The Sunday Oregonian., July 21, 1907, Page 5, Image 5

THE SUXDAT QKEGOXIAX. rOKTLAyPi JVLiY 21, 1907,
curred, hurried from their homes with
bedding, cloth for bandages and stimu
lants. They joined in the rescue work,
while physicians hurried to the scene
from all the neighboring towns. Num
bers of the uninjured passengers tore
strips from their clothing to help bandage
up the wounds of the suffering persons,
before the physicians arrived on the re
lief trains.
SCHOOL SYSTEM
FULL OF DEFECTS
DEEP MYSTERY IN
MAGILL
murder
, Sus-
His
STRANGE POWER OVER HER
Profligate Told Contradictory Stories
tif Her Death, Then Married
, -Again Dead Woman's Let
ters May Be Forged.
CLINTON, 111., July 20. (Special.)
The Magill murder mystery deepens. Pos
sessing the elements of the tragic and
unusual, closely resembling the Mollneux
cae, the crime for which the banker
and his wife are under arrest at San
Diego. cal., does not yield readily to
Investigation. Tonight the authorities
arc as far from a solution as they were
when the cry of "murder" first went up.
The night Mrs. Pet Magill died she went
driving with her husband. The next
morning he found her dead in a spare
room. Here are facts the investigator
must take into account:
Fred Magill has been a loose man,
morally, for years, if Ills friends are to
be believed. He lias run through two
fortunes, one of $200,000 and another of
about a fourth of that sum. Ho did
not lose this money through foolish in
vestments, but threw it away in aHcged
dissipation. He was constantly making
himself agreeable to some woman other
than his wife. His Infidelity, it really
it amounted to that, was the talk of the
town. He was a hard drinker.
I'ncanny Power Over Wife.
His influence over his wife, Pet Ma
gill, was almost uncanny in its power.
He caused her to explain and make light
of his escapades. His action in marry
ing Miss Graham 'within one month af
ter Pet Magiil's death is significant. The
letters, live in number, left by the dead
woman Indicate a remarkable state of
mind, a surrender of pride and self-esteem
almost beyond belief. They even
begged the man and the girl to marry and
to love one another; they asked the girl to
look after Marguerite, daughter of Fred
and Pet Magill.
These letters remain In the possession
of the accused man. The state's attor
ney's chief purpose Just now is to secure
them and prove them forgeries. The let
ters were seen by several persons before
Fred Magill hurried from Clnton three
weeks ago. and it is said by two or
three observers who knew Pet Magiil's
handwriting, that the chirography was
not hers. .
Facts Pointing to Murder.
The following facts, pointing even more
directly to the theory of actual murder.
- not murder mental and moral, which
amounted to driving the wife to self
destruction, also are important:
Fred Magill on the morning following
the finding of. his wife's body. May 31.
told contradictory stories about what had
happened the previous night. He also
is said on reliable authority to have In
formed a friend over the telephone, be
fore anyone knew the story at all, that
he was suspected of murder. He acted
peculiarly and was wild in his desire to
shield himself from suspicion. Alfc the
time, however, he did not let up In his
attentions to Fay Graham.
A week or two after he buried his wife
he and his daughter Marguerite are de
clared to have attended a trainmen's pic
nic. Magill playing an instrument in the
band, and Marguerite participating in
the dancing. Ho disappeared from town
to go to St. Louis, drank heavily on tSie
way on the interurban train, met Fay
Graham in that city, and with Mar
guerite proceeded with her to Denver,
and . was there married to the young
woman all within a. month after Pet
Magill died.
MANY DEAD IN RAIL HORROR
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car I was in was undamaged, and seek
ing the quickest exit to the open air,
t jumped through the window to the
ground. I found my sister several cars
ihead uninjured, but my mother was
standing supported by a couple of men
with her head and her hands covered
with blood. Father was sitting inside
the window of one of the forward
cars, his right arm and shoulder free
and leaning outsldo the window, but
his left hand caught fast where the
seats had Jammed together in the car.
It took 'three or four mln.utes to get
him free."
Mother Dead Beside Son.
- 'Jay Eddy, a 20-year-old young man
from Ionia, had a horrifying ex
perience. He was sitting In a seat
with his mother, and when he regained
his senses after the crash she lay dead
beside him. They were in the first
car of the train, and young Eddy said
that he could see the freight approach
ing as the excursion train swung
around the ourve.
"The next moment the trains came to
gether with a horrible crash," he said. "I
was soaked, with water from the tender
of the engine, which was torn to pieces.
