Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-07-27
AFTER The SCHOOL RING
POrtland'S Committee Of 100 Will In.
VeStisate School Affairs.
The UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP
Prominent Republicans Who Are Anxious 10
Succeed Senator Dolph-The Bull
Run Water Line.


PORTLAND, July 2O.-The Committee OF
100 is after the scalp OF the school board
Recently the board announced the ap-
pointments of teachers for the coming
year, and as quite a number of old ones
were dropped, including Professor Young,
of the high school, and Professor Craw-
ford, oil the park school, and number of
new ones appointed, including Professor
Rigler, one Of the defeated candidates for
the republican nomination for state
superintendent Of public instruction, q
howl went up from the dropped teachers
and their friends that the whole thing
was the work OF the school ring" and
the ''school book monopoly" as the
| American Book Company ia designated.
The Committee Of 100 and the Oregonian
took it up, and the former decided to in
vestigate and appointed special COM
prejudgment and fully indicated what the
verdict would be. Both the Committee
of 100 and the Oregonian are strongly
preIudiced against the school board, be-
cause the man they nominated and cup.
ported for school trustee was beaten by
5000 majority, and they lay his defeat to
The "school ring" which would seem to
taxpayers. No effort has been made to
show that the teachers displaced are not
inferior to their successors. Indeed, il is
generally conceded that they are and
that the board was on this account justi-
fed in its action. How much more
than spite, prejudice and personal ad-
vancement there Is in the street gossip
and the newspaper comment the report
OF the special committee may reveal
Mnltnomah's schools are very superior,
and, II there ls q ring" in their man
agement, the ring" must be doing good
work. The ring is asserted to extend all
over the state. Oregon's schools gen.
orally are excellent, either because of the
ring, or In epite OF it, If it exists. 1t is
just as well to have this matter investi-
gated, even by prejudiced body, for un
authorized charges and street gossip are
very preIudicial 10 school discipline.
The three great public enterprises in
which Portland has been especially in
terested and for which large sums Of
money have been spent, are the Burnside
street bridge, the Bull Run water sup
ply and the deep channel to the ocean.
Indirectly the whole state is interested in
these improvements. especially the lat
ter, Tor whatever adds to Portand's pros
perlty benefits the entire state. The
bridge Is done, making the second free
bridge. The deep channel is an accom-
the bar, though the Puget Sound papers
have gleefully asserted that the recent
flood has filled them both up and the AS
toria papers have with equal Joy an
nounced the destruction of the river
channel while denying that Of the bar.
In both cases the wish is father of the
thought, and happily both are in error.
me natural effect OF the strong current
in the Columbia river would be to scour
the rlVer and bar channel deeper. This
is what the engineers count upon. In
the Willamette the back water may have
caused deposit OF sediment but this will
be secured ont when the water goes
down and strong current runs again.
Ii not few days OF churning with pro
peller will start it. The time for com.
pleting the Bull Run water line is the !
hret OF October, and work is progressing
on the main pipe and the high and low |
service reservoirs at Mount Tabor and |
City Park as fast as large force of men
can push 1t. The street mains, OF
course, are all ready. 1t is hoped that
before the end OF the year pure mountain I
water will be in every house in Portland |
Every person who saw and smelled the |
vile stuff that recently covered the streets
hopes soon to drink no more OF ii.
Although it is still six months to the
legislative session number OF prominent
republicans are mentioned in connection
with the election OF successor to Sena-
ton, Dolph; The republican majority is
so large the caucus nominee is certain OF !
election. Senator Dolph is now in the
lead, in fact, is the only avowed candi-
date. lie is warmly supported by many
because OF bis firm stand on the finan-
eial question, and is as warmly opposed |
by the free coinage of silver men. This
will be the chief fight in caucus. Others
mentioned are Hermann, Fulton,
Tongue, Corbett and Thompson. Her