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CORVALLIS, OREGON", OCT. 10, 1804.
OF MUTUAL INTEREST.
"The Corvallis Gazette is making a
very commendable fight for the building
of a wagon road over the mountains from
the Oregon Pacific front to Prineville by
means of state aid. This project is a
very feasible and just one, but cannot be
accomplished, for the reason that it is too
local in character."
The foregoing is taken from the Lin
coln Leader. While the item is compli
mentary to the Gazette, it attempts to
pour cold water on an enterprise that
would be of quite as much benefit to the
people of Lincoln county, as it would to
residents of old Benton. By keeping
everlastingly at it, we can succeed. We
need the wagon road; need it badly, and
are going to have it Already, the Ga
ZETTSlias positive assurance from several
members of the next legislature that they
will work for the measure, and secure its
passage if such a thing is possible. In
stead of trying to kill the plan, the Lead
er should come out square-toed, and ad
vocate, in vigorous language, the necessi
ty of an appropriation of $20,000 for
building the road. The papers of Linn,
Lane, Marion, Polk, Crook, Harney,
Malheur and Lake counties ought also to
assist in impressing upon the public mind
the urgent necessity for a state road to
connect Eastern and Western Oregon.
A number of papers have seen the impor
tance of this matter, and are giving the
laudable enterprise their support.
In a former issue, the Gazette pointed
out the difference between a local or spe
cial road, and one connecting two great
sections of the state. No one can right
fully contend that the appropriation of
funds for the construction of a road to
connect Eastern and Western Oregon
would be unconstitutional. Any enter
prise that will further the interests of at
least one-fourth the population of a state,
and enhance the value of millions of dol
lars' worth of property, is in no sense lo
cal, but general in its operation, and,
therefore, constitutional. Of course, it
would be unconstitutional for the legisla
ture to appropriate money for the con
struction of a highway leading from Cor
vallis to Philomath, because such a road
would benefit only a small number of peo
ple, and be entirely local in its operation.
But the plan proposed by the Gazette
directly or indirectly effects nearly every
citizen of the state, and according to the
opinion of leading Corvallis attorneys,
this fact would leave the bill appropria
ting the necessary funds barren of any
unconstitutional feature.
If no sale of the Oregon Pacific is had
before the next legislature convenes, the
people of Eastern and Western Oregon
are going to demand a $20,000 appropria
tion for the purpose of constructing a
wagon road from the present end of track
to the other side ofthe mountains. This
demand will be made first, last and all
the time; and it will be granted, too. If
the Leader does not wish to assist in free
ing the people of the Inland Empire from
their present oppressed condition, and
by so doing, increase the trade and com
mercial advantages of Lincolnites, it
should not attempt to kill the efforts of a
paper that is working in the interests of
all concerned.
COLLEGE CONTESTS.
With a reassembling of students at the
college comes a reorganization of the
foot ball team. This is as it should be.
In all institutions of note athletics are
encouraged, for it is recognized that with
out ample physical training the mind is
incapable of full development. Foot
ball, however, ought not to be the only
contest which students should be en
couraged to enter. The Agricultural Col
lege is one of the few institutions of the
state, where military tactics are thorough
ly and scientifically taught. This feature
attracts many students to the institution
each year. The department is in charge
of a competent federal officer, who is cap
able of attaining the best possible results
in military evolutions with a company
of boys who will give the necessary time
and attention to the work. By going at
- the matter with a will and a determina
tion to succeed, a crack drill company of
twenty-four men could be had by early
spring. A challenge should be sent to one
of the foremost companies of the state for
ar competative drill, to take place at the
First Regiment armory in Portland.
Such, a plan would meet with the appro
val of every patron of the school. The
discipline and military training would be
of lasting benefit to students entering the
contest, besides affording them plenty of
healthful exercise and recreation. In
this connection, it might be well to sug
gest that the- O; A C. should be repre
sented in all intercollegiate literary con
tests. While it is true that the agricul.
scientific than to literary work, there is,
nevertheless, a deal of timber from which
an excellent contestant might be selected.
At such contests in the future it is to
be hoped that the institution will not be
conspicuous for its absences
The real democratic economy for
there is such a thing seems to lie in cut
ting down the expenses of living in the
homes of workingmen to meet the chang
ed conditions incident to loss of jobs and
lower wages.
