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STATE BOM REPORTS on mm com is By. Pupt. Notson. The State Board of Health nas report to me concerning Hie conditions found in the schools in spected by the State School Nurse who recently visited the schools of this county. The Board will provide the services of skilled men to aid in remedying the defective sight of pu pils whose parents are not able to bear the expense themselves. The same offer applies to other defects which interfere with the school work of pupiils. In several districts the outhouses are not what they should be. Some need repairs, some need cleaning, some need new vaults, and some need a coat of paint or whitewash to ob literate the obscene writing and vile pictures. In two districts one of the outbuildings has been blown down. The Board insists upon a compliance with the law which requires two out buildings, even if the school is small, unless the pupils are all of one sex. In two or three districts new out buildings should replace the old. In nearly all the districts, the wa ter supply is properly taken care of, though a closed jar with a faucet would be a decided Improvement over the present open pail used in some districts. The open pail, even when the pupils are provided with individual cups, is not the best means of caring for the water sup ply. Where the source of the water is near, a large jar fitted with a bub bling fountain, which can be pur chased at a small cost, is better than the individual cups, for pupils ne glect to. take their cups home to be scalded. The Board feel that the floors should be oiled. In this country the dust is one of the difficult things to contend with. The school boards would do well to provide some sort of sweeping compound for use on the floors, and floor brushes are bet ter than brooms for sweeping, and in the end they are cheaper. The sweeping and dusting should be done in the evening. A sweeping com pound can be made at a very small cost. Few people appreciate the dangers arising from dust. While it is not mentioned In the report, the light In many of the schools Is not the best. In District No. 34 the light is admitted only from the left side, almost the entire gide of the building being windows. This is the correct method. The light is regulated by means of tan colored, adjustable shades, which are the same kind as those used in the school buildings of Spokane. These shades cost a little more in the beginning, but they are much cheaper in the end, for they will outlast a dozen of the ordinary shades. Then they are so mush bet ter. The light can be properly reg ulated at' all times. When the sun is shining on the side having the win dows, the shades may be drawn en tirely over the windows, yet the tex ture and color enables a soft light of sufficient quantity to enter the room, In several of the districts, the matters needing attention have al ready been attended to. In all they should be attended to without delay State Superintendent Churchill has called upon me for a report in regard to the work of the parent- teacher organizations of this county It is to be regretted that more of these organizations were not organ ized during the year. Where there have been such organizations, much good has been accomplished. Port land has led the entire country in this line. At the Spokane meeting Mr. O. M. Plummer of the Portland Board of Education, told of the great benefits which had been secured by the organizations in that city. Sim ilar reports were made from other cities. Some of the speakers mak ing the reports said that at first some of the teachers, principals, and superintendents were afraid to en courage the work, thinking that the organization might be "meddle some , but in every case they are now in hearty accord. The organ ization at Lexington, under the lead ership of Prof. Doak, has done some most excellent things this year. If such an organization were formed in each district, many of the things criticised by the State Board of Health would be remedied without any difficulty. The purpose of the organizations is to secure lntelli gent co-operation between the homes and the schools and to secure the best equipment for BChool work which the district can afford. The school and the home are the two biggest factors in the education of the child, though not the only ones. Sometimes teachers forget the part the home has in the work, and think that the school is the only factor. Sometimes the parents want to put all the responsibility upon the school. Both positions are erroneous. The solution is found in the parent teacher organizations. !R. F. HYND WBITES OF HIS NATIVE LAND Editor Gazette-Times:- The town of Arbroath where we are spending our holiday, is located on the east coast of Scotland and has a population of 22,000. It is one ot the oldest towns in Scotland, its his tory dating back to the Roman in vasion of Britian In the sixth cen tury, and parts of the wall built at that time to protect the Roman sol diers from the attacks of the High landers can still be seen at the foot of the Grampian Hills, the most southerly of the Scottish Highlands about ten miles north from town. The country for many miles around is doted with ancient landmarks, and one can always find some old inhab itant who can entertain the visitor with the written and unwritten his tory of these early days. I met an old lady recently who