The air was full of flying objects and ter
rible noises. When I regained my senses
I was. pinned in the wreck. I looked
around for my mother, and there she was
dead. One of her arms was cut off and
lay a couple of feet away, and she was
horribly mangled. I managed to release
myself and dragged my poor mother out
of the wreck."
Girl Burled Under Wreckage.
Miss Mamie Speekin, of Ionia, was sit
ting In the rear of a coach in the middle
of the train. The shock of the collision
threw her to the floor, and piled over her
a covering of cushions and loose arti
cles swept from the forward end. Scream
.lng in her dark prison and unable to real
ize what had occurred, the girl remained
for sometime pinned In until rescuers
heard her cries and dug her out unin
jured. One of the passengers who jumped from
a window of the rear coach after the col
lision, almost alighted upon Engineen Al
vord of the passenger train, who 'had
leaped from his engine and sat down on
the baiik, watch in hand, trying to learn
from it whether any blame for the mis
take which had cost eo heavily, rested
with him. ' ,
The crash of the colliding trains was
heard for a great distance up and down
the tracks., and many. farmers working
nearby, realizing that a tragedy had oc
Banker, of Clinton, III
pected of Killing
Wronged Wife.
FREIGHT CONDUCTOR BLAMED
Responsibility for Catastrophe Is
Placed by Railroad Officials.
DETROIT. Mich., July 20. A statement
explaining the cause of today's wreck at
Salem and placing the responsibility en
tirely on the crew of the freight train
was given out tonight at the general of
fice of the Pere Marquette Railway in this
city.
"It is reported," says the statcmentr
"that Conductor Hamilton, of the local
freight, remarked to the operator at
Plymouth on pulling out that he thought
he could make Salem before the arrival
of the special."
The freight had 16 minutes' time under
the rules by which it should be side
tracked 6'4 miles from Plymouth. Whether
the freight met any delays on the way,
the statement says, has not been made
clear, and the special passenger train
passed Salem exactly on schedule time.
Th statement says that Conductor
Hamilton and Engineer Rogers had been
employed on the road since 1902 and 1899,
respectively, and both had good records.
MRS. KETCHUM, INJURED.
Sister of Portland Physician One of
Wreck Victims. .
DETROIT. Mich., July 20.-(Special.)
Mrs. Ltesele Ketchum, ' wife of Clem
Ketchiim, of Portland, was seriously in
jured in the Pere Marquette railroad
wreck at Salem, Mich., Saturday. One
of Mrs. Ketchum's hands was cut off and
she received Internal injuries, but her
physicians believe that she will recover.
Mrs. Ketchum had been visiting her
brother, In Ionia, Mich., and was on her
way to Detroit to spend the day.
The injured woman is al sister of Mrs.
Dr. George Ketchum. of Portland.
COREY SMS HE IS BOSS
STEED MAGNATE RETURNS WITH
YOUNG BRIDE.
Declares He Is - Still President of
Steel Trust and Wife Has Left
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the Stage Forever.
NEW YORK, July 20. "I have come
back to resume my work as presidet
of the United States Steel" Corporation,"
said William Ellis Corey, upon his ar
rival on the French liner La Savoie to
day. "I have no intention of resigning
from that office. I have heard of no
meeting of the directors to consider
the question of asking for my resigna
tion. I have not heard of any plan to
get Alva Dinkey to take my place as
president. I should have heard of it,
if there were such a plan on foot.
. "Mrs Corey will not go back to the
stage. She lias retired from, the stage,
moreover," and to this Mrs. Corey, who
stood leaning on his arm, nodded an
emphatic approval.
Mr. Corey said that he and his wife
would soon take up their residence in
their Fifth avenue home in this city.
JUDGE FREES PRISONER
Alleged Assassinator Has No Evi
dence Against Him.
SANDY HOOK. Ky.,' July 20. Judge
Moody instructed the jury in the case
of James Hargins, on trial for complic
ity in the assassination of Dr. D. B.
Cox! to acquif the prisoner, and Hargis
walked out a free man.
This followed the withdrawal of At
torneys Byrd and Jouett, for the
prosecution, from the case, the law
yers saying that the state was unable
to produce its witnesses.
"BONCO" KELLY PARDONED
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fled that on the night of her husband's
disappearance she retired before 8 o'clock,
leaving her husband in the house, playing
cards with a man named Elde, who board
ed with the family.. Elde went to his
room shortly after 8 o'clock, and Sayrea
passed out of the house into the yard.