SCHEME OF RIVAL PUBLISHERS.
Consistency is a virtue that the Orego
nian can no longer assume. Posing for
years in the interest of economy, it now
departs from its beaten paths to advocate
a change in school books, which will cost
the school patrons of Oregon not less
than $250,000. An unholy alliance has
been formed among rival publishing firms
to down the American Book Company at
all hazards. To this plot against the peo
ple of Oregon, whose burdens are already
oppressive, the services of the morning
daily are secured. The alliance pushes
the button, the Oregonian does the rest
The public expect, and rightly too, that
the press will energetically advocate all
matters of local importance in the inter
est of economy. Papers that are oppos
ing a change of text books are doing ex
actly what the public expect them to do.
The American Book Company's publica
tions have been in exclusive use in Ore
gon for several years, and have given sat
isfaction. No complaint has been heard
until just now, when a new contract is to
be let All of a sudden, we hear pro
claimed from the house tops that these
books "bristle with mistakes and inac
curacies," and that they are the poorest
books the company publishes. These
reports are circulated by representatives
of rival publishing houses, who are now
visiting every school district in the state,
intent upon poisoning the public mind
against the American Book Company, in
the hope that it will be unable to renew
its contract, in which event they expect
to be successfuL These rival concerns
dare not meet the American Book Com
pany in an open and fair competition for
business, but seek to down their rival by
the most unscrupulous methods. To do
this, they have secured the services of a
self constituted committee of one hundred
antiquated, unprogressive, barnacle-cov
ered Portland mossbacks, and with the
Oregonian to forward Jhe nefarious plot
against the citizens of the state, it expects
to wipe the American Book Company out
of existence. But the scheme will never
succeed. The public will not be buncoed
in any such manner. The school super
intendents and members of the board of
education are men of sense and in
tegrity, and will not be induced to delib
erately hold up the "school patrons of Ore
gon to thetune of $250,000, even though
the scheme would receive the sanction of
the honorable Committee of One Hun
dred, and the approval of every news
paper in Oregon whose policy has been
to barter editorial space to every illegiti
mate scheme that comes along and has
the price.
WILL SHE ASSIST?
The people of Eastern Oregon want a
railroad. They have wanted it for years.
Yet at this time they have no greater as
surance of such a thing coming to pass
than they had ten years ago. By united
effort, an appropriation for a wagon road
can be secured from the next legislature.
It would connect the Inland Empire with
the Oregon Pacific; save sixty or seventy
five miles of hauling; open a better mar
ket for their products; afford cheaper and
better transportation facilities; hasten
the delivery of mail matter at least forty
eight hours, and benefit them in many
other ways. Besides these advantages, it
will bring Eastern and Western Oregon
in touch, and open up a desirable trade
for valley merchants, by exchanging
flour, fruit and other commodities for
wool and such products of Eastern Ore
gon. Salem has"already talked of building
a railroad to connect with the O. P at, or
near, Munkers. With a good wagon road
over the mountains, and the increased
trade it would afford, there is every rea
son to believe that the people of Marion
county would complete the rail line at an
early date. By putting a small, fast
steamer on the river, to run between Sa
lem and Portland in conjunction with
the railroad, residents of Eastern Oregon
would be given the advantage of cheaper
freight rates from the metropolis than
ever before enjoyed. Citizens of Eugene
and Corvallis would probably unite in
constructing a railroad between the two
cities. Both of these lines could be oper
ated by the Oregon Pacific in conjunc
tion with its trains at a nominal cost
We have waited in vain for an exten
sion of the Oregon Pacific. No assurance
is had that it will ever be completed. We
must do something ourselves; all that is
necessary for the success of the enter
prise is to make a bold, solid stand. An
united effort will crown our labors with
success. Western Oregon may be de
pended upon to use every honorable
means to secure the appropriation. Will
Eastern Oregon do as much ?
Many newspaper men are wondering
what motive actuated Jerry Nunan, of
the Grants Pass Courier, to make such an
unwaranted attack on the Oregon Press
Association in his last issue. It seems,
that with the assistant of a young lady,
Jerry gets the paper out alone. He was
unwilling to leave his assistance in charge
of the the office while he was on a jaunt
to Pendleton, and, because he was com
pelled to forego the pleasure of the trip,
he is jealous of the boys who were more
fortunately situated.
