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THE MORNING OREGOXIA3T, MONDAY, SEPTE3IBER 23, 1916.
SGHOOLBOARDWILL
FILE APPEAL TODAY
Judge Gantenbein Is Expected
to Sign Writ Ordering Mrs.
Alexander Reinstated.
LAW'S DEFECTS ARE SHOWN
Taking Case to Supreme Court Will
Keep Woman From Resuming
Prlnclpalship of tlie Benson
Polytechnic at Present.
Appeal to the Supreme Court from
the deeiison of Circuit Judge Ganten
bein granting the writ of mandamus
to compel the School Board to reinstate
Mrs. Alevia Alexander as principal of
the girls' department of the Benson
Polytechnic School will be made today,
according to announcement made last
night by J. V. Beach, chairman of the
School Board.
The taking of the appeal and the
depositing of the bond required will
automatically act to prevent Mrs. Alex
ander from resuming her position as
head of the school until the question
shall have been finally decided by the
Supreme Court.
Circuit Judge Gantenbein is expected
to sign the writ of mandamus today
for reinstating Mrs. Alexander, and the
appeal will be Immediately taken.
Mr. Beach said last night that In
case it was proved to be the law -that
the Board could not transfer a teacher
without his or her permission, it would
be a great detriment to the efficiency
of the teaching staff of the Portland
schools. He expressed the belief that
such a construction of the law was not
originally intended when the act was
framed and passed by the Legislature.
Dr. Smith Disapproves.
Dr. Alan Welch Smith, member of
the Board, said that the entire law
providing life tenure in office and other
privileges for the teachers made for
inefficiency in the school system, and
placed the Board in such a position
that it was practically impossible to
get results.
"I am opposed to the life tenure and
other provisions of the law, not from
my own feelings in the matter, but
from the standpoint of the public
good," he said. "The law has resulted
in the Board being practically tied
hand and foot with red tape. It is
practically impossible to get results. I
would like to have the school system
put on the same basis as a big busi
ness concern, with all the employes
under the direct control of the Board.
Then we could get efficiency and re
sults." Dr. Smith said he was glad the pub
lic was getting an opportunity to see
some of the results of such a system
as is now in vogue.
Charges Held Unlikely.
In case the Supreme Court upholds
the action of Judge Gantenbein it will
be necessary for charges to be filed
with the School Board and a formal
hearing held before any action can be
taken removing Mrs. Alexander from
her position as principal, or before she
can be transferred to some other school.
No charges have as yet been filed, and
it is not likely that any will be filed
by the Board. Mr. Beach said. Any
action in this respect would probably
come from Superintendent Alderman.
Mrs. Alexander said yesterday that
she considered herself to be still prin
cipal of the girls' department of the
Benson Polytechnic School, and that
she would consider herself such until
she was proved otherwise.
It is considered likely that it will
be several weeks at least before any
definite action on the question can be
secured in the Supreme Court. As a
consequence final decision will be held
up for some time.
The question of the right of the
School Board to transfer a teacher
came up when Mrs. Alexander was
transferred from her position as prin
cipal to a position as assistant in the
Washington Higrh School.
MEMBERS OF CHILDREN'S SAGEBRUSH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, OF HARNEY COUNTY, ON THEIR
FIRST VISIT TO A LARGE CITY.
STRAND BILL PRAISED
VARIETY OF" ACTS ARB OFFERED
AT CLAYHOISE.
Peace Picture "If My Country Should
Call" Is Shown and Players
Are Lauded.
Music and fun, and then some, is the
Strand Theater bill this week, topped
by a big, patriotic Red Feather photo
play, "If My Country Should Call." The
photoplay is well worth seeing by both
pacifists and militarists, for not only
is there a big question and a big an
swer, but splendid scenic features and
some clever acting. Dorothy Phillips
and Lon Chaney have the leading roles.
The song supports the theory that men
were not made to be shot.
Oh, what funmakers are Douglas the
Scot with his bagpipes and kilts and
the cork - made Ethiopian. Strong.
They're a merry vaudeville team and
full of tune and humor. Bagpipes play
ing grand opera and darky dialect in
the quartet from "Rigoletto" bring ap
plause and laughter.
