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The Elementary Educational Bill
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WILDERVILLE
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April 19, 1920.
To TeacheTs, School Boai tls, Parents, audTaxpavere of Josephine County:
At the special election to be held May 21. 1920, the voters of Oregon will be called
Tin1 social evening 'given for the
young folks at the laivelaco home
night »»» w.«u attend-
upon to vote upon the Elementary Educational Bill. Since thia measure is far the moatui u„.
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important one for the betterment of our schools proposed in many years, "its provisions rr,..hll,(.„l„ Of <-ak« mid .<>con were
should he thoroughly understood.
j served.
The measure provides fora levy of two mills on all the taxable property of the
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state for the support of the public elementary schools. Elementary means the first - ’¡'‘J
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eight grades. All the money paid by the comity, is to be given to the county ami is to the McConum II1U1. The ranch has
be distributed to the various districts on the teacher basis; that is, the fund is to be l>e,,n ieuae<i to Mr. ami Mr», a . i -
apportioned upon the basis of the number of teachers employed in the several districts name« late <>f California
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Hick tJn.lsav
was culled
Dick
Undsay was
culled to
to Grnnta
Grants
of the county in grades from one to eight
inclusive,
one ..........................
teacher K.
being allowed for each 1 l*a«s
last Monday by the serious ill
thirty pupils or fraction thereof. The tax will be levied for the fiist time in December; ness of his 'brother.
1920. and then annually thereafter.
Benton Borrouxh was taken very
There is no good reason why taxes derived from railroads, public service corpora ill with unite Indigestion last Sun
while on his way home from
tions, and non-resident timber owners should be paid into a few favored districts to the day
Grants Paas 'He was taken Into K.
exclusion of others. This law is strong in that it places every dollar of taxable proper Erickson's and a doctor called, Taster
ty in the county back of the education of every child in the county, basing its appor in the evening he was taken on home
tionment on the number of teachers,—the chief item of expense.
by -h4a wife.
The proposed law does not do away with the present state and county apportion Mrs. W. D. Hill la expecting to go
to the hospital Saturday to have a
ment, nor does it change the method of distributing it. But the present apportionment toe
removed which is giving her se-
produces but a small portion of the money required to run the schools. All the rest has vere pain.
to be raised by special tax voted by each district. This means that property not or Eric MoCann is on the sick Hat.
ganized into school districts does practically nothing in support of the public schools. Mrs Rad Robinson vlaite.1 with
Under the present system many one-teacher districts having a high valuation need to her pawnts In Granta Fas« a few
days last »<ek while R* I f-iHjat a
levy only one-half to nine-tenths mills for maintenance while districts of low’ valuation few
days near Kerby.
are paying from ten to twenty mills, sometimes more.
Mrs. Lovelace and Mrs Agee were
The chief merit of this bill is that a fairer and more equal way of raising and dis callers at the llilll home last week
The Todies Aid will meet next
tributing a school tax than the method now use.d is provided.
week
on Thursday with Mrs. May
A two-mill tax placed upon the valuation of Josephine County will give approxi Got ch er.
mately $240 to each teacher employed. This money will be in addition to the amount Sunday school and church next
received from the present system.
Sunday.
All districts are going to have to pay more for their teachers next year. The money Fred Daws had the miafoitune to
run a saw tooth Into his knee while
will have to be raised somehow. If this bill passes the money received from the two- helping
fall timber last week, and
mill tax will help very materially.
infection has developed, xlJnx hla
Reports on file in the office of the State Superintendent show that not less than parents no little concern.
500 rural schools in this state will have to be closed next year, if this bill fails to pass, Marva, little daughter of Winfred
Robinson, was acalde-1 about her
as nearly all districts of low valuation have received the limit in school levies. For face
quite badly last week when she
this reason parents should understand that elementary schools, especially in small dis ran into
a pan of boiling 'valer her
tricts, will be hopelessly crippled if this bill fails to pass. Please give this matter your mother was carrying.
very careful consideration, and when you go to the polls May 21 vote 314 YES.
