THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1905.
THE CORNING ASTOPJAN ASTORIA, OREGON.
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ESTABLISHED 1880.
EDUCATORS CONVENE
For Third Session at Asbury Park,
New Jersey.
HEAR SEVERAL NEW THEMES
Cunt Crr, of Oiwego, K. Y, Speak, oa
"Bow Cm Norm! School Best Pro
due. Effld.nt Twcheu of EltmenUry
Branch... ' Other. Addres. Crowd.
Capital and Surplus $100,000
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HUNK PATTON. (s.hler ,
J. . U4K.SK tt, AuUtanl Cashier
Astoria Savings Bank
Capital Paid In .HiO.OoO. surplus and l'udlldl Prvflu $311,003.
Transact Umerl Batiklti. Business. Interwl Pld on Time Deposit
M Tnth Street,
ASTORIA, OREGON.
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i" uiture Wagoua- Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped.
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ne Main 121
A.bbury P.rk. '. J.. July 5,-The
third day of the forty-fourth convention
of the National Educational association
opened today with the session of the de
partment of normal aclioobt. Grant Karr
superintendent of practice department,
atate normal school, Oswego, N. Y de
livered an addre under tliei head of
"ilow Can Normal School Best Pro
dure Efficient Teacher of Elementary
Branches." Mr. Karr spoke aa follow:
"Perhaps the moiit Influential factor
in the concerted effort of a number of
people working for the accomplishment
of a common end, U the central organ
ization which control them. It I per
hap "The System" a much it 1
Togo or Rojcslvensky that win or lone
battle. With regard to the Normal
school's best production of teacher of
elementary branche it i perhap diffi
cult to y just what it general policy
should be, but the following propor
tion teem fundamental, viz:
"(1) Educational fact are capable of
scientific formulation the ame the
fact of any nodal science.
"(2) The chol i a ocial institu
tion with it own genius, principle and
law; and i the peer of the other great
social institution, home, church, atate
and property.
"(3) The aim of the Normal school
should lie one, viz: The preparation of
teacher for efficient service in promo- J
ting the educational welfare of the com
munitie where they may be employed.
To tlii end the Normal school hould
propagate what i good In present edu-
atonal practice-, discard that which
ha been 'weighed in the balance and
found wanting,' and put into 'current
coin' Idea which arc theoretically well
grounded by the reformer, but which
have not yet been adopted in regular
practice. Pursuant to this end, all con
nected with the Normal school, both
teacher and student, should have ed
ucation a their chief aim and interest
"A to the inside, working, of the
Normal-school, teacher of the elemen
tary brand will be beat produced
through a further consideration of the
course of study and the nature of the
elementary branche. In the main, a
the courne of study tiow exist, the el
e mm tary branche are regarded a
arithmetic, reading, writing and other
technical subjects; and history, litera
ture, manual training, interest in home,
etc., are regarded mean of teaching
these subject. In reality, and in the
world at large, just the reverse of this
i true and history, literature, manual
training, music etc., are the primary
mean of telf expression; and these
technical subject reading, writing and
arithmetic, are only secondary mean
although none the less necessary than
the primary mean. They have noth
ing to do with motive, and impulse
They are never end in themselves, self
purpose, but are rather mean in the
realization of these deeper motive, im
pulse and Instinct conferred and
propagated by history, literature, man
ual training, etc. By placing the tech
nical subject in right relation to the
primary elementary subject, they will
gain immensely in meaning, importance
awl intercut."
"Child Study in formal School" w
the theme selected by Frank Webster
Smith, adjunct-professor of education
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.
Mr. Smith delivered the first address of
the afternoon session. He said:
"Happily child-study ha come to be
an essential subject for all teacher
It. service are so common and
deeply set in our present system that
we sometime forget to refer them to
their real source. I would suggest the
following point for a course in child
study for elementary teacher, with
whom the Normal school has chiefly to
do :
'1. Study the typical characteristics
of each period of life represented in the
elementary school, but particularly the
period with which one i to be most
intimately connected. Relate these
periods to psychical and especially to
physical growth and rate of growth, to
certain pathological states, to 'migrato
ry and truant instincts to physical
culture, including games, to sense de
velopment to the development of
psychic forces, such as attention, to
social efficiency, and initiative, to his
toric sense, to language power, and to
various other power and interests.
