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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 19, 1923
STATE'S SCHOOL BILL
514,783,698 IN 1821
61 Consolidations Are Effect
ed in Year.
PUPILS TOTAL 221,31
Average Monthly Salary of Men
Teachers $166 and Women
$122, Mr. Churchill Says.
SALEM, Or., Marfch 18. (Special.)
It cost the taxpayers of Oregon
total of 114.783,698 to operate the
public schools during' the year 1921
according' to a report prepared' here
today by J. A. Churchill, state super'
intend ent of public instruction. Mr,
Churchill's report was based on fi
nan cial statements received recently
tram every county school euperin
tan dent in Oregon.
The school census for the period
covered in the report aggregated
S20.318, with a, total of S95 teachers.
u' men teachers, tne report inai
cated, received an average monthly
salary of 16. while the women
teachers received an average monthly
salary of J 122.
Multnomah, with the largest popu
lation ox any county in the state, naa
a total of 63,571 children of school age
In 1921. To meet the demands of
this school population there was ex
vended S5.19.453. An aggregate of
1496 teachers were employed there
during: the year. The salaries ' re
ceived by the men teachers in Mult-
norm ah county averaged Z16 a month,
will the average wage of the women
instructors was 1163 a month.
61 Consolidations Effected,
Regarding consolidation of school
districts, Mr. Churchill had the fol
lowing to say in his report
"In nearly every county in Oregon
there Is now being carried on a cam
palgn for the consolidation of rural
schools, either for high school or
grade purposes or both. Sixty-one
consolidations have been effected, 32
of which are in the open country, 23
in rural villages and six with larger
towns. The number of teachers in
the consolidated elementary schools
totals 86 with a total enrollment of
2819. The number of teachers in the
consolidated high schools is 86 and
the total enrollment 1466.
- "Transportation of pupils is grow'
Ing in popularity since it operates
very satisfactorily, both from the par
ents and teachers' viewpoint. Forty-
ond conveyances are now transport
ing 2029 pupils, at an average daily
cost of 25 cents per pupil.
i Advantages Axe Provided.
"There can be little argument for
the consolidated school on the ground
that the plan means an immediate
saving in. school expenditures. The
cost of transporting pupils from the
district consolidated usually equals
the amount formerly paid to the
teacher. However, if we consider the
saving made through the more rapid
promotions of the children, the con
solidation of schools is economical.
"The best argument for the consol
iaatea scnooi is tnat it provides a
far better school, since its advantages
are many. "Larger classes result in
keener rivalry among the children
and cause the subject matter of reci
tation to be more fully developed, be-
ui umoieuL viewpoints. x ii (ire
is better grading and classification,
a larger number of recitations for
each pupil and more personal in
struction from the teacher. There is
a longer time for each recitation and
the enrollment and attendance are
increased.
"The consolidated school also re
turns many advantages to the parents
and community, since the better,
closely graded- school often prevents
the breaking up of the home circle
by having the mother and 1 children
move to town, while the father re
mains on the farm to make a living
for the family. Consolidation has led
to better roads, better homes, in
creased land values and pride in com
munity and civic improvement."
Summary Is Prepared,
The following summary shows the
several counties,, school population
for the year 1921 and school expenditures:
County.
Baker .
Benton ..
Claclcaz
Clatsop
TACOMA, Wash- March 18. (Spe
cial.) Under the auspices of the
Public Health league of Washington
with the Pierce County Medical as
sociation co-operating, a public mass
meeting will be held here on March
23, to advance arguments in favor
of vaccination.
This announcement was made last
night by J. W. Gilbert of Seattle,
executive secretary of the Public
Health league, after a conference
with the trustees of the medical as
sociation in the , National Realty
building.
The declaration by Dr. Clarence B.
TTtterback, Tacoma osteopath, that
Pierce county osteopaths as a body
are in sympathy with tne anu-vac-
cinatlon campaign, was the chief de
velopment in the vaccination contrO'
versy today.
Following his threat made at a
meeting of antl-vaccinationists when
he declared he would shoot Dr. Kane
if any harm came to his children
from inoculation, P. A. Jasmer called
on the health officer later and apolo
glzed for his statements. Mr. Jasmer
declared that after thinking the mat
ter over he would Jirge the 11 mem
bers of his family to be vaccinated,
Members of the local shop craft of.
the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Work
Vers of Tacoma went on record against
vaccinations.
