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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1911)
”V.4|r / A As JV M — - tfu-v-- « - n, ' i ’M7*. GRADUATION OF TWO DAYS RACE MEET H.8. STUDENTS Fine Tesai Ladies and Gentlemen Complete the Course ara Ire Now Ready Far the University a manner most satisfactory to patrons. In fact, there has been no impiaint, whatever, during th«- year of th«- conduct of any department of the school. All of the teachers who deaired, were reengaged for th«- c««ming year It is expectr«! that the High school for next year »ill t«e near double what It was during th«- past year. After studying with close attention the annual rejwrt of the Pullman Car Company th«- Detroit News has come to the conclusion that, if it had a choice of membership between the l*ullman car organisation and th«« United States mint it would accept the former. This company was organized about 30 years ago with a capital of $t.250.OM). Ex cept what has lu«en pawl in from earn ings n«> new capital has ever been addetl but st«M-k «lividemis have increased th« capitalization to $12U,000,000. He who put in I link) at the beginning and re tained the Interest until the dal«- of this report has now flisi.ooo, besid«-» all th«- cash dividends that have l>«-en paid. There are but three railway systems in I» I it. . «: w I .. P , I ■■ . • . do not run. Only when com|«elle«i by the Interstate Commerce Commission did this great octopus submit a public report of its operations. On Friday evening of last weak, the Scio High school exercises w et«- held. Th«- audience was large aril the decora tions of green an«! whit«« were in evhtrnce «>n every hand. The music for the occasion was fur nished by a -ciu orchestra and *»» greatly appreciated. Th«- gnuluation themes of the young lailies and young gentlemen, w were up«>n Well selected subjects and. and, in each instance, the subject matter was handl««d in an able manner, The At the home of the bride’s parents, growth of the Scio High school in th«- Mr. and Mrs. W. A White, two miles two years in i which it has been con- west of Scio, on 'fay 22. 1911, Mr. N. ducted, ha» been very gratifying, Gilbert McDonald and Miss I., Mm- Two teachers i ar«- now required ami White. Justice of the Peace -helton among the stuiients, there is an ex- officiating with Roy Shelton as bri«!e- cellent school spirit and a disposition to Under the new law, just taking man an«l Miss Jennie White aa brid« - accomplish n-sults. io.nd. After the weilding all partook County School «up-nut--i l--nt Jack effect, Superintendent Jackson I of a good am! nicely arranged dinner. son was present and mud«- u brief ail- appointed the following county board of education: A. C. Schmitt, Albany. dress. He complimented Princii ul Teacher’s Summer Review Term be I . Ml tig for hl ..... J. W Miller, Shelburn, M A. Miller. ■ ■ o I gins at Albany College July 10 anti will Ix-lianon ami W C. Cooley, Browns continue to August 19 All branches vill««. This board will work with thr th«- starter for the .--taliliihrm nt of th- for stat«- certificates will i»e taught by superintendent, They will have the High Scho<d in I.inn < ounty. th«- best instructors. Advanced work President Ackerman, of th«- Mon power to form districts embracing in high school subjects Primary and twenty to fifty schools, over which shall mouth Normal school was pre-ent and intermediate methisis a specialty. delivered a most instructive ad«lresa, in be a supervisor, under salary, appoint Interview • upenntrndrnt W. L. Jack ed by the board. It is probable there which he paid a high tribute to the sun or President II M Crook.