Learn to appreciate dominant interest,
ideal, and activities; also 'nascent
stages' and all they signify. Rudimen
tary or germinal powers, as well a
dominant ones must be studied with
view to their best nutritive treatment.
The period beginning about seven and
ending about nine needs more atten
tion than ha yet been given it.
"2. Distinguish normal characteris
tic of these period from those that
are the result of in judicious use and
handling of the former by unskilled
hand.
3. Study the common and typical
physical defect and their treatment
Tactful work here require some parent
study also.
"4. Study subject of the curriculum,
methods of teaching, organization,
school hygiene, etc., on the basis of this
child-study and in connection with it
determining when different phase of
study or method can be taken up, and
best accord with child nature and facil
late the most natural development.
5. The study should be carried on
in the midst of children, at work and
at play, and under the constant guid
ance of an expert teacher, herself con
stantly in touch with children. This
work should be supplemented by the
reading of standard literature on the
subject, suited to the development of
the teacher-students, and by class dis
cussion, of observations and reading.
"6. It is advisable that elementary
teachers should have a general knowl
edge of the results of the study of adol
escence. "Practical child-study will insure
stronger pupil and aid in eliminating
waste and inJefiniteness in school
work"
Following Mr. Smith, Mis Wilhel
mina Seegmiller, director of art instruc
tion, public schools, Indianapolis, Ind.,
addressed the assembly on "Handwark
in Primary Schools." Miss Seegmiller
said in part:
"Since the congregation of the mass
es of people into great urban centers,
children are deprived of sharing in the
industrial occupations which on a time
were necessary to the existence of the
home.
"Spinning and weaving, felling trees,
tending .tock, chopping wood, carrying
water were occupations which tended to
the developement of sterling qualities. .
"When the 'No Admittance signs are
prominent above the great portal of
the centers of industrial activity of to
day, there- is little opportunity for
children to enter into s sympathetic
understanding of the present industrial
force.
When the home no longer provides
opportunity for industrial occupation,
and the center of industrial activity
are practically closed it behooves the
school, for social, educational and in
dustrial reason to mak. provisions for
bringing children into sympathy with
the great industrial forces which move
the world and to provide opportunity
fashioning of material into forms of
for a measure of creative work in the
use and beauty.
"The school recognizes the need and
educators who have at heart the .high
est developement of the three royal H'
the Head, the Heart and the Hand, are
earnestly endeavoring to provide for it.
"Gathering together from widely
scattered part of the great continent
we have varying experience.
"Some bass their creed upon race.
development and from an historical
study of the part industry baa played
io the upbuilding and maintaining of
of social life are furnishing stimulus
for interest that children may re-live
the experience of the ages and the in
dustrial development in the manner of
the race.
"East and west and north and south
there are special school provided with
every possible equipment To those
who are unhampered by difficulties we
look for help ia the establishment of
ideals.
There is the problem of the great
citie where work must of necessity be
carried under restriction.
"Among problems of interest are
these.
"(1.) What types of industrial work
and materials are suited to primary
schools?
(2) Is it best for girls to work with
boys in the shops and for boys to cookt
"(3.) What can be done to inter
relating manual work with art, study,
games, music, history, literature?
"(4) What is being done in garden
ing? "(6) To what extent may manuai
work be used as seat occupation work
in grade schools?
"As manual work will demand much
of our future educational endeavor
these questions are of special import."
The attendance today was very good
but it is expected that the session on
July 17 will be unusually popular in so
far as President Theodore Roosevelt is
to 'address the members of the association.
ACT ABOUT ASTORIA AND ITS INDUSTRIES V
Astoria today 1
polltt-n city of IS."'
latlon represents aln
Jlty on earth, In con
It i. lively center of b
Its advantageous locatlo
of the great Columbia
the trad, msrt of '
region of north
southwestern W It t
supply point for ft ' people. .
la Oregon's second clt i, l and lm
Dortanc.
