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ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1904.
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WHY TEACHERS ARE SCARCE.
As illustrating the general tendency of school
boards throughout the state to reduce the salaries
of educators, we reproduce the following from the
Albany Herald:
"Some time ago word was sent out from Baker
City that a number of school districts in that county
would not be able to hold regular terms of school
this year owing to the scarcity of teachers, and now
the cry for more teachers comes from Lane county,
where several districts have thus far been unable to
secure the teachers they require not but that there
are enough teachers here to supply the demand, but
they are not the kind required, and the county super
intendent's office is overrun with requests for a cer
tain class of teachers that are not readily available.
There are five school districts in this county that
want experienced teachers, three of them having ex
pressed a desire for male instructors only. The sal
aries paid in the districts asking to be supplied are
from $40 to $55 per month for terms of from six to
eight months. Four of the' districts have' eight'
months' school."
It is not surprising that teachers should be scarce
in Lane county. Indeed, if the salaries mentioned
prevail generally throughout that prosperous coun
ty, it is remarkable that there is a' teacher within its
borders ; ' V
School teaching requires thorough education. It
is one of the least agreeable tasks imaginable, and
yet one of "the most important avocations of all.
Educators 'have much' to do with formation of the
character of pupils, and generally shape the lives of
the members of the rising generation. Yet we find
Lane, county school boards Offering $40 to $55 for
school teachers ! "Why, the proprietor of a livery
stable would not have the temerity to offer his stable
boy "such"" wages! ' The common" laborer "makes more
money,-else he could not exist:
If a school teacher is worth anything, he is worth
more than Lane county wants to pay. Competent
teachers should be employed. Low salaries necessar
ily' mean incompetent teachers, "and incompetent
teaehers mean incompetent educational facilities.
The standard of the schools can be raised only by
increasing the wages of educators. We pay our
public officers fairly good salaries, and there is no
valid reason why teachers should not be paid quite
as well.
of the prevalence and dominance of the spirit of
"commercialism" in the United States. This wide
spread tendency of the American people to provide
against the proverbial "rainy day" is, however, only
a manifestation of the same spirit. What individual
who is "safe and sane," would think of denouncing
this form of "commercialism!"
- - AMERICAN THRIFT.
The statement that was made the other day by
Chairman Tuttle of the savings bank section of the
American Bankers' Association, to the effect that the
aggregate of savings bank deposits in this country
now amounts to over $3,000,000,000, constitutes pret
ty conclusive evidence that the American people are
a verv fore-handed race, these deposits are
owned by over 7,000,000 persons nearly one-tenth
of the entire population of the United States.
' Encouraging and impressive as this evidence of
American thrift is, however, it only partly reveals
the whole story. In addit ion to this legion of savings
bank depositors, 7,200,000 persons in the year l'JOO
owned homes of their own in this country, and of this
number of homes about 5,000,000 were free of in
cumbrance. Furthermore, in 1903 nearly 5,300,000
persons 'connected with assessment life insurance
companies and rders- were carrying polfcies aggre
gating $6,500,000,000, and 17,00,000 persons wer
carrying policies ihthe"regTar'"oTdTine Iif'e Insur
ance companies amounting to"'!$10,500,fl00,000.:, If is
well known, too, that a large number of persons of
moderate or small means have investments in real
estate, railroad, bank and other classes of securities.
After making due allowance for the duplication of
names of persons in the' foregoing Megories, It will
be readily sMi'that a very' large percentage 'of the
population:,of!the "United States consists of persons
who have' made,- or who are-TOakmg,-mftteriftl pro
vision against the future.
That this widespread spirit o thrift is contribut
ing vastly to the upbuilding of the nation can not
be denied. It is conductive to the greater stability
of the republic. It 'is the foe of riot, lawlessness
and disorder. It is opposed to anything resembling
anarchy. ' It' is conducive1 to the increase of good
citizenship and to the development of the best that
there is in each individual.
OATS FOR THE WORLD.
W. J. Armstrong, one of the enterprising farmers
of Skagit county, recently harvested 710 bushels of
marketable oats fnnn a four-acre field, says the Si-
attle Post-Intelligencer. The yield averaged a litt!.
over 177 bushels per acre. It is probably entitle
to go on record as the greatest oat yield ever known
in the history of agriculture. The field is situate
in the famous Swinoinish flats and iu the center o:'
the most wonderful oat-growing district on earth.
The fanner who does not produce over 100 bushels
per acre is considered a poor man in handling the
soil.
The Swinomish flats comprise one of the riches'
sections of Washington. The soil is perfect and ha."
the appearance of being forever fertile. Fields thai
have been cultivated for 30 years continue to give
annual returns of the best cereals. The stran r.'
may travel for 15 or 20 miles in any direction be
fore reaching the borders of the great oat field. It
is dotted with modern farms, carrying all the marks
of prosperity. The homes are large and finely fur
nished. Every modern convenience passible for
ruralista may be found in profusion.
Estimates made by the department of agriculture
and published in the September issue of the Crop
Reporter place the oat crop of the United States at
60,219,217 bushels. Of this output of the great
cereal nearly 2,000,000 bushels will be shipped from
the little county of Skagit. Fenced in by dikes, and
divided into scores of individual tracts, this min
iature world is the wonder of agriculturists. It is
the home of the intensive farmer. Dairying and
fruit-growing have their places in the commercial
fields. Every avenue of soil culture is occunied to
its fullest possible limit.
The success in oat culture in Skagit county sim
ply illustrates what may be accomplished in other
sections of Washington. With a climate for all pur
poses and a variety of soils for producing every
grass and cereal, there are no bounds for possible!
future growth and development. What the fanners
of the Swinomish flats have done may In? duplicated
in' scores of similarly situated localities. The conn
try is open and bidding for settlers and home-builders.