told me she remembered her grandfather finding a high pile of bones on the shores of a lovely bay adjoining my father's farm, where the sea during a fierce storm had washed away the sandy beach exposing the gruesome pile, and as bones were in those days, as well as at the present time, in de mand at the fertilizer factories this thrifty Scot began hauling them to the nearest factory. Needless to say the authorities soon called a halt, reverently covering up what the sea had exposed and on further Investi gation there was found a hugh trench of human bones well preserved in the sand where they had been for cen turies, evidently the result of a bat tle where some foreign foe had land ed on the beach, but as no written history or legend recorded such an incident the date would be prior to the Roman invasion. The town owes much of Its place in history to its Abbey, the ruins of which are still much admired by vis itors. The original building was founded in 1178 and completed in 1233, and from the time of its com pletion till 1400 was very often used as a royal residence and seat of Scotch government, the surrounding country being at that time, as it is today, one of the best agricultural districts In Scotland. The church building alone covered an eara of 276 feet by 68 feet and the walls are 67 feet high, and in many places from four to six feet thick, with sec ret passages leading through them, this part of the Abbey being taken care of by 40 monks and their ret inue of servants. In addition to the church were residences, banquet halls, defense towers, dungeons, etc forming a pile of masonry, much of it finely carved, and the ruins of which are still well preserved. It was in this Abbey that in 1320 the Scottish "Declaration of Indepen dence" was written, a copy of which is still preserved and which ends with the words: "It is not for glory riches or honor, that we fight but for that liberty which no man will consent to lose but with his life." The blood of the framers of this doc ument has flowed through the viens of Patrick Henry. The old part of the town has very narrow crooked streets, in many places just room enough for two ve hicles to pass, while the sidewalks are only wide enough for two peo ple tn u-alV nn At everv curve or angle the street takes another name!"16 same price as In Oregon and altogether the arrangement of the old town is most confusing to visitors. This condition is character istic of all the old towns in Europe, and even in small towns one can readily lose their way at night. The new part is quite modern and up-to-date, many of the residences being superior to those of an American city of equal population, all being built of stone with slate roofs. In fact these materials are used in all buildings here and a lumber struct ure would be a curiosity. The streets and sidewalks are wide and well paved, and the public parks are large and beautifully located over looking the sea. The harbor, fac tories, etc., occupy about one mile of the water front, while north and south for about a mile in each direc tion lie the recreation parks, the level ground being utilized by the younger members for football, crick et, etc., while the higher ground at the back is well furnished with benches where lovers and old people can pass a quiet hour. South from town in front of the park lies a beautiful bathing beach well pat ronised during the summer months, while just north from the other park the high, rocky cliffs extend for sev eral miles, rising almost perpendic ular out of the ocean. The land is cultivated up to the edge of these cliffs, leaving only a foot path, which it is dangerous to trod on stormy days, but from which a beautiful vU.w can be attained of the ocean In all moods. Twelve miles out at sea on a lonely rock stands the Bell Rock light house, 115 feet high, built in 1S10 at a cost of over $300 - 000, and which sends its alternate flashes of red and white light from sunset to sunrise lighting up the sea for many miles around. During the summer months the town is full of visitors and tourists, many attracted by the dry bracing air, for this is the driest district in Scotland, the rainfall being only about 25 inches, and many by the an tiquarian relics of the town and dis trict, for in additon to the ruins of the Abbey, there are many old ruins and haunted castles in the country adjoining, most of them dating back to the 12th century, and in a day's journey one can be entertained with enough ghost stories and tales of battles and bloodshed around these ancient ruins to keep one's nerves on edge for some time. The fishing community, consisting of about 100 families, appears to be a great at traction for visitors. These people Hoccupy a district aiong me wuier front, living apart from the other residents of the town, and never mixing with them in a social or bus iness way. Their general appearance and dress is altogether different and one could readily believe they were a different race of people. Every town along the coast has Its "fisher folks," and most interesting they are. Every day when the weather permits they go out in their small boats, three to five men in a boat according to size, and seldom do they return empty handed. When landed the catch of each boat is sold separately at auction on the wharf, the fish mer chants and peddlars being active bid ders. Sometimes a storm comes up when they are out at