Th. .tlmat. of population here
srivan Is conservative. The 100 gov
ernment census accredited th. city
with about MOO eople. but the launch
tng of new enterprise, together wtth
th. natural growth, ha. added many
hundreds to th. population In the pa.t
flv. years. Failure to develop ioci re
sources has resulted In slow growth,
but a new era of commercial activity
Is dawning and th. prospect, for th.
city's future ar. very bright.
On its magnificent location anl won
derful natural advantage. Astoria
bases It. expectation, of futur. great,
tie. Situated on the only freh-water
harbor of Importance. In the world,
with the broad ocean but 10 miles from
It wharves, It enjoys marked advant
ages as a shipping center. Th. gravity
route of th Columbia rlver I. nature',
til.hway for the great Inland empire,
the Immense product of which must be
xported from th. ocean port. At As
torla th. largest .hips may And af
moorings, and Us harbor will accom
modate all the shipping that may .vsr
come to th. northwe.t coast. It I.
pre-eminently the Paclflo .top. port
a. New York 1. th. Atlantic port, anJ
must soon receive from th. tranacon-,
tlnental railroads the recognition which
It. advantage, justify, a ha Nw
Tork on th. AUantlo coast
Development of th lumbering In
dustry will alone mak. Astoria great.
There ar. 75,000,000,000 feet of tlbmer
standing In the forests near th. city.
This vast timber supply Is great
enough to keep In steady operation for
20 years 100 large mills, and to afford
employment during that period to IS,
ooo person. In the manufacturing
plants, to say nothing of th. army of
workmen that would bo employed in
the forests. Th. first step, towards the
development of lumbering have now
been taken, and four mils, with a dally
output exceeding S00.000 feet, ar. In
operation. The forests are only a .iiori
distance from th. city, and th. cost of
1 to Astoria Is light, mark
.hi a moat deslrabl. point for the
nufactuer of lumber. The advant
age, offered by this city as a milling
point ar beginning to attract th. at
tention of mlllmen who -desire to op
als economically, and before long
,torla will rank as the largest lum
ping producing port on th Pacific
oast,
Th growth of the salmon Industrj
will llkewl. prov. of great benefit to
Aatorla, By mean, of artificial propa
gation, this magnificent business has
corns to stay. It will b built up, with
In a few years, to four time. It. present
magnitude, and will then mean more
than 1 10.000.000 annually to the city,
Several Alaskan salmon canneries ar.
owned and operated her. and each
year bring large sum. to their home
office. The possibilities of Astoria as a
fishing port or center In other lines of
fishing Industrie, ar. also of great
Importance,- and th. attention of capi
talists Is called to thl. city as a deep-
sea Ashing center; also to the great
runs of genuine French sadrlnes which
come Into th river by th. hundreds of
billions every year.
The lower Columbia river district,
with Its mild climate, offers unsur
passed Inducements to dairymen, farm
er, and .mall-fmlt growers. While
small-fruit growing has not been ex
tensively engaged in, those who have
followed It hav. been most successful,
and one enterprising grower is now
harvesting two strawberry crop, a
year th. only Instanc. of th. kind
known In thl. section of the country.
Settlement of th. productive land, of
th. county will work wonder, for th
city and assist materially In Its upbuilding.
There ar. many oth.r resource
which will combine to bring about the
futur. greatness of Astoria. Her. are
to be found opportunities for men In
every walk of life capitalists, small
Investor., farmer, dairymen, fruit
grower and laborer. Thl. new country,
where fortune, await th. energetic,
offers to those seeking location the
all, It Is the healthiest spot on earth.
Astoria want mor. people. Its na
tural resources will easily support
from 150.000 to 600,000 population, yet
there are only 15.000 people her. to
reap the benefits that nature has so
generously placed at their disposal.
Th homeseeker will find no better
plac to locate, and few equal place.