Returning a few minutes later, he spoke
to his wife, telling her that he had an
appointment - to meet a friend named
Kelly, known as "Bunco" Kelly, who had
agreed to advance him $200 with which to
conduct tome litigation in which he was
Involved. This was the last the wife saw
of Sayrea.
Kelly and Garthorne were suspected
of being engaged in smuggling opium
Into this city, and the officers in figur
ing put a possible motive for the
crime, concluded that Sayres was In
terested in the game, and provided his
associates with a hiding-place for the
drug. From this it was concluded the
men had had some difficulty over a
division of the spoils, on account of
which Kelly and Garthorne had mur
dered their partner. But subsequent
events disprove this theory.
"Bunco" Kelly Confesses.
Kelly surrendered in a "sweating"
process, and made an alleged confes
sion. In which he attempted to lay all
of the blame on Garthorne, claiming
that the latter executed the murder in
his presence. This story was not be
lieved by the officers, who finally ob
tained a further statement from the
suspect, Kelly, --who said that in May,
previous to the murder, Xenophon N.
Steeves, then a practicing lawyer In
this city, had offered him $2000 to get
Sayres out of the way- At that time
Sayres was suing his former partner,
W. O. Allen, with whom he had been
associated in the brick manufacturing
business, for an alleged balance due
him of $7000. Two other suits of the
same character, in one of which Mrs.
Sayres was the plaintiff. were -also
pending against Allen. - Kelly said that
Steeves had explained to him that he,
Steeves, was attorney for Allen, and
that it was essential to ''get rid of
Sayes if his client should win .the
suits. Kelly accepted- the Job, but his
admissions at this time exonerated
Garthorne of complicity in the crime,
and the latter, was discharged. At the
same time Steeves was placed under
arrest, and with Kelly, was Jointly
charged with th murder.
At the trial of the case, Kelly was
convicted and was sentenced to life
Imprisonment. The Jury In the case
against Steeves disagreed at the first
trial, and the same result attended the
second trial. A third trial was held,
and the jury acquitted Steeves on a
technicality.
THE SEMI-ANNUAL
Clearance sale is now going on at Le
Palais Royal, and baj-galns can be
found In every department. We will
save you money on every purchase. S75
Washington street. ,
(Continued from Firt Page.)
extended membership, for our state has.
taken a place among the foremost in
these lines of research looking toward
progress.
Record of the Principals.
Passing to the personnel of the corps
of principals it is a matter of Interest to
note that the. last school report reveals
the fact that out of a total of 29, six are
graduates of the higher colleges, 19 are
graduates of normal schools or schools
of similar grade, one of a business col
lege and three of no school at all. If
there is another city on this Coast, of
similar size, to say nothing of Eastern
cities, with such a showing our infor
mation Is Incorrect
the work demanded of principals and
teachers by the heads of our city system
smacks smugly of the nursery play "Si
mon Says Hands up." Principals seem to
be repeaters. The course of study, the
exact letter of It. together with office
'expositions of it, they must know ex
actly and see to it that they are taught.
To question the pedagogical soundness of
any part of It is disloyalty, and disloyalty
is loss of position. It is an open se
cret that our principals learned this
fact some years ago:
"Their's not to reason why,
Tbeir's but to do and die;
Onward rode the machine."
They now rise to challenge. Noth
ing no, not they. -
The result of this stultifying system
Is. the robbing of the principal and
his teachers of self-initiative, growth
CHARGES AGAINST PORTLAND'S
SCHOOL SYSTKM MADE BT
A PROMINENT EJDIXATOR.
That the Portland schools are run
on provincial lines.
.That the city superintendent, as
sistant superintendent and principals
lack broad preparation.
That the teachers lack broad ex- '
perienca and that many are the
product of pupil teacher hatcheries..
That the schools are in the hands
of a machine run by the .employes
of the schools.
That the cycle system Is a tallu.J.
That the music, manual training
and domestic science departments "re
neglected.
That the physical culture, exercises
are given in close, stuffy rooms.
That the Board of Bducatlon fos
ters a commonplace style of architec
ture. 1
and th.t esprit de corps vitally neces
sary If children are to drink from a
running stream Instead of a pool: Our
citizens are asking:
"Why not get men who will bj out
spoken and alert and let them Inject
life Into the system?" The answer
Is not far to find. Because the prin
cipals holding the desirable positions
are so loyal to the powers that be
that when an attempt Is made to
decapitate one board member's pet,
so many heads are endangered that
the crusade is quashed and none are
disturbed. Behold the power of im
plicit Royalty. 1
It would be a generous 'act to re
tire the two principals on full pay
who haveserved an average of 35
years in our schools. None more
faithful or deserving of this merited
reward will ever be found. Others
could well be retired -with permanent
leaves of absence.