Candidate cards—-Courier office.
Very truly yours,
(Paid Advertisement)
ALICE M. BACON.
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of peace time capacity. «will require
more Chan TO years to restore nor
mal traffic -wlCh the present facili
ties of production, according to a
survey recently published in the Ec
onomic Life. The chief needs are I
shown to (be the importation of roll-
Moscow, May 1.—-Russian rail- Ing stock and the home development
road shops, working at a maximum of the transportation industry.
RUSSIANS BEHIND IN
The survey shows that In 1914 the
number of locomotives was approx
imately 20,000 with 16 per cent un
fit for use. The present number of
locomotives Is about 10,000 with 59
per cent out of commission or ta
need of repair*, and the number of
cars 250.000. Lines in operation
have also diminished about 20 per
cent.
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Com« to CAarrh on 5unrf«iy
New Era Movement
Presbyterian Church
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Cooperating with Interchurch World Ilovemant
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May 4. Tueeday -May breakfast giv
en by the Women's Association of
Bethany Presbyterian Church.
May 26-31, Wednesday, Monday
Oranta Paso Chautauqua.
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GOOD ROADS
For Less Money
For sometime I refused to accept the call,
but later after a great deal of jiersuasion by
men who have been shouldering the burden
of exhorbitant taxation. I have derided to
enter the race, and hereby set out my ideas
of County Government.
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My exi»«rience as a mine operator and en-
gineer for over 15 years has brought me in
contact with all the intricate problems of
building roads and bridges.
I know what
a road is and how it should lie constructed. I
an check up «ny engineer's work and cope
with any one in regard to the cost of con
struction of roads and bridges, which I think
is essential for some member of the County
Court to understand.
I did not attain my
knowledge by turning 'back to the records
and allying the antiquated methods of my
prede essors. but I have hammered it out
from the ground floor of experience, battling
with the elements of resistance, and I know-
th« application of good progressive business
metl*>ds from a
technical
and
practical
standpoint.
The facts are that the present rate of tax
ation is so hr- h that it is almost Impossible
for the people to pay, and what is going to
I m - the result If Increase? the people
will
simply be unable to pay them and devasta
tion will result. We must retrench until wo
are out of debt and stop paying Interest.
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mention roads so prominently since I believe
this is one of the main issues before us. Good
roads arc not only the best advertisement for
a County, but they develop our resources,
which helps to lift the mortgage and assist
in meeting the demands of modern progress,
and until taxes are reduced. I believe the ex
penditure of the public funds should he con
fined to those places where there is*a dollar
coming back with interest for every dollar
out.
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I volunteered in the Air Service in 1917
and Served a year and a half over sea-. dur
ing which time I traveled over seven differ
ent Countries and provinces of Europe wiier-
I made a careful study of the road situation
There, there are cheap roads and good last
Ing hard »urfaeed roads that are many hun
dred years old. I have walked over thou- old
road that the first pll-rnm passed over that
came to America, and it is a very interesting
study to find those ancient roads practically
Intact
The process Is one of
the oldest
known to man, it was used by the Romans
during the ocupanr-y of the British Isle-
Tie- principal hardenin'- agent of this 'Tore
i chemi'ally treated lime, which cause;: the
mass to solidify Into a 'hard tenaclnn; com
pact. which resembles in stru -hire and
ap
pearance basaltic conglomerate
This would
be an applicable process for Southern Ore
gon for we have abundance of lime, and a
rood substantial lasting road bed would ho
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Presbyterian
OSPITALS of the Preibytrrian Church throughout
the mission world Inst year cared for over a million
patient». Offering! of I’rctbylcnan churches m nuuion land»
are *o large dial for every $ I given by you to foreign work
•here is expended on the field $1.43.
Ibe F’re»bytenan Church is teaching the Siamese the
dignity of labor and providing them with shoes through a
nuuion tannery. Better bred chickens have been intro
duced into India, so that the people may have sufficient
food. In Ainca this church is teaching lhe blacks farming,
carpentering, and blacksmithing all to help build better
life for the natives.