Labor Is always In demand, at the
highest wages, and ther. Is much en
couragement for the man who wishes
to engage In business. Strangers often
remark the uniform courtesy of the
people and th. general effort on the
part of Astorlans to make matters
pleasant for visitors. Th. hom.-seek-
er or Investor who falls to visit Astoria
will make a great mistake, for no other
community In th. Paclflo northwest
offers such opportunities as th. lower
Columbia river district
Astoria baa a 1300,000 gravity water
system, a paid fir department, first-
class street car service, gas and elec
tric lighting systems, fre public li
brary, unexcelled transportation facili
ties, complete school system, 40 civic
societies, three dally and six weekly
newspapers; excellent telegraph, an
telephon service, tore banks carry
ing deposits of about $2,000,900. two ex
press offices, first-class theaters, 14
churches, labor unions representing
every branch of trade, two energetic
commercial organizations. , two social
clubs, admirably conducted hospital,
miles of manufacturing sites, plenty ot
line residence and business property;
Is th only fresh-water seaport on the
Paclflo coast; Is situated at th. mouth
of a river that drains an empire; has a
harbor large enough to accommodate
the combined shipping of th. Paclfl
coast; has a trunk-ltn. railroad con
necting It with four transcontinental
railroads; is th. uttermost railroad ex
tension point on th American conti
nent; Is 200 miles nearer Yokahoma
and other oriental port, than any other
Paclflo coast port; Is 160 miles nearer
the Capo Norn, mining country than
any other port on the Paclflo coast; is
the salmon shipping center of the
are six large school buildings here mountains, but little near Astoria. The
The schools are conveniently located In spruce, of the tldeland species, Is found
all sections of the city, and In every only on the west slopes of the coast
respect are modern in their appoint- (mountains. It attains a diameter vary-
ments. Well-appointed schools are to'nng from about an average of six feet
be found throughout the county, and ( to If or 17; and specimens 67 and (3
pest advantage, of any section of the world; It ths center of one of the
west.
In .very respect Astoria I. metro
politan. It enjoy, splendid facilities
of all kinds, Is a pleasure-loving city
and thoroughly up-to-date. Thou
sand, ot strangers visit Astoria every
month, and during the summer season
it is the Mecca of those who live In
the Interior. It has Its different quar
ters, Ilk. th. larger cities, and, best ot
greatest poslble dairy Industries that
th. country today possesses.
It 1. the only place where the royal
Chinook salmon Is packed; has sub
stantial public and business buildings,
factories and handsome residences.
Astoria's 8ohool System.
Astoria's schol system . I not sur
passed by that of any other city of
the .tie In th. west. At present there
children living on farms and In vil
lages enjoy educational advantages al
most equal to those afforded city chil
dren.
Astoria's Water System.
Astoria possesses a $300,000 gravity
water system, which Is not equalled
In equipment by any other system In
the Pacific northwest The water
works are operated by the municipal
government as represented by the
water commission, and constitute the
city's most valuable asset. The watei
Is brought from Bear creek, about 10
miles distant, which has its source in
the mountains.
The reservoir is situated on the pla
teau back of the city, where the sup
ply Is regulated. The water system of
Astoria Is extensive enough to supply
the needs of 100,000 people, besides af
fording Are protection to all parts ot
the city.
The Lumbering Industry.
The mouth of the Columbia river
has th greatest body of timber tribu
tary and available of any point in the
world.
The lumbering business Is the larg
est In the Pacific northwest; It out
ranks In value of product any other
line. Production of wheat is a close
second, being worth $17,000,000 a year,
while the value of the lumber output
Is $18,000,000. Coal, gold and silver,
fruit cattle and sheep, wool and Ash,
all of which are produced in great
abundance, fall far below, nor hardly
equal in the aggregate, the wealth de
rived from the forests. The town,
therefore, that commands the greatest
resources available of fine timber must
have a great outlook. Demand for
timber will not decrease, but become
greater with every year.
The Umber trees of the forests tribu
tary to Astoria are, in order of qual
ity; Douglas fir, commercially known
as Oregon pine; hemlock, spruce and
cedar. There are also soft or birds
eye, maple, vine maple, alder, wild
cherry, willow, etc.