Are the Teachers Experienced?
That out of 436 teachers and prin
cipals 281 should have received their
education In Oregon is to be expect
ed, but that 51 should be teaching
who have not attended any schools
above the grades they are teaching
would point to the possibility that
over 2000 children are being taught
by those of far too shallow culture.
The worst feature of the situation is
that 181 of the-se teachers are only
graduates of the Portland High
School or city Institutions of simi
lar rank. About one-eighth of the
whole' number were prepared for this
work, than which no work demands
higher qualifications and skill. In a
normal school! Of these 61, 21 were
trained in our own state institutions!
Comparisons are odious but helpful in
getting one's bearings. We challenge
any one to show another city of Port
land's size where this inbreeding pro
cess approaches the condition which
obtains here.
While other states and cities have
forged ahead in demanding institutions
where not the mastery of common and
high-school branches alone shall be se
cured by prospective teachers, but where
also they shall acquire some skill in tho.se
essentials that make for the right appli
cation pf means to' an end. Child life is
too complex and too sacred to be trifled
with by novices in the art and theory
of education. A noted oculist was once
commended very highly for his skill in
restoring abnormal eyes. "Yes," said he,
"I must admit that I have attained some
skill, but let me tell you honestly that I
have spoiled a hatful in reaching this
point."
The Pupil Teacher Hatcheries.
But It is not fair to say that nearly
half of our entire corps begin spoiling
our children's life prospects because of
no preparation In the aTt and theory of
teaching, for our Superintendent main
tains a pupil-teachers' training class of
some 20 or more young ladles who, by
lecture, observation and, a chance day's
actual teaching, gain that, proficiency
with which they enter our schoolrooms
full-fledged teachers. Who are these
young ladies? The daughters of our am
bitious citizens. That some other cities
maintain such teacher-hatcheries Is true,
but that the standard of ex'perlence and
proficiency is not commonly as low as
ours can be easily demonstrated. Indeed,
that high-school Instructors shall be col
lege men and women, and grade teachers
not less than normal trained women with
a high-school course supplemented by
several years of pedagogical theory and
practice and actual experience is now
the rule . in such cities as Los Angeles,
Salt Lake City, Denver Kansas City, St.
Raul. Minneapolis and Seattle.
Sufficient salaries are paid here to com
mand en equally high grade of efficiency.
That so many of our own high school
girls are teaching In our schools Is ex
plained bythe fact that the head of our
schools maintains that he can prepare
them to teach "his course of study" bet
ter than an outsider can teach it. There
must ba something wrong with this
course, it strikes the average, man, If no
one but those fed upon it can Jeach It. It
must have some subtle niceties unknown
to educators generally to demand such pe
culiarly trained Interpreters. Such in
breeding processes do not beget life and
strength.
It Is pertinent here to inquire what some
of these niceties are. Supreme above all
stands, the "cycle" system of gradation
whereby nine years are given to com
pleting the course below the high school.
Supposedly this plan is superior to the
half yearly promotion plans of other
cities, for a "cycle" is six weeks, and the
child is placed in the class he Is capable
OUTING AND 3-PIEGE SUITS
For Men and Boys .
. Superbly adapted for Summer Wear
In large assortment, at modest prices
of measuring up to every six weeks rath
er than at the end of terms, as elsewhere.
Now this looks well in theory, but as a
matter of fact only once in three terms Is
a child able to begin with the faster mov
ing division. Thus it happens that if a
child starts in a slow division, he can only
catch up to and Join the faster moving
class at the end of a year and a half.
Then. too. In about half of the buildings
this plan fails because of the lack of suf
ficient grades and .classes. In order to fit
a class into the forced new classification
at the end of terms pupils often must
skip some of the course In order to Jump
over Into the next "cycle." It takes, fre
quently, the better part of a term for pu
pils and teacher to know each other, and
when this happy condition Is secured he is
moved on to a new teacher, who lose the
boy before she has learned to know him.
The time in many schools devoted to
common school courses and the amount
of work required is being shortened by
dropping non-essentials and bringing
down high, school subjects into the grades
and lowering the standard of admission
to colleges. Eight years is' felt to. be too
long when economic demands are so
pressing and young people are leaving
school for the store and shop.