«. will li«- two oth«:rs, thr«-«- in ull. practi- value of th«- High School. rally superintending the schools under After the graduates had read their th’cm. I various essays. Principal Gooding pr>- It is a great advance in educational Th«- partnership in the saw mill I busi- scnt««d the diplomas. Rev. l«orve de meth«x!s, and Linn county does well to nera conducted by < >ooch & ! Smith livered liolh th«- invocation un«i bene take prompt action in it. ■ Albany above Lyons, is hereby dissolved. diction. Democrat Scio has had a most successful school Gooch, continuing th«- logging business, has coatractrd to furnish logs for the year. Every department, in Ixith grad«- . ’ v 1 ’ -tip ansi U ’«. - (>lQg k*AJ<h. an«! High school, has been conducte»! in mill which is retained by Smith. At the solicitation of horsemen, the Linn < ounty Fair Association will give a two days race meet on May ltiand 17. with an exhibit of roses on Main St. The racing. Some four or five races, will be held in the afternoon of each day at the Fair grounds, also a ball game will be played each afternoon. The Scio band will furnish the music and a genera! good time will be had. Were Married Dissolution of Partnership Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with us, wh \ ip it ; I bis is the stor<‘ that »ells the bust mens «•inti boys Suits, Huts Shirts ami Inder wear money can Ini v Yon will find more standard makes of Clothing, Hats and Furnishing < Joods in our stori* than- any other place in Lilin county. make a specialty of Mens .-ill Wool $18.00 t .Suits Haws $.3 Hats and l< !!(>X $5 Hats iirs 2 for 25 cents * TRACY CLOTHING CO. One Price Clothers 330 West First St. ALBBNY, OREGON • “1 | ■gc I r.i( TRIBUTE TO BOOK 314 AN OPPONENT YEARS OLD The Oreqonians Estimate ol Governor Woodrow WiSsoe 1 Folert Presidential Possibility Governor Wiaxlrow Wilson is a fine specimnn of that ly|x- of men who 1 come to thr front in time of unsettled ! opinions anti .hanging conditions, In many respects h«« reminds one of Thoma« Jefferson, who was intellectu ally a son of the 1- rcnch Revolution. I He has Jeffcr-ton’s wide outlook an« I mor«- than hi»- «« holurship He him the same marvelous undrrsta'uling of op- l«ortunity an«! realm«-».. to seize upon • it, th«« »am«« c intempt for mere tradi . I No Derma-rat since the thin! Prevalent has brought to his party abilities so , splendid or confronted! its future with , Mi Hur.« I I «indrr, in ngetl rrsidenl of-'CIO, is the owner of a book which '• probably one of the oldest in the li ' • pi t ■ i «-III i b-rinan‘ a nd I.»tin an«l wax published in 15#?. Or the title pug«- part of th«« deserp- lion i-« "Some of th«- Psalms of thr Proph« t King David hi I't text« explain • -I « inply and uo-fully by M Henry Both; drawn up and printed for the 1 service <»r X Christ. In the y sir M I > X < V|1 Th«- book is printe ! on <>nr aide of the paper only, and while yellow with ago. it well preserved and probably li..p<-« so mighty. Educate«! for th«- would demand a high price if ofTere«l law ami knowing m«>r<- of that intricat«- , for sale. science than must of its practitioners, I h<- IxMik was brought to America in Wtxxlrow Wilson is not a law yer, nor 17-tby the great, great grandfuther has he th«- narrow professional view of of Mrs. Hinder'n husband ami has been public question« At John* Hopkins handi-d down from one generation to University, then th«- moat brilliant seat another, always going to one of the of higher stuiiic« in th«- country, fu family nam««l Jake. Mrs. Ginder's rred arai sj>ecinlize«l in political science husband was the last of ths Jakes and hie d«x.*t«>r's thesis u|x«n “The and ts-<|Uvathed it to hit Wife. State" won him renown In learnetl circles, but it never wax th«« scholarly Few men appear big to us after we analysis of th«-on-ti«-al schemes of hn.e ar.fully measuied then with government that moat attracted him. our own yardstick. He hunger««! for reality. His mind was enamored of th«- practical. has the Wixxirow Wilson brings to politics an rhetoric. Governor Wilson acquaintance with all that man has upremr forensic gifts of directness, tri«-d to do in th«- past. He knows th«- simplicity and sincerity. Il<- has the successes and th«- failures of the human ability to say precisely what he means race. He has rea l the recon! of the a- I he always means precisely what he The New Jersey IxMsea found glorious revolutions thnt have en«i«-d in say tyranny, of the experiments tx-ginning this -nit to their sorrow after they had in enthusiasm that have trailnl out in mail«- tiie colossal blunder of all >wing sordid disaater, of fruitless victories Inin to get into office. They took Ins ami martyrs d«-ad in vain, and in spit«- preelection promises for the simple in of it all his moat salient trait is l«eli«-f babble of the ordinary scholar in the future. Nothing daunts his in pditics. They discovered too late that vincible courage. Nothing dims his his word was adamant, tie takes the faith in the people. The little states public into his confidence without stint. man studying the history of a deca«!