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The Boardman Mirror
Boardman, Oregon
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Mahk A. Cleveland, Publisher
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LAW BEST IN U. S.
Oregon's new school district
law authorized by the passage of
House Bill No. 21") is character
ized h.y prominent educators and
editors as the best school dist
rict law in the United States
There was a time many years
nw whtn "the little old red
chool house" served the pur
pose of the then isolated com
munities very well, and there
are some who still think it is
good enough.
The demand for secondary
education was ,for many years
supplied by religious and private
academies, but these were in the
main free schools and did not
serve all the people. Then came
slowly but surely the free pub
lie high school. For awhile
these were mostly located in
towns and cities, but theconsoli
dation idea has been developing
and there are many rural high
schools and yet with all our ad
vances but a small proportion of
the children of the land Special
ly those in rural communities
are adequately served, this con
ditiyn being due principally to
poor housing and equipment, un
trained teachers and lack of
funds. Every child, poor or
rich, city or rural, should have a
equal chance, under equal con
ditions, to get an education that
will make him a lirst class citi
en, able to satisfactorily per
form the dut ies of civil life;make
him economically independent,
self supporting; and so train. him
that he will know how to spend
his leisure time profitably with
out interferring with others
The idea back of the new law
is to supply these equalizing
conditions and influences, to
raise the standard of rural edu
cation, and to securo efficient
supervision Ol the same.
This act applied to Morrow
county would put all the schools
of t he county umijer the jnrisdu
tion of the county board of tive
members, since there is no dist
riot In thecounty unless it would
be Heppuer that would have 600
pupils on the census. If they
have they would be a town diet
riot and retain their present or
ganization All the other schools
would be under the county
board. I he theory is that it is
far easier to secure from the
county hve very able men than
160 or more as at present requit
ed The county district board
assumes control of all school pro
perty and all indebtedness
against the same, within ths dis
trict. The first county board
would be made up of tive chair
men of existing boards and at
the next annual election a new
board would be elected. There
would be a metniK place for the
board provided by the county
court in the courthouse.
The duties of the uew board
would be:
To employ a superintendent of
schoois, tix his term of office and
oompeoMi ion, including neose
sar.v traeling expenses. (I're
sent superintendents would serve
out their tyuis )
To employ a school clerk,
his compensation, bonds etc.
To employ all necessary assis
tant superintendents, supervis
ors, teachers, janitors, and as
sistants and tix their compensa
tion. To lease and build school
houses, buy and lease lands for
school purposes, furnish all sup
plies, etc.
To prepare annual budget,
l"Vy taxes, make annual printed
report to tax payers, consolidate
schools and arrange for trans
portation of pupils, fix tuition,
and determine boundaries to be
serv ed by each school house etc.
It will be seen that provision
is made for efficient supervision
of all schools, that consolidation
will be encouraged, that econ
omv in management and in the
purchase and distribution of sup
plies will be secured, and that
the blanket tax covering the
whole county will lessen the tax
for 75 percent of the districts,
which are now paying 10 to 20
mills or more. Umatilla county
has figured that a six mill blan
ket tax will supply all the money
now required to run the schools
Even the increased supervision
charge would not raise the tax
more than two mills.
Other features of bill allow for
the election of a local school
committee of three same as now
) present boards serve until the
next annual election.) This com
mittee cares for the school pro
perty, determines its use for civ
ic purposes, visits the school
(same as now) reports to the
superintendent the progress and
the needs of the school and wish
es of the people concerning same,
and recommends improvements
In school property. By unani
mous vote they may, not less
than thirty days previous to
the opening of school, reject
any teacher assigned by the
board, notice of rejection to be
delivered in writing and specify
the reason They may also es
tablish high schools under the
present regulations.
There are still other features
of the bill covering duties of of
ficials etc , that are unnecessary
to outline as they are the usual
duties of such officials.
To our mind the weak point
in the law is that it is op
tional with the oonn
ties. It should have been
made mandatory. Experts state
that it will take three genera
tion to overcome the individual
and community selfishness that
has always handicapped educa
tional reform. Hope in former
limes has been placed in local
district boards but they have
not understood fundamental
rural or educational needs.
The state should exercise its
inherent right and de
mand constructive reforms and
create the system above outlined
under which school business can
be transacted in a modern man
ner, and uuder which rapid pro
gress along modern lines will be
possible.
It is to be hoped that Oregon
will not drag along and wait for
the mandatory authority of the
state to effect this reorganiza
tion, but that within the year,
each and every county in the
state will have taken the great
forward step that means eftici
ency and progress, uuder the
option granted by the present
law.
The Ladies Aid of Boardman
entertained the ladies of Irrigon
at an si I day meeting Wednes
day March 16th, The church
was very homelike and tasteful
ly arranged. There were fifty
in attendance, thirteen being
visitors from Irrigon and three
men, also from Irrigon. In the
forenoon Mrs. Pagerstrom ren
dered numerous selections on the
piono. At the noon an excellent
luncheon was served followed by
an enjoyable program in the
afternoon.
Piano solo, Mrs. ('raw ford.
Heading, Mrs. W. O. King.
Violin solo, Mrs Wicklander.
Reading, Mrs Cramer.
Vocal solo, Mrs. Wm. Finnell.
Piano solo, Mrs. Fagerstrom.
A business meeting was held
at the close and officers elected
tor the following year.
The following ladies were
guests from Irrigon. Mesdames
Walpole, Fagerstrom, Howard,
Wolfe, Lester, Chaney, Ricks,
Rand, Anderson, Sampson, Wis
dom, and Rev. and Mrs. Hood.
H. H. WESTON
Boardman, Ore.
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Office Hours 4-1 3-6.
Calls answered day or iiitrliaV
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Osteopathic Physician
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Office over Hank Building, Hermiston
Calls answered at all hours.
DR. P. V. PRIME
IH5NTISTRY
Hkhmiston, Ohio.
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S. E. NOTSON
Attorney-at-Law
Office in Court House
Heppner - - Oregon
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For sale in Boardman at C. E. Snively's and the
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JAMES D. ZURCHER
ATTORNEV-AT-LA W
Stanfield, Oregon
Will be at the Highway Inn Wed.
nesday of each week.
Francis McMenamin
LAWYER
Heppner, Oregon
Roberts Kldg. Phone 643
Only Restaurant in Pen
dleton Employing a full
crew of white help
The French
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Real Estate Insurance
Legal Conveyances Made
BOARDMAN OREGON
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J. L. Vaughan
206 E. Court St.. Ptndletea, Ore.
lectrc Jix
tures Supplies
Klt-c t r ic Contracting
BOARDMAN
Townsite Co
E. P. DODD, Pres.
The Continental Insurance Co.
of New York
Arthur I .. Larsen
Resident Agent
BOARDMAN, OREGON
The Ladies Aid will 0000001
a cooked food and rummage
sale Saturday, March 2(th.
Subscript" for The Mirror.
R. N. S an Kim, iv 1' result-lit
Kai.i-h A. Holts. Cashier
Frank Sloan, 1st Vice President
M R. Linu. Und Vice-President
Bank of SStanfield
CAPITAL STOCK 125.000
Four per OS ut Interest paid ou Tlrua Cartllioatas of Pepoatt
City Lots for Sale at
Proper Prices
Boardman is a New
Town But Not a
Boom Town
Ideally located on railroad and
Columbia river, far enough away
from any large town to naturally
become the trading center of a
wonderful growing country.
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