Ben Burke is a nut, and a musical
one. He's fun clear through, but Just
as musical as the "sober ones," and at
the close of his act comes up to rare
sentiment and shows exceptional talent.
Songsters who have for some years
been winners of stage laurels are
Campbell and Greenwood. Their songs
are good and new, and attractive cos
tumes and novel lighting effects add
to their act.
A the last minute Billy Small, violin
ist of success both in the East and
locally, is here. Several times Mr.
Small has appeared here, and so great
was his success that he was persuaded
to appear at the Strand this week.
Melvin Ogden plays a special pipe
organ selection and overtures and pa
triotic numbers for "If My Country
Should Call."
CROPS NEAR BEND ARE BIG
Irrigated and Dry Farm Lands Are
Producing Heavily This Year.
BEND, Or.. Sept. 24. (Special.)
From every section reports are com
ing In of the abundance of crops this
year, both on irrigated and dry farm
lands. According to Robert Zulllg, a
homesteader from the Christmas Valley
country, there will be big crops of
grain and potatoes and an unusual
quantity of rye.
From the Millican Valley comes a
report of big rye crops, also, Mrs. M.
E. Forgey, a homesteader in that sec
tion, reporting a 30-ton production. H.
K. Dyer, of Millican. will have between
400 and 500 bushels of wheat on 10
acres.
On the Tumalo project W. E. Sandel
has 13 acres of oats that will average
75 bushels to the acre.
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W"tx 1 ji'l ' ': .IV.:
rlJfllP WONDER TRIP RUDE
Wsfc?' r;vi i
(1) Little Musicians About to Explore the City. (2) Kathrrlne Glbbs, 5-Year.
Old Violinist. (3) Glen Dodge, 5 Years Old. Son of Orchestra Director. (4)
Margaret Welcome, Extending; the Harney County Handshake to Dr. Will
iam Maxwell Campbell (S) Louise I lets and Katherlne Jordan (Right) 9-Year-OId
Orchestra Leader, ( Juvenile Talent Off for Initial Streetcar
Bide.
ISLAND RULE IS BAD
Philippine Conditions Are De
scribed to Oregon Man.
Harney County Juvenile Or
chestra En Route to Fair.
RETURN TO BE CELEBRATED
Junior Chamber of Commerce Ar
ranges Big Entertainment for
Downstate Visitors Wednes
day and Thursday.
(Continued From First Paire.)
DEMOCRATS ARE BLAMED
Sanitation Xeglected, Gambling and
Crime Rampant, and Dirty Poll
tics by Natives in Control
Are Charged.
E. G. Harlan, publisher of the Pilot
Rock Record and the Heppner Herald,
has received a letter from a friend in
the Philippine Islands in which the con
dition of affairs in the islands under
Democratic administration is vividly
portrayed. The letter says:
"Things are very unsatisfactory here
now, from a sane and conservative
standpoint. Of course, if one is Just
bent on getting rid of Xhe islands or
turning them over to the half-baked
politicos, then this is the era of millen
nium for the Philippine Islands.
"Cholera is again sweeping over the
islands, getting worse every day; rin
derpest has killed over 20.000 work
animals this year. Sanitation and hygi
ene have gone to the dogs. Progress
has been forgotten. Politics rule in
every walk of life, public and private.
Dirty politics, not safe and sane poli
tics. The death rate is Increasing by
leaps and bounds, but no one has
thought of pointing it out. Crime is on
the increase and safety is a thing of
the past.
Crime Becomes Easy.
"Crime is so easy of accomplishment
these days that the criminals do not
resort to bands any more. One can do
as much as it formerly took ten to do.
and with the same impunity. Public
schools now charge matriculation fees,
and pupils must buy their own books.
Collections have to be taken up by the
various municipalities in order to build
their schools.
"When roads are to be repaired, the
Government has no funds, so the in
habitants are called upon for a volun
tary contribution, and woe betide the
poor misguided mortal who fails to
come across with his little voluntary
contribution. Nepotism is as rampant
as politics. Gambling is carried on
wide op6n in most places, as the Philip
pine constabulary does not dare to act
contrary to the politicos' wishes.
One Department Improves.
"The only place that has improved in
the Philappine Islands is the depart
ment of Mindanao and Sulu, under
Frank Carpenter.