Now that the Philomath College case is
finally adjudicated, it is to be hoped that
the contention and ill feeling, which has
existed between members of the rival
factions for several years, will speedily be
settled, and that they will unite in mak
ing the Philomath College what it was
destined to be one of Oregon's fore
most institutions of learning.
Tom Reed is to invade the solid south,
and make three speeches to the sugar
planters of Louisiana.
A GOOD many people have learned by
experience that in the bright lexicon of
"green goods" and other kindred specu
lations there is nothing so uncertain as a
sure thing.
Edited by
AH communications intended for this denart
ment should be handed to the editor on Monday
Nearly all the schools in the county
are now in session. Every parent should
see to it that his children enjoy the ad
vantages of this school session.
The teachers of Linn county are adopt
ing a course of study similar to the re
vised course of study now employed in
the schools of Illinois. We congratulate
them, and trust that ere long Benton
county may enjoy the same advantages.
The Benton County Teachers' Associa
tion will convene in the office of the
county school superintendent on Satur
day, Oct. 20th. All teachers are cordially
invited to attend these meetings, and as
sist in the advancement of teachers' in
terest in this county.
A movement is on foot to secure a lec
ture, by Dr. Thorndyke Rice, to be deliv
ered in Albany some time in the near fu
ture. Dr. Rice is the gentleman who
visited the schools of New York city, and
had the courage to go away and tell the
truth about the "school ring," and the
consequent poor teaching which he found
in his visits. Should his services be pro
cured, Benton county teachers could,
doubtless, profit by patronizing the lec
ture. It is a lamentable fact that, in most of
the rural schools, there is what is termed
a "fall term," and a "spring term" with
a summer vacation of three months, and
a winter suspension of hostilities, so to
speak, of about the same duration. This
makes up the school year. To make
matters worse, one teacher is employed
for the spring term, and another teacher
for the fall term. The first teacher is not
re-engaged, because she spanked "some
body's darling, " or, because all the little
darlings who needed spanking were not
spanked, or for a hundred other trivial
reasons that an intellgent school board
would never countenance. A new teach
er is engaged, possibly.Jbecause she is a
relative of some member of the school
board, or she has promised not to make
Johnny study mental arithmetic, or that
she will have "speaking" every Friday
even ing, sothat some little Sarah Jane
may recite, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star," or some other foolish promise that
is utterly valueless to the school.
What is the result of such business(?)
methods? People are shunning the dis
trict schools by moving to town to
educate their children in the common
school course. If our higher institutions
of learning permitted it, their prepara
tory departments would constantly be
filled to overflowing by students who
have not completed the common schools.
The country schools are losing the confi
dence pf patrons every day, and there is
a consequent lack of interest on the part
of teachers and pupils.
What can we do to inspire the confi
dence of patrons and enthuse our teach
ers with interest? Firstly, we can dis
pense with one of the vacations, and
unite both terms in one. In a vacation
of from six to twelve weeks duration the
pupil meets with so many circumstances
that are entirely foreign to his school
work, that when the next term of school
begins, it is necessary for him to reveiw
the work that he has completed in the
previous term, thus wasting a goodly
part of his school life that might be im
proved.in the study of some new subject
The teacher generally employs the last
few weeks of school in reviews, so that
the time actually spent in the study of
new things is very short indeed. The
school room is distasteful to many boys
and girls, because they are, term after
term, kept going over and over the same
ground. Country school life becomes as
monotonous to the average boy, as the
trip to church was to that legendary old
deacon, who, every time he made one
step forward, slipped backward twice the
distance. The school rarely gets into
good working order before teacher and
pupil are reminded that it is time to sign
a truce to advancement, and begin to
garrison and provision and otherwise for
tify the points already gained, against
the common enemy, forgetfulness. By
uniting the two terms it is possible for us
profitably to employ much of the time
