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TI10 riiial spelling contest for Jack
son county public schools will ho
held in Medford, September 1-1, nnd
will be divided into two parts. The
first pint will lie written and will lie
known as the eliminating; contest,
which will lake plaee at the high
school building in Medford at Id n.
in., Thursday, September 14.
The twelve persons leading in the
eliminating eontest will he chosen tor
the oral eontest to be held at 2::10
o'clock )). m., Thursday, September
14, at the Medl'ord high school. Con
testants will select their respective
positions in lino by lot.
Tho list of contestants:
Town nml City Schools.
Kiln Grieve, Medford; Fred Sparks,
Jacksonville; Esther .Miller, Mary
Wheeler, Phoenix; Aiiiih Khun, Eliz
abeth McKec, Violet Wood, Roy Iiod
gcrs, Ashland; flora Hathaway, Mil
lie Thornbue, Central Point; Luoin
Kind, Lncile lloldridge, Talent; Hoy
Clark, Hazel Kirk, Rogue River;
Thelinn Dyer, Gertrude Hntler,
Sharon Mi'iriman, Karl Campbell,
Josephine I.indley, l.ois
Tbelina Collins, Kd Kelly,
lllnkcly, Medford.
Tturnl Schools.
Group 1 Foster Wiley,
villi-; Lester Hill, Provolt; Ksther
Kleiiihainmcr, liuncoin; Pearl Lang
twacl, Provoll.
Group 2 Khncr Anderson, Med
ford, route 1; Flora Manke, Medford,
route 1; Kniest Harris, Central Point,
ronle 1; Harriet Harris, Medford,
ionic 2.
Group .1 Carrie May Urines, Tal
ent : Bessie Walker, Lucy H. Davis,
Kthel Morris, Ashland.
Group' lVolncy Odan, George Van
Golhem, Rogue River; Richard Ring,
Gold Hill.
Group "i Myrtle Chapman, Central
Point ; Chester Jones, Butte Falls .'
Louie Sweet, Beagle; Mabel Pavne,
Gold Hill.
Grdui f Claude ftngsdnlc, Fran
ces Simmons, Dial' Skynnan, Merle
Houston,. Trail. .. w. . . .
Grtiup-7 ICva JleDoiiitW," 'Trail;
N'ellie Morgan, Persist; Pee Nye,
Heiby; Harvey Morgan, Persist.
Groan 8 Waller Allen, Gertrude'
Thompson, Derby; Paul Robertson,
Fugle Point ; Vrzula Geppert, Jlutte
Falls.
Group !1 Harold von dcr llellen,
Wellen: Mary Monia, Brownsboro;
Bessie Farlow. Loren Farlow, Lake
Creek: Theodore Florey, Aidcn Ha
clton, Kaglc Point. x
Group 10 Klizabetb Meier, WilhtiT
Godlovc, Medford; Pearl Timtnons,
Central Point ; Arthur Moore, Med
ford. route 2.
STATE PRIMARIES
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 12. Eight
republican candidates for governor
are being voted on In the state pri
mary today, while Governor Ernest
Lister will be opposed In the demo
cratic primaries by William E. Cass
of Vancouver. There are ten repub
lican candidates for congress in the
first district and one democrat. In
the second congressional district there
Is no democratic candidate. For a
numlier of state offices there are no
democratic candidates. Republican
leaders profess to believe that great
numbers of democrats will call for
republican ballots there being no con
test on their own side, and that the
democratic tickets voted will be few.
Polls open at 11 a. ni. and close
at 8 p. ni. Owing to the operation
of the second choice law in the con
test for the more important offices
on the republican side the result of
the primary will not be known for
many hour? after the balloting Is ended.
BLAZE IN BEAVER
SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 12. Fire
men continued here early today to
pump water into the after cargo hold
of the steamer Beaver, in which fire
broke out early yesterday while the
steamer was en route from Portland,
Ore. The hold was filled with excel
sior, newspaper and miscellaneous
shipments.
