
not yet had time to see the property, it is put on the market by the same
firm that has handled Rose City Park from the very first, and it must be
especially good." That will make them investigate and INVEbiilrA
TION leads to sales.
HABTMAN & THOMPSON will showthe property for you.
IT WILL BE A DIGNIFIED' JOB, because you will be telling the buyer something that he wants to
know and be doing him and his whole family a service that will improve their whole lives.
COMMISSIONS WILL BE FAIE, BUT SMALL If the sales were hard to make, or the prices more
n $700 per half-acre tract, and the terms more than $14 per month, we would pay larger .
commissions.
THE JOB WILL BE A SHORT ONE Say about tw0 weeks or less.
HEBE ABE THE FAOTS-WE ABE FOBTTJNATE m SOTPLYTNa A DEMAND FOB OLOS&W
L0TS, big enough to have a garden, etc., and yet within 20 minutes' nde of the center of the city
and within 1000 feet of the Mount Hood R. R. station. .
EYEBY FAMILY MAN WILL WANT ONE Many will have the money and others will get it. People
as a rule are providing for the future. You wo ild like such a homesite yourself, and you wiU find
that people are all very much alike in that respect.
ASK FOB ME. DODGE. He may not talk with you long, but he will tell you a lot of gospel truth and
get you started. - .
If you can use one of these lots for yourself, follow the advice you would give your buyers.
INVESTIGATE AT ONCE. .
HARTMAN & THOMPSON
Real Estate Department
Chamber of Commerce Bldg.