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V ltaw tta4 J Mat, The Question of Teacher a Salaries THE Willamette valley haa been low-apot pn th6 salary map of western education. The paxfe probably fewest; of any area west of the Rockies. Ther are two reasons tor thf condition, one the fact that the delightful climate at tracts teachers here for lower compensation than in leas fav ored zones; another the low incomes which the school dis tricts enjoy. So far aj the Salem situation U eoncmd, the board is quite helpless. Its warrant debt Is f he fcizhest of any district in the aUterronntof well ver -JWy WWJft pmty M other city districts are redacin or extinsuishinar their war rant debt, the Salem dibt kaem xnounUn2, The board cannot entertaia the proposals for general increases In salaries m-1 til it gets ft financial borne m better jHCder . No mpnicipal corporation should operate with waxrjicjk indebtedness. There are brief periods between tanaayin? months when- it may be necessary to Isstje .arranfci; But P every city and school .district should be able to close its fiscal year with its current ohtotions paid Gd p warrants out- Salem school board will have to do something to reduce this floating debt. All the other school districts are making head way along this line, and some of them have virtually ex tinguished their warrant debt. " Salem's immediate problem Is that the school enrollment i i ui xi At- m.. l. itU grown mure rnpwx uui nicuiup. ue per tcm limitation acts as an effectual obstada for sufficient in creases in revenue to keen up with the growth of the schools, let alone taking care of a higher salary budget. It is not that the work of teachers here1 is not "appreciated, for it is. But a school district's puree has its limits just the same as the in dividual's. . The trouble with Oregon schools is that they have to compete with other states where the atate government is very generous with tne scnoois. uregon let its scnooi lanas go for a pittance in the early days, s the income from the permanent school fund is very small. The state elementary school tax is very smalL In Washington, for example, the state provides; $20 for; every chili of school age, and the county $10. JJnti! there is a larger measure of state support of education hi Oregon there; seems little chance for the schools to pay the same salaries to teachers as neighboring states. '. I. ? --' BITS to BREAKFAS rByJL J. fTFNDIUCKS : A e panUanttirr altec -. Hera v vsaeatlsms Tae re- Torrtnr fund law aUowt the stale board at con trol a contract for raw nater Uki aaA to buy maefciaery n4 nay"" iaatp: aail etan .lab erer pa Vr taom vp , i?to TOaaafactBr 4 article vita-. oat, limit; also, Uowa tbe board ; - to bor- - , Figures, on School Attendance COME of the cities like Portland and Baker, are wonder- M ing why the index of school attendance growth is not re fleeted fn the census figures Baker for instance has had a aubstantial growth in school attendance, but its population Is stationary. Portland with a gain of 23 in school attend? Unce has only about a ten per cent gam in population. To make a careful study of this one should'go back to the birth statistics of ten years preceding. Children in school in 1920 must have been bora in 1914 or earlier. Children in school in 1930 were bom in 1921 or earlier. Without having the figures the speculation is probably idle. It must be re called, however, that the. war period of 1914 to 1918 and par ticularly from 1917-1919 was period ef deferred marriages, Then when the war ended and the boys came home the wed . ding bells started ringing .vigorously. Then followed the births of children of these marriages; and what a fine crop of youngsters they were. Now they are all n school. This unnatural interference with matinzs in the war was followed by a reaction the other way when the war ended, and prob ably there was a higher ratio of births in the years 19Z0- 1924 which stimulated the growth m the school enrollment. Here are other factors: the school attendance is longer si4 "v AAwlw e a children come from the country in greater numbers, swelling the