sea and sever al times during the past winter the life boat has been launched to stand by and render assistance if any ac cident occurred. No lives have been lost this winter, but few seasons pass without some wreck when mak ing the landing. During the summer months thousands of tons of herring are landed and these are cleaned and packed in barrells by the women when the men are out after "another load," and exported to Russia and Germany. The herring season is the fisherman's harvest. The principal industry of the town is the manufacture of twine and can vas, the raw material, flax, coming by ship from the Baltic Sea in Rus sia. There are eight such factories as well as two large shoe factories employing approximately 3000 work ers, the greater part being girls and women, men being employed only as mechanics and overseers. The wages paid these factory workers Is very low, from $1.50 to $3.00 per week according to age and experience for the girls and women, and from $5.00 to $8.00 for the men. There, are also three engineering concerns em ploying approximately 800 men whose wages will run from $6.00 to $10.00 per week, the latter being considered a high wage for the best class of workmen in any of the trades. 1 he painters, carpenters and other artisans get from 16c. to 20c. per hour working ten hours per day except Saturday when all work in factories and shops closes at noon, the weekly half-holiday being uni versal here. All retail stores, and other places not observing the Sat urday half-holiday close on Wednes day afternoon, and the law is strict ly enforced. A great number of the retail stores are conducted by women. a large percentage of whom are "bachelor maids," and when clerks are employed in the larger stores they are mostly women and girls whose pay is no better than the fac tory workers. These conditions drive the young men to foreign lands or to a "life on the rolling wave. and the proportion of women in the town is yearly increasing. There are hundreds of women working in stores ana lactones ror f z.tio per week or less and hundreds of men laborers, teamsters, etc., working for less than $6 per week, and bringing up a family. Rents and clothing are cheaper, flour, meats and fruit are higher, while groceries are about How the poor beggars live is more than I can gure out, but they seem to be happy and have evidently found out that "Blessed are those who expect nothing for they shall not be disap pointed." Scotland has always been known as a good Sunday observer and here the old customs are pretty well kept up. Not only are all the stores closed, but the blinds on the windows are drawn and no games of any kind are allowed in the public parks or anywhere else for that matter. Dur ing the winter the public skating pond was frozen over once or twice, each time for three days. One Sat urday the ice was in line condition and the pond was crowded til mid night when the police whistle was blown and the pond cleared. All day on Sunday a policeman stood guard and no one was allowed on the ice till Monday morning. The three "movie" theaters are not allowed to open and where twenty-five trains pass through town each way during week days, there are only two through mail trains on Sunday, not a local train being taken out. There is not the church attendance one would expect with all these restric tions, the seashore, the parks and the country roads being more at tractive than the churches to those who spend their time during the week inside the factories and shops. R. P. HYND. (To be continued) REPUBLICAN VOTERS SHOOLEI BEWARE Party Should Be Represented cn National Committee By a Republican The Republicans of Oregon are en titled to have a Republican named as the National Republican Committee man from this State. C. W. Ackerson, who claims to be a Republican, is a candidate. He registered as a Progres sive January 8, 1914. Then signed peti tion of H. W. Coe to be Progressive National Committeeman. Then can celled his registration as a Progres sive and registered as a Republican and immediately filed his candidacy for membership on Republican Nation al Committee. Has been an intimate and convenient understudy of the Pro gressive National Committeeman and seems now to be in combination with him in an attempt to shanghai the Republican organization. His candi dacy is being actively backed by par ties hostile to the Republican party and having personal interests and pri vate personal grudges to serve. His erratic and excitable temperament has frequently led him to flood the col umns of the press with violent attacks upon the Republican party and vicious personal abuse of prominent Republi cans and life-long residents of the State. It is a grave abuse for parties who are not Republican to register as such. It is a graver abuse for outsiders to attempt the capture Of a political par ty to gratify a personal grudge and to promote party discord. It is an abuse against which fair-minded men of all parties will rise in protest. We can never have a reunited party by pushing to the front political hotheads and men who are political reformers simply for the sake of office. Having been a Republican only twenty-four hours when he announced his candi dacy for the highest honorary position in the gift of the party, is some indi cation of what Mr. Ackerson's motive was in registering as a Republican. As Hon. Ralph E. Williams is the only