Census.
. 5.518
. 4,492
.12,040
. 6.96
. 4,422
, 7.125
953
844
. 2,6fl9
. 6.077
. 1,045
1.635
Columbia ...........
Coos
Crook
Curry
Deschutes ...........
Xoufflaa ............
Gilliam
Grant
Harney 1,133
Hood River 2.673
Jackson ................ 6,454
Jefferson 834
Josephine 2.&90
Klamath ................ 3,411
Iak 1,203
Lane 11,207
Lincoln 1,976
Linn 8,004
Malheur 3,478
Marion .14.065
Morroir ................. 1,713
Multnomah ............ .63,571
Polk 6.25T
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla ...
Union .....
Wallowa ...
Wasco
Washington
Wheeler ...
Tain hill ... .
1.102
2,774
7,353
6,207
S.01
3,979
8,824
961
6,635
Cost.
8 816.725
196,953
678,991
452,093
247.259
472,577
66,182
So, 499
810.848
357,837
102.416
73.357
152.114
233,671
493,340
67,785
111.315
201,846
92,000
685,487
111.214
378,921
211.031
738,504
204,348
8.196, 453
231,702
99.728
268,619
502.017
480.754
176,593
858,910
36,538
30.552
375,431
CONDON CLUB IS, ACTIVE
Free Feed Yard, Aato' Park, Race
Sleet, Farmers' Week Planned.
CONDON. Or., March 18. (Special.)
At the bi-monthly meeting of the
Condon Commercial club constitution
and ' by-laws drawn up by a special
committee were approved. Discussion
centered on a proposed free feedyard
for the accommodation of farmers, an
auto park ground, the advisability of
holding a race meet, in the latter part
of May, the holding of a farmers
week, and other matters of interest to
the city and county.
An invitation was extended by the
club to the county courts of-Wheeler
and Grant counties for the next meet
ing of the club, to be held here on
March 28, at which time various mat
ters of importance to the three coun
ties, dealing with transportation,
highways and business conditions, are
to be discussed President Burns was
authorized to appoint committees to
handle the matters of railroad rates
and. transportation, business expan
sion, water supply for the city of
Condon, street improvements, auto
camp ground, farmers' feedyard, roads
and highways, agriculture and mem
bership. ANIMALS OFFERED TO ZOO
Ten-Year-Old Boy Proffers Cub
Bear to Aberdeen Park Board. .
ABERDEEN, Wash.. March 18.
(Special.) The Aberdeen park board
has received offers of gifts of buffalo,
deer and bear for a zoo in one of the
city parks. The latest offer was one
of a cub black bear, which is owned
by a 10-year-old school boy of the
Wishkah river valley. The boy ex
pressed his original plan of sending
the bear to the Portland zoo, but said
he changed his mind when he realized
he could not come and see his pet
frequently unless he gave it to Aber
deen. An offer of a buffalo was re
ceived from the Tacoma park abou
a year ago, and deer have been prof
fered from various sources for some
time.
The park board, owing to short ap
propriations, will be unable this year
to accept the gifts, as the maintenance
of the zoo would involve a considera'
ble cost.
HEALTH MEET MARCH 23
ARGUMENTS FOR VACCINATION
TO BE PRESENTED.
Osteopaths and Metal Workers Are
Declared to Be Against Order
Requiring Inoculation.
MRS. GRAVEIiEY IS PRESIDENT
OF IDAHO STATE BOARD.
Uniform Curricula Are Adopted
for Normal Schools, Assuring
Better Teaching Methods.
BOISE. Idaho, March 18. (Special.)
Mrs. J. G. H. Graveley of Boise was
elected president of the state board
of education today. I. E. Rockwell
of Bellevue was elected vice-presi
dent and Stanley A. Easton of Kel
logg, secretary. S. W. Hackathorn
of Moscow will be treasurer of the
board
Adoption of the revised uniform
curricula of the state normal schools
constituted : the principal current
business of the board The commis
sioner and state superintendent, with
the presidents of the Lewiston and
Albion normal schools, were the com
mittee which, worked out the new
courses of study.