school enrollment in cities without increasing the genera! population. " r So far as water, light and telephone connections go, the increases here are not . Very dependable.' They indicate changes in economic status or in social habits as much as rrowth-in numbers of the "consumers. ; Figuring out the rhyi an4 wherefores of populatian changes and lack of changes is as interesting as a cross-word puzzle. It is a game which is open to everyone, but the sharp- penciled statisticians will have the last word. , Fiehtiriff Fire with Fire I700LOGISTS and entomologists know that the best way v MJ to combat insect pests is to find some other and harmless insect which will make war on the disturber. Many a plant disease is thwarted by the introduction of some foe which dees the trick and makes unnecessary special control meas ures which so often are futile or only, partially effective. We note that Trevor Kincaid, one of the most eminent geologists in the country, whose work in Washington state hss attracted wide attention, says that the' garden beetle is the best antidote for earwigs. He , discounts 'the .value1 of spreading poison, but commends the work Of the beetle. Here is what he wrote a Portland man: "la bo far aj Seattle ts eonerneLtha earwig problem is solved i end Is gWlng ns Bo farther concern. Jl European Insect, the garden ground beetle (Pterastichus rulgTi) rrlred hero by some unknown arencr, presunublj 'with bulbs ie the earwig itself, and as it grad ually spreads' orer the city the earwigs ranlsh. since the beetle hunts them like a terrier hunts rats. . ? - -it is obTiating the expenditure et tfaw rams f or WUnx. tn which, as a matter of tact, I hare little faith, as it is a mere pal Uatire It effectire at H. an oe istio to the, root f tr atr after the fashion f a nttnral enemy t - ; -t : I Nature has its own checks and balances. Dne set of bugs )s opposed by some other insects, and the great chore of man is to keep the sets at war so that his own freedom of con trol is not endangered. The earwig is not so great a pest af ter all. Like the snake, he suffer? because people do not like him. ..... ' . .. . WHAT SAS HAPPENED BS70B& ON the ere of liar marriage to Rodney Sayre, JEmiiy Daaae diaas peaxs. She bad lett br BOWalo Park horn-, -KaoUwood,-to visit the hospital, bat nerer reached here. Fonl pUy is feared wben Jim Pennington reports his wife, Faeliae, and Easily best friaad, also mn!"g- HOW GO ON WrfH THE STORY. , CHAPTER XUL INVOWPrTARTLT, Pete looked 9r footprints. . Bat were possiblo o the hard, stony road, eorered, too. : "The" green-eyed monster was her call-boy saya toe A. P. ro 1 port of the Mrs. Gny Bates Post affair. Petty snlte loosed the anrln of hatred and Jealousy and Mrs.. Post killed her lornr-tlma friend, then ended her own life. The friend, Mrs. Palmer, had bee cbosen to dt- . rect commumty piaya, a taste rormeriy allotted to Mrs. Poet; : and Sirs. Palmer had been lnrited to a luncheon and not Mrs. Post." sa the idol of the sUga becp a Tengefni fwHe. How thla lathe Tt jeer ox greainess, '-.-'." " - . " ' ' . " ' . ,: . ' ' Z " ' - ' . y g'-" - T - . " ..' - - - """m aisen vaossa wraHes'ana fonTesuoss piacs the war to keep international lawyers busy tor a mnieaium. The r zmi i ue reea tno liondon treatlee wero elgwed aad the last el ih Week the reparations treatr was aimed araln at Paris. . .n;M lntnm lnsTes. t The roa4tbre waj ne f oot- embankment, then across a bridge fhat spanned Widwf.. tayme. vrto anothe? bridgj toat ersma a amaB trV1! af t te mere level lands and a itreet hich led to the tWfJ Here Gibby waaadimtUdjaid Un tNKid t' a, large, stalwart man elaenial address. nd plc- THi!irraVirW StereWn looked Wtfe end then asked him to SWiwbim Tfeerefitb the door shut, bis host toW Poto tbat behad no w f9Ttie foreigner in Suit : Mrs. tevenson iwis really Sfy about him, and theroroM Goald saj nothing to bis disparaye- what 'to-ZZfi! itanding, his history?1 wrged Potf. -Nothing, simply nothing," said Stereneea, With g finality that it seemed useless to prod him further. t "And, I snpposeMm Stevenson knows no more tbaa jpoa doT" he. "No. Not