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'--"IT V--" ' ?, ; TtlE OREGON CTATH&UW $Ai B tofr;r)t: FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1927 . i . ; , , -. . ........ . f iiimi i , Tm 1 1T11I1 i ii -iliiKi.il .ifi i' r-r ' ' ' ...... -- . ,,. , ,, . . ...I I " ' i ii r ' ill ; ; . BRIDGE 101 DAY Nearly Half ;.Are From Out side or, Oregon, j With Lai-. . ' ifornia Leading A total of 18SO passenger auto mobiles crossed the Santiam rlrer fridge at Jefferson during the period 6 a. m. to 10 p. m., Thurs day, July 14, according to a traf fic count conducted by the state highway commission. I The count showed that 844 of t,hese ;cars were from outside of jregon7" -There . were . 986 cars bearing the Oregon license. I The following summary shows the result of, the count, based on ijhe number of machines from the Various states: Oregon 986, California 606, Washington 153, Idaho 19. Wis oonsin 13, Montana 12, New York 2, Ohio 12, Texas 11, Iowa 9, tah 9,Iiynoia,8,.Alberta7, Mts aouri 6, Oklahoma 6, Colorado 5, Michigan 5, New Mexico 5, Ari zona 4, British Columbia 4, Dis trict of Columbia 4. Kansas 4, Ne braska 4, Nevada 4, Manitoba 4, Minnesota 3, Pennsylvania 3, Arkansas 2, Indiana 2, Saskatche wan 2-WjmJjftg ,. 2.. Caanef.Uct t. Florid; 1, Hawaiian Islands i; goUthkota 1. RUrIE SCHOOLS HUGE PROBLEM, SAYS HQWArlQ j - 1 6oiUinued from page l. HuppobJd by districts aml coiinty tsixatijpft; Of -these, the district v sually; 1 carries the larger share of the burden. , . If all the district within a eoun ty were equal In their ability to pay, theoretically we might as sume, that they could afford ap proximately an equality of edaca tJonaL'opportunity for their child ren. iU .But np such equality exists. Fig ures ob hi piled by Dr. II. P. Ilainey show that one district in ' Lane county 'kas an assessed valuation of les than $1000 for each school child fc the district, while another istrlct'has a valuation of $27,000 r each child. The latter dis trict la twenty-seven times as able tppayt Tor education as" (& the for- Jer. ' The ?one district can maintain fine fechool for its children by levying ia mill or two in special taxes, while the other must tax self Icf the limit in order to have ny school at all. If Xdtt-W- seartthe figures om your county assessor or-coun ty school superintendent, some of you will find even a. greater dis- oaritysin your county than that quoted-from Lane. 1 - JTheextreme. .Inequality implied many aounties by the raising of a lergerCproportion of the school mda Jby, county tax. The law re- Hires taat at least ten 'dollars per census child be raised by a Tunty levy. , Three or four years ago, the budget committee of Coos county fifteen dollars, enty dollars per capita. -"Tillamook county raises! fifteen dollars per census lld nd Lake county raises tbir ty dojlat. ' i Several other go above Ube tax dollar minimum; This r&sias-o inore of -the money f) om ie. larger unit, the county, and leis from the- small unequal unus, nsiq aismexs; jnas- aiaea very materially in equalizing education al opportunities in these counties. tion of the educational funds' from state sources: ' 1 It would take a brave man to propose ' a state school lax In 'Ore gon at a time when many state projects' which one group and an other havte1 set theif hearts upon, are having to walk the plank be cause of lack of funds. However, if public school educa tion is a state function, it should not be left altogether to the un certainties and the inequalities of local support. Other states have recognized and assumed this ob ligation. ' Some day, when .Oregon's fi nances have become stabilized, she will need to give consideration to this major problem, the prob lem of equalizing educational sup port. But without state support, as already indicated, the most acute conditions now existing can be greatly improved by raising the county levy considerably above the ten-dollar minimum. In discussing a matter of this kind, the tendency is to point out faults that' heed to be eliminated, and to pass, unmentioned, those elements that are worthy of fa vorable comment. The two-mill elementary school tax is such an