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Crawfordtvillr, Jure 17.-1 have
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per you nude mule comment on a re
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ly in regard lo the Holly liiiih school
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those associated with him in oppo
sition to the establishment of a high
school at Holly.
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dune Mr. Rcnningrr and hit atto
clatcs an injustice, when you acctitc
them of being tinprogrctsive, and
prrh.ipt if you had known the facts
in rcgurd lo the tchool situation in
that locality, you would not have ex
preened yourself aa you did.
While it in not my intention to en
ter into the coutrovcrty in any way,
and I am not in the habit of discuss
ing such mattcri in the newspapers,
I feel that a atalrinent of the facta at
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they are understood by mott of the
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while being an old settled country,
in only sparsely settled, the Cali
pooia valley being only a narrow val
ley, and most of the surrounding
country being timber and not an ag
ricultural country.
To begin with, soon after the high
v'hool law . was adopted in Linn
county. School Superintendent Jack
ioii visited Crawfordtville and brought
about the establishment of a high
school, at Crawfordtville. So far as
I know, there was no attempt to es
tablish a Union High school, not
withstanding Crawfordtville school
district has never had more than 125
people of school age, and since the
establishment of the high school, hat
most of the time bad lets than 100
in that particular district. The peo
ple of Crawfordtville were assured
by the tnperintendent (as I under
stand it) that a special tax would not
be necessary in order to maintain the
school; that the moiir-jr to maintain
the school would come from th
votinly high tchool fund. While 1
wnt not at the meeting when the
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high school was established, I under
stand that lo be the fact.
After the high school had been es
tablished, it was found that the mon
ey derived from the county school
fund was not sufficient in amount to
maintain the tchool, even with only
one teacher for the four grades, and
it became necessary to vote a special
tax on the tax payers of Crawfordt
ville distrirt to attist in paying the
salary of the teacher, to rent a school
room, and defray other expenses con
nected with the maintenance of a
high school at that place.
The taxpayers of Crawfordsvilte
did, and have since, annually voted
lo tax themselves to maintain the
high school, the students from the
surrounding districts, including Hol
ly, having the privilege to attend the
Crawfordtville high school, the tax
payers of those surrounding districts
not being taxed to defray any part
of the expenses of maintaining the
school, though all of the districts in
thai part of the county were re
ceiving the benefit. . ' '
There are seven tchool districts ly
ing between the high school district
of Brownsville and the high school
district of Sweet Home, in these
seven 'districts, there it assessihle
property amounting to over $2,000,
000. Al the annual school meeting at
NO PLATES
nr..
Crowns and
Bridge Teeth
$3.50
DR. W. A. COX
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225 West First St. . Albany. Ore.
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Crawfordtville two years ago, the
matter of establishing a union high
school of all of those districts was
discussed and the board was instruct
ed to call a meeting of the several
districts to take itept to bring about
the establishment of a union high
school, including all of the district
in that locality, which, when all com
bined, would not have more than
enough undents above the 8th grade
to juttify the maintenance of a high
school.
The large amount of taxable prop
erty in the several districts would
make it a comparatively light burden
inthe way of taxation, a large per
centage of the property being timber
land owned by non-residents.
It was understood that a meeting
would be called -during the fall of
the year, and an endeavor made to
bring about the cooperation of all of
'the districts in establishing a union
high school.
: Soon after the school meeting just
mentioned, I met Mr. Henry Renni
ger, and also Mr. R. E. Warner of
Holly, at the Pioneers' Picnic at
Brownsville. I told them what had
been done at the school meeting in
regard to a union high school, and
they asked me where the school
house would be located. I told them.
where the majority of the people vol
ed for it to be. They said that was
fair, and promised their active sup
port in the undertaking.
Before the tchool board of Craw-
fordsville had taken any action, and
during the busy harvest season, some
of the citiiens of the Holly country
conceived the idea of calling a meet
ing of the three districts lying east of
Craw fordsville. and forming a union
high school, thereby cutting off th
Tour districts lying west from any
benefit of the several townships of
timber land lying east, which is sub
ject to taxation. They gave as their
reason for calling the meeting, that
they feared if they went in with the
other four districts, that the school
bouse would not be located at Holly.
It is simply a question with some
of them as to where the school
house should be located.
. Mr. Renniger and his associates
take the ground that there is not
more than enough students past the
flth grade in all the districts, to main
tain a successful high school, and
that it it wrong to tax the non-resl
dent timber owners to maintain i
high school for the small number of
children that would rttend the high
school comprising only the three dis
trictt that would attempt to form a
union at Holly.
Those favoring the Holly high
school proposition at a matter of lo
cal pride, teem, to prefer a tmall high
school at Holly, rather than a large
one made up of all of the seven dis
tricts.
The population is so small and is
so badly scattered that it is very dif
ficult to carry on any public enter
Tf II
1911
prise or institution successfully. It fl
.-ertainly requires the support of the
entire population of the Calapooi
valley to make a success of almost
anything of a public nature.
Holly has a very successful grange,
being supported by members from
the entire surrounding country.
Crawfordtville has a very successful
and strong Odd Fellows lodge deriv
ing ils membership from the entire
surrounding country. That locality
could not maintain two tuccettful
Granges nor two tuccettful Odd Fel
low lodges.
There are six separate church orga
nizations in that locality, all weak
numerically and financially. None of
them maintain a pattotr; but united,
they might be able to maintain a res
ident pastor. When there is a death
or a wedding, they are compelled to
import a preacher to perform the
ceremony or administer the rites.