Faults of the Cycle System.
By this "cycle" system It Is possible for
a pupil to push and be pushed through In
Beven and one-half years Instead of nine.
Thus the system Is open to criticism at
both points. Again, the subject of arith
metic is given undue value.
It Is commonly canceded that number
conception comes tardily to the average
child. Here promotion In the primary
grades is based quite as much, if Indeed
not more, upon advancement in numbers,
or arithmetic, than upon reading and
language power.
Some teachers affirm that In teaching
fractions the coloring of the "pie sectors"
is the sine qua non of the subject. The
pie plan may be as good as any for a de
vice, but when the teacher from Salt
Lake City or Kalamazoo is given to un
derstand that the pie system alone passes
in Portland, that she must drop every
other means whereby the child can be led
out Into the open of clear thinking, here
Is an enforced following of the letter of
the law that kills. The teaching of Inter
est and other applications of percentage
by the 1 per cent method is open to even
greater question, and yet despite the doc
tors who agree that this method is too
long-winded, Portland boys must needs
learn a mental gallop which perforce they
must hastily proceed to forget when they
enter the world of real business.
The pushing of arithmetlo into the fore
front of the curriculum might be par
doned, if It is not true that educators
long ago agreed that a boy and girl
might become valuable citizens wno could
not "pass" In arithmetic. Indeed, they
have recognized the stubborn fact that
most persons are born short on -this or
other subjects and should be, allowed to
live and make progress in those branches
coming within the range of their grasp.
Should some of the energy spent on
arithmetic be diverted into language pow
er, and the wholesome things of literature
it would be a step In the right direction
in view of the lack of these two In the
grade work. Far too few of our public
school children are users of our city
library and know too little of good lit
erature. Music Is Neglected.
One cannot but blush with shame for
his city, when our friends coming to us
by the thousands from the East say: "I
discover you don't have music taught In
your public schools except In the primary
grades and that one Supervisor alone is
carrying this work. Why, where we came
from music has been a part of our
school courses for a lifetime. We consid
er it as fundamental as any other branch
because, with the drawing and literature,
it touches the child on the aesthetic and
moral side.'' All we can reply is, our
board and superintendent have not got
that far yet. And then we hasten to tell
them that physical training is well es
tablished, under the supervision of a
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skilled Instructor. But our critic con
tinues: "The value of physical exercises
Is not more for development of muscles
and expansion of chest than for that
rest coming from a change from con
centrated effort. Your exercises tax
teacher and pupils alike because calling
for so much concentrated effort." Instead
of being rested and refreshed our child
ren are commonly given these physical
exercises in the same room and in the
Winter season' with closed windows.
After they are over teacher and pupil
alike are not refreshed but more tired.
These drills should be in the halls, made
into gymnasiums, where a happy relaxa
tion could be coupled with physical train
ing. Instead of thousands for play
grounds, a part of this amount should
be devoted- to restful body building in
stead of heaping concentrated effort
upon concentrated effort and thus over
working Instead of upbuilding.
To be sure the- children march out
Into the halls but-the sad thing is they
do not go out into the open air and re
lax tension with a happy frolic but
down into a damp basement where, in
many cases the germ-killing light of the
sun never falls. Basement toilets with
its air filtering up into school rooms is
tho penalty of 20th century civilization
not its blessing. . .
Slow to Make Advance.
That our manual training and domestic
science departments, not to mention
drawing, for this department we have had
for some years, thanks to public convic
tion, will grow to that efficiency to be
found in Milwaukee. St. Paul, Kansas
City and scores of other places, Is to be
conceded, but why are we so tardy In get
ting them. We are 16 years behind the
best educational conviction of other sec
tions of our country In this particular. To
call the teaching of domestic science and
handcraft training generally fads and so
excuse ourselves for not teaching them,
is to admit our provincialism. The world
moves. Portland has always been knowji
as generous and public spirited, but we
are tardy In getting In line with educa
tional progress.
Food for thought Is also found In the
lack of articulation between our gram
mar and high schools (our discussion is
based upon the city report ending 1906;
this year's report Is not out of press).
That more than a common school educa
tion is demanded of our coming citizens, if
they would meet the exigencies of twentieth-century
conditions, has passed be-,
yond the mooted point.
Last year .735 pupils were promoted to
the high school from the grades. There
was a total high school enrollment of 1226.
an average attendance of about 1000. Of
this number 158 all told were graduated
from all courses. Comparisons grit tlie
teeth, we know, but they stimulate
thought, and this i alj we need.