element in our fi nancial scheme, its outstanding virtue being the method of dis tribution to the districts. The basis of fhis distribution Is tffe number of elementary teach ers needed to run the school. ..A., rural school with only, ten pnplls-'must employ one full time teacher. A neighboring school in the same county with twenty pu pils also employs one teacher. These two schools participate equally in the distribution of the twn-mill elementary school fund, a$rightly sp. for their costs of cperatioVare approximately equal. LISTER IN . I uuagei. coumutee oi -rklsedvithts tax to fifte smd a year later to tw I But the real fact of the matter ij that even the counties are far from equal in their ability to pay. Hhcrman county has' five times as much wealth per. school, as Clack tunas; t , .. . . . . ,. . ,. - I Thefionly Way to equalize this iiiequalltjfa'mbhg counties Is thru the rijing bt, uhnyal por- inSi-rjnri FOUND RELIEF After Lmirj5iiffermg ly Tfc . Vegetable Compound ... - . " - iT I -was a; discouraged woman. For four months sue naa been In suoh poor health ' that she' could 'not stoop to put on her own t shoes. Unable to do her -work, unable to go out of doors or enjoy a friendly ehat Fith her neighbors, ' life ceeraed dark Indeed to Mrs. Ijaugiierty.; - " ' - 4The,f one day, . booklet was left at heiS front door. Idly sho turned tbe pages. Soon she was reading with raickened. interest. -.The little rnh-iti v flilpf, with letters from .: W w . tm tm ... w - - f- 1 msvmhn In cnndltlnni aimllaf tO herS 1 who had found bettes neann Dy tan- log Lydia m.4j;maaaiii Compound. ;"l began takin . the fVegeUblft if It, nfttiehertv write. -and slter I took the third bottle. 14 a vitaf ;t m on m v eievemn t...r. 5. r Ann' hiv that fmiiblft sicy c ore and feel like ar'tifferent table-. Compound to everyone I; see. ho has trouble like mine.- T am Tillies' to answer any ieiicrs u i vfn? ahoiit the Vegetable I rcnpouid." Mas. Eo. DAueHEarrr. Orchard Avert ?Iuscatl09-"Itw' . FKIDAT MOBKIKO 9:30-10:30-i-Kt'EC (2M). Mon Hawi- ian entertainers. 9:.';0-10:13 KXL (200). Mgrmnj; music. :43-11:S0t-KOW'. 49a). Exercises; haithphold hll "1 niusic. XOiOO-la.OO KKX 240). Ptttie Vook ; morning entertaininiit. 110 Ii;O0 KOiX (3l. Housewife's hour. FBI DAT AFTERNOON 12 :0O KFEC-. - YVethr report.,. -ilO-EndKTBR. 'flay by play baseball reports, t :00-5 :0J KKr;C. A1 iisic. X FRIDAY NIGHT 6yMi7:(io KOIN CJI9). Organ ...n.-prt. :tn-7:00 KWJJ 223). Twihte hour. H:00 7.-0O- KPW f02r. Dinner .omert 6:UO-7:00 KKX. Organ concert by lar win Wood. 7 :0-7 :1. KTBR. AAA road reports. 7:30-:00 KOiU. Quartet. 7:.t0-8:00 KKX. Travelos 8:00-9;00 KWJJ... Jioy White, pianist. h:ou :40-m.oj. Vebber s junior string orchestra. 8:00-9:00 KEX. Classical hour. 8:00-9:00 KOW. 'Phantoms of Broad way." 8:30-9:30 KTBR. Marcus Beach, Thelma Beach. Glean Hart and others. 9:00-10:00 KWBS (200J. Dorothy Dav enport. controlto and btrinifed instru ment prosram. 8:30-10 :0 KTBR. Musical Fout Leaf Clovers. - - 10:00-11:30 KOI Hulberfs dance orchestra. KGO Oakland (384). S, orchestra ; 6:45, 8. Western Artists' aeries; 10 dance orehestra. KFi Los Angeles (468). fl:l., 6:30, 7, Aeolian organ; 8, 10, girls' trio. KPO San Francisco t22). 8, 6:30, or chestra ; 7, book review; 7:20, 8, or chestra and soloist : 10, orchestra. KFRC -8an Francisco (454. 6:30, trio; 7. danee orchestra; 8. string ensemble and soloists: 9, 10, orchestra and old time band: 11, dance orchestra. KXX Hollywood (337). 6, orchestra; 6:30, orchestra: 7. 7:30, 8. 9, 9:30, 10. fight broadcast; 11, dance orches tra. KPOX Tong Beaeh (242). 6. orchestra: 7. church of Christ; 7:30, 8, band concert: 9, orrhextra : 10. rfolic. KFOZ Hollywood (232). 6. 7. 7 ; 1 Ha waiian trio and soloist ; 8, 9, orches tra and soloists. KHJr l,o Angele (405). 6, trio: 0:30. children's. honr; 7:30. 7:40, 8. "Grown-ups from the Children's Hour."' KFWI San Francisco, (268). 6, 7, 7:15. 8. dance orchestra; 9, 10, dance or ehestra. CKCT Victoria (476). 