After racing to this port to unload
her passengers, the Heaver waxiowed
last night from her berth to shallow
water In the .Mission mud flats, where
the hull could be flooded if neces
sary. However, the flames were ron
llned to the after hold throughout the
night.
To the 1:dilor:
In the local coinim; of a recent
edition of the Mail Tribune you pub
lished a piece to the effect that one
o'f Ihe janitors of the public school
system was discharged "on account
of negligence in his work." As I am
the only janitor that has been dis
charged Ltnke it that you mean me.
I would like to inquire just what
negligence is referred to.
A barefaced falsehood like Hint,
published in a daily paper, may work
untold hardship on n man who must
depend upon day's work lor u living.
It is unjust, unmanly and wholly be
neath n man of principle.
,I deny the accusation that "negli
gence of work or duty" had anything
to do with my dismissal, and I make
the indictment that 1 believe my dis
charge was planned beforehand and
is spilcwork, pure and simple. I be
lieve it is an outgrowth, of the school
contention of last 'winter, and is the
beginning of n plan to discredit the
Lincoln school.
I had intended lo lake mv medi
cine and say nothing until that item
was published. I now feci that 1 am
justified in making the foregoing in
dictment and the following statement :
One of my hardest tasks was to
get the necessary supplies from the
school hoard with which to do the
work of renovating and cleaning up
the school building. Two small cans
of "cleanser" was all they would
give me to clean the entire building.
The mcuiltcr of the board who issues
the supplies said "that was enough,"
and "that his wife could clean her
kitchen a whole year with that much
cleanser.''-
The great trouble with the board,
and especially this particular member,
seems to be the fact that he can't
rise nbove the "kitchen" size of bus
iflesff methods. . " ! ,
The fact of the matter is, I have
had to buy a great many of my own
supplies all along in order to keep the
school building in n sanitary condi
tion. I bought one brush and paid $4
for it. - 1 got no 'pay for these sup
plies they, came out of my own
pocket.
t- In the hoard's favor, I will say
that tbcv paid me back for one little
item in supplies that I had bought to
expedite the present work of getting
the school building in condition for
the beginning of the term. That was
not paid hack until after I was dis
charged and had demanded it.
Now, a word as to Ihe immediate
instance of my dismissal. 1 had been
ordered to go to the top floor and
work down, to finish all the rooms as
I came. The supplies gave out, and
I.had to come down below before tho
upper floor was finished. This seem
ed lo enrage n particular member of
the board, who spoke in terms not the
least bit diplomatic or gentlcmnnly,
and which T resented, and which I
claim the right to resent, especially
as members of my family were help
ing me do the work.
H seems queer to me that the au
thor of that item would refer to my
case as "negligence in work" nnd
overlook the ma tier of a superinten
dent who is paid a large yearly sal
ary, yet who goes into another state
and teaches during the summer for
an additional fat, salary and neglects
Ihe schools at home, and in conse
quence of which his home schools are
thrown behind the regular season of
opening. Bui this seems to he a dif
ferent mailer, and that superintend
elil had his salary raised over his
predecessor. GF.O. BISHOP.
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TO LEAVE BREMEN
BERLIN, Sept. 12. Reports from
Bremen say that another merchant
submarine is expected to leave that
port for the United States at the end
of the present month. None of the
projected sister ships to the Deiltsch.
land and Bremen has, however, been
completed yet, according to a state
ment by Philip lleiueken, onn of tho
directors of the Ocean Navigation
company, owners of the I)eutchland.
Asked when the Bremen was ex
pected to arrive in America Director
Helnoken said: ' ""Only the (iods
know," and refused to discuss the
matter further.
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATORS
CALLED IN SPECIAL SESSION
IIOSTOX, Sept. 12. The Massa
chusetts Icgi-latiire met in special
scs-ion to consider measures to per
mit national guardsmen on the border
to vole in the October election and
to provide for dependents of the
guardsmen.
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