I am not writing this letter in a
spirit of criticism towards anyone,
believing the motives of the different
parlies to be pretty much the same,
and the spirit manifested by them
commendible; but I am writing this
simply to correct the erroneous im
pression that those opposing the Hol
ly high school are opposed to pro
gress or lo higher education. They
believe that if the lax payers arc to be
taxed to maintain a high school sys
tem in that locality, that the money
should not be wasted on several in
efficient schools, and that the stu
dents attending such school are enti
tled lo good teachers and sufficient
apparatus to enable them to do thor
ough work.
With many of us, it is immaterial
as to where the school should be lo
cated. With the large amount of tax
able property in that locality, the stu
dents should be conveyed to and from
school, and a good tchool maintained
al a much lower rate of taxation than
mott districts now pay. Unless the
population increases very rapidly.
there wilt not be enough students
above the 8th grade, to maining two
successful high schools.
It is unfortunate that our county
school superintendent hat attempted
to establish two high schools in that
locality. The effort so far, has only
resulted in division and animosity,
when cooperation and harmony is
necessary.
THEDA BARA HARD PART.
Plays Character of Great Strength and
Sinister Fascination in
" Kr eutxer Sonata"
Theda Bar a. the famous Parision
emotional actress from the Theatre
Antoine, Paris, the Boulevard's play
house of thrills, who created a veri
table earthquake of comment through
out the country for her marvelous!)'
telling performance of The Vampire.
"A Fool There Was." a William
Fox production, repeats her gripping
characterization of that role in her
rendition of Celia in the William Fox
picturization of Tolstoi's "The Kreutz
er Sonata." This picture version of
the Russian dramatist's most vital
work is directed by Herbert Brenon,
and released by the Fox Film Cor
poraiion, successor to the Box Office
Attraction company.
Celia Friendlander. the beautiful and
ruthlessly passionate girl, who, with'
out scruple, breaks the heart of the
faithful Miriam, so that she may pos
sess herself of Miriam's husband
Gregor, the brilliant violinist, is one
of the strongest screen parts ever
written and in many ways the most
stratling and remarkable. Miss Ba
n's powers, developed in the compa
nies of Bernhardt, Jane Hading, and
other famous French actresses as
well as during her seasons as leading
woman of the world-renowned An
toine and Gymnase TheMres, Paris,
were necer displayed, even in the
memorable "A Fool There Was," to
more transcendent advantage than in
Tolsto's great work as it it teen up
on the screen. With cruel, serpent
like cunning. Celia weaves her coils
about the infatuated Gregor. She
casts her unbreakable spell of beauty
and fascination over him until Gregor
forgets everything in order that h;
may be in her arms.' From the farm
in Russia, where, as a wealthy land
owner's adopted daughter, she first
meets Gregor and charms him by
playing "Kreutzer Sonata," to the
last throbbing scene of the play where
she and Gregor are trapped by Mir
iam and, in a scene so thrilling as to
be almost painful in its intensity,
meet their deserts, Miss Bara's su
perb art never falters, nor steps aside.
Her rendition of the parts is bound to
make "Kreutzer Sonata one of the
most discussed picturizations yet pro
duced.
Col. Hofer Her
Col. E. Hofer and son, R. M. Ho
fer, arrived here last evening from
Newport, where they have been gel
ting their tummer cottage at Agate
Beach in condition for the teaton.
They feft for Salem on the morning
train. -
WE SHOULD WORRY TO
BE BEST SHOW YET
You can talk about vaudeville, ting
ing and dancing, and, black face com
edians and any of the other things
that produce good humor and with it
good nature, but if you want to have
a good whole-hearted laugh, be ture
and see "We Should Worry" the
much talked about Knights of Pyhtias
and Albany band show which will be
presented at the Albany opera house
next Friday and Saturday nights un
der the direction of C. J. McN'augh
tan. Reade Dowlin, the James Hill of
the Corvallis & Eastern, plays the
leading part of Jack Temple, a liar,
and is sure to bring down the house
with tome of his funny scenes.
The work of Mrs. P. R. Kelly is
too well known to need further men
tion but she will be seen to greater
advantage in the part of Mrs. Jack
Temple than ever before. It it a
part that gives wide scope for her
natural ability, going rapidly in a
mix-up of comedy, from the sublime
to the ridiculous, from laughter to
tears.
There also will be a pleasant sur
prise for theatre goers in Mitt Lou
ise Pirtle and Mitt Phyllis Goint
who play the parts of Mrs. Frank
Fuller and Dorothy, Mrs Temple's
sister.
Aa for Mrs John Brown, Christian
name Martha, who is a veritable hu
man cyclone, it could never have been
put into more capable hands than
those of Miss Minerva Speer.
The remainder of the cast are all
evenly balanced and with special scen
ery and lighting effects, pretty cos
tumes, a twelve piece orchestra and
a riot of musical specialties between
acts, will produce a show worthy of
any ones patronage. The seat sale
opens tomorrow noon at Wood
worths and a good avance ia expected.
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E24 TO BE WILSON
DAY IN PORTLAND
Albany Should Unite In Making
It Wilson Day Generally
in Oregon.
Mayor Albee, of Portland, yester
day issued a proclamation for a Wil
ton day, naming June 24, whci: he
nrget all citiiens to decorate their
homes, and business establishments
and to wear the American colors on
their coat lapels, aa an expression of
support lo the President in when
ever course he may deem it wise to
take in the present international
crisis. 1 i '1 rM
Albany thould join in ti e demon
stration. It would be well to make it
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the back of the president by the pro
per decoration.
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