The fir is both red and yellow. It
grows five to 14 feet In diameter, and
150 to 300 feet tall; 351 feet Is said to
have been measured on one fallen tre
In the coast mountains. Considerable
noble fir, or larch, and some white pln
are found on the highest of fhe coast
feet each in girth have been measured
19 to 21 feet In diameter. Hemlock
occurs as a mixed or smaller growth
with Sr and spruce, trees seldom being
of great height although often very
large. Yet cedar Is found mixed with
the other timbers, the trees seldom be
ing of greater height although often
very large. Yet cedar Is not plentiful
In this section. In general estimates of
timber production 20,000 feet to the
acre are ollowed. Single acres have
been known to produce ten times this
amount. Quarter sections of timber
land on the market are usually est!
mated at 3,000,000 to 3,900,000 feet each,
board measure.
Mills and. Manufacturing.
Although manufacturing Is as yet In
its Infancy In Astoria, more than 4300
persons are employed in the Institu
tions now doing business here. The
salmon Industry employs by far the
greatest number of persons, but the
seasons extend over a period of only
about six months, and at other times
those engaging In It follow other lines
of pursuit. The lumbering Industry,
Including box factories, barrel factor
ies, etc., is rapidly assuming propor.
tions, and will, within a few years, out
rank the Ashing Interests.
Astoria wants more manufacturing
concerns, and offers the very best In
ducements to capitalists. Here are to
be found unexcelled sites, with the ad
vantage of both rail and water connec
tions, and the intending Investor in
western properties should look over the
Astoria situation. Sites cam be secured
at very low prices.
More than $3,000,000 is Invested in
manufacturing plants here, while the
value of the yearly product exceeds
$6,500,000. In all, 4341 persons are em
ployed, receiving annual wages that
aggregate $2,053,600.
Salmon Industry.
Astoria owes Its existence largely to
th. great salmon Industry of which It
Is the center. Year after year the Co
lumbia river has given up Its wealth
of fish, and in the past 25 years ha
yielded $75,000,000, nearly all of which
has been placed In circulation In this
city. Where other crops have failed,
the salmon supply has maltnalned Its
average of production, and In this re
spect can be classed as one of Oregon's
greatest resources.
The annual salmon yield of the Co
lumbia river Is valued at $3.000.ooo
The spring fishing season lasts only
about four months from April 15 to
August 25 so It means irsn Ann
monthly to those Interested In It and
those who live at and near the seat
of the Industry.
The Dairying Industry.
Dairying In Clatsop county 1 in Ha
infancy, and very few dairymen realise
the natural advantage, of this coun
try. Th. climate, coupled with the nra.
ducUveness of the oil. make, it an Ideal
district for production of butter and
cheese; dairymen are taking more In
terest in the breed and care of stock.
With the genuine butter cow. such
as few here have as yet much bettor
results may be obtained, though even
now the luxurient pasturage enables
the cows to furnish an abundance of
rich milk, with more than an average
i ouuer rat. a modern eaulDoed
creamery Is In operation In Astoria,
furnishing the farmers a ready saJ-
for their cream, at an average price for
the year of 22K cents per pound for
butter fat; and the cows yield, under
good care, about 225 pounds of butter
fat per year. There Is general Inter.
est in Increasing the dairy bustnese-;
many of the dairymen are preparing to
enlarge their herds, and new daries are
being started. Ever-growing m
and th beet market In the world make
this an Inviting field for those who,
understand the care of cows.
AU the Oregon coast country, md.
daily that' near the mouth of the Co-
mmbia river, is very similar to the
great dairying sections of Eurone. suah
as Denmark, Holland and the Channel
isianas. The winters, however, are
milder and the summers dryer.
The land, beet adapted to grass-
growing are the tldefends, which are
river bottoms adjoining the Colum
bia or Its branches, and overflowed by
the highest tides. These lands may be
reclaimed by diking, at an expense of
about $10 per acre. By diking lara
tracts by machinery with stetsm
dredges the expense may be reduced,
and more substantial dikes erected. One
acre of tldeland has been shown to be
ample for keeping one cow the entire
year. There are still In Clatsop county
about 20,000 acres of tldeland to be
diked, much of it being easily cleared
after the 'diking Is done. This Is no
experiment as many of the best dairy
farm. hav. been made on diked tide-land.
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