Ms past W sponsors. Tbo women or w pwee 1M tv kh, asd in true feminine fashion they wanted no CuarantM relewBeef. Sorry ot to bo more belptulbat that ??J .. -t naA walked back through the starless, murky nAt ha remarked to himself .that Friend Stevenson was one . large ImA lMTt liar. Putmitiv'walked atari back to Knollwood, thinking about MrJ Stevenson. u anew dohubt i the man but what ho bad just seen for himself, but he was puzzled at his attitude. ' On the face of tWngl,. w was au right for Stevenson to distrust the SwarnL but te hesitate about say- mg so, mwemvm - rifa'a frimL ' -- ' But rGIhbv sensed more than that.There was something furtive shant Stevenson's manner that im plied a deeper feeling about the whole matter -than merely bis wife's eninion. "On, lord,'' groaned Gibby to l5mlf . "I'm a. fine detective. I am! Running off with aU sorts of fool ideas that have no basis what ever. If im coins to iook into this ease, and I certainly am. must be at least methodical and logical about it. Emily is missing, mysteriously missinr, and so is Pollv Pennlnrton. Now. first of au, are they together, wherever thr era. ni BeDaratedt If the same influence U responsible for bt " disappearanees. they are iwislly together. And I feel it must be the same mfluenee. Irs to extraordinarr for a bride and her matron of honor to be wiped e3f the earth at the same tune, nn fca. try te tame agent. But granti? tat, where does it get me? lawliere." Gibby trudged along his mind a blank as far as theories or de ductions were concerned. Indeed, his detective instinct was decidedly embryo, being merely a lover ef uetccuT Bhvi tea, wui uk iiuiiu for solving their fieional prob lems, , A r-l rAlea of mrsterv bad neves X.zliT esr-e t'j way, and feympalhy to the waiting husband ana uses) bom uwaxawi awiwa w their own tragedy. For ho had begun to look on it at a tragedy. Vast certainly some thing bad happened. What sort of happening it could be, he didn't know, couldnt even imagine. But it spelled trouble, end tt was near inr a crisis. Before ho reached the bouse at -I Knouwood, be knew there was no good news there. If Emily .had returned, the bouse would have been lighted up from top to bot tom, whereas, there were only lights Ja the forage and a few ewer rooms. . He went fat and f ouad Everett Craven was still these, bnt Rodney and Lamb bad mot vet returned. Ti;r like. your eui fctevon- , He had crossed the bridge over the little ravine and was nearing the big ravine. These two bits of natural scenery were the pride ef HiKdale. TXoe whole town was picturesque. whole topography was bills and es, but the two ravines were 3 erred canyons whose reeks een tossed vo from tile clefts m the earth by some pcehistorie Convulsion of nature. The bridges across these were ef a rustic sort, and ever their raH ings vines had been trained by the own Iniprovement Society, who K- Wtense pnue m -tosMnns w rnoss of their fair city. Not really a citr. HUldale was a good-sixod town and rrtwing apape. ' - WW The shoos and business section were some distance away from the residential jpark. and the great estates af the landewnera were Jealously swarded from invasion of any mooern unprorcmenv (aax w-aa? w lsff ws''w t fr A fine me tor read had been nut through, but otherwise the reads and paths ware almost primitive. Tko houses, osually on a hi3 or rise oi groune, wore approached by walks ef lrteularr shaped flagstones or hiU of marble. It was in ne sense an oid-thne place, tt was aU modern, but it aimed for aunpiicuar and good taste. Semetiniea adventurous climbers would go down into the ravines but it was a wearisome, even dan gerous tup, en sew dared tt. Gibby bad Mused eathehridre as ba-ereaoed ska little vavina sad leaning against the stout ratting, looked down into the dark abyss. . The thought struck him that Pmily might have fallen over the rail, but he saw at once tt was too high. for. that. .Moreover, she had jused the brid gee all her life aad Etuid not dream ef leaniai ever oTtide too far. . . Vm Van IasuVsuI Jam tsOA ti. I -et ? iowuws nv ew a Aiatiw aaatj black darkness, and determined that