The board gave recognition to the
principle, that the schools shall be
devoted chiefly to the work of ground
ing prospective teachers in subject
matter and methods peratining to the
teaching and conduct of common
branches in secondary schools, .rather
than to higher cultural studies. One
division of the new courses will em
brace the work covered in junior
high schools.
UNIVERSITY DEAN TO RUN
Mr. Miller to Be Candidate for
Mayor of Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 18. Dean
Miller of the school - of business ad
ministration at . the University of
Washington, filed as a candidate for
mayor of Seattle here today, the last
day on which candidates were al
lowed to enter their names. Dean
Miller filed conditionally on the stipu
lation that he be given the regular
length of time in which to make a
inal decision.
When the filings closed here late
today eight candidates had filed for
mayor and 21 for the city council.
Mayor Caldwell has reaffirmed his
decision not to run again.
City Must Pay Damages.
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 18. (Spe
cial.) By the Judgment of a divided
bench, rendered yesterday, the city of
Seattle was held liable for 86400 dam
ages awarded in the superior court
of King county to Mike R. Plastmo
for personal injuries sustained when
his automobile was struck by a Seat-
tie street car at Twenty-fourth ave
nue and Sixty-first street Northwest.
The jury which heard the case
brought in a verdict for 87000.
DR. so-mo WIS
FRIEND FOR SCHOOL
Regent Just Appointed Once
Caustic Critic.
JOB- IS NOT POLITICAL
James Davis Member of Legisla
ture, Now Enthusiastic About
Washington University.
J. S. Magladry Out for Senator.
EUGENE. Or.. March 18. (Spe
cial.) John S. Magladry, Lane county
lumberman, yesterday made formal
announcement of his candidacy for the
office of state senator from Lane
county. He says his ballot slogan
will be: "Reduce the overhead; cut
own the cost."
PTJGBT SOUND BUREAU, Seattle,
Wash., March 18. The appointmen
of James H. Davis of Tacoma as
member of tie board of regents of the
University of Washington may have
been startling to many citizens of the
state, but not to those who have oo
served the gradual change in Mr.
Davis" attitude toward the state s
chief institution of higher learning.
A few years ago there wasn t any
where a livelier or more caustic critic
of the conduct of the state ttniversity
than "Jimmy" Davis. And as member
in continuois service in the lower
house of the legislature, chairman of
the powerful committee on appropria
tions, he was in position to make his
criticism count, though he never car
ried it to the point of withholding the
support that the college actually had
to have.
Those who recall what Mr. Davis
used to say about the university and
who see him now as one of its re
gents, get a mental picture that might
well bear the caption "The Metamor
phosls of a Statesman," or that Bug
tests the advertisements of "before
and after taking." s
Attitude Is Changed.
Regent Davis is certainly a changed
man from Representative Davis; not
so much changed, perhaps, his fixed
opinions as to how the university
should be run, but very much con
verted to the belief that, it is now
being run in a way to his liking. The
cure in Mr. Davis' case is the result
of treatment by Dr. Henry Suzzallo,
president of the university since 1916
and the treatment has been applied
both to Mr. Davis and the university,
Some persons pretended to see in
Mr. Davis' appointment a shrewd po
litical move on the part of Governor
Hart. Maybe the . governor himself
looked at it in that light though this
is doubtful, ' Mr. Davis has long been
factor in Pierce county politics; as
representative since 1911, and espe
clally as chairman of the appropria.
tions committee, his political influi
ence has extended to statewide di
mensions. University regents are not
supposed to play politics, and the fact
is that their opportualtyto piay pou
tics, even should they so desire, is
strictly limited.
Job Not Political.
Being regent adds little, if any
thing, to Mr. Davis" political stature.
It gives him no chance to function po
lltically in any special way not pre
viously open to him, and itwill take
highly sensitized olfactories to detect
the odor of practical politics in his
appointment.
The appointment is due to two
things: First, that Mr. Davis has be
come thoroughly interested in the
university, and wanted it; second
that President Suzzallo wanted him to
have It. Governor Hart would do
almost anything to meet the wishes of
ither man; and the opportunity to
meet the wishes of both at once was
one that he welcomed.
