EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1923
Eastern Clackamas News
ISitered at the postoffiee in Estacada,
Oregon, as second-class mail.
Published every Thursday at
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Can a man serve two masters?
— Matt. 6:24
How may we get wisdom? —Jas. 1:5
Hnw should we pray?
—Mark 11:24
BOLSHEVIST RELIGIOUS
PERSECUTION
have been undertaken if it had
not been for a subsidy in land
grants and bonuses. I he rail
roads may have been too highly
subsidized, but that does not af
fect the question. We face a
condition and not a teeory, and
the condition is, that American
owned vessels which have to op
erate under American maritime
laws cannot compete with the
foreign shipping lines. On this
account the government cannot
get rid of the vast fleet of mer
chant vessels left over from the
war, which it has to keep up at
a maintenance cost higher than
what the proposed subsidy would
amount to. Other nations have
found it highly profitable to sub
sidize their marine shipping so
why should that not be the case
with us? Until either a subsidy
is granted or the present Ameri
can maritime laws are repealed,
or modified, the foreign carriers
will continue to get the bulk of
the shipping.
At the recent trials of the Pol
ish Roman Catholic Archbishop
Zepliak and his Vicar-General
Butchkevitch, at Moscow, a cor
respondent of the New York
Herald, managed to be present.
Both of these clergymen were
condemned to death, though the
sentence of the former was later
commuted to ten years imprison
ment, which owing to his age
and infirmity means a death sen
tence by slow degrees. The Bol
shevists endeavor to make out
that they were condemned for
treason, but the Herald’s corres
pondent clearly shows that this
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
is absolutely false. Of the docu
ments on which the charge of The editor of this paper has
treason was based, he states that been accused of repeatedly hit
he heard them all read out in ting at the local high school. He
court, and ¡that they were per denies the impeachment. It is
fectly innocuous and that the true that he has from to
charge of treason could not be time treated of educational
based upon them in any other methods but it was not with the
country in the world.
The intention of criticising the local
judges were biased and grinned institution, hut of methods in
knowingly at the procurer and general. That there is a wide
he at them throughout the trial. spread discontent with the pres
The Bolshevik law makes it a ent educational system, is only
crime to impart religious teaching too manifest. Anyone who reads
to any one under 18 years of age. the papers or has access to a file
This would make it a crime for of the Literary Digest, can easily
a mother to instruct her children find the evidence. An illuminat
in the beginnings of religious ing article on What is wrong
knowledge. These priests were with our education?” appeared
asked if they would continue to in the latter for August 13, 1921.
teach the catechism, and of Dean Andrew Fleming West of
course they replied yes. The the graduate school of Princeton
law forbids the saving of mass, University, whose experience
and they were asked if, after as a teacher for forty years cov
the churches had been closed ers every grade, puts the whole
they had disobeyed the law. matter in a nut shell, He states!
They acknowledged doing so, "Too many American schools
using empty halls for the pur furnish educational lunch coun-
pose, and that there was always
a congregation of about 150 to
200. It is for such reasons that
they were condemned.
But there will lie a comeback.
France during the revolution in
the eighteenth century tried the
same methods, only to bring dis
grace on those responsible and
A C IF IC
the nation, and the church came
RO M PT
back triumphant. The English
RO PER
government during the Eliza
ERFECT
bethan and the Stuart preten
ders period, forbade the saying
of mass by Roman Catholic
priests, only to find out that this
proved to be a ghastly mistake.
The Russian bolsheviats will
find out the same. Already the
civilized world is protesting, and
Estacada,
even the German socialist organ,
“ Vorwaerts,” characterizes the
execution as the stupidest blun
der.
ters, in other words, the elective
system of study has grown out
of all sensible proportion in
schools and colleges, until too
many of our young people are
getting education by dabs.”
Only in the last Oregon legis
lature Senator Eddy of Roseburg
vigorously condemned the edu
cational system and an article by
him on this subject appeared in
last Sunday’s Oregonian.
He
claims that the high school
course is overloaded and its pur
pose thereby defeated. It should
be simplified and more stress
laid on fundamentals.
In the writer’s opinion there
are two vital errors in the edu
cational system. If we were
alone in this opinion it would not
be of any consequence, but it
has been confirmed by veteran
school teachers. One twenty-five
years ago in Minnesota told him
there was too much mental mas
tication done for the pupils which
was having a detrimental effect
on them. And a few months
ago in Portland, an oldtime Ore
gon teacher made the remark
which was to the point, that in
former years it was the endeav
or to get the book throuirh the
pupil, but now it was to get the
pupil through the book.
Both these conditions tend to
superficial work. The old time
system which seems to many
now as crude, yet had its merits.
Under it the pupil had to work
or suffer the consequences. It
was Spartan in the treatment of
the pupil, .hut if he had good
stuff in him, it made him.
But whenever the editor has
written on this subject he has
been careful not to put any blame
on the teachets. They have to
follow the system laid out for
them, and as Senator Eddy says
in the Oregonian, about the
Roseburg school, whose efficien
cy he was accused of attacking,
‘‘it follows the official course of
study, and its work necessarily
conforms in a general wav to
that of other schools.” The
fault lies not with any faculty,
but with an educational system
which has been made the victim
of experiments in fads by fad
dists.
Our apologies are due our es-
temed Garfield correspondent for
mislaying her notes so they did
not appear last week. The over
sight was not discovered until
too late to rectify.
If you want to know where to
get pure Jersey milk or cream,
look up the ad in this issue of
George Lawrence & Son of
Spring water.
