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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1904)
SIXTTEEN DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY. JANUARY 2, 1904. JLT HEAD OF intl'utes. I Thn r"t )W has been notably 'miut rosanl contentions between . . - m I " T'TU'D CrWnnT . teachers, patron and school officer JPjrof. J. H. Ackerman, Superintendent of Public Instruction Superintendent of I'ulllc Instruction 3. II. Ackerman t how completing Ma fifth yonr of service, anl report that the educational wevk of th state I progressing most satisfactorily During the part year he has visited most of the counties of the slate sv era! times In the Interest of educa govptal rourtle have taken advantage of the library law, thus Insuring at leest a small number of books for each rhild in such counties. Also a gnat number of districts, either by moans of a rotnmon school fund or through the efforts of teachers and pupllr haw secured valuable Jlbrar- 4HMrt4t8f2,b endorsed Ttz&suty not paid for want of ! funds" during the coming year. With PIkw r J2kIm. jKEfBEBEKmKfa, fiK. iflr inH mHILV )HK36r .JfMfllH !n JBBiHt t(ujL.uV aSKbHi HSbI iisssaHRf! - AiSsiVVisK JsaHPis!sssssV xsssssssssw '" 'SlfiMr i9HRisssssssw sss5u!l 'sHk jMvBBK&SnrW In that there has bfn lio case of for mal appeal to thp state educational department. At present the whole state syrtem is alive with study and Intently engaged on school problem ai nver before Dy msans of the Course of Study, prepared by Super Intendent Ackerman. unity of trip w!"jle syst.'Ti has been secur!. Th' vlgorou urging of the introduction of the Course of Study necessarily pro voked more or less criticism, but with calmness and faith In the final victory of what ho consldore best, he never wavered In the pursuit of the end sought. The labor was gront. ie- quiring patient strength and even physical endurance. In looking for the secret of the rapid and fundamental changes In the prac tical alterations of the public school system It will not be found altogether In new legislation, fo. It has been wrought out under the samo old stub born conditions which existed before. The situation 'iui only be explained by certain personal qualities, which education and experience mny en hance but never supply. A large amount of the suixrlntomlerrt's suc cess has tome through the amount of hard work devoted to the educational problem. With these qunlltles is found a warmth of personal tympathy which tempera with a spirit of kind nets the rigid and accurate require- menu of every one to the adherence to duty In he system. The adminis tration of Superintendent Ackerman indicates In every feature a clear ,i, niiuHnn nf the bond loans to f the school districts and mortgage t OU evrkn I i"8 frcm ,hc trugt fnm,s wh,ch e OI JZ&gVIL j nnn(lv bevn approved by the board. a ha r.nh in these funds will linvo do- e4Mf tHWfrfrffrl-frfr ,.on.n,i nhnut S20.000 during the last Chas. S. Moore, State Treasurer. L nr The Interest on the mortgage Hon. Chas. S. Moor,, the pr-aent onn notes Is kept promptly paid up In state treasurer, Is one of the best a systematic way. so thnt the dolln- business nun that ever held that po- quents among the 3000 or moro mort- sltlon. and under his administration cagees aggregate not more than one the office has been brought to a fine per cent. ... .1-1I-- f lnn oV ffV 1(102 system. Mr. Moore has heen in me isverj iioum ui " - offlce five years, having been re-elect- haB been paid to tne state uy an uie ed last year for n second term of four countlos. nnd the account of every years. Since his advent the transan-( county except one Is balanced. One tlons of the treasury department have county Is resisting the charge of less assumed large proportions, and the than J 150. made on account of the do- amounts now received anu paiu eu: . rorreu payment oi mo oluii uuUw exceed two millions of dollars annual ly, which transactions are on account of the following funds: General fund (In round numbers) f 1,000.000 Common school fund (In round numbers) 750,000 Common school fund Interest 260,000 All othars funds 250.000 ent satisfactory condition Is largely duo. Mr. Mooro has his office well o$ ganlzed, nnd his force of nsslstanU lms dono excellent work during the past five years. Tolnl $2,250,000 The whole numler of receipts Issued for the biennial term ending Decem ber 31. 1S08, was 5500, and for the term ending December 31, 1902. it was 8500. while for the year Just closed more than MOO receipts were written In the office, with the prospect that even a greater number will be Issued during the year 1904. so Hist tli probability is that the number for tli" biennial tenii ending December 31 tax, with this one exception, the tnx ledger Is entirely clear, the first time In many years. The details of the offlce of the state treasur?r are In charge of W. T. Per kins, chief clerk; J. D. Sutherland, as sistant, nnd Miss Ella Hodson, etono? rapher, to whose efficiency the pres "Portland and Return Only $2.20." The Southern Pacific is now selling round trip tickets to Portland from Salem for $2.20, good going Saturday or Sunday, returning Sunday and Mon day, giving all day Sunday and Mon day in Portland. Tho samo arrange, raont applies from Portland, giving all Portland peoplo a chanco to Thlt val ley points nt greatly roducod rates. W. H COMAN, O. P. A. cod Mluco pic Is an oxcollont thing to sorve when madam wishes a new wogn, but It Is recommended that tho requost lor funds be mnde beforo tha liver begins to get In its work. It takos push to get a pull, but nfter you get a pull you can stop pushing. A conservative estimate Is an ex cellent thing to have on hand when tho assessor calls. -0!tHiiegHMPtataa wt4tttt Books By William J. Long!! 8TATE SUPERINTENDENT J. H tion. lie reports much Interest taken In thojpnsolldatlon cf school dis trict; many having already been con solidated, ollhor by meialng district and thus forming ono, or by suspend ing operations of tho ichool In the .howo district and sending tho children to tho school In on adjoining dlitrirt. ACKERMAN. Ics. Tin s-rli-s of Institutes held dur ing tlw yeai nave proven very Inter esting and Instructive, and. conse quently, teacher nro coming mora and moid to fwil that thoy cannot nf ford, eltlwr for their own good, or that jf the pupps Intrusted to their Instruction, to nUent themselves from nt tin ink.-r Christmas week 1904. will exceed 18.000. rnnac-loittDera of the cnter of super j Tha warrant paid by the depart- TiinB umy. wan marsim aoiiuy in lwnl mve increased proportionately, wl-ldlng tho force to a center. The ( m thtt now more tfmn 7WW re CM,e,i movement in tills direction lias been annually. The mortgages and notes remaiktble for Its rapidity and thor- for liwn, fmm tht, tru.t fnnd- an,i ubneu.anlatak ho virtually bn ,f100i ,:Btilct Inmds are kent In the accomplished which Ave year ) .trensurv (leiwii-tment nnd tb Intpren. ml of doubtful noeeibllity. i collectwl by the treasurer. These notes and bonds now amount to over $3,000,000 nnd the annual interest, In cluding i ho Interest received from the clerk of tho board on doferred pay ments on the purchase of school lands, nmounts to $250 000 annually, whic'i Is distributed to the countlos annual ly, according to the numbor of chil dren of school ago, Tho state of Oregon Is on a cash basis, and practically has no debt. All warrants, oxcopt those on the swamp land fund, have been paid as present ed during the last year, and it Is not llkoly that any warrants will have to Portland's Favorite Theatre. Two holiday presents were given the nation of the linker Theatre Company, at Portland. Or, by Manag er George I,. Uakor. Ono wns n new Ingenuo, and tho other a new loading woman. 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