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ALBANY DEMOCRAT Entered at the poetolllee AjbanJnen.aaandlaaa W. L. Jacluwn and Ralph R. Cronta Editor! and Managera Daily published every evening except Sunday. Semiweckly published TUeidaya and Friday a. ESTABLISHED ISO Buaineaa Matter In ordering changea of address, subscribers should always give old as well as new address. Subscription Rates Daily Delivered by carried 1'er month 60c; Per year In Advance $5.00 By Mail, In Linn and Route 4 Benton County, Per year, in Advance ..$4.00 Outside of Linn County and Rt. 4 Benton Co., Per year, in Advance . .$6.00 Member of The Asociated Press ( The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. PHONE 96 ALBANY, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 THOUGHT SHOULD BRING ACTION o The week of Feb. 15-22 designated by the governor of Ohio as Teachers Week. Public, press, pulpit, clubs and all social and educational bodies in that state were urged to give serious thought during that week, to the "problem of the supply of teachers." How serious a problem that is seems not to be so gen erally realized as it ought to be, though much has been said and written about it. Last year, according to the U. S. Commissioner of Edu cation, there were 50,000 vacancies in teaching positions in the country. This shortage existed after 120,000 inexperi enced, untrained teachers had been given positions that would otherwise have been vacant, lJiat brought up the actual shortage of teachers with ordinary qualifications to 1 0,000. 1 he shortage is higher this year. There are two almost equally bad results. One is the overcrowding of such schools as are open. The other is the complete closing of many schools. One county in Pen nsylvania reported 53 rural schools closed. Maine, New York and Ohio all have schools closed for lack of teachers. Normal schools, are in imminent danger of closing because so few persons seek training as teachers. The conditions reported from these eastern sections may be dpulicated all over the country. In the meantime, a hod carrier earns on the average $394 a year more than a teacher does. The baker's- inafme exceeds the teacher's by $363; the blacksmith's by 890. And . usually when the hod carrier, the baker, the blacksmith, or any of the other trade workers, asks for an ncrease in pay and shorter hours, he gets it. When the teacher asks, for adequate pay and decent working conditions, the answer is a closer grip on the tax-payer's purse and a hopeless shrug ot the shoulders on the part ot the board of education. Is a week of thought necessary to show up plainly cause, effect and remedy? A TEST OF PRIVATE CONTROL "The return of the railways to the owners," says Her bert Hoover, "places predominantly private operation upon its final trial . If instant energy, courage and laree vision in the owners should prove lacking in meeting the immediate situation, we will be faced with a rea.ction that will drive the country to some other form of control." It is a timely warning. There seems to be, lately, an im pression that the formal transfer of the railroads back to their owners, with such guarantees and assistances as appear to meet the situation is all that is necessary that all our rail road problems will soon be straightened out. This very thing may happen, if the new railroad legislation is wise, and the governmental machinery provided by it functions properly. But it will not be true necessarily. Private operation, as well as public operation, has had its defects in the past. They have not been, in the main, the same kind of defects, but they have been bad enough. It is to be seen now whether the present generation of trans portation men is capable of raising to the height of business statesmanship required for the proper control and develop ment of our vast railroad system. The nation is expecting much of them perhaps too much. If they disappoint, there may soon be a swing back from "predominantly private" operation to a demand for operation, or even ownership, that is "predominantly public." JLudjrtg,erstwhileJk saysthe allied de- The Anker-Holth Self-Balancing Bowl Cream Separator See' it at the' HAZELWOOD CREAM STATION H. LStenberg, Mgr. ; 1 28 West Second Street j mand for the Kaiser Is "impertinent and Impudent." Per fectly natural for him to be mad about it madness always was the characteristic of the royal house of Bavaria. o Senator New of Indiana proposes to establish a Depart ment of Aeronautics, with a Director of Aircraft responsible directly to the President. Wants the government to take a flier in aviation. It's easier to rob a bank or pcrpotrate any other crime in broad daylight than it ever was before. Spectators don't do anything, because they generally think It's a movie rehearsal. TODAY'S EVENTS Tuesday. February S4. 1920 Rt. Rev. Charle P. Anderson, Ep iscop.it bi-,hop of ChiriKii, today cele- brates the 20th cnniver;iry of hit j consecration. The natiottnl committee t.t auM?