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SUBSIDIES
Those who oppose a subsidy
to build up an Amuricam mer
chant marine, so that it can cope
with foreign competition on an
equal basis, ignore the fact that
our protective tariff under which
our industries have been built
up, is hut a form of subsidy. Not
only the manufacturer but the
farmer whose grain is protected,
receives thereby a subsidy so he
can compete with foreigh compe
tition. The vast continental
railroad building when the west
was sparsely settled, would not
Oregon
THE ESTACADA MEAT CO.
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Beef, Mutton, Veal and ITogs Bought
Open from 7 a. m. to 0 p. m. Saturdays, open
Estacada
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Oregon
Fossil, Qervals, John Dajr,
Madras, Mount Angel, Newport, Stan
field, Toledo, Warrenton and Yamhill.
Protest against the removal of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Kuser as superintend
ent and matron of the boys' training
school at Salem was voiced by a dele
gation from Portland, representing the
Rotary club, Parent-Teacher associa
tion, the Social Workers association
and other organizations, which appear
ed before the state board of control.
The Oregon public service commis
sion has filed an answer with the In
terstate commerce commission to the
application of the Central Pacific for
authority to build the Natron cutoff,
in which it called attention to its pre
vious demands that common-user
privileges be allowed other roads and
that the cutoff ba completed and in
readiness for traffic by January 1,
1926.
There were four fatalities in Ore
gon due to industrial accidents dur
ing the week ending April 12. accord
ing to a report prepared by the state
industrial accident commission. The
victims were D. Quiscppette, construc
tion foreman, Estacada; Alfred Ras-
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mua. logger, Lakeside; Fred Feather-
stone, right-of-way man and Joaeph
Jones, right-of-way man. Independ
ence. A total of 626 accidenta were
reported during the week.
The car of broccoli on which the
United States department of agricul
ture has been making shipping testa,
was opened at Roseburg and shown to
growers who were able to see exactly
the condition of their crop upon its
arrival at the market point. A detailed
report of the findings will be worked
out for the benefit of the growers. The
test showed that this year's crop is
standing up especially well, with little
yellowing or wilting and in good con
dition.
Flea Evidently Could Stand Heat.
A Maine woman vouches for the
veracity of the following flea story: A
friend of hers had a large St. Ber
nard dog which had a habit of con
tracting fleas. One day ahe was mak
ing biscuits, the dog lying on the kitch
en floor. The biscuits were served,
still hot, for dinner and when one wna
broken open a flea actually dropped
out and made a good attempt to get
away. However, It was a little stupe
fied from the heat of the oven and
was easily captured and executed.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
(Continued from first page)
Keeping Account of jt
Value of Imports during the year of
1922 jumped to $7,812,946 as compared
with $4,499,378 in 1921, customs house
figures for the Oregon district receiv
ed from Washington show. Imports
entered at Portland amounted to $7,-
036.441, and at Astoria, $776,505.
Hubbard berry growers are to have
a cannery of their own. Seventy-five
thousand dollars has been raised for
the building and purchase of the site,
and the cannery will be in operation
this season.
N O TH IN G is so valuable to a person
endeavoring to systematise his financial
affairs as to know just where his money
has gone. This will enable him to cut out
needless expenses and cut down others.
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A C H EC K IN G account will give this
information besides being of value in
many other ways.
The Southern Pacific company will
exert every effort to prevent a ser
ious car shortage in the northwest this
year, according to a letter received at
the offices of the Oregon public serv
ice commission.
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Odd Fellows from all sections of
Oregon and southern Washington are
expected to attend the ceremonies in
cident to the laying of the cornerstone
of the new Odd Fellows’ temple in
Portland, April 26.
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“ Safety and Service.“
Oregon's population on July 1, 1923,
will be 823,270, according to a bulletin
issued by the census bureau. This
is an increase of 39,881 since 1920.
Portland's population on July 1 will
bo 273,621, an Increase of 15,333.
Deterioration of Bend’s hard sur
face pavements has become so rapid
since they were laid in 1921 that the
cost of repair or correction would run
from $30.000 to $50,000, Robert B.
Gould, city engineer, told the city coun
cil.
A tax levy of one-half mill for the
purpose of creating a fund with which
to erect a new courthouse will be
recommended to the Douglas county
court by a committee representing all
of the leading organizations of the
county.
Because of the failure of Califor
nia and Washington to enact similar
legislation, a law approved by the Ore
gon legislature at its last session,
providing the eight-hour day in the
lumber industry, will not become ef
fective.
President Harding, according to
latest plans, may make his Fourth of
July address at some point on the
Old Oregon Trail near the summit of
the Blue mountains in eastern Ore
gon. instead of at Portland, as tenta
tively arranged.
A letter from the Kiwanis interna
tional headquarters at Chicago Is to
the effect that the Salem Kiwanis
club stands second in the attendance
contest In which more than 1000 clubs ,
are participating. The report gave
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Salem 97.61 per cent.
A verdict of not guilty was return
ed at Klamath Falls in the second trial
of J. W. Siemens. J. W. Siemens Jr..
and Marshall Hooper. The Siemens
were indicted on nine charges in con
nection with the failure last year of
the First State & Savlpgs bank.
Orders to "demilitarize" the old bat
tleship Oregon have been received at
the Puget sound navy yard at Brem
erton. Wash. Guns of the famous old
ship will be spiked and the Oregon
towed to Portland to be turned over
to the stale of Oregon for preserva
tion as a relic.
Authority has been granted the Pa
cific Telephone & Telegraph company
to purchase the Willamette Telephone
company. It was announced by the in
terstate commerce commission. The
Willamette company owns and oper
ates exchanges at Independence. Mon
mouth. Dallas and Falls City.
Civil service examinations have
been announced for May 12 to select
postmasters for the following Oregon
cities and towns: Athena. Aurora,
Banks. Beaverton. Brownsville. Can-
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