when it was again daylight, pe ravines men a leotted into. ui wougn somewnat luumined oei furrounding scene, its rays id not penetrate the black chasm. Ho concleded to say nothine? ef is, however, for it was toe re- ote a possibuity and it would robably send the girls into bys- ncs. . So Pete Gibby went wn. tarln abut him al .the wlamt the scattered bouses If ost of the noiases snowea ongnc agnts, ane front, some be could bear sounds pi music, or even uughins voices. - u anew zew ox uiem, however i only the young; people who bad been, over to Knouwood for the hearsal had he even met lie glanced up at the Penning n bouse as he went on. Snr. rounded by trees it was on the Sji tLI te thai little ravme. f Oalv a few lirhtJ showed fW ? S w a m. im ennoows, anuuuoy ieit a ware 1 Zim MtZ" haviET eso cow r.;ur-- 2a down be- fre hCT H was a lit e bewildered y bis sudden opportunity. ' OFporU of compassion for the ' man sat there, as .uncertain as to his wife's fate as they were about had sensed a slirht hint of remenls. mer.1 m fcjanington's attitude, It was almsst as if Penn - blamed lEm2y for Pplly'e disappearance. Aimosi as 12 ne uougns tnat kb'tt hadrrr?i wife te p te the hosr! -its get the new ativ. Ani rcte id gathered that the sfglt f tuy baby was liable to sera-; w j c.Z in one ef her nerv ous jrpeU, tzi that iu roch case she w- trr er li Irr?-;;-:" la. e ta tiva A Us-U At-real p. f. Qimdrfcki to the extent of constitutional limit, to provide funds to do thf things mentioned. The board does make Contracts that run fate hundreds ef thous ands ef dollars, and wul run Into millions annually within a f ewJ yean, for the purposes named. May not the board, by tbo aame sigSL. borrow aa much aa S5Q,v0u. te make payments on options ef una, say i&oe acres,- uittmataiy te be used as a site for a new prism, for the curpoa f grow ing raw materials tor maautact utiag, paying a low rate of later- eet on the options, and finally wiping put the principal in each contract maaer V V Also, by . act of the legislature, being jUlpwed to eeU the present site of the prison, as fasas parts or ;eosid be released through the use of the new UaL jtha money to be paid late the reroiv fas road? . In tea, way; the Institution. from its . own resources, could buy the 1600 acre sit v construct we necessary moaern uaustrmi and other fundings. aaiL witkin a tew years, traaafer the whole plant to the new site, Thia would oeier t&e time waoa the institu- uoa would be self supporting. Otherwise, It would not cost the taxpayers of the state anything at an. The Industries could pay out on the whole proposition, for ".ana. machinery, buildings, and all the rest. They could do this at an earlier date than otherwise by baring say 1200,009 put into the rerolTlng fund in order to provide more ready cash for pay ing the farmers for their flax and thus handle the product of 10, 00 acres of J. W. S, pedigreed flax seed at an earlier date than would otherwise be possible. The 1200.000 need not be appropriated absolutely. It might be advanced from the general fund, or provld ed In some other way, and bear interest and be finally returned, in full. This proposition would make the owners of the 1500 acres of land stand In the way of ad vancing the amount of the de ferred payments on what they had optioned to the state through the revolving fund contracts ' stand In the stead of men who might be glad to loan that much money on long time, with annual Interest. It would be that much less to get by appropriations or advances. It would bo the founda- tiouof the beginning of the pro cess ef acquiring the new site and soeL.7 Gibby said to the lawyer, aa kersfigavett . . .y "Vtlur noT" asked Craven, net gjreafly interested. .' , -i aon-x imw. sen e Doctor IW, ImesB. But he doesn't ring tone. hV says .be cent abide HS Oriental Nibs, huts he's a friend of Mrs. Stevenson's he has to swaDow Km. . elL thafs nbeut tba siae af H. And he's not alone in that. Some several hashanda nnt n with the obnoxious Lai Singh be cause ne-s a lad with toe wyiften." nothing criminal about him, 1 Wpwoser - "Not taat I know of," Craven said. "I've