Nature has made a paradise in the forest and
called to men and women of the world to come and
build homes within its enclosure.
SOLD FIFTY TONS CASCARA.
i 1 1 i
The Aleta Pool Bought SS.30 per
Hundred.
CorvMllla, S'it. 23. The Alitea pool
of en Maim biirk hits jut been illiiml
of to J. K. Hi-tikle of 1'hlloiimth. The
dtxtl whs eonMuiiiinuted Huluiiluy.
Thi'iv tire SO torn of the bark, mul the
uric imiIU wiia $5.30 a humlrixl, which
la coimMervd kkh1 for the present time,
Tlie work of huulluit the ihlltem from
Aiwa to CorvHllls. where It will be put
aboard the cam, begin today, but the
shipping ilost hint Ion In not yet given
out. Thin l the liirgext ileal In rimoaru
that Iiiim no far been made In thin nee
tlon thin year, Alsea being the prlni'l
pal district hereabout where ehlttem
peeling la made ti profitable IntlURtry.
Jwiih Conceteiona Likely.
Vlliia. Russia, Sept. 23. The unveil
ing of the monument of Catherine the
Ureal loduy was particularly Interest
ing because of the last public appear
ance of Prince Svlatopolk-Mlrsky, for.
iner governor general n"l present min
ister of the Interior. He was received
everywhere with the utmost enthusiasm
by Jews and Christians alike. In fact,
he Is extremely popular. It Is confl-
lently expected Important concessions
to the Jews will be announced shortly.
P. A. STOKES
If you want to know what smartly dress
ed people will wear this season ask
5TOKE5
. --THE
Clothier
Many Fish Planted.
llutte, Sept. 23. A deputy game war
Jen has returned from a trip taken
ever the Oregon Short Hue for the pur
pose of stinking the streams In Mon
tana. During the week 300,000 fish
were placed In streams. The deputy left
igaln today with fish to stink the
.streams along the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern. The fliih are from
the government hatchery at Itossemnn.
Strawberrie In the Market.
Walln Walla. Sept. 23. Strawberries
ire yet on the market, coming xrom
the mountain district near the state
line, selling for 124 cents a box. A
few are being gathered at Milton ami
Fieewater of the Hfcond crop, which Is
beginning to ripen. Uerrles are also
being offered, at Pendleton at 20 cents
a box.
" The Korean emperor has for a number of years
had an American adviser, the son of the American
admiral Sands, but the young man has now quit on
account of the ascendency of Japanese influence at
the Korean court. He was appointed by President
Cleveland as second secretary of the legation at To-
kio, and was continued in that service by th suc
ceeding administration, but left it shortly to as
sume the advisory duties mentioned. Little is known
of his performance in that capacity, but, as the ruler
named haa kept out of the war raging on either
side of him and even in his own territory, he was
probably the recipient of sensible counsel, and gave
heed to it till a change of circumstances made a
change of policy desirable. Korea began by fearing
the Russians more than the Japanese, making strong
er efforts to propitate them. It now seems that the
Japs are stronger than their foes, and, moreover,
that they mean the Koreans no harm, but rather
stretch forth a handf protection over them. The
returning counsellor brings back a fund of diplo
matic and statesmanlike experience not common in
one so young, and if he chooses to write a book about
it can probably tell us a good deal more about the
politics of the land of the Morning Calm, only a few
years ago remote and mysterious as the mountains
of the moon, than we have ever known before.
Herrera Substituted.
llutte, Mont., Sept. 23. The Oood-
rnan-Attel light has been abandoned
und Instead Herrera will meet (!ood-
man October 17. Alters failure to ar
rive In time to train for the mutch
was the en use fur calling "off the bout.
rA moral wave has struck Seaside, which w ill drive
out the gamblers and close up all places that have
been violating the Sunday law. There is no an
nouncement as yet as to what means will be em
ployed to control the Sabbath breakers of the Pa
cifuTocean. , ' '
There must be something wrong when 200 persons
turn out to listen to Senator Depew while 2000 listen
to a strike leader speaking in an adjoining hall.
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Bryan Will 8tump for Parker.
Hutte, Mont., Sept. 23. William J.
Bryan will make a speaking tour in
Montana In the Interests of the national
democratic ticket before the end of the
campaign. The- date of Bryan's visit
was not given.
Fearful Odda Against Him.
Bedridden, alone and destitute. Such,
In brief was the condition of an old
soldier by name of J. J. Havens, Ver
sailles, O. For years he was troubled
with Kidney disease and neither doc
tors nor medicines gave him relief. At
length he tried Electric Bitter. It put
him on his feet In short order and
now he testifies: "I'm on the road to
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We make n sjucialty of fitting the
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Wo carrv ft full line for the TALL niim
the STOUT man, the SHORT limn, the
SLIM man; in faet everything for the
man. : -
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Glance in our west window at the display
of CAMPAIGN Huts at $1.00 and $1.50.
P. A. STOKES
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The 'Russian calendar 'is' two 'weeks behind that
of the Japanese, but the Russian army is a few hours
more than"two weeks ahead of its calendar.
Secretary Wilson is now assuring us that the ap
ple crop will be a record breaker. We suspect that
he has designs on the pie belt vote.
A' Kansas man drank carbolic acid, thinking it
was whiskey. lie discovered his mistake from the
.mildness of 'the results.'
It is simply marvelous how well these political
A great deal has been said of late in denunciation I managers foresee things after they happen.
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