now wasted in reviews at the term be
ginning and the term ending. It is pos
sible for us to interest the pupils and
make their work pleasant as well as prof
itable, and it is possible to secure the
confidence and co operation of parents,
without which any. school is necessarily
a failure. Secondly, we can employ one
teacher for the united terms. We have
said that it is possible to increase the
efficiency of our school by uniting the
fragmentary terms; but this possibility
can never be more than a mere possibility
so long as there is a change of teachers
every three months. Every teacher who
enters a new school room must, of neces
sity, waste more or less time in acquaint
ing herself with her new environment,
and in getting the pupils into the spirit
of her methods, which are almost invari
ably different from those of the preced
ing teacher. . We occasionally find a
school that is fulfilling its intended mis
sion. If we search for the important fac
tor in the success of such a school, we
shall surely find it in the retention of
teachers so long as the general tone of
the work done is in harmony with the
spirit of advancement The teacher in
the city schools generally understands
that, so long as legitimate and common
sense methods are employed, she will be
permitted to retain her position. As a
result, she puts herself to the great task
of self improvement She broadens her
view of the text She studies that she
may employ the rational methods of
teaching and government She acquires
a professional spirit In short, she be-,
comes more valuable as a teacher, and
lends dignity to the profession, through
the incentive furnished by the assurance
which she feels in the permanency of her
position. Take this assurance from her,
and you have taken the rudder from the
ship. She now employs her spare hours
in the cultivation of the good will of the
school board and the most influential
patrons. Instead of spending her vaca
tion in improvement in the art of teach
ing, her time is employedjin shrewd polit
ical maneuvers, by which she hopes to
secure a position. The position once
gained, she feels herself so obligated to
friends who have helped her to secure
the school, that she permits them to dic
tate to her the means of government and
the methods in teaching which she must
employ. Frequently these ex official
teacheis advise her to do things which
her common sense and her own con
science tell her are wrong; but she ignores
the warnings of common sense, hushes
the voice of conscience, and does as she
is bid. The result is inevitable failure.
The teacher must be free to draw her
own conclusions, and follow their dicta
tion. Taking it all in all, there is so little
to encourage the teacher, or to merit the
sympathy ot patrons, that the wonder is
that our schools are so efficient as they
are. .But, as we purpose later on to de
vote some attention to the methods of
hiring teachers, we close by ioviting the
patrons and school boards of this county
to give some consideration to the follow
ing propositions: First school districts
should uoite the fragmentary and separate
school terms of the year into a common
school year with no vacation. Second a
teacher should be retained in the same
school as long as fairly good results are
attained.
Beport of District No. 93.
NAMES.
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8 97
11 94
8 94
12 95
1 93
95
1 93
7 94
95
1 94
91
94
94
95
95
11 96
96
95
Frank Smith
Ivy Smith
Lester Smith
Eeddie Smith
Gretta Harrington..
Myrtle Harrington.
Julia Fuller
Etta Fuller
A j Fuller..
Lizzie Leadbetter..
Oeo. Leadbetter....
Cha. Witham
Geo. Witham
Anna Witham
James French
Chag. Brown
Chas. French
Henry French ......
G. W. Den man, Teacher.
Lobster School Report.
Below is given a tabular report, for the
month ending Oct. 8th, of the Lobster
school, taught by Miss May Oglesby.
Nanes ot Pppils. o g
h
Annie Jenkins 20 85
Zina Jenkins 19 1 90
Emma Brattain 20 85
Clinton Nye 20 80
Ruby Tucker 20 85
Bird Tucker 15 5 85
Willie Tucker 15 5 90
Lora Jenkins 15 95
Thirsa Gage 13 2 90
Ella Young 5 10 85
Lila Tucker 11J j 80
Odessa Ball 8 2 80
Pearl Ball. 10 75
Frank Hughes 10 70
Hessy Nye 9J $ 70
Frank Gage 4 J 90
The silver-tongued orator, S. M. Wood.
Miss Davis, our school mother, is a capi
tal secretary beside being a good orator.
Miss Renai Morton and Miss Nora Brown
start to school this week at Lewiaville, Polk
county.
Warren Norton thinks - the timber claim
is none the less valuable by moving toward
the land office.
Oellatly'a hay-baler starts this week with
a full crew. Baling will be done for K. B.
Blodgett, Walt Brown, and W. A. Gellatly,
with D. B. Cotton as boss.
