Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-03

winter to clean the snow lToiu lhe principal thoroughfares, it is bellev- ed that the city in a few years would save enough money by the new procedure to pay the cost or installing the system. Commission CT Craven estimates that under his plan snow could be removed from the principal thoroughfares in one third the time now required and at one-third of the present expense.
 School Teachers Fight.
 An interesting fight is being made by the women school teachers of New York to have the city place them on the same salary footing as the male teachers. Their claims having been rejected by the Board of Education, the teachers have car ried their fight to the Legislature and are using all possible influence to secure favorable action on their bill which is now pending.
 The Interborough Association of Women Teachers, with 1000 mem- bers, is making the fight for the bill. and advances the claim of equal pay for equal work" The Board of Education is fighting the proposi- tion bitterly on the ground that it's enactment would cost the city fully $6,000,000 year over pres ent figures. The members of the Board also declared that the work of the women teachers, in most cases, could not be chased as equal to the work of the men because men engaged 123456 jdtpa tx. 4oti 12343 engaging in the profession Of teach ing take up the work for life, whereas the women in most cases take it up merely to cover period of time until they become married and leave their occupation.
 The expenditure of the city for the general school fund of the edu- cational budget already amounts to more than s1S,000,00O year, and it is figured that it would reach the total of s25,0O0, ,000 of the salaries of the 12,000 women teachers were placed on the same basis as the salaries of the 2,000 men teachers.
 In Interest of Foreigners.
 Several prominent members of the Oriental colony in this city have formed society known as the Pan- Aryan Association to further the in- terests of Persians and Indians in America
 Peculiar interest attaches to this society as it is the first of it's kind to be organized in America. AL ready it has a membership of more than one hundred and branch as socations are contemplated in Bos- ton, Philadelphia and other large cities where Orientals reside in suf- fcient number Amang the mem- bers of the parent body here are several natives of Bengal, who arc Hindoos by religion. The member ship also includes a number of Mo- hammedans.
 Many students from the Orient have come to America to complete their education, and this tendency has become more and more marked in recent years owing to the boycott declared on English rule in India by the inhabitants. The Pan-Aryan will endeavor to provide all possible facilities for students to learn the various arts and in- dustries of the United States. The organization is headquartered in Thirty-fonrth street opposite the Waldorf
 Horse ParlOr Cars.
 The development of the parlor car service for horses has reached such state that the New York Central lines have just ordered twenty cars, equipped with steam heat and electric lights, for the ex- elusive transportation of valuable horse flesh.
 Experience has taught the man. agement that such cars are a good