7:35. children's program ; , FRECKLES Tell How to Get Rid of These I'gly Spots and Have a Beautiful Complexion There's no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as. Othine .double strength i guaranteed to re move -these -homely spots. Simply get an ounce of Othine from any drug or department store and apply a little of it night and morning and you should soon see that, even .the. worst . freckles have begun -to disappear, while the lighter ones have vanished en tirely. It is seldom that more than one ounce is needed to com pletely clear ,the skin and gain a beautiful complexion'. ' ' Be sure to ask for the double strength Othine, as this i sold under guarantee ot money, back if it fails to remove your freckles. "tn contrast to this is the meth od of distrfbuting the other state and county funds to the districts in proportion fto the number of children between the ages of four and twenty 'years. ' The needs of city districts are approximately in this proportion but the rural district operating a one-room school with a few pu pils, "suffers from such a distri bution. And now I want to speak of the rural high school. Oregon has two hundred seventy high schools. Most of these are small. Two hun dred fifty of them have enrollment of fifty or less. These small high schools are attended very largely by boys and girls from the farms, so they are of special interest in this talk. Now I am not going to say that these small schoors "should all be done away with by uniting into large union high school districts. I do favor union high school dis tricts wherever feasible, compris ing sufficient territory to support a inodern institution with ade quate equipment and specially trained teachers for all departments. But there are situations in Ore gon where the only possible high school is the small one, and my interest is to help th small school to function effectively. ' I am not going to say that all small schools are poor schools. In many of them are to b found teachers especially adapted to work in schools of this typer -who are going a long-way toward over coming the handicaps of limited equipment, short recitation per iods and the necessity of teaching a wide Ange of subjects. But ihe fact, rejoains that, as things now, staid, the small high schools are subject to disadvan tages not faced by larger institu tions. v For one thing, they suffer from a heavy teacher turnover amount ing to a complete wiping out of the teaching corps in a large number of them year after year. Last fall fifty-four hlgn schools, over a third of those with less than fifty students, started off without a single teacher that had taught in the same school the previous year.' Many of these were young teachers who had served an ap prenticeship in the small school and had moved on toward a larg er position. But, whatever the teacher's rea son for leaving, the small school buffered from lack of continuity ci organization and administration and in many cases, the courses being pursued by the students were subjected to radical revision by the new teachers coming in. There is no way to prevent a large percentage of teacher turn over in the small schools. Those who are offered more attractive positions will accept them, and and many( young teachers who might do well under close and helpful supervision, will fail to handle situations in which they are placed altogether on .tieir own responsibilities and, ' in conse quence, are not .retailed, . The removal of the disadvan- lOPJSBlTtfc E3glIhl3G A convenient, com fortable low-fcost trip by train. Save time, monef.ti ncryovn energyC " favoMtevVcatiort pas time thereFUh; go wimming; hjcej fidet. over plafeid Yaquina Bay to meet the rolling waves from the Pacific. Low.Toundtrip fares: 16-dar Oct. 51 limit linu HS4,85- 3 $5,90 TlJtenrtatiCtTlrta 2 X i City Ticket orn-. ' 1K4 .N. IiHwt.V Telephone 80 Everybody Comes jtt THE BUSY FOUNTAIN ' Ref reshinjg Drinks 4- Salads to the Peerless Fountain Sandwiches PEEREESS BAKERY , , , 170 NorthmiacrciaV tages that 'resiult from r. heavy teacher turnover, and1 the 'general Improvement inthe 'work of the small high school lies in more, de finite supervision by the State De partment of Education. This de partment has general oversight of these 'schools along with others of the state. . - However, the special assistance needed