- ; iiries of the American Leirlxn i to hold an important meetinK in Wash- iiiKlon today. i Many airricultor.it worker are ex- i pected in Winnipeg uil.y for the op- ' eninir of the National Soil Product I Exhibition and the annual meetings of a number of agricultural bodies. An international conference of teachers' organisation! of the allied and associated nations will meet in Cleveland today under the auspieces of the National Education Associa tion. Aldermanicf primaries, will bo held in Chicago today for the nom ination of candidates for the April election, which will be the first to be conducted on a non-partisan ba sis. The entire subject of packer leg islation conditions connected with the. packing industry will be reopened at hearings to begin today before the! Agricultural Committee of the U. S.I House of Representatives. Comments of the State Press Orient Month February, so the United States weather bureau infodms us, has been the driest month in the his tory of the state since 1HH9. From what ran be gathered by general i discussion and reading it haa also i been the driest month in the hiatory of the United States. Oregon Jour nal. congressmen, who have not the excuse of Illness for inattention to pulilie buaineaa, would he more to the point. Capitol Journal. SALARIES AVERACE $1.87 A YEAR SAYS HAITIST CLERGYMAN The average salary paid the Bap tist clergymen in the Northern Bap tist church is f 1.87 a year, with k few rxei'ptiuiis. according to the statement of lr. A. A. I'mtaman, in charge of the drive for tho "New World Move. mem" of the Northern Baptist Church of America fur the eight Western states on the I'aelfie coast. "On of the important results .f the drlpe," says Dr. Prutunun, "will he the raise in sal tries of the Baptist clergy, piuhality the poorest pai'l it any Christian denomination. II ro, Victor Whllmer and wife of Curlew, Iowa arrived in Albany Hat unlay evening and are staying at the home of E. W. Pratt on Eaat ath Ht. they expect to make their home III Albany, working with the local cl.un li of the Brethren. ... ... . a Mifdonarira Baptiat missionaries are to carry the gosiel to heathens of Borneo in automobiles. We shudder to think of the possibilities for backsliding if the gasoline runs out Oregonian. Too Many Red Senator Sherman may get away with hia deunuciation of Henry Ford but when he carries his spleen to the point of damning the cars which Henry makes, the American people won't agree. Too many rido in them. Astoria Budget. Today's Calendar of Sports Racing Winter meeting of Cuba- American Jockey Club, at Havana. Winter meeting of Business Men's! Racing Assn., at New' Orleans. Automobile Opening of annual show at Col-1 umbus, O. . Golf pi , Coronadc amateur championship tournament opens at Coronado, Cal. Boxing "Wild Burt" Kenny vs. Roy Mc Cormick, 10 rounds, at Calgary. American Legion j The American Legion already has more members than the Grand Army ! of the Republic ever had. When the I service man considers what the G. A.! .R accomplished and what the legion ' can accomplish, he has all to gain 1 and nothing to lose in becoming a member. Eaat Oregonian. . Took of the Family There was a time in the not dia- 1 tant past when Oregon was derisevely ! referred to in other states as "the fool of the family." It is a name j that haa been lived down. Oregon has : proved time and again that it is sane j and level-headed and businesslike.! Yet it is well to remind ourselves that j living down a bad name is not enough j We must keep on living it down. We I must demonstrate that it was never I justified in the first place. Eugene Register. Mrs. Wynne Home Mrs. L. S. Wynn returned to Al bany yesterday fro.n Eugene where she accompanied the bo!y of her bt'c husband, who was laid to rest 'n the masoleum in that city Friday. More To The Point Congressman Pat Mc Arthur haa introduced a bill to oust sick prrsl i,dents, thus making use of the ex exeprine gained in the Oregon leg islature of amending the constitution by statute. But a bill to oust laxy A LIVE BANK FOR LIVE PEOPLE Whatever your desire and ambition is for the year 1920. 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With the approach of spring you will want to re place that old rug with a new floor covering. Come in and look over our splendid assortments. Here arc a few attractive pieces which we have to offer: Fibre Rugs, 9x12 $12.00 Grass Rugs, 9x12 $11.00 Fibre and Wool Rugs, 9x12, $13.50 Heavy Axminixte Rugs, 9x12 $13.50 Smith Velvet Rugs $19.00 When in the Market for Furniture, Iook Over Our Line Planning that Garden With the first appearance of Cock Robin signs of spring bring thoughts of that garden that will furnish you with so much pleasure in the making and so much luxury and real satisfaction in the eating of your own grown vegetables a few weeks hence. . But to garden you must have tools, and our tools are of the right kind and quality. Better look over yours. SPADES HOES RAKES SHOVELS WHEELBARROWS WEEDERS PLANTERS Garden tools of all sorts. You can always depend on quality and the right price at the MARKER 216 West JLJ' HARDWARE CO. 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