"Colson, recently appointed director of
civil service, with a Filipino assistant,
has decided to enforce the civil service
law, and you ought to see the hornet's
nest he has stirred up, and all because
he wanted an examination held for a
Filipino assistant chief of police for
Manila.
'The politicians who want the Job
see that they are barred from the ex
aminations of the Civil Service, and so
they are going to be left out in the
cold."
up from the table. "I'm Mrs. Camp
bell."
"Campbell Campbell," her host puz
zled, as he gave greeting.
"Oh, of course, my name was Greg'
ory then." amended the matron, and all
was as neighborly as it used to be
when Mrs. Ben Campbell was herself
a little girl.
The prerent tour of the Sagebrush
Symphony Orchestra was made possible
through-the liberality of the business
men of Burns, who subscribed $2000
overnight, that the prides of Harney
ounty might wander forth to see the
wide world as far as Salem, and con
cluslvely prove to scoffers that Eastern
Oregon has not negUoted art. With
v lUlam Hanley, popularized through
out Oregon and the Nation as plain
"Bill," and baron of many acres near
Burns, to lead in the Impromptu cam
paign for recognition of the Sagebrush
fcympbony Orchestra, the task was
brief one.
But It is Mrs. M. V. Dodge, organizer
and director of the orchestra. end
motner or a-year-old Ulen, who can
best , tell of the difficulties that were
met and mastered before they felt
competent to tour the larger cities of
Oregon.
Mrs. Dodge Is Teacher.
Mrs. Dodge, then a college graduate
from Boston, taught in the Shattuck
schools in this city six years ago. When
she was married, the girl from the wit
left with her husband, a civil engineer,
for camp life in the counties that lie
beyond. Later they took up a rest
dence in Burns.
"I had always taught and had a keen
interest in music. recounted Mrs.
Dodge yesterday, "and when we came
to Burns there was little musio in
Harney County, save in the saloons.
started in a small way. My big prob
lem. as I worked, was to furnish an
ideal to the children, to show them
that musio was worth while."
Then came the triumph of the first
public recital of one of Mrs. Dodge'
pupils, a little girl. The interest so
awakened converged gradually, and
with much self-sacrificing effort, into
the organization of an orchestra, fea
turing children with violins. Something
over a year ago thj teagebrush Sym
phony Orchestra came into being. They
toured the Eastern -Oregon country in
1915, capturing audience after audience
These first excursions were unassisted
and were solely under the managemen
of the orchestra proper.
Kenown came to Burns from the ,-er-
formances of its children. And witl
that renown the citizens of the outpost
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iJave a package of each
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WRAPPED
IN
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city grasped their responsibility to the
Juvenile organization. ar.J pled-?d
themselves to its liberal support. ''he
Invitation to present recitals at the
State Fair was recelvod. and recogni
tion at last attained.
Not all of tho 30 children live in
Burns, nor do all of those elders who
assist them. Many come from distant
homesteads, and of these, perhaps, the
most notable instance Is that of Signor
Glauco Meriggioli, a graduate from the
Conservatory of Milan, who for six
years has been a Harney County home
steader. To Signor Meriggioli much of the
credit for the success of the orchestra
is given by its director, Mrs. Dodge. To
him was entrusted the perfection of
technique, and the graceful ease with
which the wee pupils interpret classical
music is his reward. '
"He is a symphony artist," is Mrs.
Dodge's tribute.
Nor is any mention of the orchestra
complete without more than passing
mention of Mrs. Dodge, who first or
ganized, then inspired it, with the
dynamic force of her enthusiasm.
Decision Is Characteristic.
Picture a little woman, frail of
physique, whose countenance and ac
tion are alike animated with purpose
and decisive rapidity of thought, acid
gestures that ciart hither and thither
in direction of her forces, and you still
have but a very inadequate con'--ption
of the personality that is behind the
orchestra.
"We're Just a crowd of homesteaders,
and the luxury of this biqr hotel simply
dazes us," began Mrs. Dodre. "And I
cannot imagine a finer rocention than
has been given us in Portland. Now.
for Instance, -vien we first Ey a
quick reversal tho listr-r sped' after
the nimbler wit, as It raced alonjr
among the Incidents of thoss -lays
when the orchestra was a dream in th-j
forming.
