Enterprise news-record., April 08, 1911, SATURDAY EDITION, Image 2

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SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1911.
EDUCATIONAL SUPERFICIALITY.
The old question what are high
schools for to fit boys and girls
for college or for life? ought to be
finally determined soon; since the
professional Judgment upon this mat
ter Is that they do neither, says the
Ohio State Journal,
In the Carnegie foundation report
It la said, "that the same crltlcisn;
1s made of the high school graduate
by business men that -Is made b
' the colleges, namely, vant of Uio
roughness, lack of, that mental dis
clpline which comes from master)
of one or a few things."
It is said the fault Is superficiality
caused by taking too many studies
doing too much supplemental read
ing, or rather letting on. to do It
too much outside fascination influ
ences that need to be candidly con
sldered by educational officials.
If our educational process Is nol
doing the best work, let it be given
a change. The teachers are not tc
blame, but their work Is misapplied
If this accusation Is true, concludes
'.he Journal. .
In plain words, the system ia top
heavy with studies that do the pu
plls no Individual good now or in the
future. 1
L
It Is true the foundations for learn
Ing should be laid broad and deep,
but If the Instruction Is good and the
p mil is fairly bright that foundation
OiO'i'.n be completed at the tenth
grade anyway. After tkat should
come specialization. '
A real high school, such as the Wal
lowa County high, should start the
pupils on their real life work. If
it' boy Is going to follow farming,
fruit raising or stock raising he
should get the first elements' of the
science in our high school. Manual
training, domestic science' and normal
courses are practical subjects now'-bc-Ing
added to high school curicula.
They could bo added here and
those pupil who have no Idea of tak
Ing college literary courses could do
with lees Latin, Greek and kindred
studies.
Make the school of the greatest prac
tlcal value to the greatest number.
modern crusaders advocate? Is it
good or bad? .
IS IT GOOD OR BAD?
In another column Is printed a
list of Socialist gains and victories
at recent municipal elections. The
list is worthy of anyone's pause and
thought. Here la a political party
advancing with rapid strides to pow
er that, advocates a radical change
In the old economic system that has
prevailed since the time when Marlus
and Sulla alternately robbed the
people of Rome.
It la not alone In medium slaed
towns of the middle west that Social
Ists are winning. - A number of largo
New England factory cities have
been electing Socialists to their civ
ic boards. Two of the most rapidly
growing cities of the last five years,
Berkeley, Cal., and Flint, Mich., elect
ed Socialist mayors. In Chicago,
Tuesday, the Socialist vote reached
nearly 25,000, almost double that of
the last municipal election. Aa Is
well known, the big city of Milwau
kee la wholly under Socialist con
trol, and that party hna 13 members
In the Wisconsin legislature. Last
November the first Socialist con
reaaman was elected, and one man
each of the legislatures of Mann
chuaetti, Pennsylvania, Minnesota,
and North Dakota,
Isn't it about time the Socialist
movement should ,be considered?
Sneers won't kill it or it would avt
been dead and burled long ago. Ig
norance and misstatement of its doc
trines but fire the leal of Its nienilrs.
What manner of chungo do these
IN UNION THERE'S 8TRENGTH
There 'Is undesirable publicity for
communities as Veil as the right
kind. Anything savoring of the fake
s in the long run injurious to the
advertiser, 'be he an Individual, a
own or county. 'The truth about Wal
lowa county, Its ' climate, resources
and opportunities, .is strong enough
and if made known by proper meth
ods would bring hundreds of invest
ors and settlers here.
On the other hand, no matter how
much the truth proclaimed would help
Jevelop this big county; suppres
sed it helps not at all.
If we had five local development
ilubs, four in thd valley towns and
.lie in the North End, to -which ev
eryone belonged and helped to support
hat should do so, and those five
lubs would federate for united ef
'ort on right publicity lines, the cost
would hardly be felt, while the result
in t good would be 'immense. Let us
ry it. :
The awful factory horror In New
fork city is another reminder thai
he American metropolis is the worst
;overned city in all the world. It
corruption, depravity, greed, avarice
iid insular ignorance make It a blot
ipou our nation.
The people do not forget Roosevelt
le is still by far the most popular
nan in the nation An executlyei who
s fearless, honest and who tries
o be fair will make many enemies
)ut more friends.