Mr. Davis and Dr. Suzzallo are very
good friends. This vas not always
the case. It was in the few years
preceding the advent of Dr. Suzzallo
as president of the university that
Mr. Davis was most active and out
spoken in his criticisms. These were
based on h-is belief that the atmos
phere of the college was pervaded by
socialism; that members of the fac-
lty, either openly of insidiously,
were poisoning tne minds or tneir
youthful students, and that the pa
triotic manhood -of the state was
thereby being undermined. -
v Gloomy View Takes.
Mr. Davis used to take a- very
gloomy view of the situation, which
he never hesitated to impart to others,
including his legislative associates.
In 116 Dr. Suzzallo was called to
the presidency. Mr. Davis didn t
know him, had never heard of him,
and,- thinking of all that had gone
before, he hadn't much faith in the
judgment of the board of regents
which made the selection, lie con
tinued his insistence on the need of
faculty housecleaning. If Dr. Suz
zallo recogrized that need he did not
act on it at once or show any pur
pose of early action. Dr. Davis was
extremely pessimistic and cast down-
Then came 1917 and America s entry
into war. Dr. Suzzallo was head of
the first Red Cross drive, and after
wards became chairman, for the dura
tion of the war, of the state council
of defense. The university student
body, almost to the last man, re
sponded to the first call to arms;
the campus was converted to military
uses, made the site of a big naval
training station and a training school
for army officers. College courses
continued while the war was on, but
the whole spirit of the school took
the national bent toward victory.
Good Showing Made.
All this did not alter the fact that
socialism had been taught at the uni
versity, and that a few of, the teach
ers, even during the war, persisted in
regarding the government of the
United States as more or lessof an
experimental joke. But the Tesults
in general were such as to show that
conditions were not " as bad as Mr.
Davis had feared. Meanwhile, he was
getting better acquainted with . Dr.
Suzzallo, and when that diplomatic
educator undertakes 'to make a man
his friend he usually succeeds. With
Mr. Davis his success ultimately was
complete. In the estimation of Mr.
Davis today. Dr. Suzzalla is almost, if
not quite, the greatest college presi
dent In the world..
John Rea Predecessor.
The regency given to Mr. Davis has
long attached to Pierce county. He
succeeds John A. Rea of Tacoma,
whose term is at an end. Whether or
not Mr. Rea wished to be reappointed
has not been made public. It is not
unprecedented to pass such honors
around; and Governor Hart, as well -as
Dr. Suzzallo, aoubtlesB thought it pos
sible to honor Davis- without offend
ing Mr. Rea. So far Mr. Rea has
raised no clamor of disappointment.
It, was Mr. Rea, by the way, who
was the Innocent cause of deep of
fense to John H. Perry, during the lat.
ters ostensible ownership of the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In a gos
sipy letter to the Montesano Vidette,
Mr. Rea attributed the real ownership
to William Ra ldolph Hearst. Threat
ened by Mr. Perry with a damage
suit for alleged libel, the Vidette re
tracted and the incident passed. , .
APPLE OUTPUT ENORMOUS
WASHINGTON LEADS STATES
IN CARLOAD SHIPMENTS.
Value of Last Tear's Crop $39,
259,319, Nearly All of Which
Was Sent East or Abroad. '
OLTMPIA, Wash., March 18. (Spe
cial.) More carloads of boxed ap
ples were shipped out of this state
than all the boxed-apple states In
the union combined, and also more
carloads of boxed apples than all the
barrel-apple states combined, accord
ing to federal statistics received by
the state department of agriculture.
Supervisor Charles L. Robinson of the
horticultural division has compiled a
statement on commercial fruit raised
last season In this state, representing
a minimum value of 839,259,319. Less
than 3000 carloads probably were
shipped within the state for domestic
U0O.
The entire output of commercial
fruit was 40,742 cars valued at $48,
192,038, showing that apples represent
about 0 per cent of the fruit indus
try in Washington. .
The various fruits outside of apples
raised and their respective values, as
estimated in Supervisor Robinson's
report, are: Pears, $2,525,500; peaches,
$1,583,930; grapes, $112,000; apricots,
$97,000; cherries, $567,000.
The prune crop was low last season
due to failures in Clarke county, the
crop of fresh prunes being worth
about $680,000 and the dried prunes
$366,000.
