The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-20


served.
Ole Hanson, of Seattle, recently
pablished an article in that city
that should be read throughout the
ration. He calls attention to the fact
that for the education OF more than
10000, 900 children in school every day
the median salary of elemtnary teach
ers is $816.19, while there are 1907
teachers both elementary and high
school. who receive less than $500 per
annum and 29,O31 teachers who re-
ceive less than $500 per annum
These statistics apply TO the 800 cities
in the United States with population
OF Il. 600 or more. When the entire
country is included the average for
all teachers falls to $3.50 per year. And
this during the year when the Rail
way Wage Commission urged that the
iowest-paid railroad man should re-
ceive at least S1400, and at time
when blacksmiths in the navy yards
receive an average of S23S6, electric
ians s2321, common laborers 1927
and scrub women $S73.-Ohio Teach
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IAtah county roads can be greatly
improved at small cost with little
malicious and timely work. Yesterday
the writer visited Ennis Fallen farm,
The home of N. Williamson's purebred
Shorthorns. To reach the farm the
road runs through narrow lane, not
more than 20 feet wide and part OF
this is through a low "swale' where
the ground holds moisture. Yet the
road was good enough to run truck
at Is to 20 miles an hour over it. why?
Because it had been graded high III
the center. we'll rounded so the wa
ter would not stand on it and with
bitches on either side to carry off the
wafer. The road was narrow, but it
was dry and quite hard. The cost OF
grading and maintaining such road
is very light. Hundreds of miles OF
Latah county roads could be improv-
ed and made as good as this one with
the same kind of work and it is mex
pensive Where permanent highways
cannot be built narrow, but well
rounded grades will insure fairly
good roads nearly the entire year.
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Pullman citizens have formed cor
;,oration to build a dormitory costing
$75 90 for the girls of Washington
State. College. This will be the third
building Pullman citizens will have
erected to furnish homes for the stu !
dents. The State of Washington has
provided dormitories that will house
400 boys and 200 girls. Isn't it about |
time that citizens OF MOSCOW and the
State of Idaho awaken to the need OF
more homes for the students of Ida
hos only university and agricultural
college?
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There are about % candidates for
the presidential nomination on the two
major tickets who i'll their anxiety to
be favorably presented to the public
are using tons of printed propaganda
with the hope that the editor of a
country newspaper will use it for
space filler. The only thing it fills
in this office is an old wooden box
which we use in lieu OF a real waste
basket-Kooskia Mountaineer-
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Have you noticed the vast improve
ment made in Moscows dirt streets by
the use of the drag? 1t did not cost
much and the results have been pleas
ing to every one who has to travel
over them. In many cities, towns and
country districts the roads and streets
are dragged after every wet spell and
are kept in fairly good condition at
very light expense.
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Monday will be generally observed
as holiday It is the 18Sth ann
versary of the birth of George Wash
ington, ''the father of his country
Sunday is really his birthday, but
Sunday is observed anyway and Mon
day will be the legal holiday through
out the United States.
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Rear Admiral Peary is dead This
Eoaves "Doc' Cook as the sole surviv
ing discoverer of the north pole,