« The d«a>r of his ollie«« stands always Filer«- are no limits to his candor trembles to think what will hap|x-n if ojx-n “the m«»b” takes control of the govern when he is s|w«aking. If he were nu-nt. Woodrow " ilaon, with all th«- President he might have a state secret past l«cfore him, interpreting with surf now and then, but he would have none Ilia theory sense of justice the record of all the that h«« could safely reveal ages. speaks unreservixily for de- is that the government la-longs to the should know m«»cracy. In the rule of the people, he people and that they tells us, am! in nothing else we shnll exactly what it is doing all the time, lie lielieves that they should take a» see the salvation of the world. It Iwlittles Wixxlrow Wilson to speak much part in ita actual business aa of him as a ’ scholar in politics.” His possible. scholarship, masterly as it is, stands Naturally thee* qualities fit Wood- «-• ■ .- h - - - «■ • t--r.«t ■ trait» row Wilson for |>opularity. lie wina w -i t. tl -M.'-'sr ■ mter«-st in ’ in- past th«- hearts of all who hear him and ani his raverence for th«« ghost of usually convinces their minds. Those .«■ if • > • • ■ . Mr. W - < who csca|a- the snare of his logic are greater interest in what is. His .<■« »< apt to be caught finally by his origi - . - - • » < • • • ■ H- i ' nality. Nobody else .ooks at things stat«--in i- 's gr up of curr« - t facts hi ,-I quite as he does. When the lawyers the philosopher's understanding of had persuaded all the rest of us that what they mean. corporations were living creatures We amociate the mere scholar with fully ax real a« human beings and far books in some quiet retreat. The more im|x«rtant, Governor Wilson Governor of New Jersey has proven broke into th«- magic circle with the that hie proper place is in the turmoil doctrine that they are figments of the of living affairs, Ilia short experience imaginatmr . They do nothing and in- in New Jersey politics has already nothing apart from the men who com demonstrated his amazing practical pose them It is idle to think of skill. He rcatis the motives of men, punishing a cor|x>ration. You might appeal» «ieftlv to their deeper feelings as well think of punishing a conjunc and leatls them to do his will. Since tive adverb. Thr men who fill its he became a candalate for Govern« r officra commit the sins which are there is not a single practical failure in charged to th«- corporation, anti it is his score. He has marked up one sue- I they w ho should liear the punishment. cess sfter another, and. l«etter still, all Thus Mr Wilson reasons on thia m «at his successes lave t>ecn triumphs for vital of public questions and with thr honesty ami go«l government. same originality and pungi-nt sense of Noliody think« of Woodrow Wilson fact he reasons upon everything. Hr as an orator. He is an effective public is a man who is in tunr with his age. sjieake*, but he hat no transcendent Intellectually alert, with thr stars for outburst« Such men ns ( alh-xm ami pilots, h«- addresses himself bravely to Daniel Webster, if they could return to sail th«- seas of democracy, fearless of listen to him, would be puzzled to ex- i wreck, confident of reaching happier plain hi« power «ver audie-cos. Thia, shores than man has ever trod. The shows how the work! has chang»-d. I country loves a courageous captain. People d<> not care much in our day for There are no honors which it will deny storms of verbiage They want the him if hr proves that his skill is equal speaker's honest th ught and not his to his tM>l«lnr«a. ■ .. r <<