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 Estacada, Oregon UPTON H. GIBBS Editor and Manager. S ubscription H ates One year Six months - . Thursday. . A p r il . $1.60 .76 19, 1923. B IB L E Q U E S T IO N S A M ER IC A N T0 ÍAC C 0 C Q ixnnTffliimiiimiT: v:Sij:uuwiû^£w5miiiiinuwun:m: - QUESTIONS — and Bible Answers If P aren t« will en co u rag e children to look up a n d m em orize the Bible Answer*, it will prove a priceless h e ritag e to th em in a fte r years. m . i ::::;incnnni t ' ' l_nuii^ r-:r:'t: j ; ^ ^ 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 Until either a subsidy is granted or the present Ameri­ can maritime laws are repealed, or modified, the foreign carriers will continue to get the bulk of the shipping.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. INSURE WITH YOUR HOME COMPANY T A T E S FO R E R V IC E ETTLEMENT AFETY Represented by WOODLE REALTY COM PANY Your Home Agent” ( 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. H. C. GOHRING Prop. l Beef, Mutton, Veal and ITogs Bought Open from 7 a. m. to 0 p. m. Saturdays, open Estacada : : to 8 p. rr. 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- you Î M O H A IR ...A N D ... wool U-C US B-4 you sell. We will buy in any quantity at any time. D o n ’t Forget ...W E S E L L ... Lime, Cement, Shin­ gles, Drain Tile and Brick BARTHOLOMEW and LAWRENCE 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. V V 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. :: O PE N an account with your Home Bank 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. ES TAC AD AS TATEB AN K “ 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 ' 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- ;1 Hi Case Grain-Saving Threshers Case steel built threshers with proper attach­ ments which we are prepared to furnish will thresh all grains and seeds grown. f ’ASE threshers are sturdily built of steeL insuring long life. Steel construction also prevents total destruction by fire. Rotting and warping is impossible in a Case steel thresher. Distorted frames and disalignment of shafts and bearings from the pull of main dnve belts are avoided by the Case method of construction. Galvanizing prevents rusting. 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