calls for a high school su pervisor who can make this his special problem. It would be his job to see that the state course of study is followed year by year, see that students would not suffer from Jll-advised changes of sub ject; to see that complete records and reports were left at the close o? the year so that new teachers might have definite and adequate iLformation on which to base'their plans;' to advise 1n the effective or ganization of the schools so as to avoid waste of time and money; to supervise high school instruc tion and aid in its improvement. In this matter of the budget alone, a supervisor would do more than justify his existence. Some of the best high schools of the state operate at a per capita cost of $130 to J150. Others, mostly small ones, op erate at a per capita cost of from two to three times that much. LArge sums could undoubtedly be saved by these districts by the counsel of a trained and experi enced high school supervisor in making up and administering a budget. Over thirty states of the Union employ one or niore high school supervisors. The city of Portland has an assistant superintendent who has assigned to him the su pervision of the nine high schools of the district. The state of Oregon has special need of such an officer because of the fact that we have an excep tionally large number of small high Schools in which such ser vice would be of especial value. Until provision 4s made for the bringing to all our rural high schools that clean cut organiza tion, continuity of administration, and effectiveness of instruction that are to be found in the best of them, there will be no equal chance for the rural student. Ade quate supervision alone can ac complish this result! Mill GEft BIG -BEST Sixty Children Gather First Day for Program of Play and Games "Junior Town" got a good start yesterday among Chautauqua-go-ing youngsters who gathered at the big tent on the Willamette university grounds yesterday morning at 9 o'clock to get or ganized for the week. Some sixty youngsters boys and girls bent on a' week of healthy pleasur gathered yesterday and Miss Dor othy White, Junior director, was about the busiest person In Salem for the next hofir or so. The youngsters showed their willing ness to enter into, "the general scheme of things" at once and good progress was made. A picnic, track meet, new games and plays are on the schedule for the week. Miss White will be ably assisted in the track meet by Property Superintendent Ralph Steen. a law student in a Kansas university who has had consider able experience in this work and who promises a real' meet with all the thrills. Notwithstanding the extreme heat yesterday afternoon there was a goodly attendance of youngsters at the regular program fresh Vegetables Possibly no part of the coun try is blessed with such a variety of fine vegetables. Our early morning displays will make you hungry for Vegetables. String Beans, Telephone Peas, Head Let tuce, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers, Squash, Celery, As paragus, Solid Cabbage, Beets, , .Turnips, Carrots, Onions. Radishes. Fancy Large White Xew Potatoes Saturday Special 7 lbs. for 25c A 2 Cook Book Free This Week .. ' ' A representative of the Royal Baking Powder Co. is at our storo this week and offers this valuable cook book absolutely free with.he purchase of two twelve-ounce cans of Baking Powder. She also offers a set of jelly moulds free with the purchase of Royal . Gelatine. Call in and see the book and the moulds whether you intend 'to buy or not. j Meat Department There's keen delight, In a steak that's right. NRtftaks of appealing taste and tenderness conditioned properly in a market noted for its spotlessness and pure food products. .... -i t t fahty lot of 11 fan and Fryers for Friday and Saturday ' v . T r Medium and tfeavy Hens... v- 38c Ib.f Plump Fryers . 45c lb. ' j'( Ourptfvt dressed and drawn Bakery Department Chocolate .Angel Cuke A new cake we have Just re cently offered which is proving one of our most popular sellers. 