.The total berry crop is valued at
$2,973,000 divided as follows: Straw
berries, $1,243,000; loganberries, $198,
000; raspberries, $723,000; blackber
ries. $631,000; cranberries, $68,000,
and mixed berries, $60,000,
The berry acreage last season, in
cluding only , that-land actually pro
ducing, was: Strawberries, 6013
acres; raspberries, 315S acres; logan
berries, 1375 acres; MacKDemes,
acres; currants, 453 acres; gooseber
ries, 478 acres, and cranberries, 600
acres.
The estimates made here are con
servative, as probably higher values
could-be placed on the fruits. Super
visor Robinson said.
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RRIGATJ.ON CONTRACT UP
Voters to Decide on 'Agreement for
Watering of 6200 Acres.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., March 18.
Voters of the Langell valley and
Horsefly irrigation districts will vote
March 22, on the advisability of en
tering into a contract with the United
States government to provide water
for the lands of the district. Approxi
mately 6200 acres will come under
the project at once. Eventually about
0.000 acres will be irrigated.
The government has $387,000 to ex
pend under the terms of the contract
which the voters are asked to ratify.
The source of supply for the Langell
valley district is Clear lake, Where a
restraining dam already has been con
structed. The Horsefly district would
get its water from the Horsefly reser
voir where the dam is not completed
Most of the money, however, would be
spent on canals and laterals.
DAIRY OPPORTUNITY SEEN
Klamath Has Great 'Possibilities,
Says Farmer Smith.
KLAMATH PALLS, Or., March 18.
(Special.) Klamath possesses great
possibilities as a dairying region, de
clared C L. (Farmer) Smith, O.-W.
R. & N. agriculturalist, after sizing
up conditions during a visit here this
week. , '
Butter and cheese, because they are
concentrated products, can be shipped
economically, the freight rate being
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tne factory we place on Jt J
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these nationally adver
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$97.50
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Special demonstration
every day of the famous- One
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Housewares Store, Sd Floor.
You Cannot Afford to
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Great Labor-Savers.
Washea or wrings at one -operation
or separately, mak
;. ing it most convenient for
the housewife. Wringer .is
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Rollers are immediately
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a relatively small percentage of the
selling price per pound, whereas the
freight and handling charges on hay
and grain represent half the selling
price. '.
Cheese of exceptionally fine keep
ing quality can be -made only at the
higher elevations, said Mr. Smith.
Klamath county . is climatically fa
vored, lie said, over the California
dairying centers.
ATTACK CONSIDERED JOKE
Raid on Cascade Locks Home Not
. , to Be Investigated.
HOOD RIVER, Or., March 18. (Spe
cial) Sheriff Johnson, who was away
from the city when Albert Stewart,
whose home at Cascade Looks was
attacked the first of the week by a
party of masked men, has made no
investigation and the authorities say
that none is planned. No complaint
can be lodged, it is said, as Mr.
Stewart could not identify any of his
callers. . . -
Cascade Locks residents expressed
the belief that the visitors were prac
tical jokers. ,
Winlock Gets Baby Chicks.
CENTRALIA, Wash., -March 18.--(Special.)
About 25,000 baby chicks
have been shipped Into the Winlock
district from California, and the
total is expected to reach 100,000 by
the end of next month. Last year
200,000 chicks were received, but
since then a number, of Winlock
poultrymen have installed commer
cial incubators, the output of which
will be about 100,000 this spring...
Laborer Slashes Wrist.
ABERDEEN, Wash., March 18.
(Special.) -r- Eugene Kelly, itinerant
laborer, slashed the arteries of his
left wrist with a razor yesterday in
an attempt, according to his own
story, to commit suicide. He then
walked to the Aberdeen general hos
pital for surgical aid. The notion to
take his own life overtook Kelly as
he was on his way to Aberdeen from
Hoquiam on foot late yesterday after
non. It came as he approached the
hospital. The wound was not serius.
Kelly later was arrested and held
pending investigation.
v- Part of School Is Closed.
ILWACO, Wash., March 18. (Spe
cial.) The first and second-grade
rooms of the Ilwaco school have been
closed temporarily owing to the large
number- of flu cases among the
younger pupils. Thre members of the
Ilwaco high basketball team are con
fined to their homes with illness.
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