Republican who is a candidate for Republican National Committeeman, we feel warranted in urging all loyal Republicans in the state to give him their earnest and enthusiastic support. CHAS. B. MOORES, (Chairman of Republican State Cen tral Committee.) M. B. McFAUL, (President Lincoln Republican Club.) McKINLEY MITCHELL, (President of Portland Republican Club.) C. M. IDLEMAN, (President Multorpor Republican Club.) Paid Advertisement. FOR GOVERNOR GUS. C. MOSER REPUBLICAN HE STANDS FOR EC ONOMY, EFFICIENCY AND DIGNIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT. FEW ER TAX EATING COM MISSIONS AND REDUC TIONOF EXPENSE IN EACH DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE. I stand ly my recoi'l as State Sen ator at the last session of the lctfis- hit in c. I worked and voted against the new tax law, and favor a law making taxes payable semi-annually, without penalty. Only five of the laws passed at that session were referred to the peo pie by referendum petitions; four of those the people approved by over whelming majorities, and I voted for them; the fifth was almost as badly defeated, and I voted against it in the legislature. I worked and voted for Senator Malarkey's minimum wage bill for women, providing for an impartial commission to fix the maximum hours of labor and the minimum amount of pay. I favor a similar law providing for an' impartial commission without compensation, to fix the maximum hours of labor for men in the var ious industrial occupations; this in preference to a flat eight hour law. I favor further good roads legisla tion with state aid, so that we may have cheaper transportation from the farms and producers in every di rection. I favor the reduction of taxes by consolidation of various commiss ions, or the abolishment thereof, and placing their duties into the hands of the State Board, and by the reduc tion of the expense of conducting the various departments of the State. I favor suitable appropriations for our State Educational Institutions, and the continued improvement of our great bulwark the public school system. Paid Advertisement. Two-Magazine Model K Linotype WE DO YOUR PRINTING RIGHT. GAZETTE-TIMES PRINTER! PHONE MAIN 432 SUMMER EXCURSIONS EAST the UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD A NAVIGATION COMPANY OREGON SHORT LINE, UNION PACIFIC and COItlMCUons t Ilia REDUCED ROUND-ERIP FARES shown in the following list: Denver $33.00 Colorado Mprings 53.00 Omaha 60.00 Kansas City 00.00 Saint Paul 00.00 Duluth 60.00 YVinnepeg 00.00 Saint Louis 70.00 Chicago 72.00 Cincinnati! 84.00 Buffalo 02.00 Toronto 02.00 Washington 107.30 Philadelphia 108.50 New York City 108.50 lioHton 110.00 Other Eaatern Cities at Corresponding Reductions. For detailed information, fares, routes and arrangements, call on any agent of the O-W. R. & N. Funeral Held at Cleveland. Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl McLain, youngest daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Hinton, 802 Patton avenue, who died April 16 In Cleveland, Ohio, were held in that city. Her husband was making arrangements to bring her to Portland when her death oc curred. She was born August 27, 1880, near Heppner, Ore. Portland Journal. lltiildinK Part of Cutoff. H. R. Newport of the Newport Con struction company returned to lier miston on the morning train after spending the night here. The New ports have one of the subcontracts for building a portion of the Coyote cutoff. Already they have five camps established and will establish two more next week. They are building 13 miles of.track near Hermiston and three miles near Coyote. They are also putting in about seven miles of passing track. Pendleton E. 0. f "ft 1 WOMM'S BREAST ALWAYS BEGINS a SMALL LUMP LIKE THtl and ALWAYS POISONS DEEPCLP.N3S IN THE ARMPIT AND KILLS QUICKLY ! IF I FAIL TO CURE any CANCER or TUMOR I TREAT BEFORE it Poisons Bono or Doep Glands NOKNIrE GT PAIN No Pay Until Cured, Ko X Ray or other wlndle. An island plant makcathe cure ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE Any TUMOR, LUMP or Sore on the lip,, face or body long is Cancer It Never Pains until liwt tage. 120-PAGE BOOK eent free; Uatiinoniala of thoueamlu cured at homo nmirv K A uffcium ANY LUMP IN WOMAN'S BREAST le CANCER. We refine thountnda Dylna. Came Too Lata. We bave cured 10,0(10 in 20 yr. Address OR. & MRS. DR. CHAMLEY& CO. A 435 VALENCIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO, ML KINDLY MAIL this to some one with CANCER iwuiiiiio Tickets on Sale June I to September 30 Final Return Limit October 31 With Liberal Stopover Privileges Ul ui Help You PUn Your Trip Now For Justice of the Supreme Court CHARLES L. McNARY Now on the Bench REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE Primary Election, Mou lSlh, 1914 Pd. Adv. STOCK RANCH. 1500 Acres 100 acres under ditch;, 60 acres now set to alfalfa and other 40 can be put In at any time. 250 asre farm land. Plenty of water for" all purposes, 700 acres R. R. land leased that will go with , the place. $20,000 buys this one-half cash; balance to suit. 500 .Acres Grain and Stock ranch. 300 acres in cultivation, 100 acres more suitable for cultiva tion. $20 per acre. 150 acres in fall wheat goes with place at this price. 6 miles from Heppner. Good dwelling, 2 barns, 2 chicken houses, good orchard, plenty of Tun ing water. $4500 cash, balance 5 years. SMEAD & CRAWFORD. , 1 i "Ik