6(c each Lady Baltimore Layer 75c Fruit "Filling Angel sud Sunshine 35c and Oc Cocoanut, X ut. Chocolate, Prune, 'Moeba Cakes KoatMl Three Layr .": Oblong Two Layer 50c Our Home-made Pies Am Delicious Apple, Peach, Loganberry 35c each Delicatessen trtment You can get a whole "meal ready to eat from ' this department. Salads', Cold" 'Meats, Pickles, Olives, Baked Beans, Cottage Cheese,. Sandwiches'. , . , ' "i"'' - Lunches put Up , Any size lunch for a picnic or outing prepared on -short no tice. Tell us how many in the party and we.wifl moke, up the right size lunch. Fruiti A fine assortment of Berries. Strawberries, Raspberries, Log ans, Blackberries, Black Caps, Early Triumph Peaches ( Yellow-meated ) Oc basket J3 lb. Crate of Apricots fZ.OO Cantaloupes lOc 13 for 35c, a for 33c Watermelons 3 l-3c lb. (On ice if you wish) Grapes, Oranges, Bananas, Grape Fruit ri fays Five Fruit Makes a delicious punch at less than 2c per glass. Come in and try some on Saturday. 85c Pint ' ft Ginger 'Ale Special 1 Dozen Hollywood; Ginger Ale , Sparkling and Snappy S2L35 per dozen t f LSO half dozen' MAZOLA OIL FOR. SALADS AND FRYING 40c QUART CAN - v 134 jSorth liberty. Street?,,' It t ..4'. ix ! i.1 ' OTH'S .J?on(' 1885-6-7 FREE 1)ELIVKRY , .- ; ' l at Z:3Q:TAn& they were "royally entertained by the Lucille Elmore company which also gave the mu sical part of 'the program last nighy: DEMPSEY LIKES RING RECEPTION ACCORDED ' (Oantinued from pag 1.) Two small cuts showed under his eyes.'but neither was deep and no stitches were necessary to close the wounds. Saturday Jack plans to leave for LoaAngeiesi for" a few' weeka vacation " before returning ' to train for the title match with Gene Tuuney in September. ' He does not know where he will undergo preparations for the championship fight; " - - - In his final word Dempsey ask ed thaU'fuIl credit be given Lea P. Flynn, his new manager, fot the part the,, "fox" played, in the comeback "Lto held me back in training," Jack said, "and probably kept ma from leaving my, fight In tbe tun- Juiriip. He kept me drilling far strength and :thal told alter tho third round when I first felt Sharkey beginning to weaken." "It was a tough fight, one of thA fJeripest I ever had. but I won. Fm hack on the road to my old championship, and . I wo.n't quit untU I get it." " Berlin restaurants,, have t put on the bill of" fare "Roast Beef a la Chamberlain." One ought to be able to go a long Way on that diet. i- - ii. ' jL. ill . . - j ' .. ; . .'' '-".'.".I" ' ""-it-".'; GRO'CERIES i At Special Prices That Mean a Saving to the Thrifty Housewife Special factory demonstrator will feature Royal White Soap, Bar None Washing Powder, and Steam Refined Borax Soap for Friday and Saturday. 1000 sheet Tissue Toilet Paper, 7 rolls 49c Bulk Macaroni 3 lbs. 19c Camphfell's pWk & Beans mediums, 3 cans 25c Standard Corn 3 cans' 7 33 c Pure Cane Sugar 10 lbs. 25 lbs. Cotton Sack... '$1.85 63 c Navy Beans Special, 3 lbs. 19c Nut Margarine 3 lbs. 63c Bulk Pure Cocoa 3 lbs. 25c Kellogg's Corn Flakes 3 pkgs. 25c Ginger Snaps per dozen 5c Bulk Peaberry Coffee per lb 3 lbs 35c . $1.00 Creme Oil Soap 4 bars 29 c Catsup, regular 25c bottles Friday and Saturday 15c Queen Anne Hardwheat Flour, 49 lb. sack. Strictly Fresh Ranch Eggs per dozen $1.99 Orders Over $1.00 Delivered Free 24c D RECTOR'S Grocery Pe C. O. D. Orders Given Prompt Attention CALL 1333 HENRY THE BUTCHER SELLS GOOD MEAT FOR LESS 23; S3? MM H va a a w a s i a - j i . Thi Most Obedient Servant in the City ff&Q lWSy your butcher SATURDAY'S SPECIALS Choicest Beef Pot Roast 15c Fancy Cured Bacon Backs, smoked ..24V2C Best Fat Salt Pork 12J&C Breakfast Bacon 24gc Boiled Ham .... .., 48c Snowcap Shbrtening ..... 10c (5 lb. limit) Fresh Kippered Salmon.. 25c Fresh Red Silver Salmon ji...;...:..j.l-7J4c A largeshipment just received 1 Freshly Dressed Frying f Chickens . . . .?7 Vc Sugar Cured Hanis..-..-24c I... -ft-; Protect Your Health! Demand U. S. Inspected Meats' 0' I EFF1CIEUT. MARKETING - i r k ' - r ' . T , ; 4 - W - M 174 CommcrclaCat Directors O" 'Telephone 1333 " I Ji . - Opposite Fairgrounds CurleyV Dairy Building Telephone 59 Harkets Benry Himself HENRY'S. MARKET, Inc.- 53 ..as V3 CO o O S3 w H 1 w P3 V ' ;I1ENRY THE bUTCHEII SELLS GOOD MEAT FOR LESS ! uV Ii n t i