The Sound cities have easily doubled
these figures even when relative popula
tions are taken Into consideration.
During the current year Seattle enrolled
nearly S00O pupils in her. high schools; it
is safe to say that our enrollment was not
more than half this number.
In 1904-5 (latest report of commissioner
of education) Oregon as a state expended
for all purposes of education $472,851,
Washington 11,956.182, California $4,116,219.
Comment is unnecessary.
In 1904-5 Portland's available School
funds were $540,345:. Seattle's, $1,031,600;
San Francisco's, $1,430,235. Of these
amounts. Portland expended $442,323, Se
attle. $823,155. and San Francisco, $1,405,216
for current expenses and improvements.
(Comment helpful.)
Monotonoui Style of Architecture.
Now; In proportion to census of 10O4.
Portland expended quite as much as San
Francisco, but a little more than one
half as much as Seattle. Competition
cures many evils and begets some others,
it must be admitted. The plan adopted
by our Board of Education, of hiring a
public school architect to draw plans and
specifications for our public school build
ings, inay have Its strong points. That
it has resulted in a monotonous same
ness of style and arrangement is easily
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seen. Individuality has been lost, to say
nothing of city adornment Beauty has
given way to utility, and utility to the
demands that a few hundred dollars of
expense be saved. Granted that wooden
structures are best for this climate, it Is
a matter of deep regret to many that
these school buildings, which will stan!
for a lifetime, are not more ornate and
helpful in matters of city adornment. In
many" cases. Instead of encouraging citi
zens to build beautiful though modest
homes they do the reverse. The influ
ence of these common-place public build
ings all over the city has had Its effect.
We need our city pride stirred In these
matters. Just money Is not all of a city's
aim In, life. The time has come when
we should be building wisely and well,
not for the present only, but for the fu-
hture city. Not infrequently after plans
and specifications are submitted to con
tractors and a contractor has been chos
en, these plans and specifications have
been so changed, it Is alleged, that large
sums above the original bids have been
added, rightfully or not, we cannot state.
Undoubtedly, stability and conservatism
is obtained by the election of Board mem
bers for a term of five years. But, In
our opinion, a three-year term would be
more conducive to the best Interests of
all concerned. Closer accountability to
the source of power, the people, is the
safeguard of all. With a Board whose
policy, as expressed by Its majority vote,
can be changed only once In three years,
and a total change on vital public school
questions once In five years savors too
much of close corporation methods, es
pecially when the Superintendent is elect
ed for periods of three years and must
be sustained in all matters whatsoever.
Larger Board Xeeded.
A Joke was perpetrated by some one
during the last Bession of the Legislature
In the nature of a bin enlarging the board
to seven, (as It should be) Instead of five
members. The way, it is alleged, certain
members of the present board, or others,
hied themselves to Salem, or had their
friends do so, to kill the bill was the
Cure Your Dandruff
Why? Because it is annoying,
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cause of more than one hearty laugh. '
Thisoppositlon In the minds of many,!
point to the desirability of bringing about'
Just this change. Portland is not the city
of 40.000 as she once was, but of naarly:
200,000, and new conditions . de-'
mand changes In civic control. The time
is ripe when our people should go to the
school polls at school elections and not
leave it to their school officers, paid and
otherwise, who do go and see to it that
their nominees are elected. With no spirit
or desire to lessen the efficiency of our
city schoil system, or to reflect upon
the integrity of those who have brought
them up to their high standard, let it ba
distinctly understood that our plea for
Greater Portland is a moving up the line
of progress, a larger and a broader out
look for our schools in keeping with the
best that obtains In our country. Port
land, that gave a third of a million to
help a sister city in distress, has resources
enough to give her children of today and
citizens of tomorrow a heritage better
than all else a well-rounded education
starting with the kindergarten and end
ing with the High school or a polytechnl
cal training.
Feasted by Eugene Women.
EUGENE, Or., July 20. (Special.)'
The Women's Patriotic League banquet
ed the soliciting committee for the Eu-gene-SIuslaw
Railroad at the Rest cot
tage last evening, the work of the com
mittee having been completed. The re
port of the committee shows that 148
citizens of Eugene subscribed for - the
stock.
Countess Gsanted Divorce.
EDINBURGH, July 20. The wife of
the Earl of Rosslyn, formerly MIssi
Anna Robinson, of Minneapolis, was
today granted a divorce from her hus
band. The couple were married In
London, March 31, 1905.
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