looked him over nrettv well, and he seems to me Just out f prtiie cash.' -poes no Charge hy the hour?" Oh. res. That b. be rives an afterneoji or an eyening here and ' there, and expects and gets a good ly bonprarium. It's an light if people choose te fall for it. He got around Erafly In the matter of Iter wul, but he ildnt get any im- meutBi money mm ner. JSXCept ft course, bis awn fee, when .she engaged him for an afternoon. H suppose, Pete, Nell put tn, onre trying to fasten Emily's sense on Mrfiineh. If mn anlv knew how ridiculous it makes you appear 1 un, i anew you zaney yourself ae r4WQp, NefJj- said Betty, whf was ciying new, 1 front have yoi ; speak Melt EmOy bad been HoVl naped or something . spoke abruptly. - - I But before 'nayeno eesJd rm. I spond to his question, Rodney and. Lamb came in. Their dejected air made inquiry unnecessary, and ft was in silence r that they let Prall take their haU and sticks and provide them with i highballs and cigarettes. -) "Something's got to bo done, 4 said Sayre, heavily. He snoko aa ona in a droaia aa? trance, I 'L4A .til -yen ses." no went en, "some. Ens must aave banened. EmDvi isn't at any bouse : we called at aft I the neighbors'. She never got te 1 the bespits, we've been there. We . could find nobody who saw her or I beard ef her after she left this : place. Prall saw her go out the f back door, and that s all wo know, Now, as the person most deeply interested, I feel I should take thf helm I'm not forgetting you.-; Aunt Judy, ho ld. with a i thetid look at txtt. riut as mHy ( future husband I feel I have a t . a 1 eat .4 "Of course yea have.. Rodnev." I Aunt Judy said, tremendously, 1 "Whatever yea think best te do. . that you must do." I think so, and I propose tf I caQ the police at ones and let them take up the matter.' That is,-t my mind, the only thing to do. i The n!y argument against ft is tha. unpleasant publicity of it. r-2; I tiak thf me has come to df eeuxJ that. . If Emily is a3 rlht,' she will forgive us for gem?? aa' alarmed at herabsence, snd if tve ant all right, surely wf wf, ktSff the police," . tt ia w Mv nn 4aai MHaiM nitimatelr. creating tkanew prison plant. And the options would In other- respects amount to a eale for cash, for the would be perfectly good. The Interest would be kept ae and the full principal. amoxUxed or otherwise provided for in full. Thf con tracts would Terr aeon be aeon to he as good es any loan could possibly be, fad would be good atsoir above their face at the banks. . : . s ftj i '.-'These sugesilons are made for the consideration of some out standing member of the coming legislature, to convene In Janu ary next. Perhaps there If some other way that would accomplish the thing better. The whoif thing Is -sound, based on what may be done, with the State flax plant aad the other prison industries. They can work out their own sal vation, it given a chance. For the, two rears eodinx Oct- tober 'l, 1S2S, the arose expenses 01 tae uregon penitentiary were S71,1ES, and the earnings were $211,01 Ml. er within t7.2t.9S of the amount necessary to make bad there been plenty of money to pay for the raw materiaU end the betterments that were aecee- ary to keen the industries going. That is, tbo institution was with in a little less than ttMOf a year of being aelt-upportlag. With approximately the aame overhead, and a larger' business. the InsUtutian wUi very aeon be more than self supporting- or rather would bo with an ample revolting; fund and the plant com pletely equipped tor doing its ag gregate' of business, 'all "paid tor. . If areuld be muck bettor if (here were ne eonsiltuUonai lim- Itatton of the amouat that might be' berrewed te proTide an ample surplus for the revolving fund and thus bare the new cite pur chased for cash and tha new plant constructed aU at one job aa quickly as could be done under good business methods, with the use of Inmate labor to the largest possible extent. V "a Thla Is what was done at the Minnesota state penitentiary at Stillwater, It was done Just prior to 1102, since which time that institution has been entirely self supporting, and has had