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DAILY EAST Or. GOXIAN. PENTLKTOT, OREGON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 100.
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FREE' TEXT 10KS
MIXTNOMAH COCNTY MAN
PREPARING A BILL.
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TouU Cos of Books Inder rresent
Systean, Thru Entire School Period,
Is About $2 Per ClUld, While Under
Fire Tew Book Syn the Cost
Woukl Ba Roduccd to About 64
CVnta Per Head Superintendent
Itoblnaon of Portland, Indorses the
New Plaa.
anil in beating across t!ie river above
V'illula the wind struok the Mattle
brodadide and plied us u, on a reer.
Owing to the strong wind It was al
most impossible to work the boat
away from the rocks and Engineer
Harris went nut in the life boat to
plant an anchor so we could work
the steamer Into deep water.
"In throwing the anchor overboard
Engineer Harris accidentally upset the
boat and he was thrown into the
river."
That another favorite measure ad
vocated by the populists In Oregon 14
years ago, Is to be Indorsed and per
haps adopted by the republican legis
lature of Oregon, Is now very proba
ble.
Representative J. W. Beverldge, a
republican member of the house from
Multnomah county. Is now preparing
a comprehensive free text book bill,
to be presented to the coming session
of the legislature with fair chances of
receiving good support from all sides
In his efforts to pass It
Representative Beverldge Is encour
aged to offer this bill to the Oregon
legislature by the success of the
measure In the state of Nebraska,
where It has been In force for a num
ber of years.
He has estimated the total cost of
school' books under the present sys
tem to be about IS per child, for the
entire school period, from kinder
garten to high school, while under the
free text book system, where books
would be purchast and kept on hand
by the district the average cost would
be but 61 cents per child for the
same period. This great saving to the
community In the cost of school books
Is alone an Inducement for the pas
sage of the bill. '
County Superintendent R. F. Rob
inson of Multnomah county, Is heart
ily In favor of the plan, and is work
ing with Representative Beverldge In
preparing- and promoting the measure.
Aside from reducing the aggregate
cost'of school books In the conrmunl
ty, Mr. Beverldge has enumerated the
following advantages of the system
First They Increase the schoel at- I
tendance.
Second They save time In the or
ganization of a school.
Third They secure complete uni
formity of text books In the school.
Fourth They enable teachers to
control better the organisation and
discipline of the school.
Fifth They enable the teacher to
enforce cleanliness and neatness and
to Impress upon pupils respect for
books and for public property.
Sixth They spread a richer course
before the pupils In the lower grades.
Seventh They render more fre
ouent changes possible.
Eighth They take away still fur
ther the barriers between well-to-do
and poor pupils.
C. P. RAISES WAGES.
Telerrafers Receive Incrcewt Pay AH
Along the Line.
The Cheyenne Tribune says of the
Increast pay for telegraf operators
on that system:
The members of the Order of Rail
way Tclegrafers on the Union Paci
fic are haDDV today as the result or
rood news received yesterday from
Omaha where the executive commit
tee of the order has been conferring
with General Superintendent W. I
Park and other general officers of the
Union Pacific.
The cause of their happiness Is the
fact tli.it each and every telegrafer
on the road has been granted an In
crease In pay of from (5 to $30 a
month. The total increase amounts
to $2,000 f.r .the 400 telegrafers em
nloved. E. L. StumD of Denver, is
chairman of the executive committee,
and F. A. Trapp, of Tipton, Is the rep
resentative of the Wyoming division
at the meeting. The new schedule
roes Into effect on October 1.
The Increase of pay for the men
varies according to conditions, but
practically amounts to $5 a month for
each man and from $20 to 30
month for the managers. The men In
the Cheyenne office will receive an
Increase of $5 a month, while Mana
ger Q. W. Hood will receive about $32
a month additional.
He has been granted. a flat Increase
of. $2. a month In srilary and In audi'
tlon receives 20 pFr cent of the rev
nuea from the Western Union messen
ges handled in the office of the Union
Pacific wires, or approximately $30
a month more.
The minimum pay for telegrafers
on the Wyoming division west of
Cheyenne nas been Increast from $67
to $70 u month and for telegrafers
east of heie from $5 to $60 a month.
With 25 ienta for lunch hours :m
ploy's west of Cheyenne will be paid
about 10 or $80 a month and east of
Cheyenne from $66 to $70 a month.
An Increase of 7 cents an hour was
also made In pay . for overtime. ,
Taking Into consideration the short
hours the men are employed it is now
conceded by the employes here that
the schedule la he highest in the
United States atd to say the tele
grafers are plenxed Is expressing their
Joy In mild terms:
Catarrh Cannot Bo Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cn
not reach the seat ot the disease. Catarrh
la a blood or constitutional dUeaae, and lu
order to cure It yoo must take Internal
remerilea. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally, and acta directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is
not a quack medicine. It was prescribed
by one ot the best physicians in this coun
try for years and la s regular prescription.
It Is composed of the best tonics known,
combined with the best blood Durlfters. art-
Ins directly on the mucoua surraces. The
perfect combination at the two Ingredients
Is what produces such wonderful results In
curing catarrn. sena ror lesiimoniais iree.
F. 3. CHKNEY a CO., Props, Toledo, O,
Sold br druggists, price 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation
Reformed Sicllliig at Athena.
The Athena Press says: The East
Oregonian Is the first paper In eastern
Oregon to Introduce reform spelling.
The fonetlc system looks odd but It is
a time saver, to say the least. The
"intelligent compositor" introduced
the system In the Press Tuesday, tak
ing the word "bridle." He added an
extra "d," and now the dazles are
blumlng on hlz grave.
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Women and Children.
River Boat Not Badly Damaged In
Storm.
Arie Hover, captain of th steamer
Mattle C. Hover, reported wreckt In
the Columbia river above Wallula last
week, was In Walla Walla yesterday,
says the Walla Walla Statesman.
"Instead of lying at the bottom of
the Columbia a hopeless wreck, the
Mattle Hover Is on her run again be.
tween Wallula and up river points,'
said Captain Hover yesterday.
"We had an accident, resulting in
the death of Bnglneer Cole Harris, but
It waa not as bad aa first reports sent
out. '
'A terrific storm was raging on the
Columbia the evening of the accident
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