I TRUXTON I
KING
l Story of
...'.Crau-etarf
By GEORGE BARR
MUJIUItUN
Copyright, 1909, by George Bait.
McCutehaon
Copyright, 1909. by Dodd. Mod ft
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rorwfffa, nis eje
wide ami staring.
He had seen that
gray riding habit
before. Two eager
steps he took nnd
then bulled half
way, i , '
"U rent Jeho
vah!" he gasped,
unbelieving. "Voul
My Gud, Is it
yoii ?"
lie dropped to
his knees before
her, peering Into
her srnrtled eyes.
A loiik of Alitivf
terror crossed the mtood.IsIt Your
tired, tear studied fuco. She shrank
awny from til in. . ; , ...
"What Is it? Where am I?" she
moaned, "Ob, let me go! What have
I done that you should bring me here?
Let me go, Mr. King! You are not so
wicked as''
"I I bring you Here!" he Interrupt
ed, aglmst. Then he understood. Ut
ter dismay filled his eyes. "You think
that I have done this' thing to you?
Ood above us! Look! I, too, am a
prisoner here. They are golug o kill
mo after tomorrow."
. "Oh, Mr. King, what docs It all
mean? Forgive mo! 1 see now. You
are bound; you are suffering; you are
yenra older. What have you Uono?
Whnt have I done?"
"Don't shrink from me," he urged.
"Try to calm yourself."
Then, with the utmost gentleness, he
persuaded her to rise and walk about
the little rooiu with him.
"It will give yoo courage," he urged.
"Poor little lrll"
She looked up Into his face, a new
light coining Into her eyes.
"Don't 'tulk now," he said softly.
"Tnko your time. Hold to my arm,
please. There!"
For five or ten mluutes he led her
back and forth across the room very
tenderly. . At first she was faint and
uiuertuiu; then, as her strength ami
wits came back to her, courage took
tho pliioe of despair. She amlled wanly
and asked him to sit down with her.
"Where- are -we? What la It all
nlnrntV" she ncked.
"Not so loud," he cautioned. "I'll be
perfectly omul Id with you. You'll have
to be very, very brave. But wait
iVruapa It will be easier for you to
tell me what has happened, to you, so
fur as you know. 1 can throw light
on the whole situation, 1 think."
She became more excited.' Her eyes
fhifched; she spoke rapidly. .On the
morning of the 2UU she bad gone for
attended by two faithful grooms from
the royal stables. . ., .
"I was in for a longer ride than usu
al," she said, with sudden constraint
She looked away from her eager listen
er. "I was nervous and had not slept
the night before. A girt never does,
I suppose."
He looked askance. "Yes?" he que
ried. She was blushing, he was sure of
It "I mean a girl Is always nervous
and distrait after after she has prom
ised, don't you see."
"No; I don't see." .
"I had promised Count Vos Engo the
night before that I Oh; but it really
has nothing to do with the story. I"
Truxton was actually glaring at her.
''You mean that you had promised to
marry Count Vos Engo!" be stammer
ed. "How very strangely'you talk! Are
you sure I mean, do you think it Is
fever? One suffers so"
He sighed deeply. "Well, that's
over! Whew! It was a dream, by
Jove!" '
She waited a moment and then, look
ing down, said very gently, "I'm so
sorry for you." ,
Then slip resiifod her ptorv-
Sue bad gone six or eight miles down
the Ganlook road when she came up
with five troopers of the royal guard.
One of the troopers came forward and
respectfully requested, her to turn off
Into another road until a detachment
passed. In charge of a gang of despera
does taken at the Inn of the Hawk
and Raven the night -before. Unsus
pecting, she rode off lnjo the forest
lane for several hundred yards.
It was a 'trap. The men were not
troopers, but. brigands got up In (he
uniform of the guard. - Once away
from the main highway, they made
prisoners of her and the fwo grooms.
Then . followed a long ride through
roads new to her. .
When night came they were high
In the mountains back of the monas
tery, many hours ahead of any pur
suit They became stupidly careless,
and the two grooms made a dash for
freedom. One of them was killed, but
ne bad escaped.