"The main idea of this trip Is to put
a valuation on the musical study of
the children." declared Mrs. Dod-re
again, "and we hae come for the edu
ration of the little ones, for their
broadening and enlightenment. I do
not want them to be spoiled. I will
not have them told that they are ex
ceptional in any way."
Children Are Exceptional.
But they are, if the emphatic injunc
tion may be disregarded. How ise
might one classify the 30. from 5 to 13
years of ago. who on Thursday nlht
at the Eleventh Street Theater will
present a complete, symphony concert
of classical music, having first aban
doned their music and music stands in
Burns, as "excess baggage"? Or the
soloist, Kathleen Jordan. 13 years -Id.
who renders Brahm's dances, and se
lections from Leonard, Schubert and
Dvorak? Kathleen "has a dozen solos
at her fingers' ends," says Mrs. Dodge,
with pride.
On Thursday night will also be given
orchestral imitations of "sagebrush
noises." The orchestra on this night
will be led by Kathrine Farre, Just 9
years old.
The wide range of accomplishment
achieved by the Juveniles may best be
judged by the programme of the
Wednesday night recital in this city,
which includes two opening selections
by the full orchestra: "Songs of Scot
land." by the advanced orchestra;
"Ranch Girl's Soliloquy" and "The
Bisque; Doll." by Miriam McConncll
"March MUltaire" (Schubert) by tne
graded octet: "Prince of Pilse-i'
(Ludera) by the advanced orchestra;
"Spanish Dance (Rhefeld) by Kathleen
Jordan; "Love Dance" and "Star of
India" by the advanced orchestra; to
gether with other numbers.
The programme of entertainment ar
ranged by the Junior Chamber of Com
merce for Wednesday and Thursday,
upon the return of the orchestra from
Salem, includes visits to the various
high schools of the city where the
orchestra will give recitals streetcar
and motoring trips about the city and
to various neighborhod points of inter
est, theater parties and sightseeing ex
peditions. The roster of the party reads: Mrs.
M. V. Dodge. Glen Dodge. Louise
Desllets, Kathleen Jordan, Clare Swain,
Gladys Byrd.. Mrs. William Farre.
Kathrine Farre, Alex Eggleston, Mrs.
Jacob Welcome, Margaret Welcome.
Mrs. W. Drlnkwater, Jessie Drinkwater.
Mrs. D. Gibbs, Katherlne Gibbs, Mrs. J.
Brandon. Mrs. John Loggan. Frank
Logganj Lee Caldwell, John Garrett.
Ruby Campbell, Mrs. Charles King.
Frances King, Mrs. E. Reed. Baxter
Reed, Airs. E. E. Owsley. Hazel Owsley,
Ruby Owsley, Otha McKinnon, Mrs. H.
Reed. Roselle Reed, Viola Richardson.
Mrs. C. B. McConnell. Mrs. G. W. Clev
enser. Geary Clevenger. Mrs. Roy
Mullen. Gwendolln Lampshire, Mrs. Car
rie Thornburg. Hilda Thornburg, Hazel
Young, Joe Young, Maurice Smith.
Marie Smith. Nellie Barron. Mrs. Ray
Barron. Warren Teller, Mrs. Teller,
Mrs. Hand, Bernice Hand, Mrs. Haney,
Terrence Haney, Mrs. Ray Smith,
Miriam McConnell, Mrs. Ben Campbell.
Mrri:rinli G. Hull.
"$100,000,000
Better"
THE American traveling
man quickly recognizes
improvement and just as
quickly passes the word
along.
He is putting us under obliga
tions by telling his brethren of
the $100,000,000 bettering of
the Baltimore & Ohio. The
1916 model Pullman drawing
room, compartment and obser
vation cars, in all-steel trains,
perfect roadbed and finished
service appeal to him.
The operation of these trains via the
nation's capital Washingtonis an
additional advantage to him.
The liberal stop-over privileges at all
important points save him money.
We try to reciprocate his kindness in
that way, and by endeavoring to give
him just a little better treatment than
he expects.
For foldvrs and full information regarding
trains, tickets, sic, call on or sddroM
D. L. MELVILLE, Traveling Pass. Agt
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H. C P1CULKLL, Pacific Coast Acent.
643 Market Street, Saa Francisco. CsL
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