A vender of tooth-ache care, corn-extractor,
Portable dentist and all-round physi
cian, pays periodical visits to oar valley,
and gathers nickels .from almost every
h ouse.
It has been reported to "ye scribe" that
Miss Lizzie Wood and Miss Rena Wood are
to be married today respectively to Cricket
Bevan8 and Gene Ward. At this rate
second-growth timber is liable to become
scarce.
The Times man got the animas of the
Pete Abbey disaster bnt Mr. Abbey, instead
of going to Wrens, was kindly cared for at
Mr. Moore's, at Blodgett Station, until the
down train came and conveyed him to
Yaqnina.
A lively debate occurred last Saturday
night at oar literary. The question, "Re
solved, That the government should own
and operate the railroads and telegraph
lines," was discussed, the affirmative gain
ing the victory, and now the old thing can't
get control too soon.
Amos Wood has demonstrated that diver
sified farming pays. He .planted a hop
yard last spring, and between the rows he
cultivated beans and potatoes. No more
cultivation was necessary for the three crops
thau the hops alone would have required.
He has been palling and hauling beans for
the past week, and will have three or four
hundred bushels of potatoes.
The opinion seems to prevail that the
sknll found by Billy Minton belonged to an
Indian squaw, The beads are the kind used
in decorating moccasins. A knife and a
thimble were fouud with the articles men
tioned in the Gazette last week, also a tin
type, once a picture, but, because of time
and fire, only a faint delineation of a
woman's face remained, showing the hair
parted in the middle. HOMO.
Mr. W. M. Terrv. who has been in the
drug business in Elkton, Ky., for the past
twelve years, says: ''Chamberlain's Cough
Ramadv e-ives better satisfaction than any
other cough medcine I ever sold." There
is good reason for this. No other will - euro
a cold so quickly; no other is so certain a
nreventivfl and cure for croun: no other af
fords so much relief in cases of whooping
cough. For sale by Graham Wells.
KBWSV COI,IBGB HOTSS.
There are soma important experiments
now being carried on in the experiment sta
tion building. They consist of analyses of
soils and fertilizers. More than 200 differ
entfertilizers have already been analyzed.
with more to follow. The experiments are
to determine which are the best fertilizers
for Oregon soils.
The following is the classified number of
students now in school: Fourth Year,
Mech. 7, Post Grad. 512; Third Year,
H. E. 26, Ag. 15, Mech. 1354; Second
Year, H. E. 22, Ag. 12, Mech. 2256;
First Year, H. E. 26, Ag. 13, Mech. 4180;
Prep. 13. Summary: Ag. 40, Mech. 83, H.
E. 74, Post Grad. 5, Prep. 13215.
We are informed that the foot ball enter
tainment, spoken of recently, will come off
a week from next Friday. It wilt consist
of exhibition club swinging; instrumental
and vocal solos; foot ball, and other tableaux;
guitar and mandolin solos; an original mag
lc lantern exhibition, and a foot ball chorus.
The proceeds are to be devoted to improving
the foot ball ground, and purchasing some
suits.
The college team now a member of the
Oregon Inter-Collegiate Foot Ball Associa
tion. The meeting held last Saturday, at
Albany, was attended by members from five
of the leading colleges, and resulted in the
above named association. The only impor
tant modification of the American Associa
tion was, that two members of the faculty
or alumni will be allowed to play on the
teams for this year. Mr. A. S. Addition is
the permanent secretary of the association,
and a member from Forest Grove is the
president The schedule of games is as fol
lows:
October 27, Portland University vs. Pa
cific Univerversity, at Forest Grove.
November 3, State University vs. Oregon
Agricultural College, at Corvallis.
November 17, State University vs. Pa
cific University, t Portland.
November 17, Oregon Agricultural Col
lege vs. Oregon State Normal School, at
Monmouth.
November 29, Oregon Agricultural College
vs. Portland University, at Corvallis.
November 29, State University vs. Pacific
University, at Eugene.
December 8, Oregon State Normal School
vs. Portland University, at Portland.
December 15, Oregon State Normal School
vs. State University, at Eugene.
December 15, Oregon Agricultural College
vs. Pacific University, at Forest Grove.
The Willamette University, at Salem, ap
plied too late to enter, but will play exhibi
tion games, probably, with the association
teams.
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