Some time during the slow, tortur
ing ride through the forest she swoon
ed. When she came to her senses she
was lu a dimly lighted room, surround
ed by men. , The gag had been re
moved from her mouth. She would
'have shrieked out In her terror had
not her gaze rested upon the figure of
a man who sat opposite, his elbows
on 4he bock of the chair which he
straddled, his chin on his arms. He
was staring at her steadily, his black
eyes catching her gaze and holding it'
as a snake holds the bird it has
charmed. ,. 1
She recognized the hard, hawklike
face. There could be no mistake., She
was looking Into the face that made
the portrait of the Iron Count so ab
horrent to her the leathery head of a
eadaver with eyos that lived. She
broke down and cried herself into the
sleep of exhaustion.
All the1 next day she sat limp and
helpless In the ehulr they had brought
to her. She could neither eat nor
drink. Late In the afternoon Marians
came again. She knew not from
whence be came; he stood before her
suddenly as If produced by the magic
of some fabled genie, smiling blnndly.
his hands clnsped behind his back, his
attitude one of designing calculation.
"He laughed when 1 demanded that
lie should restore me to my friends.
He chldcd nie when I pleaded and beg
ged for mercy. My questions were
never answered. Where am I, Mr.
King? Oh, this dreadful place! Why
are wo here you and 1?"
King's heart throbbed fiercely once
more. A vast hunger possessed .his
soul. In that moment he could hare
luld down his life for her with a smile
of rejoicing.
Then he told her why she was there,
why he wos there and of the 20th the
dreadful 20th! .
"God lu heaven!" she repeated over
and over again In a piteous whisper.
The light was going out
"Quick!" he cried. "The candle!
Light a fresh one. My hands are
bound."
She crept to the candles and Joined
the Wicks. A new light grew as the
old one died. Then she stood erect,
looking down upou him.
"You are bouud. 1 forgot."
She started forward, dropping to her
knees beside him, an eager gleam In
her eyes. "If I can untie the rope-
will that help? There must be one
little chance for you for us. Let me
try"
"By Jove," he whispered admiringly,
his spirits leaping t meet hers, "you've
got pluck. You jut new life lu me. I
I was almost a a quitter."
At last, after many despairing tugs,
the knot relaxed. "There!" she cried.
sinking back exhausted. "Oh, how It'
must have hurt you! Your wrlsta are
raw!"
His arms were stiff and sore and
hung like lead at his sides. She watch
ed him with narrowed eyes while he
stood off and tried to work blood and
atreugtu back luto his muscles.
"Do you think you can can do any
thing now, Mr. King?" she asked after
a long Interval. "We must escape."
she said as If It were all settled.
"It cannot be toulght" be gently In
formed her, a sickness attacking his
heart .-"Don't you think you'd better
try to get some sleep?"
He prevailed upon her to lie down,
with hla coat for a pillow. In two
minutes she was asleep.
For an hour or more he sat there
looking sorrowfully at the tired, sweet
face, the utmost despair In his souL
At last be stretched himself out on the
floor near the door, and aa be went to
Bleep be prayed that Providence might
open a way for bJm to prove that she
was not depending on him In vain.
(Continued Saturday.)
II
Men who are familiar with land values in
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the Northwest will tell you without a dis
senting voice that farm land is better and
cheaper in Wallowa county than any place
in the? Northwest; that there are more and better
opportunities for investments in city property in
Enterprise and farms in this county than can be had
in any other locality on the Coast.
We have Lots at $300
That in another year, will sell readily for
$500. We have fifteen lots in Boyd's Sub
division from $loo to $25o with ea'sy terms,
$10 down and $5 per month, no interest.
Here's a Snap
Eight business lots on Main street, with.seven
room house, barn, good outbuildings, shade
trees and sightly location. Only $4,000. .
Farm Snap) .
WeW improved 720 acre ranch only even
miles from Enterprise, telephone, tri-weekly
mail, of which 350 acres is irrigable, of which
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greater part is in cultivation; good water
right. A good,shearing plant can be had with
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ranch that will alone net the owner , $1200,
each year for the 40 days work.
Look at the Price
Only $35 per acre on easy trrms.
Have some snaps in Wheat Land
BANIEL
BOYD
LAWYER
, ' . i
'West Main Street
Enterprise