a large surplus in Its revolving fund moat of the time, though at some peri ods large borrowings, have been made to buy raw materials as for instance, during the World war period. The raw materials are mostly sisal from the state qt Yucatan, Mexico, for the mak ing oi twine, mostly omaer twine; and' manila hemp from the Phil ippines for the making of rope. At first only the Inmates who worked in the Industries were paid a daily wage. Now every in mate who works at any task re ceives a daily wage, and there is also a-bonus fund of about $20, 000 :a yr paid to the more needy families oft the inmates. And the Industries provide all the funds. Nothing haa been asked from the taxpayers of Minnesota tor the support of the institution since 1902. All the state of Minnesota as a going concern has done since that date for the Stillwater peni tentiary nas een to lend its credit to provide n revolving fund surplus; a working fund surplus. The Oregon penitentiary ia working to the same basis, under aa almost identical revolving fund las. Tha mala difference Is that the credit resource of the state of Oregon that la provided is only 150,001, ea account of the con stitutional limitation. This ham ner the ouick transfer of our in- stttaUoa fo, ike Wis of self sup port., though we have a better primary , foundation, than Minne sota, because we have- mr grow or can grow all the raw materials near the plant. . Perhaps some member sitting in the Oregon legislature at its session convening in January next can devise a better way than that above suggested to al low this state to' nave a new prison 'and modern prison plant at "one Jump, er to be acquired and constructed quietly. Who shall It be? : The construction of the state office building, the 'method of providing the funds for which passed the. test of the supreme court; may offer 4 suggestion. ' -- -W The basis is sound. The ques tion, to be decided Is as to the plan, under put eonstiiunonai limitation. We can get around it by bavins plenty of time. Per haps we can vault over it at one Jump. Or e eduple of Jumps. Yesterdays ... Of Did Oregon Town Talks from The Sutcs man Our Fathers Read ? April S7, IOCS While slashing -brush upon the W. p. Claggett place four miles north of town, S. A. Alfred slashed bis left foot ee severely that ho will not be able to work agala for several weeks. , H. 0. Meyer attended the de velopment league convention in Portland yesterday and transact ed business in connection with the state barber commission. Mrs. W. G. Westaeott haa had her property on Court street, oc cupied by H. J. Otteaheimer. mov ed to a new location on Chemeke ta street and workmen have started construction ,of a modern dwelling en the vacant lot. Two of the latest type Pope-Toledo automobiles came to this city from Portland, driving through in two hours and forty- .f ; . . i . m . . . I known for automobiles between the two points. This was accom plished notwithstanding the rough condition of the roads. Zadoc J. Riggs, proprietor of the Capital drug store, fell from his bicycle yesterday morning and sustained a severe bruise on the side ot hi head. A PROBLEM A DAT ' . The formula -for a certain shade v. w .... m 1 ha w . miUan and S parts white. -The painter mixed C parts vermilion and white. How can he correct his mistake without waste? Answer te Saturday Problem 1314.65: Explanation Multi ply 100 by IS by ; divide by 10000; multiply by 11. rpn?7 Stranger IS ISd than FICf ION Come in and ask for PROOF of cvcit tatcrneat made in thia aclvcrliiemcnt foelsstet! sm.y e mm V I "vreihs "hall vfc MaaiSama 4 1 k '-2! :aK" t hi 91 00.000 ca. miles W ".T T M i - S or unitccL states 1 sum -rjm CrVf v ' r . Another Truth: you can yjirovia . ' by coming here r: ; PEOPLE WHO DO THEIR OWN THINIONG ; knpw that by buying their Home furnishiiigs here vr : they can keep their Home m better condition for - ..less money. - --.-r-y - Come in; we lyill take pleasure in proving thb I' t -, 13 - SBfln!lUfUl2iUSMH!WUltf!K!tK t- :i..'j.. . .......... . ... --y"tn"nHtwin.inwiwwy.iiiwp'. i" ..l$?;Cirt St. :. , a mius : v nira quality 13 nisncii thaix pwcs