STATE BOM REPORTS
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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.)
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whelming majorities, and I voted for
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I worked and voted for Senator
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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
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consolidation of various commiss
ions, or the abolishment thereof, and
placing their duties into the hands
of the State Board, and by the reduc
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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.
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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.
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