L.r*rn the facts of Presbytenamsm. Subscribe to New
Era Magazine, (75 cents a year, dub rates) sample copy
from I 328 Chestnut St., I’hiladelphia. Pa. Get from your
pastor two leaflets: ‘ Bud's Eye View of the Budget of
1920-2 I" and "What Yow Money Will Buy“. Read
‘The Four-Fold Task of the Presbyterian Church“
(40 cents, of New Era I leadquarters).
Since 1 announced my Intention to contest
the Primary Election for the Nomination of
County Judge, I want to say a few words tj
the People of Josephine O anty, part'cularl/
to those whom I have ne.er ni
1 have
lived In Josephine County for over 30 years
and have always devoted my attention to mat
ters of general Interest and development. I
have never sought office in any way whatso
ever. nor would I do so now, save that my
friends have (insisted that I offer my services
hi the office of County Judge.
FIRESTONE
Be an Informed
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made at comjmratively little expense.
Th«
Royalties on the paving laid In Josephine
County last year netted the patentees of the
Ulthulithlc Paving System |Sk.000.00 Bo why
ahotild we pay royalties on a more expensive
and Inferior process, when a cheaper and bet
Icr pro.es-, ) . available? I My NO WI mi I we
want is u < sh I roads for less money.
We all know there has always been a gi
gantic leak somewhere and a waste of money
in ibtiilding roads in Josephine County, and
these «-ondltlons have continued to prevail at
such an increased ratio
It seems Impossible
to get any results for a dollar spent. Do you
realize the fart that during the last year there
has (been Spent on roads in Josephine County,
the enormous sum of over WIGHT .HI'NDRFD
THOI'SANIi DOLLARS ■
What have we to
show for this vast sum of money’*
The
roads leading to Grants Pass from either end
of the County are almost impassable, and
have been ull winter
The condition of I la vs
Hill 1 say Is a crime, when
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almost _ one fourth
of the people in Josephine County
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----- 1 on
that road for their existence
The same is
true north of Granta Tas-
We admit the
roads are under construction in some places,
and the old road beds are Interfered with
be -ause of new work but when a few dollars
properly used would give relief, I Hav the
taxpayers should be considered and led to
livin< waters. But It seems as though It has
always been too easy for
K< t
something they were not
hard for other people to
longed to them.
Th.- Inw provides th.it in ,i|. distribution
of road fund*. 70 per cent »hull he appor-
tloni-d to the respective rrtinl <ll-lrl<t wherein
(he «¡line w .' im < olleete<|. .-lecordf II 'J.
to
th«1
amount of tHxmbh* nrojHirty therein nn<l I
venture to H;ty that III« people Of \pp|(.uill„
valley pay morn taxei per mile of road, than
any road it« length le.-idlngeto Grants I’ ihj
and Hie need« of thia road have received les i
attention than nny other road in lip- county
mention this fa-t for example for
such Incidents are too ntimoroiiH to mention
Now, the facts J have set forth above re
memln-r. are no political ruse. Plea...... Io' not
construe them as such, they are onli intended
to reach the people of Josephine f'oiintv with
whom mv business lias not • ■ brought inc in
contact, and
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let them know that I know
their needs,
.. . t .iti-1. that I am capable of toping
with the situation
................ I of lh(* future Josephine
< 'onnty. 4 am not affiliated with any petty
political taction, and my' refusing to cater
to petty politics ha resulted In an organized
liollt leal ring io oppose me. although the p().
tenry of this ring Is not very great
There
are none of the 'big progressive men of the
County affiliated with Ihioii,
.... as t ho movement
was projected solely bv v would-be politicians
and defunct office seekers
Vow In conclusion I will sav: If m\ sentl-
ments coincide with your views, think It over.
If I !llil elected to the office of Countv .lodge,
and the commissioners will stick with me
rind help
op tr> the cash box until we
can get one hundred cents value received for
every dollar spent, f will lift the niort mce on
Josephine County before the expiration of
my term.
I». 'll MORRISON.
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